First computer game you ever played? - Page 5

Galadria · 11-29-2001, 06:58 PM

Computer game. PONG(1976)
RPG: The Crysta Key. Oh, that doesn't count. BGI. (2000)LOL Gap of 24 years.

11-29-2001, 08:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:

I've remembered there was a D&D type game for the Atari in the late 70's or early 80's. I cannot remember the name of it, but your "character" wasn't rolled up. The game started and your "character" was a colored square moving down corridors and through mazes picking up items and visiting colored castles (white, green, gold) with dragons inside. No dialog or text, just your colored square "looking for trouble". I loved it!

Anyone remember the name of that Atari game?

My little brother still has his Atari and oodles of games...he buys any he can get his hands on...I'll ask him if it is in his collection and what the name of it is.

(He still has the cloth map from Ultima lol)

Fuzzy Animal · 11-29-2001, 11:53 PM

Adventure and Haunted House were fun Atari 2600 games!!! I still have my atari and it still works, but has been some time since I had it hooked up to a tv.

Aurican · 11-29-2001, 11:58 PM

Mine was Oregon Trail back in Elementary School. I loved when we had to go hunt. Unfortunately, dysentery got the group most of the time. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Russ · 12-06-2001, 05:19 PM

Okay, so Galadria and I are the old people on this board.

Yep, Pong ruled!

then, much later, there was Adventure on the Atari... and there were all the activision games... choplifter and sopwith, for example, were incredible games... so incredibly fluid. there was the zork series, which was always too hard for me, and the wizardry series, which came out much later on the apple than it had on the ibm, to my constant irritation...

Starflight! now there was a game!

Morgan_Corbesant · 12-10-2001, 01:07 PM

LEMMINGS was my first computer game. my first RPG was Dragon Warrior.

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BlackRaven · 12-13-2001, 05:51 PM

Well, Russ, I wouldn't say you were the only old ones. I played Lunar Lander on a mainframe (1972/1973) and really ate up the time. Also played an "online" D & D game with University of Maryland players. Online meaning a dedicated line from the university to the Naval Academy where I was stationed. I didn't get into Pong too much although I played a little on a friend's TV. The $100 price tag was a bit too steep for me.

J'aran · 12-15-2001, 09:17 AM

The first game I ever played was either King's Quest II or Zeliard, if I remember correctly.
First real CRPG was Phantasie, which got me really hooked in to RPGs. Even now I still play it sometimes.
Best console-only RPG has gotta be Chrono Trigger, on the SNES. Great story, good gameplay and character design by Akira "Dragonball" Toriyama.

fable · 01-03-2002, 08:11 PM

The Great Adventure. It was a mainframe text adventure that was released around 1982.

In 1984 or 85 I saw Ultima I in a store that was selling Commodores. I asked if they knew when and if it would be ported over to the PC. The salesman, a certifiable idiot who thought he could hook me into a sale with a lie, replied, "Not for at least a decade."

John D Harris · 01-04-2002, 11:18 PM

Does the Sears version of "Pong" count?

11-29-2001, 06:58 PM	#41
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11-29-2001, 08:33 PM	#42
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	quote: Originally posted by Ronn_Bman: I've remembered there was a D&D type game for the Atari in the late 70's or early 80's. I cannot remember the name of it, but your "character" wasn't rolled up. The game started and your "character" was a colored square moving down corridors and through mazes picking up items and visiting colored castles (white, green, gold) with dragons inside. No dialog or text, just your colored square "looking for trouble". I loved it! Anyone remember the name of that Atari game? My little brother still has his Atari and oodles of games...he buys any he can get his hands on...I'll ask him if it is in his collection and what the name of it is. (He still has the cloth map from Ultima lol)

12-06-2001, 05:19 PM	#45
Russ Manshoon Join Date: November 9, 2001 Location: Texas, baby! Posts: 163	Okay, so Galadria and I are the old people on this board. Yep, Pong ruled! then, much later, there was Adventure on the Atari... and there were all the activision games... choplifter and sopwith, for example, were incredible games... so incredibly fluid. there was the zork series, which was always too hard for me, and the wizardry series, which came out much later on the apple than it had on the ibm, to my constant irritation... Starflight! now there was a game! __________________ --What? What will come out no more, huh?

12-10-2001, 01:07 PM	#46
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12-13-2001, 05:51 PM	#47
BlackRaven Dungeon Master Join Date: November 17, 2001 Location: Oregon Posts: 55	Well, Russ, I wouldn't say you were the only old ones. I played Lunar Lander on a mainframe (1972/1973) and really ate up the time. Also played an "online" D & D game with University of Maryland players. Online meaning a dedicated line from the university to the Naval Academy where I was stationed. I didn't get into Pong too much although I played a little on a friend's TV. The $100 price tag was a bit too steep for me. __________________ I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures. --- Geronimo

11-29-2001, 11:53 PM	#43
Fuzzy Animal Zhentarim Guard Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Canton, OH USA!! Posts: 397	Adventure and Haunted House were fun Atari 2600 games!!! I still have my atari and it still works, but has been some time since I had it hooked up to a tv.

11-29-2001, 11:58 PM	#44
Aurican Elminster Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Age: 42 Posts: 470	Mine was Oregon Trail back in Elementary School. I loved when we had to go hunt. Unfortunately, dysentery got the group most of the time. [img]smile.gif[/img]

12-15-2001, 09:17 AM	#48
J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	The first game I ever played was either King's Quest II or Zeliard, if I remember correctly. First real CRPG was Phantasie, which got me really hooked in to RPGs. Even now I still play it sometimes. Best console-only RPG has gotta be Chrono Trigger, on the SNES. Great story, good gameplay and character design by Akira "Dragonball" Toriyama.

01-03-2002, 08:11 PM	#49
fable Quintesson Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Where I am. Posts: 1,089	The Great Adventure. It was a mainframe text adventure that was released around 1982. In 1984 or 85 I saw Ultima I in a store that was selling Commodores. I asked if they knew when and if it would be ported over to the PC. The salesman, a certifiable idiot who thought he could hook me into a sale with a lie, replied, "Not for at least a decade."

01-04-2002, 11:18 PM	#50
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