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Liero is part of the Finnish shareware game scene that lasted from early 90s to mid 00s [1]. These games are super nostalgic for me and a lot of other tech mind

by kimmk 3y ago

Liero is part of the Finnish shareware game scene that lasted from early 90s to mid 00s [1]. These games are super nostalgic for me and a lot of other tech minded Finns of my age! [1] https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_suomalaisista_shareware-_ja_freewarepeleist%C3%A4 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_suomalaisista_sharewa...

askonomm 3y ago
Not just Finland, Liero was big in Estonia, too! I remember I got Liero on a floppy disk from a friend early 00's and ran it on my Win98. Good ol' days. Terep2 was another great game.
- eitland 3y ago
  It was played in Norway too. My younger brothers played it a lot.
  - Tryk 3y ago
    Sweden as well, me and my friends played it frequently to distract ourselves in CS class.
    - laszlojamf 3y ago
      What school did you go to? We played this _a lot_ at Norra Real, Stockholm XD
      - zyberzero 3y ago
        I’m (not parent) from a small town in Västra Götaland (Sweden) and we played it a lot as well :)
- matheusmoreira 3y ago
  Brazil too. Used to play this with family and friends, especially one of my cousins. Also played it quite a few times with friends in computer classes. Everyone could play using the same keyboard at the same time, it was crazy.
bemmu 3y ago
Happy to see my own game “Oikeutta Eläimille” in this list. I made it in turbo pascal in about 1 week, uploaded it to a BBS and it started to spread. Then pretty soon I saw it mentioned on TV and that totally blew my 16 year old mind. I can make something and the world will react to what I make? Cool!
- jokab 3y ago
  This is what got me interested in this gig in the first place. I am still yet to create something the world will react to, but whatever, I am enjoying the journey anyways
Balsamic 3y ago
Liero dominated my high school computer lab in Sydney, Australia. Such great times. Still adore this game.
- newsclues 3y ago
  We played it in Canada in programming class as well.
  - Fatnino 3y ago
    Los Angeles, same.
mordae 3y ago
It was a hit in our Czech school as well. Son of a diplomat posted in Finland brought it back here.
- tricolon 3y ago
  Wait a minute, that sounds like an old friend of mine. Were his initials ŠP?
pimeys 3y ago
My favorites in the Finnish scene were the cave shooters (luolalentely). Games such as Auts or V-Wing. Are there any modern games available in this genre?
nnevatie 3y ago
Very cool to see such a list maintained. The PaybackTime 2 is still playable, albeit without sampled sounds (crashes the emulator), here: http://rflxn.com/paybacktime2/ http://rflxn.com/paybacktime2/

by kimmk 3y ago

askonomm 3y ago

Not just Finland, Liero was big in Estonia, too! I remember I got Liero on a floppy disk from a friend early 00's and ran it on my Win98. Good ol' days. Terep2 was another great game.

eitland 3y ago
It was played in Norway too. My younger brothers played it a lot.
- Tryk 3y ago
  Sweden as well, me and my friends played it frequently to distract ourselves in CS class.
  - laszlojamf 3y ago
    What school did you go to? We played this _a lot_ at Norra Real, Stockholm XD
    - zyberzero 3y ago
      I’m (not parent) from a small town in Västra Götaland (Sweden) and we played it a lot as well :)
matheusmoreira 3y ago
Brazil too. Used to play this with family and friends, especially one of my cousins. Also played it quite a few times with friends in computer classes. Everyone could play using the same keyboard at the same time, it was crazy.

bemmu 3y ago

Happy to see my own game “Oikeutta Eläimille” in this list. I made it in turbo pascal in about 1 week, uploaded it to a BBS and it started to spread. Then pretty soon I saw it mentioned on TV and that totally blew my 16 year old mind. I can make something and the world will react to what I make? Cool!

jokab 3y ago
This is what got me interested in this gig in the first place. I am still yet to create something the world will react to, but whatever, I am enjoying the journey anyways

Balsamic 3y ago

Liero dominated my high school computer lab in Sydney, Australia. Such great times. Still adore this game.

newsclues 3y ago
We played it in Canada in programming class as well.
- Fatnino 3y ago
  Los Angeles, same.

mordae 3y ago

It was a hit in our Czech school as well. Son of a diplomat posted in Finland brought it back here.

tricolon 3y ago
Wait a minute, that sounds like an old friend of mine. Were his initials ŠP?

pimeys 3y ago

My favorites in the Finnish scene were the cave shooters (luolalentely). Games such as Auts or V-Wing. Are there any modern games available in this genre?

nnevatie 3y ago

Very cool to see such a list maintained. The PaybackTime 2 is still playable, albeit without sampled sounds (crashes the emulator), here: http://rflxn.com/paybacktime2/ http://rflxn.com/paybacktime2/