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[Technology] Computer games from the 1980s



Fungus

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May 21, 2004
7,047
Truro
Loved the Level 9 text adventures.

Also M.U.L.E. - a space trading game IIRC
 






















Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
61,783
Location Location
I must've been 10 or 11 when I got my Atari 2600 one Christmas, and my sister bought me Pitfall. God I loved that game. That and Asteroids. Barely left my room.
 


Invicta

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Nov 1, 2013
3,237
Kent
I finished it for you

Computer-games-from-the-1980s . . . . were shit

No, they were good enough to keep you amused a while but not good enough to stop you wanting to do other stuff like go out, unlike the current geek generation !

Nobody queued up at midnight to buy Matchday !
 






BadFish

Huge Member
Oct 19, 2003
17,138
No, they were good enough to keep you amused a while but not good enough to stop you wanting to do other stuff like go out, unlike the current geek generation !

Nobody queued up at midnight to buy Matchday !

Bloody right, between FM20. Minecraft and The Witcher I am lucky to get anything done.
 


spence

British and Proud
Oct 15, 2014
9,816
Crawley
So many games for the spectrum

As somebody mentioned already Lords of Midnight

Other games that i played for hours were

Elite
Attic Attack
Knight Lore
 


The Spanish

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Aug 12, 2008
6,477
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So many games for the spectrum

As somebody mentioned already Lords of Midnight

Other games that i played for hours were

Elite
Attic Attack
Knight Lore

If Elite came out now it would still get rave reviews
 




Badger

NOT the Honey Badger
NSC Patron
May 8, 2007
12,794
Toronto
Amstrad cpc 464. Treasure Island Dizzy. Oh yeh

I'm not normally one to gloat, but we had an Amstrad CPC 6128. I know, my dad was really flashing the cash in the 80s.

Gauntlet 2
Arkanoid
Ghostbusters
Football Director
 


Klaas

I've changed this
Nov 1, 2017
2,568
Really loved the Delta 4 'spoof' adventures, Bored of the Rings and The Boggit. The also did a version of The Colour of Magic I've just remembered.

Many of the big guns already mentioned.

I remember the coin-op conversion of Enduro Racer very fondly. The first time I played it and went over a hill I was amazed. :lol:
 


Klaas

I've changed this
Nov 1, 2017
2,568
https://youtu.be/z3p_PoeSLYI

Academy.
Spent hours on this one. Really immersive 'world', bit like Elite, different missions and you could 'design' your own skimmer (I think they were called). Superb.
 






Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch
NSC Patron
Oct 27, 2003
21,055
The arse end of Hangleton
So many games for the spectrum

As somebody mentioned already Lords of Midnight

Other games that i played for hours were

Elite
Attic Attack
Knight Lore

OMG - I forgot Elite. Great game.
 


Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,867
Brighton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNMOB4LOAb0

First game I ever played, I think. Was a bit not born for most of the eighties but my first console was the Sega Master System.

I've also played a shit ton of Tetris, one of the very few games that will always remain playable.

Possibly the same, this or the preinstalled Alex The Kidd on the Master System, my first console.

Also Double Dragon was the only game myself and my brother ever completed at the arcade. We must've pumped a whole tonne of pesetas into that "cyber cafe" on holiday.
 


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