BydoEmpire

FYI GOG.com had NWN2 on sale - 50% off, $9.99. I picked it up the other day, not sure when I'll get a chance to play it though.

A little bit better this afternoon, I get destroyed after level 20. 208,500

I was reading an early 90s Computer Gaming World and it had a preview of Empire Deluxe... I forgot how much I loved the original. I definitely should have added that or Empire 2 to my list. Endless strategic war-gaming. If I only get 10 games forever more, they need depth and replayability. As much as I love Frenzy, I have to swap for Empire.

Pretty much going with my "all-time favorite games" list, but some considerations made for replayability Phantasy Star Online (NGC) Morrowind (PC) Civilization (PC) - I'd probably be smarter to pick Civ 2 or 3, but I haven't put enough time into those. Pac Man Collection (7800)* AD&D: Cloudy Mountain (Inty) Metropolis Street Racer (DC) Defender (Arcade) Super Street Fighter 3 Alpha (PS1? Saturn? DC? - any is fine) Frenzy (arcade) Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC) - I've never actually played this, but was always intrigued. Seems like an extensive, modern version of Stuart Smith's Adventure Construction Set which I'd also be tempted to add. * I'm counting this, but it's kind of outside the spirit of the question - in which case I'd replace with Ms. Pac Man (Arcade)

RE4, definitely. I really enjoyed Paper Mario: TTYD... just not as much as the n64 Paper Mario. Eternal Darkness and Super Monkey Ball would be up there as well.

I love the Master System, but just to throw in something different I'll say Shinobi. Such a great port, it really showed what an 8-bit can do. I'm going to give an honorable mention to Rescue Mission, which is a great light gun game and quite unique for the time. The SMS has an amazing light gun library, imho, there's a lot of good stuff.

Bonus game - Super Huey Arcade - 55 kills (first time ever playing). I haven't played any kind of flight sim in so long, I might carve out some time to dig into the actual sim mode. I used to really enjoy flight sims on my c64 and Amiga, but drifted away from the genre after that. Thanks 7800 HSC!

Squeezed in a quick game this morning, not a great score but wanted to get something on the board: 124,900:

Maybe this is an excuse to crack open my sealed copy of Super Huey...

These days it's almost all 80s 8-bit consoles: Atari, Inty, CV, 7800, with a little SMS thrown in. I don't know what generation numbers those are and I don't really care. Mostly pre-crash, but the 7800 and SMS don't fit that. If I had to pick one generation's native library to live with forever it'd probably be the 16-bit era - just a little bit more variety - even though I don't play them much anymore.

I actually laughed out loud that the screenshot says "Basic" controls...

Nice find!

10 weeks is a ridiculous time frame, kudos on getting anything out the door in that time. I've been in the game industry for 25 years and I can count on one hand how many "lazy" programmers I've met. You don't get into this business if you're lazy, and if you do, you don't last very long.

I remember seeing an Astrocade in some department store but I don't recall which one or exactly one. I don't think I even heard of the other two until way later, probably through AA or Digital Press.

This is the longest I've ever played Dark Chambers... I have to say, I'm enjoying it much more this time around than I had previously. Finally died in the second loop, around level K: 538,320. I took a snapshot after 500k in case I didn't want to keep going, but I figured I was so close I might as well play a bit more. Bonus Round Pac Man Collection 11,600

I had a lot of fun playing some of the mechanical pins a year or two ago, it's a good event. I won't be able to attend this year, unfortunately, but I definitely recommend it if you're able to go.

>>Round ends November 5. Is that end date correct? Is it a 1 week special round? Or do you mean starts 11/5? Anyways, if it's not too late, I did squeeze in a game of Pac Man collection this morning (posted to that HSC thread, 11,600).

Added score for Halloween round bonus (11,600). Just one quick game early in the morning, not enough to get into it, but enough to remind me how much I love Pac Man Collection! Need to make some more time...

That's awesome, I was unable to play the Pac-Man Collection round. Great idea!

What a cool project, thanks for sharing!

Had a chance to play a few more games this morning: 41,600. Score was better due to listening to Ozzy while playing.