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Standard User TheHorseman
(knowledge is power) Sun 01-Apr-12 22:13:23
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I'd have to add:

Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back - Atari ST
Marathon - Mac OS (in the days of the 68K Macs)

...and even further back the Zork trilogy - spent quite a while playing those smile

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(deleted) Mon 02-Apr-12 08:07:25
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Dungeon Master - Atari ST

Blimey I'd forgotten about that. That was some scary [censored] laugh
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(deleted) Mon 02-Apr-12 12:02:46
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Tenchu: Stealth Assassin (PS1) - awesome game, forced me to learn a new stealthy approach instead of normal twitchy rambo approach. The voice acting was classic! smile


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Standard User time2die
(knowledge is power) Mon 02-Apr-12 15:22:33
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Think we have come along way since that now Spook,if you played that now it would in all honesty be laughable.wink.

But i can what you mean at the time as i also owned the game myself,i mean Goldeneye was a classic but am i interested now..........Not on your nellie ?

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(deleted) Tue 03-Apr-12 21:06:08
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No, no. Not laughable, no. Okay, the graphics and draw distance are pretty primitive by today's standards but the game design is still good. The voice acting is crazy as hell and all the better for it!

Have a look at this super low res video for a trip down nostalgia avenue. Brings a tear to my eye. tongue
Standard User time2die
(knowledge is power) Tue 03-Apr-12 23:51:50
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God did i actually like that game because it looks utter garbage tongue
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(deleted) Wed 04-Apr-12 00:32:30
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Well, I'm surprised I never noticed how badly drawn and rough the characters were. They are pretty awful to look at now.

However, the third person camera angle was so messed up you get headaches watching that. It was truly terrible and made the game so much harder.

But it was still an awesome game for the time. I wonder what score it got back then? Hmm...

"Tenchu: Stealth Assassins has generally positive reviews. GameRankings rated it 86.45%, GameSpot Rating it 8.3 saying "Tenchu excels in every way that counts". And IGN rating Tenchu 9.0 saying "Tenchu's the kind of game you would only find on a system such as PlayStation. Tenchu is a brand new kind of adventure game that has never been done before. You are a ninja and must operate strictly in the ways of a ninja�quietly, in the shadows, unnoticed, with cunning intelligence and speed." Wikipedia

Can't argue with that can you? laugh
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(deleted) Wed 04-Apr-12 02:38:13
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I cant believe nobody has mentioned Bomberman or Sensible Soccer....

Goldeneye was the game that really set things going on the FPS shooter front and completely agree that nothing Rare have made since has come anywhere near it. (Perfect Dark was a better game but you couldnt be Oddjob in multiplayer to give yourself that tiny advantage of being an ever so slightly smaller target and it just wasnt as involving without the Bond music.. The remake/sequel had pretty much the same problem for me. It just wasnt as enticing as Goldeneye)

Gears of War was another one that drew you in. Mainly because it was different and the multiplayer was so good. They managed to ruin it after a few patches by making the active reload sniper ridiculous. The sequels never really lived up to the original in my opinion.

One of the games that really had me hooked (and all of my mates) was TopSpin. Playing online doubles on the original Xbox was immense. Then they overcomplicated the controls trying to make it too fancy and ruined the sequels.

The ultimate time losing game has to be championship manager (before SI left Eidos to produce Football manager and made the game even more detailed and complex meaning it took too long to get through a season) I personally lost weeks of my life to 93/94 often sitting at the computer for 24hrs+ without realising it

I could probably come up with a huge list but thats a few off the top of my head that hadnt been mentioned
Standard User time2die
(knowledge is power) Wed 04-Apr-12 09:34:40
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Welcome Varlot to the gaming forum as we need a few new posters on here.wink

Bomberman was a fun game but not exactly mind blowing but fun at the time.
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(deleted) Wed 04-Apr-12 09:35:04
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Bomberman = awesome!

I also somehow managed to miss Cannon Fodder off my list. I remember losing days to that trying to get through the whole game with Jules and Jops still alive laugh

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