Old School Games

[reignofdeath]

So I just was playing old school (For me anyways) Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario World, and Super Mario Allstars on the SNES and I just couldn't help but have nostalgia. Man were these great games, well crafted and challenging. I just wanted to show my appreciation for these ones :) Hoping some of you all remember these titles, I actually have alot of the Super Mario World songs stuck in my head right now, I actually can hum the title screen song to this day completely without even having to look it up. :arrgh!:

[Herr-Berbunch]

My first electronic game was Munchman - a Pac-Man rip-off. I used to spend hours on it, my trawlerman neighbour used to borrow it and attained the high score for several years, but I beat him in the end. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchman_%28tabletop_electronic_game%29

1981, blimey! :o How times have changed.

[Harald_Lange]

My first electronic game was this ( Kevin Keegans Match of The Day Soccer):

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/RARE-KEVIN-KEEGAN-GRANDSTAND-ELECTRONIC-ACTION-SOCCER-GAME-1979-/00/s/MTAwMFgxMDAw/$(KGrHqV,!o8FBk(w(HlYBQtTSUB+5Q~~60_35.JPG

And my first ever computer game was called Ant Attack on the Spectrum :

http://sandywhite.co.uk/fun/ants/

closely followed by Elite, also on the Spectrum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUkv_IDHkTI

Herr-Berbunch, I remember Munchman now, oh my goodness!

[NeonSamurai]

My first was the original pong, and my first computer game was Parsec for the Texas Instruments TI-99.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec_%28video_game%29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZgFAgmJkiE

[GotamPT]

Hello all.

My first computer game was "Prince of Persia" :rock:

[Pisces]

Golf on the MSX 2:

http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/130006-hole-in-one-msx-screenshot-golf-course-difficultys.png

[Jimbuna]

I was a late starter...Combat Lynx on Spectrum

http://gamesdbase.com/game/sinclair-zx-spectrum/combat-lynx.aspx

[Lionclaw]

Oh wow, can't really remember what could have been my first game after some 20+ years of gaming. :o :-?

The ones I have fond memories of are: Super Metroid, Super Mario- (Bros. 3, World, Kart), Pilotwings, Gunship 2000, Final Fantasy III/VI.

[elanaiba]

Bloody Eyes, Booty, Chuckie Egg, Saboteur 1 & 2, Alley Cat, anyone?

[Jimbuna]

Bloody Eyes, Booty, Chuckie Egg, Saboteur 1 & 2, Alley Cat, anyone?

Super Mario :O:

[Harald_Lange]

I was a late starter...Combat Lynx on Spectrum

http://gamesdbase.com/game/sinclair-zx-spectrum/combat-lynx.aspx

I had to check to see if that came with a Lens-Lok antipiracy device, turns out it was Tomahawk!

For those of you < 35 this is a Lenslok :P

http://www.birdsanctuary.co.uk/sanct/s_lenslok.php

[Jimbuna]

Rgr that

[the_tyrant]

Wow guys, the games you guys are talking about are older than me!:oops:

My favorite game from my child hood was age of empires, and metal gear..

[reignofdeath]

Wow guys, the games you guys are talking about are older than me!:oops:

My favorite game from my child hood was age of empires, and metal gear..

Metal Gear Solid is one of my favorites, along with the series, never played the original Metal Gear and MG2 however..

[reignofdeath]

Hello all.

My first computer game was "Prince of Persia" :rock:


WELCOME TO SUBSIM :arrgh!:

Never played it however

[Mork_417]

First computer game I ever played was "The Oregon Trail", Apple II.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)


Then I played "Choplifter" and "Robot Odyssey" a good bit. However my favorite games of the mid 80's were "The Dam Busters", and "Silent Service". I wore them out! :rock:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choplifter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Odyssey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dam_Busters_(video_game)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Service_(video_game)

A memory i have about MicroProse & Silent Service was that when I first got the game, It was not playable. No matter which direction you went, or the depth you held, you would always hit a mine. It frustrated me for weeks, trying to play the game, and get around it. I finally wrote them a letter, explaining my frustration, and that i felt the disk (5-1/4 floppy back then, lol) had a corrupted file on it. To my surprise about two weeks later i got package with a new disk, and a letter apologizing for the inconvience. The new disk worked like a charm, and I was one happy sub captain! :yep: I kept the letter for a long time, but over the years I lost track of it. Still wish i had it though.

[Penguin]

My first electronic game was this ( Kevin Keegans Match of The Day Soccer):

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/RARE-KEVIN-KEEGAN-GRANDSTAND-ELECTRONIC-ACTION-SOCCER-GAME-1979-/00/s/MTAwMFgxMDAw/$(KGrHqV,!o8FBk(w(HlYBQtTSUB+5Q~~60_35.JPG


Man, I remember playing this extensively with a friend who had this, I think it was pretty expensive back then.
I had a comparible solo game by Tandy. Same concept - the ball was the bright red light :). Changing the sport (hockey, football, basketball) was done by switching the plastic insert.

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6315/tandyb.jpg

[Miggy4000]

First game ever would be Space Invaders (on a little hand held console in which the Aliens were just little dots moving about :doh:), first Arcade game I really got into, Defender and first home computer game was Elite (on the Speccy) and yes I also used a Lenslok. Horrid things they were. :hmmm:

[Singed]

We had a pong type game (not Pong itself) when I was very little, it had modes like hockey and tennis, but was still basically pong. We also had a breakout console that was again about a dozen variants of the same theme.

First computer games were on a VIC 20, but were mostly cartridge based then I moved to the C64 and things got real with games like Bard's Tale and Ultima. Even ran a BBS in Houston for a while that was sort of gaming and fantasy oriented.

The first arcade game I got really in to was Missile Command and I tore Defender up when it rolled around, but mainly if I was going to spend quarters it was air hockey and foosball, even wound up working in an arcade for a while in my late teens.

[Platapus]

If you have not hunted a wumpus, you should not be allowed to use the term "old school game" :D

[GT182]

My first computer game/simulation was MicroProse's B-17 Flying Fortress "The Mighty 8th" back in 2000. At 45.00 it was one of the most expensive for that time. Falcon 4 was the next on bought, and also expensive for back then. But at least Falcon 4 has been updated.