What's your favorite game(s)?

[Katja]

I have a soft spot for Kirby Air Ride, and realistically, any Kirby games. Who doesn't love a cute squishy pink ball who is wholesome and wants cakey?

In terms of other games, Pitfall: The Lost Expedition is a guilty pleasure; Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis, while being an MMO, is also on that list; I'm a sucker for rhythm games so I could go into what I like and dislike in a whole different thread on that.

[Eban]

If we are talking old school....then Mechwarrior 2 is my choice. I first bought this as DOS version then few months later Windows95 version was released.

I played through 24hrs straight then walked outside and puked from motion sickness (the mech cockpit bounces ingame) Good old days

[Aaron44126]

12 hours ago, Katja said:

I have a soft spot for Kirby Air Ride, and realistically, any Kirby games. Who doesn't love a cute squishy pink ball who is wholesome and wants cakey?

Did you see this trailer from a couple days ago?  I think the "mouthful mode" is pretty hilarious.

[Katja]

13 hours ago, Aaron44126 said:

Did you see this trailer from a couple days ago?  I think the "mouthful mode" is pretty hilarious.

It's absolutely beautiful, and silly, and also adorable. Basically, Kirby in a nutshell, which is all I wanted.

[hfm]

Man there's so many Amiga games I could drop.. the list is endless... but I'll go back just a little further and throw in the C64 game I probably spent the most time in...

 

 

[Eban]

9 hours ago, hfm said:

Man there's so many Amiga games I could drop.. the list is endless... but I'll go back just a little further and throw in the C64 game I probably spent the most time in...

 

 

 

I have been umming and ahing about buying a "The C64" https://www.amazon.com/C64-not-machine-specific/dp/B08GMTJYXJ

 

It could be fun but....not just yet (Think Id rather have my Amiga 1000 back)

[hfm]

12 hours ago, Eban said:

 

I have been umming and ahing about buying a "The C64" https://www.amazon.com/C64-not-machine-specific/dp/B08GMTJYXJ

 

It could be fun but....not just yet (Think Id rather have my Amiga 1000 back)

 

If you're not a stickler for hardware itself Amiga Forever (or just UAE) and C64 Forever are... "good enough".

 

I had a friend that had an A1000. I didn't get one until the A500 launched. City I lived in at the time had a local Amiga specific store, I spent so much time there. I had a lot of fun modding it. There were so many from the Fat Agnus so you could run games and demos in PAL mode among other benefits. The final mod I did was putting a 16MHz 68000 in there and hooking up a switch to go from 7Mhz to 14Mhz. It never worked perfectly though as memory freq was still 7Mhz. It had a near negligible impact and caused instability so I basically ripped it back out. Those were the days! I don't think we'll ever be able to replicate that time again, hot rod PC building these days just isn't as fun, though it's probably just me wanting to spend more time just playing games once I have something "good enough".

 

We should create a separate retro computing thread/section though not sure it'll get enough activity lol.

[ryan]

I guess i'm younger than you guys by quite a bit, my first venture into gaming was the sega master system and global defender and the street bike game built in. man did I have fun been hooked on gaming since

[Eban]

19 hours ago, hfm said:

 

If you're not a stickler for hardware itself Amiga Forever (or just UAE) and C64 Forever are... "good enough".

 

I had a friend that had an A1000. I didn't get one until the A500 launched. City I lived in at the time had a local Amiga specific store, I spent so much time there. I had a lot of fun modding it. There were so many from the Fat Agnus so you could run games and demos in PAL mode among other benefits. The final mod I did was putting a 16MHz 68000 in there and hooking up a switch to go from 7Mhz to 14Mhz. It never worked perfectly though as memory freq was still 7Mhz. It had a near negligible impact and caused instability so I basically ripped it back out. Those were the days! I don't think we'll ever be able to replicate that time again, hot rod PC building these days just isn't as fun, though it's probably just me wanting to spend more time just playing games once I have something "good enough".

 

We should create a separate retro computing thread/section though not sure it'll get enough activity lol.

I should try that UAE. I think last time I tried it didn't work,  I'd forgotten about it.

 

My father didn't want to wait for delivery and drove 2600km (1620miles) to pick up a zorro II card and a 512k memory expansion from an A500 (turn it upside down it fit the A1000).

Wow...memories. Saw my first mandelbrot set on amiga at the local users group....where we used to meet IRL 

[electrosoft]

22 hours ago, hfm said:

 

If you're not a stickler for hardware itself Amiga Forever (or just UAE) and C64 Forever are... "good enough".

 

I had a friend that had an A1000. I didn't get one until the A500 launched. City I lived in at the time had a local Amiga specific store, I spent so much time there. I had a lot of fun modding it. There were so many from the Fat Agnus so you could run games and demos in PAL mode among other benefits. The final mod I did was putting a 16MHz 68000 in there and hooking up a switch to go from 7Mhz to 14Mhz. It never worked perfectly though as memory freq was still 7Mhz. It had a near negligible impact and caused instability so I basically ripped it back out. Those were the days! I don't think we'll ever be able to replicate that time again, hot rod PC building these days just isn't as fun, though it's probably just me wanting to spend more time just playing games once I have something "good enough".

 

We should create a separate retro computing thread/section though not sure it'll get enough activity lol.

 

I saved up for an Amiga 500  for in high school. I was lucky to get the color display for Xmas. No way I could ever afford a 1000 but I wanted an Amiga so bad so when I got one I was stoked. It was actually the first platform I learned 68x asm on so many moons ago. My favorite game (don't laugh 😄) was SSI's "Hero of the Lance" since I was a huge Dragonlance fan.

 

I absolutely loved it in every way, shape and form. A lot of coding principles I learned moved easily right over to the Mac.

[ryan]

jesus old timers here? how old are you guys even my dad didn't have that and hes 62

[Eban]

5 hours ago, electrosoft said:

 

I saved up for an Amiga 500  for in high school. I was lucky to get the color display for Xmas. No way I could ever afford a 1000 but I wanted an Amiga so bad so when I got one I was stoked. It was actually the first platform I learned 68x asm on so many moons ago. My favorite game (don't laugh 😄) was SSI's "Hero of the Lance" since I was a huge Dragonlance fan.

 

I absolutely loved it in every way, shape and form. A lot of coding principles I learned moved easily right over to the Mac.

 

Legend of Huma 

I think my fav game was Defender of the crown (which i recently noticed you can buy from GOG for windows)

 

3 hours ago, ryan said:

jesus old timers here? how old are you guys even my dad didn't have that and hes 62

 

Im 50 dude (though still think im 17) 

[electrosoft]

4 hours ago, ryan said:

jesus old timers here? how old are you guys even my dad didn't have that and hes 62

 

58 minutes ago, Eban said:

 

Legend of Huma 

I think my fav game was Defender of the crown (which i recently noticed you can buy from GOG for windows)

 

 

Im 50 dude (though still think im 17) 

 

I must have read Chronicles and Legends at least 10x. I loved the stand alone novels too including Legend of Huma. We even picked up the cookbook and made several of the recipes from the novels. To this day I still can barely stomach Tasslehoff anything 😜

 

My favorite campaign settings are still Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms. SSI's Pool of Radiance was fantastic and I spent a lot of $$$ playing AOL's online NWN back in the day.

 

Defender of the Crown is a top 5 game too. I originally played it on the C64 (which by your avatar inscription you know ALL about 😁) but the Amiga version (and that opening soundtrack) was legendary.

 

[hfm]

On 2/21/2022 at 9:04 AM, Eban said:

I should try that UAE. I think last time I tried it didn't work,  I'd forgotten about it.

 

My father didn't want to wait for delivery and drove 2600km (1620miles) to pick up a zorro II card and a 512k memory expansion from an A500 (turn it upside down it fit the A1000).

Wow...memories. Saw my first mandelbrot set on amiga at the local users group....where we used to meet IRL 

 

I used to go to a local Amiga users group as well. Met some cool peeps there.

 

On 2/21/2022 at 11:46 AM, electrosoft said:

 

I saved up for an Amiga 500  for in high school. I was lucky to get the color display for Xmas. No way I could ever afford a 1000 but I wanted an Amiga so bad so when I got one I was stoked. It was actually the first platform I learned 68x asm on so many moons ago. My favorite game (don't laugh 😄) was SSI's "Hero of the Lance" since I was a huge Dragonlance fan.

 

I absolutely loved it in every way, shape and form. A lot of coding principles I learned moved easily right over to the Mac.

 

Hero of the Lance was great! The Goldbox games are still good as well, have to use gold box companion these days though as the usability is pretty rough vs modern design. Come to think of it, a modern revival of the Gold Box games would be pretty cool, but I guess we kind of already have those with the infinity engine style games and games like Solasta.

 

On 2/21/2022 at 1:19 PM, ryan said:

jesus old timers here? how old are you guys even my dad didn't have that and hes 62

 

I'm also 50 lol

[Eban]

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/century-age-of-ashes

 

This is more like a flight sim...but with dragons 

 

[Eban]

1 hour ago, Katja said:

Not really any retro games I'm particularly interested in currently, but I'll keep an eye out and see if anything catches my eye (might need a Windows XP virtual machine for some stuff eventually)

 

Sorry moved this tangent here

If you google abandonware there are tons of old games free to download, no longer copy protected...........my glory years Im afraid, when you didnt have great graphics but imagination..."this block is me and that block there is the bad guy"    

https://www.myabandonware.com/

https://oldgamesdownload.com/

[cucubits]

I'm 39 (will probably keep saying this next year too, lol) and if I think of the first ever games I played, I can still completely vividly hear the theme of Jack The Nipper 2 on Commodore 128. There are a handful other games too that I played for many many hours but I can't remember their names.

[ryan]

if your 39 the commodore isnt your time!

 

NES was out early 90s and now you can buy them on ebay..so a 12 yearold kid born in 2010 buys a nes and says how much games have changed lol......get my drift its not your generation....I bought a candle, doesn't mean im from 10AD....lolz..if your 39 your system would have been the NES or Sega master system....if your 62 then it would be an atari

[Eban]

6 hours ago, ryan said:

if your 39 the commodore isnt your time!

 

NES was out early 90s and now you can buy them on ebay..so a 12 yearold kid born in 2010 buys a nes and says how much games have changed lol......get my drift its not your generation....I bought a candle, doesn't mean im from 10AD....lolz..if your 39 your system would have been the NES or Sega master system....if your 62 then it would be an atari

 

Atari 2600

Kuso.....Im old. I DID play pong with my cousins 

 

Makes me remember I cheated!....Trying to shoot the bouncing white square on tv screen> shoot ceiling light instead...it registered as a hit

[hfm]

On 3/24/2022 at 5:53 AM, Eban said:

 

Atari 2600

Kuso.....Im old. I DID play pong with my cousins 

 

Makes me remember I cheated!....Trying to shoot the bouncing white square on tv screen> shoot ceiling light instead...it registered as a hit

 

lol good times. Man so many 2600 games were classics. Activision used to kill it on that platform.  My fondest memories was playing and creating games on the hand-me-down TRS-80 Model I w/Expansion Interface (and then later TRS-80 Model III) that I had (I was 11 at the time..). I was a huge gamer on 2600.. but Midway Campaign by Avalon Hill (review) changed the way I thought about games. Plus it was written in BASIC so I could see how it worked and learn..

[ryan]

wow? are you guys 80 lol....jesus may i remind you its 2022

[Eban]

5 hours ago, ryan said:

wow? are you guys 80 lol....jesus may i remind you its 2022

 

I think Im gonna buy this shirt 

 

 

Edit: oh sorry I put this in wrong thread, should be i the want to buy...sorry Im old 

[ryan]

hehe nice T

 

yeah im old myself.....just not quite atari old.

 

hl alyx ruined gaming for me, its too good. best game experience money can buy and after checking it out for 3 hours...mhmm...hard playing in non vr

[Papusan]

Finally something for me in the gaming world. I'm not a gamer but enjoyed the Max Payne saga. One of the few games I played in the older days. I really hope this will become a reality. 

 

"Remedy Entertainment, the creators of Max Payne, are pleased to announce that they will remake the iconic Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne video games in a new development agreement with Rockstar Games"

 

Remedy Entertainment Enters Agreement with Rockstar Games for New Max Payne 1&2 Project videocardz.com

[Hertzian56]

Yeah just saw that about Max Payne, just replayed MP2 late last year, one of the few noir videogames and really great. I just hope they don't add in a bunch of activism stuff and just stick to modernizing the graphics and controls. I hope they even keep the original voice actors. They will probably feel the need to make the levels larger too to keep up with how large most game worlds are since then and what people expect for their dollar now, which wouldn't be a bad thing. It was a pain to get xpadder working on it. Didn't care for MP3, never played MP1.