gibbo_ap Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 as a last day doss our head of it wants to show the kids some retro games, to show that you dont need amazing graphics for a good game. any ideas?????? so far have doom* wolfenstein* zool sensible soccer** actua soccer prince of persia jazz jack rabbit rise of the triads* rise of the robots (this shows the other end amazing gfx god awful game lol) *we have ** we have emulator pads for so any ideas??????
tmcd35 Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 They're not retro - you're not trying Try... Space Invaders Pong Frogger Jetpac Defender Pacman Some of the most addictive games ever, yet the most basic 2D sprite 4 colour graphics available. Bliss 1
cl0n3 Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Maybe this site will help you with ideas: Retrogames - Vintage Video Games and Classic Retro Gaming Cheers 1
mattx Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) MAME | Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator Just about to stick in my 10p and rack up a few games of 1941.... Happy ROM hunting... Edited July 17, 2009 by mattx 1
bandgeekmafia78 Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Operation Wolf Dizzy Afterburner Gauntlet Golden Axe Altered Beast Streets of Rage All classics! 1
Dos_Box Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I get this every month: Classic Retro Games - Retro Gamer Magazine A great read, and brings back waves of nostalgia with every issue 1
tom_newton Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) Another World and sequel Flashback were two great titles... lemmings was highly addictive with minimal graphics, and I believe has been re-done for mobile platforms recently. Worms is also an interesting one - you can see the evolution from an old 2D game into a modern 3D extravaganza, but little of the gameplay has changed, and arguably the 2D one was better (especially since I am a member of one of the default teams - one of the designers on Armageddon is a good mate of mine ). Edited July 17, 2009 by tom_newton tyop 1
tmcd35 Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Flashback 1 of only 3 games I have ever been bothered enough to complete. The others being Tomb Raider and.... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Fantasy_World_Dizzy_Loading_Screen.png 1
OutToLunch Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Mmm, exploding bouncing eyeballs and gore (ROTT) - that should go down well in a school 1
tom_newton Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Never completed that Dizzy... Treasure Island (Amiga version) OTOH... 1
tmcd35 Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Never completed that Dizzy... Treasure Island (Amiga version) OTOH... Never got into the other Dizzy games. Fantasy World though - 4 colour 8bit graphics and upside down world - fun! 1
Ian_ICTDS Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Monkey Island! It'll even teach the kids to read. 1
capncrunch Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Sam and Max hit the road Day of the tentacle Ultimate Soccer Manager Worms As for ROTT Drunk missiles and Shrooms For the Win 1
Jamo Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Monkey Island! It'll even teach the kids to read. My favourite!! I cant wait for the re-done version! its gonna be amazing! 1
Jamo Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Sam and Max hit the road Day of the tentacle Ultimate Soccer Manager Worms As for ROTT Drunk missiles and Shrooms For the Win Im not sure ROTT would go so well in schools! Although iirc it does have that handy feature that you press a key combo and it displays a screen shot of a DOS prompt 1
capncrunch Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Maybe not Retro enough but it is the best FPS ever made Half life. 1
tmcd35 Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Monkey Island! It'll even teach the kids to read. Now we're reminiscing... [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure]Colossal Cave Adventure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] 1
tom_newton Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Monkey Island! It'll even teach the kids to read. For those who can't wait to get back to Melee island... ScummVM :: Home is a reworked interpreter for the old games. Also does other P&C classics like Flight of the Amazon Queen, Beneath a Steel Sky (underrated IMO) etc. Finished monkey1 again last year. Might have to do it again. Love that game. Will try and hunt out the interview with Ron Gilbert (is that the fella?) regarding the new Monkey stuff coming out soon. 1
Ian_ICTDS Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 For those who can't wait to get back to Melee island... ScummVM :: Home is a reworked interpreter for the old games. Also does other P&C classics like Flight of the Amazon Queen, Beneath a Steel Sky (underrated IMO) etc. Finished monkey1 again last year. Might have to do it again. Love that game. Will try and hunt out the interview with Ron Gilbert (is that the fella?) regarding the new Monkey stuff coming out soon. I downloaded the special edition yesterday on Steam. It still makes me laugh. Also downloaded episode 1 of the new serialised game. Probably the best monkey game since MI2. 1
Midnight Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Wow, does anyone remember 'Chuckie Egg' I still play it. You can download it here http://vroomfondel.net/chuckie/ 1
Guest TheLibrarian Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I don't know it this will be in the Monkey Island remake, but it sure works in the original Atari ST (probably Amiga and PC too).... Let Guybrush drown when he gets thrown into the water... It takes 5 or 10 minutes real time and AFAIK is the only place you can actually die in MI. ROT13 Encoded spoiler: Gur ireof punatr, V pna'g erzrzore gurz nyy ohg fbzr ner : Sybng, Obo, Qrpbzcbfr, Fgner...
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