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Ooo, I'll play! Iron Lord's main title track is an ancient Spanish renaissance tune:

Martin Brownlow's version of Julian Gollop's ZX Spectrum game CHAOS is my favorite pd game for the Atari. Honestly, it's one of the few ST games I still play regularly. edit: you can use the numberpad for navigating the choosing of spells, etc. as well as movement during your turn. the '0' key acts as a cursor select. Instructions are listed on the Atarimania link above.

I remember typing this in and saving to cassette Is this it?

Why am I punishing myself? 18,300

6,100 I had this game as a kid and I tried to like it, but...it's just too unrewarding. Frustrating control, lack of action until the 2nd stage, and then again clumsy control and uninspiring end. Oh well, as least the music is kinda cool.

I just read this post out loud to my wife who is in the next room, and she chuckled and said "Tell him what I tell you...only play games you can win."

Start with shooting a yellow bee on the very edge of the screen, then build out one space at a time horizontally from there. If the honeycombs 'stack' diagonally upward the bees don't trap. There has to be room for the beehives to be built.

Whoops, lol. I'll stop 'educating' you on the intellivision controller now

I never go back into the bunker after I respawn. Too busy chasing down points and the next gun! Try using two controllers - one to move and the other to fire. You can then move and shoot at the same time, which is surprisingly helpful. I play Tron Deadly Discs like this too for the same reason.

Mildly better. Thanks for the tips above 129,600

Ok, your turn to spill the beans. How are you scoring this high? When I get to around 60-70k the invisible robot appears, and I'm dead soon after. Are you killing him 10, 20, 30 times?

The hummingbird does give you points for eating the honeycombs, but she more often blocks well-timed shots and eats crucial honeycombs. The beehives score more at the end of the round, and keep scoring assuming they remain intact.

If it's not obvious, you need to shoot bees in a pattern that traps the yellow ones so they make beehives (easiest way is to start from the edge and work out from there). Once I have the whole row made, I stay still and shoot between them to try to pick off the white bees, which don't get trapped. Usually, the hummingbird when she enters will fly right in front of you if you are still, and you should get rid of her right away. If she eats one of your crucial honeycombs, it's not easy to recover.

First (and probably last) salvo - 81,000

Oh, shit! Sooooo close lol 909,300

Thanks, Rickster, for the personal invite back to the HSC! 194,900

M.U.L.E., The Hunt, Alley Cat, Getaway!, Rainbow Walker, Crush Crumble and Chomp if I'm playing solo. Matchboxes, Seawolf 2, Archon, TGIF if I'm playing with my kids.

I absolutely adore Crush, Crumble, and Chomp!, Crossfire, and Dogdaze Deluxe, and felt the need to throw in a 'second' for these. My kids and I got a LOT of play out of Matchboxes by Broderbund Software when they were little, and we still sometimes fire it up for kicks. Simple find the match game with charming animations and tunes to go with each picture. If you play more than one game in a row, the pictures all change up. Here's an obscure one - Trivia Quest is a quirky pass-the-joystick affair that has you moving your page, knight, and prince around a track to get them back to your home castle. You need gold and food to move your people (obtained by answering questions in a timely manner), and there are a few little arcade sequences where you fight a dragon. The page moves the quickest, the knight is best at killing dragons, and the prince...is a pretty boy I guess? Anyway it's got nice little tunes, offers categories for questions, is colorful, and is a nice diversion.

Yes! I love Crash n Burn. I think it's one of the 3DO's better games. I've played through it quite a few times over the years. Second the people that mentioned Star Control II, Need for Speed, and Wing Commander 3. These were really fantastic at the time. I also have a guilty pleasure for Burning Soldier, even though it's a mindless button masher. The presentation is tres chic, tho.

Thank you for hosting this. I had fun, and look forward to the next!

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10,710 No sir, I don't like it.

Yikes. I don't 'get' Defender, and never will. 13,400

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