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william
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posted June 28, 2006 10:16 AM |
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Edited by william at 10:16, 03 Jul 2006.
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Remember the old games?
During the years we have seen many great games go and fade, but what of these old games.
Some still play them, for example: Tyrian, I still play this game quite a fair bit, and it is quite old.
Another is Hocus Pocus which is a 2D Side Scorlling game, and that was quite addicting as it was fun and challenging at times, but stil kept to the gameing code and it played well.
That little picture is of Hocus pocus and is the very first level of the game, and that wizard character you see is there to help you through your adventures.
You see old games can never die, but can fade away and never be seen.
So what of these old games, are they mearly shadows that cannot or wont be found by people, or are they gems that are needing to be found or already are found by people.
Tell me and others of your favourite old games preferably from maybe 1994 and lower.
You can hopefully if you wish, post strategies for these old games aswell, making more variety and discussion in this thread.
Thanks and I look forward to your responses.
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mr_niceguy
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posted June 28, 2006 12:25 PM |
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one word for you...
Tetris 
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william
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posted June 28, 2006 12:32 PM |
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Edited by william at 07:28, 04 Jul 2006.
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Tetris was not supposed to happen i think thats what I heard.
Well anyway, it is one of the most easiest if not easiest game of all time.
What I mean is that it is very easy to play, not hard to get into like some other games.
Also Tetris is one of the games that have had the most hmm exports I could say.
It has been exported i think to many games companies like consoles and all thast.
There have been hundreds of Tetris versions out for you to play.
There has been 2D tetris, 3D tetris, etc.
Also heres something you may not know: The creator of Tetris never got any money for his creation, if he did then he would be a billionair.
Here are a couple of pictures of Tetris for you all:
http://www.info2001.it/images/Products/Tetris/tetris_2.gif
http://www.nesfiles.com/NES/Tetris/Tetris_boxfront.jpg
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted June 28, 2006 12:57 PM |
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Super Mario Bros 1-3, Donkey Kong 1-3, Super Crash Dummies, Duck Tales, you name it, I clocked it 
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william
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LummoxLewis
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posted June 28, 2006 01:09 PM |
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Edited by william at 07:31, 04 Jul 2006.
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Wacks
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posted June 28, 2006 02:15 PM |
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Commander Keen - episode 1
Commander Keen - episode 2
Commander Keen - episode 3
Keen Dreams
Commander Keen - episode 4
Commander Keen - episode 5
Commander Keen - episode 6
Keen 4ever (not an old classic)
Keen 2000 (not an old classic)
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Iris
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posted June 28, 2006 02:18 PM |
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Has anyone ever played Columns? I love that game. ^_^ Almost as much as Tetris. 
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Trogdor
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posted June 29, 2006 09:21 AM |
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I remember Killer Instinct and Unirally. Those games rocked.
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william
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LummoxLewis
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posted June 29, 2006 09:29 AM |
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Edited by william at 07:32, 04 Jul 2006.
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Killer Instinct I have played.
Tyrian was another great flying game, kinda.
Here are some pictures:
http://gr.bolt.com/games/pc/action/tyrian_20006.gif
http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/tyrian/savara.gif
http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/tyrian/tyrianmuddy.gif
http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/tyrian/tyrianspikes.gif
http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/tyrian/lev1boss.gif
http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/tyrian/secretsohjin.gif
http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/tyrian/ast2tank.gif
http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/tyrian/savara.gif
Here is a review that I found for tyrian:
TYRIAN
EPIC MEGAGAMES - PC
Reviewed by Malc
PCs are great. You can draw, play music, access the net and of course play games on them. 3D games in particular: there are multitudes of cards available to enhance 3D alone. If you're into flight sims and quake-clones then that's quite handy. And if you love diving into a 600 page manual to play a C&C-alike that uses every key on the keyboard you're sorted.
Games co's that make PC games realise that a lot of adults own PCs, and make games to suit. What they don't realise is that: 1. These adults used to play space-invaders in their youth, and 2. Many adults don't have too much free time on their hands. So why are we overburdened with over-complex games that require so much concentration to understand, much less play? What choice do we have if we want just a quick blast?
Up until recently there really wasn't much in the way of a good shooter for the PC, until 'The Reap' and Tyrian. Both are out-and-out furiously manic shooters, and stand proud above the morass of polygons that constitute the Western PC games scene. (And to think the Japanese got Win95 versions of LayerSection, Darius Gaiden and Gradius Deluxe pack!)
After a pleasant killing session with Tyrian, I'm convinced it's probably the best Western produced shmup out, on any platform. Previous occidental efforts like Project X2 and Playstation Viewpoint have so many elementary yet crucial design flaws that I was beginning to think only the Japanese had the required mentality to create shooters. However, I have some issues with it, and I'll get them out of the way first.
* Control. Your ship doesn't just move or stop. There is an amount of inertia involved which makes it difficult to position yourself exactly where you want to be. This in a shmup can be fatal. Many UK and US shooter games feature this, like Zynaps on the C64, and Project X on the Amiga. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. Yes, it FEELS groovy, but control accuracy should be top priority. You'll find this inertia and mass effect in platform games too where it is more natural, although get it slightly wrong and the game is ruined. (Mario of course got it perfect.)
* Too many buttons! Listen up... you have a button for shooting, another for changing weapon modes, one for the left satellite ship and one for the right. So to get full firepower you have to be holding down three buttons at once, with a pinky hovering above the weapon changer. Add the fact that you are trying to press them all rapidly (the main weapon changes if you do this) and you are likely to get tired very quickly. You can't define several buttons to one key either.
* Shops. Being a man, I surprisingly like shops, but in Tyrian, being impatient to play the next level, I don't want to browse and buy for five minutes. Grab 'em and get out there quickly should be the plan - this is why I prefer the arcade mode to the 'proper' game with its powerup icons scattered all over the place.
* Graphics are completely underwhelming and dreary at times. You might violently disagree, but they look so European and bland. Compare the bosses to the multiparted animated monstrosities in similar Japanese games and you'll see what I mean. Everything has this shiny Bitmap-Brothers look, with thick black cartoony borders and a general lack of design imagination throughout. Firepower 2000 is the same, and I'm not awfully fond of the style.
Well, you might consider me a whingy git after that list, but I have played it to death this morning, and loved every minute of it. Here's what I do like about it! :-
* Secret Levels. I've only found one so far, which wasn't that hard to find anyway, and I love secrets, bonuses and unexpected extras, which in a shooter keep the game fresh and exciting.
* Weapons. While they're not as over the top as Super Aleste, they're varied and fun to kill with. My favourite has to be the blink-and-its-gone super mega death item I found in the secret area. I'm sure there's loads more I haven't picked up yet as well. Fortunately you get enough firepower to actually kill the aliens with, unlike Project X2 whose ship's weapons were at times woefully inadequate for wasting even the smallest enemy ship.
* Speed. It's lovely and fast, and comes close to the heart-pumping botty-clenchingness that defines a good manic shooter. The Turbo mode is just a little bit TOO fast though, a midway setting would have been nice.
* 2-player through a network! Yes!! Except I have no friends available to try it out, and my daughter can't reach the keyboard.
* Music. I love playing a game to the original music, and have no truck with that deranged 'stick Nirvana on the stereo instead' malarkey. Apparently there's some tracks in there that pay homage to Zanac - I can't remember who told me this, being utterly forgetful. The music is tuneful and quick-tempo'd resulting in a perfect aural accompaniment to the slaughter.
Overall then, from what I've seen of the Shareware version, Tyrian is indeed worth the small download, and most likely well worth the full fee for the entire version too. I applaud the creators to have the temerity and balls to release it and help keeping the genre (barely) alive on the PC.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted June 29, 2006 12:59 PM |
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Actually by Donkey Kong 1 I meant Donkey Kong Country, not that 1bit stonage mario level
Donkey Kong 1 and 3 were the best (2 was similar, but just ok, and Donkey Kong 64 was fun but different), and I still play those, as well as Super Mario Bros.
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william
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LummoxLewis
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posted June 29, 2006 01:12 PM |
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I still play super mario 64 but thats not that old, a few years longer than homm2 i think but it isnt before 1994 so I will levae it.
I played a SNES game once I think called hmm i forget it was something like Raz or something, it was really quite fun and I went to my neighbours house sometimes just to play it.
Really addicting game, I wish I could play it now and see if I could finish it
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted June 29, 2006 02:29 PM |
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I just use zsnes emulator.
My SNES broke when I was like 6... 
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SirDunco
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posted June 29, 2006 03:41 PM |
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Has anyone ever played Columns? I love that game. ^_^ Almost as much as Tetris.
I do... I used to play it on my old Sega. Great game, I liked it more than Tetris.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted June 29, 2006 04:21 PM |
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Ducktales was that disney NES game which I always used to find really hard
I forget how to play, or what the point was, but I remember even though it was so hard it was still fun
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Iris
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posted June 29, 2006 04:27 PM |
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Quote:
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Has anyone ever played Columns? I love that game. ^_^ Almost as much as Tetris.
I do... I used to play it on my old Sega. Great game, I liked it more than Tetris.
I have it on an emulator and I still play it from time to time. I used to be able to actually set up 4-5 chain links, but not anymore. :/
My friend had a funny comment about these games that go on forever. "Why would you ever playing that you can never win in?"
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Nebukanezar
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posted June 29, 2006 04:43 PM |
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The "Kings Quest" series is a classic, and the old ones are still fun to play...
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MightyMage
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posted June 29, 2006 05:17 PM |
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My friend had a funny comment about these games that go on forever. "Why would you ever playing that you can never win in?"
Check out this funny little toon:
Im Gonna beat PacMan
I'd suggest turning down the volume on your computer though first.
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Iris
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posted June 29, 2006 06:20 PM |
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Hahaha, that's exactly when I'm like when I play Tetris.
On a random side note, on SpikedHumor, there's a video of two guys dressed up as Pacman and a ghost, running and chasing each other in the undergrad library at my campus. It's rather amusing, but I can't access anything due to surf control at work.  If I find it, I'll put it up.
Two other really good old games:
-Contra  (I played this when I was 3 years old...)
-Streets of Rage
I love those games. ^_^
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted June 30, 2006 11:48 AM |
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Knights of the Round
best arcade game ever
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william
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LummoxLewis
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posted June 30, 2006 11:52 AM |
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That looks surprisingly good for a game below 1994, doens't it?
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