McKong Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Some nice ideas there, always nice to try some new games (sort of!) there's a few on the lists that I'll have to take a look at so I'll leave the suggestions open until Tuesday morning HSCers so be quick if there's anything you want to add! Castle Crisis is fantastic 4 player, am sure it will be good in single player too. Bluecat will be pleased you suggested Catterpiggle - another great game. I'm thinking of bundling up a few multi options for the poll: "Chopper Games" (Choplifter, HiJack...) "Cavern Games" (not Cavern's of Mars I/II as we played them last season) Khafka is a real gem of a game but has no scoring if I remember correctly, but it will be fun to play. [i didn't; It does!] "Captain Games" (Beeble, Sticky, Cosmic Tunnels....) and add a "Winter Sports" option as a special round too - bet I'm not the only one watching this These would all be 3 week rounds to give time to play [Captain Sticky's Gold (great game) looks like it has an NTSC issue: after getting some gold the fish go crazy and stop scrolling along -please can someone on real hardware play for a bit and let me know? ] Three good games in the Captain category Was Zeppelin set in a cave? Although perhaps we should hold on to Zeppelin for 'Z'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 [Captain Sticky's Gold (great game) looks like it has an NTSC issue: after getting some gold the fish go crazy and stop scrolling along -please can someone on real hardware play for a bit and let me know? ] I just downloaded Captain Sticky's Gold from Fandal.cz. I loaded it onto my AtariMax 8Mb Flashcart and then played it out on my NTSC 130XE and NTSC TV. I played a few games without trouble, though I never got past level 1. I picked up gold as described without incident. The fish never went "crazy" nor did they stop scrolling. This is the version that I tried: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1620 Let me know if you want me to test anything else on real NTSC hardware. I may not be good at videogames... but I sure do enjoy playing them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 We seem to have played a lot of the good D's in recent times (Dig Dug, Drop Zone, Desmond's Dungeon) I liked Diamond Mine (Roklan) wouldn't mind playing that again A combined DK and DK Jnr would be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Was Dan Strikes Back any good? Remember playing it as a kid but can't remember how good it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Was Dan Strikes Back any good? Remember playing it as a kid but can't remember how good it was Yes a reall good game, after a lot of play I did eventually "escape" from level 1, can't remember what happened though. We could double this up with it's forerunner Diamonds as a voting choice. Yes we're spoilt for choice for D games; my pick is the formidable Drol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Did we play Diamonds last year? If it's the one I remember, I didn't like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Did we play Diamonds last year? If it's the one I remember, I didn't like it Diamonds was part of the Diamonds Jubilee S9-R9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 "D" game suggestions Drelbs Dimension X Dropzone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 My dear "D's... Davids Midnight Magic Decathlon (holy Joysticks) Dig Dug Draconus Drag Dredis Dropzone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Here are the 'D' games that I've had my eye on lately to play: Da' Fuzz (1983) (Roklan Corp.) - Prototype Demon Attack (1982) (Imagic) Desmond's Dungeon (1984) (Sparklers) Diamond Mine (1983) (Roklan Corp.) Diamondz (2010) (Flop) Dig Dug (Atari) (1983) - Atari 5200 Version Dropzone (1984) (US Gold) - I recall the AtariAge forums have a fixed version, but I'm not sure what it fixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Can't see much I'm interested in for 'E' Electrician is a great game but seems nearly impossible to complete. Perhaps it's time to have another go?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Can't see much I'm interested in for 'E' Electrician is a great game but seems nearly impossible to complete. Perhaps it's time to have another go?! Great game, that last stage is a real killer - think deteacher might be the only person who has beaten it? I'm going to pick a wild one: The Eidolon - really needs a play and the HSC would be a great excuse to do it The E vote will start around weds/thu next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 Time for those E Game suggestions EVERYONE So far we have adam242's Electrician, seconded by McKong and my The Eidolon Checkout atarimania - E for inspiration. The Vote will start on Thursday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Time for those E Game suggestions EVERYONE Okay. Other than what's been mentioned, it seems like pickings in the 'E' area are pretty slim. How about these games (which are of unknown quality to me-- but I'm always up to try something new... to me, anyway): The E Factor - By Cosmi (1983) Elevator Repairman - By Fred Caprilli (1985) [ANALOG Magazine Machine Language Type-In Program] Embargo - By Gebelli Software (1982) I've played Elevator Repairman LONG ago, but I don't remember anything at all about it. Has anyone heard of these or played them before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 E games - I would love to play the Eidolon, but scoring that would be impossible (same with Eastern Front) Elektra Glide is out unless we all play on PAL... So that leaves... Electrician (which I think we played before) Eliminator Encounter (Love paul woakes stuff) Maybe throw in Espial - I love to see those threads about how rare that game is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Browsing through Atarimania: Eggard (Swedish!) Electrician Evader E-Factor sounds very difficult. Good for those who really like to dig into these HSC games. Edited March 12, 2014 by slx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'm also checking the usual sites and my archives. So far only Easy Money has appealed to me. I just wish there was an English menu in game. Looks like you buy weapons and/or other things as you progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Elevator Repair Man looks similar to Spy's Demise! Encounter is superb and recentish abbuc game Electro Manic perhaps - it has a construction set so we could tweak any hard levels. Also The Extirpator was fun The Eidolon can be scored by levels completed - we could allow the map to be used to make things easier - there was one in an Atari User magazine which also listed the gems required to defeat each creature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hmm... * Easy Money (totally unplayable, but funny) * Eggard * Eidolon (i like this game, but I think, that it is too hard to HSC) * Escape from Doomworld * Excelsor * Extirpator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I like Escape from Doomworld and Extirpator but being PAL I think there are some issues in NTSC land (Can't remember but I know there were some glitches in one of them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Evader Exterminator Encounter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Fort Apocalypse Flintstones, The Edited March 19, 2014 by McKong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Fort Apocalypse Flip & Flop Forbidden Forest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 My pick is Frogger II:Threedeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The letter "F" has plenty of games that I like! Here goes: Frogger II: Threeedeep! - A great game that is really underated and seems to have been forgotten. This is just about as good as the original! I discovered this on the Atari 5200 when I started collecting in the 1990's and was so happy that there were home computer ports of it. Fantastic Voyage (1982)(Sirius Software) - My friend loves the VCS version of this game. I've always wanted to dedicate some time to this one. Frogger II (Sewer Level) (1984) (Parker Brothers) [unreleased] - Not complete a complete game (it's basically an early proof of concept). As a game for the contest this one can't be used... and yet, if you haven't seen this one then you should check it out. It's kind of like a long lost level. Flip and Flop (1983(First Star Software) - This reminds me of Q-Bert... with a twist! FaceMaker (1982)(Spinnaker Software) - An all-time favorite. What a brilliant game. It's for old and young alike. Just kidding! What the HECK. Is this for pre-schoolers?! Fast Eddie (1982)(Sirius Software) - I've not played it... but I want to try it based on this video review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVFlgg6xcY8 Floyd of the Jungle (1983)(MicroProse) - This is among Sid Meier's first games. It's probably the most different from all his other games (meaning it's a straight arcade-type game)... and I really like it for that reason alone. Forbidden Forest (1983)(Cosmi) - I used to LOVE the C64 version. I'd like to see how it compares to that classic. I'm especially interested in hearing the music. Fidget (1986)(Americana) - A Marble Madness-type game. Any game of this "genre" (if it can be considered one) is a game that I'd like to look into more. Some of these games are classics. Some would just to be fun to take a look at and explore around a bit. As always, playing any game for a score always makes me work just a bit harder to see what makes a game good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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