On Mon, 27 May 2013 08:22:02 +0200 "Paulo Pinto" <pj...@progtools.org> wrote:
> On Monday, 27 May 2013 at 01:29:12 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 05:20:59PM -0700, Ali Çehreli wrote: > >> On 05/26/2013 01:04 PM, Walter Bright wrote: > >> > >> >Yeah, I did the 'Soccer' one. > >> > >> http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Mattel/Soccer.htm > >> > >> That's before my time. :) I have played with ones similar to > >> this though: > >> > >> http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Nintendo/Octopus.htm > > [...] > > > > Whoa. This one brings back the memories! Was this the one where > > you had > > to evade the tentacles and get to the sunken ship and back? I > > must've > > been a primary schoolboy when I played this game (never owned > > it though > > -- I used to visit my grand-uncle's electronics store and > > played it > > there). > > > > > > T > > Oh man! My first handheld, > > http://www.gameandwatch.com/screen/widescreen/manhole/index.html > These were my first: http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/Pinball.htm http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/ElectronicFootball.htm http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/DoubleDragon.htm http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/NinjaGaiden.htm (I like this thread, it makes me feel comparatively young ;) ) I played the heck out of those pinball and football ones. Strange though, I had totally forgotten about those two until browsing that site just now. I also had the Castlevania II, MegaMan 2, and some racing one from a different company, not sure who. No idea what happened to any of them. (The watch one I remember I lost a loooong time ago.) Many years later I participated in a very fun little "Make an LCD-handheld style game" homebrew competition with a GBA entry (got third place): http://pdroms.de/files/gameboyadvance/my-robot-v1-0