What Is More Important To You?

Kana · #1 November 28th, 2006, 02:32 PM

I agree completely with you AT...

Santiago I dont know when you were born, but I remember before there were video games. One of my all time favorite games was one I played on the the Atari 800. It was a wargame sim of Midway, and the graphics were all ascii characters. I played that game for hours, it was nail bitting sending out your fighters to attack the carriers, and you wait patiently for the text report of how many you lost, and how many carriers you hit and or sunk.

President_Elect_Shang · #2 November 28th, 2006, 02:52 PM

I thought that was an Atari 2600 game? Speaking of the 2600 my favorite was Megamania! Man I could sit and play that thing for hours and hours. My girlfriend at the time was over the night I rolled it three times. Funny I can recall the name of the game but not hers; short, blond, cute, and that�s about all I can recall. Oh and she had the cutest little button nose.

Wenin · #3 November 28th, 2006, 03:25 PM

I'd take SEIV's graphics with SEV's game play ability, over any game with awesome graphics, but limited playability.

Q · #4 November 28th, 2006, 03:47 PM

SE IV graphics and SE V combat engine and modding abilities would absolutely satisfy me.

The Gnome · #5 November 28th, 2006, 04:20 PM

Game play! By far! I still like a little eye candy mind you (and ear candy for that matter), but that is secondary to having fun.

Baal · #6 November 28th, 2006, 04:25 PM

I fear I've been spoiled by the new graphics. However, I would prefer an SE4 graphics system with hex grids over the SE5 system that takes 20 minutes to process a turn with 13 players.

Intimidator · #7 November 28th, 2006, 04:32 PM

Gameplay, offcourse............

untill SEV I was still playing SEIV on a daily bases for more 6 years............ and was never bored, allthough I changed mods on a regular bases, WHICH OFFCOURSE is the power of SEIV and hopefully SEV

Phoenix-D · #8 November 28th, 2006, 07:22 PM

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Baal said:
I fear I've been spoiled by the new graphics. However, I would prefer an SE4 graphics system with hex grids over the SE5 system that takes 20 minutes to process a turn with 13 players.

Unfortunately the graphics aren't at the root of that problem..

Suicide Junkie · #9 November 28th, 2006, 09:45 PM

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Kana said:
Santiago I dont know when you were born, but I remember before there were video games. One of my all time favorite games was one I played on the the Atari 800. It was a wargame sim of Midway, and the graphics were all ascii characters. I played that game for hours, it was nail bitting sending out your fighters to attack the carriers, and you wait patiently for the text report of how many you lost, and how many carriers you hit and or sunk.

Ah, I remember that thread... May 2004, good times.

Here is the compiled, colorized and speed-limited version of the game that we ended up with:
http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/t...Midway_exe.zip

PS:
If I wanted graphics over gameplay, I'd visit a movie theater...

StarJack · #10 November 28th, 2006, 11:47 PM

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Kana said:
I agree completely with you AT...

Santiago I dont know when you were born, but I remember before there were video games. One of my all time favorite games was one I played on the the Atari 800. It was a wargame sim of Midway, and the graphics were all ascii characters. I played that game for hours, it was nail bitting sending out your fighters to attack the carriers, and you wait patiently for the text report of how many you lost, and how many carriers you hit and or sunk.

Good example, I remember a port of that game or a knock off to the XT. I also remember hundreds of hours running contraband in Elite on the C64!