Favorite Game/Computer

[CrystalClear]

We've come a long way since this.....(Though I have a soft spot for the spectrum!)

My mate just bought a Wii and it's great, I especially love the bowling, but has anyone got any farvorites?

[mockney piers]

or this

 

[CrystalClear]

I always liked this....

http://www.glu.com/media/speedball_2_brutal_deluxe/screenshot_0.gif

[Huguenot]

Elite was buggered royally when they started to fill those polygons.

Colour is for monkeys.

[CrystalClear]

yes, quite (I understand - honest!)

Who won last night then?

[Jeremy]

Daley Thompson's Decathlon!

http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/spectrum/daley.asp

[Guest]

I still have my old Vic20 in the loft... (3.5k RAM as standard.. although I upgraded to 16k with a 'ram pack' the size of a video cassette so I could play 'Gorf')

I still have my Elite 'lens lock' somewhere too ha ha

[mockney piers]

3.5k RAM, luxury, when we were young we used to have to store t'memory on coal scuttles...etc

Ooooh nice one jeremy, always ruined the kempston though.

Yaaay, when games were games

 

[Huguenot]

Bloody hell, that's BBC Model B Chuckie Egg isn't it???

I won (I'm sure......)

[Keef]

Revenge of Shinobi on Sega Megadrive, Streetfighter 2 on SNES, Chase HQ on my Amstrad CPC464, Super Mario Bros 2 NES.... They just don't make 'em like they used to!!!

By the way, it goes without saying EVERY ZELDA GAME EVER MADE ON ANY NINTENDO CONSOLE!!!!!!!!!! :)-D

[Jeremy]

Megadrive? SNES? Not sure about these new-fangled consoles!

[Polly D]

About 20 years ago my brother and I were hooked on a game called 'Willy' (he was a worm). It came 'free' with the Amstrad that my dad bought. Basically it involved Willy going up different levels and eating/dodging things to get there (pretty usual format I guess). If any of you can find it so that somehow I can play it again, I'll buy you a pint (or three) at the next ED forum meet up.

[CrystalClear]

nothing to do with the offer of a pint or anything, but....I think you should be able to download it from one of these sites...

http://www.abandonia.com/games/780/WillyWorm.htm

http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/arcade_action/games_w/willy_the_worm.html

[mockney piers]

seriously Jeremy, give the Wii a go, it's fab

Polly, found this for the amstrad.

?

[mockney piers]

Polly, amstrad seems to have had a rip off of jet set willy

http://www.geocities.com/simontransit2003/willy.html you can play it here.

Jeremy, aren't they having fun?

 

[Polly D]

Wow! Thank you guys. Now, how can I spend the next hour playing Willy while pretending to be really busy? Pints are on me CC and MP (though i couldn't click on yours but thanks anyway).

[Polly D]

I just got that one, thanks Mr Piers. I thought it said Mincer Willy at first ...

[CrystalClear]

I couldn't get the hyper linkage thing to work...(I have to consult mockney for most things technical).

Jeremy - the Wii, it's, well, great!!

(CrystalClear -Wii bowling pro and champion)

[Jeremy]

My girlfriend's brother bought a Wii back from Hong Kong a few months back. We all gathered round in her flat, enthusiastically playing the bowling game - which was fun for 10 minutes. But then my arm started hurting. And I pointed out that there was a real bowling alley a 5 minute walk away, which is a lot more fun.

[Huguenot]

Yes, but Jezza they're not open at 3am when you're crippled by alcohol and looking to resolve a conversational dispute in an non-confrontational manner!

Besides, if that were a St Reatham Superbowl you'd only be the victim of a 40-strong steamer gang mugging ;-)

PS. Mincer Willy! Ho ho! Someone call Island - this has to be a winner!

[CrystalClear]

ah....I turned down *real* bolwing the other day for an evening of Wii, I can hit the skittles in that world!

Oi - Huguenot, wake up! Have you found the remote yet?

[Huguenot]

Wha..? Waddever...?

You know how it is... goat bu@@ering hangover, take the rest of your life off.. :))

Snort... wheeze...

...snooze...

[Jeremy]

Huguenot, it's not St Reatham. It's even worse than that. She lives in... Surrey Quays.

[mockney piers]

I used to live very near St Evenage (rhymes with arbitrage) which frankly trumps the lot. A more wretched hive of scum nor villainy will you find.

Where I owned one of these

 

[Huguenot]

You b@$stard.

My neighbour when I was a kid, Geoff 'divot' Burkimshire, used to own one of those, but whenever I went round he wouldn't play because it was "boring". He was a total $h1thead. He couldn't imagine what it was like to live in a family of teachers...

Pretty rubbish name too, and I bet he's still got it, along with his allergies.