HuckleCat Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Yeah, pretty much all these mentioned companies bring me back in a good way. My personal list would be - Interplay - Bard's Tale, Wasteland Datasoft - Black Magic, Conan, Bruce Lee, Goonies Broderbund - Karateka, Wings of Fury, Prince of Persia, Captain Goodnight Origin Systems - Ultima, 2400 AD Sir-Tech - Wizardry, Rescue Raiders Epyx - Summer, Winter, and California Games, Temple of Apshai Trilogy, The Movie Monster Game Infocom - Zork, Battletech These were most of my favorites from these people. I always get nostalgic the most about 80's gaming around the Xmas/winter season. I mean, I haven't been in gradeschool in over 2 decades, but whenever I see a significant snowfall, it takes me back to the days when I'd crap myself over the notion of another day off of school to sit at the Apple //c, and then I find myself wanting to bust out the //e that I have. Christmas reminds me of this too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Datasoft - Black Magic, Conan, Bruce Lee, Goonies Broderbund - Karateka, Wings of Fury, Prince of Persia, Captain Goodnight Damn I forgot about them! Excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Mindscape. The Halley Project is an all-time classic, and Infiltrator Datamost The Tail of Beta Lyrae, my all time fave Scramble clone Datasoft, I loved The Dallas Quest back then, well it was my first graphic adventure type game. English Software, supporting A8 was always a plus point for any British software house. Activision (especially Master of the Lamps, Gee Bee Air Rally, Tass Times and Portal), until they churned out rubbish like Enduro Racer, Wonderboy, Galactic Games, Quartet, Karnow etc... Edited December 13, 2013 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaShooters Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Alligata (eagle empire, phoenix, loco, who dares wind I, II). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 At least for the C64 scene, I'll throw in Taskset too. Regarding Electronic Arts, did they have any in-house development teams or were all their major successes from 3rd party developers for which they just acted as publishers? While it takes a bit of talent scouting to find all those gems, I'd think just about any company with the ambitions, resources and money could have distributed the titels from Free Fall, Ozark and others and become world famous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 IIRC, they started out as just a publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 At least for the C64 scene, I'll throw in Taskset too. Taskset with Super Pipeline, hell yeah that game made be buy the c64 in the first place. I was so impressed when I saw this game and heard the music, I saved up to get me a c64! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800Lover Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 For me, it's a tossup between Epyx (Winter Games, Summer Games) and Broderbund (the Carmen Sandiego titles). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Company favorites and some prominent examples of favorite games in no particular order: Sierra - King's/Space/Police Quest, Gold Rush!Lucasarts - Maniac Mansion, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Graphic Adventure)Epyx - Summer/Winter/World Games, Impossible MissionActivision - H.E.R.O., Pitfall (II)EA - Starflight, WastelandFirst Star - Boulder Dash, Spy Vs. Spy Cinemaware - Defender of the Crown, The Three StoogesAccolade - Test Drive, Mean 18 GolfInfocom - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Lurking HorrorBroderbund - Lode Runner, Prince of Persia*Honorable mention of Scott Adams and particularly his first five adventures (First few were the late 70's, then into the 80's); I do have a fondness for The Incredible Hulk "Bite Lip" despite the less than stellar reviews by most). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algus Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 SSI is a big one for me. D&D was gold in their hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertJets Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Glad to see it finally mentioned, but I'll second Accolade. My two favorite games as a kid for our PC were Test Drive and Grand Prix Circuit (I got that for my 8th birthday). GP Circuit in 4 color CGA goodness: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Grand Prix Circuit and later The Cycles - loved them both. Grand Prix Circuit probably a little bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Glad to see it finally mentioned, but I'll second Accolade. My two favorite games as a kid for our PC were Test Drive and Grand Prix Circuit (I got that for my 8th birthday). GP Circuit in 4 color CGA goodness: I already mentioned Accolade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Alone the cover was worth the purchase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chug Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ultimate - Sabre Wulf, Alien 8, Knightlore. The release of a new Ultimate game was a red-letter-day. A group of friends and I would sit around the computer trying to complete it and map it. Infocom - Zork, Wishbringer, Leather Godessess of Phobos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ultimate, yeah they couldn't hack it on the C64, shame really. UK did have some decent developers indeed. Thamalus, didn't have any duffs on C64 System 3 The Pawn people, Magnetic Scrolls, small but good software library Level 9 made excellent text adventures, up there with Infocom Durell, yep I liked their games Zeppelin Games, support for A8 always shines, Red Rat ditto Even the cheapos like Codemasters and Mastertronic had some good stuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chug Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ultimate, yeah they couldn't hack it on the C64, shame really. UK did have some decent developers indeed. Thamalus, didn't have any duffs on C64 System 3 The Pawn people, Magnetic Scrolls, small but good software library Level 9 made excellent text adventures, up there with Infocom Durell, yep I liked their games Zeppelin Games, support for A8 always shines, Red Rat ditto Even the cheapos like Codemasters and Mastertronic had some good stuff Level 9, I'd forgotten about them. I'm having a nostalgic episode at the moment about playing the Kim Kimberley trilogy on my old Oric-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I started reading through this thread and was getting pissed off that nobody had mentioned Level 9-and then like the buses, 3 come along at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfeuh Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) I'll say Broderbund because it hasn't been mentioned yet. I had started gaming on an IBM PC by 1983, and although Broderbund published only two games that I played heavily, they are hall of famers in my book: Lode Runner and The Ancient Art of War. CGA graphics never looked better! And a very good banner printer called PRINT SHOP. Edited January 9, 2014 by pfeuh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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