Play Games from your childhood

TheDvEight · January 02, 2014, 11:45:54 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25527786

Blunt · January 03, 2014, 12:07:24 AM

Excellent! the 1st real electronic game I played was Pong in about 1977, and I was 17.
Before that it was The Amazing Magic Robot

My best xmas pressie of 1972 was this, not a game, but incredibly cool at the time.
Asteroids in the pub (c. 1978) was so addictive (and expensive), if you were good enough you could stay on for nearly half an hour for 20p.

Still Gaming.

TheDvEight · January 03, 2014, 09:10:56 AM

nice post blunt.

atomant · January 03, 2014, 05:10:15 PM

I spent hours playing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Aces_(video_game)

I was just in awe of the graphics, I still play asteroids here http://wallofgame.com/free-online-games/arcade-fullscreen/428/Asteroids.html

Ant

albert · January 13, 2014, 01:38:54 PM

We had a close friend of the family who worked for Philips who bought DEC who of course were very early in the PC market but also made a load of other cool things. We'd get weird looking machines given to us from time to time. I also recall a Ferranti made PC with integrated keyboard and printer coming our way at one point and then of course when the time came we had to have a Spectrum, BBC Micro, Atari ST etc.

But out in the pub I recall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il24F1_TBao being the one we all liked the most. Even though the joysticks were so loose you'd nip your hand in it if you pulled it without due care and attention. Still love this game.

Sneakytiger · January 13, 2014, 09:34:54 PM

used to play this for hours when i was a kid back on the old atari st days(yep i'm that old.lol)
http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-st/rogue/screenshots/gameShotId,220256/

Blunt · January 14, 2014, 12:07:52 AM

My mate had Doom on his PC.
That was the beginning of the end for me.

smilodon · January 14, 2014, 01:19:59 AM

My first games machine was the Magnavox Odyssey, which my dad bought for us in 1974. It used plastic overlays that were held onto the TV screen by static and were used to create different games. we also had a shotgun for the shooting games. I remember a very odd form of American Football could be played on it as well. And so began my addiction to games and my introduction to Geekdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey We had that until we got a BBC Model B in about 1981. I remember playing Chucky Egg for hours at the weekend as there was no way to save a game.

albert · January 14, 2014, 08:53:59 AM

Chucky Egg. Amazing game. The model B was an amazing machine. I used to copy code from PC magazines and execute games which usually ran once and were copy protected so failed and I had to start over. Elite came along and that was the start.

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Tutonic · January 14, 2014, 09:35:16 AM

I was lucky enough to have an Amiga 500+, and grew up on a rich diet of Team 17 & Bullfrog

smilodon · January 14, 2014, 12:22:14 PM

Quote from: albert;380137Chucky Egg. Amazing game. The model B was an amazing machine. I used to copy code from PC magazines and execute games which usually ran once and were copy protected so failed and I had to start over. Elite came along and that was the start.

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Oh yes! I remember copying loads of code from mags into the Beeb. One typo and it would all be for nothing. I also used to write interactive stories where my friends were asked to choose a variety of objects and actions and they were inserted into a piece of text to create a story. Sort of

10 INPUT "Enter the name of your best friend: " A$
20 INPUT "Enter a body part: " B$
30 PRINT "Oh no!" A$ "has just kicked you in your " B$

or something like that. Hours of smutty fun.