Gaming room (It's a geeks paradise)

[char1ie]

And of course:

The high point of popular culture that seems to have been consigned to the scrap heap. Damn shame!

Charlie

[lozzyloz]

b999 I remember the first time I played that aged about 15 and actually felt the sensation you get in your stomach when you drive fast over a hill (which I am now). Used to be addicted to Defender and Astroids. Now it's PS3. Anyone downloaded the GT5 demo? What do you think?

[Keef]

Now this was a game!

 

[Brendan]

GOLDEN AXE! Brillaint game! I spent much pocket money down the local shops playing it when I was a kid. You can download a pretty good version for PC.

[SeanMacGabhann]

hmmm - I loved it in it's day but having downloaded it on XBOX Arcade.... oh dear oh dear. It hasn't aged well at all...

[Keef]

Okay Mr Fussy, but you can't complain about the all time classic...

http://www.theaveragegamer.com/wp-content/Screenshots/Rtype/rtype_3.png

R-Type!!!

[SeanMacGabhann]

definitely not!! I still play that one at least once a month...Awesome game

First game I ever finished in the Arcade

No wait - that was Phoenix.

[Rolo Tomasi]

I know its 8 Months away but a London Gaming Convention is being held at Olympia (Grand hall) in June 2008. It's being modelled on the Leizpig event. I'll probably be running the VIP section so if anyone wants some free tickets let me know nearer the time.

[SeanMacGabhann]

How interesting Android....

[mockney piers]

in a bid to find a screenshot of chuckie egg...look waht I found!!!

http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx

all the reptons, AND frogger!!

oh nad android ME ME ME ME ME EME ME ME EM MEE M!!!

[Rolo Tomasi]

Couldnt tell you who the Vip's are though SG. Gamimg is not really my thing, but getting people drunk is my speciallity (tu)

[Rolo Tomasi]

I knew you'd be interested Mockney! Your on the list(tu)

[lozzyloz]

Apparently the film "Heartbreak Kid," (Ben Stiller), called for a $20-$25 million opening but only managed $14 million in the U.S. and Canada (cost $60m to make) because audiences stayed home to play "Halo 3,". MP has the CPT suffered since you bought the game?

[mockney piers]

Yeah, Halo 3 made $170 million on its first day. Not bad!!

It has helped me stay in, but I've been trying to cut down on school night drinking anyhoo.

[SeanMacGabhann]

* coughs *

Hasn't made you any better at Halo 3 tho has it ;-)

[mockney piers]

Do I detect a hint of scepticism there MacGabhann?

No, you're right; I'm still soundly beaten by little gits with american accents whose voices have yet to break :(

[Keef]

Where's the best / safest place to dowload some old school games / emulators?

[lozzyloz]

not sure but u can got asteroids for dashboard if you use a mac.

[mockney piers]

Xbox Live is great, barring that see if you can find a website that does the game in flash or somesuch first of all.

If you want to go the whole emulator route then it's usually worth checking on google groups for trustworthiness before installing anything.

I once installed something from opensource.org which you'd have thought would be trustwrothy and ended up with a nasty little bit of malware that took some eradicating. Learned my lesson though.

Here are a load, but like I say, do your research first.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/download/emulator/emulator.htm

[char1ie]

Is Halo 3 any good? I get the impession with those first person shooters that you're either hooked for months trying to complete the game (I remember spending a couple of months playing Quake about 8 years ago) or you're in a room being shot to shit by evil 11 year olds. And I'm sure I couldn't get a moment's peace from the wife and child.

Charlie

[Keef]

Android can I come to please?

Mention of Chucky Egg made me think of...

I used to absolutely love the Dizzy games!

[Rolo Tomasi]

I've put you on the list Keef(tu)

[mockney piers]

Coool.

Charlie, Halo3 is pretty good. The single player isn't too demanding, though it's can be so on the ludicrously hard setting. Also you can do it co-op which is nice.

Playing the online battles can be a curiously depressing experience as you're shot up by 11 year-olds, agreed.

[mockney piers]

I didn't know whether music room or geeks room.

Man plays Ghosts & Goblins theme on guitar. Bits of it are nicked from Chopin apparently!!

[Nero]

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