I was watching a pommie documentary last night about the massive explosion in video games since PONG started it all off way back before the dinosaurs arrived from Mars, and got to wondering...
How many of you play games? On what devices? And what games?
Since its my thread, I'll go first...
I like MMORPG's, having started with text adventures maybe 20 years ago, eventually leading to World of Warcraft (on a Mac naturally), and now Kingdom Age and Kingdoms of Camelot on the iPod and iPad. I also play Command&Conquer, Warcraft and Starcraft occasionally, though they're better with a group of friends on a LAN... that hasn't happened for a while, everybody seems so busy nowadays. :(
Then there are the petty timewasters... Plants vs Zombies (Mac or iPod), Sonic, Sudoku, etc... there are a zillion little apps that are fun in small doses. :)
Oh, and non-computer group games are fun, like AD&D, Diplomacy, CCG's and so on. But again its impossible to get a party together. :(
I have PS1 but don't play it much any more as I have to be here to keep an eye on you :P But I do go play now and then and play bass fishing, GT1 & 2 and other driving and medal of honer and a few ther shoot'em up's :good: I did have a few games on my pc when I first got it but they use to much space and I found I didn't play them so got rid of them but still have the discs :)
I'm one of the original generation that grew up with games and have seen every type of computer game come and go. I spent far too much time in primary school, high school , and university playing computer games of one type or another. Consoles have always left me cold and I've always been a computer gamer. I've petered off a bit in the last few years but still buy a few games every year. The last one I finished was the Tomb Raider reboot which was pretty awesome and the first game of that type I've played. I've been tossing up about buying something new for a few months now and will most likely settle on a CRPG or an FPS.
Candy Crush and now Pepper Panic!
Quote from: 'markn' pid='36818' dateline='1386730303'the Tomb Raider reboot
Was that a FPS? Haven't played one of those since Wolfenstein I think. ;)
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='36825' dateline='1386731148'Quote from: 'markn' pid='36818' dateline='1386730303'the Tomb Raider reboot
Was that a FPS? Haven't played one of those since Wolfenstein I think. ;)
No, it's more of an action adventure thing. I suspect really designed for a controller on a console but it was perfectly playable with a mouse and keyboard.
Quote from: 'markn' pid='36826' dateline='1386731563'No, it's more of an action adventure thing.
Oh. Must check it out then, sounds like my kind of thing.. as long as there's a Mac version of course. :angel:
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='36828' dateline='1386731644'Quote from: 'markn' pid='36826' dateline='1386731563'No, it's more of an action adventure thing.
Oh. Must check it out then, sounds like my kind of thing.. as long as there's a Mac version of course. :angel:
Not sure about that. I downloaded this through steam. The graphics and sound-design were fantastic.
My first computer based one was Zork .... for CP/M. T'was excellent.
Pac Man had to be my favourite arcade game. Played it in the arcade for yonks and won heaps of T-Shirts at the time. One that I wish I could find was called Juno-First (from memory) it was cool.
DOS saw the intro of Leisure Suit Larry ...... hilarious for it's time.
Eyes are too crap for gaming now ..... sob! :laugh2:
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='36845' dateline='1386733169'DOS saw the intro of Leisure Suit Larry ...... hilarious for it's time.
LSL for the win. It is still hilarious :)
Hey you said games didn't you? so tiddly winks :laugh2:
I'm no good but I like chess but no one to play with :( story of my life :winkextra:
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='36845' dateline='1386733169'for CP/M
Awesome! Another old CP/M-er! We're a dying breed, mate. :(
Zork was somewhat 'enhanced' from the original Adventure, written in Fortran for the PDP-10, IIRC. I think I still have a source listing lying around someplace, if the mice haven't eaten it. :)
And LSL was cool, though it was a period when I had too little time for games. :(
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='36848' dateline='1386733365'I'm no good but I like chess but no one to play with :( story of my life :winkextra:
So start an online game here, why don't you?
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='36849' dateline='1386733573'Awesome! Another old CP/M-er! We're a dying breed, mate. :(
Too true!
Oh and Lemmings!!!!!
:blush2:I'm addicted to candy crush , up to level 462 ,
don't ya do something with them, oh hold on that was gerbils :laugh2: Ah yeah lemmings run off cliffs :)
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='36851' dateline='1386733721'Oh and Lemmings!!!!!
ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Now I can't get the tune out of my head!!!!!!!!
Oh
NO!
Wing Commander, Elite, and any of the Goldbox D&D games would number among my nostalgic favourites.
uka and 500 :)
Use to play a lot of FPS games but not so much anymore. Now I only play League of Legends.
Call me boring if you like, but I have absolutely no enthusiasm for electronic games at all.
Actually I don't even like playing board (bored) games. I'm yawning just thinking about them. :)
Quote from: 'Triggersmob' pid='36891' dateline='1386752152'Call me boring if you like
Why would we call you boring? Games are simply passtimes, and no better or worse than any other passtime after all.
Take Pong to the next level :wavemulticolor:
circa 1977
(http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv160/ford_prefect/IMG_2689_pong_zps2e31c2cf.jpg)
I like to play the slower, maritime war games like Great naval Battles of the North Atlantic, Jutland, Silent Service 11. Others I like are Lemmings, Warcraft, Wolfenstein.
I don't like any of the modern games, to fast and too complicated.
I'm sure I had one of those back then FP!
we have a Nintendo game that the kids used to love
we even keep an old tv for it as it doesn't work on the new tellies
plays Mario brothers pokemon and so on
every now and again it gets dragged out for fun for the whole family
the kids won't let me chuck it out
now of course the sons have the playstation & x box and car racing & thuggery and then the shooter games and the like (I hate ém of course cause that's my job, being the mother and all)
hmm when I went to a friend house we dragged out the old Nintendo 64, we played goldeneye and worms, then we played a really cool card game.
I did get the new Assassin Creed Black Flag game, but only played for a little bit got out of level one haha, yeah I just don't have time for games now days.
in my younger years, I have played many different board and card games, as I got older I moved with technology, and ended up playing technology based games
Quote from: 'bellyflorin' pid='36852' dateline='1386733806':blush2:I'm addicted to candy crush , up to level 462 ,
My dad is an absolute addict too,he's having withdrawal at present as he's had Carpal Tunnel Surgery on both wrists.
I play Texas Holdem & Omaha pot limit poker on the computer nowadays & used to play XBOX a lot a few years back now.
love mind games :winkextra: And RG you can use old tech with the new but you use a few leads and you have to have old and new machines so it will work but I have my old PS running thru old vid into new dvd/vid combo then into TV, more than one way to skin a cat mate :good:
And what do you mean AC "when I was young" ya still are mate as you have a long way to catch me and I'm still only a pup :P
yeah AJ
we had some sort of a little converter gadget to plug in the Nintendo/Sega Master System to TV's but I am fairly certain it doesn't work with the latest tellie that we have
so we have a little tellie that has been kept for the Nintendo+Sega Master System (I just checked the boxes), I think it also adds to the cuteness of the systems and everyone huddles around the small TV screen to watch the games
anyways, the Sega Master System II and the Nintendo stays after every major house clean out as the eldest (my daughter who is 32 now) begs, insists, stamps her feet that mummie is not allowed to chuck out the prized Sega from Christmas - goodness knows when, early 1990 something like that. hasn't taken it to her place mind you! (along with her other boxes of junk)
then the son did lawn mowing for a friend of ours in exchange for the Nintendo as she had upgraded, so again - nostalgia from the kiddies keeps the devices here at home
and I have to admit, I am at best just a platform player, with these games
The son in law has the huge tv and the latest of these games
impressive set-up too
ps - AC might be getting older
but I am old enough to remember watching kids play PAC MAN !!! ha ha
yeah I remember the little old TV's and sitting around, ah those were the days when life was so much easier :) Wish I was young again :winkextra:
I was just searching for something else (which I didn't find) when I tripped over this long-forgotten thread. And Trout just said he's playing Clash of Clans (which I didn't bother with after deciding it was too cartooney...).
So anyway, turns out I've pretty much ditched all the MMORPG games I was playing (or they ditched me, with way tooooo many updates and annoying bells and whistles). Nowadays most of my game time is spent in Minecraft strip-mining abandoned mineshafts and building skyscrapers with the booty. Though I must admit that after one creeper too many blowing up my buildings, I did switch to peaceful mode... kinda takes the fear factor out of it when only stupidity will kill you. ;)
This brought back some memories....
In no particular order
Apogee and Sierra companies spring to mind.
Duke nukem (platform game)
Prince of Persia
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego
Kings quest
Space quest
Bards tale
Wolfenstien
Doom
Yahtzee; with dice, pen and paper.
Can do it anywhere and no computer required. But, easiest to download a score sheet and photocopy.
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='46168' dateline='1396992778'Can do it anywhere and no computer required. But, easiest to download a score sheet and photocopy.
Computer-assisted games are an interesting field. And in many ways much better than playing on a computer.
We used to play the board game
Rail Baron many many years ago. It was great fun but the mechanics were a real pain. So I wrote a program to handle all the record-keeping and calculations, and we'd play with the computer alongside, entering moves as we went. It made it much more enjoyable, and gave more time for socialising.
In a similar vein, there are
Risk versions under various names on iOS that allow you to pass the device around for people to enter their moves while it handles the mechanics. We played that at the MICOM BBQ in January, and it was a great success.
Just about wore out "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" with the kids. Yahtzee also a family favourite.
Used to play Risk back in the uni days (definitely a board game!) - now my son is a huge fan (and we didn't introduce it to him!)
Pedro
Quote from: 'Pedro' pid='46230' dateline='1397080038'Just about wore out "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego"
I think the last time I played any of the Carmens was on one of my Mac Plusses about 9 million years ago. I'm not even sure if it made the jump to OSX or even later MacOS's. Let alone iOS! I may have to dust off one of the plusses and mount a search for a disk, eh? ;)
One of my old favourites was load runner on an apple II
Quote from: 'Bigfellani5' pid='46248' dateline='1397115632'One of my old favourites was load runner on an apple II
Ah, Apple ][ games... I played Tumblebugs every chance I got at a mate's place. Much as I would have loved it on other platforms, it never did resurface anywhere else. :(
Either did load runner. The only way to play it now is via an emulator
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING TITANS CHESS (bugger caps) windows 7
out of 247 games played on level 10
I have won 24
drew 8