^^^ TOO LOW
Cannon Fodder was so much fun, until you got to the first really hard level and gave up.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
wtf? i've never even HEARD of that one.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Screenshots from the cancelled Sensible Software project, Sex'n'Drugs'n'Rock'n'Roll:
http://www.purplesensi.co.uk/snd/sshots.php
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Find an abandonware copy now, you won't regret it.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost
-- Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:40 (22 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
Real-time war tactics game, control a motley group of soldiers and kill opposing armies. Produced by the Godlike (for British gamers, at least) Sensible Software. Big tabloid controversy around the time the game was launched because it used the red poppy as a logo.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Abandonware copy of Cannon Fodder: http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/76/Cannon+Fodder.html
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
#62: Planescape: Torment (1999) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Planescape-torment-box.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c70/nordonordo/planescape_torment01.jpg Developer:Black Isle Studios Publisher:Interplay Original format:PC Windows Highest position:#2 HI DERE, Greg Pallis
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i'm sure that's better than cannon fodder
― DG, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
It's pretty good. Different kind of thing. Not sure that the much vaunted plot is as mind-blowing as the hardcore fans think, but I've never finished it.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Painfully OTM. Anyone else play that Sensible Soccer crossover called Cannon Soccer? That was a perfectly measured dose of CF.
― robertwolf8080, Saturday, 3 May 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
cannon fodder was wonderful.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Not sure that the much vaunted plot is as mind-blowing as the hardcore fans think, but I've never finished it.
Dude, finish it. It's fucking mental. (At least, it was in 1999.)
Also I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT ABOUT SCORCHED EARTH, WAU
― HI DERE, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a general "look" to these turn-of-the-millenium PC games - this, Diablo, Baldur's Gate - that is just incredibly off-putting to me. I don't know how to describe it...other examples would include Age of Empires, Ultima Online, and to a lesser extent Ultima 8 (which has plenty of other problems to worry about). It's not the ugliness of polygons (another scourge of the late 90s) but something else. Not sure why it connotes "boring, tedious game" but it does.
Thanks for the tips on Cannon Fodder - I'll check it out tonight maybe!
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
(the "this" above is Planescape)
big shame lucasarts etc have been the abandonware sites and pulled their games off with no sign of rereleasing them
― DG, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
#61: Final Fantasy VII (1997) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Ffviibox.jpg http://www.gamethink.net/IMG/jpg/playstation_Final_Fantasy_VII-Combat.jpg Developer:Square Publisher:Square Original format:PlayStation Highest position:#5, Mordechai Shinefield
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
xxxpost
Mrs Vague complains about the "stupid little people that you can't see properly" aspect of those games.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
DG I can hook you up with some Lucasarts adventures if you're interested.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Throw out a wishlist; I may have one or two
xxp
― robertwolf8080, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
xp oh no i've got the adventures, it's stuff like X-Wing i'd like to play again, cheers anyway
(x-wing alliance hates vista)
― DG, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
FF VII is where I got off. Specifically cos my son made me read all the text out loud and I got bored stupid, but that's not really Square's fault. Pointlessly over-elaborate combat fannydangle and random fights that happen every time you cover one inch of screen OVER AND OVER AND OVER are tho.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
"Oh good, it's some more Ninja Acid Blobs and a Big Fucking Frog".
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Fuck a random battle, f'real.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't care how big your sword is you aren't seriously gonna take down some dude with a nuclear laser cannon.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I made an honest stab at playing through that one but I just couldn't fall in love with it... where is influential voter Mordechai Shinefield in this discussion anyhow? I'm curious what would make someone so adore this game that it makes top five!
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link
#60: Prince of Persia (1989) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/PoP-megaCD_cover.png http://vogons.zetafleet.com/files/prince_of_persia.gif Developer:Brøderbund Publisher:Brøderbund Original format:Apple II Highest position:#10, KenC
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
had that exact version
― DG, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
it was no flashback though
This was fun too for a bit but feels like another game you'd vote for cos of its historical importance, and I ruled that out as a voting criterion. Yeah Flashback was better.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
This was fun but got old once you'd done it, which didn't take long.
― Raw Patrick, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
nice turbans though
― DG, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Best ever video game turban?
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I didn't vote for it for precisely these reasons, although I was happy to give historical votes to a lot of these, I guess cause they were historical AND I played the shit out of them, whereas Prince I would load up every so often, be unable to beat it, and then give up. Boy was the animation cool though!
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
penalty shootout w/aladdin xp
― DG, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
The Disney Aladdin game had some dece turbans I seem to remember.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
lol snap
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Dhalsim wears a turban in SF2:Alpha
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Was gonna ask if Monty was in the latest versh of EA Cricket but he don't wear the full turban on the pitch.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
#59: Sega NHL series (1991-2007) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/NHL_08_Coverart.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/NHL_Hockey_screenshot.png Developer:EA Canada Publisher:EA Sports Original format:Sega Mega Drive Highest position:#6, Euler, bnw
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
If most Sikh cricketers find the turban impractical for playing, I'm pretty sure Dhalsim shouldn't wear one for street fighting.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
shit, the Sega NHL games man.
― burt_stanton, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Question: why did I love the Madden games but I've never given a shit about playing an Ice Hockey game?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:32 (sixteen years ago) link
No doubt in honor of his ancestor, Great Tiger from Punch-Out!. As well, any game with a desert board probably has at least one turban to speak of, eg Super Mario 3 (the king of that world). Quest For Glory 2 is absolutely rife with turbans.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Also do you think EA Rugby League sells any copies at all in the US?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm sure it's trounced by EA cricket
― DG, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
http://trsrockin.com/images/smb_desert3.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
#58: R-Type (1987) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/R-Type_NA_flyer.png http://www.theaveragegamer.com/wp-content/Screenshots/Rtype/rtype_3.png Developer:Irem Publisher:Irem Original format:Arcade Highest position:#10, blueski
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Rainman.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I love side-scrolling shooters in theory (like, within issues of Nintendo Power) but have never gotten past level 2 on a single one.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:46 (sixteen years ago) link