Re: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming
In a message dated 06/03/2004 9:18:41 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have to chime in on this one too. I've played it for at least 3 different platforms (Apple, Atari and C64 I believe). I love all of them :) Though I find myself playing the C64 version (emulated) these days (along with H.E.R.O.). Suddenly I find all the 2600/5200 carts I loved going through my head (Hall of the Mountain King, Robot Tank, Enduro, H.E.R.O., Dreadnaught Factor). I was going to collect Montezuma for awhile. Stopped after 2600 and SMS versions. I think there is a Colecovision too, and various computer platforms. Some of the releases have "more" levels" I think. Hey Mountain King was a cool game too!! Tom
RE: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming
Of course, back then I didn't know what Montezuma's Revenge really was, hence why Panama Joe (or whatever his name was) was running so fast : ) Stuart -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 4:30 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic GamingIn a message dated 06/03/2004 9:18:41 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have to chime in on this one too. I've played it for at least 3 different platforms (Apple, Atari and C64 I believe). I love all of them :) Though I find myself playing the C64 version (emulated) these days (along with H.E.R.O.). Suddenly I find all the 2600/5200 carts I loved going through my head (Hall of the Mountain King, Robot Tank, Enduro, H.E.R.O., Dreadnaught Factor).I was going to collect Montezuma for awhile. Stopped after 2600 and SMS versions. I think there is a Colecovision too, and various computer platforms. Some of the releases have "more" levels" I think. Hey Mountain King was a cool game too!!Tom
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Ive only ever played the SMS version... how does it compare to the originals? Parker Bros did do a good job with the SMS conversion of Kings Quest (except that Graham seemed to only move one of his legs...). Steve From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 1:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming In a message dated 06/03/2004 9:18:41 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have to chime in on this one too. I've played it for at least 3 different platforms (Apple, Atari and C64 I believe). I love all of them :) Though I find myself playing the C64 version (emulated) these days (along with H.E.R.O.). Suddenly I find all the 2600/5200 carts I loved going through my head (Hall of the Mountain King, Robot Tank, Enduro, H.E.R.O., Dreadnaught Factor). I was going to collect Montezuma for awhile. Stopped after 2600 and SMS versions. I think there is a Colecovision too, and various computer platforms. Some of the releases have more levels I think. Hey Mountain King was a cool game too!! Tom
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It sure was a pain in the butt to type Rumplestiltskin's name backwards though... Stuart -Original Message-From: Stephen Emond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:14 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming Ive only ever played the SMS version... how does it compare to the originals? Parker Bros did do a good job with the SMS conversion of Kings Quest (except that Graham seemed to only move one of his legs...). Steve From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 1:30 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming In a message dated 06/03/2004 9:18:41 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have to chime in on this one too. I've played it for at least 3 different platforms (Apple, Atari and C64 I believe). I love all of them :) Though I find myself playing the C64 version (emulated) these days (along with H.E.R.O.). Suddenly I find all the 2600/5200 carts I loved going through my head (Hall of the Mountain King, Robot Tank, Enduro, H.E.R.O., Dreadnaught Factor). I was going to collect Montezuma for awhile. Stopped after 2600 and SMS versions. I think there is a Colecovision too, and various computer platforms. Some of the releases have "more" levels" I think. Hey Mountain King was a cool game too!!Tom
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Stuart Feldhamer wrote: Of course, back then I didn't know what Montezuma's Revenge really was, hence why Panama Joe (or whatever his name was) was running so fast : ) OMG... I just *now* got the joke, after playing the game for 15+ years! -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice of the demoscene:http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
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Oops. Hall of the Mountain King was the soundtrack that looped in the BG once you got the 'flame'. Mountain King was the game. Thanks for correcting that. I think you're right about the number of levels varying between platforms in MR. Like being the person who edits movies for television, it must be difficult to decides which levels stay and which ones go. Unless they all have the same base levels and some versions have bonus levels. Matter of perspective I suppose. On Jun 4, 2004, at 4:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 06/03/2004 9:18:41 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have to chime in on this one too. I've played it for at least 3 different platforms (Apple, Atari and C64 I believe). I love all of them :) Though I find myself playing the C64 version (emulated) these days (along with H.E.R.O.). Suddenly I find all the 2600/5200 carts I loved going through my head (Hall of the Mountain King, Robot Tank, Enduro, H.E.R.O., Dreadnaught Factor). I was going to collect Montezuma for awhile. Stopped after 2600 and SMS versions. I think there is a Colecovision too, and various computer platforms. Some of the releases have more levels I think. Hey Mountain King was a cool game too!! Tom
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As someone who has a 4.5-yr-old and a 7-yr-old, who play both modern and classic games (at my insistcnce), I too LOL'd at some of the comments. But the whole thing was a bit depressing, too: The kids in the article weren't aware that you can still challenge yourself and have fun with older games. Some of the games my kids like to play: - Luigi's Mansion (a truly horrible game in terms of gameplay) - Super Mario Sunshine - Super Smash Brothers Melee - Sonic Heroes - Sonic Adventure (both) ..etc. In other words, typical Nintendo and Sega licensee crap (although I like the Sonic games). However, they *also* enjoy the following: - Pac Man (emulated) - Sonic The Hedgehog (original Genesis, 1990, on a real Genesis) - Marble Madness (emulated) - Rampage (we have emulated, gameboy, lynx versions :-) - Donkey Kong (Colecovision port, on a real Colecovision) - Super Mario Bros. (NES emulated) - Boxing (Activision, Atari 2600, on a real 2600) They are *much worse* at the classic games in terms of skill, but they still *enjoy playing them*. And to hear them laugh when they play Boxing against each other is to die for. THAT is having fun. That is what games are all about. (Along those lines, I have no problem cheating in games if they are starting to frustrate me. I tried to get past the final boss in Luigi's Mansion for 3 solid hours before I just went and got an Action Reply to get past the thing. Games aren't fun if they're unfair.) Dan Chisarick wrote: Well, this answers a lot of questions about the current state of video games... I LOL at a couple of the comments, most of them from Donkey Kong. On May 31, 2004, at 3:20 PM, C.E. Forman wrote: I saw this too. Hilarious! I loved the fact that they were over-thinking, over-analyzing everything, believing the different colors on the blocks in Tetris meant something, wondering if you can do stuff with the umbrella and purse in DK, rapid-fire in Space Invaders, etc. - Original Message - *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, May 31, 2004 8:54 AM *Subject:* [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming Cute ;) http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1487038,00.asp -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice of the demoscene:http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Re: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming
In a message dated 06/03/2004 11:08:52 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They are *much worse* at the classic games in terms of skill, but they still *enjoy playing them*. And to hear them laugh when they play Boxing against each other is to die for. THAT is having fun. That is what games are all about. Gosh I used to play that one against my brother Jim (he usually kicked my butt, he's 10 years younger). Simple graphics, white and black boxers (racially correct or just so you'd know who is who? ;)). But still fun and challenging. Hey you got them playing 2600 Adventure yet (tell them the story behind the "hidden dot"), also fun to try to get EVERY object in one room. Montezuma's Revenge sweet 2600 game too. Tom
Re: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 06/03/2004 11:08:52 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They are *much worse* at the classic games in terms of skill, but they still *enjoy playing them*. And to hear them laugh when they play Boxing against each other is to die for. THAT is having fun. That is what games are all about. Gosh I used to play that one against my brother Jim (he usually kicked my butt, he's 10 years younger). Simple graphics, white and black boxers (racially correct or just so you'd know who is who? ;)). But still fun and challenging. Hey you got them playing 2600 Adventure yet (tell them the story behind the hidden dot), also fun to try to get EVERY object in one room. Montezuma's Revenge sweet 2600 game too. My brother used to go ape over Montezuma's Revenge for PC. We had a pirated copy and he could beat every difficulty. Another quest that nearly consumed him was Airball, and also King's Quest 2. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice of the demoscene:http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
RE: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming
I loved Montezuma's revenge also...I had a friend who had it for his C64, and I used to go over there just so I could play the game for hours at a time. : ) Stuart -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 06/03/2004 11:08:52 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They are *much worse* at the classic games in terms of skill, but they still *enjoy playing them*. And to hear them laugh when they play Boxing against each other is to die for. THAT is having fun. That is what games are all about. Gosh I used to play that one against my brother Jim (he usually kicked my butt, he's 10 years younger). Simple graphics, white and black boxers (racially correct or just so you'd know who is who? ;)). But still fun and challenging. Hey you got them playing 2600 Adventure yet (tell them the story behind the hidden dot), also fun to try to get EVERY object in one room. Montezuma's Revenge sweet 2600 game too. My brother used to go ape over Montezuma's Revenge for PC. We had a pirated copy and he could beat every difficulty. Another quest that nearly consumed him was Airball, and also King's Quest 2. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice of the demoscene:http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
[SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming
"Cute" ;) http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1487038,00.asp
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Very cute! : ) I noticed this line (talking about Pong): I saw a documentary on this. The game was so popular in arcades that it got jammed up with quarters. I wonder if that was the documentary that Jim mpeged for us... Stuart -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming Cute ;) http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1487038,00.asp -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
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I saw this too. Hilarious!I loved the fact that they were over-thinking, over-analyzing everything, believing the different colors on the blocks in Tetris meant something, wondering if you can do stuff with the umbrella and purse in DK, rapid-fire in Space Invaders, etc. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming "Cute" ;)http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1487038,00.asp
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I loved this one: Kirk: And you can't pick up an AK-47 and go killhey, those aliens on the top row, you use them in EGM for stuff. EGM: Yeah, we use them to end our articles. They do kinda look like they're from Space Invaders, don't they? Tim: They're going to sue you. Kirk: I'm sure everyone who made this game is dead by now. Thats priceless :p From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 6:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming Cute ;) http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1487038,00.asp
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Well, this answers a lot of questions about the current state of video games... I LOL at a couple of the comments, most of them from Donkey Kong.x-tad-bigger /x-tad-bigger On May 31, 2004, at 3:20 PM, C.E. Forman wrote: I saw this too. Hilarious! I loved the fact that they were over-thinking, over-analyzing everything, believing the different colors on the blocks in Tetris meant something, wondering if you can do stuff with the umbrella and purse in DK, rapid-fire in Space Invaders, etc. x-tad-bigger- Original Message -/x-tad-bigger x-tad-bigger /x-tad-biggerx-tad-biggerFrom:/x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger /x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger[EMAIL PROTECTED]/x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger /x-tad-bigger x-tad-biggerTo:/x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger /x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger[EMAIL PROTECTED]/x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger /x-tad-bigger x-tad-biggerSent:/x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger Monday, May 31, 2004 8:54 AM/x-tad-bigger x-tad-biggerSubject:/x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming/x-tad-bigger Cute ;) http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1487038,00.asp
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Yeah, that had me literally LOL in front of the screen :-) To those kids we are ancient history ;-) Marco Stephen Emond schrieb: I loved this one: Kirk: And you can't pick up an AK-47 and go killhey, those aliens on the top row, you use them in EGM for stuff. EGM: Yeah, we use them to end our articles. They do kinda look like they're from Space Invaders, don't they? Tim: They're going to sue you. Kirk: I'm sure everyone who made this game is dead by now. Thats priceless :p -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 6:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming Cute ;) http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1487038,00.asp -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
