Goochman Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Folks, Ive split to contest into 2 areas - Gems and Classics - Please vote for one of each Gems: Mr. Do! (2nd most votes last week) (3) Drol (6) Drelbs Drop Zone (1) Necromancer Common Classic: Pole Position Donkey Kong (1) Jumpman Jr. (2) Gorf (4) Pac Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 do you prefer PM's or messages in this thread? I'd vote for Drol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 oesii - sorry about that - I was looking for additional games to vote on - but I was going to take responses here also - So Ill count you in for Drol which is an awesome game and my vote also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 my fault for not reading your post correctly, it all makes sense now I'll nominate a few games maybe some can second them? Necromancer Miner 2049 Draconus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Can't we do some nice common cartridge games that everyone has access to and knows how to play? How about Galaxian, Jumpman Jr., or Pengo? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Yeah I was thinking about the cart issue, but I think the wide majority of folks playing 8bit games these days use a sio2pc cable or an emulator. And I think some of the fun is discovering new to you games not just how good you are at a common game. But it's all open to discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 My hope here is to open folks up to some less common games that were great to play - I see your point Tempest about folks not having some of these but I was hoping the SIO2PC crowd would participate! I will add Jumpman Jr. to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdh Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Wow, Drol is a great little game. Had never played this before. Gets my vote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 Folks, It seems we have quite a bit of interest in dusting off the old relics - If someone would want to run another contest the same week - no problem. Maybe I could run a 'gems you never played' one and have another one focused on some of the cart classics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 14, 2004 Author Share Posted April 14, 2004 Ok, Read the first post again - Ive created 2 categories so hopefully more folks will play one or both Ill just keep both sets of scores in 1 thread since so far we dont have that much activity. The voting list is final for next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Put in one vote for Gorf! The Atari 8Bit version is, IMHO, the best version released for any home console. I was a total Gorf junkie back-in-the-day. Still am really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Gorf is one of those games that should only be played in the arcade. Complete with Galaxians and voice synthesis. All other versions are just poor Space Invaders clones. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Gorf is one of those games that should only be played in the arcade. Complete with Galaxians and voice synthesis. I can't disagree with you there, my friend. As I found out at PC5, it's the only arcade game that I'm actually still any good at. What the heck was up with the Galaxian round being missing from ALL home versions, BTW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 dropzone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 What the heck was up with the Galaxian round being missing from ALL home versions, BTW? Licensing rights. Atari owned the right to Galaxian on the home consoles, and therefore the Galaxian stage was removed from all home versions. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 I already voted for Drol but I will throw in a classic vote for Gorf because I was similarily addicted to it 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 I'm seriously thinking of changing my vote to "Frogger 2" or at least submitting it for consideration fro week three. I was kicking some major booty on this game tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Donkey Kong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 DK... Da Da Da Donkey kong.. Just kidding... I can live with Drol and Gorf. Both worthy titles although it has been ages. I thought about voting for necromancer cause I love that game. Consider adding Picnic Paranoia! A game worthy of high score contests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 My votes are for Drol and Jumpman Jr., as I had tons of fun with those games back when they were released, and I haven't played either in over, uhhrr, hmmm, probably 15 years or so (*shudder*).. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 My vote is for Mr. Do. and Gorf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 My vote is for ... Gorf. Uh oh. I foresee some heavy competition in the next week. Wonder if my skills will still be up to the challenge? :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 My vote is for ... Gorf. Uh oh. I foresee some heavy competition in the next week. Wonder if my skills will still be up to the challenge? :wink: I actually chose that one because it is the one I play the least. I could probly do very well at DK or Pole position, but I want to give one of my lesser played cartriges a chance. Edit- I am sitting here playing Gyruss right now, that one should be on here sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Would it be possible to add Blaster to the next list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 17, 2004 Author Share Posted April 17, 2004 Would it be possible to add Blaster to the next list? Sure - the good news is that we are going to pick 2 games a week - the bad news is there are soooo many good games on the 8bit series it will take awhile to get to them all BTW, My initial reaction to Blaster was a neat game but not overly difficult? I want to play games that dont take 30min+ to achieve a top 3 score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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