Retro gaming

InspectorGordon · Posted: 26 Jun 2008, 23:09 Post subject: Retro gaming

I've noticed the 'Whats your PC spec?' thread going OT. Probs my fault for bringing up the Speccy.
So me thinks we should have a thread for retro console & puter games & hardware.
I'll start by going through all the hardware & fave games I've had.

Consoles:

Grandstand TV game 3000
Basically pong variations, my fave was football (you got 2 paddles)

Atari 2600
Daddy of consoles. Fave games Warlords (new version available on Xbox Live Arcade) & Pitfall

Sega Master System
Fave game, Kenseiden. Great side scrolling platform beat 'em up. The graphics were beautiful at the time, showing what was about to come...

Sega Megadrive
Fave game, micro machines 2. Always loved mm games, and this one had two extra ports in the cartridge so you could play 4 player, 8 if you shared pads.

Sega Mega CD
bought it way after it was released, never really explored it.

Playstation
Fave games have prolly gotta be Driver & Tomb Raider. Oh and Micro Machines V3.

Dreamcast
A great interlude while we were waiting for next gen. Fave games Revolt. Radio controlled driving game, brilliant. And Soul Caliber rocks.

Playstation 2
Bought this just for GTA III. Fave games until I got the pc versions, GTA III, Vice City & San Andreas. Fave game after, Guitar Hero series.

Xbox
Yeah, fu sony. Great console. Fave game Mashed, micro machines style racing, great 4 player action. And i must mention The Bible Game, great party game and being the nature of the game the most fun was had coming up with the most wrong player name.

Game cube
Bought this (well, housmate did) for Star Wars Rogue Squadron III & Donkey Conga, bongo bashing madness.

Wii
Looks shit (basically a game cube with fancy controllers), but a new way to game. Fave games Link's target practice, golf, Ravin Rabbids. Not even turned it on in 6 months, novelty must have worn off.

Xbox 360
Bought it over ps3 because most of my friends have one so great for ol gaming, and GTA IV with excusive DL content. Lovin it.

Computers:

Commodore Vic 20
Early Commodore puter. Looked just like the C64, but with only 4k of ram. WTF can you do with that. Fave game Bewitched, but that was shit. Mum bought it for the family, should have consulted me first.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Fuck yeah. Fave games, Skool Daze series, Lotus Turbo Espit, Batty, Starstrike 3D & Target Renagade 2, actually so many great games I could go on all day. Olso there was a cartoon style adventure game made by some french guys, can't remember the title but it was great.

Commodore 64
Fave games, Kickstart 2 & Wizball

PC:
Fave games, emulators of most of the above & of course MTA San Andreas.

Discuss...

Dockinoke · Posted: 26 Jun 2008, 23:26 Post subject:

I don't remember the names... i play an entire life on pc. ^^
(converted games from console to pc, emulator, etc)

I try to list:

-Ultim VI, turn-rpg
-GTA series, started on GTA2 (not completed), gta3, gta-vc, gta-advance (not completed), gta-sa
-Platform of all type and species, my favourite of EVER is Final Fight 3
-SCUMM games, like Monkey Island 1, 2 & (less fun, but nice) 3, Day of The Tentacle (and Maniac Mansion), Sam & Max, Indiana Jones, etc
-Sensible Soccer *_*
-Test Driver (1st version

)
-Tank Race, shit cheap game, but i love it ^^
-Blood Omen 1 & 2, Soul Reaver 1, 2 and Defiance (i left to play it, but i know the final -.-)... pure love for this saga, less for gameplay of SR2 and Defiance
-Age of Empires 1 & 2, an HUGE lot of time on map editor... i love make maps
-Starcraft, N1
-Warcraft 2, i like more than wc3
-Diablo 1 & Diablo 2 (whitout expansion)
-Rampart, now is a java game for cellulars, but i played it on pc installed whit floppy :shock:

-Windows 3.1x/95 games, impossible quote all tittles... i love a lot of mini-games developed for windows between 1994 and 1997
-SimCity2000
-Doom1 & 2, Heretic and.... WOLFSTEIN 3D!!!
-Commander Keen saga

Bagpuss · Posted: 27 Jun 2008, 06:41 Post subject:

We had a Texas Instruments TI99/4A in 1984, which I learnt to type and program a little bit. Later on we had an Atari 2600 (which I remember my mum playing more than me). I obtained a Vic-20 and then several C64s and a C128 (I spent years doing stuff for the 64 including doing a small magazine thing) before finally succumbing to a PC around 1994.

I had an Atari ST at some point as well but didn't do much with it.

Dave

Obsolete · Posted: 27 Jun 2008, 06:45 Post subject: Re: Retro gaming

Hitman · Posted: 27 Jun 2008, 06:59 Post subject:

Jet set willy, back 2 school, action fighter, double dragon, fist of fury, monkey island, spy v spy, streets of rage, sensible world of soccer, chase hq, outrun, pang, r-type, duck hunt, thats all i can remember 4 a min.

Matt88 · Posted: 27 Jun 2008, 15:12 Post subject:

Wow IG, I remember the MM games, my bro had it on his NES, amongst other stuff. Then I used to play MM V3 on my mate's PS. I also have an Xbox sitting in my living room (mainly just used as a DVD player now) and I have mashed on that, and Soul Caliber 2. My Bro used to have a Dreamcast too, with Soul Caliber 1 on it. Bloody amazing graphics from a DC.

My earliest memory of PC gaming was probably High Octane (anybody remember that mental game?) And Syndicate (I think) Both by, I think, Bulldog.
I used to love the original GTA, and Carmageddon. too. I guess that's where my current gaming habits have spawned from. :lol:

I also used to have Re-Volt, but on the PC. HEAPS of user made cars and tracks too, and online multiplayer, although it didn't really work too well on dial-up. I just played it singleplayer most of the time....

I remember the days of playing NFS II SE splitscreen with my big sister... That was fun. Especially with the cheats that let you drive 200mph trucks... :lol:

Hitman · Posted: 27 Jun 2008, 19:57 Post subject:

Anyone play starsiege tribes?

Sputs|uk · Posted: 27 Jun 2008, 20:00 Post subject:

Great Topic IG

Well i never really owed a console up until the PS1, and my favorite game on that was Tenchu Stealth Assasins, lopping heads and limbs off ect, great game..

ZX Spectrum..

What can i say, there were so many titles on the ZX, i recognise almost all the games listed so far..

School Daze (thanks for the link, i'll be checking that out later :wink:

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Jetset Willy - never finished it... talk about stress lol
Spy vs Spy - doing your mate with the boobytraps!
Turbo Esprit - i remember the road moving but not the car lol
Fist of Fury - great side scrolling beat'em up!

Some other titles me and my mates had for the Speccy..

Thanatos - Rollercoaster - Nightlore - Fairlight - Horace Goes Skiing - Jetpack - Chuckie Egg - Manic Minor - Boulder Dash - B.C Bill - Tir Na Nog - Blue Max - The Great Escape and many more. We had our sources for games and copying was such a sinch back then, all you needed was a blank tape and two tape decks and you could run off multiple copies haha!

My folks once got me a Commodore 16 Plus 4 for christmas, when what i really wanted was a C64. Upraded to a C64 about a year later...

Favorite games and some classics i remember: Paper Boy - BMX Simulator - Kickstart - Speed King - Summer Games - Winter Games - <<< get here, PC conversion - Spiderman - Buggy Boy - 1942 - Super Zaxxon - Arkanoid - Beachhead - Ghosts and Goblins - Green Berret - Pole Position - Pitstop - Defender - Infiltrator and Commando!

One thing that was good about the C64 was the music..very colourful.

I did buy a Toshiba MSX that i wish i still had, it'd probably be worth a few quid now, maybe..

Complete with a cartridge slot and three games - Nightmare - Ye Ar Kung-Fu and a racing game....Spyhunter or something... i remember being very impressed with the graphics at the time, hmm lol

Then i moved on to the Amiga and owned an Amiga 1200.,

As i recall there were Atari ST users and Amiga users and a constant debate as to which was the best for games, some things never change eh

Settlers on the Amiga was the ultimate, 2 player, split screen....hours upon hours of constructing your empire and armies and then watching it all go to crap in a matter of minutes lol - it always boiled down to who had the most hardcore of knights - the more knights with gold crested helmets you had the better... and playing for a few quid always lead to some bitter fallout lol

I used a music program called Pro-Tracker for the Amiga for years - basically it was a 4 track sequencer that worked with samples, drum, base ect...

You could make some really decent tunes with it, it was so simple and no frills but awesome for it's time, i still have countless modules stored on the 2 meg hard drive.,

You look now at something like Qbase SX or FruityLoops, bah, keep it!

Memories...

Hitman · Posted: 27 Jun 2008, 21:47 Post subject:

Octamed was king

Sputs|uk · Posted: 27 Jun 2008, 22:39 Post subject:

Octamed yeah, my pal used it, didn't it boast a lot more track, 12 or something..

Hitman · Posted: 28 Jun 2008, 07:54 Post subject:

Yea kingbong was pro at it.

Matt88 · Posted: 28 Jun 2008, 11:10 Post subject:

My oldest bro had an Amiga thing like that (not sure what number it was) and it had voice emulator on it. Basically, you typed stuff in and it said it, but it was seriously retarded, lol.

Also had a pretty fun game where you raced Jaguar XJ220s...

Hitman · Posted: 28 Jun 2008, 15:14 Post subject:

Yea and u could make custom tracks, if i remember rightly there were big signs with rolf harris on the side of the road. The voice thing was awesome, i'd spend age's making it swear and change the pitch so it sounded like chipmonks.. Lol

Obsolete · Posted: 29 Jun 2008, 08:42 Post subject:

Just found a site with loads of amiga stuff on it... http://www.lemonamiga.com/

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