Classic Games. Reminisce. Discuss. Discover lost treasures.
I'm going to guess it was an Amstrad CPC, but it could also have been a ZX Spectrum, or perhaps an Oric Atmos.
Amstrad CPC 6128, yeah. Did they make 3" drives for the Spectrum?
The ZX Spectrum +3 came with a 3 inch drive, yeah.
Oh no I'm not!!
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start. Bingo. 40 guys.
And do you guys still remember the Kings Quest / Space Quest / Police Quest series...
They all ROCKED.
I played Kings Quest I , II, III again, and it is astonishing how old, 'crappy' drawn games, can be better than some of the up to date games.
The gameplay mechanics where original too(then), you didn't had to just click on everything, you had to write your commands in a console.
Example : Examine table
on the table is a brown paper bag and a knife
Take Paper bag and knife
You took the paper bag and the knife
Examine paper bag
The bag contains shattering gems
Just like in Zork another old-school topper! Wich is free to download (links provided by the dev's)
Get zorked!
Hell yeah! Space Quest 3 used to be my favorite game, until it was ousted by I think The Secret of Monkey Island, and then the chronology gets hazy until like Ultima 6. I'm free-associating like a pixelated mofo here.
Temple of Rom, anyone?
If you haven't plays Mega-Man, feel ashamed. However, you can try it out here:
Pros:
-Fun
-Hard
-Innovative (for it's time)
-Lots of bosses
Cons:
-Easy to die in pit stages
No one (Crooked Paul being the exception) has mentioned Monkey Island and Lucas Art's other adventure games (or was some mentioned that I not recognize). Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is incredible. Leisure Suit Larry (not Lucas') is quite fun, Beneath a Steel Sky is just ingenious.
A shame the genre has just about as decimated as GLaDOS. Modern games lacks the fantastic story that the old ones had.
Loads of gratitude to Ragnar T?rnquist who created The Longest Journey, and whoever created Fahrenheit. Some day, I have got to play Syrberia too...
They have a little virtual machine now which runs on the iPhone and can play just about all classic LucasArts adventures. Which is suddenly the main reason I want an iPhone.