Catacomb was one of the games I would play on Sunday afternoon on one of the computers at the place my Mom worked. There were several games that I played on these days of leisure. I’ll make note of which were played on these "Lazy Sundays". I will also note that this is one of the few games that I watched my brother play. I feel like he finished the game. I know…
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Retro review: The Catacombs (aka Catacomb II) (1989 also 1991)
This game stands high atop the mountain that is my list of favorites. I have played this game for countless hours on PC and NES, across the various versions, releases and iterations of the game. My first experience with the game was at my friends house (where I played Kings Quest III among other games). We would take turns steering the ship, fencing and plundering our way through the Caribbean. While we seldom…
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Retro review: Pirates! (1987)
I played this game with my friends on their computer, which I believe was a Tandy T1000. The PC Squeaker music intro brings back a rush of memories. You see, my friends lived down the street and their computer was located in a room that was once a carport. In the summer this room was hot, in the winter it was cold. We frequently would play in this room during the winter and…
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Retro review: King’s Quest III (1986)
Moving on to PC for the next review. My first PC was a generic PC/XT which I believe had an 8088 processor. After this I upgraded to a PC/AT which was an 80286. Keep in mind these computers were likely 5-7 years old before I got my hands on them. I don’t recall on which of those computers, or when in the time stream I played this game - but here we are…
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Retro review: Thexder (1987)
Slightly out of order once again but hey, it's written so it's posted! Alright now on to that for which you're here. As I sit and watch this play through (I wouldn't call this one a long play) of the USA version of the game I am trying to recall the periods in which I played it. I remember playing it with my older Brother and also my neighbors from down the street…
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Retro review: Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego (1987)
This is quite possibly my maybe second favorite C64 game. It’s funny, I have fond memories of long hours playing this game. As I watch through this long play I quickly lose patience with the repetitive and irritating game play. I reckon either I had more patience as a preadolescent nerd or perhaps I was frustrated and have simply forgotten. Either way, I do recall completing this game and I quickly recount my…
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Retro review: Superman (1985)
I didn’t play this game very often. It belonged to my Grandfather so I was only afforded the opportunity to play it when we visited their house. Even then, it was possible he was using his computer for Ham Radio shenanigans and as such didn’t want us young’uns (Youngins? Yunngins? Junganz? Whatever) playing on the computer. So needless to say, I’ve never played it to completion. I’m actually enjoying watching this long play…
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Retro review: Ghost Busters (1984)
Watching another Youtube long play for this review. The opening music immediately brought me back 30 years or so to sitting in my room loading up this game. Hearing the TV in the kitchen and the tinny speaker mounted oddly in the right side of the monitor I used with my C64 chirping out this now very retro sounding rendition of "Maple Leaf Rag". I can also remember smelling what I thought was…
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Retro review: Dr J Vs Larry Bird (1983)
Watching the long play of this game I am realizing that I simply didn’t play this game all the way through. Also, I feel as though this is the first game I ever really played. I would play in the morning while waiting to go to school. As I’m watching this it dawned on me that the game I played was actually Super Zaxxon and it was released in 1984! So technically this…
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Retro review: Zaxxon (1982)
In deciding my methodology for reviewing these games I have decided that I will only review the games that I played extensively and have some semblance of a story. So that’ll exclude things like solitaire, mahjong, free-cell, minesweeper and etc. Also I’m going to review them in chronological order by release date. Since I am old and my recollection is a little fuzzy, it’s hard to know when I played a game. This…
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Retro review: Beach Head (1983)
