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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: WLJ on June 15, 2019, 09:45:03 PM
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NO NO NO NO!
Commander Keen — Official E3 Announce Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtQjGPfkEe8
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That was nothing like Just Shoot Me. I actually think it was worse.
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Had to look this up. Never heard of it before.
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I assumed many here may have been familiar with Commander Keen
For those who don't know, Commander Keen was a amazingly fun PC game back in the early 90s that many gamers, including me, of the period have fond memories of
Here's Wiki! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen
Looks like Bethesda purchased the rights to it and first impressions so far is that they're butchering everything that made it so charming.
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I assumed many here may have been familiar with Commander Keen
Never assume.
I had never heard of Commander Keen, so I had no idea what you were ranting about.
Of course, the fact I never heard of something should not be taken as exemplary of the rest of the world's population.
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blarg!
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Also, given that this is APS, you might want to choose your subject text more carefully. Someone might interpret it as a directive.
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Also, given that this is APS, you might want to choose your subject text more carefully. Someone might interpret it as a directive.
You mean it isn't? Darn.
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"I had never heard of Commander Keen, so I had no idea what you were ranting about."
Mega dittos. Had to look it up on the interwebs.
Now had you said Duke Nukem...
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I remember playing the original Commander Keen. Well, actually I'd forgotten about it until the OP reminded me. :)
I need to add it to my DOSbox folder and play it again for the nostalgia.
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I was more into "Space Quest" and "Leisure Suit Larry" from Sierra On-Line. the 3D games made me motion sick! :facepalm:
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"Leisure Suit Larry"
Ha! I've not thought about that in years!
Some of my all-time favorite computer games were the old Infocom text games -- Zork, Zork II, Planetfall, Leather Goddesses of Phobos and others...
I still occasionally play online versions of those games.
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Leisure Suit Larry
Peppermint or spearmint?
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Been so long since I played (think 8088 w/Amber Monochrome) that I have forgotten all the pitfalls!
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I recall the first game that really sold me on where computer-based gaming could go was Wing Commander. The integration of "shoot 'em up" and storyline (including alternative storylines depending on how you did) just had me amazed at the time. I actually have it on DOSbox and still play it from time to time, including the use of an old-fashioned joystick controller.
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The first game I fell in love was Starflight.
Played it on my Franklin PC8000 8088 PC
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Been so long since I played (think 8088 w/Amber Monochrome) that I have forgotten all the pitfalls!
The Peppermint or spearmint question was when Larry was buying condoms and the clerk asked him a series of questions
Like what color, ribbed or smooth and so on
The last question was "Pepper or Spearmint?"
I about fell off the chair
This was in the original Leisure Suit Larr release. Not sure if it was in the later remakes they did.
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I still have my Dad's old Sony 8088 clone in the basement. Last time I checked it still worked.
Somewhere I also have the floppy disks for The Ancient Art of War at Sea.
That was a LOT of fun to play.
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I still have my Dad's old Sony 8088 clone in the basement. Last time I checked it still worked.
Somewhere I also have the floppy disks for The Ancient Art of War at Sea.
That was a LOT of fun to play.
I played that to death
I have been hoping Stream picks that up as since I long ago lost the box and disks. Had the first one as well, Ancient Art of War.
The manuals they came with were actual good quality books
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Just Shoot me in The Roundtable
Snicker! :rofl:
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Also, given that this is APS, you might want to choose your subject text more carefully. Someone might interpret it as a directive.
I seen many of the posts on this site, if it hasn't happened already after some of those I think I'm safe.
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Okay, if we're playing the "who's the oldest video game codger" game, Hunt the Wumpus on a printer role terminal in High School (we got our first actual video monitor - one (1) to be shared by all computer classes my Junior year) which you had to first load via punchcard. =D
I also had a Timex Sinclair (my first computer) which I played chess on after loading the game via cassette tape, which took like ten minutes.
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The first few Leisure Suit Larry games were a hoot! Even the wife got a kick out of watching me play them.
DON'T FLUSH!
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Okay, if we're playing the "who's the oldest video game codger" game, Hunt the Wumpus on a printer role terminal in High School (we got our first actual video monitor - one (1) to be shared by all computer classes my Junior year) which you had to first load via punchcard. =D
I also had a Timex Sinclair (my first computer) which I played chess on after loading the game via cassette tape, which took like ten minutes.
How about on a Dec Vax mini
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Ren and Stimpy, oh pleez pleez pleez...
Brad
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I recall the first game that really sold me on where computer-based gaming could go was Wing Commander. The integration of "shoot 'em up" and storyline (including alternative storylines depending on how you did) just had me amazed at the time. I actually have it on DOSbox and still play it from time to time, including the use of an old-fashioned joystick controller.
I still remember that one. It was pretty amazing at the time. (And, though it would never win any awards, the movie wasn't terrible. It was bad, yes, but entertaining. I particularly like that Hercule Poirot was the captain of the starship.)
I was already hooked on gaming before then, though. Legend of Zelda had me a few years before Wing Commander.
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I played Wing Commander a number of times. It was a lot of fun.
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I remember playing Wing Commander a little, but I was in love with X-Wing and Tie Fighter at the time and didn't give a damn about storyline. Doom fell in there somewhere as well. I guess I was always more into the arcade/game play side of things rather than storyline. Total Annihilation is one that sucked up a lot of time also.