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InI
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 09-12-2003 13:12

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MindBender
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: a pocket dimention...
Insane since: Sep 2002

posted posted 09-12-2003 13:29

While I recognize all of those... the only one that I can actually name is Populous. That was a cool ass game


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Nimraw
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Styx
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 09-12-2003 15:32

aaahh.. .I should know these...

The third from the top was one of the all time great shoot'em-ups on the Amiga.
If I remember correctly Bomb the Bass did the soundtrack, but I cant remember the name of game.

#4 hmm could it be an intro-scene to Raid over Moscow?
#5 is populous all right.
#6 looks if it could be a saxxon/uridium-clone of some sort, but my mind is blank



[This message has been edited by Nimraw (edited 09-12-2003).]

Emperor
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 09-12-2003 15:48

Cooooo I remember most of them.

2. Is Nebulus (or Nebulus 2) -it actually has the name on the screenshot

3. Is Xenon (or Xenon II) and the music was great - as was the game. Damn now I've another thing to look up (lucky I have the Amiga emulator set up so I can play Populous 2 which is picture 5).

[edit: I'll go with Xenon 2 - see:
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Xenon%20II ]

[edit2: I'm not sure about the legality of this but here is the tune from the game: http://jbg.swznet.de/amiga/mp3/xenon2.mp3

and the original: http://jbg.swznet.de/amiga/mp3/megablast.mp3 ]

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poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 09-12-2003 18:21

#1 Eliminator
#2 Nebulus
#3 Xenon 2 : the megablast
#4 Operation Stealth
#5 Populous
#6 ?
#7 Rick Dangerous

What is my score ?

Mathieu "POÏ" HENRI

InI
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 09-13-2003 15:39

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tomeaglescz
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Czech Republic via Bristol UK
Insane since: Feb 2002

posted posted 09-14-2003 00:25

i want to find marble madness i loved that game

InI
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 09-14-2003 14:48

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Rameses Niblik the Third
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: From:From:
Insane since: Aug 2001

posted posted 09-14-2003 14:50

Does anyone here remember Tyrian? Damn, that game rocked. Once of my very first computer games. Holds a lot of fond memories of destroying fleets of weird things and collecting coins while flying a spaceship that shoots lasers and hot dog guns.

By Zarthon, I need a beer.

prawnstar69
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Loughborough, Leics. UK
Insane since: Sep 2003

posted posted 09-14-2003 15:39

marble madness was a great game, i had that on the mega drive.

i used to love dizzy games and jet-set willy on the c64

mas
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: the space between us
Insane since: Sep 2002

posted posted 09-14-2003 16:17

who remembers the mother of all games?


InI
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 09-14-2003 16:20

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mas
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: the space between us
Insane since: Sep 2002

posted posted 09-14-2003 16:55

well....if you start this game, there comes the headliner, and below stands: "the mother of all games"
and believe me, it is

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 09-16-2003 14:29

InI: "that horrible thing" looks like a remake of Scorched Earth. I don't know why classicgaming people gave that subtitle.

In fact the "Mother of All Games" is Space War ( see alos this ). It's been done between 1960 and 1962 by an MIT student and some hackers. Nolan Bushnell - Atari's founder - did his own version called Computer Space on a cheaper computer in 1971. Unfortunately it didn't have the same success as PONG. As stated in the page, you can see a Computer Space cabinet in JAWS ( 1975 )

Cheers,
Mathieu "POÏ" HENRI

[This message has been edited by poi (edited 09-16-2003).]

InI
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 09-16-2003 14:44

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poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 09-16-2003 14:55

PONG is kown as the first video-game, because it's the first one that really meet an audience.
Space War was only working in computer labs in the sixties so nobody knows it. And Computer Space was apparently too tricky for the public at the time.

[edit] Another link about Video Games History. BTW I can't find the release date of Scorched Earth [/edit]
[edit2]You'll find some screenshots and story about video-games appearance in movies, here. Wow, the SpaceWar cabinet is so ... gorgeous.[/edit2]

Mathieu "POÏ" HENRI

[This message has been edited by poi (edited 09-16-2003).]

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