Retro Chat

[mayhem]

So then Retro wise (any thing older than 5 years say)

what is your top 5 fav retro games of all time that you have played.

Mine

1) R-type (Arcade) Arcade Board

2) Project X (amiga 500+) Disk Version

3) Alien Vs Predator (Jaguar) Cart

4) Pac Man (Arcade) Arcade Board

5) Chukie Egg (Acorn Electron) Tape

I still own them games (legally not as in roms) even the arcade version and still play these games as well .... I do own the roms as well.

Allso loved Ghost and Goblins and many others.

The Best how many joysticks could i snap games was defantly Hyper Sports or Daily Thompson decathlon on the amiga.

 

[Ghosthud1]

the most retro game i have played and loved is diablo 1 and 2 and still play diablo 2 LOD too this date!

 

[Kylevdm]

The oldest game I have ever owned is C&C (the original one) I got that with my first PC, I was 6

 

[Ian Evey]

I have to add mine :

1. Rebelstar ( Spectrum 48k )

2. Salamander ( Arcade )---- ----( R-Type was Good too )

3. Turrican II ( Amiga )

4. Carrier Command ( Amiga )

5. Kick Off 2 ( Amiga )

5. Mega Lo Mania

Also liked Gauntlet arcade, Shadow of the beast on amiga, And manic miner on spectrum.

I would probably do a top 30 fav games. My fav on pc are quake 2 ( multiplayer was sooooo good online and yes i rocked at the time ) and farcry.

 

[D-Cyph3r]

Retro for me was the SNES/Mega Drive era, so games like Sonic the Hedgehog, Donky Kong, Super Mario Land and that frickin' awesome side scrolling Star Wars game.

 

[TopSecret]

Did anyone have those small consoles (toys) that played only one game and run on batteries or a 9v adaptor from the early 80's? They had a little LED screen. I had Pac Man, and it had a roundish shape and was bright yellow. I had another that played Defender (or similar) too. The defender one had a tiny little joystick and fire buttons. Been trying to find a pic of them to show what I mean. I am sure they will still be in the attic at my Mum's house.

EDIT: Found a site that tells you about the Pac Man game:

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/PacMan.htm

Here's a pic:

My sister had a couple of other handheld games too, can't remember what though. We used to fight over the games all the time

 

[Rastalovich]

(No real order)

1. Fireant

2. Mr Do.

2. SWOS

3. Gauntlet

3. UFO

4. FF VII

4. Hovver Bovver

5. Galaxians

5. Moon Cresta

(doubled the numbers to keep it to 5 )

Can go on and on tho.

 

[mayhem]

lol found chuckie egg on line play ...

http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx

 

[AydST]

Manic Miner

Dare Devil Dennis

Rick Dangerous

Chuckie Egg

Jet Set Willy

still play all of them

 

[Bungral]

Rodland for me.. Simple as.

 

[Rastalovich]

First tape based game I bought was Hunchback 64 I believe. Had Arcadia 64 with the computer bought from Alders in Cardiff iirc, and the c2n cassette deck was out of stock. Had to w8 a month or so b4 I could use it.

Games eventual got as big as taking 45/50min to load ! Can remember having programming magazines that had code printouts in them that u had to type in. Pretty sure that was what got me into coding, wanting to know what all the data values were actually for.

After a while some smart-arse came up with compacting and fast loading.

Vic 20 I inherited from some1 with Lunar Lander cartridge in it.

(all still in the attic I believe, got a tall stack of Amigas and commodores along with boxes of kit. someday I'll break them out)

EDIT: Almost forgot:

Manic Miner Online

Blagger

Jet Set Willy

 

[retrogamer1990]

OMG R-TYPE!!! yes!! havent played in years!

gotta be

1.Super Mario Bros

2.Space Invaders

3.Pac Man

4.Gran Turismo 1

5. Anything on an Acorn A3000 (lulz)

 

[lasher]

For me it was

1. Parsec ( TI 99 4/A ) Still play it now, kids love it too

2. Defender

3. R-Type

4. Rainbow Islands

5. Battlezone ( anyone remember this ? wire frame tank game that i lost my youth on.. well that and defender )

Gawd showing my age now!