06-08-2003, 07:09 AM
...but going back to the golden age of arcade games, and leaving aside the obvious ones like pac-man (1980), donkey kong (1981), frogger (1981) etc. I really liked
-- Gauntlet (1985): an arcade precursor of Diablo with an elf, mage, and/or warrior fighting through maze after maze. Even then, I liked the elf (i.e. rogue) best (ouch! I still remember how much those darn ghosts hurt -- "elf is about to die").
and my all time favorite
-- Mr. Do! (1982) Dig tunnels, eat cherries, drop apples on the nasty monsters (who moved ever faster as you cleared levels), or throw your ball at them, all to the sound of cheery circus music. What's not to like? Mr. Do! was one tough hombre
http://www.mrdo.com/mrdo/doscr1.gif
I can say with pride that there was no better (or more practised) Mr. Do! player than me in my neck of the woods.
-- Gauntlet (1985): an arcade precursor of Diablo with an elf, mage, and/or warrior fighting through maze after maze. Even then, I liked the elf (i.e. rogue) best (ouch! I still remember how much those darn ghosts hurt -- "elf is about to die").
and my all time favorite
-- Mr. Do! (1982) Dig tunnels, eat cherries, drop apples on the nasty monsters (who moved ever faster as you cleared levels), or throw your ball at them, all to the sound of cheery circus music. What's not to like? Mr. Do! was one tough hombre
http://www.mrdo.com/mrdo/doscr1.gif
I can say with pride that there was no better (or more practised) Mr. Do! player than me in my neck of the woods.