Re: The "other game thread"

by **Dréfurion** Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:04 pm

He was a hipster before it became mainstream.. wait..

by **Nayan** Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:05 pm

PS: It doesn't surprise me you "haven't heard about them", because back then, we didn't rely on multi-million-numbers to decide what game we play, but friends' recommendations mostly. Believe it or not, I've been playing pc games since 1987 and I've never once touched Super Mario or Pokemon or w/e, in my "career". Ever. Razz

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:11 pm

Maybe you just hate nintendo.

by **The Misty Beast** Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:23 pm

Favorite game of all times. Seriously. Along with Contra, and that was when having a Gameboy was considered hi-tech.

by **Nayan** Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:33 pm

Nintendo didn't exist as a major trend, either, when I was playing. "Portable" would probably mean a portable reclining chair. "Console" meant perhaps a Spectrum ZX Sinclair, using your tape recorder as data storage. That was my first "console". And right after that, I was playing on a Hyundai Super-16TE, with a Hercules gfx adaptor, two 5 1/4" floppies, no HDD, no mouse, no joystick (at first) and the pc speaker as "sound". Monochrome, in case you wondered. Go figure. Razz

by **The Misty Beast** Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:37 pm

Nayan wrote:Nintendo didn't exist as a major trend, either, when I was playing. "Portable" would probably mean a portable reclining chair. "Console" meant perhaps a Spectrum ZX Sinclair, using your tape recorder as data storage. That was my first "console". And right after that, I was playing on a Hyundai Super-16TE, with a Hercules gfx adaptor, two 5 1/4" floppies, no HDD, no mouse, no joystick (at first) and the pc speaker as "sound". Monochrome, in case you wondered. Go figure.

Mate of mine has that pile of junk still. Played around a million variants of Alien Invader on it. Shit was so cash.

by **Muzjhath** Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:58 pm

Also, games were assholes back then.

Remember when -any- kind of save function was luxury? And the far bigger norm was death = start over?
In nice game death = start over that level.

I miss that... a bit... kind off.

by **John Helsythe Amaltheria** Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:06 am

Yeah yeah Diablo SWTOR GW2 yada yada

www.mmo-champion.com

Mist of Pandaria...

by **Nayan** Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:52 am

I never understood the hype about pandaren. So yeah. Not exactly giving me any shivers. Few facepalms, as panda-related-stuff always did (why not World of Madagascar while we're at it). And definitely not tempting to reactivate accounts. Nothing really -wrong- with it, just a complete lack of something extraordinary. *shrug*

by **Flo** Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:01 am

World of Kung-Fu Panda, more like. Having Jack Black voice their faction leader would be a selling point for me tho, just saying. Anyhoo, let's shovel Mop (heh, equals joke in dutch) discussion over to here and keep this thread for the real games, shall we. ;p

Moar Arkham City hype!

Viral marketing. So good.

by **Nayan** Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:21 am

Agreed. This is the other games thread. Discuss WoW in the 23423423 threads about it Smile

by **Flo** Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:35 pm

So good <.>

Give it a toss if you're looking for disturbing/atmospheric puzzler.

by **Morinth** Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:42 pm

I still have all my old consoles. And I'm not that old, so they only go back to the Atari. XD Which was my grandfathers. He still has his old Game&Watch stuff, etc. And this ancient pc thing. XD

The first game I actually owned, which I bought myself was the Lion King. I demanded it. And my mother finally gave in and let me spend what few pennies I had on it! XD A great victory.

Apart from that, my gran and grandad raised me on games. Terranigma was a favourite. I actually snapped it up at a bootsale a while back for like, 50p. And I still play them all to this day. Razz

by **Nayan** Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:02 pm

So good <.>

Idk about you, but I'm rofl'ing at TB's reactions playing it. xD

by **Lini** Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:49 pm

Nayan wrote:TB's reactions

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:27 pm

Night Elves, ever wanted to be like the tree you live in?

by **Grufftoof** Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:44 am

Nayan, you so old your first console was an abacus.

I remember my first games. On the BBC Electron oh yeah. On tape. Sweet. Then we had an Amiga, it at least has discs and some of my favourite games ever.

Never owned a console until the Playstation. Before it was the PS1.

by **Jeanpierre** Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:05 am

My first game... Pong. On a "sharp", that used an analogue cable to which you had to tune your TV, en which then needed 10-15 minutes to load from a tape. I think I once programmed that machine.. but I can't recall what I managed to make it do. Back then, a "blue screen" was just your Q-Basic editor.

Then came the 286 with a 40 MB hard disk!!
Then the 386... the pentium 75Mhz and so on. My games evolved as I kept looking for new kinds of genres and gameplay:
Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom 2, Duke Nukum 3D, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3.
(Sarcasm intended)

Well.. actually I always liked RPGs but found them too boring till my raging teenage hormones died down.

by **Grufftoof** Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:08 am

They've died down? I didn't think they did that...

Bugger.

by **Jeanpierre** Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:12 am

Well.. I'm not sure. I just notice I can actually enjoy sitting still in a game for more than 3 seconds and chat.

by **Mandui** Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:19 am

Jeanpierre wrote:Well.. I'm not sure. I just notice I can actually enjoy sitting still in a game for more than 3 seconds and chat.

I had this with Homeworld and it was even a single player, space RTS one. The music and ambience was so damn awesome, I often caught myself just standing still.

First game? Space invaders....1987, on a friend's 286 xD

by **Nithel** Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:38 am

Back when I was young we played with sticks and sometimes rubber .. and we were happy!!

by **Feydor** Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:05 am

Is it just me or did Grand Theft Auto: Vice City have the greatest soundtrack, OF ALL TIME?

by **Chase - Esou** Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:40 am

Feydor wrote:Is it just me or did Grand Theft Auto: Vice City have the greatest soundtrack, OF ALL TIME?

Been thinking about playing it through again for just that reason. I doubt I will though since I'd probably just get bored after 10 minutes.

by **Nayan** Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:59 pm

Feydor wrote:Is it just me or did Grand Theft Auto: Vice City have the greatest soundtrack, OF ALL TIME?

It's just you. The greatest soundtrack is FNV and FO3.

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