Posted on 08/14/2004 12:47:49 PM PDT by qam1
I remember one of the first out after pong was Space War (believe it was done with vector graphics). A ship that looked like the Enterprise fought one that looked like a Tholian. I believe that there was a 'black hole' in the center that would provide gravity.
I miss that one. Would love to find a decent port to the PC
The only vector graphic game console ever mass produced for consumers was the Vectrex. I have the game Asteroids on mine. :-)
I disagree. Nintendo is still making high quality games that are family-appropriate. In fact, very few games really go for shock value, the ones that do just get alot of attention. The thing is, though, as graphics have improved, more 'realistic' games have gotten more graphic simply because it fits better with the style.
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I adored "Haunted House."
And Cruisn USA is now actually playable on a 1.8 GHZ...without sound of course.
Sorry, did not mean to post so much. I just am a fan of home gaming.
Yo Bacon . . . Zak McCracken ping!
Dont you mean the Nintendo 64?
Impossible Mission...
I did that with my son, too, only it was the Link adventure game. We would sit for hours trying doors and tunnels, trying to find hidden things. Great fun!
LOL! Yup! N-64. I have a Commode 64 as well. LMAO! Sorry all!
Did you know there was a game, Pilot Wings, that provided compltete areas that you could fly around or drive around, with buildings roads, and all kinds of places....I never played the game, I landed the little plane and drove all over the place.....it is great
What was the name of that game that dropped blocks? I can't remember it and the stuff is stored away right now, but I have the one that was based on the Russian original. It even plays Russian music!
The Link Orcarena of Time N-64 game has also be rereleased on the Game Cube.
Tetris
Gauntlet II is one of my all time faves and I play it often with MAME.
The only problem is they went PC and weakened the White Male characters the Warrior and Wizard from G1.
They reduced the Wizard's extra shot power and reduced his shot speed and in an ultimate sacrilegious move the Warrior with extra shot power in G2 is no longer able to kill everything with one shot.
I couldn't stand that so I actually wrote a disassembler program in Qbasic that hacks the ROMS and I returned the Wizard and Warrior back to their former glory, (And a few other tricks like making the ?Food always worth 200 health and cutting down on how much the Acid puddles hurt).
No kidding! I loved that game. My son and I were a great team! My husband thought we were nuts, because we would stay up till all hours trying to get to the next level.
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