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post #51 of 88
10/30/11 at 2:32pm
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...it may also have been Data East.

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post #52 of 88
10/30/11 at 3:00pm

Was at my father's for the summer. He bought us a Nintendo 64 because we had to stay in the apartment while he worked.....And the game he bought for us with the N64? Mario 64. Good times. 

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post #53 of 88
10/30/11 at 3:02pm
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I don't think I ever beat Mario 64, I was too busy running around flipping off the top of trees and yelling "WAHOO".

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post #54 of 88
10/30/11 at 4:22pm
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We've got some old school gamers in here... I've been trying to remember the name of this game for years. You were a sort of bulky bald guy, and the premise of the game was that you ran around the desert shooting fireballs. It was a sidescroller, and may have been made by Tradewest. 

 

This may be my imagination, but I think the guy had a mustache. 



Ron Swanson had a video game in the 80's?

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post #55 of 88
10/30/11 at 4:26pm
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Ron Swanson had a video game in the 80's?



Listen,

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post #56 of 88
10/30/11 at 4:26pm

 

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Ron Swanson had a video game in the 80's?


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post #57 of 88
10/30/11 at 4:36pm

I was three and dad had decided as a nice little hobby side business to invest in some arcade games and hire them out to pubs and fish and chips shops and the like, so I'd wake up on a Sunday morning to find this in the living room towering over me and a stack of coins waiting to be slotted in...

 

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...Dad used to say it was the best way he'd ever come up with to get a proper sleep-in on a Sunday morning. I on the other hand was hooked on gaming from that point forward, for the next 32 years.

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post #58 of 88
10/30/11 at 4:51pm

my old man had an Atari that I played as a tot, but the real introduction was when he went to Toys R Us and brought home a NES in the late 80s.  I remember being 6 years old and trying to make it past the first level in Mario Bros.  

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post #59 of 88
10/30/11 at 5:16pm
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We've got some old school gamers in here... I've been trying to remember the name of this game for years. You were a sort of bulky bald guy, and the premise of the game was that you ran around the desert shooting fireballs. It was a sidescroller, and may have been made by Tradewest. 

 

This may be my imagination, but I think the guy had a mustache. 

That was the game Zach mentioned. Karnov. Pretty underrated little bastard of a game. And yeah it was Data East as I recall.

I think there was an arcade version as well but I never played it.
 

 

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post #60 of 88
10/30/11 at 5:25pm

Hybris, Check out...klov.com.  It is a gaming museum site, complete with a clip of a guy playing...Karnov, on the page devoted to the game.  Karnov arrived in...1987.  It is a...youtube clip.

 

Nexus-7, good catch on that game.  It is too bad there wasn't a...Data East Arcade Collection 2 with Karnov on it.

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post #61 of 88
10/30/11 at 5:33pm
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I don't use ellipses THAT obnoxiously.

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post #62 of 88
10/30/11 at 6:47pm
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That was the game Zach mentioned. Karnov. Pretty underrated little bastard of a game. And yeah it was Data East as I recall.

I think there was an arcade version as well but I never played it.
 

 



Why is it that I can't remember information out of a textbook that I need to retain, but I can recall the developer logo that was printed on an NES box at the video store when I was six years old? Anyone?

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post #63 of 88
10/30/11 at 7:12pm

Hybris, It is because Video Games are more...Fun, and easier to remember than schoolwork!  Whom is using ellipsis...THAT...Obnoxiously?  If you mean me, I am sorry I...Offended you.  Yet it just...Might...Happen...Again!

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post #64 of 88
10/30/11 at 8:00pm
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I thought you were making fun of me!

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post #65 of 88
10/30/11 at 8:54pm

Some of my first memories involve video games actually. I remember sitting on my dad's lap at probably age 1 or 2 while he played his Intellivision. I specifically remember two Dungeons and Dragsons games he played. I went and searched out video of those games to post in here.

 

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

 

and

 

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin...this one gave me nightmares for years as a kid because of the infamous "Red Baboo", as I called it.

 

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post #66 of 88
10/30/11 at 9:23pm
What is the difference between a pastime and a hobby? For whatever reason I've always considered my interest in electronic gaming to be a pastime
 
Anyway, after many years of intense concentration and practice, I am now fairly OK at most games, and very good at a few
 
My first videogame system was the N64, but the first videogames I played were not N64 games. The first handheld I owned was a TIGER ELECTRONICS INSPECTOR GADGET one off thing, but that wasn't the first game I mastered either
 
For my introduction to videogames, an interest that has with time developed into a life long passion, I have one but one source to identify.. one man
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Steve Jobs
 
When he made the unilateral decision to include in each new Macintosh games - at no additional charge - for the masses to access and enjoy, he directly reached out and altered the course of my life
 
On the Mac Classic, when I couldn't have been more than four years old, CANNON FODDER was the first game I can remember playing, and I'd do battle with my mom. She beat me for a few afternoons, and then quickly I adapted and prevailed. Eventually I'd just play by myself, against the computer, or purely to experiment with the physics and terrain deformation
 
Later still,  I went on to a game where the player was to drop from a helicopter little people into a hay cart 
 
If you screwed up, the people would fall to their death, complete with a horrible sound effect
 
As my family acquired more Macs, it was Mac Games preinstalled on Mac Hardware that provided my primary gaming outlet, and honed my skills during those critical years
 
Even after my acquisition of the N64, and in later years the purchase of other consoles and devices, I continuesd to game on the Mac, from iMac to iPod to PowerBook to iPod TOUCH to iPad
 
I've owned videogame systems from Nintendo, Sony, and yes, even Microsoft, but when I look back, the gaming ecosystem that has most drastically effected my interests and playstyle has been that of APPLE, and for that I must offer my sincere gratitude to Mr Jobs and the remarkable company he created
 
PS MARIO 64, GOLDENEYE, OCARINA OF TIME, SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE all had a big influence on me, as did later games like DEUS EX, METAL GEAR SOLID, PERFECT DARK, ROGUE SQUADRON and more
 
EDIT: first time I played videogames on a console was the SUPER NINTENDO, at a relatives house, where I played the TMNT game and STREET FIGHTER 2

Edited by Princess Kate - 10/31/11 at 6:41am
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post #67 of 88
10/30/11 at 10:49pm

My home never had a PC or console until I was 13 or 14, so most of my early gaming happened in my cousin's or friends' houses. I remember playing an olympics game on the IBM XT, Montezuma's revenge on the Atari, and challenging my friend to Arkanoid on the XT over and over again. I also remember playing Space Invaders, Pacman and Ghost & Goblins at the coin-op arcades. 

 

When I finally got a IBM 286 PC, I went crazy with PC games. The goldbox AD&D games, Lucasarts adventures, Civ 1 and 2, Flight Sims, Ultima, Wing Commander, so many glorious memories...

 

I've been a PC gamer all my life. Never owned a console until this year, when I bought a PS3 at age 37. 

 

 

 

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post #68 of 88
10/31/11 at 12:05am

 

Christmas 1982 and this what my younger brother and I got under the tree that year:

 

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That and the plethora of arcades in the 80s transformed me into a video game addict for life.

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post #69 of 88
10/31/11 at 12:33am

Hand-me-down Intellevision and 2600 got me into games, but it wasn't until I got my own NES(thanks, mom!) that I really got into gaming majorly.

Playing Loom, SimCity(on an old Mac), and DOOM(and messing with it's level editor) blew my mind.

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post #70 of 88
10/31/11 at 5:58am

Hybris, I was not making fun of you.  I use...Ellipsis for...Emphasis!  I also felt you were mocking me.  I am glad that neither was a...Mockingbird!  I am sorry for the...Misunderstanding!

 

DJ Dylan, The Intellivision D & D games are...Awesome.  My friends and I played them for Hours.  During a school holiday, we would take a break from gaming for the combo of...Starblazers and Battle Of The Planets!  Did you ever play...Capcom's Dungeon and Dragons games?  Those are side scrolling beat em ups just like...The Punisher and Final Fight!

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post #71 of 88
10/31/11 at 8:55am

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We're a generation of angry "cartridge blowers", we are.

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post #72 of 88
10/31/11 at 10:03am

Hybris, did you ever play Hybris? Wasn't my introduction to gaming (that would be various titles on the ZX Spectrum) but might well be my introduction to totally bitchin Amiga game synth music:

 

 

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post #73 of 88
10/31/11 at 11:13am

We had Intellivision with 2 D&D games and Tron, all of which ruled. But it was when my parents got my sister and I an NES for Christmas with Mario/Duck Hunt and MIKE TYSON'S PUNCH OUT. That is STILL my favorite NES game of all time, and still in my Top 10 of all time. I was Mac, and Mac was me. I remember trying forever to get past Mr. Dream (I think that was his name), to get to Tyson....and immediately getting my ass kicked by Iron Mike. 

Man, I loved that game.

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post #74 of 88
10/31/11 at 11:46am

I begged for an Atari 2600, got an Intellivision.  My parents actually broke down and bought a 2600 later so I got spoiled and had both.  Honestly I probably have (yes, have) 100 cartridges for each as well.  I have both systems and all my games (including those stupid little plastic covers for the Intellivision keys) still stored away.  I haven't played them in years.

 

Both D&D games for the Intellivision were amazing.  Treasure of Tarmin had those godawful doors that were monsters.  Try to go in a door looking for loot, the damn thing would change colors and start shooting fireballs at you.

 

Intellivision also had a basketball game that was WAY ahead of it's time.  When you started it would give you a salary cap, and you'd have to draft a team of 5 players using that salary cap in order to play a game.  I found one guy that could drain 3's from anywhere so my team was always him and 4 pieces of cheap garbage.

 

Tron Deadly Discs.  Enough said.

 

Sub Hunt.  God that was fun.  I remember lots of tense games, I played that a ton.

 

Utopia.  I was ruthless when playing Utopia to the point my sister refused to play it with me any more.  I'd just wait for a tropical storm to take out her fort on her island and then I'd just decimate her with rebels.  Good times.

 

Swords and Serpents.  Man the more I think about it the more revolutionary games Intellivision had.  I'm not sure why I wanted a 2600 so bad.

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post #75 of 88
10/31/11 at 11:52am

It is hard to remember days when there was no save feature.  Buying add on hardware equipment to mod your game or skip levels (via Game Genie). Before I got my Nintendo, we rented one for my birthday party and we all took turns on the Punchout. Memories...

 

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post #76 of 88
10/31/11 at 12:44pm

A-Pathetic, Did you have...Sea Battle, Space Battle, Triple Action, Astrosmash, Night Stalker, Armor Battle, Pitfall, Demon Attack, The Drednaught Factor, Football, Star Strike or Mission X?  Those were my favorite Intellivision games in addition to both D and D games.

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post #77 of 88
10/31/11 at 1:06pm
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A-Pathetic, Did you have...Sea Battle, Space Battle, Triple Action, Astrosmash, Night Stalker, Armor Battle, Pitfall, Demon Attack, The Drednaught Factor, Football, Star Strike or Mission X?  Those were my favorite Intellivision games in addition to both D and D games.



I did not have Pitfall or Mission X I don't believe, but had all the others.

 

What was the name of that fantastic 3rd party company that did so many of their games?  Imagic?  Pretty sure both Demon Attack and Drednaught Factor were theirs.  I remember they also had a Dracula game where you played Dracula, running around sucking blood and then turning into a bat to fly off when the cops would run after you.  Such a weird gaming concept, and nothing they'd think to do today.  They also did Beauty & The Beast which was their Donkey Kong ripoff which was actually pretty good.

 

I remember they had an Astrosmash high score contest where you'd take a polaroid picture of your best score and send it in and they'd reward the top 3 people.  I played for 3 straight days, I'd pause the game at bedtime and my Mom would let me leave the system on until I got home the next day to continue.  By the third day even my Dad was amazed at how fast things were moving and that I was still going.  I finally died, took my picture and sent it in absolutely sure I'd be in the top 3.  They sent me an Astrosmash patch that all the "also rans" got, along with a listing of the highest scores which were about 10 times higher than mine.  I was crushed.

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post #78 of 88
10/31/11 at 4:04pm

A-Pathetic, Imagic is the name of the company.  If you go to...intellivisionlives.com you can order Intellivision Rocks, which includes all of Imagic's Games.  It is...$30.00 for windows or mac.

Intellivision Lives, is also available. That compilation includes 60 1st party games.  There is also a collection for the Nintendo DS, and that includes  Advanced D&D Treasure of Tarmin, and Cloudy Mountain under a new name.  TOT is Minotour.  I did forget to mention I also had...Atlantis.  Imagic was I believe the...2nd 3rd party company after Activision.

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post #79 of 88
10/31/11 at 6:09pm

Does anybody remember Corridor 7 for DOS? I played the shit out of that as a kid.

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post #80 of 88
11/1/11 at 8:26am
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Both D&D games for the Intellivision were amazing.  Treasure of Tarmin had those godawful doors that were monsters.  Try to go in a door looking for loot, the damn thing would change colors and start shooting fireballs at you.

 

Intellivision also had a basketball game that was WAY ahead of it's time.  When you started it would give you a salary cap, and you'd have to draft a team of 5 players using that salary cap in order to play a game.  I found one guy that could drain 3's from anywhere so my team was always him and 4 pieces of cheap garbage.

 



Like I said up in this thread when I mentioned the intellivision d&d games...they fucking scared the shit out of me. I was probably 1 or 2 years old at the time. I remember the doors doing that!

 

And I definitely remember the basketball game

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post #81 of 88
11/1/11 at 8:56am

I have two moments the come to mind when it comes to video games becoming a real hobby/obsession for me. My best friend and I renting River City Ransom for the NES from the local mom and pop video rental place and staying up all night playing it. The two of us, playing at the same time, beating up thugs to the left and right was amazing. The second thing was a few years later after the SNES came out and another friend of mine, the type of guy who was better than me at everything, had Illusion of Gaia but couldn't get past the first room or something stupid. I tried and immediately took off on a quest that taught me this kid wasn't always better than me.

 

It's sad that a video game taught me that lesson and not my parents.

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post #82 of 88
11/1/11 at 9:21am

Let's see, when I was a kid, my dad bought some IBM computer thing.  It didn't have a hard drive, so it ran off of discs.  I remember playing several different things on it, but QBERT, Freddy's Rescue Roundup, and Rick Dangerous probably got the most play time out of anything.

 

Later on, we upgrading to an impressively speedy 486 computer with Windows 3.1 on it.  Most of the games I played ran out of DOS though.  I played a ton of different shareware titles on that system, but one of the few I actually paid to get the full version of was ZZT.  I still think that game has some of the best puzzles of any adventure game ever made, and it had a great level editor that I spent a ton of time messing around in.  I would love to see a remake of ZZT, even if only to experience the novelty of cyan, bullet-shooting tigers rendered beautifully in the Unreal engine.

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post #83 of 88
11/4/11 at 10:48pm
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That was the game Zach mentioned. Karnov. Pretty underrated little bastard of a game. And yeah it was Data East as I recall.

I think there was an arcade version as well but I never played it.
 

 



Oh man, I just saw this! That's the game, I just googled it. Goddamn, that takes me back. I miss my NES.

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post #84 of 88
11/4/11 at 10:54pm
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My introduction to PC gaming was an Apple II-gs back when I was 7 or 8. The only game we had for it was the original Space Quest. I have a very distinct memory of running around a desert planet avoiding this big, nasty spider... and then eventually pushing a boulder down on its head as it passed under an archway. That and having to hide when the aliens were coming. Don't remember much else about the game.

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post #85 of 88
11/6/11 at 5:54pm

In 1980, my folks bought me an Atari 2600 (The classic, with fake wood finish and all) I think I spent more hours playing Combat than most people spend on COD nowadays.

 

And yes, I owned E.T. The game was everything the hype claims. Never have I seen a game do such a genius job of complicating the act of pressing a button and making an alien levitate out of a well. I literally burned tens of hours working that one out, and once I did I then discovered that you could complete the whole game in ten minutes. 

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post #86 of 88
11/7/11 at 5:47am
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My introduction to PC gaming was an Apple II-gs back when I was 7 or 8. The only game we had for it was the original Space Quest. I have a very distinct memory of running around a desert planet avoiding this big, nasty spider... and then eventually pushing a boulder down on its head as it passed under an archway. That and having to hide when the aliens were coming. Don't remember much else about the game.


I remember playing the first Space Quest and getting stuck in the town for a long time. I found a spaceship, got it fixed, got a robot navigator for it, but I just couldn't figure out where to go with it for the longest time.  Eventually, I think my dad called their tip line (remember those?) to find out what to do.

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post #87 of 88
11/7/11 at 7:50am
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I remember playing the first Space Quest and getting stuck in the town for a long time. I found a spaceship, got it fixed, got a robot navigator for it, but I just couldn't figure out where to go with it for the longest time.  Eventually, I think my dad called their tip line (remember those?) to find out what to do.



I didn't know there was a tip line! Haha.

 

I remember that part, and I believe I got by it okay. There was a part though, where you board the aliens' ship and shoot one. I got stuck there for so, so long. Months, even. It never occurred to me to search his body in that entire time. 

 

It's almost embarrassing now.

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post #88 of 88
11/7/11 at 8:09am

First game i ever played was Yar's Revenge on a friend's 2600 and I haven't been the same since.

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