Duncan Mulholland (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} binar) wrote,@ 2009-03-12 01:06:00 |
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A Celebration of Abandonware! (Or rather a celebration of the games from my youth)
Yes a celebration of the games from my youth that I had forgotton but the wonders of http://www.abandonia.com have recently reminded me of.
to name the top list of games I played in my youth that I have re-discovered....
(if you dont remember with joy... nay reverence, at least 50% of teh games on this list i demmand you build me a time-confabutation-contraption and go back in time to 1990, buy yourself a 486 and start over again...)
ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Becouse im to damn lazy to put them in order of awsomeness)
Alien Trilogy
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/610/A
I got this game from my VERY FIRST pirate games CD which also contained Tomb Raider and Duke Nukem 3D. The game is amazingly absorbing and mildlessly fun!!
Bio Menace
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/236/B
I never played the whole game, but to this day I still have the DEMO on a Floppy Disk kicking about in my archive boxes somewhere.
Cannon Fodder
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/76/Ca
This game was fun, but i never mastered the controls. the music was at the time second only to the Worms theme for being "Stuck in your head humable"
Command & Conquer
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/378/C
The original, some argue the best. Al i can say is it started a revolution in games, all top down stratagy games for the next decade would be compaired to this.
Constructor
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/369/C
I much preffered Constructor Underworld, as it was a grimey edition, think really old sims, crossed with lock stock and two smoking barrels...
Cool Spot
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/159/C
I never realised this was a protion game for "7 Up" soda. Still a great platform game.
Crystal Maze, The
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/865/C
Was almost impossible as a kid, still flexes teh grey cells today.
Descent
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/266/D
One of teh best fighting sims I have every played, full 3 axis direction. cleverly the levels were all designed so you always have small visual aids to tell you up and down for correct orientation.
Earthworm Jim
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/440/E
The game that allowed you to use cows as projectile wepons. need i say more...
Riptide
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/628/I
Underwater side scroller.
James Pond 2 - Codename RoboCod
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/625/J
Think I origionally played this on a console at a friends house. Good platformer.
Kens Labyrinth
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/414/K
Amazingly strange game. made by the guy who grew up to program the engine for Duke Nukem 3D.
Lemmings
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/37/Le
many many times I have tried to play this game but each time I try it always fail. But I keep going back :P
MDK - Murder Death Kill
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/346/M
When I origionally played the game I thought "MDK" stood for "Multiple Deadly Kicks"....
Pac-Man
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/885/P
If you do not remember this game you need to be shot. I am of course fucking seriouse.
Pipe Mania
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/630/P
Played this non stop on school machines. They loaded it as a problem solver to help us kids learn, but unfortunately they were just feeding my already huge addiction.
Raptor
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/15/Ra
Great game to play for a few mins. Probibly made the leap to arcade machines and earned lots of cash. fantastic game.
SimTower - The Vertical Empire
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/341/S
This game has kept me amused for over a decade, Like Bio Menace I still have the Floppy Disk of the Demo. (From the cover of PC World)
Space Hulk
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/421/S
I never had the patience for playing warhammer in my youth, so instead i got the digital game so i could skip the stratagy and just blow shit away...
System Shock
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/2
The grandaddy of all RPG's or FPS games that try to tell a gripping story, Even the mighty Half Life has some of System Shocks genes running in it.
Terminal Velocity
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/27/Te
Always enjoyed playing this as it was as close to "Fury 3", the game bundled with the Sidewinder joystick, as it was possible to get.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe for Windows
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/240/T
Up until I was forced to upgrade my computer to XP after a HDD head Crash i stubbornly refused point blank to uninstal this game, despite being absolutaly fail-tacular at it.
Utopia
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/314/U
This game proved to me without a dough I should never be put in charge of important decesions.
Wing Commander
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/137/W
Again, should I have to explain this game, I sall be doing so with a shotgun....
Wolfenstein 3D
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/16/Wo
If doom was the father of the FPS, then this game was the father of Doom. Nuff siad.
Zool
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/61/Zo
I never understood this amazingly addictive Platformer. As far as i could ever gather the premis was this simple, you were a green alien ninja, bouncing around a diabetics nightmare landscare killing things. Its no wonder it was a worldwide sucess.
One of the great things about all of these games is that none of them took themselves overly seriousely.
And most of them shipped not on a 6GB DVD filed with enough code to make war and piece look like a meno, most of them shipped on a handfull of floppy disks.
(Or if you were a flash git, you got yours on a "Compact Disk" capabale of being read by an 8 speed CD-ROM drive!!!!
Yes a celebration of the games from my youth that I had forgotton but the wonders of http://www.abandonia.com have recently reminded me of.
to name the top list of games I played in my youth that I have re-discovered....
(if you dont remember with joy... nay reverence, at least 50% of teh games on this list i demmand you build me a time-confabutation-contraption and go back in time to 1990, buy yourself a 486 and start over again...)
ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Becouse im to damn lazy to put them in order of awsomeness)
Alien Trilogy
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/610/A
I got this game from my VERY FIRST pirate games CD which also contained Tomb Raider and Duke Nukem 3D. The game is amazingly absorbing and mildlessly fun!!
Bio Menace
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/236/B
I never played the whole game, but to this day I still have the DEMO on a Floppy Disk kicking about in my archive boxes somewhere.
Cannon Fodder
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/76/Ca
This game was fun, but i never mastered the controls. the music was at the time second only to the Worms theme for being "Stuck in your head humable"
Command & Conquer
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/378/C
The original, some argue the best. Al i can say is it started a revolution in games, all top down stratagy games for the next decade would be compaired to this.
Constructor
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/369/C
I much preffered Constructor Underworld, as it was a grimey edition, think really old sims, crossed with lock stock and two smoking barrels...
Cool Spot
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/159/C
I never realised this was a protion game for "7 Up" soda. Still a great platform game.
Crystal Maze, The
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/865/C
Was almost impossible as a kid, still flexes teh grey cells today.
Descent
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/266/D
One of teh best fighting sims I have every played, full 3 axis direction. cleverly the levels were all designed so you always have small visual aids to tell you up and down for correct orientation.
Earthworm Jim
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/440/E
The game that allowed you to use cows as projectile wepons. need i say more...
Riptide
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/628/I
Underwater side scroller.
James Pond 2 - Codename RoboCod
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/625/J
Think I origionally played this on a console at a friends house. Good platformer.
Kens Labyrinth
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/414/K
Amazingly strange game. made by the guy who grew up to program the engine for Duke Nukem 3D.
Lemmings
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/37/Le
many many times I have tried to play this game but each time I try it always fail. But I keep going back :P
MDK - Murder Death Kill
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/346/M
When I origionally played the game I thought "MDK" stood for "Multiple Deadly Kicks"....
Pac-Man
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/885/P
If you do not remember this game you need to be shot. I am of course fucking seriouse.
Pipe Mania
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/630/P
Played this non stop on school machines. They loaded it as a problem solver to help us kids learn, but unfortunately they were just feeding my already huge addiction.
Raptor
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/15/Ra
Great game to play for a few mins. Probibly made the leap to arcade machines and earned lots of cash. fantastic game.
SimTower - The Vertical Empire
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/341/S
This game has kept me amused for over a decade, Like Bio Menace I still have the Floppy Disk of the Demo. (From the cover of PC World)
Space Hulk
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/421/S
I never had the patience for playing warhammer in my youth, so instead i got the digital game so i could skip the stratagy and just blow shit away...
System Shock
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/2
The grandaddy of all RPG's or FPS games that try to tell a gripping story, Even the mighty Half Life has some of System Shocks genes running in it.
Terminal Velocity
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/27/Te
Always enjoyed playing this as it was as close to "Fury 3", the game bundled with the Sidewinder joystick, as it was possible to get.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe for Windows
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/240/T
Up until I was forced to upgrade my computer to XP after a HDD head Crash i stubbornly refused point blank to uninstal this game, despite being absolutaly fail-tacular at it.
Utopia
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/314/U
This game proved to me without a dough I should never be put in charge of important decesions.
Wing Commander
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/137/W
Again, should I have to explain this game, I sall be doing so with a shotgun....
Wolfenstein 3D
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/16/Wo
If doom was the father of the FPS, then this game was the father of Doom. Nuff siad.
Zool
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/61/Zo
I never understood this amazingly addictive Platformer. As far as i could ever gather the premis was this simple, you were a green alien ninja, bouncing around a diabetics nightmare landscare killing things. Its no wonder it was a worldwide sucess.
One of the great things about all of these games is that none of them took themselves overly seriousely.
And most of them shipped not on a 6GB DVD filed with enough code to make war and piece look like a meno, most of them shipped on a handfull of floppy disks.
(Or if you were a flash git, you got yours on a "Compact Disk" capabale of being read by an 8 speed CD-ROM drive!!!!
