The Games of Yesterday

**Draggar** · March 16th, 2002, 07:52 AM

What about thos old mini-arcade games? They were great!

Watch games, too! ((How come those didn't take off?))

Remember the cartoon based on video games? They had Pac Man, Donkey Kong, and a few others. I loved Saturday mornings back then...

**cc_penguin** · March 16th, 2002, 08:15 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Draggar:
What about thos old mini-arcade games? They were great!

Watch games, too! ((How come those didn't take off?))

Remember the cartoon based on video games? They had Pac Man, Donkey Kong, and a few others. I loved Saturday mornings back then...<hr></blockquote>

Ive got those with an emulator too if youre interested

**Ahcoraj** · March 16th, 2002, 08:36 PM

In case you have never been here......<a href="http://www.classicgaming.com" target="_blank">Classicgaming.com</a> I found it 3 yrs ago looking for Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. and forund it on the applewin emulator. MAME rocks, as well, i've collected 500+ working ROMS so far....

**Stalemate** · March 17th, 2002, 08:52 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Ahcoraj:
In case you have never been here......<a href="http://www.classicgaming.com" target="_blank">Classicgaming.com</a> I found it 3 yrs ago looking for Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. and forund it on the applewin emulator. MAME rocks, as well, i've collected 500+ working ROMS so far....<hr></blockquote>

I stopped burning them when I got 2 CDs full. Must have spent 3 weeks collecting them

MAME (DOS version) is also the best thing to slap onto an older 486 for those who are looking for a "project" to get into

**DVader** · March 19th, 2002, 04:53 PM

Thanks for the memories everyone.

I passed King's Quest 4 with the most points possible(still got the touch) on Sunday. It ran great and with sound under Windows XP too.

I remember playing a old text game called Rouge as well. When me and a group of friends got together, I can remember asking our parents history questions to get Leasure Suit Larry totally unlocked.

As far as MAME goes, The arcade version of Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker was the best. Especially since two can play simultaniously.

It nice to see there are others like me.

**Mayhem** · March 21st, 2002, 07:10 AM

The origial Mig Alley Ace and F15 strike eagle were the first combat flight sims I ever played. I was hooked forever from there.

**Cleetus** · March 21st, 2002, 08:08 AM

I downloaded some games for the Apple IIe simulator. I had completly forgotten about Lemonaid stand. Super cheesy and super simple games, I miss the old times on the Apple.

**Stalemate** · March 21st, 2002, 11:38 AM

Lemonade Stand!!!

OMG - I used to spend hours on that just trying to break even. I ran it on my Apple IIc when I was a teenager.

I can still remember the music intro for the "stormy" days

**korpse** · March 23rd, 2002, 06:41 PM

[quote]Originally posted by Draggar:
How about Chopper Commando on DOS?
<hr></blockquote>

Chopper Commando ruled! Remember the secret areas? I gotta find it again and start playing it!

**DSTech** · May 8th, 2002, 03:50 AM

See my post on other thread:

<a href="http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=53;t=000076;p=2" target="_blank">http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_top ic;f=53;t=000076;p=2</a>

I had a game called Cloudburst on my old Vic-20. Also as I mention in other post, Loderunner on the AppleIIc before Commodore Vic or c-64 were out. I also had (still have) Silent ServiceII for the C-64 laying around somewhere.

Damn, these threads are bringing back memories..... How many of youz used to get Compute! magazines and enter the programs from them in your Commodore or IBM/clone computers?

Like Poseidon, I also still like to bring out TIE Fighter (X-Wing collectors version for 3d acceleration and better graphics) every once in a while. Unfortunately, I don't know if I could stand the graphics in Privateer(and it's expansion) to play it yet again, and EA never responded to my emails about remaking the flight engine to more modern standards and releasing it as a special collector's edition. But that was probly one of my favorite games I ever played. Oh well, guess I gotta wait for Freelancer to come out......

**Tacklebox** · May 10th, 2002, 06:58 AM

Played alot of console games. I remember I had Intellivision with all sorts of games Pitfall, Burgertime, Bomb Squad, B-17 Bomber, then upgraded to Nintendo. Brewer and I would play these games for hours. Mario Bros, Hockey, Zelda,1943. Dam, those games were fun.

**Stalemate** · May 11th, 2002, 08:52 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by DSTech:
...Loderunner on the AppleIIc before Commodore Vic or c-64 were out...

...How many of youz used to get Compute! magazines and enter the programs from them in your Commodore or IBM/clone computers?...<hr /></blockquote>My first computer was an Apple IIc! Color monitor, single-button mouse, joystick and a stack of 5.25" floppies.

I'm not sure if it was Compute!, but I used to hang out at the magazine shop when the new batch of computer mags were due just to get my hands on those "hello world" mutations.

**Radical Dreamer** · May 11th, 2002, 10:20 PM

Call me old fashioned but the games of yesteryear were better than the games today because with ****ty graphics and tin can sound they had to put more into making a game interesting and fun, they also had to put more into the story. Now a game is cool just because of the 80/20 cutscene to gameplay ratio

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