Throwback Thursday: 1980s video games edition (1 Viewer)

[Fat Nick]

Single hardest maneuver ....

Landing in Top Gun. (NES)

Oh crap. I just remembered this.

I figured out a little cheat for Top Gun...If you just climbed up for the whole mission, nobody could kill you. Of course you couldn't kill anyone either, but you got past the mission...but you still had to land. I could never land...so I could cheat through the whole mission, and not land.

 

[nirad3]

Single hardest maneuver ....

Landing in Top Gun. (NES)

Oh crap. I just remembered this.

I figured out a little cheat for Top Gun...If you just climbed up for the whole mission, nobody could kill you. Of course you couldn't kill anyone either, but you got past the mission...but you still had to land. I could never land...so I could cheat through the whole mission, and not land.

Sounds like a Saturday night for Eminence.

 

[NCCommish]

Not sure if it was mentioned, but Stargate (aka Defender II) was awesome and is actually superior to the original.

No it really wasn't. Lot of time in both give me the original everyday.

 

[rick6668]

Commodore Smartphone

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Not sure if it was mentioned, but Stargate (aka Defender II) was awesome and is actually superior to the original.

No it really wasn't. Lot of time in both give me the original everyday.

Obviously a personal preference thing, but I liked Stargate a LOT better.

 

[Hov34]

10 Yard Fight

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

EPYX Winter Games adding the "Compete In Some Of The Events" feature was key. Great to set up a nice Hot Dog-Biathalon-Speed Skating-Ski Jump-Bobsled competition and skipping the figure skating events.

A friend had a late entry from EPYX that had events like Sumo Wrestling and Weightlifting. It was like playing Wide World Of Sports. Can't remember the title off the top of my head.

IIRC, it was EPYX that also did "California Games", where instead of a country you picked a sponsor flag to compete under, and went out and did half pipe, hacky sack, BMX, stuff like that.

 

[Warrior]

Anyone been to 'Insert Coin', the bar/club in Vegas? If you get a private booth, they have menus where you can order almost any system and game. The waitress brings them to your booth and sets them up on your 2 big screen TVs, along with bottle service.

If you don't have a booth, you can walk around the bar/club and play any of the old school arcade games for quarters.

 

[Jeremy]

I loved the old "gold box" Dungeons and Dragons computer games from the late 80s.

 

[5Rings]

I had this promotional poster for the Commodore 64 classic "One On One": Doctor J versus Larry Bird.

I had this game and LOVED it! My first PC game

 

[Drifter]

Anybody remember the cRPG from the C-64 era that was an Ultima type top down view and the ultimate weapon in it was something like a Death Lance? It was not part of the DragonLance series. I do remember there was a casino in it in the upper rightish part of the map.

 

[Todem]

Anyone been to 'Insert Coin', the bar/club in Vegas? If you get a private booth, they have menus where you can order almost any system and game. The waitress brings them to your booth and sets them up on your 2 big screen TVs, along with bottle service.

If you don't have a booth, you can walk around the bar/club and play any of the old school arcade games for quarters.

Going to Vegas next Friday for a weekend of Rush and craps.....I must check this place out.

Nice find.

 

[rick6668]

Anybody remember the cRPG from the C-64 era that was an Ultima type top down view and the ultimate weapon in it was something like a Death Lance? It was not part of the DragonLance series. I do remember there was a casino in it in the upper rightish part of the map.

Questron?

Legacy of the Ancients?

Legend of Blacksilver?

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

I had this promotional poster for the Commodore 64 classic "One On One": Doctor J versus Larry Bird.

I had this game and LOVED it! My first PC game

My neighbor and I would "warm up" on the court before playing "for real". Start a game, shoot around a little, and after both guys broke the backboard once, it was time to reset the game and play for keeps.

 

[Warrior]

Anyone been to 'Insert Coin', the bar/club in Vegas? If you get a private booth, they have menus where you can order almost any system and game. The waitress brings them to your booth and sets them up on your 2 big screen TVs, along with bottle service.

If you don't have a booth, you can walk around the bar/club and play any of the old school arcade games for quarters.

Going to Vegas next Friday for a weekend of Rush and craps.....I must check this place out.

Nice find.

Absolutely. I believe it was around Freemont Street but don't hold me to that. I don't remember the ride back at all.

 

[dickey moe]

Not sure if it was mentioned, but Stargate (aka Defender II) was awesome and is actually superior to the original.

No it really wasn't. Lot of time in both give me the original everyday.

Obviously a personal preference thing, but I liked Stargate a LOT better.

Yeah, I did too. I was crap at that game, though.

 

[SlaX]

I had this promotional poster for the Commodore 64 classic "One On One": Doctor J versus Larry Bird.

I had this game and LOVED it! My first PC game

First EA Sports game.

 

[IC FBGCav]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

 

[IC FBGCav]

Yes, I took a photo of the TV screen the first time I finished under 28.20 on Game 3 of Activision Skiing so I could join the Activision Ski Team.

Enjoyed that accolade so much, I took the screenshot of my first 10K+ Decathlon for my Activision Decathlon Gold Medal.

This games is one of the main pulls for me to buy and Kaboom.

 

[Copeman]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Don't do it. They are NOT fun.

 

[Insein]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Don't do it. They are NOT fun.

And $150 is ridiculous.

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Don't do it. They are NOT fun.

They are fun, if you grew up with them. But not worth the 150.

You can get a retro machine with all of the good games for quite a bit less money.

 

[IC FBGCav]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Don't do it. They are NOT fun.

And $150 is ridiculous.

So go with a PS4 instead for 250.00 more?

 

[IC FBGCav]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Don't do it. They are NOT fun.

They are fun, if you grew up with them. But not worth the 150.

You can get a retro machine with all of the good games for quite a bit less money.

Good call, looking at them now.

 

[Insein]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Don't do it. They are NOT fun.

And $150 is ridiculous.

So go with a PS4 instead for 250.00 more?

Let's see.

Atari

PS4

You tell me.

 

[IC FBGCav]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Don't do it. They are NOT fun.

And $150 is ridiculous.

So go with a PS4 instead for 250.00 more?

Let's see.

Atari

PS4

You tell me.

It's the nostalgia thing.

 

[dhockster]

Anyone been to 'Insert Coin', the bar/club in Vegas? If you get a private booth, they have menus where you can order almost any system and game. The waitress brings them to your booth and sets them up on your 2 big screen TVs, along with bottle service.

If you don't have a booth, you can walk around the bar/club and play any of the old school arcade games for quarters.

Just read this and was interested in checking out the next time I was in Vegas, but when I googled it, I found that it had closed 6 days before you posted this. Oh well.

 

[Statcruncher]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

I grew up on Atari and have many fond memories. So, I bought an Atari Flashback 2 for my kids (me) for Christmas in 2005. They were 5 and 7, and had more fun unwrapping the box than playing it. To be honest the games are pretty much unplayable. Not because the system didn't correctly port them, it's because those games really suck. I think I managed to playfor about 45 minutes (most of that was Yar's Revenge) and that was it. Nobody ever played it again. Sometimes, you just can't go back.

 

[IC FBGCav]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

I grew up on Atari and have many fond memories. So, I bought an Atari Flashback 2 for my kids (me) for Christmas in 2005. They were 5 and 7, and had more fun unwrapping the box than playing it. To be honest the games are pretty much unplayable. Not because the system didn't correctly port them, it's because those games really suck. I think I managed to play Yar's Revenge for about 45 minutes and that was it. Nobody ever played it again. Sometimes, you just can't go back.

 

[ghostguy123]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Buy it, play it a while, sell it for the same or more than you bought it for. Or ya love it and want to keep it.

You can't lose here. Assuming $150 is the going rate for that

 

[SlaX]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

You can find a better deal. That's way too much.

 

[SlaX]

I am on the verge of purchasing an Atari 2600 with 50 games for 150.00 bucks. The pull to my childhood is strong. Please talk me down. Can those games really still be fun now?

Buy it, play it a while, sell it for the same or more than you bought it for. Or ya love it and want to keep it.

You can't lose here. Assuming $150 is the going rate for that

Nope. It's not.

 

[skillz]

Pitfall

Pole Position

Bump n Jump

Spy hunter

 

[skillz]

Adventure for the 2600