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March 17th, 2004, 05:15 PM
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Re: How old are Dom2 players?
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Originally posted by z0dd:
Since we're reflecting on past strategy gaming experiences, one can guesstimate my age by what I remember playing "back in the days":
- Fortress of the Witch King
- War of the Lance
- Sword of Aragorn
- Xyphus
- Sword of Fargoal
and of course: Master of Magic!
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Hah! Whippersnapper. My first forays into gaming goodness was through such esteemed titles as:
- International Soccer (on a ROM cartridge)
- Hunchback
- Manic Miner
- Jumpman
- Blagger
- Summer Games
- Commando
- Bruce Lee
- Choplifter
- Barbarian
and many, many, many more. (Floppy disks? Floppy disks We didn't need no steenking floppy disks.)
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March 17th, 2004, 05:55 PM
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Re: How old are Dom2 players?
Barbarian, (or Death sword) was quite unique game... the feeling in it is great. Pity I have found nothing like it, I liked the controls and all the things you were able to do. I'm not sure about the decapitation, though, as it had so strong impact in the game.
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March 17th, 2004, 05:57 PM
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Re: How old are Dom2 players?
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Originally posted by Leif_-:
Hah! Whippersnapper. My first forays into gaming goodness was through such esteemed titles as:
- International Soccer (on a ROM cartridge)
- Hunchback
- Manic Miner
- Jumpman
- Blagger
- Summer Games
- Commando
- Bruce Lee
- Choplifter
- Barbarian
and many, many, many more. (Floppy disks? Floppy disks We didn't need no steenking floppy disks.)
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Bruce Lee was a damn cool game, especially since you could play it as a two player game, with the second player taking the role of a green sumo with a useless bellow as a tertiary attack.
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March 17th, 2004, 06:08 PM
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Re: How old are Dom2 players?
All of you are still too young.
My first foray into computer gaming was *writing* a lunar lander "sim" in Fortran (and later PL/1) on an IBM 360/40 mainframe. Input via punchcards (remember the model 029/129 keypunch machines?) or the ops console, output via greenbar paper on a line printer. Hmmm, framerate was 0.1-0.2 fps ...
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March 17th, 2004, 06:13 PM
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Re: How old are Dom2 players?
For those into retro-strategy gaming I would suggest:
-Lords of Midnight (spectrum 48k game, but a PC port exists and is only a few Kbs)
-Centurion, defender of the crown
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March 17th, 2004, 06:15 PM
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Re: How old are Dom2 players?
The first game i ever played was Xenon II. Then i discovered Sokoban, and finally Dune 2. That whas the beginning for me  . I think those games came in the late 80's, at least Xenon II. Later i got a hang of Commander Keen and stuff like that.
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March 17th, 2004, 06:19 PM
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Re: How old are Dom2 players?
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Originally posted by Wendigo:
For those into retro-strategy gaming I would suggest:
-Lords of Midnight (spectrum 48k game, but a PC port exists and is only a few Kbs)
-Centurion, defender of the crown
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Personally, I'd suggest Djengis Khan or Bandit Kings of China, although they are (slightly) more recent.
Whatever happened to the "Beer and Pretzel" computer strategy games? Games such as "Ports of Call" or "Oil Imperium" where you could bench three or four friends in front of the computer and have fun for an evening? Hot-seat games weren't just hot-seat because of technical limitations - they were a special kind of fun.
Darned it - I'm too young to be nostalgic!
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