Posted on 08/14/2004 12:47:49 PM PDT by qam1
"up up down down left right left right A B B A" PING
I wonder what ever happened to my old Magnavox Odessey?
It even had screens that you could tape to your tv set to "change the game" you were playing. For instance, there was a "tennis screen", which was green and had the markings of a tennis court, and then there was the "hockey screen," which was blue, and had the markings of a hockey rink... Of course, the game itself was the same... PONG!
Mark
That game is pure crack.
That's because the designers set up to create a graphical version of a rogue-like game still around, Nethack. Probably the most replayable game ever.
set up = set out
It was "Return to Zork" released in 1993 that you looked like Rush Limbaugh.
see post 77.
I never saw that one either. Way cool.
I truly liked replaying FFX and the Zelda games as well. :-)
Thank you,
They have "Return to Zork" but only the demo
I keep meaning to get a couple of those. I'm interested to see their upcoming Mortal Kombat system. If they don't lose any buttons, and it's flawless emulation, it should be pretty cool.
Were those console games? I don't remember them. Did you ever play any of the rogue-like games, like ADOM or Nethack? The "graphics" were ascii characters. Emphasis was on replayability (if that's even a word) not flash.
FFX was PS2 and Zelda was on the N-64 and Game Cube. I have "Far Cry" on my PC currently.
There were a couple other text-based Zork games between Zork III and Return to Zork. Their names escape me but they were pretty good and had the original's sense of humor.
I loved the King's Quest/Space Quest/Sierra quest games. Have you seen this parody? It's actually pretty fun, though I admit I got stuck in a few places:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/disk4of12.html
You can download updated versions of King's Quest 1 and 2 here:
http://www.agdinteractive.com/
Warning! King's Quest I is a pretty straight update--new graphics, mostly--but King's Quest II is a "reimagining." Personally, I found some of the religious stuff to be quite offensive in this version, but maybe I'm overly sensitive. I remember the female vampire being pretty hot, though. :)
Anyone know where to find a downloadable version of the old game . . .
STIX
or QIX OR SOME SUCH
--one marked off geography of the screen--I think in rectangles--trying to avoid getting zapped before one had marked off the most territory.
Was the only computer game I ever enjoyed.
I don't understand MAME at all. Seemed like a good idea until I found out that I can't get the ROMs anywhere.
I don't know what Atari 800 games are worth, but I'm not sure these old carts are exactly a goldmine anyway. I saw a list of Atari and Coleco cartridges, and I had quite a few that were considered "ultra rare." They could net something like $35. To me, that's not worth losing cartridges I've had for years. I'll hold on to them.
My all-time favorite PC games (excluding text genre and rogue-like games) were Civilization and Masters of Orion. Both turn-based strategy games. Oh, and Diablo II. I'm not up on what's current because the descent into real-time strategy created disinterest.
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