Missions in career mode

[Eichenlaub]

Spineripper wrote:

Seems like many of us has lots of memories from the home computers childhood. I got my C64 in 1985. I was 12 years old then but I don't remember playing Silent Service on it. At that time we played Spy vs Spy, Commando, Bruce Lee, Pit Stop, Kick Start, Leaderboard and thousands of other games.

I upgraded to my first Amiga 500 in 1988 and fell for more complex games like SS, Ports of Call, all Sierra games, Phantasie III and of course CIVILIZATION.

Yes, I played Spy vs Spy (even play the recognisable tune on guitar), Commando, and Bruce Lee (finished it without trainer) as well. Kick Start and Pit Stop do not conjure up anything visual though the latter's name does ring a bell. Other games I particularly enjoyed on C64 were The Great Giane Sisters, Last Ninja I & II, The Untochables, Platoon, Pirates! and a few two-player games.

My Amiga experience was somewhat different than yours. I never got into Civilization until I got Civ2 for the pc - the endless disk-swapping and poor coding let me down. The Amiga did open up several game styles that were difficult or impossible to come by on the C64, like adventure games and advanced simulations. I played Monkey Island I & II, Operation Stealth, Eye of the Beholder I & II and various other SSI AD&D adventure games. For sims I loved Wings, Red Baron and Their Finest Hour to death. Naturally, the old arcade style games were well represented with Super Cars II, Lotus I & II (III wasn't so impressive), Full Contact and a host of others. Special mention must go to a PD game, Master Blaster (basically Dynablaster for 2 persons with more fun attached) and Sensible World of Soccer both of which I still play today.

Finnbat:

Actually, I hook up my Amiga's every few months or so and play many of those old games. Sure they have aged a lot! But some of those games were built for fun and gameplay instead of arty graphics. Master Blaster is still a blast hit after 12 years! I can't play Amiga games for a few days without loading up SWOS or Supercars II, the fun I have with them simply hasn't been recreated in any pc game I know. A huge difference with modern games is the complexity. Two-player games like Midnight Resistance, Warzone, Dogs of War and Double Dragon III are simple to play and have thus a virtue over complicated 3D first person shooters or real-time strategy games which are harder to learn. Furthermore, the social aspect cannot be ignored: in modern pc games, most of the players meet on the internet which is different from having a friend or two visit you at home to play games while sitting on your couch. Some of my best memories concerning my Commodore computers stem from having friends over to play certain games, not exactly for the game itself.
Of course I am spoilt by my pc that has faster loading times and 384mb (not much I know), which is 384 times as much as my A500 and 64 times as much memory as my A1200, but those comparisons aren't really fair. Try comparing the 7 MH of the A500 or my inflated 50 MH A1200 to the 1.1 GH of my pc - and I even have a poor pc by today's standards! By now, it's all about how those computers fitted your history and how you keep that memory alive. Certain golden rings have faded, but many have remained and as long as I play those games a few times a year, I'm alright!

But I am glad so many of us are veterans of the early days. As a matter of fact, together we must have sunk millions of ships over our careers since the mid-eighties.

Kind regards,

Eichenlaub