Favorite game as a Child?
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Aight, let's go waaaaaay back... When I was a kid, I was all about Coleco Electronic Quarterback [http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Coleco/EQB.htm].
i thought blue was better tbh but both are next to perfection when it comes to gamesohmz said:
fun, different, childish, annoying to get 100% but hopefully worth it and it was also a game which was never boring to start again as you could choose different pokemon each time, i know its not boring to start over as i still play my pokemon blue to this day ^^
You just summarised my childhood. I read every issue of Zzap64, and Commodore Format as well.GeeseH said:My favourite? I refuse to choose!
Way of the Exploding Fist [http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/way-of-the-exploding-fist/screenshots/gameShotId,193942/] & to follow IK+ [http://www.allegro.cc/depot/IKPC-IKRemake]
Mercenary [http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap11/mercenary.html]
Carrier Command [http://www.mobygames.com/game/carrier-command]
Uridium [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uridium]
Not to forget Wizball, Bards Tale & sequels (who wouldn't enjoy burning those damn 99 skeletons for major damage?Leaderboard [http://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/Leaderboard], Armalyte, Last Ninja, LN2 and a bit later on came Powermonger, always got a real powertrip out of that one.
oh god there's more
wasn't 'legally' a kid anymore when i spent in excess of £800 on Daytona USA but I was loved up like one
Stunt Car Racer, Pilotwings, Golden Axe, Chase HQ, Platoon, Op. Wolf, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, FF6, Axelay, Biometal(JP) (Probably the only person who thought this game had one of the most effective force devices - must be played on the hardest difficulty), Tatsujin(Truxton), Assault Suit(s) Leynos(Battlefield Earth) & Valken(Cybernator), Rise of the Triads, Shadow Warrior... - oh god I'd better stop
ps. oh and Thrust [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt44PEIWBRg] & The Killing Cloud [http://amr.abime.net/review_37506]
so sue me for being nostalgic but these were great days even if sometimes it was more 'idea' than execution,
on the other hand though, at least gamers today v. rarely have to deal with contentious collision detection & leaf switches. meh :/
This is why forums like this are great... you occasionally and unexpectedly run into someone who "knows"...
There are so many but I always loved the Dragon Warrior series. This was before Enix joined up with Squaresoft. I remember being awed at how deep they were when I was five or so. My favorite from the series is without question number 4. Anyone else a fan of the series?
First game i have any memory of playing would be on my grandad's PC, which was full throttle, Damn that game was (and still is) Totally awesome, probably one of the best games ever made (certainly has the best characters). Had virtua cop 2 as well
About the same time i got an amiga (or possibly amstrad, i got both at around the same time)
Monkey island
Monkey island 2
Some winter Olympics thing.
a racing game, the name of which i have sadly forgotten.
worms 2
bart vs. the space mutants
blakestone Alien's of Gold
Heretic (creeped me out)
The other game i loved, i can remember so little of, from what i can remember it was all yellow tinted (2d pixel art, in a sort of isometric view) And you where what looked like some kind of martial arts dude, and there where hurricanes, weird as it sound's thats all i can remember. (if anyone knows what it is i will love you forever - possibly in a sexual way)
Monkey island (and 2, all the ones after don't even compare) and Full throttle in my mind are probably the greatest games ever made. I can quote the entire dialogue of Full throttle word for word, including most of the none important stuff (a rather sad talent i know) - I still say "I'm not puttin' my lips on that" quite a lot.
About the same time i got an amiga (or possibly amstrad, i got both at around the same time)
Monkey island
Monkey island 2
Some winter Olympics thing.
a racing game, the name of which i have sadly forgotten.
worms 2
bart vs. the space mutants
blakestone Alien's of Gold
Heretic (creeped me out)
The other game i loved, i can remember so little of, from what i can remember it was all yellow tinted (2d pixel art, in a sort of isometric view) And you where what looked like some kind of martial arts dude, and there where hurricanes, weird as it sound's thats all i can remember. (if anyone knows what it is i will love you forever - possibly in a sexual way)
Monkey island (and 2, all the ones after don't even compare) and Full throttle in my mind are probably the greatest games ever made. I can quote the entire dialogue of Full throttle word for word, including most of the none important stuff (a rather sad talent i know) - I still say "I'm not puttin' my lips on that" quite a lot.
Amen!TheMadDoctorsCat said:You just summarised my childhood. I read every issue of Zzap64, and Commodore Format as well.GeeseH said:My favourite? I refuse to choose!
Way of the Exploding Fist [http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/way-of-the-exploding-fist/screenshots/gameShotId,193942/] & to follow IK+ [http://www.allegro.cc/depot/IKPC-IKRemake]
Mercenary [http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap11/mercenary.html]
Carrier Command [http://www.mobygames.com/game/carrier-command]
Uridium [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uridium]
Not to forget Wizball, Bards Tale & sequels (who wouldn't enjoy burning those damn 99 skeletons for major damage?
oh god there's more
wasn't 'legally' a kid anymore when i spent in excess of £800 on Daytona USA but I was loved up like one
Stunt Car Racer, Pilotwings, Golden Axe, Chase HQ, Platoon, Op. Wolf, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, FF6, Axelay, Biometal(JP) (Probably the only person who thought this game had one of the most effective force devices - must be played on the hardest difficulty), Tatsujin(Truxton), Assault Suit(s) Leynos(Battlefield Earth) & Valken(Cybernator), Rise of the Triads, Shadow Warrior... - oh god I'd better stop
ps. oh and Thrust [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt44PEIWBRg] & The Killing Cloud [http://amr.abime.net/review_37506]
so sue me for being nostalgic but these were great days even if sometimes it was more 'idea' than execution,
on the other hand though, at least gamers today v. rarely have to deal with contentious collision detection & leaf switches. meh :/
This is why forums like this are great... you occasionally and unexpectedly run into someone who "knows"...
World Class Leaderboard - I'd forgotten the hours I'd spent on that classic.
I think I forgot to put Paradroid on my list.
METAL SLUG!!!!! all of them
and for the life of me I can't remember what it was called but I had a sonic game for the dreamcast that was pretty shweet. yea I had a dreamcast what of it? >
Sry I forgot to go WAY back to my roots with... wait for it... PONG... oh yesh tha triple OG
and for the life of me I can't remember what it was called but I had a sonic game for the dreamcast that was pretty shweet. yea I had a dreamcast what of it? >
Sry I forgot to go WAY back to my roots with... wait for it... PONG... oh yesh tha triple OG
I was always a Mega Drive guy, so it would be a tie up between Sonic and the epic-to-this-day Alien Storm. Man I miss that game
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: The type of challenge it gave, I loved. Not like Call of Duty, where more difficulty=more enemies. No, it actually made the enemies tougher, and the bosses in that game are really awesome, if somewhat easy to beat the second time playing (although if you ask any of my friends i get really good at game really quickly ;P).
Time Crisis 2 (Arcade): Me and my buddies spent countless evenings (and quarters) playing this.
Street Fighter Alpha II (Arcade): Same as above, we even had mini tournaments amongst our selves.
Time Crisis 2 (Arcade): Me and my buddies spent countless evenings (and quarters) playing this.
Street Fighter Alpha II (Arcade): Same as above, we even had mini tournaments amongst our selves.
I can't remember why, but my parents got me a car boot sale Atari ST with a bunch of random discs as my first gaming computer heh:
Buggy Boy, Starquake, Supercars 2, Wizball, Marble Madness, Bubble Bobble, IK+, Arkanoid 2, Kickoff 2, Metrocross, Oids, Pac Mania, Zynaps, E-Motion and then some more...
And my friend at the time had an Amiga (gasp, rivalry), so heres a few more:
Transplant, Quickmoney, Base Jumpers
Then eventually PC gaming came around for Worms, Sim City 2000, Micromachines 2 and Psyco Pinball.
I wish I still had my Atari, but it was thrown away in a fit of cleaning without my knowledge. Ah the good old days...
Buggy Boy, Starquake, Supercars 2, Wizball, Marble Madness, Bubble Bobble, IK+, Arkanoid 2, Kickoff 2, Metrocross, Oids, Pac Mania, Zynaps, E-Motion and then some more...
And my friend at the time had an Amiga (gasp, rivalry), so heres a few more:
Transplant, Quickmoney, Base Jumpers
Then eventually PC gaming came around for Worms, Sim City 2000, Micromachines 2 and Psyco Pinball.
I wish I still had my Atari, but it was thrown away in a fit of cleaning without my knowledge. Ah the good old days...
