Computer game from the late 80's... help!

[El Pibe]

aaah, paratrooper!!

edited for failing memory, as opposed to parachute, which was always the fun bit

[ClareC]

I had a ZX Spectrum 48k too.

Remember the tape recorder loading and squeaky sounds - and the dismay having waited ages for it to load only for it to crash and need to be repeated.

I remember a game where you were a barman serving drinks - if you were not quick enough the punters got violent!

I also remember Trapdoor which was great but never got very far, plus a game I think was called Booty which involved exploring a pirate ship and collecting things.

All time favourite at my cousins house was chuckie egg!

My neighbours had a commodore with cartridges - far more high tech!

I moved onto a sega mega drive and played LOADS of Sonic the Hedgehog!

[El Pibe]

there's a link further back to a playable version of chuckie egg, it has stood the test of time!!!

[Otta]

ClareC Wrote:

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> I also remember Trapdoor which was great but never

> got very far, plus a game I think was called Booty

> which involved exploring a pirate ship and

> collecting things.

I also had that game (BERT!!!!) and like you, never really got anywhere with it.

[ultraburner]

Carrier command was good. Populous was great. Tau ceti was good too in a spooky/weird way.

A lot of time was lost to spindizzy.

[Otta]

Tau Ceti, now you're talking!

Although I used to crash a lot whilst trying to dock.

[ultraburner]

A bit like docking in Elite at first.

Elite was the best of all thinking about it...

[Otta]

If you have a spare 7 hours.

 

[Jeremy]

I was a C64 kid all the way from the early 80s up until the early 90s. Early classics like summer/winter games, attack of the mutant camels, rollerball... through to R-Type, International Karate+, Hawkeye, Batman The Movie, Turrican. And of course the Last Ninja games which finally pushed the platform to the limit.

[Otta]

YES The Last Ninja! Was trying to remember them. I never had them but used to play on my friend's C64.

Summer/Winter Games were fun but I was shit at the surfing.

[Jeremy]

That sounds like California Games, otta.

[Otta]

Ah yes, think you're right.

Last Ninja, this person seems to subscribe to the RUN AWAY technique.

 

[ultraburner]

A "walkthrough" that's seven hours long! brilliant :)

[Help-Ma-Boab]

A bar is opening soon down Rye Lane - The Four Quarters. It has some "vintage" arcade games etc in it. Read about it in the Peckham Peculiar this morning.

http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/events/news/bar-dedicated-to-retro-arcade-games-to-open/

https://www.facebook.com/fourquartersbar

ETA: A better link

[Dopamine1979]

Arcade games + beer.

A match made in heaven.

:)

[El Pibe]

I thought about doing something similar years ago, and i've seen gaming pubs comne and go over the years. they nevver last, too niche to drum up business, to off putting to (and i hesitate to use the term) normal people.

But maybe vintage gaming is an ironic thing for people who have only ever known a world with mobile phones and HD gaming.

[Seabag]

I have one of these Double Dragon Arcade thangs in my lock up

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7619

If anyone knows anyone who fixes them, please put me in touch

[Jeremy]

Why not get in touch with the Four Quarters guys and see if they want it?

[se22cat]

Pong was my first love.

Lemmings was one of the more memorable games, here is a nice piece on it:

http://readonlymemory.vg/the-making-of-lemmings/