The Games of Yesterday

[Poseidon]

[quote]Originally posted by Cygnus:
<strong>I used to love playing "Raid Over Moscow" and "Beach Head" on my old C-64. Those were the days. </strong><hr></blockquote>

classics - I remember extremely long load times. Would insert the disk and have time to do other things while waiting for the game to load

The games series by Epix were fun too.

[Poseidon]

[quote]Originally posted by cleetus:
<strong>I still love pulling out my X-Wing. We used to play that for hours on end in college, we would make underclassmen with computers go out and buy and leave their rooms open for us. We would have one guy fly the ship while the other would be R2 and do all of the controls.

Of course also previously mentioned, I have now got to find myself a version of scorched earth.</strong><hr></blockquote>

LOL. Great game.
Believe it or not, I still on occasion play Tie Fighter Collectors CD ROM

[Q (OHMSS)]

Elite (on 086 with cga monitor) I played this for nearly a year and had pages and pages of trading statistics and good planets for pirate bashing. Then Doom, I played this so much, laughing all the way (opening and closing doors real quick just to hear the screams of pain as some hapless Imp blasted some other beastie). Sadly, I admit to still loading Doom now, with the openGL patch, because I miss that fun element in gaming.

[MacGyver]

[quote]Originally posted by Grendel (UK):
<strong>I admit to still loading Doom now, with the openGL patch, because I miss that fun element in gaming.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I miss the fun, too. It seems that with games today becoming more and more realistic and complex, that some people take them WAY too seriously. The whole point of a game is for fun and entertainment. If it isn't any of those things to me, then what's the point?

[Lt. Cmdr. DaTaMan]

Best game I had for C=64 was Silent Service

Best text based game I am still playing is tradewars via telnet

Best old game I had was Heretic. It was a doom spinoff that starred a wizard and was magic rather than weapon based

[Lycia]

Ahh Wizardry..I miss the original on an old MAC II..

[Stalemate]

I can't believe no one has brought up Lode Runner on the C64 yet!

...or the "olympic" Games from Epic (Summer and Winter), or Jumpman and Jumpman Jr., or Archon and Archon II - Adept. That's one of the sources where my nickname came from.

...Sigh...

[RIOT]

You can download a Apple II emulator and the original Wolfenstein <a href="http://wolfenstein.org/fanclub/castle_wolfenstein_instructions.phtml" target="_blank">here</a>.

[Platypus]

[quote]Originally posted by DVader:
<strong> I know I could dual boot to a older OS from Windows XP, but I'd like to find a 386/486 Emulator or something to run a few older DOS based games from Windows XP.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Maybe a dedicated 486 DOS gaming system? There are 486's around that people can't give away. I'm throwing away working DX2/66 boards with 8M, and at the moment I needed to hack an old DOS program for work so I threw some cards into a DX4/100 m/board & it's lying on the bench with a monitor hanging off it.

I still like a burst of Commander Keen, Cosmo or Wolfenstein 3D occasionally.

[Poseidon]

[quote]Originally posted by adept:
<strong>I can't believe no one has brought up Lode Runner on the C64 yet!

...or the "olympic" Games from Epic (Summer and Winter), or Jumpman and Jumpman Jr., or Archon and Archon II - Adept. That's one of the sources where my nickname came from.

...Sigh...</strong><hr></blockquote>

[quote]Originally posted by Poseidon:
<strong>. . .

The games series by Epix were fun too.</strong><hr></blockquote>



Jumpan was a classic too.

Elite - spent many hours / weeks / months with that game. I wish they would make a 2002 remake.

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by adept:
<strong>I can't believe no one has brought up Lode Runner on the C64 yet!

...or the "olympic" Games from Epic (Summer and Winter), or Jumpman and Jumpman Jr., or Archon and Archon II - Adept. That's one of the sources where my nickname came from.

...Sigh...</strong><hr></blockquote>

ADEPT AND ARCHON RULED!!! Man, I knew we had a lot in common.

[quote]Originally posted by cc_penguin:
<strong>...or my absolute favorite, Racing Destruction Set. I found an emulator and d/led the Rom for that to play on my system...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Wherewherewhere? I used to play that ENDLESSLY, and make all new tracks... wow, what a trip down memory lane...

Did anybody here play Paradroid?

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by cc_penguin:
<strong>

Unfortunatly I cant remember where I got the files from as I downloaded them over four years ago, but would be happy to send the emulator and the games to you as they are actually small enough to fit onto a floppy disk. Now, all I need is an email address

Although I did find <a href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~gvincent/gregpage.htm" target="_blank">this link</a> with just a quick Yahoo search...And Paranoid is on the site as well, along with many others</strong><hr></blockquote>

THANK YOU!!! Now I will finally be able to finish that damned game! My original disk went corrupt after the final game I played in which I was on the SECOND LAST ROBOT in the entire game when I died. *&^%$#@!!!!



P.S. Anyone who wants to email me can at [email protected] .

w00t!

[Sowulo]

Thexder was a Sierra game as well as all the Quests--King's, Space, Hero's, Police...and don't forget Leisure Suit Larry....Played them all (I owned a small retail store and played with the 'inventory' inbetween customers....)

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by Sowulo:
<strong>...owned a small retail store and played with the 'inventory' in between customers...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Oh, is THAT what they were calling it back in the days...?

[Sowulo]

[quote]Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
<strong>

Oh, is THAT what they were calling it back in the days...? </strong><hr></blockquote>

Yup....and had a great shrink-wrap machine to restore the packaging.....for a few years there I was a walking hint book for a bunch of 'inventory'.....