Classic Games
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@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@Kruse dont think so, but TBH no idea....plenty of games were similar back then.
Yeah - remember that... definitely a Mario Bros rip-off. But yeah, to be fair, not much imagination in the industry back in that day.
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Now that this has become a distinct thread... on the topic the mod has named, not console games, but C64...
- Commando - remember being able to "clock" that about 6 times in a single game
- Midnight Resistance - was THE game when I was 10 or so
- Airwolf
- Choplifter
Then along came the Amiga, and...
- F/A 18 Interceptor
- Pirates
- Syndicate
And I have no idea of anybody who ever actually paid for a legal version of any of those.
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@Duluth said in Classic Games:
My favourite from the 2600 days
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Alex the Kid was the nuts. Still remember the music
First "console" was one of these bad boys. Playing Tomb of Tarabash. On a fucking tape
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Did anyone used to play Battle Isle in the early 90s?
We'd sneak off from school to my mates place (whose Dad was the guidance counsellor at school) and play two on two at lunch time. Two on two meant for of us would sit around the tiny computer whispering away to out teammate as we go.
Was a cracking game.
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@Nepia said in Classic Games:
Did anyone used to play Battle Isle in the early 90s?
We'd sneak off from school to my mates place (whose Dad was the guidance counsellor at school) and play two on two at lunch time. Two on two meant for of us would sit around the tiny computer whispering away to out teammate as we go.
Was a cracking game.
Amiga 500? Hell of a game if its the one I'm thinking of.
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@Rembrandt said in Classic Games:
@Nepia said in Classic Games:
Did anyone used to play Battle Isle in the early 90s?
We'd sneak off from school to my mates place (whose Dad was the guidance counsellor at school) and play two on two at lunch time. Two on two meant for of us would sit around the tiny computer whispering away to out teammate as we go.
Was a cracking game.
Amiga 500? Hell of a game if its the one I'm thinking of.
Yeah, turned based with split screens.
Another turn based game that I love (but falls out of the classic period) is Combat Mission.
You pick they battlefield, then pick the configuration/men/weaponry etc that you want in the battle and your opponent does the same, then you input your moves and it's all on.
It's fairly realistic in that you can use MG's to suppress squads and negatively impact their morale etc. One major issue with it is that if you get certain buildings first you can control things so I'd always select at least one truck or APC to get a squad to strategic points as quick as possible.
Edit: In the Afrika Corps version you can play as NZ.
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Ha. Classic sequeway fellas....
First game I remember is Panzar assault. Took about half an hour to load ( on a tape ) and part of the fun was whether or not the fucken game would actually work or not.
....and the end result if it did was a block ( tank ) shooting other blocks.
rad.
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I started on that original console, too. Was still working last time I tried it a few years ago at my parents place. Epic tank and plane wars (one turn in, shoot at the right time, game over) with that. Then I went up market to Vic 20, and Omega Race was so fkn hard I spent ages on it.
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Bloody amusing look at this and reminiscing but you know what?
Modern isn't always better. A mate got Red Dead Redemption two, I house sat for him and played and I'm a massive western and GTA fan.
Despite all the things you can do and the massive world and amazing graphics I was bored fucken shitless.
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@mariner4life said in Classic Games:
I barely play games and if I do my kids kick my arse - except for the Street Fighter games. I choose Ken or Sagat and fuck them right up.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Classic Games:
@mariner4life said in Classic Games:
I barely play games and if I do my kids kick my arse - except for the Street Fighter games. I choose Ken or Sagat and fuck them right up.
the amount of fucking time i spent playing this game at various places around Tauranga (the video shop at Cherrywood mainly)
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@mariner4life said in Classic Games:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Classic Games:
@mariner4life said in Classic Games:
I barely play games and if I do my kids kick my arse - except for the Street Fighter games. I choose Ken or Sagat and fuck them right up.
the amount of fucking time i spent playing this game at various places around Tauranga (the video shop at Cherrywood mainly)
I used to get my arse kicked using Zangif and Dahlsin. Was embarrassing. Then my brother and I managed to get hold of a 2nd hand Megadrive and we spent a good year saving up for a copy of SS2. Went ballistic after that. Played it at an arcade last year and nearly went the whole way. Pity it wasn't 1992.
Anyone play GI Joe on C64? That was cool. Remember they had that decathlon game that absolutely farked up the joystick.
