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Legacy of the Wizard for the NES had the best music. You can't fuck with that game!
Is that the game where you could choose to play as a bunch of different people or a monster/pet thing? If so, I've been tryin to remember the name of that game forever.
Yes it was. But everyone knows the Indian chick was the best. :P
That was supposed to be an elf...
Feather in the hair and everything. Looked like she was right outta Pocahontas or something. *shrug* could've been an elf, but she was still the best in the game.
OH SO NOW EVERYONE REMEMBERS THIS GAME ALL OF A SUDDEN
NOT EARLIER THOUGH, BACK BEFORE I SPENT AN HOUR THUMBING THROUGH EVERY NES GAME EVER MADE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS
I always have this feeling of trepedation when going through threads like this, because one day, someone is going to post Halo 3 or GoW, and I will cry.
Kids thee days have never had to WORK for anything. They've never had to grit their teeth and go make lunch while a game loads off a tape. They've never bought a gaming magazine that had 40 pages of code at the back that you could transcribe exactly to build your own Roguelike. They've never jumped for joy at "Hello World."
There were a couple educational games I really loved but can't remember their names for the life of me.
The first was a spelling-type platformer game. The second was a math-game where you controlled a detective guy with a high collar throughout a school and an angry TV thing would duel you with math equations.
If anyone can tell me the names of these games from my abysmal descriptions I'd be overjoyed as I'd love to procure them again somehow for nostalgia reasons.
Yes!
The math one was OutNumbered!
There was another one we had on our school computer called Midnight Rescue!
EDIT: Oh god, and Treasure Mountain! I love you, Learning Company. I had forgotten about these.
I loved OutNumbered, and thanks to DOSBox, I still play it when I have a chance. That wasn't just my favourite game as a young kid, that was the best[/b] game.
But if we're talking about game series, my favourite would have been (and still is) the Monkey Island series.
There were a couple educational games I really loved but can't remember their names for the life of me.
The first was a spelling-type platformer game. The second was a math-game where you controlled a detective guy with a high collar throughout a school and an angry TV thing would duel you with math equations.
If anyone can tell me the names of these games from my abysmal descriptions I'd be overjoyed as I'd love to procure them again somehow for nostalgia reasons.
Yes!
The math one was OutNumbered!
There was another one we had on our school computer called Midnight Rescue!
EDIT: Oh god, and Treasure Mountain! I love you, Learning Company. I had forgotten about these.
Awesome, I couldn't remember what it was called. Anyone know if this can be obtained and run somehow on Vista 64? (I really doubt it can)
Now if only I could remember what the English-game was...
There were a couple educational games I really loved but can't remember their names for the life of me.
The first was a spelling-type platformer game. The second was a math-game where you controlled a detective guy with a high collar throughout a school and an angry TV thing would duel you with math equations.
If anyone can tell me the names of these games from my abysmal descriptions I'd be overjoyed as I'd love to procure them again somehow for nostalgia reasons.
Yes!
The math one was OutNumbered!
There was another one we had on our school computer called Midnight Rescue!
EDIT: Oh god, and Treasure Mountain! I love you, Learning Company. I had forgotten about these.
Awesome, I couldn't remember what it was called. Anyone know if this can be obtained and run somehow on Vista 64? (I really doubt it can)
Now if only I could remember what the English-game was...
DOSBox, a DOS emulator. I think it's designed for x86, but can still run on 64-bit. You can get OutNumbered and the others online, since they're considered abandonware.
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VariableMouth CongressStroke Me Lady FameRegistered Userregular
edited September 2008
Kickle Cubicle
The Adventures of Lolo
Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle
Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
There were a couple educational games I really loved but can't remember their names for the life of me.
The first was a spelling-type platformer game. The second was a math-game where you controlled a detective guy with a high collar throughout a school and an angry TV thing would duel you with math equations.
If anyone can tell me the names of these games from my abysmal descriptions I'd be overjoyed as I'd love to procure them again somehow for nostalgia reasons.
Yes!
The math one was OutNumbered!
There was another one we had on our school computer called Midnight Rescue!
EDIT: Oh god, and Treasure Mountain! I love you, Learning Company. I had forgotten about these.
Awesome, I couldn't remember what it was called. Anyone know if this can be obtained and run somehow on Vista 64? (I really doubt it can)
Now if only I could remember what the English-game was...
DOSBox, a DOS emulator. I think it's designed for x86, but can still run on 64-bit. You can get OutNumbered and the others online, since they're considered abandonware.
Nice, that worked, thanks!
I'm running it right now, and just the initial music is flooding me with childhood memories
I'm running it right now, and just the initial music is flooding me with childhood memories
No problem. I loved all the music and effects from that game. One of the pieces of music used in the halls was Mozart's Symphony No. 40, but I never realised that until I was listening to a classical music CD and came upon the track. I don't think I'd ever had a wider grin in my life.
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FiggyFighter of the night manChampion of the sunRegistered Userregular
I used to play this stunt car game for hours and hours... it looks almost identical to the one in this video, but it was more sports cars. It was also for DOS. You could design your own cars, paint them, and even make your own stunt tracks. I used to save really long, impossible tracks and challenge my brother to complete them.
I always have this feeling of trepedation when going through threads like this, because one day, someone is going to post Halo 3 or GoW, and I will cry.
Kids thee days have never had to WORK for anything. They've never had to grit their teeth and go make lunch while a game loads off a tape. They've never bought a gaming magazine that had 40 pages of code at the back that you could transcribe exactly to build your own Roguelike. They've never jumped for joy at "Hello World."
Printed code? Oh how we would have loved printed code. How I dreamt of reading printed code. In my day, our code was chiseled by a blind man into bits of old wood. And we'd have to type it on a keyboard made of broken glass, in the dark, in a hole, with an owl!.
And when we'd finish writing it, it wouldn't compile. And when it did compile, it would just be a 4bit Pong clone. With only one paddle! And no collision detection!
Oh how I would lay awake all night dreaming of printed code...
I always have this feeling of trepedation when going through threads like this, because one day, someone is going to post Halo 3 or GoW, and I will cry.
Kids thee days have never had to WORK for anything. They've never had to grit their teeth and go make lunch while a game loads off a tape. They've never bought a gaming magazine that had 40 pages of code at the back that you could transcribe exactly to build your own Roguelike. They've never jumped for joy at "Hello World."
Printed code? Oh how we would have loved printed code. How I dreamt of reading printed code. In my day, our code was chiseled by a blind man into bits of old wood. And we'd have to type it on a keyboard made of broken glass, in the dark, in a hole, with an owl!.
And when we'd finish writing it, it wouldn't compile. And when it did compile, it would just be a 4bit Pong clone. With only one paddle! And no collision detection!
Oh how I would lay awake all night dreaming of printed code...
"I'm a fully experienced raaambling hiker"
Kudos on the fast show reference 8-)
I was 5 when I got my ZX Spectrum +2 (the 48k grey one with the built on tape deck) and I NEVER want to go back to loading off a tape, evah. Getting the NES 5 years later was a revelation.
AxenMy avatar is Excalibur.Yes, the sword.Registered Userregular
edited September 2008
Played the hell out of this when I was young. So many good memories. One of the things I tried to do was land the helicopter on the convoy trucks. I can't remember if it was possible or if you blew up when you touched them. If it was possible then I am sure I did it.
This game and Pitfall I played so freaking much. I think at one point I was able to play Pitfall with my eyes closed. Good times, good times.
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i used to play the zeldafied version of that on the atari 2600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcGwy1P4P6k
but i was way too young tomake any sense of it at all... (actually looking at the vid it would appear im still way too young to make much sense of it today )
Well, I know it's not exactly a classic NES or anything.. but my favorite game as a kid (and still is, to pass the time) is Snake.. Thankfully I have it on my cell phone...
I actually never got into the old Mario games, or anything like that until I was in my teens.
It's so hard to pick just one game, even per console, in my youth. I started playing on the Atari 2600 when I was 4, until I was about 11 when I received my NES. During the Atari era, my favorite game was probably Crystal Castles.
You're a honey-stealing bear, grabbing "gems" that are strewn about dark castles, avoiding walking trees, witches, bees, and bi-pedal gem-eating caterpillars. Don't know what it was about this game that made me like it so much.....the dark, halloween-like atmosphere? Dunno, but I still play it on occasion.
In the NES era, as an older kid, I think I like Wizards and Warriors above all.
A knight with a huge vertical leap, grabbing treasures, keys, and interesting powerups (Boots of Force! Kick those eagles in the face!) throughout a medieval land of forests, caves, and castles. (hmmm, castle theme...). I liked all 3 games in the series, but this is the one I played over and over, and still do.
By the time the SNES era came around, I was in high school, and there's too many games for me to declare one favorite. Secret of Mana, FF6, Kirby Super Star, Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country.....yeah, that and more.
ActRaiser was another game I played to death when I was a kid.
Also, what was the name of the SEGA game that you started out as a robot, and you beat up other robots and you could steal body parts from them and add them to yours? Anyone remember that game?
ActRaiser was another game I played to death when I was a kid.
Also, what was the name of the SEGA game that you started out as a robot, and you beat up other robots and you could steal body parts from them and add them to yours? Anyone remember that game?
ActRaiser was another game I played to death when I was a kid.
Also, what was the name of the SEGA game that you started out as a robot, and you beat up other robots and you could steal body parts from them and add them to yours? Anyone remember that game?
yes
I think it was called Cyborg Justice?
I think that's exactly it. I will buy it twice if it comes out on the VC.
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I could never beat the game without the Game Genie.
Yeah, it was pretty difficult. I think I eventually beat it, but not before spending days exploring the underworld. That was my favorite part for some reason, even though I would inevitably get murdered by giant marshmallow centipedes.
ActRaiser was another game I played to death when I was a kid.
Also, what was the name of the SEGA game that you started out as a robot, and you beat up other robots and you could steal body parts from them and add them to yours? Anyone remember that game?
yes
I think it was called Cyborg Justice?
I think that's exactly it. I will buy it twice if it comes out on the VC.
It was definitely Cyborg Justice. I really liked that game. The control was a little clunky, but the premise was awesome enough to make up for it, generally.
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ViscountalphaThe pen is mightier than the swordhttp://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered Userregular
I could never get past the screen on Blobolonia where Cherry Bombs fall and kill you.
Yeah, the Blobolonia levels were bloody hard. I think I remember using the coconut to roll Blob past those screens and trigger the bombs, but I'm not sure.
Figuring out how to free Blob at the end made me feel like a frigging genius back then.
I could never beat the game without the Game Genie.
I'm kinda surprised ketchup jelly beans never caught on. Cause
MMMMM ketchup
Oh sweet Jesus I almost threw up. Do you remember those Ketchup Pringles? I had friends addicted to those. My stomach churns at the thought of Ketchup Jellybeans.
Early favourites for me were the original Bionic Commando, and Castlevania III. Of course all the 2D Mario games got hundreds of hours, as did Super Mario Kart and Link to the Past. Later, Contra III and Street Fighter II. Ah, the old days of great games, endless time and no responsibilities.
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Fuckin' Sword of Hope ruled
OH SO NOW EVERYONE REMEMBERS THIS GAME ALL OF A SUDDEN
NOT EARLIER THOUGH, BACK BEFORE I SPENT AN HOUR THUMBING THROUGH EVERY NES GAME EVER MADE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS
Hah, old people.
We laugh at your pain while sipping Mountain Dew.
I loved OutNumbered, and thanks to DOSBox, I still play it when I have a chance. That wasn't just my favourite game as a young kid, that was the best[/b] game.
But if we're talking about game series, my favourite would have been (and still is) the Monkey Island series.
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Awesome, I couldn't remember what it was called. Anyone know if this can be obtained and run somehow on Vista 64? (I really doubt it can)
Now if only I could remember what the English-game was...
and Eye of the beholder II:
The hours and hours and hours me and my brother and friends had with just these two games... great times.
DOSBox, a DOS emulator. I think it's designed for x86, but can still run on 64-bit. You can get OutNumbered and the others online, since they're considered abandonware.
The Adventures of Lolo
Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle
Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
and the obvious zelda/mario/etc.
Nice, that worked, thanks!
I'm running it right now, and just the initial music is flooding me with childhood memories
I used to play this stunt car game for hours and hours... it looks almost identical to the one in this video, but it was more sports cars. It was also for DOS. You could design your own cars, paint them, and even make your own stunt tracks. I used to save really long, impossible tracks and challenge my brother to complete them.
I remember you could even save your runs.
Actually beat it sans 30 lives cheat when I was around 5.
That and gauntlet. Although, we never beat gauntlet.
And when we'd finish writing it, it wouldn't compile. And when it did compile, it would just be a 4bit Pong clone. With only one paddle! And no collision detection!
Oh how I would lay awake all night dreaming of printed code...
"I'm a fully experienced raaambling hiker"
Kudos on the fast show reference 8-)
I was 5 when I got my ZX Spectrum +2 (the 48k grey one with the built on tape deck) and I NEVER want to go back to loading off a tape, evah. Getting the NES 5 years later was a revelation.
I loved this game
Played the hell out of this when I was young. So many good memories. One of the things I tried to do was land the helicopter on the convoy trucks. I can't remember if it was possible or if you blew up when you touched them. If it was possible then I am sure I did it.
This game and Pitfall I played so freaking much. I think at one point I was able to play Pitfall with my eyes closed. Good times, good times.
See this thread here...
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=68278
Hunter on my Amiga absolutely blew my fucking mind when I was a kid. Look at this shit:
You could drive cars, boats, fly helicopters, all in glorious 3D. I'd kinda itching to play it now, but there's no legal way...
Lots of other classic games, like Pinball Dreams/Fantasies (amazing soundtracks, IIRC)
Anything by the Bitmap Brothers (Xenon, Speedball, Chaos Engine)
New Zealand Story, Lemmings, did I mention Chaos Engine? Because fucking Chaos Engine:
I loved this game. I played it to death through enough rentals to probably buy the game twice.
Except I played it for the Sega.
Another old console game I played a lot of was the old SNES game Shadowrun.
I actually never got into the old Mario games, or anything like that until I was in my teens.
You're a honey-stealing bear, grabbing "gems" that are strewn about dark castles, avoiding walking trees, witches, bees, and bi-pedal gem-eating caterpillars. Don't know what it was about this game that made me like it so much.....the dark, halloween-like atmosphere? Dunno, but I still play it on occasion.
In the NES era, as an older kid, I think I like Wizards and Warriors above all.
A knight with a huge vertical leap, grabbing treasures, keys, and interesting powerups (Boots of Force! Kick those eagles in the face!) throughout a medieval land of forests, caves, and castles. (hmmm, castle theme...). I liked all 3 games in the series, but this is the one I played over and over, and still do.
By the time the SNES era came around, I was in high school, and there's too many games for me to declare one favorite. Secret of Mana, FF6, Kirby Super Star, Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country.....yeah, that and more.
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That game needs a re-armed style make over, badly.
Or at least a VC release.
e: Oh man, I remember Wizards and Warriors.
I played the shit out of this game on an Atari in my youth.
Tall-Paul MIPsDroid
Also, what was the name of the SEGA game that you started out as a robot, and you beat up other robots and you could steal body parts from them and add them to yours? Anyone remember that game?
yes
I think it was called Cyborg Justice?
Tall-Paul MIPsDroid
I think that's exactly it. I will buy it twice if it comes out on the VC.
Guys... There's trouble... on Blobolonia!
I could never beat the game without the Game Genie.
Age of Empires, of all things, did it
Yeah, it was pretty difficult. I think I eventually beat it, but not before spending days exploring the underworld. That was my favorite part for some reason, even though I would inevitably get murdered by giant marshmallow centipedes.
I'm kinda surprised ketchup jelly beans never caught on. Cause
MMMMM ketchup
http://www.audioentropy.com/
Yeah, the Blobolonia levels were bloody hard. I think I remember using the coconut to roll Blob past those screens and trigger the bombs, but I'm not sure.
Figuring out how to free Blob at the end made me feel like a frigging genius back then.
Oh sweet Jesus I almost threw up. Do you remember those Ketchup Pringles? I had friends addicted to those. My stomach churns at the thought of Ketchup Jellybeans.
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