Kailef
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Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Oct 2, 2015 22:10:58 GMT
The people interested in this project are certainly going to be people who were playing computer games back in the 80's. So I'm curious, of the games you remember from back then, which ones were your favorite? What do you think back fondly on? What did you like so much that you've brought it back to life with an emulator?
All of my favorites were on an Apple ][+ and Apple //e during the early 80's. I had an Apple Macintosh 512k in the late 80's which also had a few fun classics on it.
In the early 80's, my favorites on the Apple // were:
Sundog (duh)
Ultima IV
Ultima V
Below The Root
Robot Odyssey
Rescue Raiders
Planetfall
Karateka
In Search of the Most Amazing Thing
The Halley Project
Dark Lord
In the late 80's and early 90's my favorites on the Macintosh were:
Dark Castle
Spaceward Ho!
Dungeon of Doom / The Dungeon Revealed
Escape Velocity 1
Escape Velocity 2
Escape Velocity 3
I'm sure that there were some others from both eras, but those are the ones that come to mind most readily.
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Kailef
BETA MANAGER
Vanguard of the leading edge
Posts: 427
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Oct 2, 2015 22:13:34 GMT
Oh, man, and Captain Goodnight on the Apple //! How could I forget Captain Goodnight? Man was that game stupid. Fun, though! :-)
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kroke
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Post by kroke on Nov 2, 2015 21:39:49 GMT
These were my top ST games back in the day:
SunDog
Black Cauldron
Bloodwych
Carrier Command
Dungeon Master
Kings Quest (1, 2 and 3)
Police Quest (1 and 2)
Rogue
Space Quest (1, 2 and 3)
Time Bandit
Transylvania
Wishbringer
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McBern
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Posts: 27
Home Planet: Snowball
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Atari ST
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985
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Post by McBern on Nov 3, 2015 8:46:55 GMT
Yeah, Carrier Command was quite cool! Do you have it for STEEM? I´m not able to run it properly with my Amiga-Emulator  |
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kroke
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Post by kroke on Nov 3, 2015 20:23:06 GMT
Yeah, Carrier Command was quite cool! Do you have it for STEEM? I´m not able to run it properly with my Amiga-Emulator I did try the new remake of the game that was released back in 2012, however I did not have a lot of time to play it. It was more of a first person shooter than the original at the beginning of the game. Was still cool to see it come to life after all those years though. Might have to give it another go! Link: www.carriercommand.com/ |
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Kailef
BETA MANAGER
Vanguard of the leading edge
Posts: 427
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Nov 3, 2015 22:43:57 GMT
Because I went from an Apple // to a Macintosh to a PC, I never had an Atari to play with. Do you think any of those Atari games are worth me taking time to check out via emulation?
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Jake
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Playtesting the latest build of the game
Posts: 385
Home Planet: Jondd
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Atari ST
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1988
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Post by Jake on Nov 12, 2015 17:35:32 GMT
Nice lists! I had a rather limited collection of ST games (most of my time was spent on my Atari 800 box which was old-school even when I was playing it as a kid), but if my memory serves me correctly, my favorite games were:
Sundog (no surprise there)
Midway Battles
Starglider
Chessmaster 2000
Degas Elite (Not really a game as it is a drawing program, but I spent countless hours drawing in Degas and "exporting" the images by taking a 35mm photo of the screen.)
Silent Service
Pirates of the Barbary Coast
Falcon
Prince of Persia
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Jake
Administrator
Playtesting the latest build of the game
Posts: 385
Home Planet: Jondd
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Atari ST
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1988
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Post by Jake on Nov 12, 2015 17:38:51 GMT
As far as obtaining some of these games and playing the roms on an emulator, Atari Mania looks like a very good resource. |
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plasmabubble
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waiting for Star Citizen alpha 3.0
Posts: 4
Home Planet: W'orrad
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Atari 1040STf
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1987
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Post by plasmabubble on Dec 17, 2015 15:23:21 GMT
Chiming in late, sorry.... I have been out the Vault and roaming the Commonwealth of Boston lately  There were also some Atari games I liked to play with my roommates when I was a student: - Kick Off - Speedball 2 - Barbarian (I did broke the joystick during the decollation move... twice  Also I have spent countless hours on Ultima VI and GFA Basic. |
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Post by Symoon on Jan 24, 2016 12:51:52 GMT
If you like exploring, I would recommand Mercenary, Damocles and Mercenary III that were released for Atari ST and Amiga.
They were in 3D, but in a way, they have similarities with Sundog in the idea: explore a planet or a solar system to solve a problem.
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Kailef
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Vanguard of the leading edge
Posts: 427
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Jan 24, 2016 15:10:59 GMT
I haven't ever played those games. I'll take a look at them though, now that I've got a working Atari ST emulator. There was a bunch of neat Atari stuff that I missed out on as a kid because I grew up using the Apple // line of computers.
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Brian Hanifin
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Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Atari ST TOS
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1986
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Post by Brian Hanifin on Feb 15, 2016 22:39:32 GMT
Off the top of my head, here are some of the most memorable games I played on the Atari 520 ST and PC.
Space Quest Series
King's Quest Series
Flight Simulator Series
SUNDOG
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
SimCity 4
X-Wing
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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nate
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Limping in a ship full of shunts
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Post by nate on Feb 28, 2016 7:38:30 GMT
I've still got my original Master of Orion program directory archived from one hard drive to the next over the years. These days I run it under DosBox.
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Kailef
BETA MANAGER
Vanguard of the leading edge
Posts: 427
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Feb 28, 2016 8:32:19 GMT
In case it's of interest, there's a new Master of Orion coming out. It's currently in early access and in a playable state, and can be purchased at GoG or on Steam. (It's not being called Master of Orion 4, it's named "Master of Orion", or maybe "Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars", its' hard to tell.) It can be had here on GoG: www.gog.com/game/master_of_orion |
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nate
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Limping in a ship full of shunts
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Post by nate on Mar 5, 2016 10:01:47 GMT
I saw the steam promo blurb about the new Master of Orion, but a $50 price tag for pre-release just doesn't fit into my plans. Besides I'm keeping my schedule clear for the Sundog beta.
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