Stay a while and listen .. My ode to the games people will probably never play again
Im no news writer , not by a long shot.
But stay a while and listen,
to my retro repertoire,
I shall tell you of amazing tales and wonderful places.
This is a walk down memory lane.
Have you ever visited Candle Keep ?
Its from the wonderful fantastic journey of Baldur's Gate.
I recall the scene where your mentor gets killed in the forest and you have to grow strong to defeat the unspeakable foe. So Sayeth the wise Alondo.
Have you ever kicked off your shoes from a long day at school and day dreamed about the perfect job ?
So old this game is that you might need Dos Box to play it ...
From rags to riches is the game where you race a man called Jones ,
Jones in the fast lane was fantastic fun.
Anyone who's every played cops and robbers would have loved Police Quest,
the series was decently hard to be a challenge but not overly so , to be annoying.
On the issue of police , let me move on to bikers .. yeees ..
Not only do I vividly remember biker mice from Mars but my faviorate bike game ..
Full Throttle .. what a pity the sequel never made it to the shelves.
Honerable mentions to Wacky Wheels while we are on this subject ,
I will never forget IronMan Offroad , multiplayer fun like you wouldnt believe.
While on the subject of multiplayer fun , who will ever forget how many keyboards they broke playing Mortal Combat ?
From battling the deepest darkest bowels of hell in Doom , to amazing adventures in space with Space Quest , so many fantastic adventures were to be had.
Who could ever forget the fun of being a cowboy in Outlaws ? Or how great it was to deliver the newspaper in Paperboy ..
Its a pitty that many people today will never bother to experience these , as these would surely look like the bottom of the barrel with poor graphics or bad compatability with new pcs and operating systems ..
I tip my hat to all these games , some of which you might know and some you might never have heard of ..
I wrote down and found screenshots for games that i remember dearly , games that were at the cutting edge of graphics and story telling , ones that made such a impression on me that they all live safely and warm somewhere in the recesses of my mind.
I must say , i recently tried playing Outlaws again , the feeling was lost on me , Best remember the game for what is was and how much fun I had back then.
Anyone out there care to share names of some games you find creeping up on you from time to time ?
Below , a small token to a great era that brought gaming to where it is today.
Heres looking forward to the next 30 years of gaming and I wonder what adventures might be ahead ....
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Originally Posted by Raven Gold
