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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 10, 2017 5:07:08 GMT
Today, via emulators, I played three classic games for classic computers of the 1980s:
Hungry Horace for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Super Advanced Breakout for the Oric-1
Frogger for the Commodore 64
So on that note, what are some of the video games you've played lately?
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Post by theshape25 on Aug 10, 2017 7:40:35 GMT
Uncharted 4 and Friday the 13th on PS4.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 10, 2017 7:57:00 GMT
Since my first post I played the following (again with emulators)
Gobble De Spook for the Lynx (no, not the handheld, but an obscure computer from the 1980s that very few people have heard of)
Quackers for the Commodore Vic-20 (a very popular computer in its day)
Drunk Driver for the Jupiter Ace (a failed 1980s computer, very few were sold, and much of its software is lost. Luckily, it has fanboys, who have digitised as much of its software as possible, and emulators of it are fairly common)
Gobble de Spook is a mediocre Pac-Man clone, moderately fun. Quackers is a carnival shooting gallery type game, pretty fun. Drunk Driver is an example of the vertically-scrolling racing game genre (nearly every home computer of the early 1980s seems to have had an example of this), very simplistic but surprisingly enjoyable.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 10, 2017 10:40:30 GMT
I've since played a quick game of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch. A very nice game I need to play more often.
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Post by Vodkie on Aug 10, 2017 15:52:03 GMT
splatoon 2
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 17:50:14 GMT
Red Faction ( the first one from 2001 )
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Post by hi224 on Aug 10, 2017 18:52:29 GMT
GTA vice city, might start San Andreas again.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2017 7:06:35 GMT
Some games I have been playing over the last few weeks have been 
Donkey Kong 64 (I am on the final level again now and have just about finished it)
New Donkey Kong Country Returns (The hardest Donkey Kong game I have played. I can beat Donkey Kong Country 2 in less than a week playing it once a night but this one never gets easier  )
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (I got this game years ago and never played it all the way through. It got a lot of bad reviews for not being like other Sonic games but after replaying it and making it up to Bygone Island I don't think this game is anywhere near as bad as some people make out it is and I have enjoyed parts of it. I love playing as Tails and Amy!!)
Rayman Origins (Love this!! We need a sequel to Rayman Origins and Legends to make it a trilogy)
Yooka-Laylee (Very similar to Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64 and Conker's Bad Fur Day which I loved.)
The Simpsons: Hit and Run (I would love it if they re-released this game or put it on the Nintendo e Shop or X Box One store)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (Same as the above!)
Batman Arkham Origins
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 11, 2017 11:11:25 GMT
I've made it my goal that during this month I will play at least one game for as many different 1980s systems as possible.
Via the original hardware, today I played:
Death Race 16 for the Commodore 16 (a computer popular in parts of Europe, but now forgotten compared to the better-remembered Commodore 64 and Commodore Vic-20). The game is simplistic but fun. However, loading it from cassette takes ages!
Monaco GP for the Sega SC-3000H (a computer from Sega. Yes, really, though its functions as a computer are quite limited). Pleasant game.
Via emulators, I played the following:
Snapper for the BBC Micro (a computer popular in Britain, but little known elsewhere. Yes, it was named after the broadcaster). The game is a Pac-Man clone, and a very well done one.
Lost World Pinball for the Radio Shack MC-10 (a very unsuccessful computer. It was very inexpensive, but also very under-powered). A good game.
Speed Racer for the Dragon 32 (a home computer from Wales, of all places. It was a clone of the Radio Shack Color Computer. Radio Shack found out about this, but did not complain. The Dragon 32 was originally popular but its success was short-lived). A very good game, which seems to have no relation to the show of the same name.
Pinball (Microbyte) for the Acorn Electron (A UK computer. A fairly popular computer, but short-lived. However, many games were released for it). An OK game.
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Post by mrellaguru on Aug 11, 2017 13:46:54 GMT
I play a lot of NES Tetris hoping to get good and it's not happening. My highest score is 191k.
I also play a lot of Contra. I can beat it without the Konami code!
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 11, 2017 15:56:34 GMT
mrellaguru The NES version of Tetris is very underrated!
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Post by mrellaguru on Aug 11, 2017 15:58:04 GMT
mrellaguru The NES version of Tetris is very underrated! I consider it the "official" version because it's what they play in the championships. They make this incredibly, incredibly difficult game look easy. |
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Post by johnspartan on Aug 11, 2017 18:51:53 GMT
"Barbarian" Luxregina remake (2009)
Donkey Kong 2:Jumpman Returns (MAME)
Dragonheart:Fire and Steel (Playstation 1)
Weaponlord (Sega Genesis)
Jedi Power Battles (Playstation 1)
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Post by sagenesse on Aug 12, 2017 4:25:53 GMT
Fallout 4 I can't get enough of it!
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Post by poelzig on Aug 12, 2017 6:58:06 GMT
Simpsons Tapped Out
I just downloaded Pocket Mortys because I thought it was Rick and Morty emojis but it's some type of game. I might try it some day.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 12, 2017 15:34:59 GMT
mrellaguru Do you ever have Tetris dreams? I haven't, but sometimes if I have played the game enough, I play it in my mind in the moments before I fall asleep....
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Post by mrellaguru on Aug 12, 2017 15:58:54 GMT
mrellaguru Do you ever have Tetris dreams? I haven't, but sometimes if I have played the game enough, I play it in my mind in the moments before I fall asleep.... I get Tetris effect when I play too much, not seldom do I dream about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 17:38:18 GMT
Some games I have been playing over the last few weeks have been
Donkey Kong 64 (I am on the final level again now and have just about finished it)
New Donkey Kong Country Returns (The hardest Donkey Kong game I have played. I can beat Donkey Kong Country 2 in less than a week playing it once a night but this one never gets easier )
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (I got this game years ago and never played it all the way through. It got a lot of bad reviews for not being like other Sonic games but after replaying it and making it up to Bygone Island I don't think this game is anywhere near as bad as some people make out it is and I have enjoyed parts of it. I love playing as Tails and Amy!!)
Rayman Origins (Love this!! We need a sequel to Rayman Origins and Legends to make it a trilogy)
Yooka-Laylee (Very similar to Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64 and Conker's Bad Fur Day which I loved.)
The Simpsons: Hit and Run (I would love it if they re-released this game or put it on the Nintendo e Shop or X Box One store)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (Same as the above!)
Batman Arkham Origins That last lava level in Donkey Kong Country Returns is insane! I've had the game for years and never could beat it. Have you played Tropical Freeze? It's 100 times better than Returns and is a truly great DK game. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 17:42:05 GMT
Yooka Laylee. It's enjoyable but extremely lackluster. I'm a huge Banjo Kazooie fan, and a fan of the 3D platformer genre in general, but Yooka Laylee just isn't that much fun. The worlds are empty and the challenges are too simplistic. The characters are very fun to control though.
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Post by rateater on Aug 12, 2017 19:42:58 GMT
i usually play gta sa on my ps2 maybe 2 times a week for about 15 minutes. i never follow the story just put all the cheat codes in and get into a crazy police chase/killing spree. besides that i sometimes use emulators to play old nes and super nes games.
a couple weeks ago i went to a retro arcade in asbury park and played some of the first pinball machines and light games plus some 80s arcade games.
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