Old School Games - Page 2

Mork_417 · 02-22-13, 06:48 AM

First computer game I ever played was "The Oregon Trail", Apple II.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ore...l_(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!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choplifter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Odyssey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dam...s_(video_game)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_...e_(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!

I kept the letter for a long time, but over the years I lost track of it. Still wish i had it though.

Penguin · 02-22-13, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Harald_Lange

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

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.

Miggy4000 · 03-06-13, 12:17 PM

First game ever would be Space Invaders (on a little hand held console in which the Aliens were just little dots moving about

), 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.

Singed · 03-06-13, 05:40 PM

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 · 03-07-13, 08:47 AM

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

GT182 · 03-12-13, 09:25 AM

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.

02-22-13, 06:48 AM	#16
Mork_417 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: DB-15 Posts: 851 Downloads: 263 Uploads: 0	First computer game I ever played was "The Oregon Trail", Apple II. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ore...l_(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! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choplifter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Odyssey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dam...s_(video_game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_...e_(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! I kept the letter for a long time, but over the years I lost track of it. Still wish i had it though. __________________ Heading to AM49.(U-553)

03-07-13, 08:47 AM	#20
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,391 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	If you have not hunted a wumpus, you should not be allowed to use the term "old school game" __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-12-13, 09:25 AM	#21
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

03-06-13, 12:17 PM	#18
Miggy4000 Commodore Join Date: May 2012 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 92 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	First game ever would be Space Invaders (on a little hand held console in which the Aliens were just little dots moving about ), 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.

03-06-13, 05:40 PM	#19
Singed Sailbad the Sinner Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 106 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	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.