Nostalgia (56k warning)

Vesper · Post by **Vesper** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:58 pm

Peacedog wrote:Moby games is pwning you guys.

They must not block box covers.. because mine are all direct images from Moby. Either that or I just have the images cached.. heh

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:14 pm

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:20 pm

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:49 pm

CeeKay · Post by **CeeKay** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:58 pm

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:31 am

where do you get the Psygnosis cover scans? it just occurred to me i should have a rotation of Roger Dean pieces as my desktop...

Ummagumma · Post by **Ummagumma** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:36 am

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:48 pm

hitbyambulance wrote:where do you get the Psygnosis cover scans? it just occurred to me i should have a rotation of Roger Dean pieces as my desktop...

I just did a google image search on "Brataccas" in my case.

Atheist · Post by **Atheist** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:40 pm

One of my old school favorites...

Too bad I can't find a picture of the cover of the original Test Drive.. one of the first games I ever had. Back on my 5.25" floppy.

Ooh... Here's a *CLASSIC* I had this on my 8086 (or was it an 8088? I can't remember..) back in the day.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:46 pm

Atheist · Post by **Atheist** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:56 pm

OH hell yeah. I had TV Sports: Basketball..

Anyone remember this classic (I can't find the cover for it.. but it's an old school favorite of mine.. again on pc).

Karateka!

And you can't go wrong with any of the old school Sierra classics...

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:24 pm

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:42 pm

Anyone remember this classic (I can't find the cover for it.. but it's an old school favorite of mine.. again on pc).

I certainly remember Karateka, although I prefer the C64 version which has more colors than blue white & purple.

Karateka is one of the first games to attempt a really cinematic style, although it's not the first to use cutscenes (I think Pac Man wins that honor).

caesarbear · Post by **caesarbear** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:43 am

Atheist wrote:One of my old school favorites...
Too bad I can't find a picture of the cover of the original Test Drive.. one of the first games I ever had. Back on my 5.25" floppy.

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi ... _ID=851950

Atheist · Post by **Atheist** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:35 am

Get ready for the ultimate street racing experience with TEST DRIVE for the PC. Race through four international cities in more than 20 high-end sports cars as you sprint for the checkered flag and all the glory that goes with it. Remember, though, you'll have to watch out for more than just the competition: traffic, pedestrians, and especially the cops who can take you out of a race in a split second if you aren't careful. The excitement, intensity, and danger of street racing are yours for the taking with TEST DRIVE.

Four international cities? Is that what they called the gas stations?

And what? All of them connected by a mountain that was always on the right side? Hehehehe.

I loved that game. But I don't remember any pedestrians.. The cops I do remember.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:11 am

Ummagumma · Post by **Ummagumma** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:10 pm

In keeping with the upcoming release of it's latest incarnation:

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:15 pm

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:25 pm

OMG, Loderunner!

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:37 pm

Damn, Loderunner was a great game!

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:57 pm

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:18 pm

Not sure if these will work, but here goes:

EDIT 2: Fixed.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:53 pm

Wow, two pages worth, and only one that I've ever played (Police Quest: SWAT).

Stomach Contents · Post by **Stomach Contents** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:45 am

OMG, Lord_Pall, that is impressive!!!

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:25 pm

I almost forgot one of the coolest games from my past... Bioforge

And lets not forget

and

Stomach Contents · Post by **Stomach Contents** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:18 pm

Falcon 3.0 with the Operation Fighting Tiger expansion plus a couple of strategy guides.

Box contents

Falcon 3 with its big brother.

Shifting gears a bit, here are a couple of old Flightsimulator books I held on to over the years. They're both from 1986.

I need to get a scanner for these.

Stomach Contents · Post by **Stomach Contents** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:24 pm

Aces of the Deep . . . oh god I can't wait for SHIII to arrive on my doorstep hopefully sometime this week

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:46 pm

Ah, but who has the ORIGINAL sub sim... Sphere's GATO?

Or MicroProse's Silent Service?

I think I still have my Gunship and the strategy guide Gunship Academy here somewhere... AND Gunship 2000 (never found the mission disk though...) and strategy guide.

Stomach Contents · Post by **Stomach Contents** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:40 pm

I'm still kicking myself for not holding on to my old Microprose sims. Well I still have Fleet Defender but that's it :{

Yeah I definately remember Gato with that pink ocean on a shitty CGA monitor

Anyone remember Orbiter which I believe was also by Sphere or Spectrum Holobyte (Sphere a division of SH?). The Mac version of the game kicked ass as it had speech and the framerate was much faster than the POS 8086 I played it on. It had some missions where you could capture Soviet satelites and also a Hubble Telescope deployment mission.

Kurth · Post by **Kurth** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:57 am

What a great thread . . . I haven't retained any of my old classics, but seeing the box art for all of these really is a blast from the past. I have to say, I think I had the strongest reaction to the Bards Tale and Pirates boxes. I can't even begin to count the number of hours I spent with those games.

I never played Aces of the Deep, but the packaging and the map look great. I supposes I'm setting myself up for diappointment to hope that SHIII has a map like the Aces of the Deep one pictured. My all time favorite sub sim remains the original Silent Service. I'm hoping against hope that Silent Hunter III unseats it - three days and counting to find out!

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:07 pm

Don't forgot those "Classics" we could all do without:

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:05 pm

I still have all my old games. Ill have to take some pics sometime.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:25 pm

Eh I went ahead and did one...Terra Nova. One pic of the contents and one pic of whats what labeled

and

1. Box back
2. CD in cardboard holder
3. Box front
4. 1995 Virgin catalog
5. Installation guide
6. PC Gamer spam
7. TN strategy guide offer
8. Registration card
9. Cyberia 2 demo notice
10. TN manual

and under all that is a big envelope it all came in.

Oh and heres a pic of the CD..Ill try to remember to include those in all my posts too.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:32 pm

and Ill try to make those smaller next time hehe.