84 was when i got the old rubber keyed genius engine and along with daley thompson and kototoni wilf ..... but also the magic of
BRUCE LEE and MATCH POINT
MATCH DAY
GILLIGANS GOLD
LORDS OF MIDNIGHT
and OLYMPIC CHALLENGE (a glorious wee athletics game)
and then 1985 .....
the great ACTION BIKER (played that for HOURS!)
COMMANDO
CYCLONE
THE NEVER ENDING STORY (IN THAT DOUBLE CASSETTE BOX!)
NONTERRAQUEAOUS
ROCK 'N' WRESTLE
RUN FOR GOLD
and then 1986 (the last of my childhood )
180!
BATMAN
DAN DARE
THE GREAT ESCAPE
KNIGHT TYME
LEADERBOARD
SPACE HARRIER
SPORT OF KINGS
THEATRE EUROPE
THE TRANSFORMERS
I remember the dizzy's had them opn the Amstrad though my favourite was probably fast food which was a pac man like game stll good fun though another favourite of mine wsa probably harrier attack
As was the DOS game "Willy the Worm" in the mid-80s. Loved that game when I was a kid.
King's Quest is worth a mention too from childhood, an early great RPG (before RPG meant hit points, xp and turn based combat!)
I like RPG's so I thought I'd check this out. Only downloaded it and played a for about 2 mins. I found a door and loved that you could choose to knock, examine for a description of it or shout to see if you got a responce.
Have you played any of the later ones? Are they any good or is it a case of the usual, they reuined it with the later games?
Have you played any of the later ones? Are they any good or is it a case of the usual, they ruined it with the later games?
Played them all, I think.
I was about 5 when the first one came out for DOS, so it was a family game for us, something we'd work through together. The second, third, fourth and even fifth were all great, showing improvements in graphics, size and complexity as they went along - I remember the excitement of the next KQ coming out each time! Never a disappointment.
6 onwards I don't think I carried on with, but I can vouch for certainly 2, 3 and 4 as being great games.
The first one I've seen completed in about 20 minutes (when you know what you're doing) but they get much longer and more complicated as you go along.
I was about 5 when the first one came out for DOS, so it was a family game for us, something we'd work through together. The second, third, fourth and even fifth were all great, showing improvements in graphics, size and complexity as they went along - I remember the excitement of the next KQ coming out each time! Never a disappointment.
6 onwards I don't think I carried on with, but I can vouch for certainly 2, 3 and 4 as being great games.
The first one I've seen completed in about 20 minutes (when you know what you're doing) but they get much longer and more complicated as you go along.
I'll have a better look at them soon. I haven't looked too much into it and not sure if you're interested but I saw somewhere when I googled the game that there is one coming out next year.
Playing that brief couple of means brought back memories of playing a game called The Realm Online. It's still going to this day with 2D graphics, point and click movement and very basic specs.
Rayman Gold (PC)
RollerCoaster Tycoon (PC)
Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Game Boy)
Super Mario Allstars (SNES) - used to play it at my friend's house
In chronological order:
1. Ingersoll rand's version of pong (six games; tennis (one or two bats), squash (one or two bats one wall)l, and shooting 50 or 100 shots
2. Space invaders
3. Superman
4. Frogger
5. Pele's soccer
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2 - Baldur's Gate series
3 - Icewind Dale series
4 - Deus Ex
5 - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2 - UFO - Enemy Unkown
3 - Byte-Bitten
4 - Jet Pack
5 - Knightlore
BRUCE LEE and MATCH POINT
MATCH DAY
GILLIGANS GOLD
LORDS OF MIDNIGHT
and OLYMPIC CHALLENGE (a glorious wee athletics game)
and then 1985 .....
the great ACTION BIKER (played that for HOURS!)
COMMANDO
CYCLONE
THE NEVER ENDING STORY (IN THAT DOUBLE CASSETTE BOX!)
NONTERRAQUEAOUS
ROCK 'N' WRESTLE
RUN FOR GOLD
and then 1986 (the last of my childhood
180!
BATMAN
DAN DARE
THE GREAT ESCAPE
KNIGHT TYME
LEADERBOARD
SPACE HARRIER
SPORT OF KINGS
THEATRE EUROPE
THE TRANSFORMERS
oh, did you want five?
never mind then .....
i played a LOT of spectrum games
Me too
- Building Dens in haybarns & underground
- Riding Bike ( often hands-free)
- Climbing Trees & swinging from branches
- Shooting with an Air Rifle/Pistol in the garden
- Playing 'Roundup' with the long-suffering cattle in a local field
Good times, good timesNo such thing as computer games back then.
2. Final Fantasy IX
3. Tomb Raider 2
4. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
5. Heart of Darkness
I could list so many more. But these were all superb.
I remember the dizzy's had them opn the Amstrad though my favourite was probably fast food which was a pac man like game stll good fun though another favourite of mine wsa probably harrier attack
I like RPG's so I thought I'd check this out. Only downloaded it and played a for about 2 mins. I found a door and loved that you could choose to knock, examine for a description of it or shout to see if you got a responce.
Have you played any of the later ones? Are they any good or is it a case of the usual, they reuined it with the later games?
Played them all, I think.
I was about 5 when the first one came out for DOS, so it was a family game for us, something we'd work through together. The second, third, fourth and even fifth were all great, showing improvements in graphics, size and complexity as they went along - I remember the excitement of the next KQ coming out each time! Never a disappointment.
6 onwards I don't think I carried on with, but I can vouch for certainly 2, 3 and 4 as being great games.
The first one I've seen completed in about 20 minutes (when you know what you're doing) but they get much longer and more complicated as you go along.
I'll have a better look at them soon. I haven't looked too much into it and not sure if you're interested but I saw somewhere when I googled the game that there is one coming out next year.
Playing that brief couple of means brought back memories of playing a game called The Realm Online. It's still going to this day with 2D graphics, point and click movement and very basic specs.
2. Pokemon Blue/Yellow
3. Starfox
4. Banjo-Kazooie
5. Lylat Wars
1. Fireant C16+4
2 Leaderboard Golf
3. Raid over Bungling Bay
4. Bubble Bobble
5. Sid Meirs Pirates!
Rayman Gold (PC)
RollerCoaster Tycoon (PC)
Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Game Boy)
Super Mario Allstars (SNES) - used to play it at my friend's house
street fighter 2.
donkey kong-snes.
1. Gorf (Arcade)
2. Galaga (Arcade)
3. Miniature Golf (Atari 2600)
4. Super Breakout (Atari 2600)
5. Berzerk (Arcade)
We want willy nilly we want willy nilly!!!!
1. Ingersoll rand's version of pong (six games; tennis (one or two bats), squash (one or two bats one wall)l, and shooting 50 or 100 shots
2. Space invaders
3. Superman
4. Frogger
5. Pele's soccer
2. Simon the Sorcerer (1 and 2)
3. GTA 3 (PS2)
4. Spyro the Dragon (PS1)
5. Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)