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Palmer Eldritch wrote:Hunters Moon was probably one of the best C64 games ever. Pure, innovative, polished to a degree hardly found in other games and above all fun.
Damn right. Prolly only surpassed in those categories by Citadel - another Martin Walker gem
Palmer Eldritch wrote:Hunters Moon was probably one of the best C64 games ever. Pure, innovative, polished to a degree hardly found in other games and above all fun.
Damn right. Prolly only surpassed in those categories by Citadel - another Martin Walker gem
Great atmosphere. I actually felt like I was exploring a whole (ghost) city, not playing a game.
Yep, Citadel was one of the best ten quids I ever spent.
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Palmer Eldritch wrote:Because I´m too lazy to write it myself, I nicked the following piece of info from http://www.lemon64.com. Hence credit to them.
You're stranded in a universe of organic, etc
Hey! I wrote that! And Hunter's Moon is ace. It's what 8-way joysticks were made for. And while Citadel never quite grabbed me in the same way, it's still a brilliant piece of programming, and a great game.
Then again, I shouldn't even be here... *retires again, with a wave to Paul and Palmer...*
No Name wrote:Hey! I wrote that! And Hunter's Moon is ace. It's what 8-way joysticks were made for. And while Citadel never quite grabbed me in the same way, it's still a brilliant piece of programming, and a great game. (plus another post in another thread)
Then again, I shouldn't even be here... *retires again, with a wave to Paul and Palmer...*
Hiya! We love it when you keep popping your head back in.
I think I'm gonna have a good crack at Citadel this weekend. I absolutely loved it at the time, but I'm not as patient with games as I once was so it might take more effort to get back into. Hope not though.
Introducing theywereourgods.com! A website devoted to my upcoming book, They Were Our Gods, celebrating British programmers of the 80s and their games. Features blogs, news, excerpts from interviews and extras!
Out of the (C64) titles mentioned and seriously attempted, I have no feelings for Uridium, Paradroid, Elite, Wizball or The Last Ninja. In particular the later, which took 1.5 disk sides in cracked version (dunno about the original) seemed like a waste of storage space. I'm not too keen on Nemesis and sequels, but maybe it is due to poor conversion on the C64. Another game I haven't even played but which is considered a masterpiece is Turrican and its follow-ups.
Impossible Mission and the Epyx Games are good though. M.U.L.E. is a classic - maybe even better if it had been L.L.A.M.A ?
I know those games aren't really that old, but am I the only one who dislikes Metal Slug and its follow-ups? Sure, the graphics design is neat, but I found all the MS games I played so far (1,2,X and 3) overly monotonous, repetitive and tedious. Particularly the bosses were way too hard. I'd choose the original Contra games over Metal Slug any day.
Personally, I couldn't stand any of the Ultima games. Which is a bit of a shame because I really wanted to like them. I put it down to the fact that I was to young to like them... About a year ago, I picked up a copy of Ultima Collection (for 99p at a car boot! ) and thought I would give them another go. Turns out I still think they are a load of crap
But especially, most especially, all of the Peter Molyneux "God" games - I played Populous first when I was off my face, to be honest, and that maybe clouded my judgement, but I hated them all with a vengeance.
*retires again, with a wave to Paul and Palmer...*
