What's your favourite "old skool" game?

[Andara Bledin]

This thread made me go searching for old games. I now have a Mac emulator and downloaded a couple of different games... They play in such a tiny little window...

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[LexiaFira]

Never had the master system but I remember the two different sega genesis systems the first one then the more streamlined one.
I miss them both and remember the first sonic the hedgehog and wished for the master system for Phantasy Star one
I remember Atari too, yeah i am old...but born in late 1980 i am not that old

and for PC
Myst!
leisure suit larry 1-5 the old school dos ones
All the monkey island games
hero quest
space quest
and one other made by sierra that i forget

[HYHYBT]

This thread made me go searching for old games. I now have a Mac emulator and downloaded a couple of different games... They play in such a tiny little window...

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Those I've used (most recently Nestopia, as this thread got me wanting to play some more and the actual NES, while still in the garage, is dead) will let you zoom the window.

One I'd forgotten: RC Pro Am. I'm not sure why it's fun, even, but I've *almost* always liked it, the exception being the time it took to figure out how to steer. Well, of course one fun point is that you're allowed to shoot at the other cars, and they can't shoot back

[Lachrymose]

My cousin had Duck Hunt; I used to really hate that dog. Most annoying videogame character EVER. -.-

Even moreso than Navi?

[Gravekeeper]

Even moreso than Navi?

I didn't really mind Navi.

Now Tingle, Tingle scared the frak out of me. Dude was 35, obsessed with fairies and dressed in skin tight spandex and undies? You can't tell me he's not on Hyrule's sex offender registry. >.>

[AdminAssistant]

HEY! HEY LISTEN! HEY! HEY LISTEN! YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO THE WATER TEMPLE!

Screw you, Navi. Screw. You.

[lordlundar]

Even moreso than Navi?

At least Navi served a purpose in the form of L/Z targeting (depending on the version). The dogs only purpose was to make you wish you could open up on him.

[Andara Bledin]

I didn't really mind Navi.

Did you stick mainly to the main quest? From what I understand, she doesn't really get annoying except when doing side quests.

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[Nyoibo]

At least Navi served a purpose in the form of L/Z targeting (depending on the version). The dogs only purpose was to make you wish you could open up on him.

You know someone made a hacked version of the game where you can shoot the dog.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Even moreso than Navi?

Yup. Play it and you'll see what I mean. XD I'd go further and say that Duck Hunt Dog bugs me even more than Mona and Lisa, those irritating bitch twins in Streets of Rage.

And yeah, I've seen the hacked version; wish that had come out back then. XD

Btw; re the Oregan Trail... never heard of that game til Gaiaonline did their own version of it. XD That must be a seriously old game.

Like this one: Rock n Roll.

It's more fun than it looks, honest. XD Also, oh god, I forgot Lemmings! How could I forget Lemmings? That game entertained me and irritated me in equal amounts so much, the times I got to play it. XD

Oh yeah and here's Skweek; I misspelled the misspelled word in my first post. XD

Skweek.

[Andara Bledin]

Btw; re the Oregan Trail... never heard of that game til Gaiaonline did their own version of it. XD That must be a seriously old game.

Like this one: Rock n Roll

Older.

Though, if you want to try Oregon Trail out, The Learning Company has a Facebook app for it.

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[Lachrymose]

Yup. Play it and you'll see what I mean.

Oh, I've definitely played it. But can't say I really have since I first got it in 1988 or so.

He didn't really bother me then, but maybe I had a higher tolerance for annoyance at the time.

[Andara Bledin]

I liked the dog.

Then again, I was better at the game than anyone else in the household, so I was laughing with him.

My brother and I got to the skill level that if we missed a single duck, we'd start over.

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[mikoyan29]

My cousin had Duck Hunt; I used to really hate that dog. Most annoying videogame character EVER. -.-

It would have been so cool if one of the easter eggs was that you could shoot that little bastard.

Anyways Old School Games:
Commodore 64 - Silent Service (and the updated version from a few years later)
NES - A game called Arch Rivals. It was a two on two basketball game where you could hit the other players and there was a Mr. Magoo looking guy.
Sega - I didn't get into this one as much.
Play Station - Monster Rancher or Twisted Metal
Arcade - The Star Wars Arcade (both the original Atari one and the Sega one from about 15 years ago).

[Kaylyn]

Older.

Though, if you want to try Oregon Trail out, The Learning Company has a Facebook app for it.

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1981...30 years...now I feel really old. I played it for the first time in the mid 80's on the Apple IIe system in elementary school. Along with the original versions of Where in _____ is Carmen Sandiego. Those game had some interesting copy protection...you had to actually own the book that came with each game because at certain points you had to look on page X at entry Y and give the game the first word on the entry or somesuch. This was back before the Web, of course. Nowadays you can probably find the answers to the questions in a list online or something.