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That afternoon with Space Jockey


TheLunarFox

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This is still one of my most favorite games. I haven't heard very much about it, but I saw this review and pretty much figured that was sort of the general feeling about this one.

 

Even when I was a kid, this one gave me a bit of that young gamer's depression once I was old enough to shoot at things other than the hot air balloons and trees. But this was the game I really cut my teeth on. I dodged bullets to shoot at the non-shooting objects. Except for the houses-- that just didn't seem right, what if there were families in there?

 

And then there was that afternoon that I got it. You're flying an alien space ship on earth, tanks, planes, and helicopters are being thrown at you by the army. Even the hot air balloons are dangerous. They're out there trying to spot you, and if you don't take them down the army will see you coming.

 

That one afternoon, I sat down with my Pointmaster joystick (still my controller of choice to this day), and pretended that I was a rogue alien flying a space ship across the planet Earth and wrecking havoc for fun. Nothing would survive my wrath. Not even the houses that day and definitely not those hot air balloons. I even went after the things shooting back at me including the airplane which was a huge deal at the time.

 

That still stands as on of my greatest gaming moments I think. And I think that was the power of the old games. The really good ones were the ones that let my imagination run wild. (That might be part of my problem with Empire Strikes Back, actually, and why I didn't like the fact that I was bound to lose. Too much pressure on a young kid to protect the base.)

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This entry begs two questions:

 

1.) Can you actually beat Space Jockey? and...

 

2.) Why were you still awake so late when you posted this? :lust:

 

FWIW, whenever I hear the words "Space Jockey", I think of the dead alien found in the crashed ship in the movie Alien.

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Gotta say that your boyfriend is lucky to have a woman that thinks like you. I would do almost anything to have that type of woman in my life. Well if you ever break up with him, I'll be there to swoop in! :lust:

 

 

Just kidding, well sorta, if you are creeped out by that, than I am kidding, if you dig that then no I am not kidding. ;)

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Sauron, the point isn't to beat Space Jockey! The point is to wreck as much havoc as possible before the army finally takes your poor little lone space ship out. :lust:

 

 

Homer, lol. Well, uh, thanks? Don't worry, you don't creep me out, but I'm pretty sure my boyfriend is stuck with me until he gets tired of me. His life is so difficult, I tell ya!

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Had Space Jockey back in the day, can honestly say I never really liked it very well. I received it as a Christmas present, but that year I had also received several other games including E.T. I think the game was just too dated looking and repetitive to be taken seriously. Maybe if the game had come out a couple years earlier than it did I would have been more into it.

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That I can understand. It does look very dated and it is very repetitive. But still, it holds a very dear place in my heart. I used to drive my sisters mad flying around shooting at trees and balloons. But it was a good game for me as a kid to get used to playing games. And I'd always liked pretend. :lust:

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