oldskool video games

[kj]

Zelda on the N64 was one of the best games i ever played. If i could list the games i'd want to play again, Zelda would come top, followed by Goldeneye, then the Fifa and ISS soccer games.

Turok was classic too, pretty under rated until the next 2 games came out and everyone took notice. the bad thing about the N64 though was the amount of fogging on some of the games to make em run smoother. bit of a short cut in my opinion. GTA on the PS2 has never had fogging yet you can see for miles when you're on a roof or in the helicopter. makes you feel like you are in a real city.


[just checking I can edit, didnt change owt ]

[AlanG]

The fogging on N64 is cos of the pop-up on the horizon

If you notice on PSOne games especially the stuff appearing far away suddenly appeared then came into focus, and normally looked crap, the N64 guys used fog all the time so by the time you were close enough to see an object it was a good enough picture of it.

Alan.Geekpoints++;

[Gowans]

I remember hearing great things about Turok so i whent and bought Turok 2 second hand from game and quite honestly it was the worst game ive ever played it was like some 12 year old with a cool graphics package had made the game it was that bad

[Ross]

I remember havin an old Atari 520- lovin the Turtles game cos they were my faves, but the best old skool has to be Dizzy! What about everyone else? Ma fave was always Treasure Island Dizzy- totally rocked my world

[AlanG]

I cant stand that blasted egg, my mate used to play it allllllll the time. Look ive now got dizzy .5,1,2,3,3.5,4,5,6,7,8 and NINE!

I dont care *smack*

for quality speccy action you cant get better than Laser Squad, Werewolfs of London, How to be a complete bastard, or PUB CRAWL! A game where you get pissed in Dundee, magic!

[Gowans]

I still love the game u got with the mega drive Alex the kid or something I think it was called that was an amazing game

[Marco]

Hey what was that game, How to be a complete bastard all about? sounds fun.

[AlanG]

Originally posted by Marco_Equilibrium
Hey what was that game, How to be a complete bastard all about? sounds fun.

you played eddie from young ones (ade edmunsons character, think that was his name) it made a cool attempt at 3d graphics, you had a split screen and could change which way each faced. You had to go round a party wrecking it, stabbing people with pens, wearing a sheet and scaring them. The point was to collect the letters of "bastard" and then you win, we just had fun. You can d/l it from emu sites, I really recommend. So many funny things I would put but it would spoil it, loads of fun to be had in the kitchen though mwahaha

[kj]

i had HTBACB on tape for the Amstrad. as for the foggin, its was just a shortcut to hide the pop up on the horizon, but if the games were designed properly, they would have been able to hide the distant popups by using the levels well, i.e.. making sure buildings obstructed far away views and through the use of trees and stuff. But Tuork was the worse because the fogging was so bad that you could only see about 20 feet in front of you, which made it a nightmare on the bigger levels and the platform jumping levels because you'd get lost easily. The music on that game was pretty good. The drums made it sound like you were getting hunted by Amazonian midget warrior people.

[Marco]

I think I may aquire this game.

[kj]

Marco, i've got 2274 amstrad games if you want em. just looking for the emulator to go with.

[Marco]

I have an amstrad emulator man. just havn't got games 4 it!

[kj]

what emulator are you using? I have one called Caprice which emulates the three major amstrad systems let me know if you want it, i can upload it somewhere for you.

[Marco]

The one i have is called a caprice 32. god knows where the hell i got it.

[kj]

aye thats the one i got. all 2000+ roms i have should work