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Tancred · 02-05-2004, 05:37 PM

The first game I played was on my old ZX Spectrum 128 (quite an advanced model, really...). As I never really bought games, everything I had was from the front cover of the magazine Computer and Video Games. And once, they gave away a little game called 'Chaos'. Imagine - a black screen, with eight little icons representing Wizards. You controlled one, and you had a random selection of spells you could cast - about 50. These ranged from attacks to summonings to illusions to creating weapons, etc, etc - once you used a spell, it was gone. The aim of the game? Be last Wizard standing. Imagine a kind of primitive wizardly Worms, and you get the idea.

The tactics were actually quite impressive; I remember using a combination of a Wall and a Gooey Blob to take down a Gold Dragon, for example. Chaos rocked! I was, I think, about seven.

After that came Star Fighter 2, which I played for hours until I became really really good, and The Wild Bunch. They gave away some timeless games on the front cover of C&VGames. I would pick up my star-fighter experience when playing Wing Commander on my Amiga.

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02-05-2004, 05:37 PM	#54
Tancred White Dragon Join Date: April 1, 2001 Location: UK Age: 45 Posts: 1,893	The first game I played was on my old ZX Spectrum 128 (quite an advanced model, really...). As I never really bought games, everything I had was from the front cover of the magazine Computer and Video Games. And once, they gave away a little game called 'Chaos'. Imagine - a black screen, with eight little icons representing Wizards. You controlled one, and you had a random selection of spells you could cast - about 50. These ranged from attacks to summonings to illusions to creating weapons, etc, etc - once you used a spell, it was gone. The aim of the game? Be last Wizard standing. Imagine a kind of primitive wizardly Worms, and you get the idea. The tactics were actually quite impressive; I remember using a combination of a Wall and a Gooey Blob to take down a Gold Dragon, for example. Chaos rocked! I was, I think, about seven. After that came Star Fighter 2, which I played for hours until I became really really good, and The Wild Bunch. They gave away some timeless games on the front cover of C&VGames. I would pick up my star-fighter experience when playing Wing Commander on my Amiga. [ 02-05-2004, 05:38 PM: Message edited by: Tancred ] __________________ \"HELP! I\'ve superglued myself to a flaming bowling ball!\"