Your Fondest Video Game Memories
John Furlong
I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
Let's hear those memories...
I'll start the ball rolling...
When Zelda II was released, it was a pretty hot title. Everywhere was sold
out, much to my dismay. Being the Zelda freak that I was, I was elated to
hear that my father had found me a copy at the local Toys R Us. My fondest
video game memory was the excitement of opening that game (after an almost
unbearable wait for my dad to get off work and bring it to me).
I'm grown now, and I still love gaming. But I doubt I'll ever be that
excited about a game again.
Close second: Playing Tekken on the Playstation for the first time.
John
Michael Arguello
I remember when I went to Blockbuster. I wanted to rent a Sega CD
game(although we all knew lots of them were crap)but I saw a certain game
with anime style box art and that game was the one... the only... LUNAR
THE SILVER STAR!!!! I thought "Hey give it a shot" This game absolutley
astounded me with its story and music. I bought it soon after that. I'm
glad Lunar introduced me to the world of RPG's. It was quite comfortable.
Teh Kao Yang
In article <4mgrqv$h...@news.linknet.net>,
John Furlong <mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net> wrote:
>
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>Let's hear those memories...
>
Hey cool topic :) .. I have to go WAAAY back to my fondest one...
I was probably around 10 or 11. I was in an arcade in Taiwan playing
Phoenix, and this grown-up guy who was watching me play said, "hey, you
play pretty good for a kid!" I don't think I've stopped playing games
after that...
Second most memorable is probably playing Phantasy Star 2 and getting
to the part where Nei dies. "NO!!!!!!!!!!!! how can they kill her off
like that????" Probably the only time I've ever felt emotional about
a game...
-TK
The ATO Psycho
mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
>
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>Let's hear those memories...
>
> I'll start the ball rolling...
>
> When Zelda II was released, it was a pretty hot title. Everywhere was sold
>out, much to my dismay. Being the Zelda freak that I was, I was elated to
>hear that my father had found me a copy at the local Toys R Us. My fondest
>video game memory was the excitement of opening that game (after an almost
>unbearable wait for my dad to get off work and bring it to me).
> I'm grown now, and I still love gaming. But I doubt I'll ever be that
>excited about a game again.
>
>Close second: Playing Tekken on the Playstation for the first time.
>
>
>
>John
Playing the original Phantasy Star through for the first time (this
was also my first RPG).
The ATO Psycho
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mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) writes:
>
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
> finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
> Let's hear those memories...
Playing Final Fantasy II for the first time. My life would
never be the same again. :-)
A close second: completing Might and Magic II on the Genesis.
That one took awhile.
Good thread.
be well
d. lee
John Phillips Jr.
In article <4mgrqv$h...@news.linknet.net>, mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net
says...
>
>
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>Let's hear those memories...
Well, I think I'll throw in a thing or two here. About 6 years ago, I got
my latest issue of Nintendo Power in the mail and found a game previewed in
the magazine unlike any I had ever seen before. It contained wizards and
knights and demons and monsters. It contained a story about four Orbs and
the mission of four heroes to restore the light to those four Orbs. It
contained four dastardly fiends that were bent on the destruction of the
heroes. I think you can figure out by now what this game was.
It was Final Fantasy.
Finally, one day I found it for rent at a local video game store. It was
all I could do not to do cartwheels in the isles. I took it home...and
played it for four days straight. I was hooked. I didn't finish it, but
daggone it, I was going to buy it so I could finish it! That was my first
experience with a REAL RPG. I've been a strong advocate of them ever since.
John
Dragonmaster Lou
Michael Arguello <histo...@aol.com> wrote:
Yeah, my fondest experinces were like that too. The first time was
with Lunar:TSS and when I popped it in I was blown away by the opening
song, etc.! The next time anything like this happened was when I saw
the amazing intro to Lunar:EB. :)
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Teh Kao Yang (teh...@crl.com) wrote:
: In article <4mgrqv$h...@news.linknet.net>,
: John Furlong <mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net> wrote:
: >
: > I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
: >Let's hear those memories...
Most definitly the first time I pulled of the "death touch" with Ken in
the arcade against the local champ. oh yeah....
jess
Wes Pringle
mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
>
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are.
Now this is a thread that I can get into. Let me share some
of my favs.
One of my earliest favorites is when I discovered that
the chief end boss in Ultima III (on my Apple II) was
a computer. That was the first major RPG that I ever
finished. (Which is no surprise, I was pretty young).
I can't even remember how long that game went
on for but it felt like a marathon.
Another one of my absolute favorite moments (probably my
all time favorite) is when I first bought my Amiga 500.
I had the box under my arm, and I picked up Sword of Sodan
by Discovery Software to break it in. At the time I didn't
even have a monitor for it - so I borrowed a TV adaptor from
the store and hooked it up to my dad's 52 inch rear projection
television. The stereo outputs - into the stereo. I cranked
up the volume and fired up the Amiga.
What I saw left me dumbfounded. The game was so far ahead
of anything I had seen before that it was almost too much
to believe. I'll never forget the graveyard scene - with
the storm raging on, and the thunder smashing through the
stereo system. For 1987 (almost a decade ago) that game
was just unbeatable. (By the way, many of you may have
played the genesis port of this game - there is no comparison
between the two. The genesis version stunk. The Amiga
version was unbelievable).
More recently, my Saturn has given me two great moments
which I will remember for years. First, when I first saw
Virtua Fighter 2 at my local microplay. I watched the
arcade opening (the one with Shun doing his forms) and I
simply couldn't believe my eyes. I bought the game on the
spot and just about got in an accident on the way home.
Second, the first time I placed first (on Lakeside) in Sega
Rally. At one point on the final lap I was in 3rd place.
On the long open stretch, I smashed the car into 4th, barrelled
past #2 and did a perfect powerslide into the curve. Near
the very end (on the last straight-away, just before the
stone fence) I finally squeezed my Delta past the Toyota and
won the race. I literally had to sit down when that race was
over. Never before had I experienced such an incredible
sense of realism from a game.
Ah yes. Fine moments indeed.
- Wes
Michael R. Baraniecki
Wow, all of these memories you guys posted are great! I'll add mine. I
remember waiting and waiting for SF2 to come out for the SNES. I got it,
and I played with my friend over 150 versus matches straight. I've never
played ANY video game that long in one sitting. I loved that game so
much. Having Daytona at home was a close second, though. It wasn't as
good as the arcade, and had plenty of redraw problems, but I loved it
anyway.
-Mike
CybarMageZ
Playing Final Fantasy 3 through for the first time.... No doubt about it
at ALL......
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Blake Patterson
>Michael Arguello <histo...@aol.com> wrote:
>> I remember when I went to Blockbuster. I wanted to rent a Sega CD
>>game(although we all knew lots of them were crap)but I saw a certain game
>>with anime style box art and that game was the one... the only... LUNAR
>>THE SILVER STAR!!!! I thought "Hey give it a shot" This game absolutley
>>astounded me with its story and music. I bought it soon after that. I'm
>>glad Lunar introduced me to the world of RPG's. It was quite comfortable.
Man, you guys are young. Well, I'm an old 24. But my first fine
game experience was Parsec on the TI-99/4A. After that, I was addicted to
Conan on the Apple II -- better than the C64 version. I still play it on
my Apple IIe emulator for PC. Excellent game. Of course, Ultima IV was
THE GAME on the apple as well.
On the Atari ST, the excellent conversion of Gauntlet was what
caught my fancy, as well as Typhoon Thompson, which is an adaptation of
a double-hi-res Apple IIe game called Airheart. I have both still.
On the Amiga, Sword of Sodan was the game. So was Shadow of the
Beast, of course.
And DOOM on the PC. Yes. But the Apple II hold the fondest memories
for me. Oh yes.
bp
Michael Arguello
When I first played Daytona USA(Saturn). Of course the graphics wern't as
great so what??? It was the most fun I have had with a racing game in my
life. Ohhh I want to fly Skyyy Highhhhhh!!
Paul Pavlin
CybarMageZ wrote:
>
> Playing Final Fantasy 3 through for the first time.... No doubt about it
> at ALL......
Count me in! It's my favorite video game experience as well. I remember
plugging in the cart and listening to that magical music as Tera and the
soldiers walked in Mode 7. That was just too cool!
-Ken Oshigawa
William Dilgard
I'd have to say renting and playing games with my next-door neighbor
for his NES was the most fun I've had playing games... Games like
Street Fighter 2010, Fester's Quest, Renegade, Wizards and Warriors,
and so on seemed to just beg to be played for hours ... and maybe
it's just because I'm older now, and have better game playing skills
than when I was 9 or 10.. but those games seemed alot more challenging
than most games out today -
Ooops almost forgot Rygar - awesome game!
Bill D.
Magus
>Well, I think I'll throw in a thing or two here. About 6 years ago, I got
>my latest issue of Nintendo Power in the mail and found a game previewed in
>the magazine unlike any I had ever seen before. It contained wizards and
>knights and demons and monsters. It contained a story about four Orbs and
>the mission of four heroes to restore the light to those four Orbs. It
>contained four dastardly fiends that were bent on the destruction of the
>heroes. I think you can figure out by now what this game was.
>It was Final Fantasy.
>Finally, one day I found it for rent at a local video game store. It was
>all I could do not to do cartwheels in the isles. I took it home...and
>played it for four days straight. I was hooked. I didn't finish it, but
>daggone it, I was going to buy it so I could finish it! That was my first
>experience with a REAL RPG. I've been a strong advocate of them ever since.
>John
Man, I remember the first time I've played Final Fantasy also. I
wasn't really hooked on RPGs to begin with, but after playing Final
Fantays for the first time, I was hooked for life. Ever since then,
I've bought every Final Fantasy game created (japan included).
The supreme and almighty,
MAGUS
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Michael Arguello (histo...@aol.com) wrote:
: I remember when I went to Blockbuster. I wanted to rent a Sega CD
: game(although we all knew lots of them were crap)but I saw a certain game
: with anime style box art and that game was the one... the only... LUNAR
: THE SILVER STAR!!!! I thought "Hey give it a shot" This game absolutley
: astounded me with its story and music. I bought it soon after that. I'm
: glad Lunar introduced me to the world of RPG's. It was quite comfortable.
My memory is very similar to this I had been waiting for lunar for weeks
seeing all the cool ads in magzines I bought it the first day it came out
as an early birthday gift. When i brought it home and saw that opening it
was like magic and I still play the game to this day regularly! Its the
main reason I bought my saturn!!! This day for me shall come again but it
will be better!!!! -Chris
Doug Kern
For me, it would have be concerning the game Phantasy Star. I remember
first seeing pictures for it in July of 88. I was intrigued. Later more
pictures were released, and as the summer progressed, the more I wanted
this game, a similar experience occured with Wonderboy in Monsterland.
Anyway, by November, I was running up and down the walls wanting to get
the game, but being a Jr. School student did not have 75.00 to buy it.
When I did manage to get enough money, every store was sold out! I was
distressed, I really wanted this game.
Christmas came, and guess what I found under the tree? Yes a copy of
Phantasy Star! My Dad had noticed how badly I wanted the game, and
manged to find a copy. I rushed to my SMS and started to play. I was
not disapointed. The game was fun and challenging, it was almost like
entering a whole new world. As I was playing it I was worried about the
game ending, though I did not really need too, as it took me 3 weeks to
beat it. It curently stands as one of the hardest Japanese rpg's that I
have ever played, and the most fun.
Doug Kern
DA_...@acad.fandm.edu
Chris Wargo
Jyu wrote:
>
> Teh Kao Yang (teh...@crl.com) wrote:
> : In article <4mgrqv$h...@news.linknet.net>,
> : John Furlong <mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net> wrote:
> : >
> : > I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
> : >finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
> : >Let's hear those memories...
> : >
When I found the mysterious World 9 (or whatever it was called) in Mario
1 and reset the game because I heard NOT to go here! I never made it
back! :( (I was about 7)
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mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
>
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>Let's hear those memories...
In no particular order:
A wasted summer on Rolling Thunder ( arcade )
Mastering 720degrees: The Ultimate Experience ( arcade )
Playing Giares on the Megadrive - this is my favourite shooter of that
era.
Coming third on Wipeout for first time to win the championship. The
adrenaline was pumping on this one with forth place just behind me for
the whole of the last lap. Nothing worse than knowing one slip and
you've had it :-)
Playing Doom on the Playstation with the lights out and the sound
rigged to the stereo. One of the only games that has made me jump!!!
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Magus
Well folks. I'm bored as heck over here, so I'll just recall my
fondest video-gaming memories. I'll list them...oh and please don't go
to sleep on me, will ya?
.....................................................................................................
1) The first time I bought an NES. Those were the days...and I can
still remember them quite clearly. The NES wasn't my first system, the
Atari 5200 was, but I really didn't enjoy moving a yellow object
around eating dots and getting chased by ghosts. No way.
Well, the first game I bought for this once incredible system was
CastleVania, Metroid, Karnov, and Legend of Zelda. Man, I could
remember that incredible feeling of magic and awe when I first fired
up my first adventure game ever....Zelda. I could remember staying up
for hours, trying to past the once intense dungeons, trying to get out
of the Lost Forest. I still loved that game and I play it once in a
while to bring back memories......
Also, CastleVania and Metroid....I was instantly hooked to those
games. I remember playing CastleVania at night, with the lights on
scared as hell because of the theme of the game (please don't
laugh....well at least try not to). And Metroid! Whew! That was one
hard game to beat! In fact, I haven't beaten that game yet....now
where is my dusty old copy?......
2) My first Final Fantasy game ever on the NES. This is my truly first
RPG game I've every played in my whole life. After reading months and
months about it in Nintendo Power, the miraculous day finally came
when the game was released in my local retail store. Needless to say,
I literally ran like the wind to get my copy....only to find that it
was sold out. I was heartbroken, depressed, and utterly emotionaly
devastated. I went home practicaly in tears (I was a very young and
vulnerable sorceror then). When I got home, I saw that my Dad had
secured me a copy of that game. I was jumping around the house with
joy. I unwrapped the game, took it out, and fired it up. I was in
complete awe with that game. I played it for hours straight,
forgetting about lunch, dinner and bed. I remember how good it felt to
play that game....it was like magic! Have any of you felt that way
about a game before? Well, I have and this game was one of them that
brought that feeling of enchantment to me.
3) When I bought my Sega Genesis and played Sonic the Hedgehog. I was
completely blown away by the then-hot graphics. I can't actaully
believe that I'm playing a game with this level of graphic superiority
in the comfort of my own home. Again, I had that same feeling of
magic, but not quite as strong as with Final Fantasy.
4) Final Fantasy 2!! I couldn't really believe that this game was
better than the first. This is THE FIRST RPG game that left me in
tears during the emotional scenes...especially when Tellah died. :)
The music was SOOOO good, I actually taped the whole thing in a
cassette. :) Even today, I still think it is one of the best RPGs out
there. Don't pass this one up guys.
5) Lunar the Silver Star. The first truly long RPG game I've ever
played, couple with great humour and very very very good music. This
was the first RPG game that was quite funny, sad, emotional,
happy...all at the same time. It was an incredible experience.
6) Super Metroid. I have been waiting for the sequel to possibly the
greatest action game in history for years now. When the magical day
arrived, I had my brother drive me to my nearest video game store to
secure myself a copy. Luckily, they had 3 copies left and I rushed
home and played that game 'till the cows came home. Man, this was the
first game in 2 years that actually made me feel wondeful after
playing it. It also scared the crud out of me, with its dark and scary
mood. Too bad the 2nd time through wasn't so great...sigh.....
7) Kid Icarus! Anyone remember that great game for the NES? I sure do.
I loved this game. What ever happened to its sequel? Damn you
Nintendo!
8) Battle of Olympus. Once again, anyone remember this game? It was
modeled after Greek myth. The game was fantastic and I loved it every
step of the way. I had very good memories of this game.
9) Monster Boy in Monster World for the Sega Genesis. This indeed is a
truly excellent game. The music was great, so was the graphics. It is
sad indeed that Sega never released another Monster Boy game. It was
their greatest platform/adventure game.
10) CastleVania 2.....the most incredible castlevania game ever
created, IMO. I wonder why Konami didn't make another one like this?
Those were the days when Konami really KNEW how to make great games.
It is too bad that they changed into a .... you know what. They seem
to be making more lame sport games than sequel to their classics. Oh
yeah Konami, if you're reading: If you butcher the next CastleVania
for the Saturn and PSX like you did to Dracula X for the SNES, I'll
personally go over there to your office and kick the living shit out
of your staff (excuse my French).
...........................................................................................................
Hey.....you guys still awake? If you've read it through here, then I
gotta give you a pat in the back for taking the time and patience to
read through my post. Well, gotta guy and play those old games again
for nostalgia. Ahhhh...those were the days.....
Jeremy Haines
mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>Let's hear those memories...
In no particular order:
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o Every moment I ever spent playing sit-down "Sinistar".
o Every moment I ever spent playing "The Dreadnaught Factor" on
my Intellivision.
o Every moment I ever spent playing "Pitfall II" on the 2600.
o Winning "Last Battle" on the Genesis without cheating.
o Getting past level 64 on Tempest 2000 without cheating.
o Winning "Double Dragon" in the arcade on one quarter, using only
head butts.
o Winning "Aztec" for the first time on the Apple II.
o Mowing down people with the Porsche and the rocket launcher in
"N.A.R.C." at the arcade.
o Playing "Super Sprint" or "Off-Road" at the arcade for so long
that I'd get bored and walk away.
o Bringing in the sledgehammer that one day, thinking I'd KO the
bad guys in the original Street Fighter (pressure pad version)
with just a few hits. Whoops.
I probably have a lot more lying around, but I think that these
are pretty representative of the whole.
- Jer
"You're your own worst enemy. If you can't conquer your own fears, how
can you conquer anyone else?!" -- Tequila, "Hard Boiled"
Rick Florey
I love threads like this. One of my fondest was when we were playing
Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition. I was bragging to my brother about
how I could beat anyone with Vega, and I was doing pretty good, but
then Balrog beats the tar out of me. I barely squeak a win in the
second round, and then we even out on the third, with both of us
having a nearly invisible bit of health. Of course Balrog dizzies me
and prepares his wind up punch, much to my chagrin. My brother laughs
as I helplessly pound buttons. At the last possible second I flash out
a quick punch and down he goes. It may not be my all-time fondest
memory, but it was certainly my most triumphant.
Daryn Brown
Yep, I remember when we didn't have this new fangled, rendered polywatzit. I
remember the good old days, when a pixel was the size of a buick and they were
made in AMERICA by a company with a japanese soundin name. Ah them were the days,
when folks wore plastic "thriller" jackets ala MJ and boy george wanted me ta
hurt him (which I did, witha pipe.)
The game fer me then was Intellevision baseball. I remember it like it were
yesterday. Mah very first video game console back when I was a wee lad of 11
years. Now those were GRAPHICS! none a this fuss over a million colors boy
back then ya took 6 and ya liked it. And sound? MONO! And you best turn that
TV off if you wanted to eat. There wasn't a save on that thing and ita burn a
hole clean thru the picture tube if ya left it on. Yep, rivalry was between
atari and mattel back in them days.
After that were a few great games, like ghouls n ghosts and castlevania 4 on
the snes (oh man, that was a scary game with the lights off).
Sigh...
...and so we began the journey to our place in the sun and to begin again. We
found a new leader in the gyro captain. The juice, the precious juice was hidden
in the vehicles. In time I grew to manhood and became leader of what was to
become the great nothern tribe. And as for the road warrior? That was the last
I saw of him... he remains, only in my memory.
...oops wrong memories
DBIII
"Hello? You have my pills. Im cold and there are wolves chasing me." Grandpa Simpson
pasamba mario c
On Tue, 7 May 1996, stfx.ca-sysadmin wrote:
> > > I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
> > >finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
> > >Let's hear those memories...
>
5)Beating the crap out of my dad in Combat for Atari 2600. I was only
about 5 at the time, and I think I turned my dad away from video games
from then on.
4)First day I got Ninja SPirit for TG-16. Man was I blown away!
3)My cousins coming over on CHristmas and they brought their new Nintendo
8-bit system. We played Super Mario till 4 in the morning until my uncle
made us go to bed
2)Playing yie-ar kung fu in the arcade and finally beating blues (My
favorite fighting game ever!! (remember the opening tune?)
1)Getting yie-ar kung fu to work on my Commodore 64! I always had boot-up
problems.
Man, I wish they'd put an arcade-perfect translation on a Saturn or
Playstation. Who made that game anyway?
stfx.ca-sysadmin
> > I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
> >finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
> >Let's hear those memories...
Playing (and beating) "Raid Over Moscow" and "Impossible Mission" for the
Commodore 64. Great games. I loved the animation of the player in IM
and IM2.
Pitfall II for the Atari 2600. I loved the adventure-style in Pitfall,
but the sequel blew me away (balloon rides, swimming, etc.).
MAL
Theron Ross
mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>Let's hear those memories...
Well, my very fondest was probably when my mother and father both won a
pong game system from a radio call-in. This is pre-1981. Me and my
sisters had a ball with our paddle controllers.
Other fond memories include, but are not limited to:
* The day I got my Atari 2600
* The day I scored a 99+ (scoreboard max) to 0 win over a friend in Atari
Football on my Atari 800XL Computer. He bragged all week how he was going
to beat me.
* The first time I played John Madden Football on a Sega Genesis. I made
sure I got one that Christmas with John Madden '92.
* The first time I played NHL Hockey on my Sega Genesis.
* The first time (and many times after) I played SportsTime Hockey by
MindScape on my Atari 1040ST.
* When I played and won a Best of Five series in GBA Basketball. My roommate
and still good friend won the coin toss and the first two games were on his
Commodore 128. I lost Game One because I took an ill advised 3-pointer
late in the game and he got the rebound and scored the winning basket. In
game two, we battled with me holding a 1 point lead with less than a minute
in the game. He went towards the basket, I stole the ball, ran down court
with time running down and dunked at the buzzer to win by three. To this
day, the expression on his face still makes me laugh hysterically. He
just sat there for 5 minutes, mouth wide open, joystick dangling in his
hand, completely silent and in disbelief he lost on his system for the
first time. We eventually played games three and four on my Atari 1040ST
where I blew him out and won the series 3-1.
My most fun video game days were probably on my Atari 2600 and Atari
600XL/800XL computers. There was some great stuff out then like Archon,
Seven Cities of Gold, Lode Runner, Pole Position, etc.
Theron
Heath Alexander
In article <4mmnm8$e...@bolivia.it.earthlink.net>,
Magus <vs...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Well folks. I'm bored as heck over here, so I'll just recall my
>fondest video-gaming memories. I'll list them...oh and please don't go
>to sleep on me, will ya?
>.....................................................................................................
>CastleVania, Metroid, Karnov, and Legend of Zelda. Man, I could
>remember that incredible feeling of magic and awe when I first fired
>up my first adventure game ever....Zelda. I could remember staying up
>for hours, trying to past the once intense dungeons, trying to get out
>of the Lost Forest. I still loved that game and I play it once in a
>while to bring back memories......
>
>Also, CastleVania and Metroid....I was instantly hooked to those
>games. I remember playing CastleVania at night, with the lights on
>scared as hell because of the theme of the game (please don't
>laugh....well at least try not to). And Metroid! Whew! That was one
>hard game to beat! In fact, I haven't beaten that game yet....now
>where is my dusty old copy?......
You really need to get a gameboy, which is basically a portable NES.
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed my NES, until I fired up Metroid 2,
Zelda-Links Awakening, and Kid Icarus-Of Myths and Monsters. These are
great games and most will only run about $10.
>6) Super Metroid. I have been waiting for the sequel to possibly the
>greatest action game in history for years now. When the magical day
>arrived, I had my brother drive me to my nearest video game store to
>secure myself a copy. Luckily, they had 3 copies left and I rushed
>home and played that game 'till the cows came home. Man, this was the
>first game in 2 years that actually made me feel wondeful after
>playing it. It also scared the crud out of me, with its dark and scary
>mood. Too bad the 2nd time through wasn't so great...sigh.....
Get Gameboy Metroid 2!
>
>7) Kid Icarus! Anyone remember that great game for the NES? I sure do.
>I loved this game. What ever happened to its sequel? Damn you
>Nintendo!
Get the Gameboy Kid Icarus 2!
This inexpensive portable has almost got me wanting to go out and get a used
NES so I can play all the originals.
Heath
Doug Erickson
Hm. I'm not certain as I didn't get into video games until I was about
15 or 16. "R-Type" was the first game to hook me with an outstanding techno-
-organic graphic style and exotic weapons as well as rather deep playability
for a shooter. I went out and purchased my first console, the TG-16, just to
play that game. My finest moment (and rather ego-gratifying, to boot) was when
I was on the 8th and final level in the arcade, and had no small crowd of awed
onlookers about me. Apparently, no one in my local arcade had ever gotten past
the fourth level, so, if only for the most fleeting of instances, I was a minor
god. :)
The first time I saw Capcom's "Strider" was also rather memorable -
more proof it seems, that I'm hooked by exotic graphics style and unusual
play design.
The BEST overall game experience has to be the four months I spent
playing "Ultima 4" on the C64, followed immediately after by the even more
deep "Ultima 5." Unfortunately, the level of character interaction, non-
-linearity, and dungeon design have left me scarred w/ regards to RPGs - their
linear Japanese cousins with their cardboard-cutout monsters and less-than-
-strategic battles usually cause my interest to degrade rapidly. Hopefully
FF7 will change all that.
"Nightwarriors" on the Saturn is best RECENT fix I've had - everyone,
even non-fighting types, should check it out.
-----
Douglas L. Erickson - CS/English Major and ECN Stoogeboy
Mail: dou...@mailhost.ecn.ou.edu URL: http://www.ecn.ou.edu/~douglas
Disclaimer: ECN does not endorse the rabid blathering I call my opinions.
"It's not a waste of time if your primary goal in life is to bug
people. In that regard, Doug is a pretty successful fellow--very
goal-oriented--and quite persistent." --- m.o.r.
TMathew509
Beating Phantasy Star, and playing Phantasy Star II
Greg Zesinger
>10) CastleVania 2.....the most incredible castlevania game ever
>created, IMO. I wonder why Konami didn't make another one like this?
>Those were the days when Konami really KNEW how to make great games.
>It is too bad that they changed into a .... you know what. They seem
>to be making more lame sport games than sequel to their classics. Oh
>yeah Konami, if you're reading: If you butcher the next CastleVania
>for the Saturn and PSX like you did to Dracula X for the SNES, I'll
>personally go over there to your office and kick the living shit out
>of your staff (excuse my French).
Supposedly the next Castlevania game, Castlevania: The Bloodletting will
once again combine RPG and action elements, with Dracula's son figuring
as the main character.
-Greg
Rune
In article <318c3a0e...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, Atti...@ix.netcom.com (The ATO Psycho) wrote:
>mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>>Let's hear those memories...
>>
>>
>> When Zelda II was released, it was a pretty hot title. Everywhere was sold
>>out, much to my dismay. Being the Zelda freak that I was, I was elated to
>>hear that my father had found me a copy at the local Toys R Us. My fondest
>>video game memory was the excitement of opening that game (after an almost
>>unbearable wait for my dad to get off work and bring it to me).
>> I'm grown now, and I still love gaming. But I doubt I'll ever be that
>>excited about a game again.
>>
>>Close second: Playing Tekken on the Playstation for the first time.
>>
>>
>>
>>John
>
>Playing the original Phantasy Star through for the first time (this
>was also my first RPG).
>
Phantasy Star was such a great game! I have fond memories of reaching Lassic
and the ensuing battle ( I won :) . Such great animations and music (for the
time). Lassic then Dark Falz.... My first RPG also...and my favorite series
since
>The ATO Psycho
>Atti...@ix.netcom.com
>http://www.netcom.com/~attitoad/
>O-
>
>Build you own computer:
>More power, less cost...
-Rune
Rune's World http://www.connect.ab.ca/~rune/
Janos Horvath
Jeremy Haines (haines...@cs.yale.edu) wrote:
: o Every moment I ever spent playing sit-down "Sinistar".
You must be some kind of masochist. This game is #$%&*@ HARD! I think
Willaims AGH for PSX has a video clip of the author, who explains how top
brass forced him to make the game unbearably difficult.
: o Mowing down people with the Porsche and the rocket launcher in
: "N.A.R.C." at the arcade.
That IS fun! Too bad I can't A) afford a real Porsche 930 slant-nose; and
B) mow down real-life people. :-)
: o Playing "Super Sprint" or "Off-Road" at the arcade for so long
: that I'd get bored and walk away.
My experience with Super Sprint and Badlands is such that I would walk
away from excessively sore arms.
: "You're your own worst enemy. If you can't conquer your own fears, how
: can you conquer anyone else?!" -- Tequila, "Hard Boiled"
A John Woo/Chow Yun Fat fan? :-)
=== Flogger, the Videogame Nut! ===
C=128/2600 Jr/TVBoy/NES-001/NES-101/TG-16/TE/Duo/SNES/PSX/Saturn
Janos Horvath
stfx.ca-sysadmin (x95...@juliet.stfx.ca) wrote:
: Playing (and beating) "Raid Over Moscow" and "Impossible Mission" for the
: Commodore 64. Great games. I loved the animation of the player in IM
: and IM2.
I never succeeded in beating IM. Perhaps it would do me some good to
watch another player one of these days.
Actually, does anybody want to do a video of themselves playing
Impossible Mission, start to finish? By this, I mean hooking the C=64/128
up to a VCR and recording the whole game on tape.
: Pitfall II for the Atari 2600. I loved the adventure-style in Pitfall,
: but the sequel blew me away (balloon rides, swimming, etc.).
There was probably only a marginal improvement in the C=64 version. :-)
mac...@wake-tech.campus.mci.net
wdil...@sunlab.cit.cornell.edu (William Dilgard) wrote:
>Bill D.
umm I remember 6 years ago..the day I borrowed "final fantasy" for
the nEs,I spent the whole day up till 4am playing this game,from that
day on I became the rpg NUTSO I am,and I HATED rpgs..go figure
:)
--
<<Diriangen:I would rather kill my people with my own
bare hands..than to see them under the savage opression
of the white devil.>>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Hail to our last mighty warrior Diriangen..you lived,fought
and died courageously and in dignity"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Bryan Lambert
>mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
>> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>>Let's hear those memories...
Let's see, there's my first OTH shot in Ballblazer (er, my first
-intentional- OTH), but definitely, I'd have to say dying in Project
Firestart for the C-64.
This was no ordinary game, and this was no ordinary death. I'd done
everything right (or so I thought). I escaped, barely, on the second
escape shuttle (or so I thought). I even fought the big bad guy at the
end, won, and saved the girl (so I thought). And I drifted out into
space. And kept drifting. And drifting. Because I'd never told anyone
to look for me and pick me up.
In a game that's chock-full of exciting events and amazing, logical,
realistic plot twists, that one took the cake. To this day, I will
proclaim loudly to all who will listen that Project Firestart, by
Dynamix, distributed by Electronic Arts, for the Commodore 64, is the
greatest game of all time.
Bryan Lambert <bryan....@co.hennepin.mn.us>
. . . who can't actually defend that, but believes it just the same.
ag3...@cnsvax.albany.edu
In article <4mnuif$6...@buffnet2.buffnet.net>, ter...@buffnet.net (Theron Ross) writes:
>mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
>
>> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>>Let's hear those memories...
>
Oh, boy... memories. Most of my favorite vidgame memories took place in
arcades. I remember when we discovered Legend of Kage many years ago. We
were so blown away! My friends and I used to play a lot of games back then.
I remember many exciting moments playing two-player Bubble Bobble, or Golden
Axe, or Altered Beast. I know it seems funny now, but Altered Beast was
another game that really wowed us at the time. Silkworm, Xybots, Double
Dragon... the list goes on.
You hear that, video game companies? Almost all of
my favorite video game memories involve two-player COOPERATIVE games!!! Why
aren't there any more cool two-player beat-'em-ups anymore? (Apologies - I'm
not really sure what Guardian Heroes is) I love fighting games, but they've
been done to death! In the Hunt is the only shooter I've seen in ages.
Driving games are OK, but none of them seem as much fun as Roadblasters did.
On the home front, I too recall Yie Are Kung Fu on my old C64. That
was a frustrating game. The Bard's Tale was fantastic. Oh, my God! How
could I forget? Dragonstomper on the 2600! Pretty good role-playing on
an ancient machine like that. All the Starpath tapes were really cool. If
more people knew about them at the time I'm sure they'd be legendary now.
A little more recently, Madden '92 and NHLPA '93 on the genny sucked everybody
in the fraternity into little house-leagues. We'd have playoffs and
everything!
I think that arcades today feel a lot like they did in '91, just
before SFII came out. Back then there were a lot of not-so-cool beat-'em-ups
(the CombaTribes comes to mind) that were just rehashes of a proven formula.
Street Fighter II (especially championship edition!) totally destroyed the
prominence of the old, blah games when it came out. It also totally dominated
my leisure time for over a year, but I digress. I'm waiting for something new
to shake things up like SFII did, and I think multiplayer action is the key,
especially if it involves some cooperative activity. Why not make a monolithic
arcade cabinet that let's 6 people play a super-duper Golden Axe/X-men/Magic
Sword kind of game, with parties splitting and joining up at different parts
of the story? Get the whole gang involved!
It's time to go. I mean, Atari 2600 references! I'm rambling on like
an old man!
Magus
>Supposedly the next Castlevania game, Castlevania: The Bloodletting will
>once again combine RPG and action elements, with Dracula's son figuring
>as the main character.
>-Greg
Really? I do hope so...I loved CastleVania 2 and if they make another
one like that, I will definitely show some respect for Konami.
If not, prepare to die Konami!
PsychoKick
In article <4mo8k9$a...@news.co.hennepin.mn.us>,
bryan....@co.hennepin.mn.us (Bryan Lambert) wrote:
>Let's see, there's my first OTH shot in Ballblazer (er, my first
>-intentional- OTH), but definitely, I'd have to say dying in Project
>Firestart for the C-64.
Is Project Firestart still available anywhere? I was never able to get a
hold of this game, and I wanted it so much when it came out... but none of the
stores I knew carried it. Was there ever a PC version?
-PsychoKick
http://crescent.resnet.cornell.edu
School of Hard Nox and other chaos...
Philips Dilworth Patton
Killing a dragon in Eidoleon :-)
Making it off the spacestation in the epic Universe ;)
Landing on a planet in StarFlight (PC)
Triple (what was it? Pretzel level) in Ms. Pac-Man, and beyond
Winning Bruce Lee the 1st time, 2nd time, 3rd time (and making Yamo yawn :)
Destroying all yer friends 5 times in a row in Warbirds (2600)
Becoming an Avatar! Ultimata IV
When that skeleton comes alive in Prince of Persia
The green alien fake-spaceman in Koronis Rift (scary!)
no it was Rescue on Fractalus - or something - pirate version Behind Jaggie
Lines, of course ;)
Any moment during Star Raiders
(these are Atari 8-bit computer games - Ze best)
--
Ciao,
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Slam
Boy i feel old hearing that your fondest memories are from 32 bit games
mine started all the way back with that atari 2600
i it was about 1983 and i was in third grade and i finally brought E.T home
i had no ided what i had done. for months i would go around and collect those phone pieces then activate the phone, i would go to the forest scene and wait but nothing happened
months later i made the connection that the symbol that appeared at the top of the screen when the game first starts was the symbol i had to find at the end of the game.
when the elevator came down to get me i jumped i couldn't believe i finished a game.
i played it over and over and scored well over a million points before i got sick of it.
And i con't believe nobody mentioned beating Mike Tyson for the very first time
all of you must have had a great feeling when you either got a TKO or won by
decision
later
mac...@wake-tech.campus.mci.net
vs...@earthlink.net (Magus) wrote:
>Well folks. I'm bored as heck over here, so I'll just recall my
>fondest video-gaming memories. I'll list them...oh and please don't go
>to sleep on me, will ya?
>.....................................................................................................
>1) The first time I bought an NES. Those were the days...and I can
>still remember them quite clearly. The NES wasn't my first system, the
>Atari 5200 was, but I really didn't enjoy moving a yellow object
>around eating dots and getting chased by ghosts. No way.
>Well, the first game I bought for this once incredible system was
>CastleVania, Metroid, Karnov, and Legend of Zelda. Man, I could
>remember that incredible feeling of magic and awe when I first fired
>up my first adventure game ever....Zelda. I could remember staying up
>for hours, trying to past the once intense dungeons, trying to get out
>of the Lost Forest. I still loved that game and I play it once in a
>while to bring back memories......
yup..zelda is TOTALLY awesome..the musci ESPECIALLY it made me feel
like I was the hero rescuing a princess from the hands of ganon.I
spent 16 HOURS in a single day playing this baby..and like a full week
before I ate anything..ehhe ok maybe thats too much.
>Also, CastleVania and Metroid....I was instantly hooked to those
>games. I remember playing CastleVania at night, with the lights on
>scared as hell because of the theme of the game (please don't
>laugh....well at least try not to). And Metroid! Whew! That was one
>hard game to beat! In fact, I haven't beaten that game yet....now
>where is my dusty old copy?......
>2) My first Final Fantasy game ever on the NES. This is my truly first
>RPG game I've every played in my whole life. After reading months and
>months about it in Nintendo Power, the miraculous day finally came
>when the game was released in my local retail store. Needless to say,
>I literally ran like the wind to get my copy....only to find that it
>was sold out. I was heartbroken, depressed, and utterly emotionaly
>devastated. I went home practicaly in tears (I was a very young and
>vulnerable sorceror then). When I got home, I saw that my Dad had
>secured me a copy of that game. I was jumping around the house with
>joy. I unwrapped the game, took it out, and fired it up. I was in
>complete awe with that game. I played it for hours straight,
>forgetting about lunch, dinner and bed. I remember how good it felt to
>play that game....it was like magic! Have any of you felt that way
>about a game before? Well, I have and this game was one of them that
>brought that feeling of enchantment to me.
True again,final fantasy is a classic itself,music was
INCREDIBLY..quest rich and long,this was the FIRST rpg that I liked
and beat.
>3) When I bought my Sega Genesis and played Sonic the Hedgehog. I was
>completely blown away by the then-hot graphics. I can't actaully
>believe that I'm playing a game with this level of graphic superiority
>in the comfort of my own home. Again, I had that same feeling of
>magic, but not quite as strong as with Final Fantasy.
>4) Final Fantasy 2!! I couldn't really believe that this game was
>better than the first. This is THE FIRST RPG game that left me in
>tears during the emotional scenes...especially when Tellah died. :)
>The music was SOOOO good, I actually taped the whole thing in a
>cassette. :) Even today, I still think it is one of the best RPGs out
>there. Don't pass this one up guys.
UHH YEAH!! FFII STILLS ranks as the NUMBER one rpg in my ALL time
list..the music..the music was GLORIOUS!!something I couldnt
explain.The plot PERFECT,the quest Huge and enlightening.I almost
cried too when the heros brother leaves for the stars..
>5) Lunar the Silver Star. The first truly long RPG game I've ever
>played, couple with great humour and very very very good music. This
>was the first RPG game that was quite funny, sad, emotional,
>happy...all at the same time. It was an incredible experience.
third on my list..I LOVE this game,I am gonna buy Lunar remixe as SOON
as WD brings it over here* PLEASEEE victor!!*
>6) Super Metroid. I have been waiting for the sequel to possibly the
>greatest action game in history for years now. When the magical day
>arrived, I had my brother drive me to my nearest video game store to
>secure myself a copy. Luckily, they had 3 copies left and I rushed
>home and played that game 'till the cows came home. Man, this was the
>first game in 2 years that actually made me feel wondeful after
>playing it. It also scared the crud out of me, with its dark and scary
>mood. Too bad the 2nd time through wasn't so great...sigh.....
yukes!!didnt like this one too much
>7) Kid Icarus! Anyone remember that great game for the NES? I sure do.
>I loved this game. What ever happened to its sequel? Damn you
>Nintendo!
nope
>8) Battle of Olympus. Once again, anyone remember this game? It was
>modeled after Greek myth. The game was fantastic and I loved it every
>step of the way. I had very good memories of this game.
one of the top ten..this game was FANTASTIC!!Imusic was great the
quest took me WEEKS to beat,the plot excellent..what I wouldnt give
for a sequel..this is one of those games that would make me out rush
and BUY a N64.
>9) Monster Boy in Monster World for the Sega Genesis. This indeed is a
>truly excellent game. The music was great, so was the graphics. It is
>sad indeed that Sega never released another Monster Boy game. It was
>their greatest platform/adventure game.
>10) CastleVania 2.....the most incredible castlevania game ever
>created, IMO. I wonder why Konami didn't make another one like this?
>Those were the days when Konami really KNEW how to make great games.
>It is too bad that they changed into a .... you know what. They seem
>to be making more lame sport games than sequel to their classics. Oh
>yeah Konami, if you're reading: If you butcher the next CastleVania
>for the Saturn and PSX like you did to Dracula X for the SNES, I'll
>personally go over there to your office and kick the living shit out
>of your staff (excuse my French).
ABSOLUTELY correct again..this game is AWESOME! I see we both have
similar likings,it took me almost forevever to beat this game,the
music..what I WOULD pay for the soundtrack of this game*or all
castlevanias in that matter*please konami..on my knees I beg you to
make a sequel to this one on saturn..or ANY other platform..the ending
left me chilled..hehe
>...........................................................................................................
>Hey.....you guys still awake? If you've read it through here, then I
>gotta give you a pat in the back for taking the time and patience to
>read through my post. Well, gotta guy and play those old games again
>for nostalgia. Ahhhh...those were the days.....
yup good ol times..I was 14 or 15 back then..when I played those games
*I am 19 now*5 long years that seem so close..btw I am gonna buy the
final fantasy CD soundtrack..collection that includes FF1 through FF5
or so..music in that game is WORTH it..now why do I feel soo ashamed
about selling my old NES..welp I might buy another soon enuff..I just
hope I find the games I loved and venerated..just for gool ol times
sake.
>The supreme and almighty,
>MAGUS
>***************************************************************
>Current Favorite Games:
>.......................
>Guardian Heroes (Saturn)
>Night Warriors (Saturn)
>Panzer Dragoon 2 (Saturn)
>"I would rather die standing than to live on my knees!"
>***************************************************************
Janos Horvath
pasamba mario c (pas...@students.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: 5)Beating the crap out of my dad in Combat for Atari 2600. I was only
: about 5 at the time, and I think I turned my dad away from video games
: from then on.
D'OH! I think that if I were to raise a family and expose my children to
videogames, I'd be pretty pissed off too if I were trounced by a
five-year-old!
: 4)First day I got Ninja SPirit for TG-16. Man was I blown away!
Ninja Spirit is still an all-time platform classic for me. Nothing is
quite like it.
Merric Blackman
Theron Ross wrote:
>
> mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
>
> > I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
> >finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
> >Let's hear those memories...
>
Definitely the time when I and three friends monopolized
a Gauntlet machine for several hours one afternoon and spent rather
a large amount of time & money delving deeper into the dungeon...
We weren't all that good at it, but we had a great deal of fun.
I used the top score ID of "ELF" for the first time then... (despite
having played the Wizard ;) which I've used ever since. It's even
developed into my 'net pseudonym. ;-)
Yours,
Merric Blackman
"The ELF"
Dave Long
The fondest memory I have of gaming was the day my dad and I went to
Boscov's Department Store to pick up and Atari 2600 game system and
Asteroids brand new. I just couldn't believe it, "video games at
home!" I'll never forget walking out of that store and opening it and
playing that game and Combat with my whole family for hours. Those
were the days when everyone was amazed by games and they had unlimited
replayability. I wish I could go back and be 8 years old to get my
first system all over again. Games have gotten better but the first
ones will always be the best memories.
Dave Long
dl...@redrose.net
Gregory Smith
John Furlong (mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net) wrote:
:
: I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
: finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
: Let's hear those memories...
: I'll start the ball rolling...
: When Zelda II was released, it was a pretty hot title. Everywhere was sold
: out, much to my dismay. Being the Zelda freak that I was, I was elated to
: hear that my father had found me a copy at the local Toys R Us. My fondest
: video game memory was the excitement of opening that game (after an almost
: unbearable wait for my dad to get off work and bring it to me).
: I'm grown now, and I still love gaming. But I doubt I'll ever be that
: excited about a game again.
I remember playing Legendary Wings for the NES while thinking about the girl
who I really liked at the time. Two years later, I dug out the NES and
started playing the game. All of a sudden I thought "I wonder what Nicole
is doing right now". It was kinda wierd. I also remember laying in my cold
bed (I live in WI) playing Dragon Warrior. I got my SNES right after I
broke up with my girlfriend. I played SimCity and Legend of Zelda and Final
Fantasy forever. That helped ease the pain. Therefore, it is my position
that video games are much more important than women could ever be. Uhhh.
I've gotta go, my fiancee' is coming.
greg
: Close second: Playing Tekken on the Playstation for the first time.
: John
LIM SE-DUK
my fondest video game memories can be endless but I got couple of them in
my mind.
1. when I actually got hold of NES system and had bunch of tough games
that I destroy them like little cookie! for example, BatMan from sunsoft
and the Joker was TOUGH as hell(if you know what I mean and I ended up
looping the game about 3 times and I just turned it off,it was getting late)
and Ninja Gaiden2(another tough last boss) and ahhh.. TMNT 1 from ultra.
I beat this game(took me long time and also tough end and overall)
2. when I got my Sega Genesis with Strider and Phantasy Star III(it
wasn't greatest rpg of all time but I saw all the multi-ending to this
game and took me little more than month!) Also getting Sega-CD when it
first came out(such excitement!)
3. when I saw Street Fighter II for SNES came out and saw giant sign that
advertise on NY's Toys R Us. it was the time that I bought SNES(only
reason to buy to play SF2)
4. got my pentium-pc and play Doom 2 with my friend(modem) and blow hell
away in sight.(best shoot'em up of all time)
5. out to buy Virtua Fighter 2 last dec. when I still don't have Saturn
to play on(I go to my friend's Saturn to play though) not to mention when
Saturn first came out in nov. of '94 with VF 1(I love VF) all the VF
series thrilled me(such love of this game :) ) since first Street
Fighter 2 came out for SNES.
6. playing Toshinden 2 on my PSX and coming real soon Tekken 2(although
it's not the same feeling that of SF2 and VF series)
7. still able to play my old MSX 2+ computer games(especailly Ys 2 and
Exile 2(XZR II)) all the great memory lays in this old japanese system!!!!!
well that's about all I can think of.......ahhhhh memory......
Bye!
PS Yie-Ar Kung Fu is the product of Konami(awesome game back then...I got
kicked out of arcade for play this game too long(I think it was about 3
hours with one coin)
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Space Harrier
aka Se Lim
Mike S Reynolds
I would have to say beating Metroid for the first time. PS2 is a close
second though.
Mike Reynolds
LittleTheo
In article <4mnb88...@POWERED.ZOO2.CS.YALE.EDU>,
haines...@cs.yale.edu (Jeremy Haines) writes:
>> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are.
Maybe
>>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>>Let's hear those memories...
>
~Beating Street Fighter II C.E. with Vega
~Finishing
Megaman 1,2,3,4,5,6, and X each in less than a day.
Final Fantasy I, II, and III
Metroid
All the Zeldas
~Getting my first glimpse of Super Mario World when SNES first came out
Does everyone remember how great it all looked
~Enjoying the killer soundtracks of Actraiser, Ghouls and Ghosts, and
Final Fantasy
~Went on a 34 win streak on Tekken 2 for three hours straight
~My first game of Virtua Fighter 2 (I hated VFI) with Lion
~I can't remember anymore right now.
Littl...@aol.com
Noel T.
Sig Crash:
We are revoking your degree
United States Academy of Video Arcade Games Entertainment
U.S.A.V.A.G.E.
Janos Horvath
Bryan Lambert (bryan....@co.hennepin.mn.us) wrote:
: To this day, I will proclaim loudly to all who will listen that
: Project Firestart, by Dynamix, distributed by Electronic Arts, for the
: Commodore 64, is the greatest game of all time.
Didn't Dynamix also develop "F-14 Tomcat" for C=64, released by Activision?
(Perhaps I'm mistaken). That game gave me an excellent impression of
living out the movie Top Gun.
The trouble with Project Firestart, and many other titles released by
Electronic Arts, is that EA almost deliberately engineered long loading
times into their titles. (Or so it seemed!) People seemed not to have a
the slightest idea about efficient copy-protection, and so many 1541
drives either knocked or melted themselves into oblivion as a result.
Many a game by EA, Accolade, Microprose etc. etc. I would have enjoyed
more, had the games been RAM-drive or hard-drive compatible.
Janos Horvath
Merric Blackman (cbla...@fs3.ballarat.edu.au) wrote:
: Definitely the time when I and three friends monopolized
: a Gauntlet machine for several hours one afternoon and spent rather
: a large amount of time & money delving deeper into the dungeon...
: We weren't all that good at it, but we had a great deal of fun.
It's not often that I can find an arcade game, spend a whole shitload of
money on it out of pleasure, and leave with a feeling of great
satisfaction. More frequently, if I spend much money on a single game,
it's out of frustration or a misguided desire to finish that last #$%&*@
stage. Now, I just buy games to play at home, where I can play any time
of day or night, hurl expletives in privacy, and pause the game when
nature calls. :)
I can remember buying whole $10 rolls of quarters trying to beat human
opponents on Mortal Kombat 1. Pure dejection... On the other hand, I
still enjoy pumping $6.00 into Terminator 2: Judgment Day to finish the
game, or $4.00 each for two players. (That's assuming the guns are
working well!)
Douglas Barkes
My fondest memories:
--When my dad put the Atari 2600 in my bedroom. Big, *big* mistake on his
part ;)
--Getting hopelessly addicted to Super Dodge Ball for the NES, staying up
many, many hours playing it. Listening to the music for games like Batman
and Castlevania 2 that actually gave me chills.
--Playing through Bionic Commando 4 times in one evening...and loving
every minute of it :)
--Getting my Sega Genesis and playing Strider the day after Xmas. Pure
bliss. Later that year, playing Sonic.
--Getting SF2 for the SNES with my friend the moment Babbages opened the
day it was released. There went the rest of my summer.
--Beating Final Fantasy 2, my first SNES game.
--Playing and beating Final Fantasy for the NES. I played the game without
pause for nearly 2 weeks. I could *not* put it down!
--Finding out VF2 was out for the Saturn last fall, and rushing to get it
before the department store closed in town. Then, I had to endure a
45-minute trolley ride home to play it (people living in Pittsburgh will
understand me :) Playing it...ahhhh.
There are probably many more, these are just a few.
I think, after reading this thread, it's no wonder people argue and debate
and feel so strongly about videogames....they really do push the buttons
in each of us, huh?
Doug
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*Queensryche*MST3K*Saturn*Playstation*VF2*X-Men*Anime
m
All I can say is "Phantasy Star". The origional was epic, especially for
it's time. Ahhhlllhhhhlllhhh!!!
Matt
Da
Loaf
Danyaw Chen
Hmm that would be between
Spending like ten bucks trying to beat Space Harrier in a Taiwanese arcade
( Still Sega's best accomplishment as far as I'm concerned )
A trip to Japan during which I found and bought a pile of famicom rpgs at
major discounts ( FF2, DQ 3 & 4, and quite a few others ). Played those
things for months on end.
My first SF2 win streak, like some 20 games, a week after the release.
Onaje umeme Everett
LIM SE-DUK (li...@ucsub.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
: my fondest video game memories can be endless but I got couple of them in
: my mind.
: 1. when I actually got hold of NES system and had bunch of tough games
: that I destroy them like little cookie! for example, BatMan from sunsoft
: and the Joker was TOUGH as hell(if you know what I mean and I ended up
: looping the game about 3 times and I just turned it off,it was getting late)
: and Ninja Gaiden2(another tough last boss) and ahhh.. TMNT 1 from ultra.
: I beat this game(took me long time and also tough end and overall)
Trust me when I say that Ninja Gaiden 2 is NOT hard. Art of Fire with
two shadows behind you destroys everything. But, then again, I STILL
can't beat it on one man, yet. :)
But Batman was so hard I ALMOST gave up on it. Thank God for Nintendo Power!
:)
: 2. when I got my Sega Genesis with Strider and Phantasy Star III(it
: wasn't greatest rpg of all time but I saw all the multi-ending to this
: game and took me little more than month!) Also getting Sega-CD when it
: first came out(such excitement!)
Strider is the ultimate bomb!!! One of the greatest games of all time!
Too bad the Genesis version was a little bit on the ok side, as opposed
to the arcade version.
: 4. got my pentium-pc and play Doom 2 with my friend(modem) and blow hell
: away in sight.(best shoot'em up of all time)
I'll definitely agree with that.
Anybody remember Zillion for the Sega Master system? The music...the
action...the game!!!!!
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<Unknown>
::>> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
::>>Let's hear those memories...
Hmmm, lets see.....
Finally getting a disk drive for my C=64 (No more waiting 1/2 hour to
play Forbidden Forest) Many games on the C=64 were greats, Raid over
Moscow, Project Firestart (Everyone loved this) Beach-head, Bard's tale
I,II & III, and many more......oh yeah wasteland :)
Next would be seening the intro to Y's book I&II on the TurboGrafxCD, man
my jaw dropped...To me the TG-16 & P.C. Engine (Japanese version) will
go down in my mind as the greatest gaming machines ever.
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My memory:
ACtually beating a level in Gyromite, and using Rob.
Kicking the crap out of Mister X in Kung Fu
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Mikolaj...we all know pain."
"Yes, but I wanted less of it." - White
William Dilgard
Has anyone out there ever played a pair of games called `Below the Root',
and 'Alice in Wonderland' for the Apple IIsomethingor another... I think the
company that made them was Windham Classics or something like that...
Any how, these were just amazing games, (I can no longer play now because
of the limited lifetime of 5.25 inch diskettes <sniff>...) I am just curious if
I am alone in having experianced these games...
-Bill D.
James Tomson
In article <4mohpc$r...@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca>, hor...@acs6.acs.ucalgary.ca
(Janos Horvath) wrote:
@> stfx.ca-sysadmin (x95...@juliet.stfx.ca) wrote:
@>
@> : Playing (and beating) "Raid Over Moscow" and "Impossible Mission" for the
@> : Commodore 64. Great games. I loved the animation of the player in IM
@> : and IM2.
@>
@> I never succeeded in beating IM. Perhaps it would do me some good to
@> watch another player one of these days.
Get him Myron Bots!
-James
--
the philotes twine forever on....
Pete Low
John Furlong wrote:
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
> finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
> Let's hear those memories...
Without a doubt it would have to be Tron Deadly Disks on the Intelevision
and the first time I pluged in the "Intelevoice" and played Bomb Squad.
Pete
Rick Florey
pasamba mario c <pas...@students.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>On Tue, 7 May 1996, stfx.ca-sysadmin wrote:
>> > > I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>> > >finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>> > >Let's hear those memories...
>>
>5)Beating the crap out of my dad in Combat for Atari 2600. I was only
>about 5 at the time, and I think I turned my dad away from video games
>from then on.
>4)First day I got Ninja SPirit for TG-16. Man was I blown away!
>3)My cousins coming over on CHristmas and they brought their new Nintendo
>8-bit system. We played Super Mario till 4 in the morning until my uncle
>made us go to bed
>2)Playing yie-ar kung fu in the arcade and finally beating blues (My
>favorite fighting game ever!! (remember the opening tune?)
>1)Getting yie-ar kung fu to work on my Commodore 64! I always had boot-up
>problems.
>Man, I wish they'd put an arcade-perfect translation on a Saturn or
>Playstation. Who made that game anyway?
I loved Yie-ar too, and I shared your C64 boot-up problems. I think
Taito or Data East did it. I remember playing it in the arcade. I
would always move around while playing it, (I was just a kid, of
course. :))
>Rabbit
>http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~pasamba
Arklier
"stfx.ca-sysadmin" <x95...@juliet.stfx.ca> wrote:
> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>Let's hear those memories...
1.) Beating Metriod and Kid Icarus (when's the sequal?) for the first
time on the NES.
2.) Dragon Warrior, which gave me my love of RPGs.
3.) Beating Final Fantasy 2, and thhen buying it later for $15.
4.) Playing Aliens and Earthshaker (a pinball machine) for 6 hours
straight on graduation night. They were free too :)
5.) The employee parties we used to have at the amusement park where I
worked. They opened the arcade and set all the games to 'free play'.
Me and my friends played T2, Daytona, SF2, Turtles In Time, and
pinball until 3 in the morning :)
6.) Being the first one I knew to own a Super NES.
7.) Finally making it past Bowser in Super Mario Bros. What was with
the golden axes anyway?
*sigh*
The memories. :)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Arklier
Firsty is the best!
AuGuCu
>> I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are.
Maybe
>>finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first time?
>>Let's hear those memories...
Also in no particular order:
o Winning "Aztec" for the first time on the Apple II.
o Playing Defender for hours on a quarter.
o The first time I did Guile's "Magic Throw"
o Adventure for the 2600
o Swapping between games of Asteroids, Star Castle, and Pac-Man with my
friends
o Sub-Zero's Fatality in the original Mortal Kombat
Janos Horvath
<Unknown> (inf...@tiac.net) wrote:
: Finally getting a disk drive for my C=64 (No more waiting 1/2 hour to
: play Forbidden Forest) Many games on the C=64 were greats, Raid over
: Moscow, Project Firestart (Everyone loved this) Beach-head, Bard's tale
: I,II & III, and many more......oh yeah wasteland :)
Ahhh, now we're digging up memories from my earlier youth!...
- Getting an Epyx FastLoad cartridge for my C=64. Also, all the subsequent
speed-loading accessories.
- I used to be able to play Commando for C=64, wrapping the million
counter three times! I could have gone on and on accumulating lives
and grenades - I had so many that the life and grenade counters had
started to display garbage! :) I used a Wico Red Ball joystick
(still do) and launched grenades with my toes on the space bar. ;)
Oh yeah, and the music on that game was terrific.
- Playing Montezuma's Revenge by Parker Bros. for C=64. The ninth level
and onwards were to be played completely in the dark - you had to play
them by memory!
- Playing Grand Prix Circuit by Accolade for C=64. IMHO, this was the
BEST driving sim/game ever done on that computer. I grew to hate Test
Drive I and II because you'd lose a life from a mere scratch.
I'd play it more, if it weren't for all those NeGCon-compatible race
games on Playstation!
- Playing Stunt Track Racer by MicroProse for C=64. Talk about vertigo!
- Playing Wasteland by Electronic Arts for C=64. Damn, it took 45 mins.
to create the four stupid data disks, and playing it usually caused the
drive to overheat. But it was my first RPG-type game.
- Playing Wings of Fury by Broderbund for C=64.
SmkMirrors
o Laughing at the idiots who put 50cents into a Dragon's
Lair machine only to find that the stick was broken.
o puting in a dollar and gettting 5 tokens. which in those days
translated to playing FIVE different games.
o Funky Colored 2600 cartridges from Imagic.
o rembering a time when no one had heard of Street Fighter.
o Hitting the Centipede sign at 143 mph on Fuji Raceway.
o Shooting at the devil in Satan's Hollow.
o thinking the explosions on Yar's Revenge was the coolest
thing in the world.
o Finding the second level in 5200 Pitfall 2:TLC and
never completing it!
o Laughing at kids who bought an Intellivision and then wanted
to play PacMan.
o Being laughed at when 2600 Pacman came out! "Bank, Bank,
Bank, Puck-You!, Puck-You!"
o Checking the chart for; Missile Comand, at day wave, no smart boms,
short duration explosions for right player --- nothing but net.
o Hearing the phrase "EEEE-HAAAM DDDEEE WEEEZAR HOFFF
WWHOOORE, HOT..HOT..HOT." and actually being in
awe.
SmkMirrors
In article <jtomson-0805...@pld6.biddeford.com>,
jto...@biddeford.com (James Tomson) writes:
>
>@> stfx.ca-sysadmin (x95...@juliet.stfx.ca) wrote:
>@>
>@> : Playing (and beating) "Raid Over Moscow" and "Impossible Mission"
for
>the
>@> : Commodore 64. Great games. I loved the animation of the player in
IM
>@> : and IM2.
>@>
>@> I never succeeded in beating IM. Perhaps it would do me some good to
>@> watch another player one of these days.
>
>Get him Myron Bots!
>
>-James
>
>
"Staaaay a while. Staaaay FOREVER!"
E.W. Swan
Finding the magic dot and hidden "Created by Warren Robinett" Easter Egg
in 2600 Adventure...
Defeating Werdna and leaving the dungeon with the amulet in "Wizardry:
Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord"...
Slaying the dragon, using (fell hand swoop a la Princess Daphne) "The
Magic Sword!" in Dragon's Lair...
Hearing the growl of Sinistar hot on my heels -- what a trip!...
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E.W. Swan, 3D Artist/Web Page designer
WHIRL Digital Art Gallery: http://www.cris.com/~eswan
Dub's trueSpace F/X Page: http://www.cris.com/~eswan/tsfx.html
--------------------------------------E-Mail: es...@cris.com ----------------
"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck." -- Obi-Wan Kenobi
Richard Marquez
Wow.... my fondest memories would have to be getting my first Atari 7-in-1
console system. My uncle was into games when he first came into Winnipeg,
and was the first in the family to get a vidoegame system. The old Atari
had 7 games built in, including the first version of Breakout!! It had a
built-in paddle control on top, and buttons to select between the games
and start them. (No pause though. ;) There was also flipper buttons on
the side of the colsole to play the pinball games also included! That was
an amazing evening!! My mom surprised me after me begging for a system
for weeks. It was great. :)
Then I got an Atari 2600 years later. Around the middle of the
2600-reign, Atari released a lot of silver-stickered arcade ports.
Remember Vanguard and Phoenix?! Those were amazing shooters! I could
never get over the fact that you could shoot in _four_ directions at
once!! An all time fav was Yars Revenge. I could play that forever, and
always did some crazy victory dance for the extra point! ;) Missle
Command and Defender round out my top favs. I had about 50+ carts. I had
(or still have in the basement) the 2600 with the "wood" finish. Took
relatively good care of it until I got a Commodore 128 and my sister
decided to inheirit it. Needless to say, my then-baby sister burnt out
the adapter, and we never played it since. But I'm sure it still works. ;)
Other carts I owned included Decathalon (_the_ party game before NBA Jam
and Bomberman! ;), Tennis, Choplifter, and many others.
The C128 days were cool. Couldn't get enough of the games. My friend was
an awful pirate. :*) We had about 120+ titles before we got into 8-bit
gaming. Anyone ever play Green Beret?!?! Now _that_ was a gamer's game.
It had action, was a great simulation, and was full of strategy and fun!
You really felt like you were there! And all on a C64 (emulated perfectly
by the C128). I also played the Activision package (which included
H.E.R.O (another awsome game), Decathalon, and about 15 others), the
_original_ Street Fighter (whoa!! very cool!!), Jordan vs. Bird (not as
smooth as Magic vs. Bird, and you couldn't break the backboard), and a
Karate Champ derviatives. (There was one where you had to fight against 2
CPU fighters at once!!! Kickin' game... literally! :)
With the arrival of the Nintendo, my perspective and expectations of
gaming changed a lot!! All of a sudden, you had a perfect port of SMB for
your home!! That was the best part of first getting the game. I was never
good at it in the arcade, and now I could play at home! I stayed up that
first evening with my brother's NES until 5:30am. (Played for about 6
hours straight, back an forth between Duck Hunt and SMB. <yawn> |) Those
were the days of intense gaming parties with the relatives and
everything. Ring King, the Castlevania series, CONTRA! (the all-time
fav... actually passed that game without dying!! And I passed it 4 times
in a row once, then turned it off. I figured it wasn't going to get any
better than that. ;), Top Player Tennis, Volleyball, Kings of the Beach,
oh... the list goes on!! Final Fantasy was a trip, especially when we
first got that Nintendo Power Guide. That was a awesome game. Nothing set
the standards better for an RPG. We just recently cleared out out NES
stuff for new games on our 32-bit systems, but I may just get back into
the retro-fit after talking about this so much!!!
With the SNES, SFII was a first purchase, and my brother and I played for
about 6-10 hours on average every other day!! Out thumbs hurt so much,
but we just _had_ to beat that Bison!! Oh, were we frustrated! Then we
finally got the hang of playing, and it was just amazing. Playing SFII
now, you wonder what the fuss was about, with the cleaner graphics of the
recent SFA, and even SSFII on the SNES. But back then, it was the best.
Castlevania VI and Contra 3 were also the few classics we
rented/bought/conquered. Super Ghouls N Ghosts was too tough, and we've
never beaten it. Super Tennis is just pain fun to play. And the list is
much too long to even start to talk about it!!
Then I got a Genesis for myself, and started getting heavy into sports
games. Remember the very first time you ever tried an NHL game?!?! That
was amazing. EA's first NHL hockey blew me out of the water, and it
wasn't on the SNES at the time!! Had to play it, and Sonic, and every
other exclusive cart that was out there. But that NHL... what a game.
After the whisle fights, amazing goals, and really smooth graphics. Too
bad the passwords were too long. But still a good game.
When 32-bit gaming came, I first got Toshinden on the PSX. The Saturn, I
got VF2, and I recently got a 3DO and SSFIIT. And gaming has never been
better. But now... I wish I had a tristar converter for my SNES and some
NES carts to play! I think I'll pull out the ol' 2600 or that 7-in-1
Atari and go a couple rounds. Happy gaming everyone. Thanks for letting
my rant. :)
Richard Marquez (umma...@cc.umanitoba.ca)
http://home.cc.umanitoba ca/~ummarqu4 - Bishop's Realm
Bachelor of Computer Science Graduate - University of Manitoba
Contributing Editor and Online Editor for the Manitoban
Brian Kennedy
E.W. Swan wrote:
> Finding the magic dot and hidden "Created by Warren Robinett" Easter Egg
> in 2600 Adventure...
YES!! I'm not crazy -- someone else remembers this! Certainly one of my
fondest memories.
Others (but certainly not all):
** Playing Impossible Mission on C=64. Incredibly fluid motion for its
time, and a synthesized voice to boot!
** (The original) Choplifter on an Apple ][. The first time I dropped
off the guys and noticed that a few stopped on their way into the building
to wave goodbye. :)))
** Crushing anyone who dared to put in a quarter against me at Tetris
(arcade). A good Tetris battle is still *way* more fun for me than a good
Tekken battle (pretty sad, aren't I?). Still searching for a good arcade
Tetris conversion, though <sigh>.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> E.W. Swan, 3D Artist/Web Page designer
> WHIRL Digital Art Gallery: http://www.cris.com/~eswan
> Dub's trueSpace F/X Page: http://www.cris.com/~eswan/tsfx.html
> --------------------------------------E-Mail: es...@cris.com ----------------
> "In my experience, there's no such thing as luck." -- Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Brian Kennedy
b...@acpub.duke.edu
AuGuCu
In article <4mr32a$j...@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>,
wdil...@sunlab.cit.cornell.edu (William Dilgard) writes:
>Has anyone out there ever played a pair of games called `Below the Root',
>and 'Alice in Wonderland' for the Apple IIsomethingor another... I think
the
I spent many hours floating and adventuring around in 'Below the Root'.
Funfunfun!
The game still exists as a disk image at http://www.asimov.net/apple_II/
I think Im gonna like it here
Man, you guys are making me feel REALLY old at only 27.
My best memory is when I got the Atari 2600 converter for Colecovision
and I was finally able to play the ultimate role playing game at that
time - Atari's ADVENTURE!
This game also pioneered what would later become the industry standard -
the secret room that could only be found if certain steps were followed
just so. In this case, it was called "the secret of the programmer's
room."
You followed a bunch of settings and steps and the adventurer (the
little blinking square) would pass through a wall and there it was: the
programmer's name.
Although the picture is a little fuzzy and the sound is getting
scratchier by the day, I still break out that old system once in a while
just because it brings back such great memories of playing a game that
was different every time you turned it on.
John Furlong
>o Finding the second level in 5200 Pitfall 2:TLC and
> never completing it!
>
I had forgotten all about my 5200!!! I loved PitFall2.
And I never did beat that second level... damn it was tough!!!
MrNiceGuy
HARTBREAKS
Mine would have to be with the C=128 / 64.......
It had an R.P.G. named the Bard's Tale......My god, that was one of the
best R.P.G.s I have ever played.......I can remember the countless hours
exploring and building up characters, Pulling hair out by the roots......I
loved that game
Anyone remember a game called Impossible Mission also for the C=128/64
.("another vistor, stay awhile......STAY
FOREVER")
John Furlong
This morning I received a rather nasty email from a person who shall
remain nameless(I do have manners, unlike him). This person criticized
me for starting such a "stupid thread". Although I am sure that most people
who have contributed to this thread can see its value, I am going to explain
it for those who just don't get it.
Video gaming is an expensive hobby. It distracts us from being
"constructive". It is the ultimate time waster. Then why would anyone
continue to pour their time and money into it? The answer is simple.
All of us(most anyway) have been playing for a long time. If we dig deep
down into our memories, we can find the moments where we became hooked, those
magical moments, rather we relized it at the time or not, when we dedicated
ourselves to the most wonderful hobby ever.
That's really what its all about... not to argue over which system is better
or what company sold more games... but to share these memories, to reaffirm
why we all pop in that quarter or hit the 'on' button.
On with the memories...
John
glennb
* Playing Superman on the Atari 2600- wow, if all games based on super
heros where as good as that
* Yes, finding the 'dot' in Adventure
* Getting a disk drive for Atari 800 and loading up Jawbreaker. Watching
the toothbrush after clearing (eating) a bord
* M.U.L.E.!! The load sequence, figuring out how to play the damn thing
(w/o instructions) and playing with 3 other friends. An absolute genius
take on Stocks & Bonds
* Jeez, a cajillion more...
-GlennB
"We're through being Cool"
DREW WEBBER
LIM SE-DUK (li...@ucsub.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
: 2. when I got my Sega Genesis with Strider and Phantasy Star III(it
: wasn't greatest rpg of all time but I saw all the multi-ending to this
: game and took me little more than month!)
One time, I nearly stayed up 24 hours straight trying to beat PSIII
before I had to return it to the rental place. I nearly beat it, too...
: PS Yie-Ar Kung Fu is the product of Konami(awesome game back then...I got
: kicked out of arcade for play this game too long(I think it was about 3
: hours with one coin)
I'd say that YAKF is probably the closest descendent to the SF games out
there...
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DREW WEBBER
Onaje umeme Everett (oeve...@mail.sdsu.edu) wrote:
: : 2. when I got my Sega Genesis with Strider and Phantasy Star III(it
: : wasn't greatest rpg of all time but I saw all the multi-ending to this
: : first came out(such excitement!)
: Strider is the ultimate bomb!!! One of the greatest games of all time!
: Too bad the Genesis version was a little bit on the ok side, as opposed
: to the arcade version.
And the Euro-trash sequel by US Gold SUCKED! Oh man.. was a disgrace that
was. I wish Capcom would make a REAL sequel to it, instead of making
another friggn' fighting game.. or, better yet, make a sequel to the NES
game. I guess the only way to get more Strider right now would be to get
the Supergrafx version...
Kevin Haley
ter...@buffnet.net (Theron Ross) writes:
>My most fun video game days were probably on my Atari 2600 and Atari
>600XL/800XL computers. There was some great stuff out then like Archon,
>Seven Cities of Gold, Lode Runner, Pole Position, etc.
Agreed! I remember when I first became an RPG nut playing games like
Phantasie and the Ultima series on my Atari 8bit. I sure spent a lot of
time playing those games!
The first time a video game ever freaked me out was when an alien
in Rescue on Fractalus jumped in front of my ship. Since then, the
only other game to ever freak me out like that was Alien v. Predator
(Jaguar version, of course).
/Kevin
Andrew S. Wheat
Some people's fond memories clipped...
I'd have to say that my fondest computer gaming memories are from
Alternate Reality: The City. Like when I went into the Flaming Dragon
and the barkeep called me by name. Wow. What a sense of
accomplishment. Or the first time I found a gem on a dead mugger..
suddenly I was poor no longer. And who could forget that lovely red
sweet potion? Definately one of the greatest games of all time.
--
-Silverblade the Grey Wanderer (44 Jaguar games and counting,
MST3K # 65531, Founding member: Gonzo for Mouse Pad Movement)
"This is your dishwashing liquid; YOU soak in it!"
Mark Magdamit
One of my earliest memories of gaming was getting The Faery Tale for my
Amiga 500. I know, it was kinda quirky and all, but I just loved the fact
that the little brothers could go and find all sorts of stuff, and walk
into buildings, etc. Great fun.
Another memory was playing Bionic Commando for the NES. Still my all-time
favorite game next to Mega Man 3 for the NES and River City Ransom for the
NES as well.
I still remember my atari 2600. I had such a great time with that
machine. I can still remember playing The Empire Stikes Back on the 2600,
and having to "land" and "repair" my snow speeder. Back then, it was just
too cool!
A final memory was Activision during the heyday of the Atari consoles. I
loved their packaging and games, and the little sidebars in the manuals
giving credit from the author of the game. That's what really made them
cool, the personal touch and zany games.
========================
-Mark Magdamit
ri...@u.washington.edu
========================
Sean Legge
stfx.ca-sysadmin (x95...@juliet.stfx.ca) wrote:
: > >I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are. Maybe
: > >Let's hear those memories...
: Playing (and beating) "Raid Over Moscow" and "Impossible Mission" for the
: Commodore 64. Great games. I loved the animation of the player in IM
: and IM2.
: Pitfall II for the Atari 2600. I loved the adventure-style in Pitfall,
: but the sequel blew me away (balloon rides, swimming, etc.).
: MAL
Yeah... and that damn catchy music that I've only recently gotten over,
until I read this letter. Arggh! There it goes again! Don't you hear it,
playing loudly in the background? Someone turn it down! I beg you!
MAKE IT STOP! OH GOD! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!
Definitely one of the most addicting tunes I have ever heard in a video
game.
There it is again! The horror...
Sean Legge
tuffy
Who can possibly resist this thread? :)
The Adventure dot is certainly a fond one, but I think finally trapping the
black bat in an empty white castle was even more impressive to me.
Or how about finally getting to the end of River City Ransom? Gawd, I
wanted that game to go on forever :)
Remember MUSHA? My jaw dropped when I first saw those awesome background
scrolling effects. That fight in the clouds over the city just blew me away!
And what about the first game of Earthworm Jim? I couldn't believe the
ol' Genesis could do anything that smooth if I hadn't seen it for myself.
But the hours playing EOS on the Apple //e and economically driving
pals into the dirt with stations full of shuttle ports :) Or maybe even the
hours spent hacking my way through those cool dungeons in Wizardry V.
And Aqua-Tron, who could ever forget Aqua-Tron. Sure, it was sort of a
Defender type game, but it had more replay value than I'd ever seen.
Or maybe even hitting the tank for the first time in Star Blazer.
I couldn't believe I could get my bombs to do it :)
Geez, I could go on about finding the second contintent in Questron,
or finally escaping the original Castle Wolfenstein, or getting to the yellow
levels in Atari 2600 Missile Command, or finally trashing the 20 enemy level
of Star Raiders (on the 2600, too)...but there's just too many great
memories to list in one post :)
Magus
uni...@netcom.com (Michael R. Baraniecki) wrote:
>Wow, all of these memories you guys posted are great! I'll add mine. I
>remember waiting and waiting for SF2 to come out for the SNES. I got it,
>and I played with my friend over 150 versus matches straight. I've never
>played ANY video game that long in one sitting. I loved that game so
>much. Having Daytona at home was a close second, though. It wasn't as
>good as the arcade, and had plenty of redraw problems, but I loved it
>anyway.
Ahh yes. SF2 for the SNES was the hottest thing back then. I
remembered that I couldn't wait that long for this game, so I rushed
down to Little Tokyo in L.A. and ordered my copy. I waited for days,
weeks, months! Then one day, my copy finally arrived and I played that
game with my friends for hours, and hours, and hours.
Daytona is another one I couldn't stop playing. I was VERY curious as
to why people hate this game? I really don't care about the graphics
or the music. I sat there and played that game, trying to master it
and enjoying it at the same time.
>-Mike
The supreme and almighty,
MAGUS
***************************************************************
Current Favorite Games:
.......................
Guardian Heroes (Saturn)
Night Warriors (Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon 2 (Saturn)
"I would rather die standing than to live on my knees!"
***************************************************************
Magus
con...@titan.oit.umass.edu (Mason Wood) wrote:
>I'm really surprised no one has yet said anying about good 'ol Legend of
>Zelda. Man, I bought that game long before any of the hype, and then
>only because I thought the gold box was cool. :) I must have played that
>game for a month straigth with every iota of my spare time. I finally go
>through and beat it, and to my amazement I found there was a second
>quest. I must have danced around the house in joy when I realized it.
>Such fun in those days...
>Mason
Zelda, possibly my favorite adventure game of all time....That game
was a complete magic to play. I sat down for hours on end trying to
beat it, and it took me about 2 weeks of playing to beat it. I was
also overjoyed when I found out about a 2nd quest. Too bad not many
games are made like this anymore....Sad indeed.
Chris Wargo
Another memory is when Mario 3 came out. I went to Child World (I think
they're out of business now) to get it and they were all out! i was
devastated! Well, they reserved a copy for me, then we had to go out in a
snowstorm to get the damn thing! It was worth it though. (at the time-bs;
before Sonic)
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SATURN FOREVER!
"Why does all this stuff always have to happen to me?"
My Codes Web Site will be up pretty soon!
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Captain Calzone
OK, since I was one of the first respondees to this post I left out some
stuff, so I'll finish my list.
Mainly one of my fondest video game memories came when I first
downloaded a "Nobody" message. I had always thought that my PSX was a
good system, but thank god that there was Mr. Nobody to show me the
error of my ways. Now, like him, I walk around with a blindfold on,
since he tought me that imagination can be so much more fun than
reality:) Also, in my efforts to be like him, I haven't left the house
in four months and spend all my time calling anybody who disagrees with
me an idiot. THANK YOU, NOBODY!!
No on to non-sarcastic stuff. Fond memories of mine would have
to include the endless houres I played my old Atari Lynx. To this day I
haven't seen a better Ninja Gaiden. Steel Talons was one of the most
addicting helecopter games I ever played, and the day I beat it will go
down in my memory of one of the best days of my life. "Destroy the
airplanes BEFORE they get airborn!" Oh, rest well, dear cat.
Another memory, also Atari related, was the first time I played
AVP for the Jag. Still in my view the best 3d action game(even better
than my beloved DUKE3D), the first time I ever played it was on a 45
inch rear projection TV with the lights off at 2AM in my friend's
basement. When I heard that Predator say "Anytime..." I nearly pissed
myself! Still, the only game that ever scared me.
Playing Sim City 2000 for 7 houres straight simply because I
didn't want to stop.
Kicking the crap out of the local arcade owner's son at Street
Fighter Alpha the week it came out.
Fighting my way through the crowds to play the original Street
Fighter 2.
Playing Frogger at a friend's house for the first time.
Downloading Duke3D on a whim and becoming addicted to it.
Playing FF3 on the SNES. Even though I never beat it, having
only rented it, that game was an experience like no other.
Playing Daytona USA at Old Orchard Beach every day last summer.
Oh, there are just too many...
---------------
CAPTAIN CALZONE "Are you sure you weren't attacked
The One and Only! by Shabba Ranks instead?"
(THANK GOD!!!) From alt.fan.space-ghost
----------------
daniel l richards
> Geez, I could go on about finding the second contintent in Questron,
Holy cow! That *was* incredible! Remember the sound you made when fighting..
.. Whoopah(miss), Whoopah(miss), Wha-barr(hit). I used to absolutely love
ransacking the cities and gambling until you broke the bank. That game was
as much fun as Ultima II when you pillaged the local fast food joints :))
Dan
Eddie
Yes, I remember the first days of Double Dragon and the exercise version
of Street Fighter where you had to punch the buttons in order to play.
Man, I used to get really swollen fists from that game because of the
stupid lack of padding. Now those were the days of fighting games.
DrChuck16
My fondest game memories came a few years ago, when I reentered the
video game scene (I dropped out near the end of the 2600 era). I bought a
used NES, and got Lifeforce, the original Sunsoft Batman, and Batman:
Return of the Joker. I don't think I've played a platformer as engrossing
as Batman since then. Maybe it was the sheer novelty of it. That, and
the time I first switched on my first Genesis and played Sonic 1 and
Revenge of Shinobi are my fondest video game moments.
Charles Adams
DREW WEBBER
William Dilgard (wdil...@sunlab.cit.cornell.edu) wrote:
: Has anyone out there ever played a pair of games called `Below the Root',
: and 'Alice in Wonderland' for the Apple IIsomethingor another... I think the
Played both.. loved both. I don't think it's possible to finish the C64
version of AiW, though...
Kain Bahamut
>
> Zelda, possibly my favorite adventure game of all time....That game
> was a complete magic to play. I sat down for hours on end trying to
> beat it, and it took me about 2 weeks of playing to beat it. I was
> also overjoyed when I found out about a 2nd quest. Too bad not many
> games are made like this anymore....Sad indeed.
>
> The supreme and almighty,
> MAGUS
*sighing with nostalgia* Yeah, those were the good old days. But,
somehow, only three games really, _really_ stick in my mind from the NES era:
Bionic Commando, Strider, and Metroid. Those have to be the coolest games
ever made. Metroid was far bigger than many of today's adventure games (took
me six months to beat it...stop laughing, only because my passwords never
worked!), and, for its time, it had great artwork and atmosphere. It was
also hard as hell!
Bionic Commando had to have the coolest concept of the time. The
character was ultra-cool: flaming red hair, awesome shades, and one big
effin' bazooka. It took me a while to get used to that damned arm (Jump!
Why can't I just _jump_ over the damned crate!), but, once I did, it was
second nature all the way. And it was the first American NES game to feature
swearing...you have to give it credit for that! (Master D says "damn" near
the very end, nothing major, but it had me rolling at the time! Imagine if
Resident Evil was around then...)
And then there's Strider. Man, Capcom was on a roll back then.
Commando...Bionic Commando...Section Z...Strider...Ghosts N' Goblins (the
hardest game ever made, bar none--you gotta beat it twice just to see the
real ending!)...1942-44...Mega Man series...they had 'em all. Strider had to
be one of the best. I still play it on my junked-up old NES to this very
day. I like it better than the Genesis-Arcade version for the simple fact
that it was more of an adventure than a straight action game--you had to use
your head. (Strider III mad me bow my head in shame...) I even liked the
music better...I still can't get that beginning theme out of my head. It was
just incredible. If Hiryu's not in Street Fighter 3, I'm going to stage a
worldwide protest.
*wiping the tears from his eyes*...Well, enough of this old gamer's
rambling. Time to go back to some Virtua Fighter 2! The past was nice, but
times change!
Kain Bahamut, Cyberdragon
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-- Ukyo Tachibana, Samurai Showdown
MARCEL GONZALEZ
In <4mql9i$a...@atlantis.utmb.edu> tth...@marlin.utmb.edu (Tom Thayil)
writes:
>
>Jeremy Haines (haines...@cs.yale.edu) wrote:
>: mrni...@popalex1.linknet.net (John Furlong) wrote:
>
>: > I'm curious to know what everyone's fondest gaming memories are.
Maybe
>: >finally beating a tough RPG or rescuing the princess for the first
time?
>: >Let's hear those memories...
>
My 2600 certainly gave me plenty of memories:
Remembering the BEST GAME ANYWHERE: Yar's Revenge and how I lasted
hours and hours everytime I'd play.
Remembering the only DOOM-like game on the 2600 called "Tunnel Runner",
which kinda blew me away.
Remembering "Turmoil" which kept me on the edge of my seat.
Ruiner
In article
<Pine.SOL.3.91.96050...@godzilla4.acpub.duke.edu>, Brian
Kennedy <b...@acpub.duke.edu> wrote:
> E.W. Swan wrote:
>
> > Finding the magic dot and hidden "Created by Warren Robinett" Easter Egg
> > in 2600 Adventure...
>
> YES!! I'm not crazy -- someone else remembers this! Certainly one of my
> fondest memories.
Adventure was great!!! too bad if I saw it now, I would probably be
embarrased, but that purple ladder thing was the coolest!
> Others (but certainly not all):
>
> ** Playing Impossible Mission on C=64. Incredibly fluid motion for its
> time, and a synthesized voice to boot!
GREAT game!!! took me forever to beat it....
Here's an arcade that no one has mentioned yet... Xenophobe! Anyone
else out there love this game???
Ruiner
Scott Johnson Johnson
When I won a digital Timex watch by getting the high score in Crazy
Climber in the early eighties. Good time that was.
Scott
Ho Yoon
A local arcade had tournaments on Cyberball 2072. At the first one, we
were playing against some guys for the first time. They drove a
distance, not so much for some nominal prize money, but for bragging
rights. We were each champions at the arcades we went to. We both had
contacts with Atari Games. So there was a lot of anticipation on both
sides.
We swept thru the first couple of rounds. Competition from the local
players was weak (we were both from other arcades). They got a 12 point
lead. I took over at quarterback and got us into the end zone (BTW, it
was a 2 on 2 game) to make it 12-6. They were able to answer to make it
18-6. On the ensuing kickoff, I evaded the left safety who had turboed
in. I went right into the hole he left. His partner, playing the other
safety, turboed to cut me off from getting to the left sideline. I was
able to loop back to the right and heading for the right sideline. The
first guy, who had missed, was now in pursuit. Although his turbo was
gone, he was gaining because my RB wasn't titanium. I mananged to zig
zag enough, while avoiding the drones which were turboing in pursuit and
lost him. When it became apparent that I was going to score, there were
"ahs" in the audience of some 10 other players. Some of the guys from
our arcade chanted my name, half in mock appreciation.
Anyway, we came back to win the game and the tournament. The kickoff
return seemed to have shaken their confidence. They didn't come back
for subsequent tournaments.
Paul Hartman
In message <4mu956$2...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> - drch...@aol.com (DrChuck16)
writes:
:>
:> My fondest game memories came a few years ago, when I reentered the
Certain games that seem tame now completely blew me away when I first saw
them; games like Phantasy Star on the SMS, Baseball Stars and Tecmo Bowl on
NES, John madden Madden and NHL hockey on Genesis.. They all completely
captured me when I first saw/bought them (and some like the NHL games still
havn't escaped my grip).
Mia and/or M.C.
Well, my fondest memory has got to be when I finished Kings Quest 4 by
Sierra-On-Line...At the time this game was 'state of the art' I remember
playing it on a Tandy 1000 tx 8mHz computer, and was so extremely
impressed with the graphics, and the music...It was quite a experience...
Mia(ba01832)
Robert A. Jung
Playing STAR RAIDERS on an Atari 800. There's still nothing like zipping
through a sector, with a Zylon before and behind you, and you're trying to
swat them both while your auto-tracker keeps flipping views...
--R.J.
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In article <4ms20k$7...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, smkmi...@aol.com (SmkMirrors) writes:
> In article <jtomson-0805...@pld6.biddeford.com>,
> jto...@biddeford.com (James Tomson) writes:
>
>>
>>@> stfx.ca-sysadmin (x95...@juliet.stfx.ca) wrote:
>>@>
>>@> : Playing (and beating) "Raid Over Moscow" and "Impossible Mission"
> for
>>the
>>@> : Commodore 64. Great games. I loved the animation of the player in
> IM
>>@> : and IM2.
>>@>
>>@> I never succeeded in beating IM. Perhaps it would do me some good to
>>@> watch another player one of these days.
>>
>>Get him Myron Bots!
>>
>>-James
>>
>>
>
>
> "Staaaay a while. Staaaay FOREVER!"
You forgot - "Another vis-i-tor..."
Way too cool of a game.
No one has mentioned marathon M.U.L.E. games yet!!!! Hoarding all of the
food so no one has any time left to do anything...I was such a bastard!
Tony Kiefer
Janos Horvath
Brian Kennedy (b...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
: ** Crushing anyone who dared to put in a quarter against me at Tetris
: (arcade).
Not to stray too far off-topic :), but I prefer Sega's Bloxeed to the
original Tetris. More varied gameplay elements, faster sideways movement...
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