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- Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:58 pm
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Video/Computer Game History Books
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2867
Re: Video/Computer Game History Books
Currently waiting on Howard Scott Warshaws 'Once upon Atari' paperback to arrive. The excerpts are a nice descriptive inside story of the boom era at Atari, much like his DVD of the same name but going into more depth. By all accounts tells a great story without getting worrying too much about the ...
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Video/Computer Game History Books
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2867
Re: Video/Computer Game History Books
Just finished "Grand Thieves and Tomb Raiders". Very good book with lots of great stories on the humble beginnings of so many famous developers and games. Does have some laughably terrible or incorrect moments though - the author claims that "Earthworm Jim" was the first game to get licensed produc...
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 7:45 pm
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Video/Computer Game History Books
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2867
Re: Video/Computer Game History Books
Just finished "Grand Thieves and Tomb Raiders". Very good book with lots of great stories on the humble beginnings of so many famous developers and games. Does have some laughably terrible or incorrect moments though - the author claims that "Earthworm Jim" was the first game to get licensed product...
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 1:46 am
- Forum: Retro Gamer Mag & Site Feedback
- Topic: Retro Gamer - Issue 165
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2132
Re: Retro Gamer - Issue 165
I haven't yet picked up my copy (we in America just got it) but I've seen the list of Apple games and am truly baffled by some of the selections. Mystery House over all the other Sierra games? Choosing Ultima 1? Over its four other, vastly superior sequels? I can't imagine you could find more than ...
- Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:29 am
- Forum: Retro Gamer Mag & Site Feedback
- Topic: Retro Gamer - Issue 165
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2132
Re: Retro Gamer - Issue 165
I haven't yet picked up my copy (we in America just got it) but I've seen the list of Apple games and am truly baffled by some of the selections. Mystery House over all the other Sierra games? Choosing Ultima 1? Over its four other, vastly superior sequels? I can't imagine you could find more than 1...
- Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:21 am
- Forum: Retro Gamer Mag & Site Feedback
- Topic: Retro Gamer - Issue 165
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2132
Re: Retro Gamer - Issue 165
The time has come for me to stop reading the magazine. Not because of the content - it looks like a great issue, but because I physically find it difficult to read, even with my reading glasses on. Its actually frustrating, and a stop start experience. I also read Private Eye, Viz, BBC History and ...
- Fri Feb 10, 2017 4:17 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Your go-to MAME games
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1227
Re: Your go-to MAME games
Time Pilot
Mappy
Mappy
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:41 pm
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Happy Birthday MAME 20 today.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 845
Re: Happy Birthday MAME 20 today.
I love MAME. Have been playing it for a long, long time. It's such a treat to be able to have some of my favorite arcade games at home, like Time Pilot or Mappy. What they've accomplished with MAME is truly remarkable. I think the first emulator I ever used was the one that emulated the various Pac-...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:35 pm
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: What sticks in your mind over the years.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 593
Re: What sticks in your mind over the years.
I've owned a bunch of systems, some (SNES) I loved more than others (Dreamcast). I go back 40 years, to a home Pong system. But when I look back and think about the system I had the deepest connection with, the one I remember most fondly, it would be the Apple IIe. That was our family's first comput...
- Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:21 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: You vs yer kids!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 374
Re: You vs yer kids!
I don't have kids but have numerous teenage nephews. I've had them over many times for all-night gaming sessions. Some games I can hang with them. Others they smoke me. But sports games? Those are still mine 

- Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:44 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Megadrive : Castle of illusion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 671
Re: Megadrive : Castle of illusion
Yes, there was a PS3 "remake" but it's more of an homage than a remake. There's roughly 50 billion differences between the two.Sephiroth81 wrote:
Wasn't there some sort of Xbl/psn remake? Or is the original still the best way to play it?
They also released the original as a PSN title and it plays really well.
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:04 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Your go-to 8-bit game
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1686
Re: Your go-to 8-bit game
I.O. Silver for the Apple II.
- Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:13 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: First home game u played that was closest 2 arcade quality?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1850
Re: First home game u played that was closest 2 arcade quali
My vote goes to Super Mario Bros on the NES. Along with that one, pretty much the whole launch NES lineup. Super Mario Bros, Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Popeye, and a bunch of others - all looked pretty much exactly like the arcade.
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:32 pm
- Forum: Article Suggestions & Pitches
- Topic: A few suggestions...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 927
Re: A few suggestions...
And now as I think about it, I realize that I meant *Broderbund* not Sierra.
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:40 pm
- Forum: Article Suggestions & Pitches
- Topic: A few suggestions...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 927
Re: A few suggestions...
Thanks for the replies.