Sympathy Please

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:08 am

sweet...rainbow islands is a pisser when u open them hidden 3 islands but u kant continue....

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:57 am

Alex the kid and flicky

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:19 am

My favourite FPS has got to be Doom. Massive step forward in gaming history ( developed from Castle Wolfenstein).

Also original Duke Nukem was fun.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:14 am

New Zealand story.... forgot about that, catchy music

Stevie S · Post by **Stevie S** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:18 am

Skate or Die! what a load of poo!

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:27 am

Cripes, if it's old gaming systems / computers we're turning this thread into, here's my list, chronologically accurate as far as I can remember!

-system
-favourite games

-Atari 800xl
Mediator
Mercenary
Mirax Force
Gauntlet I & II

-Commodore 64
Head Over Heels
Uridium
Turrican
Last Ninja Series
SEUCK (Make your own shooters - managed to get one on the Zzap64! covertape!

-Atari Lynx
Shadow of the Beast
Switchblade
Chip's Challenge

-Sega Mega Drive
Sonic II
Streets of Rage I & II

-Commodore Amiga 500+ & 1200
3D Construction Kit
Marko's Magic Football
Eye of The Beholder I & II
Alien Breed

-Sega Saturn
Resident Evil (Turn those lights off, crank the sound up!)
Mortal Kombat

-Sony Playstation (I)
Medievel
Abe's Oddysey

-XBOX (Original)
Dead or Alive (III?)

-Sony PSP
Sega Classics (Sonic, etc.)
Gauntlet
Street Fighter Alpha

-PC
Half Life
Half Life II
Counter Strike (Source)
Dungeon Siege
Max Payne I & II

I've not been allured to the next-gen consoles yet, as I still prefer to play games on the PC than a dedicated console (I'm addicted to tweaking gfx / sfx settings etc for optimal performance!) Plus, I find myself creating games more than playing them now.

Stevie S · Post by **Stevie S** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:36 am

shadow of the beast

My favourite of all time has got to be -

Super probotector Alien rebels - SNES

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:55 am

There may be several versions of new zealand story but this is the one i played as a youngster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YViBVvjn5K4

was this on the commodore 64? i had a few compters and can't remember?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:48 pm

It certainly was on the C64 (although I can;t tell from that clip, as work has block YouTube

).

Did you ever play CJ's Elephant Antics? That was very similar to New Zealand Story IIRC.

I still play hoards of C64 games on the emulator. I often joke with my brother, that we both spent upwards of £2k on top spec laptops a few years ago, and chiefly use them for playing C64 games on!

The C64 SiD chip was a brilliant synthesiser, my personal faves on the C64 music front:

Cybernoid I/II
Last Ninja Remix
Draconus
Zybex
Zamzara
Myth

Storming tracks!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:52 pm

..LETS ALL GO FOR A RAT BURGER!!

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Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:03 pm

this still makes me giggle after 20 years

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JG · Post by JG » Wed May 28, 2008 11:07 pm

Matt I don't remember any of those games, bar Gauntlet (played on Ste) on the 800XL. I too, used to own an 800XL. In a similar vein to a ZX Spectrum, it was a programmable computer that'd play games.

OK. History.

VIC 20
--------

1)Some submarine divey shooty game
2)Some thing when you had to drive between rainbow lines that got narrower and narrower
3)I don't remember much about the...oh hold on....BLITZ. yes Blitz. You started to recognise the permutations. Furiously addictive. Getting to the levels whereby split second 100% precision was necessary. Not sure if this could be completed, or it just went on until impossible.

FACT: Never, on any platform has anyone produced a version of BLITZ that in ANY WAY matches the gameplay of Vic 20 Blitz.

Atari 800XL
-------------

i) FEUD
ii) Henry's House
iii) Kikstart
iv) Action Biker (ft Clumsy Colin)
v) Spellbound
vi) Caverns of Eriban
vii) Steve Davis Snooker (lol)
viii) SpikyHarold

to name a few

Atari Ste
----------

This has 'bulletin board' capability, you could hook up a modem and connect to what was effectively an Internet. Apparently Jon Morris's fruit board was somewhere out there.

i) Rick Dangerous
ii) Monkey Island
iii) Lotus turbo challenge

N64
----

i) Mario Kart (2+ player challenge)
ii) Goldeneye

Playstation 2
---------------

i) The Getaway (so much grittier and more Larrndan than GTA)
ii) GTA Vice City (back to the 80s)/Liberty City
iii) Puzzle Bubble (Taito) (the g/f likes it and I'm so much more skillful than she is, so I can whoopp her everytime. Bloop.)

Nintendo DS
---------------

i) Super Mario Bros
ii) Mario Kart

I love arcade games and I have a very addictive personality, but with work, fruits, poker don't really play games so often now. DS is my favourite for sheer portability.

I know I'm missing out with no Xbox 360/Wii action, but there you go.

Spiky Harold was the most frustrating game ever.

PRAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGGG!

Anyone know what I'm on about?

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:03 am

if memory serves me right, didn't the atari 800xl have a cassette deck that was bigger than the actual computer, i think thats why i had the c64 instead, i didn't want to have to apply for planning permission :P

JG · Post by JG » Thu May 29, 2008 1:26 am

Nah some other system. The casette deck was clunky, but no worse than a ZX Spectrum really. Also a cartridge slot similar to the older 'console' Ataris. I only ever had one cartridge. Qix. A...you can't explain it.......it's on You Tube no doubt.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:55 am

blitz....was that on the tape that came with the vic 20?
left to right ,drop one bomb then plane lowers each sweep.

maybe a bit of hypnotic regression could help us "middle aged gentlemen" to remember these old games better.

i played one on the atari 800 , was a cartridge , had like chunky knight like chaps and some of them were blue, was brill man .
it began with a W .......

wizard of wor?? fuckin recall or what?