Bringing back memories

[sally_maria]

Clearing out the detritus under the computer desk reminded me of a lot of old computer games. Did any of you ever play any of these?

Poll #4170 How many of you remember these games?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

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Did you ever play any of these computer games?

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Lemmings & sequels
5 (62.5%)

The Secret of Monkey Island & sequels
5 (62.5%)

Day of the Tentacle
1 (12.5%)

Star Trek - Judgement Rites
2 (25.0%)

Populous
1 (12.5%)

Theme Park
3 (37.5%)

Commander Keen
2 (25.0%)

Catacomb Abyss
1 (12.5%)

None of the Above. ;-)
1 (12.5%)

Required silliness

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Ask me about LOOM
0 (0.0%)

Mug o' grog
3 (42.9%)

Oh No!
1 (14.3%)

Aliens Ate My Babysitter
2 (28.6%)

Early '90s PC games killed my childhood, you clotpoll.
3 (42.9%)

Most of them are on floppy disc and so long lost, but I must admit being tempted to try Steam to replay a few of them.

Comments

[pellegrina]

If I mention the ones I did play, I will show my age, so all I will say is Minesweeper.

[sally_maria]

:-)

Oh, I'm definitely showing my age, and just how much of a hoarder I am, as I'm just now throwing out the manuals for these games.

[afuna]

I don't think I ever managed to finish any of these, but I still remember them! :D

[sally_maria]

I must admit to buying the hint book to finish Monkey Island, I just couldn't leave the story half-finished.

Star Trek had this stupid thing where you had to scan a specific place on the screen with the tricorder before you could get any further into the game. I spent hours trying to find that stupid pixel, before I gave up in disgust. (No, I'm not still bitter, whatever gave you that idea? ;-D)

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

We found Lemmings on disc last week and have been playing it :-)

[sally_maria]

It's such a brilliant game. Yes, the graphics are primitive, but who cares, the gameplay is still as addictive as ever.

[crazyscot.livejournal.com]

You don't even need to dig out the floppy, if you have a recent web browser! http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/

[sally_maria]

emperor just gave me the link on the other post, I look forward to playing it. :-)

[crazyscot.livejournal.com]

+++ YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE TARDIS +++ SEE YOU IN 2016 +++

[sally_maria]

*trying not to fall off my chair laughing*

If I don't turn up at work next week, they'll know who to blame...

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Ooh, cool; thank you!

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Six of the eight.

Is that a Repton userpic?

For a more detailed post on 'Edge Magazine's 100 Best Games of All Time' (admittedly a bitout of date now), see here:
http://philmophlegm.livejournal.com/87552.html

[sally_maria]

Not bad. :-)

Yes, it's Repton, which competes with Lemmings for the title of Best Game Ever, as far as I'm concerned. It was the first game we had on 5.25" disc for our BBC B, back in the depths of time, and it kept us absorbed for years, on and off.

I thought of you, actually, because one of the other things I found was a cheat book from PC Zone issue 3. I'm not really a gamer at all these days, once I discovered the internet it took up far too much of my time, but when I was a student in the early '90s I used to read a lot of computer magazines.