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Lode Runner was huge in our house on the C64, but I think Jumpman[1] and Fort Apocalypse[2] were played a lot more. We even caught our parents having 2am marath
by cronix 6y ago
Lode Runner was huge in our house on the C64, but I think Jumpman[1] and Fort Apocalypse[2] were played a lot more. We even caught our parents having 2am marathon sessions with Jumpman, which was not normal.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrsZ1bDy4Dg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrsZ1bDy4Dg
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1A-BNafyDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1A-BNafyDk
- atombender 6y agoSame here. Two other huge games for me were H.E.R.O. [1] and Dropzone [2] (the latter a re-imagining of Defender), both of which have a lot in common with Fort Apocalypse. Both are still extremely playable. Dropzone in particular has some great graphics for its time. It was made by Archer Maclean, who's more known for International Karate/International Karate+, which I also played incessantly as a kid. Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, and Pitfall 2 also come to mind as examples of classic early platformers. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpzN0fagzi8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpzN0fagzi8 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSJ5Iuv-0gU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSJ5Iuv-0gU > At the start of the pandemic, a friend gave me all of his old Atari 2600 carts. A couple of weeks ago I finally got around to trying Miniature Golf. The graphics are terrible by any post-1982 standard, and the hand-drawn screenshots in the paper catalogs of yesteryear made it look worse, so hardly anyone bought it. But it's actually a pretty good game. You can sit down with and play for several hours while relaxing, instead of gnashing your teeth and swearing at other players.
- atombender 6y agoUhh, not sure what the quoted part there is doing there.
- Osiris 6y agoThose videos brought back some memories. Wow. Thanks for sharing.