In a previous post the Top 10 Computer Games was the topic... in that thread I went off on "old school" games... anyone else out there want to list a few, maybe give us a brief synapsis of the game or whatever.. OLD SCHOOL GAMES!! and not limited to computer either, bust out the arcade and home gaming system games!! and while we're at it, bring on the old school home gaming systems and old school hand held games.. LET'S TALK OLD SCHOOL GAMES!!!! AW YEAH... BRING EM ON!! rH ------------------ The Psychedelic Groove House of Rockets Basketball Love! Come and chat with us on game nights in CC.net chat!
Atari System baby In particular River Raid (both 1 and 2), Barnstorming, Frogger, Pac Man In the Arcade used to Love Double Dragon ------------------ CUT Tino These Heaves are just getting Ridiculous!
How about before the video game was invented. Kick the can Kick the kid with 1 shoe Basketball from sun up till sun down Baseball (same as above) Kill the man with the ball (football) Strat-O-Matic Baseball ------------------ "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."- (Aldous Huxley)
I remember my brother and I saving our change so we could buy our old school nintendo. When we finally did get it, we had to use an old black and white TV. Geez. Now I feel really old. Seriously though, original nintendo was the best. I still have mine and I break it out on occasion. My favorite games: Zelda, Metroid (aren't they making a new one???), Super Mario Bros., and, of course, Bubble Bobble. Does anyone else remember this game? It kicks a$$. ------------------ Poopy!
One Word: Zork Although my favorite video game (non PC) of the old times has to be the original Super Mario Bros. One day I beat that game four consecutive times in a few hours. ------------------ What can change the nature of a man?
Here are a couple of my old favs: Pitfall Mega Man Wolfenstein Contra Kung Fu Centipede ------------------ Ceo of the Walt Williams and Lisa Malosky fan club. atheistalliance.org
Hell yeah! I played Pong! and Kung Fu! Contra - up down up down left right left right a b select start galaga(arcade) pacman(arcade) final fantasy 1 dragon warrior zelda metroid kid icarus kung fu TECMO BOWL TECMO BOWL TECMO BOWL!!! ------------------ snap crackle pop
There was nothing like Missile Command on acid! I also rocked at dodgeball. ------------------ Everything you do, effects everything that is. [This message has been edited by mc mark (edited February 27, 2001).]
If ya'll want to get back into some true classics, emulation is the way to go. Check out: www.emulation.net for old school console emulators. You can get anything from NES to Turbo Graphics 16 emulators. www.mame.org or www.macmame.org has old school video game emulators. I've wasted hours playing Shinobi and Arkanoid and various quarter-eater games. Get on any search engine an search for the actual ROMs (search for "ROMs") to play said old school games. There is some legal stuff to read about downloading ROMs. Though not necessary, it is an interesting read. ------------------ "We got f*cking smashed every day. And then when we came here to Beverly Hills, we had drugs, we had chicks, we had orgies. I thought I'd died and gone to f*cking Rome" ---Ozzy Osbourne, on the early days of Black Sabbath [This message has been edited by Lynus302 (edited February 28, 2001).]
yes... i knew some emulator links would show up... those things are cool. i dig seeing all these replies and games. remember those handheld FOOTBALL I and FOOTBALL II games? One was white and the other, green. Little red LED lights, up, down, forward, stats, score and kick. Difficulty level was Pro1 and Pro2. The difference between I and II was the ability to pass in II... lol i had an atari 400, games, tape recorder, basic cartridge, joystick and books... (still have some of it!!) i had friends who had commodores and apples, dot matrix printers and 5 1/4" floppies. arcade games: Galaga --anyone remember Dragon's Lair? The LaserDisc whatever game... Pole Position Battle Zone.. stand up tank game with a periscope type view finder... Missile Command --watching people play Track & Field, and beat the crap out of the machine while they played... banging real fast and other wacky repetitive motions... Centipede Defender Joust and many others that I'll add later when I think about them... nothing like replying to your own posts!! have fun! rH [This message has been edited by rockHEAD (edited February 28, 2001).]
Kung Fu Bubble Bobble Contra Super Contra Super Mario Super Mario 2 Super Mario 3 Double Dragon Bad Dudes My friend also had this one nintendo cartridge with 190 games on it and they all kicked ASS! Im sure there are numerous others that I cant remember rite now. All of these games sell on ebay for a few bucks. The original Nintendo is $200!!!! (brand new) ------------------
I remember begging my mom for a computer back in the early '80s. She said something to the effect of "No. All you'll do is play games on it!" Well duh. I'd probably be a billionaire programmer right now if she'd only bought me that damn Commodore! ------------------ "We got f*cking smashed every day. And then when we came here to Beverly Hills, we had drugs, we had chicks, we had orgies. I thought I'd died and gone to f*cking Rome" ---Ozzy Osbourne, on the early days of Black Sabbath
You can't beat Duck Hunt... my dad and I used to have challenges with each other where we stood on the other side of the room and shot the ducks by aiming at them in their reflections in the mirror. Fastest draw in the Wes..... uhhh, my house!!! I was also a fan of Gyro...something or other. It was the game designed for the little robot that was shipped with all the original Nintendo systems back when it first came out... the only problem was that few of them worked like they were supposed to, and they took them off the market. They looked cool, though. ------------------ "all your base are belong to us!" "you have no chance to survive make your time!" [This message has been edited by RunninRaven (edited February 28, 2001).]
*sigh* I still say the all time best game for competition was.. . . . COMBAT on the ATARI 2600 There was a skill involved beyond hittin 3 buttons at once while rotating the joystick and praying it works . . Spy Hunter was great too WARLORDs Revenge of Yar Rocket River I remember PLAIN OLE MARIO BROTHERS Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr ------------------
Oh cool topic! Tecmo Bowl Super Tecmo Bowl R.B.I. Baseball King of the Ring Contra Zelda Ms Pacman Centipede Space Invaders ------------------ "Relax... kids swallow quarters all the time. If she craps out two dimes and a nickel then start worrying!" -Grumpier Old Men
rH, YES! The football game was the hit!! I remember the first time I played it, my buddies let me take the ball on the 1yard line. I kept going up and down, up and down until I got tackled on the 1 yard line!! They asked me why I did that and I replied "I was going for long yardage"! DAOOOHHH! ------------------ Whatever you want to do, you have to do something else first.
It's old school BA-BY! Pole Position Pac Mac Commodore 64 games Contra Final Fantasy (first one) The Dungeons and Dragon games like Pools of Radiance Curse of the Azure Bonds Champions of Krynn Games like that. Radar's Rat Race Zork Centipede Kung Fu Ghouls and Ghosts Tecmo Wrestling Dragon Warrior Zelda All of the Super Mario Defender Defenders of the Crown Space Invader Tony LaRussa II baseball I could go on and on! Man I miss the 80s/early 90s Thanks for the trip down memory lane rockHEAD! ------------------ Rocks2001 in disguise. . . [This message has been edited by RocksMillenium (edited February 28, 2001).]
NES Anything Tecmo Football was awesome Ice Hockey : me and my friends would laugh our butts off all night playing this highly addictive game Super Mario 1-3 : Old school to the max Duck Tales : This game was fun and easy Zelda 2 Link's Adventure : the original RPG , You couldnt beat this game in under 6 months Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtules the Arcade Game : Cowabunga Arkanoid The Ultimate Challenge [/list=a] ------------------
Was Tecmo Football the one with the trackballs that people would spin like mad and then press a button to throw a pass? Double Dragon was great. There was an arcade game with moving lines that you had to block in and it was called Quix??? Mango ----------------- Spring Cleaning!!! [This message has been edited by Mango (edited February 28, 2001).]
