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Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:26 pm
by LuCiFeR[SD]
greyhoundcode wrote:Incredible to think of what can be done with such minimal resources, really. I mean some stuff for the 8-bit machines was pretty crappy, even then, but a lot of the games had a surprising depth of their own. Or am I just being nostalgic?
You are absolutely correct. Even though some of the games were nothing more than stick men, the gameplay was fun & addictive
I miss the era very much.
Although, I still go back and play various games from time to time via Amiga Forever and C64 Forever. Sometimes I even have a little fun and program on said emulators, although that is quite rare for me now
Great topic this, I dunno how I missed it when it was first posted!
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:01 pm
by GWarner
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:25 pm
by Demivec
It was hard to keep it to ten, most are ancient. Even though visuals are nice, a new game has to rank high in playability (and replayability) for it to work its way into the list.
Jumpman (Atari 8-bit), Jr. also
BoulderDash (Atari 8-bit), II also
Alternate Reality (Atari 8-bit)
Ultima IV (Atari 8-bit)
Archon (Atari 8-bit)
Last Star Fighter (Atari 8-bit), renamed as Star Radiers II
Descent III (PC), II also
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:06 pm
by Psychophanta
Ahh! Boulder Dash!, what a nice one!
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:15 pm
by djes
Historical favs and numerous forgotten...
Pong (arcade)
Pacman (arcade)
Arkanoid (PC)
Legacy of the ancients (PC)
Bruce Lee (PC)
Pirates!(PC)
Rick Dangerous series(Amiga)
Monkey Island(Amiga)
Chambers of Shaolin (Amiga)
Lemmings(Amiga)
SWIV (Amiga)
Unreal(Amiga)
Turrican series(Amiga)
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge II (Amiga)
Another World(Amiga)
Robocod(Amiga)
MrNutz(Amiga)
Gloom(Amiga) (but Breathless was so much better!)
Dune(Amiga)
SOF2(Windows)
Day Of Defeat (Windows)
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:01 pm
by greyhoundcode
Oh yeah (not really sticking to the top 10 exactly, sorry!)
"It Came From The Desert" on the Amiga. Brilliant.
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:06 pm
by Thorium
djes wrote:
Pong (arcade)
Pong? Are you serious?
It's one of the games that has aged a lot and actualy isnt much fun to play today for most people.
Historicly i dont give it much credit, it's highly overrated. It even wasnt the first of it's kind. The Magnavox Odyssey was develped in 1968 and featured a game extremly similar to pong.
The only historical credit i give to Pong is that it spawned countless consoles that cloned the gameplay.
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:20 pm
by TomS
Thorium wrote:Pong? Are you serious?
It's one of the games that has aged a lot and actualy isnt much fun to play today for most people.
Do you know
Plasma Pong? I think it's awesome. Playing Pong with a Joystick or even worse, with a gamepad is not much fun. But with a mouse, I think it's OK.
Settlers Of Catan (Boardgame/Tabletop) (<- probably not what you had in mind, but otherwise my Top Ten list would be one short)
Zelda - Ocarina Of Time (Nintendo 64)
Max Payne II - The Fall Of Max Payne (PC)
Lemmings (Amiga)
Midnight Club II (PC)
Pinball (Arcade, Amiga, PC...)
Portal (PC)
Trackmania (PC)
Need For Speed Most Wanted (PC)
Creeper World (Flash)
It's hard to prioritize, but the first three are my all-time-favourites.
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:39 pm
by djes
Thorium wrote:djes wrote:
Pong (arcade)
Pong? Are you serious?
It's one of the games that has aged a lot and actualy isnt much fun to play today for most people.
Historicly i dont give it much credit, it's highly overrated. It even wasnt the first of it's kind. The Magnavox Odyssey was develped in 1968 and featured a game extremly similar to pong.
The only historical credit i give to Pong is that it spawned countless consoles that cloned the gameplay.
It was a part of my historical list. I almost don't play anymore... Pong was the first game I played. In arcade, it was really fun, and there wasn't anything like this at this time ; there was a big rotating handle to move, no joystick, giving a fast and direct response, what is really rare today. I'd like to know where these machines are by now.
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:20 pm
by utopiomania
Westwood Studios Bladerunner Game, and MS Tetris from Windows 3.1
Its not ten games, but it counts for ten games IMHO. Just check out how MS Tetris
reacts when you push it beyond its limits.
Edit, I also like Text Adventure Games..
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:14 pm
by Thorium
djes wrote:Thorium wrote:djes wrote:
Pong (arcade)
Pong? Are you serious?
It's one of the games that has aged a lot and actualy isnt much fun to play today for most people.
Historicly i dont give it much credit, it's highly overrated. It even wasnt the first of it's kind. The Magnavox Odyssey was develped in 1968 and featured a game extremly similar to pong.
The only historical credit i give to Pong is that it spawned countless consoles that cloned the gameplay.
It was a part of my historical list. I almost don't play anymore... Pong was the first game I played. In arcade, it was really fun, and there wasn't anything like this at this time ; there was a big rotating handle to move, no joystick, giving a fast and direct response, what is really rare today. I'd like to know where these machines are by now.
If you actualy played Pong i respect your choice.
Many people include it in there list of best games just because they think they have to and actualy never played it. At least not the original Pong.
And as i said there was one thing just like Pong. Developed in 1968 and released to the marked the same year as Pong. The difference is just that the Odyssey was a home gaming console not a arcade machine. It also had the rotation controllers. And it was the very first game console. It even featured cartridges for different games. But cartridges dont had any ROM inside. They had just some circuit paths inside that connected the different parts of the console in another way so that you get a different game. The Odyssey actualy didnt had a microchip inside.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:17 pm
by djes
Thorium wrote:djes wrote:Thorium wrote:djes wrote:
Pong (arcade)
Pong? Are you serious?
It's one of the games that has aged a lot and actualy isnt much fun to play today for most people.
Historicly i dont give it much credit, it's highly overrated. It even wasnt the first of it's kind. The Magnavox Odyssey was develped in 1968 and featured a game extremly similar to pong.
The only historical credit i give to Pong is that it spawned countless consoles that cloned the gameplay.
It was a part of my historical list. I almost don't play anymore... Pong was the first game I played. In arcade, it was really fun, and there wasn't anything like this at this time ; there was a big rotating handle to move, no joystick, giving a fast and direct response, what is really rare today. I'd like to know where these machines are by now.
If you actualy played Pong i respect your choice.
Many people include it in there list of best games just because they think they have to and actualy never played it. At least not the original Pong.
And as i said there was one thing just like Pong. Developed in 1968 and released to the marked the same year as Pong. The difference is just that the Odyssey was a home gaming console not a arcade machine. It also had the rotation controllers. And it was the very first game console. It even featured cartridges for different games. But cartridges dont had any ROM inside. They had just some circuit paths inside that connected the different parts of the console in another way so that you get a different game. The Odyssey actualy didnt had a microchip inside.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey
There was a location at the french-belgium frontier called "Le mont noir" where there were carousels and misc amusements for childs. I played there often. I realised it was pong years after, as I was very young (before 10), when I saw the arcade photo. Older friends confirmed this, and I felt lucky! I didn't know the Odyssey. Saddely, the park has been now replaced by money and arcade games only. Not so fun.
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:20 pm
by Guimauve
My favorite games :
3D games :
- TIE fighter 95 (PC)
- X-Wing vs TIE Fighter + Balance of Power(PC)
- X-Wing Alliance (PC)
- Descent 3 + Mercenary expansion pack (PC)
- MX vs ATV (PC)
2D games :
- Solitaire (Card games)
- Tetris
- Tetravex
- Sudoku
Regards
Guimauve
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:15 pm
by bobobo
only one game ..but written in pb
Code: Select all
;win
w=800
h=600
OpenWindow(0,0,0,w,h,"Catch it",#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
bw=60
bx.f=w/2-bw/2
bh=22
by.f=h/2-bh/2
ButtonGadget(0,bx,by,bw,bh,"Click Me")
Repeat
event=WaitWindowEvent(10)
If event<>0
nil=-100
EndIf
mx.f=WindowMouseX(0)
my.f=WindowMouseY(0)
bx.f=GadgetX(0)
by.f=GadgetY(0)
bd.f=bw/bh
bmx.f=bx+bw/2 : bmy.f=by+bh/2
If mx>=bx And mx<=bx+bw And my>=by And my<=by+bh
dx.f= (bmx-mx)/16
dy.f= (bmy-my)/(16/bd)
ResizeGadget(0,GadgetX(0)+dx,GadgetY(0)+dy,#PB_Ignore,#PB_Ignore)
If GadgetX(0)<=8
ResizeGadget(0,w-bw-10,#PB_Ignore,#PB_Ignore,#PB_Ignore)
EndIf
If GadgetX(0)>w-bw-8
ResizeGadget(0,10,#PB_Ignore,#PB_Ignore,#PB_Ignore)
EndIf
If GadgetY(0)<=8
ResizeGadget(0,#PB_Ignore,h-bh-10,#PB_Ignore,#PB_Ignore)
EndIf
If GadgetY(0)>h-bh-8
ResizeGadget(0,#PB_Ignore,10,#PB_Ignore,#PB_Ignore)
EndIf
nil=0
If nil=0
SetGadgetText(0,"Click me")
EndIf
EndIf
nil+1
If nil=100
SetGadgetText(0,"H E !!")
EndIf
Until event=#PB_Event_CloseWindow
Re: Your freferred ten games
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:44 pm
by Num3
1. Dungeon Master (Amiga)
2. Civilization (Amiga)
3. Turrican 2 (Amiga)
4. Half-Life I & II (PC)
5. FallOut 3 (Pc)
6. Mass Effect 2 (Pc)
7. Homeworld I & II (PC)
8. Mario Kart (Wii)
9. League of Legends (PC online)
10. Dead Rising (PC / Wii)