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Original post by Tacit
Hey people,
Star Raiders - Man was this game ever cool in its day. The 2600 verion came with an external 'control pad' with buttons for the astrogation, weapons, etc. The Atari 800 version was even cooler. Firt game that truly gave me the sense of ship-to-ship combat through space.
Liked it so much I wrote a game in the same vein for the Atari Jaguar which went on to become the holy grail for that platform. This game spawned its own underground trading economy due to its rarety.
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Bruce Lee - Great scrolling platform game. You could play single player (you would be Bruce), or two-player (one of you would play this huge sumo wrestler dude). There was a computer controlled Ninja character who tended to fly around and attack you, but he was easy to kill. Bruce's special move was a flying side kick, which you accomplished by running and kicking. The sumo wrestler's special move was to moo like a cow. Don't ask me.
Great game, but much like another classic, Pharaoh's Curse, it was too easy, and it got repetitive...
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Escape from Castle Wolfenstein (the origina) - Very fun. One of the first games I played that used speech synthesis (of a sort).
Somehow this game was never as much fun off of the Apple II. I don't know why.
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F-15 Strike Eagle - This was one of Microprose's early sim games. Very fun!
Sid Meier's first actually "good" game IMO. I used to marvel at just how awful his first few were, and I really wondered what the big deal was with him. From here on in though, things got a lot better.
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Silent Service - Another Microprose title. This time you're a WW2 sub commander. Very well done, great periscope view. I really loved this game.
I liked it so much I never played another sub game...
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Choplifter - This was great on the Apple ][. Remember those crappy Apple joysticks??
Another great Apple game that somehow didn't survive translation to other platforms.
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Archon - Kind of like a combo chess/fighting game. Very fun for two players.
Remember when EA used to be called Electronic Arts, and they used to make fun games? Archon is only overshadowed by M.U.L.E., which is still one of the reigning gods of party games IMO.
So what did you miss IMO?
Way Out: probably the true first FPS game (never mind the Carmack crowing in the corner)
Necromancer: My all-time favorite 2D platformer
Rescue at Fractalus: No one has ever made a decent sequel (though Scorched Planet was a nice try)
Ballblazer: Not a decent sequel, ever, not even a nice try, LucasArts must have had a stroke around 1996 or something
Sundog: Confession, while I respect the concept, and the freedom, I hate Elite for its mouse control (there, I've said it), but I love Sundog, go figure
2600 Warlords: Another great party game
Bolo: 2600 Combat on steroids (though I'd love to see Tank Pong updated)
Star Glider 2: Fly through entire solar systems, enter the atmospheres of planets, meet interesting creatures, and kill them. Does mouse control justice.
Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back: Never understood the hype around Ultima Underworld having played these games so many years before.
That's my dirty dozen or so...
Edited by - varelse on February 11, 2002 7:35:40 PM
Edited by - varelse on February 11, 2002 7:36:46 PM
I never actually beat this game, but it made a big impact on my life. It opened my eyes to alot of stuff, and the fact that there was more out there.
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