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Check out the self-titled album by a band called The Advantage. They cover everything from Super Mario Bros. to Wizard & Warriors., which is great fun.
Me, I was more a Commodore 64 type of guy, so I would have appreciated covers of these themes more.

Posted on Sun, 6 June 2004 at 20:14

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skttrbrain wrote:

i was c64 kid too.
midnight resistance was my game, i kicked ass at that.

have the to give props to the dizzy series too, for its originality and endless hours of fun, i wish theyd ressurect the little guy.

remember the new-zealand story?…i could never get past the see through whale thing…kept tryin to pull a jonah and jump into his mouth…but sadly that just resulted in immediate death

one time i also programmed some code to make a balloon float across the screen…my proudest moment to date…sad ly.

Posted on Mon, 7 June 2004 at 01:28

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JSar666 wrote:

I was a NES and a C64 game… oh the joys of a mis-spent youth.

New Zealand story was fucking brilliant, but I remember the game crashed at some point. I did get past the whale tho ;)

Does anyone know where you could get a C64 emulator and games? I’ve still got my NES and SNES in working condition (yeah, that’s right, envy me), but I gave my C64 away to my cousin when I was 16 and thought knowing how to play the guitar would be more impressive to girls than knowing how to get the high-score on “Monty On the Run”.

Posted on Mon, 7 June 2004 at 08:03

#3

Stiggi wrote:

JSar666 wrote:

I’ve still got my NES and SNES in working condition (yeah, that’s right, envy me)

why? the good old nintendos are almost unbreakeble.
i was a gameboy and snes kid and still like to play a short match of the original iss with a friend of mine (although he’s much better:mad: )

Posted on Mon, 7 June 2004 at 10:32

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Superunknown wrote:

JSar666 wrote:

New Zealand story was fucking brilliant, but I remember the game crashed at some point. I did get past the whale tho ;)

Unfortunately, I don’t know these games, but I DO remember the joy of my commodore breaking down when I least wanted it, too.

Some classics I used to play:
Zak McKraken
Maniac Mansion
Ghosts ‘N’ Goblins
Law Of The West
Rambo
Commando
Forbidden Forest
Last Ninja
Impossible Mission
Hero

Posted on Tue, 8 June 2004 at 02:01

#5

JSar666 wrote:

donVutz: Just envy me, okay :p

Superunknown: I remember Ghosts and Goblins. My fav C64 games were

Roadrunner - brilliant. Fucking ace. Can’t believe it was released on something as basic as the C64

Mask - based on the cartoon of the same name. You picked 3 vehicles and you could change them by driving over water to turn the car into a boat or whatever. My fav was the motorbike that turned into a helicopter :cool: If I remember correctly, the character who drove said vehicle was supposed to be a rockstar on the show.

Airwolf - again, based on the TV show. A scrolling shoot-em-up that was so good even my cousin who hates computer games thought it was great.

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - so much better than the NES version. The only annoying thing was that you had to enter a different code every time it loaded. D’oh.

There were also a few others, but I can’t remember what they were called :( Damn I wish I hadn’t given away my C64 now.

Posted on Tue, 8 June 2004 at 06:45

#6

allroy (Rainer) wrote:

Superunknown wrote:

Impossible Mission

“Stay a while, stay forever”

I remember breaking loads of joysticks with my schoolmates playing Summer Games.

Posted on Tue, 8 June 2004 at 07:03

#7

White Psycho wrote:

I was an amiga owner. I loved that machine!

anyone wanting to play old games check out http://www.planetemu.net (in french but they have shitloads)
and for virtually any emulator http://www.emuunlim.com

But of course you must own the originals…errrrm yeah…

Posted on Wed, 9 June 2004 at 19:48

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efilnikufesin wrote:

I have an amiga emulator which i got free with Retro gamer magazine but a ‘kickstart ROM’ is required which the mag couldnt give away because it is still copyrighted, bit of a shame because i have always wondered what the Amiga was like graphic-wise etc. i didnt it make it past my Amstrad CPC which i still have a collection of games for, maybe keep them as antiques. i remember a cracking game called ‘Elite’ which was a space-trading game with a very catchy title screen tune and ‘manic miner’, lovely stuff. I was pleased to read that the game NARC,one of the coolest games ever is going to be included on an Arcade treasures collection on the PS2.

Posted on Wed, 9 June 2004 at 22:30

#9

White Psycho wrote:

do a search for kickstart 1.3 and 3.1. They’re the 2 main kickstarts used. They’re out there even if its not particularly legal

Posted on Thu, 10 June 2004 at 01:27

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soul doubt (an) wrote:

I think Sega is the best, just bought a Sega Master System on ebay… still waiting for it… I wanna play again, it reminds me of when I was 13 years of age

Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 20:27

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motherh666 wrote:

How come this was moved to other bands and artists section?
:D

Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 20:47

#12

Bad Karma wrote:

I loved the SNES when it first came out,its a bit scary looking back the hours i use to spend playing games i was addicted to it.

Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 20:57

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

motherh666 wrote:

How come this was moved to other bands and artists section?
:D

It’s always been here, the original post was about The Advantage. WP has set up a new thread in Chit Chat for this computer talk: http://www.therapyquestionmark.co.uk/wallofmouths/showthread.php? … eadid=5252

So bugger off. All of you, now. Go on!

Posted on Sat, 12 June 2004 at 15:32

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White Psycho wrote:

aye! I go to the effort (and the amount was sheer exhaustion) of setting up that thread and you all stay here! Fine! I’ll just kill your favourite gerbils!…and back to reality :p

Posted on Sat, 12 June 2004 at 19:24

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