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I can't remember why I bought this game (I was in the middle of high school at the time), but I logged hundreds of hours in this game. It's hard to appreciate g
by hvs 6y ago
I can't remember why I bought this game (I was in the middle of high school at the time), but I logged hundreds of hours in this game. It's hard to appreciate games from a generation before you because you've developed a certain expectation of how games are supposed to look, features you've come to expect in every game, etc. But there was really nothing like this game at the time. 3D games barely existed (they were mostly flight sims, as this game nominally is), but it had so much more. You have to remember that this was before the web (actually one year after its creation), and most people weren't on the Internet. Some of us nerds were on BBSes, Compuserve, etc. But discovery of new games came from gaming magazines, friends, and just going to the game store and seeing what was on the shelves (which, as I think about it, is probably how I ended up with it. I probably thought it looked cool on the shelf).
I don't really have a point, but this article brought back some memories of that time.
- neuronexmachina 6y agoSame here, I spent hundreds of hours on it when I was around the same age. I also thought it was pretty cool how detailed the instruction manual for it was (108 pages): https://manualmachine.com/gamespc/stuntisland/1119422-user-manual/ https://manualmachine.com/gamespc/stuntisland/1119422-user-m...
- leetrout 6y agoIf memory serves me This was an upgrade for me from Corncob 3D.
- readwind 6y agoCorncob was the shit. What was that other Amiga game? With the cones, and everything, it looked like corncob, but it was something else. I bet someone knows. Good times anyways.
- readwind 6y agoBacklash? Is that the title? Internal view, tons of cones, etc, pretty good gfx, fucking cannon shots out of your mouth/view. Backlash? The corncob person gave me memories. Loved backlash, it was fantastically graphic for its time.
- readwind 6y agoDjeeah, guess we're fucking back-lashing, or backlash, as the title is and goes: enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOG1p2DbDCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOG1p2DbDCI thanks corncob most valued person enjoy