Retro Games

[redsam]

Finally got hold of an emulator for the Commodore 64 and loaded up one of my old favourites, International Karate. The music was the bees knees back in the day.

Still just as addicted to it as I was 20+ years ago.

Anyone else played a retro game recently?

[NeverOffside]

I played the original DOOM on my PC the other day. :D

And to think at the time I thought the graphics were great.

[Torrminator]

I have a bash on worldofspectrum.com every now and again

[Omar C.]

Lemon64 is a great site for C64 games.
http://www.lemon64.com/



Been looking for Lucasarts games (Monkey Island etc.) to download and play on a mobile phone (not an iPhone though). Much more suited to a mobile phone than trying to play the latest FIFA on the move !

I've heard of an emulator called ScummVM (http://www.scummvm.org/) - has anyone used it ??

[jozza800]

Some retro games never get old!? ;)

I still play and love

Sensible Soccer
Speedball 2
Cannon Fodder

some of my fav old games include

Wonderboy (MegaDrive)
Road Rash (MegaDrive)
Mario Kart (Snes)
Golden Eye (N64)
R-Type (MasterSystem)
EA Hockey (MegaDrive)
Knights Of The Sky (Amiga)
Desert Strike (MegaDrive)
Super Star Wars (Snes)

[glockdanny]

I go through spells of playing Elite, even now.

That was way ahead of its time. I remember shaking with excitement when I bought the original in '85 - enclosed in the beautiful glossy black box was some kind of weird multi-lens. Upon loading, a load of random black and white blocks would appear on the screen. You had to hold the fantastical lens up to the TV at a specified distance from the screen, and said blocks would magically merge together to give you a code number - which you had to then enter to enable you to play.

Where's the fun in anti-copyright stuff now, eh?

[candyman]

I go through spells of playing Elite, even now.

That was way ahead of its time. I remember shaking with excitement when I bought the original in '85 - enclosed in the beautiful glossy black box was some kind of weird multi-lens. Upon loading, a load of random black and white blocks would appear on the screen. You had to hold the fantastical lens up to the TV at a specified distance from the screen, and said blocks would magically merge together to give you a code number - which you had to then enter to enable you to play.

Where's the fun in anti-copyright stuff now, eh?

Elite was a classic. Came out first for the BBC didn't it?
Remember waiting for it to come out on the C64.

I remember there were long passages of doing nothing but travelling and then suddenly getting the shit shot out of you from nowhere.
It was a bloody hard game!

[redsam]

I go through spells of playing Elite, even now.

That was way ahead of its time. I remember shaking with excitement when I bought the original in '85 - enclosed in the beautiful glossy black box was some kind of weird multi-lens. Upon loading, a load of random black and white blocks would appear on the screen. You had to hold the fantastical lens up to the TV at a specified distance from the screen, and said blocks would magically merge together to give you a code number - which you had to then enter to enable you to play.

Where's the fun in anti-copyright stuff now, eh?

Elite was a classic. Came out first for the BBC didn't it?
Remember waiting for it to come out on the C64.

I remember there were long passages of doing nothing but travelling and then suddenly getting the shit shot out of you from nowhere.
It was a bloody hard game!

One of my faves! Spent hours and hours on it, determined to get to Elite status but for some reason never got past 'deadly'.

Even used the hacks to get onto the thargoids (sp) as they were supposed to get you more points to boost your ranking.

Did you manage to get to Elite status?

[rotelharp]

Sam give Paradroid and Uridium a go on the C64.
On a PC note i have been playing Duke Nukem 3D, still a great game.(helps if you add the texture patch to improve the graphics)

[Leviathan]

Finally got hold of an emulator for the Commodore 64 and loaded up one of my old favourites, International Karate. The music was the bees knees back in the day.

Still just as addicted to it as I was 20+ years ago.

Anyone else played a retro game recently?

Still occasionally play on my ACTUAL Commodore 64. Got loads of games. :)

[poolmania]

I still love playing CM93.

[Omar C.]

Still occasionally play on my ACTUAL Commodore 64. Got loads of games. :)

Tapes or "diskettes" ??

I used to have a C64 with the tapedeck, and there was always that long load time (10 minutes or so!) and then the godawful realisation that something had gone awry as the tape ran all the way to the end and stopped, and no game loaded up.
Bloody tapes... !!

Still - I loved "Cricket International" (http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/boxshot.php?pid=573173&popup=1)
- £1.99 very well spent !

[Leviathan]

Tapes or "diskettes" ??

I used to have a C64 with the tapedeck, and there was always that long load time (10 minutes or so!) and then the godawful realisation that something had gone awry as the tape ran all the way to the end and stopped, and no game loaded up.
Bloody tapes... !!

Still - I loved "Cricket International" (http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/boxshot.php?pid=573173&popup=1)
- £1.99 very well spent !

Tapes.

I had one cartridge game, instant loading but crap game!

Top tape games:

IK+
Microprose Soccer
Street Fighter II
Robocop
Batman The Movie
Summer Games
Winter Games
Spy v Spy
Last Ninja
The last V8
Action Biker
Paperboy
Dizzy
...god there's loads more...I'll have to get the box out and see what else I have.

It was great to buy great games for £1.99, but even better to have my Uncle copy all of his for free ;)

[Omar C.]

Ah, Batman The Movie - possibly the finest film-made-into-game for the C64.

Knocking the Joker off the roof at the end was very satisfying !

[redsam]

Sam give Paradroid and Uridium a go on the C64.
On a PC note i have been playing Duke Nukem 3D, still a great game.(helps if you add the texture patch to improve the graphics)

Will do thanks.

Tapes.

I had one cartridge game, instant loading but crap game!

Top tape games:

IK+
Microprose Soccer
Street Fighter II
Robocop
Batman The Movie
Summer Games
Winter Games
Spy v Spy
Last Ninja
The last V8
Action Biker
Paperboy
Dizzy
...god there's loads more...I'll have to get the box out and see what else I have.

It was great to buy great games for £1.99, but even better to have my Uncle copy all of his for free ;)

Some great classics in there. Did you ever play 'Everyone's a Wally'? I got so close to finishing that. Then there was Frank Bruno's Boxing and Bruce Lee.

Which you can download off the net from www.classic-retro-games.com

Glock: they've also got Elite that you can play on Windows Pcs.

[glockdanny]

Did you manage to get to Elite status?

PAH!!

* E L I T E *

You mean you didn't? :p

Long hours and no life. These were the days before I discovered girls y'see.

Never ever got the better of the Thargoids though. Bloody ridiculous. You could destroy about 30 or 40 but they'd just keep reproducing. Energy bombs merely granted you temporary reprieve.

[andypandy]

Oh yes, Paradroid and Uridiuim - both absolute quality games.

The Summer/Winter games series were good but my personal favourite was Calafornia Games.

[Leviathan]

Oh yes, Paradroid and Uridiuim - both absolute quality games.

The Summer/Winter games series were good but my personal favourite was Calafornia Games.

Damn right... I seem to remember Halfpipe & Surfing being very good. Not played that one in years

Oh, and Outrun!

[rixf666]

so many classic games available, paradroid was one of my favourites. anyone remember raid over moscow, it was a good game once you figured out how to get the bloody planes out of the hangar. ghostbusters was awesome too.

the old cassette deck, i have memories of always twisting a screwdriver in a little hole to adjust the way it loaded, hours and hours of tediousness but it was all good at the time.

[big dutch]

popeye

[King Xabi]

Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3

Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Greatest game ever made.

[kg271]

Manic Minor

Who dares wins Comando

Way of the exploding fist

Crystal castles

Activision & Daley Thompson's Decathlon

Pole position & Pit stop 2

Bruce Lee

International soccer and Basketball

[RedNoodle]

Dungeon Master
Bards Tale
Jet Set Willy
Attic Attack
Manic Miner
Arknoid
Defender of The Crown
Kick Off 2
Sensible World of Soccer
Knightlore
Elite
Tir Na Nog
The Hobbit
Vallhalla

Now there is a list of classics make no mistake. Ah the good ol days of getting a couple of quid together and getting a game from your local newsagent and then waiting ages for the game to load and then to have it crash on you.

[Red_on_Silver]

Sam give Paradroid and Uridium a go on the C64.
On a PC note i have been playing Duke Nukem 3D, still a great game.(helps if you add the texture patch to improve the graphics)

Uridium, fastastic game, will never ever forget it. Another classic, on the Amiga, Impossible Mission and the ominious voice cackling, 'Stay a While, Stay for Ever'. Brilliant.

[1984]

'Daley Thompson's decathlon'. Which is why I had a blister on my right hand from moving the joystick frantically.

That's what I told my Mum, anyway.

[RedNoodle]

'Daley Thompson's decathlon'. Which is why I had a blister on my right hand from moving the joystick frantically.

That's what I told my Mum, anyway.

The Killer of many a QuickShot II Joystick.

[candyman]

Spy hunter.

[Rushback]

Rick Dangerous 2 and Damocles were my fav

also, the music emulator, forget the name

and shadow of the beast 2

[candyman]

Archon.

[CODE RED]

I download retro classics onto my Wii when they become available. I've recently re-played:

Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario 64
Street Fighter 2
Donkey Kong Country 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Lylat Wars
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Lylat Wars
etc.

[Omar C.]

The Killer of many a QuickShot II Joystick.

Yep, but not as bad as Kick Off 2 on the Amiga... went through so many.
Tried various Competition Pro/Zipsticks etc. as well, but the QSII was my weapon of choice really.

[1984]

Speaking of 'Sensible Soccer' this very similar game is one I am addicted to at the moment:

http://football.sticksports.com

[RedNoodle]

Yep, but not as bad as Kick Off 2 on the Amiga... went through so many.
Tried various Competition Pro/Zipsticks etc. as well, but the QSII was my weapon of choice really.

QS's were a bunch of beefy Joysticks (oooh er misus) and then some, I had one of those zipsticks and loved it. Kick Off 2 was class. It was not as "Accessable" as Sensible Soccer but because the ball was not "Tied" to your feet, it was pure joy when you scored a good goal, and the fact you could save it in that day and age was Boss. There used to be a "Goal of the Month" compeitition in one of the Magazines that was around at the time.

By the way is that Kingsbury NW London where you live? If so thats just down the road from me. :D

[redsam]

Think it's worth the bump.

Mel Wood: for your benefit.

[lapland]

I spy.

[Torrminator]

Does anyone know of a site that has Amiga games?

Used to play a bit on one that had Flash remakes

[Mel Wood]

Think it's worth the bump.

Mel Wood: for your benefit.

Cheers Sam, - I had a good hour on that Spectrum site before work cottoned on and blocked it... :rolleyes: :(
Gah! Might have to do some work now.

Had any game made by 'Imagine' free at the time (82-84) and thought they were all the peak of gaming.

Arkanoid 2 for the Amiga was years of entertainment too, as was stuff like Hexen and Duke Nukem.

[fuzzball]

QS's were a bunch of beefy Joysticks (oooh er misus) and then some, I had one of those zipsticks and loved it. Kick Off 2 was class. It was not as "Accessable" as Sensible Soccer but because the ball was not "Tied" to your feet, it was pure joy when you scored a good goal, and the fact you could save it in that day and age was Boss. There used to be a "Goal of the Month" compeitition in one of the Magazines that was around at the time.

By the way is that Kingsbury NW London where you live? If so thats just down the road from me. :D

think i had one a konix speedking...serious waggling possible.you could hold it in your hand (without the double meaning)

[Redbrandt]

Why would anyone play any other game rather than Football Manager? :confused:

nah, I haven't played anything in a while, although I do remember some of those that I've played long time ago and feel rather tempted to try them out again

[the mighty swin]

Did anyone have any idea how Attic Attac actually worked? The times I played it only to be told I'd completed 9% or some such shit! Next go, 37% doing, in my eyes, nothing different!

[Sebastien Haff]

Does anyone know of a site that has Amiga games?

Used to play a bit on one that had Flash remakes

Here's one, you have to download a emulator, which I think is on the same site?

http://www.amigapower.tk/

Anco's Player Manager is on there, spent so much time playing that bugger!

[Sebastien Haff]

Why would anyone play any other game rather than Football Manager? :confused:

nah, I haven't played anything in a while, although I do remember some of those that I've played long time ago and feel rather tempted to try them out again

Pro Evo? Somebody should start a poll of the best footie game ever made there'd be a few classics Kick Off, Peter Beardsleys International Football, Fifa, Sensi, Goal, Matchday II, the list goes on.

[ianlfc]

anyone remember the original football manager for the spectrum?
were the stick men played in the highlights?
brillant it was!!!
just before the tape loaded ,we had it timed so we stoped it about 2 seconds and broke into the game and changed the names of players and teams. oh the fun we had great times!!