Any old time gamers out there

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Enjoying Baldur's Gate 3?

 

I sure as hell am. Best game I've played in 15 years 

[Saxum]

Old time games?  I used to play Zork, rogue and nethack extensively since 1200 baud was smokin' fast.

[Augie]

Pong? 

 

 

That is where I launched my legendary career. 

[coloradobillsfan]

NHL94 forever

[Nextmanup]

I was close to the perfect age to literally grow up with the development of video games.

 

Definitely remember PONG, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, etc.

 

My friend's older brother drilled a tiny hole in a quarter, tied string to it, and taught us how to lower it JUST ENOUGH into the PAC MAN machine at a nearby takeout pizza place to get tons of credits and play forever.

 

One day the owner came out of the kitchen, unplugged the machine, plugged it back in, and told us to get out and don't come back.

 

LOL.....good memories!

 

My all time favorite arcade game is probably GALAGA.  LOVE THAT GAME.

 

I remember playing "KABOOM!" by Activision on Atari 2600 at a friend's house when that was brand new, and it BLEW MY MIND!

😂

Edited August 10, 2023 by Nextmanup

[teef]

i've heard about baldur's gate, but know nothing about it.  i just know it's wildly popular now, (is it on PC?)

 

it all started with the atari 2600 for me, but the original nintendo console was my jam.  also loved arcades, and i appreciate they're making a comeback.

 

For the old arcade games, i've started buying the ones found here...https://arcade1up.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=13440850452&utm_content=126255333987&utm_term=arcade1up&tw_source=google&tw_adid=576851702295&gclid=Cj0KCQjwldKmBhCCARIsAP-0rfw74ic4EZ3azMOhIJi819D-wIVaWCv7NZ4Yv6XEQu-1S_PRSg6Dz38aArUiEALw_wcB

 

a lot of classic games for a reasonable cost.  i stuck a bunch in our basement, and our kids and their friends love them.

[Wacka]

Remember people gathered around Pac Man in a bar watching someone hit 10K (around 1980). 

When I lived in CA,lived about a make away from the bar where they put the first Pong Game in a bar. The next day,che bar owner called  to tell Nolan Bushnell (Atari) that the machine was broken. Came out to fix it and found that the coin box was full. Bushnell also founded Chuck E. Cheese.  

Jobs and Wozniak met  and got their first $ to start Apple by designing a Breakout game for Atari.Saw Wozniak state that on local access TV to a local Mac user group.

Edited August 10, 2023 by Wacka

[ExiledInIllinois]

I totally dominated "Prince of Persia" off a 3.5" floppy disk! 

 

"Kid Chameleon" rocks too! Still play it every once in a while. 

 

Skip, warp right to da BossLevel:

 

 

3 minutes ago, Wacka said:

Remember people gathered around Pac Man in a bar watching someone hit 10K (around 1980). 

When I lived in CA,lived about a make away from the bar where they put the first Pong Game in a bar. The next day,che bar owner called  to tell Nolan Bushnell (Atari) that the machine was broken. Came out to fix it and found that the coin box was full. Bushnell also founded Chuck E. Cheese.  

Jobs and Wozniak met  and got their first $ to start Apple by designing a Breakout game for Atari.Saw Wozniak state that on local access TV to a local Mac user group.

NICE! You're as old as dirt! I remember getting the original "PitFall" on my 2600 (Sears Version) and wore it out. 

 

Also finding "Easter Eggs" in "Adventure"... I still know the maze and where to hide the chalice, swords, and bat! I can get Alzheimer's and still remember how to get to the credit screen! 

[ExiledInIllinois]

 

...But wouldn't be able to find my car at the mall...

 

 

43 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

I was close to the perfect age to literally grow up with the development of video games.

 

Definitely remember PONG, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, etc.

 

My friend's older brother drilled a tiny hole in a quarter, tied string to it, and taught us how to lower it JUST ENOUGH into the PAC MAN machine at a nearby takeout pizza place to get tons of credits and play forever.

 

One day the owner came out of the kitchen, unplugged the machine, plugged it back in, and told us to get out and don't come back.

 

LOL.....good memories!

 

My all time favorite arcade game is probably GALAGA.  LOVE THAT GAME.

 

I remember playing "KABOOM!" by Activision on Atari 2600 at a friend's house when that was brand new, and it BLEW MY MIND!

😂

Freeway!

 

Frogger knockoff!

[Toomstone.Part.Duex]

Almost 50 and still gaming.   Started with Atari and now have PS5.  Some of my favs..  Pitfall, donkey kong, maro bros on Nintendo.  Had Sega and pretty much only played Double Dribble and Joe Montana Sports talk football.    PS1-5.  Gran Turismo, Call of Duty.    Currently playing DMZ on COD Warzone.  

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

You're obviously not talking cronkinole...😕

[Jon in Pasadena]

20 hours ago, Limeaid said:

Old time games?  I used to play Zork, rogue and nethack extensively since 1200 baud was smokin' fast.

9600 Baud changed my life.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

20 hours ago, coloradobillsfan said:

NHL94 forever

My roommates and I absolutely wore this game out during our freshman year.  Roenick and Ray Borque were unstoppable.

[ExiledInIllinois]

15 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

My roommates and I absolutely wore this game out during our freshman year.  Roenick and Ray Borque were unstoppable.

Not so fast about "unstoppable."

 

I never played that but there's a guy at work, about your age, 10 years younger than me... He's a Chicago Homer,  Blackhawks, Bears, Bulls, & Sox total insufferable... So we get to talking about video games in 1990s and he brings up the NHL game.  He couldn't remember the Sabres defenseman that he used to "tune-up" the star players while his friend would hit the roof in anger, rage-quit... So I started rattling off Sabres players. It was, none other than: Richard Šmehlík. LoL... He said the way the game was set up, he'd use him to thwart his friend's player... AND boy would his friend get mad. 😆 

 

When goon hockey ruled and the game was real! 😏 None of this pansy stuff today!

 

From Wiki:  "During the 1999 Stanley Cup finals he was described as "like a human hovercraft... hard to get around!"

 

I guess the game got it right and my friend sure exploited it to his other friend's chagrin! 😆 

 

 

 

Edited August 10, 2023 by ExiledInIllinois

[Gugny]

22 hours ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

Enjoying Baldur's Gate 3?

 

I sure as hell am. Best game I've played in 15 years 

My game is the game of love. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 minute ago, Gugny said:

My game is the game of love. 

🤔

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

16 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

🤔

That's REALLY old school

 

4 hours ago, teef said:

i've heard about baldur's gate, but know nothing about it.  i just know it's wildly popular now, (is it on PC?)

 

it all started with the atari 2600 for me, but the original nintendo console was my jam.  also loved arcades, and i appreciate they're making a comeback.

 

For the old arcade games, i've started buying the ones found here...https://arcade1up.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=13440850452&utm_content=126255333987&utm_term=arcade1up&tw_source=google&tw_adid=576851702295&gclid=Cj0KCQjwldKmBhCCARIsAP-0rfw74ic4EZ3azMOhIJi819D-wIVaWCv7NZ4Yv6XEQu-1S_PRSg6Dz38aArUiEALw_wcB

 

a lot of classic games for a reasonable cost.  i stuck a bunch in our basement, and our kids and their friends love them.

 

yes, the original two games in the series came out in 1998 and 2000, I believe. The third game in the series was released last week, and it's really good. it's on both PC and PS5 (september)

 

 

[Doc]

I've heard of BG but wasn't sure what it was about so I looked it up.  Appears to be a D&D type of game.  I could never get into that/those types of games and prefer FPSs.

[coloradobillsfan]

5 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

One day the owner came out of the kitchen, unplugged the machine, plugged it back in, and told us to get out and don't come back.

 

He knew how to hit you where it really hurt - by erasing your high scores

 

 

5 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

My all time favorite arcade game is probably GALAGA.  LOVE THAT GAME.

Me too but gotta find one that has a good rapid-fire setting.  We used to think it was the button itself, but there are configurable settings in the machine that can be set so no matter how fast you press the button it will fire slowly.  Those Galaga games SUCK
 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

15 minutes ago, coloradobillsfan said:

 

He knew how to hit you where it really hurt - by erasing your high scores

 

 

Me too but gotta find one that has a good rapid-fire setting.  We used to think it was the button itself, but there are configurable settings in the machine that can be set so no matter how fast you press the button it will fire slowly.  Those Galaga games SUCK
 

When I was a young kid, any of the trackball games like missile command or centipede were my favorite