Best Old Skool Game (3 Viewers)

[ogmzergrush]

yeh thats it those two are rated very well in my books. and yeh it was really hard to discover what u needed to do sometimes . i actually finished both withour guides , only many hours of trying to do everytihng and help from friend. however recently when i downloaded them again and wanted to play agin i found it very hard and had to use a guide

My elder brother and I played through the last crusade one without using any guides and managed to finish it, though I hardly remember any of it now and would probably struggle to play through it again without needing one

In the fate of atlantis I played on my own and got up to a bit where you're on an island going through these ruins, and you have some surveyor's gear that you need to set up and use to line up certain points to find out where you get these stone disc things from or something? Whatever it was, that was as far as I ever got

 

[SashatheMan]

My elder brother and I played through the last crusade one without using any guides and managed to finish it, though I hardly remember any of it now and would probably struggle to play through it again without needing one

In the fate of atlantis I played on my own and got up to a bit where you're on an island going through these ruins, and you have some surveyor's gear that you need to set up and use to line up certain points to find out where you get these stone disc things from or something? Whatever it was, that was as far as I ever got

yeh haha brings back memories. i actually remember that bit. with the disks i got stuck there too. they are like in an archological excovation place and u have to some how aline the moon disks or what eva.

did u know that part of that game had two story lines. u could choose to play with both indi and the chikc or leave the chick and play alone. i never did both. i only played when they are together

 

[ogmzergrush]

Never knew about that, but it sounds cool It'd be fun to dig that up and have another look actually, same with a lot of these games. Now all I need is time

 

[SashatheMan]

do u know any other good adventure games that re similar to the ones we talked about?

 

[ogmzergrush]

My favourites in the adventure genre would be things like Space Quest, Police Quest, Quest for Glory, and the like. Apart from that, anything by Lucasarts adventure department was pretty great, Day of the Tentacle, etc.

Others that I really enjoyed but which aren't *quite* as old school as those were the Broken Sword games by Revolution, I found them to be really enjoyable and not overly frustrating, with great storyline and progression.

The same company made a game called Beneath a Steel Sky, it's like a sci-fi/cyberpunk game (Think Blade Runner and you're on the right track, which incidentally was another awesome adventure game). It was out when I was in year 4 or so, but was re-released a few years back as freeware. You can find out a bit about it at: http://www.revolution.co.uk/_display.php?id=16 (As well as the download link if you're interested). I found that when I played it when I was younger a lot of it went over my head, so a lot of the science fiction jokes are much more entertaining now. Not sure if sci-fi is your thing, but if it is, or if you're willing to try, I'd definitely recommend that one. It doesn't take itself too seriously, but at the same time has a great storyline and creates atmosphere very well for a game of its age.

For information on adventure games in general, I've found a great site is www.justadventure.com . If you poke through their reviews section and look for anything they rated highly nine times in ten it'll be fantastic

 

[SashatheMan]

My favourites in the adventure genre would be things like Space Quest, Police Quest, Quest for Glory, and the like. Apart from that, anything by Lucasarts adventure department was pretty great, Day of the Tentacle, etc.

Others that I really enjoyed but which aren't *quite* as old school as those were the Broken Sword games by Revolution, I found them to be really enjoyable and not overly frustrating, with great storyline and progression.

The same company made a game called Beneath a Steel Sky, it's like a sci-fi/cyberpunk game (Think Blade Runner and you're on the right track, which incidentally was another awesome adventure game). It was out when I was in year 4 or so, but was re-released a few years back as freeware. You can find out a bit about it at: http://www.revolution.co.uk/_display.php?id=16 (As well as the download link if you're interested). I found that when I played it when I was younger a lot of it went over my head, so a lot of the science fiction jokes are much more entertaining now. Not sure if sci-fi is your thing, but if it is, or if you're willing to try, I'd definitely recommend that one. It doesn't take itself too seriously, but at the same time has a great storyline and creates atmosphere very well for a game of its age.

For information on adventure games in general, I've found a great site is www.justadventure.com . If you poke through their reviews section and look for anything they rated highly nine times in ten it'll be fantastic

nice work ill check it out

 

[Gavvvvvin]

yeh it is.


i also remember they released lemmings 3D put it never was as good

There was also Lemmings Paintball where you got to walk around and shoot other lemmings

 

[gordo]

yeh indiana jones and the fate of atlantis was great

and all the monkey islands have been stupendous

 

[Pharaohsam]

i like starsiege tribes...we had it on the network at school....shhhhhhhhhhh...hehe

 

[Korn]

How old are the games u ppl are referring to as Old Skool

 

[Pharaohsam]

i like starsiege tribes...we had it on the network at school....shhhhhhhhhhh...hehe

btw this game is free to download at download.com

 

[His Big Redness]

If I had to choose only one out of the many I have played, it would be "Story of Thor" by Sega Genesis. And no, it has nothing to do with the Northern Gods.

 

[INXS]

Old Games hey.... well i used to have an Amiga 500, had so many awsome games:

Bubble Bobble, Space Quest, Crazy Cars, Street Fighter, Robo cop, Emerald Mine,
just to name a few...

Lesure Suit Larry ( i was pretty young and now i understand why this game wasn't suitable for me, i remember when you wanted to play, you had to answer some hard question, to prove you weren't some kid, only an adult would know the answer. Good thing we had the cracked version n it told u the pass at the start )

Ohh the good old days, long live Amiga!!

 

[SashatheMan]

Old Games hey.... well i used to have an Amiga 500, had so many awsome games:

Bubble Bobble, Space Quest, Crazy Cars, Street Fighter, Robo cop, Emerald Mine,
just to name a few...

Lesure Suit Larry ( i was pretty young and now i understand why this game wasn't suitable for me, i remember when you wanted to play, you had to answer some hard question, to prove you weren't some kid, only an adult would know the answer. Good thing we had the cracked version n it told u the pass at the start )

Ohh the good old days, long live Amiga!!

lol were the questions sexual??

did u know they got leasure suit larry on mobile now.

 

[SashatheMan]

How old are the games u ppl are referring to as Old Skool

well i would say 7 + years old or so.

 

[SashatheMan]

Maniac mansion was also fun. You can get it for free somewhere on the net. Anyone know if the later ones are still available?

what later ones? versions of the game?


however has anyone plays ultima 7. my friend was always raving on about how good it is, i tried it but ddint get far.

 

[Korn]

Best Old Skool game on Sega Mega Drive is Strike Eagle 2, still an enjoyable game, but graphics are shit

 

[jumb]

lol were the questions sexual??

I think they were trivia shit for people that were >18yrs old at the time. Things like, current affairs for the 80's.

If you pressed two buttons, you could skip it.

 

[beccaxx]

how bout hopscotch

 

[HotShot]

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