A few months ago I picked up three Sony PVM monitors 2 20" and 1 14". One of 20" monitors has a few issues but the other looks great. The 14" also is great but lacks RGB. I recently purchased an Apple IIgs SCART cable from Roger on Vintageware and got it yesterday. I must say I am very impressed and the Apple II games have never looked better. I didn't get a chance to snap a pic of a GS game but here is Dragon Wars for the Apple IIe/c. Below is Roger's site to order one.
Apple
LEGEND OF THE RED DRAGON (LORD)
After 20+ years of playing LORD, I have finally defeated the Red Dragon. If you don't know what LORD is don't worry
it resides in a time long forgotten on a strange contraction call a BBS (Bulletin Board System). Before the internet
us geeks communicated, congregrated on BBSes. One of the favorite all time BBS doors was Legend of the Red Dragon.
It's a text adventure / role-playing game of sorts where you go out into the forest to kill creatu
Welp my first RPG of the year that I've completed and I can honestly say it's been a blast. I've played Dungeon Siege multiple times over the years
but never completed it and I can finally mark if off my list. It took a little over 23 hours for me to complete.
Here's an introduction from Moby Games:
Dungeon Siege is a direct descendant of the grandfather of all of today's Hack'n'Slay "roleplaying" games, Diablo. In Dungeon Siege, you control
one or more heroes in a gigantic 3D modeled f
Thought I would chime in on a game i've been playing on and off for the last few weeks. The game is called Bit Dungeon.
It's a mix of Legend of Zelda dungeons (nes) and Rogue. You basically explore a dungeon level collecting money, gear and
health / magic potions and fight various monsters. At the end of each level you fight a boss. Unfortunately there are only a
few different bosses so they end of repeating when you get in a few levels. It's currently available for the iOS and also can
Another game bites the dust. This one is call Word Realms. It's a word game where you go on an adventure to defeat the evil Dark Lord who is terrorizing a kingdom.
This was a successful Kickstarter project from last year.
Here's a quote from there website that wraps it up nicely. "A single-player roleplaying video game where your weapons are words. "
You travel around on a map completing quests, clicking on destinations and defeating foes with words. Each area also has a boss. Th
I burned through quite a few characters this time. First up was save2600:
Things were going fairly well until i hit level 4. I entered a room with a slime and started attacking it.
But i kept missing and it kept splitting. Needless to say i was overwhelmed with slimes and succumbed
to them.
Next up was ianoid:
I made it all the way to level 8 but through out my adventure ran into quite a few rattlesnakes. Just so
you know rattlesnakes poison you which lowers your strength by one.
I played a couple sessions tonight:
First up was evilgonzo. Unfortunately i only made it to level 4 and was quickly surrounded
by a dividing slime and killed.
Last up was ghost1313. I made it all the way to level 10. On level 3 i had a small mishap
where i read a random scroll which put me to sleep. A kestral came along and started beating
on me. Fortunately I woke up and was able to kill it. From levels 3-8 i fought many rattlesnakes
but kept getting poisoned which took my s
Here's a game I played a ton in high school when there was free time in the computer lab. Again i never beat it. Transylvania was released in
1982 for the Apple II computer system and many more through out the years. I decided to play the 1986 double hi-res version for the Apple II.
Here's an Intro via Moby Games:
Transylvania is an adventure with optional graphics, and a VERB NOUN interface. Two weeks ago, Princess Sabrina suddenly vanished and
remained unseen since. King John the Go
Now here's a game it took a little while to beat. This is Titan Attacks. A great retro looking shooter.
This is Space Invaders with power ups and boss fights. I really suck at it but finally managed to get
to the last world but could never get over the hump. Then my hard drive crashes on my laptop and I
lose my save. A couple days ago I re-install it and bam I made it to level 100 and then beat the final boss.
Unfortunately, the game starts back on level 1 once you complete it like
This is Cratermaze for the TG16. It's kind of a Bombermanish puzzle game. I can't believe I finished it. At level 15 I was pretty tired of it but kept going.
At level 30 after defeating the first mini-boss I was about to quit but kept going. Finally at level 60, I beat the main boss. It wasn't too bad but very
repetitive. Here is the final boss battle with credits.
Welp yesterday after i typed up my entry explaining what i would be doing this year, i was able to Finish Zombie Driver. The game came out in 2009 for the PC. I've always enjoyed mission based driving games and this one is no exception. You basically complete 17 missions and along the way rescue various citizens who are trapped in buildings through out the city. You also get to destroy zombies in all manner of ways. You can ram them, shoot them with machine guns as well as roast them with a
This completion was a long time coming. I started Torchlight 2 back in 2013 with my wife.
She didn't like it alot but kept playing to entertain me lol. Finally this week she said
"Just complete it, don't wait for me so I decided to give it a go. I was at the very end of
Act III so I was able to finish it in one sitting. On my Youtube channel I also have the last
few boss battles as well.
Torchlight II is a Hack n' Slash / Action RPG in the same family as Diablo III. As most, th
The second game I beat for 2014 is Final Fantasy: All the Bravest.
It was definitely a swipe-fest but I don't have the hate most people do for it.
Even though it has the Final Fantasy name, it really isn't that great an entry for the series.
You play through a series of battles traveling to various locales to do said battles.
One thing it does have going for it are the retro graphics and Final Fantasy music.
And here is the video showing the defeat of the final boss and end credits, enjoy.
Well I went to Gamestop today and picked up a few games. One was Akai Katana. I had heard great things about it and wanted to try it out even though i've never
been good at those type of games. Those type of games are "Bullet Hell Shooters". Millions of bullets coming at you in a certain pattern and it's your job to figure it
out how to avoid taking damage. Akai Katana isn't very long. I was able to beat it in under an hour but it's never about longevity with this type of shooters but pl
The first thing I want to mention is ... yeah i cheat. I use faqs, solutions and walk-throughs. I enjoy the experience and story of the game more than trying to figure out puzzles. With that out of the way lets move onto the game. Dark Lord was released in 1987 for the Apple II and Commodore 64 computers. I remember playing this game as a teenager when it came out but never got through it. I decided to do something strange this play-through. I played through the Commodore 64 version and Appl
I've decided to play Rogue again. I've never beat it but it's always fun to run-through and see how far i can get. There will be no backing saves up when one character dies, another one is created. Oh and i will be naming my characters after people on Atari-Age who have bought items from me.
First up was SEgamer:
I made it all the way to level 7 but in the end i ran out of food and kept fainting until i stumbled across a zombie which slayed me. It's pretty crazy how much you faint
Mystery House has been deemed the first graphic adventure. Released in 1980 by Ken and Roberta Williams of On-line Systems, later to be called
Sierra Online. Not much I can say about the game. You basically have to work your way around the house and figure out who the killer is before they
get you.
Here is a small description via Moby Games:
Mystery House is a four-color interactive fiction adventure game that places the player in a Victorian mansion with seven other people. As the pl
Here are a few games I am currently playing. I normally have 3-5 games going at the same time, rotating when i get tired of one.
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - around 50% mapped
Torchlight II (PC) - not sure how far i am into it
Dungeon Siege I (PC) - 11 hours in
Legend of Zelda (NES) - just started
The Classic games i normally just pick one I played when i was a teenager since they normally only take a few hours to complete not counting RPGs.
Transylvania Double Hi-R
I thought I would never do it but I've gone and done it. I've posted my first pickups video. Last week I ordered a Blue Snowball Mic from Amazon and it came in on Friday. Mustering my nerve I went and created a video where I actually show myself and talk. I was nervous as hell at first but once I got a few minutes in, it got easier.
You can watch it here:
Welp as I said I've been off this week because on Monday I had the right tonsil removed. There was a sizable growth on it Thank goodness it turned out not to be cancer but
some kind of infection so lots of antibiotics and ice cream for me. Also thank goodness Grim Dawn Alpha came out this week so I've been playing a lot of it. If you have ever
played Titan Quest you'll know what type of game it is. Grim Dawn Was a Kickstarter project from some of the guys who created Titan Quest. This ha
Thought I would mention on here that in two months I've been able to get 100 subscribers.
In celebration I am giving two PS2 RPG's away to one lucky winner. All you need to do is
be a subscriber to my channel and post in the comments to the below video on what game
have you logged the most play time (On Youtube not the Blog Comments). Give me the name
of the game and how many hours you've played it. Single player games only. I'll be drawing
a name this Sunday (March 2nd).
Welp last year I was only able to beat 7 games. Pretty piss poor I must say, but we'll see how 2014 treats me.
Also last week I started my very own You Tube channel. One of my goals is to try and get 50 subscribers.
We'll see how it goes.
Link to Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrf2z9JwtfrEeqJYxFv-BvQ
If link doesn't work, search Classic Contagious Gaming
Thought i'd mention on here I hit 250 subscribers this week and i'm giving
some items away in a contest. Head over to my channel and watch the video
if your'e interested.
Thanks
Cncfreak
The main reason i haven't finished anymore games was because i've been working on finishing up my new game room and tonight i finally finished it.
Go to the link below to take a look at it.
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/192830-official-re-model-of-cncfreaks-gameroom-041013/
Well i figured it was time to update my blog since i haven't done it in a long time (last July). I will get back to Rogue entries as some point probably just picking random Atari Age members to be my characters in the game. In the meantime i decided to make a New Years Resolution. I have over 2000 games in my collection and have only beaten maybe 1% of them. So this year is the year i hunker down and see how many i can beat before December 31st 2013. I will be playing games from 1979 - 2013
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