Vintage Videogaming
Vintage Videogaming
So one of the effects on my psyche of being back in school is that I've occasionally entertained (numbed) myself with video games. However, because console technology and the system requirements of computers have passed me by, I've only been playing old games, sometimes on emulators. Also, I like the old games better anyway. I thought I'd make a thread.
I was inspired to check out the ZX Spectrum (via emulation) by paeans from limeys, especially about Manic Miner. That game is fucked! It's like Mario as designed by a sadist. It's a game where your character is more fragile than a boutique endangered orchid. I can't imagine the amount of rage produced by playing that game without any kind of save function. A masochistic people, the British nerd.
I was inspired to check out the ZX Spectrum (via emulation) by paeans from limeys, especially about Manic Miner. That game is fucked! It's like Mario as designed by a sadist. It's a game where your character is more fragile than a boutique endangered orchid. I can't imagine the amount of rage produced by playing that game without any kind of save function. A masochistic people, the British nerd.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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Re: Vintage Videogaming
Play the classic C64 game Impossible Mission online: http://impossible-mission.krissz.hu
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Should I be afraid?Dr. Medulla wrote:
Play the classic C64 game Impossible Mission online: http://impossible-mission.krissz.hu
Did you know that the digital synthesizer chip in the C64, the SID, is highly prized? The Elektron SidStation, which utilizes that chip, goes for a grand and up in the synth market.
Also, for anybody who doesn't believe me about Manic Miner being absurdly difficult:
http://torinak.com/qaop#!manicminer
Arrow keys are jump in respective directions, q and w are left and right.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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That you might become superdorky teenage me? Actually, perhaps. Really popular game back in the day, tho. As I recall, there was a knock-off of the game that starred Frankie Goes to Hollywood.eumaas wrote:Should I be afraid?Dr. Medulla wrote:
Play the classic C64 game Impossible Mission online: http://impossible-mission.krissz.hu
I remember the C64 being said to be a huge advance at the time for its sound chip, but that it has value these days? Not a clue. I should think it'd be fairly easy to locate old machines in Goodwill and the like.Did you know that the digital synthesizer chip in the C64, the SID, is highly prized? The Elektron SidStation, which utilizes that chip, goes for a grand and up in the synth market.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Terrifying.Dr. Medulla wrote:That you might become superdorky teenage me? Actually, perhaps. Really popular game back in the day, tho. As I recall, there was a knock-off of the game that starred Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
It's more a case of finding original chips not already integrated into a circuit board and giving them a usable interface.I remember the C64 being said to be a huge advance at the time for its sound chip, but that it has value these days? Not a clue. I should think it'd be fairly easy to locate old machines in Goodwill and the like.
It is actually pretty impressive for 8-bit digital synthesis. People also hack Gameboys into becoming sequencer-synthesizers.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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I've always been a Dig Dug man myself:
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Burger Time is a good one too.
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I never played this and never will.
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I've managed to get Kim into some LucasArts classics, such as Secret of Monkey Island and Loom. Any fans of those here?
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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I only know that first-person shooter Star Wars game (Dark Empire?).eumaas wrote:I've managed to get Kim into some LucasArts classics, such as Secret of Monkey Island and Loom. Any fans of those here?
And hell yeah to Dig Dug, despite the obvious sadism of the game.
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General Custer's Revenge or any of the Mystique Atari games taught me everything I needed to know about gamers.Dr. Medulla wrote:I only know that first-person shooter Star Wars game (Dark Empire?).eumaas wrote:I've managed to get Kim into some LucasArts classics, such as Secret of Monkey Island and Loom. Any fans of those here?
And hell yeah to Dig Dug, despite the obvious sadism of the game.
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I'm more a fan of Digger, the Canadian knockoff.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
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The Canadian-developed game that I recall from the 80s was Evolution, in which the player played as various species, from microbe to human, throughout several levels—that is, you "evolve" into each level—and it ends with a nuclear explosion that resets things back to microbe level. Yee haw!
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Ugh, Custer's Revenge. That really was a key prototype for today's gamers.BostonBeaneater wrote:General Custer's Revenge or any of the Mystique Atari games taught me everything I needed to know about gamers.
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I love the LucasArts games, especially when they decided to be funny (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, etc.)eumaas wrote:I've managed to get Kim into some LucasArts classics, such as Secret of Monkey Island and Loom. Any fans of those here?
eummy, you ever play Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders? LucasArts second game they made after Maniac Mansion.
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