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This Xmas, what are you playing? (RISC OS only) |
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andrew (12:11 21/12/2006)
Phlamethrower (12:45 21/12/2006)
andypoole (14:15 21/12/2006)
Phlamethrower (14:19 21/12/2006)
monkeyson2 (14:23 21/12/2006)
Phlamethrower (14:40 21/12/2006)
andypoole (14:44 21/12/2006)
monkeyson2 (14:46 21/12/2006)
andypoole (14:55 21/12/2006)
Phlamethrower (15:01 21/12/2006)
andypoole (15:02 21/12/2006)
blasts of the xtre (18:15 21/12/2006)
filecore (06:55 22/12/2006)
monkeyson2 (09:10 22/12/2006)
Phlamethrower (09:22 22/12/2006)
andypoole (10:40 22/12/2006)
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andypoole (19:27 22/12/2006)
monkeyson2 (20:03 22/12/2006)
tribbles (11:30 22/12/2006)
diodesign (10:20 22/12/2006)
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ksattic (20:09 22/12/2006)
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filecore (20:21 22/12/2006)
moss (20:36 22/12/2006)
VincceH (10:42 22/12/2006)
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Andrew |
Message #96053, posted by andrew at 12:11, 21/12/2006 |
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I'll hopefully check out: http://lym.iconbar.com/islands.html |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #96056, posted by Phlamethrower at 12:45, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96053 |
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I seem to be fancying some Diggers-based action. |
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Andrew Poole |
Message #96058, posted by andypoole at 14:15, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96056 |
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I seem to be fancying some Diggers-based action. Me too, but I don't have the game  |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #96059, posted by Phlamethrower at 14:19, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96058 |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #96061, posted by monkeyson2 at 14:23, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96058 |
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I seem to be fancying some Diggers-based action. Me too, but I don't have the game
Me too, but it doesn't work with the Iyonix/my monitor, even with Aemulor Pro.  |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #96062, posted by Phlamethrower at 14:40, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96061 |
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I seem to be fancying some Diggers-based action. Me too, but I don't have the game
Me too, but it doesn't work with the Iyonix/my monitor, even with Aemulor Pro.
Emulate?
Which is how I'll be playing it anyway. |
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Andrew Poole |
Message #96063, posted by andypoole at 14:44, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96062 |
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Yay!
*hugs running DOSBox in OS X and the multiple DOS game download sites  |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #96064, posted by monkeyson2 at 14:46, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96063 |
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Yay!
*hugs running DOSBox in OS X and the multiple DOS game download sites |
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Andrew Poole |
Message #96065, posted by andypoole at 14:55, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96064 |
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Yay!
*hugs running DOSBox in OS X and the multiple DOS game download sites
Next on the download list... Cannon Fodder and Dune2 
[Edited by andypoole at 15:01, 21/12/2006] |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #96066, posted by Phlamethrower at 15:01, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96065 |
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So what *RISC OS* games are you going to be playing, then? |
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Andrew Poole |
Message #96067, posted by andypoole at 15:02, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96066 |
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So what *RISC OS* games are you going to be playing, then? Well those games were relased for RISC OS, so technically.. those ones. |
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Sion |
Message #96072, posted by blasts of the xtre at 18:15, 21/12/2006, in reply to message #96067 |
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Mostly Quake and HoMM2, although I'll probably be on my new XBox 360 most of the time. |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #96085, posted by filecore at 06:55, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96067 |
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So what *RISC OS* games are you going to be playing, then? Well those games were relased for RISC OS, so technically.. those ones.
I have Cannon Fodder and Dune II for RISC OS! All sixteen floppies of Dune II... I also have Dune 2000 for the PC, which is a C&C-style interface updated version of Dune II, and more playable (seeing as how you can select multiple units and such). Ah, but there were some damn good (non-ported) games on RISC OS in its day though -> Haunted House/Time Machine especially. We need an "I (heart) 4D" smiley. |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #96086, posted by monkeyson2 at 09:10, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96085 |
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What happened to Gordon Key? |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #96087, posted by Phlamethrower at 09:22, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96086 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_J._Key |
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Chris Williams |
Message #96088, posted by diodesign at 10:20, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96053 |
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Trying to complete Mad Prof Mariarti in less than 10 minutes. There's lots of shortcuts you can pull off to complete levels extra quick, I'm starting to find. |
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John Hoare |
Message #96089, posted by moss at 10:24, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96088 |
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The tracker file in MPM is hilarious. As I recall, there's lots of swearing and general rudeness against hackers if you load it into an editor... |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #96092, posted by monkeyson2 at 10:37, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96089 |
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The tracker file in MPM is hilarious. As I recall, there's lots of swearing and general rudeness against hackers if you load it into an editor... Yes.
MPM is a great game. |
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John Hoare |
Message #96093, posted by moss at 10:38, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96092 |
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Actually, could someone upload the tracker for me? I'd love to hear it again...
And yeah, MPM is a great game. Such a lovely *feel* to it. One of my favourite RISC OS games ever.
Anyone remember Tanks on an old Acorn User cover disc? That was *fantastic*. We used to play it after school in the puter room all the time, and have proper elimination games. Ah, those were the days... |
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Andrew Poole |
Message #96094, posted by andypoole at 10:40, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96085 |
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So what *RISC OS* games are you going to be playing, then? Well those games were relased for RISC OS, so technically.. those ones.
I have Cannon Fodder and Dune II for RISC OS! All sixteen floppies of Dune II... I also have Dune 2000 for the PC, which is a C&C-style interface updated version of Dune II, and more playable (seeing as how you can select multiple units and such).
AFAICR You can get Dune II for RISC OS from Jason Tribbeck's website now...
I'm sure I've got Dune 2000 for the PC somewhere, too.. Can't remember the last time I played it, thoguh...
Ah, but there were some damn good (non-ported) games on RISC OS in its day though -> Haunted House/Time Machine especially. We need an "I (heart) 4D" smiley. Yes! Oh the countless hours I spent in the bloody basement ot the Haunted House! And the desert in the Time Machine... I never completed the latter.. I was always a coin short for the slot machine thing in the desert. The Haunted House I did complete with the help of a few pointers from the solution in Archimedes World... I'd have another play at them now I've forgotten how to do them and lost the solution magazine articles, but I think I've also forgotten the whereabouts of the floppies for them...
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VinceH |
Message #96095, posted by VincceH at 10:42, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96089 |
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The tracker file in MPM is hilarious. As I recall, there's lots of swearing and general rudeness against hackers if you load it into an editor... That used to be common in 8 bit games. I remember seeing lots of examples when I was transferring my BBC and Electron games from tape to floppy disk. |
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Jason Tribbeck |
Message #96102, posted by tribbles at 11:30, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96085 |
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All sixteen floppies of Dune II... It was 8 DD floppies; 4 HD floppies. Or 1 hard drive. |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #96143, posted by filecore at 19:26, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96094 |
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AFAICR You can get Dune II for RISC OS from Jason Tribbeck's website now...
Yes! Oh the countless hours I spent in the bloody basement ot the Haunted House! And the desert in the Time Machine... I never completed the latter.. I was always a coin short for the slot machine thing in the desert. The Haunted House I did complete with the help of a few pointers from the solution in Archimedes World... I'd have another play at them now I've forgotten how to do them and lost the solution magazine articles, but I think I've also forgotten the whereabouts of the floppies for them... I have the original hints sheets sent out by 4D (yes, I wrote in and asked). I could scan them if you like, and maybe also OCR them to Word files or similar if I can be bothered |
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Andrew Poole |
Message #96145, posted by andypoole at 19:27, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96143 |
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I have the original hints sheets sent out by 4D (yes, I wrote in and asked). I could scan them if you like, and maybe also OCR them to Word files or similar if I can be bothered Ooh, yes! Scans of those would be cool |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #96149, posted by monkeyson2 at 20:03, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96145 |
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I have the original hints sheets sent out by 4D (yes, I wrote in and asked). I could scan them if you like, and maybe also OCR them to Word files or similar if I can be bothered Ooh, yes! Scans of those would be cool
Yes. |
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Simon Wilson |
Message #96150, posted by ksattic at 20:09, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96093 |
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Anyone remember Tanks on an old Acorn User cover disc? That was *fantastic*. We used to play it after school in the puter room all the time, and have proper elimination games. Ah, those were the days... Yes! That game was amazing in terms of playability! We used to play it all the time after school. |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #96152, posted by filecore at 20:19, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96150 |
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Anyone remember Tanks on an old Acorn User cover disc? That was *fantastic*. We used to play it after school in the puter room all the time, and have proper elimination games. Ah, those were the days... Yes! That game was amazing in terms of playability! We used to play it all the time after school.
I only had the demo. But yes, it was fun |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #96153, posted by filecore at 20:21, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96150 |
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Anyone remember Tanks on an old Acorn User cover disc? That was *fantastic*. We used to play it after school in the puter room all the time, and have proper elimination games. Ah, those were the days... Yes! That game was amazing in terms of playability! We used to play it all the time after school.
I only had the demo. But yes, it was fun
Saying that, pretty much all of the old Acorn games don't even have PC equivalents, and the PC games are rather homogenous and don't have as much playability. Even if their fancy 3D vector graphics are much better; that's about all they've got going for them. Half-Life 2 was fun though, but I do miss those old games (Car Wars, anyone?). |
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John Hoare |
Message #96154, posted by moss at 20:36, 22/12/2006, in reply to message #96150 |
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Anyone remember Tanks on an old Acorn User cover disc? That was *fantastic*. We used to play it after school in the puter room all the time, and have proper elimination games. Ah, those were the days... Yes! That game was amazing in terms of playability! We used to play it all the time after school.
Playability is *exactly* the right word. Probably the most fun I've ever had on a two player game in my life.
In fact, if anyone has it to hand, could they upload it? |
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