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Post by VectorX on Jul 2, 2012 17:55:37 GMT -5
^Ya played Zantis since? ;D
Yeah, giving this one a bump...
Gravitrex Paratroopers Star Control (Sega Genesis) Golden Axe 2 (Genesis)
I had beaten and was done with the last one until the nephew came over the other night, then we gave it a shot for some two player simultaneous action. Had quite a bit of fun with that, which mom said when she was taking him home he was saying how much he liked it, and that when his mom/my sister leaves for a swim meet Wednesday "I'll have something to do then!" (Ok, he's 14 now, I don't think he has to spend the night here any more, but whatever.)
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Post by TrekMD on Jul 2, 2012 20:41:30 GMT -5
Well, I've now restarted playing Vectrex games for the purpose of doing reviews. I just played Web Wars, Sundance, and VecBoxing today. I'll play several other homebrews and once I have 10 done, I'll be sending the reviews for to post on RVG.
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Post by VectorX on Jul 2, 2012 20:46:13 GMT -5
What're your early thoughts on Sundance and VecSports Boxing?
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Post by TrekMD on Jul 3, 2012 7:28:03 GMT -5
What're your early thoughts on Sundance and VecSports Boxing? I'm still getting used to controlling Sundance but, when I was getting the hang of it, I liked it. VecSports Boxing really needs a 2nd player to be fun. Following your "coach's" instructions alone gets old fast. That mode is more to help you learn the control scheme so you can react fast.
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Post by sj on Jul 3, 2012 8:22:37 GMT -5
^Ya played Zantis since? ;D It gets a run out occasionally.
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Post by TrekMD on Jul 3, 2012 9:07:43 GMT -5
^Ya played Zantis since? ;D It gets a run out occasionally. Not yet, it is on the "to do" list! LOL
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Post by gamezone on Jul 12, 2012 13:12:42 GMT -5
Before we lost power I was playing a lot of V-Frogger!
Then I had to switch to the handhelds.
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Post by TrekMD on Jul 12, 2012 13:14:15 GMT -5
Before we lost power I was playing a lot of V-Frogger! Then I had to switch to the handhelds. At least you have handhelds to fall back to!
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Post by gamezone on Jul 12, 2012 13:17:10 GMT -5
That was one positive and we had batteries. So I guess it was memories that were made.
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Post by TrekMD on Jul 12, 2012 13:20:02 GMT -5
Has your power being restored?
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Post by detonator on Jul 18, 2012 20:57:20 GMT -5
Being a hardcore Atari fanatic, I try to learn even their lesser known arcade games.
I'm playing Hydra, Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters and Xybots on MAME.
Steel Talons looks like a good game but I haven't been able to figure it out (at all).
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Post by VectorX on Jul 18, 2012 21:46:15 GMT -5
I'm playing Hydra, Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters and Xybots on MAME. Yeah I never played Robot Monsters either until MAME a couple of years ago, although it does show up at a gaming expo I've gone to over time. Xybots I played quite a bit of back in the day though... and at that gaming expo, back as recent as November actually! Steel Talons looks like a good game but I haven't been able to figure it out (at all). Make sure you've got all the controls down, as you have to fly forward through certain obstacles and all. It could be too complicated to do with just a keyboard (or too difficult, like with some guy whining about John Dondzila's Star Fire Spirits on a Vectrex emulator, which can't be very good with a keyboard!) unless you have a joystick, I'd imagine. Anyway, right now I'm just going through some homebrewed levels on The Depths of Doom Trilogy, which I've been doing on and off (mostly off) for over 10 years now (it's got over 3,000 levels). I just don't have a modern day computer to play it on. No, you don't need a modern computer to play a game from '96 or so, but my personal computer is an ancient DOS-only computer that I can only do word processing on (obviously I use family members' computers for the more up to date stuff like the net and all). I'm not working so I can't go out and buy a laptop or anything but I'm supposed to have some money coming in eventually from something else, so until then I can't bother with that.
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Post by VectorX on Dec 1, 2012 20:25:25 GMT -5
Thought I'd give this a bump as a companion thread to Wyldephang's classic, non-vector thread Right now I'm playing two of the same sorta games, being Thrust and Gravitrex, plus the online Vector TD 2 (cue the groans from sokurah on that one).
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jammajup
Vector Runner
multi-format retro gamer
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Post by jammajup on Mar 2, 2013 13:49:46 GMT -5
Manhunt PS2 Ms.Pacman (arcade) The Great American Cross Country Road Race (Atari 8-bit) Pacman (Atari 5200) Defender (Atari 5200) K.C Munchkin (Magnavox 2/ Videopac) Ladybug (Intellivision) Kid Dracula (GB) Amazing Tater / Puzzleboy 2 (GB)
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Post by VectorX on Mar 2, 2013 14:21:26 GMT -5
Hah, what's Kid Dracula like?
Right now I'm going through:
Shining in the Darkness (Genesis) Jewel Mania (iPad) Phoenix (PC; modern day remake of the arcade classic)
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