Posted on 08/14/2004 12:47:49 PM PDT by qam1
Donning asbestos suit and bunny slippers...
You know RA, for us game-challenged, who enjoyed these games with our kids,.(and never touched them since) it would be really nice to know where all these retro games are available today?
I admire your hi-tech prowess, but hi-tech or no, that is still called cheating!
Well no,
By weakening the Warrior and Wizard G2 is actually cheating, I just put them back to the way they were, And the ?food well everybody who plays G2 knows the odd 7 - even 3 health trick already so it's more saving time than actual cheating and the acid puddles well...OK that's cheating.
"My three fave games of all time were "tempest", "Banjo Kazooie", and "Final Fantasy X". :-)"
Space Duel. It was beautiful, man.
For me, retro in the NES. :-/
I actually got an NES recently, with a box of old games. Most of the games were forgotten mediocrities, but there were a few classics that I was looking forward to playing, but the NES didn't cooperate with my TV. :-(
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Vice City is the best game I have ever played..... yeah, it's that good.
That rocks! I was starting to look at playing with them, since I wanted to be able to control the starting levels and such, but I never figured out how the 16 bytes or so that change (in the volatile file) affect that. I prefer the elf myself, mainly because of the extra speed and shot power.
Awww dang. I missed that one.
How cool is that. I have not gotten that far in the game yet.
Smiles. Good memories to treasure. :-)
What an excellent game that was!
Indeed it was. I remember it was called a "kids game" but I sure liked it as well. :-)
You and me both. Now its out for the PC, however, without the spinning wheel it's really hard to play.
I do know that Atari is putting out some of the old archade disks for the PC. I kept my N-64 for the very purpose of lighting up one of those games again. N-64 systems are now dirt cheap.
:-)
This thread has brought back fond memories.
In case you haven't played it already, I highly recommend "Photopia", a free game by Adam Cadre. It's more of a story than a game, but it's well worth it in my opinion.
WOW. :-)
In case you haven't played it already, I highly recommend "Photopia", a free game by Adam Cadre. It's more of a story than a game, but it's well worth it in my opinion.
Cool!
Don't worry, author of the country song "19 something" made the same mistake, talking about Pac-Man in "1970-something."
P.S. Visit my Classic Home Video Games Museum online since January 1996!
Which do you prefer--biplane or "bomber"? I've found that I can usually do quite well with either, but the key to winning with the bomber is to keep the fight as nearly-horizontal as possible.
"He says the appeal is simple.
"The newer games are really really violent and expensive. A lot of people want to go back to their childhood. They want younger, simpler games.""
Not quite. The problem w/"new" games - alot of sound & fury, signifying nothing. They "look good", but they are actually mostly boring games and they take way too long to get going, having to go thru a bunch of "oooo-aaaahhh" look-good "realism" build up to actual action. Which is a major time-waster.
Like those sports games like Madden's football. Alot of nonsense about players and showing them acting like fools for a touchdown, but not moving on w/the actual GAME which YOU are supposed to be PLAYING - not merely watching a game performed by some1 else. (Yes, my nephew got annoyed by the wasted time on this game!)
Time-wasting "realism", which also doesn't leave alot of room for interesting game plots, could be the killer. There was more ultimate variety to the "simple" games.
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