Retro - Games - Systems

[dilli-theclaw]

So as not to keep being off topic on the amiga thread.....

Lets mention our old time games and systems that we liked in this thread instead.

Personally - as a lot of you will probably know by now - I was most impressed with Elite in all it's forms. I never got to play it on the NES tho

I still have my bbc micro and it's all working, in fact when my boy is a little older I'm going to set it all up in his room to play with.

Once in a while he may even get a go on it

I also really like Xenon II and the r-type series.

Please add your own memories below

[Alan Waddington]

Elite - I remember finding out profitable trading routes and navigating my way into what looked like pillar box slots. Oh those were the days.

My all time favourites are galaxians and defender. The BBC micro defender clone was pretty good I remember. I saw a chap selling cheap £20 game consoles with 4 games (pacman, galaxians & two other forgettable games) a few days ago. Was tempted, but thought better of it.

I think atari did a retro collection for the playstation, which was so popular that it sank into oblivion. Where can I get galaxians? Sob Sob

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Alan Waddington

Elite - I remember finding out profitable trading routes and navigating my way into what looked like pillar box slots. Oh those were the days.

My all time favourites are galaxians and defender. The BBC micro defender clone was pretty good I remember. I saw a chap selling cheap £20 game consoles with 4 games (pacman, galaxians & two other forgettable games) a few days ago. Was tempted, but thought better of it.

I think atari did a retro collection for the playstation, which was so popular that it sank into oblivion. Where can I get galaxians? Sob Sob

You have but to ask my friend

http://www.arcadepod.com/games/gotogame.php?id=2623


This has Galaxian on it....

[Scrubbs]

I started with my son (then aged 8y) on my lap playing Commander Keen on my first pc (Amstrad Twin floppy)
then got into a text game called the bards tale, never finished yet, still got it on floppy somewhere i think nearly got me divorced that did

[MadGamer]

Sonic on the mega drive

[Alan Waddington]

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

You have but to ask my friend

http://www.arcadepod.com/games/gotogame.php?id=2623


This has Galaxian on it....

Sure Does

[Dave Stones]

the NES

thread closed

zx81 - Flight Simulation, the Artic adventures like Ship of Doom (I still have these )

Spectrum - Sabre Wulf, Head Over Heels, Elite, Logo

Early PC - Dungeon Master

Later PC - Eye of the Beholder, Bane of the Cosmic Forge

Later PC - Lands of Lore, Myst, Stonekeep, Grand Prix 2

time passes......

Now - Grand Prix 4 - & that not very often

[Alanmelon]

Mine was a Commodore 64 - the revamped sleek Mark II version. I remember it came with a load of games including Bobs Full House (as in the bingo game show) I was distraught when that cassette gave up the ghost.

However, all was forgotten when the Dizzy games came along....I loved that little egg man

[Bifta]

ZX80/81 - Didn't have any games for it
Vic 20 - Llamatron
C64 - Way of the Exploding Fist, Bruce Lee, Winter Games, Kickstart 1 & 2 and Paradroid.
Amiga - Shadow of the Beast 2, Supercars, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, Speedball II, Pinball Fantasies, Ultima (no idea what number it was)

[Semi On]

Some fave games:

Spectrum - Way Of The Exploding Fist

Amiga - Championship Manager/CM Italia, Sensible Soccer, Supercars I/II, Xenon II (Didn't that game have music by Bomb Da Bass?) and Speedball I/II.

I had a Megadrive, NES and PS1 but no games really stand out. Except Mortal Kombat maybe.

Since I got a PC it's been Championship Manager all the way. Well, when I have time to play it (which is never these days).

[Tezcatlipoca]

Spectrum (48k, then +2A) - Chuckie Egg, various other games

Amiga (500 & 1200) - see the other thread

NES - Mario 3

SNES - Mario World, Mario Kart, Yoshi's Island, Mario AllStars

Master System - Wonderboy, Alex Kidd, can't remember much more

Mega Drive - Sonic

Atari Jaguar - Tempest 2000 & Alien vs Predator (the only decent games on the damn thing, lol)

Also had the slightly more recent Dreamcast & Nintendo 64, & currently have an XBox & a GC.

Oh, & various PCs through the years. Fave PC game probably Deus Ex 1. Also liked Freespace 1 & 2 a lot.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by homealone

zx81 - Flight Simulation, the Artic adventures like Ship of Doom (I still have these )

And there's been nothing since that made me jump quite as much as 3d Monster Maze

Spectrum - Sabre Wulf, Head Over Heels, Elite, Logo

All good games.

Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

Atari Jaguar - Tempest 2000 & Alien vs Predator (the only decent games on the damn thing, lol)

You telling me! Sadly I owned an Atari Jaguar.

[MikeyB]

ZX Spectrum, without a doubt... http://www.mikesretrogames.info (shameless plug!)


I've just got Tempest2000 for my Jaguar, not had much time to play it yet tho