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Re: Arcade Memories

Shawn Struck — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:05:34 -0000

Hey! Thanks very much for the props-- we give you a shout-out in the latests episode. Thanks for the youtube links-- they bring back some great memories...

Re: Arcade Memories

Adem — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:40:20 -0000

I didn't used to play that much in arcades, although I did have BBC Micro at home. I did one summer though when i was just into my teens play WWF all holiday and got blisters on my fingers!

On the subject of old games check this out - Wolfenflickr.

Re: Arcade Memories

Nap Fisker — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:13:09 -0000

I loved Battlezone. Seem to remember playing it (or some spinoff) on the C64 too. Which, by the way, was a platform that had a lot of pixelated blobs you had to shoot with.

Re: Arcade Memories

FourBux — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:59:54 -0000

Sadly, I came along after these machine were already old school. They were similar to the ones I played on my neighbor's Atari, though.

I remember being amazed at the original Combat, where you were little more than a rectangular blob that shot pixels at another similarly-designed opponent. For the love of God how can I steer and shoot in different directions? And what was with the invisible opponent?

Re: Arcade Memories

markdykeman — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:18:25 -0000

I loved that Star Wars game back in those days... Same vector graphics as Battlezone, only with color!

Re: Arcade Memories

Nap Fisker — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:11:31 -0000

Yeah, there were tons of versions for micro computers and early consoles as well. I remember one based on Empire Strikes back that had blocky AT-ATs walking across the screen and tiny fighter craft that shot pixels at them. 'Fun' indeed.

Re: Arcade Memories

Tom — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:48:13 -0000

I had the star wars game for my Atari ST computer. I love it. It was so very fun. *sigh*.