From: jecoleb@eos.ncsu.edu (have clue, will travel)
Subject: Re: Reminescing...
Reply-To: jecoleb@eos.ncsu.edu
Organization: The Ghost Of Christmas Past Society
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:48:26 GMT


seth@inferno.uoregon.edu (Seth Scott) writes:

>Mappy-- Used to love the banjo music in the background of this one...
Mappy was one of those games that I could never figure out just why the hell
I liked it...  The music was nice.

>Lunar lander-- Just the primal frustration of trying to get the **** thing to
>	land _gently_...  
I just didn't have the patience.  I ran screaming from this one.

>Yie Ar Kung Fu (spelling?)-- This was a great game when I was in middle school...  
>I used to be able to get past all the characters once, and then to 
>Tonfun (second-to-last) the second time around, then Tonfun would kick my
>butt...  Fighting 'Blues' and 'Chain' were the best, IMHO
An entertaining game, though a bit pattern-driven (but what martial arts
game other than head-to-head Karate Champ isn't?)  
Blues AND Tonfun usually cleaned my clock the FIRST time around. ;)

>Gladiator-- Used to win this one my freshman year in high school.  As I look
>   back, it was rather cheesy, but the War God at the end was _such_ an 
>   intense fight, wasn't it?
Never saw him... no one I knew ever had the patience to master it.

>Tapper-- Sheer stress :)
Not stress, anxiety...  This is the game that was GREAT at inspiring screams of
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHhhhhhhhh..." as the congestion built up.

>Rastan-- Anyone besides me in the whole world who could beat this?  I never
>   saw anyone else who could ...
I've seen a number of people who could beat it at will.  I never got the knack.

>Scramble Spirits-- Has anyone in the world besides me and rtaylor@cie.uoregon.
>edu ever _heard_ of this one?
Stumped me... 

>Dynamite Duke-- This one had a cool atmosphere, and weird, if mildly cheesy
>art.
Yes, it's Duke, not Dux, though the latter exists as well.  I liked the
concept, if not the whack-shoot-thud-ugh gameplay.

>(reaching -really- far back)
>Names for you trivia buffs to mull over:
>	'Pooyan'
Cute game, addicted me for a while.
>	'Crazy Climber'
*GRIN*  An all-time classic.
>	'Venture' (anyone get far in this?)
Again, only for those with extended patience.  When I ran into this game,
it wasn't my strong suit.
>	'Armored Attack'
Once you learned the hide-from-the-chopper spots, Armor:Attack lost most of
its difficulty.  I could rack up high scores at will through the bug.
>	'Eliminator'
*YES!*  Now, HERE'S a fondly remembered game... one part Reactor, one part
Star Castle, one part adrenaline, mix well, serve with chives...
>	'Space Panic'
The "Plan 9 From Outer Space" of gaming... so BAD, it's good.
>	'Satan's Hollow'
Repetitive, but a lot of fun anyway.  

I posted my classic-game dream arcade list a while back, so I'll refrain from
doing it again... ;)

If you want classic trivia-buff games, how about Kram?  Haven't seen one
in AGES. 

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                         jecoleb@eos.ncsu.edu 
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