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AkashicRecord®
User ID: 71747617 United States 08/28/2020 01:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | (oops, double post) Last Edited by AkashicRecord® on 08/28/2020 01:14 PM Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
AkashicRecord®
User ID: 71747617 United States 08/28/2020 01:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Absolutely, though I never could really into it. I was a huge Populous fan (PC and Genesis versions, both.) Powermonger was like the spiritual successor of sorts. Peter Molyneux kind of went downhill after these titles... Last Edited by AkashicRecord® on 08/28/2020 01:14 PM Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
SmartApe
User ID: 77087031 United States 08/28/2020 01:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EA - Electronic Arts bought the developer Bulfrog, and if you know anything about EA, they buy Devs and then kill their franchises. After Peter left Bullfrog-EA, he formed Lionhead (Black and white, Fable, etc), EA then let the Bullfrog franchises die except for a very few. Signed, Sealed, and Delivered. |
AkashicRecord®
User ID: 72909012 United States 08/28/2020 02:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EA - Electronic Arts bought the developer Bulfrog, and if you know anything about EA, they buy Devs and then kill their franchises. After Peter left Bullfrog-EA, he formed Lionhead (Black and white, Fable, etc), EA then let the Bullfrog franchises die except for a very few. Quoting: SmartApe Yeah, that's pretty much it. I remember a lot of hype over Black and White but it didn't seem to deliver as expected. An old friend of mine was one of the developers for Maxis and worked on SimCity 4... (He sent me a boxed copy before the game hit the market.) I remember his plight back when EA essentially killed Maxis. EA basically became the model of how NOT to run a game company. lol Last Edited by AkashicRecord® on 08/28/2020 02:04 PM Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
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(OP) User ID: 79352200 Indonesia 09/07/2020 01:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Absolutely, though I never could really into it. I was a huge Populous fan (PC and Genesis versions, both.) Powermonger was like the spiritual successor of sorts. Peter Molyneux kind of went downhill after these titles... Quoting: AkashicRecord® OMG forgot about this one... yeah Popolous was awesome as well... really well thought out and unique strategy game |
AkashicRecord®
User ID: 39046171 United States 09/09/2020 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Absolutely, though I never could really into it. I was a huge Populous fan (PC and Genesis versions, both.) Powermonger was like the spiritual successor of sorts. Peter Molyneux kind of went downhill after these titles... Quoting: AkashicRecord® OMG forgot about this one... yeah Popolous was awesome as well... really well thought out and unique strategy game Yeah, it was kind of the grand daddy of Powermonger, and OMG did I clock some hours in that game. I actually have two copies of the Genesis version before remembering that it only works on the very first Sega Genesis model! When Sega implemented the TMSS copy protection crap on later hardware, they nixed a few (mostly EA) titles in the process... Last Edited by AkashicRecord® on 09/09/2020 10:39 AM Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
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AkashicRecord®
User ID: 39046171 United States 09/09/2020 10:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Really?? No shit, that’s crazy You gotta be old to remember pitfall Could play for hours Oh this is even better than the commercial. Never seen him discuss it: [link to youtu.be (secure)] Most won't believe you if you just show them the commercial and say "he's the kid with the safari hat!" Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
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AkashicRecord®
User ID: 39046171 United States 09/09/2020 10:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Really?? No shit, that’s crazy You gotta be old to remember pitfall Could play for hours Actually, you could only play for 20 minutes... But I get your point ;) Probably one of the first games (that I can remember) that had a set time limit. And remember the first time you ran LEFT instead of right, and realized that you can play the game....backwards?! Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
AkashicRecord®
User ID: 79251483 United States 09/09/2020 11:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Like the man says Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77959248 Who would believe 1982 I was 8 Yes, pitfall was king I never had Pitfall (until now) so I always had to go play it at my friend's house...problem was, it was his dad's Atari! But that didn't stop us from playing it secretly, of course. "I'll bring over Dragonfire and Berserk...but only if I can play Yars' Revenge and Pitfall first!" Those were the days for sure. Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77959248 United States 09/09/2020 11:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Like the man says Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77959248 Who would believe 1982 I was 8 Yes, pitfall was king I never had Pitfall (until now) so I always had to go play it at my friend's house...problem was, it was his dad's Atari! But that didn't stop us from playing it secretly, of course. "I'll bring over Dragonfire and Berserk...but only if I can play Yars' Revenge and Pitfall first!" Those were the days for sure. Beserk Loved it also Cheers |
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AkashicRecord®
User ID: 79251483 United States 09/09/2020 11:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heavy-sixer, light-sixer, 4-switch? WE MUST KNOW. (I'n a major Atari nerd and have even been developing a NEW Atari 2600 game for some time now) Last Edited by AkashicRecord® on 09/09/2020 05:25 PM Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76909969 United States 09/09/2020 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heavy-sixer, light-sixer, 4-switch? WE MUST KNOW. (I'n a major Atari nerd and have even been developing a NEW Atari 2600 for some time now) Unfortunately no heavy sixer. 1 Atari light sixer, 1 Sears Telegames sixer, 1 regular 4 switch, and 1 Vader 4 switch. The Jr. is the one with the long rainbow badge but sadly the case is cracked. The plastic seemed to become really brittle over the years. Any amount of stress causes damage. |
AkashicRecord®
User ID: 79251483 United States 09/09/2020 12:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I once had to make my own (emergency) Atari 2600 power supply by dissecting a pair of earphones and connecting to a transformer. The old Atari 2600 had a 1/8 audio jack (like an Apple earbud) for a power supply connector. (You can also use Sega Genesis controllers with an Atari...and the system can then see a second "impossible" controller button. :) Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
AkashicRecord®
User ID: 79251483 United States 09/09/2020 12:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heavy-sixer, light-sixer, 4-switch? WE MUST KNOW. (I'n a major Atari nerd and have even been developing a NEW Atari 2600 for some time now) Unfortunately no heavy sixer. 1 Atari light sixer, 1 Sears Telegames sixer, 1 regular 4 switch, and 1 Vader 4 switch. The Jr. is the one with the long rainbow badge but sadly the case is cracked. The plastic seemed to become really brittle over the years. Any amount of stress causes damage. Oh, I forgot about the Sears Telegames and the "Vader" for some reason... I guess I was never exposed to them as much... I always hated the downgrade to 4-switch because it made some games unnecessarily unplayable... Space Shuttle was one that comes to mind, although there were some concessions made to accommodate the more recent systems...but I digress... Now, Star Raiders with the keyboard controller... WOWWW!!!!! Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |
AkashicRecord®
User ID: 79251483 United States 09/14/2020 04:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | miss this great game from the 90's. Really wonder why no one made a sequel Quoting: Nagabonar666 anyone knows this one? [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] Looks like someone who worked on a FAQ and strategy guide for this game recently returned to completing it six years later: [link to gamefaqs.gamespot.com (secure)] Last Edited by AkashicRecord® on 09/14/2020 04:17 PM Sorry, that message is no longer in the database. |