Right anyone remember 80s consoles?

Scott · 25th April 2002, 03:04 PM

right my favourite thign was my spectrum, my karate gaem kiked arse, also the nes was a classic of its time, and commodore had the best footballmanagement games , btu for me the atari was far over rated a pile of preverbial crap especially the handheld version! anyway what does anyone else think on this excursion back to our youth?

kj · 25th April 2002, 03:09 PM

yeah. Baz, what was the name of that Gung-Fu game on the Amiga you had? IK+ or something? the totally hyper one you had on a cover disc. hehe.

NES was a classic, as was Duckhunt on it. But i had an Amstrad and that rocked. Had How to be a Complete Bastard and Tubaruba. I had a batman game and a few other stupid games. They came on these big fat discs that looked like burnt toast.

Baz · 25th April 2002, 03:11 PM

80`s were gr8. only good thing about ataris was the band that they spawned. haha. i had an amiga, but the nes was the master. grossi`s the man to ask about this one

Scott · 25th April 2002, 03:13 PM

the game everyone had to have on nes was obv mario games but konami hyper soccer and the godliek paper boy im sure there are others i will realise i missed out later sieve memory and all

kj · 25th April 2002, 03:22 PM

paperboy was brilliant on the SNES, getting nailed by dogs was scary at the time, in my youthful age.

But i think the gameplay of the old games is still an example of what todays games should be like. No contest. Especially the mario games, sheer playabilty and no frills graphics and all that rubbish.

AlanG · 25th April 2002, 03:48 PM

C64:
Platoon
Paperboy

Spectrum:
How to be a complete bastard
Werewolves of london
numerous text adventures = gold
Hero Quest
Laser Squad

Atari ST:
Speedball

Master System:
Ninja Gaiden
Sonic
Phantasy Star
Pshycho Fox
Speedball2
Populous

*will never forgive parents for selling C64*
*will never forgive self for selling Master System*

AlanG · 25th April 2002, 03:52 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by KJ:
But i think the gameplay of the old games is still an example of what todays games should be like. No contest. Especially the mario games, sheer playabilty and no frills graphics and all that rubbish.<hr /></blockquote>too fuckin right, which is why i go tits when our lecturers are telling us about 3d lighting and polygon counts.

fuck that

16bit animated sprites running left and right on a 2d scrolling screen owns.

When I whinged about the concentration of graphics I was asked "ha youd be happy with text adventures haha"
to which i replied
"yes they had a better plot than half the sequals and clones and other assorted shite churned out by sony"

He didnt know I was friggin serious, I still play 15year old games on emulator, I harldy ever play modern games for longer than a month.(apart from UO and baldurs but their gaming systems are from the 80s).

Still cant believe we get lectures about huge teams producing games when 1 guy in his bedroom in teh 80s could churn out a game thats better than what 20people spend 2 years cretaing today.

Oh forgot that Spectrum gem - Pub Crawl. Nowt better than a text adventure where you go on a pub crawl in Dundee circa 1985 pubs

kj · 25th April 2002, 03:52 PM

I'm sure there is a place that sells old systems. Grossi just got an old game for his master system sent over from Japan. He's well into all his manga and stuff.

I think quite possibly the most addictive game of all time was Pacman on the Amstrad, IMO. it had 6 colours and a million different levels, plus it was addictive as hell.

My Amstrad monitor was cool too. It had this thing that you slapped onto the bottom of it and it had 2 knobs. One for tuning into television chanells and the other was for the volume. Legendary. i gave the whole lot away to this kid i knew and now he has it. I had Sensi for the 486. The one that had Ruud Guillit on the box wearing the Dutch strip. Brilliant. I think SWOS was the best game of the day. Baz, Cunny, remember the SWOS sessions we had at Adam's place at playtimes? lol.

kj · 25th April 2002, 04:09 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Alan G:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by KJ:
But i think the gameplay of the old games is still an example of what todays games should be like. No contest. Especially the mario games, sheer playabilty and no frills graphics and all that rubbish.<hr /></blockquote>too fuckin right, which is why i go tits when our lecturers are telling us about 3d lighting and polygon counts.

fuck that

16bit animated sprites running left and right on a 2d scrolling screen owns.

When I whinged about the concentration of graphics I was asked "ha youd be happy with text adventures haha"
to which i replied
"yes they had a better plot than half the sequals and clones and other assorted shite churned out by sony"

He didnt know I was friggin serious, I still play 15year old games on emulator, I harldy ever play modern games for longer than a month.(apart from UO and baldurs but their gaming systems are from the 80s).

Still cant believe we get lectures about huge teams producing games when 1 guy in his bedroom in teh 80s could churn out a game thats better than what 20people spend 2 years cretaing today.

Oh forgot that Spectrum gem - Pub Crawl. Nowt better than a text adventure where you go on a pub crawl in Dundee circa 1985 pubs<hr /></blockquote>Agreed. It has to be handed to the guy from DMA. He's started a new company called Virtual Worlds which focuses on interent gaming, and i think their intention is to go old skool and bring back the addictive playability of those old games. Lemmings was brilliant and earning him millions, even though the graphics were base standard, the game play was so addictive, ask anyone if they played Lemmings and they will say, hell Yeah.

It would be a perfect game to bring on out on the Game Boy Advance.

Also, has anyone played ZX Ball? its like a bat and ball game where you have to ping the ball and distroy all the different coloured bricks to progress to the next level. the game could fit on a floppy and yet had around 70 different levels , plus sound effects.

Red_Baron · 25th April 2002, 08:48 PM

I still got my old Speccy 48k with rubber keys and the kempsone joystick where you had to plug the wires into the card that stuck out the back. Utter joy. Target Renegade was the best game for it. And I used tohave the Atari thingy that looked more like a cigar box than a console.

ah what days they were when Maiden ruled the world with spandex and poodle hair and massive solos.

kj · 25th April 2002, 09:25 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Bannana Man:
I still got my old Speccy 48k with rubber keys and the kempsone joystick where you had to plug the wires into the card that stuck out the back. Utter joy. Target Renegade was the best game for it. And I used tohave the Atari thingy that looked more like a cigar box than a console.

ah what days they were when Maiden ruled the world with spandex and poodle hair and massive solos.<hr /></blockquote>eh. Who remembers the tape drives? they used to make a screetching noise when the games loaded up. They are worth money nowadays. serious.

gav · 26th April 2002, 12:44 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by KJ:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Bannana Man:
I still got my old Speccy 48k with rubber keys and the kempsone joystick where you had to plug the wires into the card that stuck out the back. Utter joy. Target Renegade was the best game for it. And I used tohave the Atari thingy that looked more like a cigar box than a console.

ah what days they were when Maiden ruled the world with spandex and poodle hair and massive solos.<hr /></blockquote>eh. Who remembers the tape drives? they used to make a screetching noise when the games loaded up. They are worth money nowadays. serious.<hr /></blockquote>crap

i had an amstrad cpc 464, with green screne monitor, had this attack game, you were an aircraft and had to kill everything, was the dogs bollocks.

you also got a great manual that told you how to program in BASIC, thing was you could spend hours meticulously typing out the code, run it and it'd immeidately come up with SYNTAX ERROR!!!!

kj · 26th April 2002, 01:22 AM

aww man, that brings back alot of memories dude. It used to be possible to modify the code on the games depending on the discs they came on. hehe.
I had an Amstrad CPC 6128 and it was the shit. Big ass brick keyboard and this huge grey monitor with green tinted screen.

It used to make horrible bleeping noises whenever you made a mistake. I remember the very first day it came through in the post. Huge box and when we got it out it was the best thing in the world. Thanks dad

I think it came with a radio tuner also, but we went through about 3 tape decks. Rememebr the magazines you could get? Each week they had a cover TAPE. hehe. the good ol' days.

25th April 2002, 03:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Scott Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,144	Right anyone remember 80s consoles? right my favourite thign was my spectrum, my karate gaem kiked arse, also the nes was a classic of its time, and commodore had the best footballmanagement games , btu for me the atari was far over rated a pile of preverbial crap especially the handheld version! anyway what does anyone else think on this excursion back to our youth?

25th April 2002, 03:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,938 Band: A band of merry men	yeah. Baz, what was the name of that Gung-Fu game on the Amiga you had? IK+ or something? the totally hyper one you had on a cover disc. hehe. NES was a classic, as was Duckhunt on it. But i had an Amstrad and that rocked. Had How to be a Complete Bastard and Tubaruba. I had a batman game and a few other stupid games. They came on these big fat discs that looked like burnt toast. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

25th April 2002, 03:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,938 Band: A band of merry men	paperboy was brilliant on the SNES, getting nailed by dogs was scary at the time, in my youthful age. But i think the gameplay of the old games is still an example of what todays games should be like. No contest. Especially the mario games, sheer playabilty and no frills graphics and all that rubbish. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

25th April 2002, 03:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
AlanG ModSword +5 of Editing Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,366	C64: Platoon Paperboy Spectrum: How to be a complete bastard Werewolves of london numerous text adventures = gold Hero Quest Laser Squad Atari ST: Speedball Master System: Ninja Gaiden Sonic Phantasy Star Pshycho Fox Speedball2 Populous will never forgive parents for selling C64 will never forgive self for selling Master System __________________ Ernie Ross - "I'm not a rent-a-quote MP" 10 Sep 04 Ernie Ross being a rent-a-quote MP 23 Jul 04

25th April 2002, 03:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
AlanG ModSword +5 of Editing Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,366	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by KJ: <strong>But i think the gameplay of the old games is still an example of what todays games should be like. No contest. Especially the mario games, sheer playabilty and no frills graphics and all that rubbish.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">too fuckin right, which is why i go tits when our lecturers are telling us about 3d lighting and polygon counts. fuck that 16bit animated sprites running left and right on a 2d scrolling screen owns. When I whinged about the concentration of graphics I was asked "ha youd be happy with text adventures haha" to which i replied "yes they had a better plot than half the sequals and clones and other assorted shite churned out by sony" He didnt know I was friggin serious, I still play 15year old games on emulator, I harldy ever play modern games for longer than a month.(apart from UO and baldurs but their gaming systems are from the 80s). Still cant believe we get lectures about huge teams producing games when 1 guy in his bedroom in teh 80s could churn out a game thats better than what 20people spend 2 years cretaing today. Oh forgot that Spectrum gem - Pub Crawl. Nowt better than a text adventure where you go on a pub crawl in Dundee circa 1985 pubs __________________ Ernie Ross - "I'm not a rent-a-quote MP" 10 Sep 04 Ernie Ross being a rent-a-quote MP 23 Jul 04

25th April 2002, 03:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Baz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,730 Band: 15 Minutes	80`s were gr8. only good thing about ataris was the band that they spawned. haha. i had an amiga, but the nes was the master. grossi`s the man to ask about this one

25th April 2002, 03:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Scott Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,144	the game everyone had to have on nes was obv mario games but konami hyper soccer and the godliek paper boy im sure there are others i will realise i missed out later sieve memory and all

25th April 2002, 03:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,938 Band: A band of merry men	I'm sure there is a place that sells old systems. Grossi just got an old game for his master system sent over from Japan. He's well into all his manga and stuff. I think quite possibly the most addictive game of all time was Pacman on the Amstrad, IMO. it had 6 colours and a million different levels, plus it was addictive as hell. My Amstrad monitor was cool too. It had this thing that you slapped onto the bottom of it and it had 2 knobs. One for tuning into television chanells and the other was for the volume. Legendary. i gave the whole lot away to this kid i knew and now he has it. I had Sensi for the 486. The one that had Ruud Guillit on the box wearing the Dutch strip. Brilliant. I think SWOS was the best game of the day. Baz, Cunny, remember the SWOS sessions we had at Adam's place at playtimes? lol. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

25th April 2002, 04:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,938 Band: A band of merry men	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Alan G: <strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by KJ: <strong>But i think the gameplay of the old games is still an example of what todays games should be like. No contest. Especially the mario games, sheer playabilty and no frills graphics and all that rubbish.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">too fuckin right, which is why i go tits when our lecturers are telling us about 3d lighting and polygon counts. fuck that 16bit animated sprites running left and right on a 2d scrolling screen owns. When I whinged about the concentration of graphics I was asked "ha youd be happy with text adventures haha" to which i replied "yes they had a better plot than half the sequals and clones and other assorted shite churned out by sony" He didnt know I was friggin serious, I still play 15year old games on emulator, I harldy ever play modern games for longer than a month.(apart from UO and baldurs but their gaming systems are from the 80s). Still cant believe we get lectures about huge teams producing games when 1 guy in his bedroom in teh 80s could churn out a game thats better than what 20people spend 2 years cretaing today. Oh forgot that Spectrum gem - Pub Crawl. Nowt better than a text adventure where you go on a pub crawl in Dundee circa 1985 pubs</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Agreed. It has to be handed to the guy from DMA. He's started a new company called Virtual Worlds which focuses on interent gaming, and i think their intention is to go old skool and bring back the addictive playability of those old games. Lemmings was brilliant and earning him millions, even though the graphics were base standard, the game play was so addictive, ask anyone if they played Lemmings and they will say, hell Yeah. It would be a perfect game to bring on out on the Game Boy Advance. Also, has anyone played ZX Ball? its like a bat and ball game where you have to ping the ball and distroy all the different coloured bricks to progress to the next level. the game could fit on a floppy and yet had around 70 different levels , plus sound effects. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

25th April 2002, 08:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
Red_Baron Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dundee/Alyth hybrid Posts: 1,491 Band: 15 Minutes	I still got my old Speccy 48k with rubber keys and the kempsone joystick where you had to plug the wires into the card that stuck out the back. Utter joy. Target Renegade was the best game for it. And I used tohave the Atari thingy that looked more like a cigar box than a console. ah what days they were when Maiden ruled the world with spandex and poodle hair and massive solos.

25th April 2002, 09:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,938 Band: A band of merry men	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Bannana Man: <strong>I still got my old Speccy 48k with rubber keys and the kempsone joystick where you had to plug the wires into the card that stuck out the back. Utter joy. Target Renegade was the best game for it. And I used tohave the Atari thingy that looked more like a cigar box than a console. ah what days they were when Maiden ruled the world with spandex and poodle hair and massive solos.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">eh. Who remembers the tape drives? they used to make a screetching noise when the games loaded up. They are worth money nowadays. serious. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

26th April 2002, 12:44 AM	#12 (permalink)
gav Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 7,593 Band: Brickshithouse	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by KJ: <strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Bannana Man: <strong>I still got my old Speccy 48k with rubber keys and the kempsone joystick where you had to plug the wires into the card that stuck out the back. Utter joy. Target Renegade was the best game for it. And I used tohave the Atari thingy that looked more like a cigar box than a console. ah what days they were when Maiden ruled the world with spandex and poodle hair and massive solos.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">eh. Who remembers the tape drives? they used to make a screetching noise when the games loaded up. They are worth money nowadays. serious.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">crap i had an amstrad cpc 464, with green screne monitor, had this attack game, you were an aircraft and had to kill everything, was the dogs bollocks. you also got a great manual that told you how to program in BASIC, thing was you could spend hours meticulously typing out the code, run it and it'd immeidately come up with SYNTAX ERROR!!!!

26th April 2002, 01:22 AM	#13 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,938 Band: A band of merry men	aww man, that brings back alot of memories dude. It used to be possible to modify the code on the games depending on the discs they came on. hehe. I had an Amstrad CPC 6128 and it was the shit. Big ass brick keyboard and this huge grey monitor with green tinted screen. It used to make horrible bleeping noises whenever you made a mistake. I remember the very first day it came through in the post. Huge box and when we got it out it was the best thing in the world. Thanks dad I think it came with a radio tuner also, but we went through about 3 tape decks. Rememebr the magazines you could get? Each week they had a cover TAPE. hehe. the good ol' days. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki