Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted June 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 29, 2015 Zzap 64 was always my favourite. Commodore Format was okay, but Zzap had Phil King and the boys, and their self depracating ways. Was kind of like Viz for kids with C64's at times. Plus their dedication to all things Apex and Thalamus was incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoinkBrah Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 http://www.genesis8bit.fr/images/frontend/P/Prison%20Riot%20(E).png  Used to love this game as a kid.  Great platform game but I was probably way to young to be allowed to play this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted June 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 29, 2015 Merciful hour, I remember Joey Cosgrove from round the corner had that for his Amstrad! Poor fucker got an Amstrad while the rest of us for a C64 for Christmas as his ma and da must have just seen a white keyboard with buttons and thought "That'll do", but he went on about that game and Barbarian for ages. Didn't it look like a Spectrum game though - graphics wise - or am I thinking of something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handspants Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited)  Bloody hell, Killer Instinct alone was about £60 when released wasn't it?  I'd also pay 20 quid just for Blast Corps.  That is some bargain right there.  Edit for crap quoting (I was on about the Rare Replay thing). Edited June 29, 2015 by handspants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 You could walk into a corner shop and get a bunch of games for a tenner, most of them would be dogshit but still. Â There's a great documentary about that era called From Bedrooms to Billions, saw it a few weeks back. It was a bit sad seeing Jeff Minter look like Balls Mahoney but the guy's still making brilliant games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoinkBrah Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Merciful hour, I remember Joey Cosgrove from round the corner had that for his Amstrad! Poor fucker got an Amstrad while the rest of us for a C64 for Christmas as his ma and da must have just seen a white keyboard with buttons and thought "That'll do", but he went on about that game and Barbarian for ages. Didn't it look like a Spectrum game though - graphics wise - or am I thinking of something else? Â Yeah it did. Â I was lucky enough to have both an Amstrad and a C64 in our house. But his game and Dailey Thompson's Track and Field were awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfVHS Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Great memories. I remember an Amstrad GX4000 Console game called Burning Rubber.  I know many of us in school had a go on the BBC Micro computers Repton & Granny's Garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted June 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 29, 2015 You could walk into a corner shop and get a bunch of games for a tenner, most of them would be dogshit but still. Â There's a great documentary about that era called From Bedrooms to Billions, saw it a few weeks back. It was a bit sad seeing Jeff Minter look like Balls Mahoney but the guy's still making brilliant games. Awesome. I was just thinking there needs to be a good C64 doc. I'm renting that to watch tonight. Cheers. Â I've been fighting the urge to start bulk buying C64 games from eBay just because I love the art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 There's also a sequel in the works that spends its time looking at the Amiga. I'm tempted to pick up "Commodore Amiga: a visual Compendium", it looks real nice but it's 30 quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthofsin Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 This thread got me thinking about games i enjoyed back in the day. Zool and any ofthe Dizzy games jump to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherCrapUsername Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 This thread got me thinking about games i enjoyed back in the day. Zool and any ofthe Dizzy games jump to mind This might be of interest to you then. Â www.yolkfolk.com/playdizzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted July 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2015 Thanks for that. Loved all the Dizzy's on that site until "Fast Food Dizzy" as they lost the plot after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted July 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2015 Â Â Hours of my youth spent playing this, the later levels included a whorehouse where the the beatdowns continued to various leather clad hoes. If i remember you could knell over a fallen foe and repeatedly punch them in the face until a puddle of blood came out. Â Â Good clean family fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted July 3, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted July 3, 2015 Still my favourite game of all time...ever. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 5, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2015 https://youtu.be/5k4vL9Y28eY Â WWE Superstars play and chat about retro videogames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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