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They just don't make um like they used to.
« on: Wed, 27 August 2014, 23:58:20 »
Nothing complicated...  just FUN-ness

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 00:01:36 »
Xcom or gtfo

Nope you can't. Some mutton is blocking your ship's exit.
He gernades you. Your squad die faster than a bunch of redshirts.

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 00:04:43 »
was my jam when I was a kid. hours and hours of Chips,  and everyday after school.
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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 00:09:23 »
What's that game called.
It's a 2d scroller, you're this guy/kid with yellow hair and you've got a blaster (I think).

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 00:26:50 »
What's that game called.
It's a 2d scroller, you're this guy/kid with yellow hair and you've got a blaster (I think).


Yellow helmet, Commander Keen. One of Id software's early IP's :)

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 00:55:04 »
Commander Keen is the **** omfg i need to play one of the 6000 again
THE FEMINIST ILLUMINATI

I will literally **** you raw paicrai, I hope you're legal by the time I meet you.
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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 01:22:36 »
battle city <3<3<3
(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 01:38:30 »
Really any Apogee DOS game from the early 90s. Apogee was the ****.

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 05:44:43 »
Another favourite:

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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 06:20:07 »
What's that game called.
It's a 2d scroller, you're this guy/kid with yellow hair and you've got a blaster (I think).

Duke Nukem?

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 19:36:04 »
Another favourite:

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Check out Lode RUNNER (The Dig Fight)  it's on mame.. super fluid gameplay


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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 20:53:13 »
(Attachment Link) was my jam when I was a kid. hours and hours of Chips,  (Attachment Link) and (Attachment Link) everyday after school.

You can still play chips on modern systems, I've got the files somewhere.....

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 28 August 2014, 21:30:39 »
(Attachment Link) was my jam when I was a kid. hours and hours of Chips,  (Attachment Link) and (Attachment Link) everyday after school.

I still play tile world pretty frequently. I need to check if there's an android port for it.

Chips challenge I think was released by microsoft for the windows 98 gaming pack, so it should work on modern computers. The original (atari lynx I think) build of it of course would require emulation.

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Re: They just don't make um like they used to.
« Reply #13 on: Fri, 29 August 2014, 01:37:01 »
Ahhh yea it was commander keen!
I guess that's another reason for me to like Id Software  :thumb: