Games

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:29 pm

Games
Do we have a games thread?
Look at this wonderfully melmed Terminator from the Master System version of Terminator 2

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Post by **dng** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:34 pm

excellent

Post by **vom** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:34 pm

the Wee Barry thread is arguably the games thread but nobody seems sure

Post by **dng** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:34 pm

it looks a bit like that shit human/alien hybrid thing from alien 4

Post by **vom** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:35 pm

it's looking right at me

Post by **dng** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:36 pm

alien vs shit alien hybrid vs terminator vs predator vs predator alien vs human terminator predator alien

Post by **endar** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:51 pm

vom wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:34 pm the Wee Barry thread is arguably the games thread but nobody seems sure

i'm sure

Post by **richschnauzer** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:57 pm

Post by **dng** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:58 pm

It only took them 40 years!

Post by **dng** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:59 pm

thats my best ever joke

swizpig · Post by **swizpig** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:25 pm

Post by **vom** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:54 pm

I haven't read the caption but that looks like Donkey Kong™ The Ape to me

Now to check if I'm right

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:25 pm

richschnauzer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:57 pm

Some of the games on the near identikit TRS-80 look rather neato:

Skiing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcHYt96h0wc

Dino Wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ccgHq26Qc

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:39 am

Post by **endar** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 1:16 pm

So many bargains on one page!

Post by **Chortle Hound** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:09 pm

I remember when we replaced our old beloved C64 with the new white version which came with a cartridge Terminator 2. I was so excited to put the cartridge in. And then I played and urgh.

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:21 am

richschnauzer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:39 am

How many rival machines were around at one point? 13? 14?*

And peeps these days fret about whether to plump for the latest Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo box! Bah! Whatever you go for, you're going to play lotsa great games, be part of a large and well supported gaming eco-system, and not end up being lumbered with a Color Genie, Laser 350, or an Aquarius. Now THAT was decision-making pressure!

*Sinclair Spectrum / Oric-1 / Acorn Electron / Camputers Lynx / TI 99 4/a / Dragon 32 / Atari 800 / Commodore 64 / BBC Model B / Amstrad CPC 464 / Sord M5 / Tandy CoCo / Spectravideo SV 318/328 / Memotech MTX

Post by **vom** » Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:39 am

I've never even heard of some of these. But I'm prepared to bet anything that the Camputers Lynx is the machine to take us into a brighter future

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:04 am

vom wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:39 am I've never even heard of some of these. But I'm prepared to bet anything that the Camputers Lynx is the machine to take us into a brighter future

Ves, I expect it will do!

The Lynx was designed by a musician (John Shireff), so you'd expect it's sound capabilities to be good (a la Bob 'Ensoniq' Yannes creating the C64's SID chip), but alas, they were rotten.

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:09 pm

My C64 was the Terminator 2 one and I loved that game

You leave it alone

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:30 am

I just finished Landlord Of The Woods

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1564 ... the_Woods/

It's a short (1hr ish) cheap thing in which you apply to become the Landlord Of The Woods, and it's weird and charming and bizarre.

Post by **dng** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:01 am

hooray. that looks lovely

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:39 pm

I am now playing Pacman 99, due to brain madness. I won a game.

Post by **dng** » Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:34 pm

Is that one of those massively multiplayer version things like the tetris one?

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:33 am

A bewildered 99 is the age I feel when watching that.

Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:36 am

I can't bring myself to pay Nintendo for an online sub.

You need it for leaderboards. Leaderboards!

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:22 am

dng wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:34 pm Is that one of those massively multiplayer version things like the tetris one?

Ves. The weird thing is that I'm not great at normal Pacman and pretty good at normal Tetris, but I'm doing much better at Pacman 99 than Tetris 99.

Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:46 pm

I thought I was good at Tetris until I played online

I've lost my passion for it now

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:34 pm

I liked the Massive Multiplayer Mairo they offered, but then they pulled the plug on it.

CANCEL CULTURE

Post by **dng** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:36 pm

whats the point of that?

Post by **dng** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:36 pm

removing it i mean

Post by **dng** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:37 pm

does everyone hate mairo now

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:44 pm

I love(d) Mario 35, I was properly good at it too.

It was simultaneously hilarious and terrifying to be pootling around an average Mario level and then four Bowsers appeared.

Post by **vom** » Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:47 am

I didn't like the Mario one at all for some reason, but I didn't realise they'd scrapped it. How odd.

I have installed the pac-man one but not tried it yet.

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:31 pm

Bruce Sato wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:44 pm I love(d) Mario 35, I was properly good at it too.

It was simultaneously hilarious and terrifying to be pootling around an average Mario level and then four Bowsers appeared.

It was so nice to have something I could actually win at.

Fuckers.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:34 pm

Post by **dng** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:40 pm

Do me a favour
Electrocute a neighbour

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:22 pm

Accroding to the Bank Of Inglund's Inflation Calculator, those £25 games in 1987, would be, in todays roubles, selling for the equivalent of £72!?!

No wonder types like me stuck to home computers.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:31 pm

I won two more Pecmen 99. I might have to stop playing for a while, though, or I'll be glued to it.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:05 pm

I think we need to stage an intervention for Bruce...

Post by **richschnauzer** » Wed May 05, 2021 8:38 pm

Post by **endar** » Wed May 05, 2021 9:04 pm

chequered flag was the first game i got addicted to i think

Post by **blombluss** » Thu May 06, 2021 12:58 am

Bless Smiths for their mention of educational software in the advert text.

Like anyone really cares when that advert features four classic video games!

Post by **blombluss** » Fri May 07, 2021 12:15 am

I've no idea how I missed this - Road Rash on the Amiga 500.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMLb1BhQoO8

I like the fact that its not super speedy, and you can take everything in.

I really wanna play this now!

Post by **endar** » Fri May 07, 2021 1:16 am

3DO version was best

Post by **blombluss** » Fri May 07, 2021 1:43 pm

It's verr nice indeed.

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Fri May 07, 2021 4:27 pm

Yeah I never knew an Amiga version was available!

Post by **richschnauzer** » Fri May 07, 2021 7:21 pm

Post by **blombluss** » Sat May 08, 2021 12:20 am

I seem to recall U.S. Gold being one of the first games companies to push the games sales prices up from £6/£7/£8 to the £9/£10 that they remained for the remainder of the 8 bit tape era.

My feeling at the time, and I think it was shared by a fair few was - WOW! American games will definitely be better than UK/Australian/European titles, and whilst some were (Epyx titles in particular), most them were just... 'decent'.

Post by **endar** » Sat May 08, 2021 4:18 am

US Gold were the masters of shit Sega ports