What did you waste your youth playing?
What did you waste your youth playing?
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Emsman

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7,218 posts

214 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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What was the first game that you sat on all day and night?

For me, it was Strike Force Harrier on the Acorn Electron no less, then Ikari warriors, double dragon, then carrier command on the Atari ST, then Golden Axe on the mega drive, which i played over and over.
I also seem to remember playing a flight sim on the pc for bloody ages- set in the pacific ocean, but cant remember the name.

Over to you, just to see what gems from the past i can remember

Hedders

24,460 posts

271 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Chuckie Egg on the BBC , probably.


SunnyD

698 posts

200 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Chuckie Egg.

Doh! Too slow

Edited by SunnyD on Thursday 4th March 12:18

deckster

9,631 posts

279 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Elite, the original BBC B version. Sucked up an unbelievable amount of my early teens.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

279 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Emsman said:
What was the first game that you sat on all day and night?

For me, it was Strike Force Harrier on the Acorn Electron no less, then Ikari warriors, double dragon, then carrier command on the Atari ST, then Golden Axe on the mega drive, which i played over and over.
I also seem to remember playing a flight sim on the pc for bloody ages- set in the pacific ocean, but cant remember the name.

Over to you, just to see what gems from the past i can remember
What an anti climax...

I always saw you as constantly poking fingers into a mains socket and dropping lighted matches into your underpants...

hehe

southendpier

6,060 posts

253 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Hypersports (Spectrum)
River Raid (Atari 2600)
CODs 4,5,6.

S3_Graham

12,835 posts

223 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Doom.

Yes it was a blood and guts shooter.

No i havent turned into an Axe murderer!!

TonyHetherington

32,091 posts

274 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Doom! And then, Doom II !!!!

But mainly network doom in my friend's basement from 5pm Friday night until 10pm Sunday night hehe

This was around 1994(ish)

TonyHetherington

32,091 posts

274 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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(d'oh - 2 mins too slow!)

Hedders

24,460 posts

271 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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SunnyD said:
Chuckie Egg.

Doh! Too slow
Oh my word :0

http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx

Fer

7,765 posts

304 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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GT5? OK, more like Manic Minor and Chequered Flag.

Jasandjules

72,033 posts

253 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Loads..

Yars Revenge on the Atari 2600, plus the Jungle game and BMX game
Wonderboy on the C64
Many an hour spent playing Barbarian and kick off on the Amiga (and a few others).

Lord Pikey

3,257 posts

239 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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TTDX and Warcraft 2

Later on it was GoldenEye

Arklight

898 posts

213 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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UFO - Enemy unknown

Civilization (and its newer versions have wasted many a later year also smile )

Transport Tycoon

Rollercoaster Tycoon

many an hour lost to these, still get them dusted off and played now (especially as UFO is on STEAM now)

ShadownINja

79,508 posts

306 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Elite on Acorn Electron.

Hedders said:
SunnyD said:
Chuckie Egg.

Doh! Too slow
Oh my word :0

http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx
You utter, utter bd. There goes my Thursday. frown

ally_f

245 posts

211 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Grand Theft Auto (The first one)
Carmageddon
Resident Evil

(And strangely I haven't grown up to be a murderer/psycho either)

ScottishSamurai

8,170 posts

200 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Day of the tenticle & colin mcrae rally on the ps1!

And pokemon on the first gameboy, along Charlie egg (think it was called that)

BayTheMoon

43 posts

196 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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I always thought I was a bit backward, now I'm certain.
I never played 'puter games when I was young(er) we only had spinning tops and yo-yo's.
But a couple of years ago I discovered Half-Life and I'm now well and truly hooked. What a game! I get to leave this planet for a couple of hours every night and twice on Sundays!
Plus, once you have the original game, there are hundreds of mods to be had for free (legally I hasten to add) - my current faves being The Pyramid and Cyberspace, both mods for Half-Life 2 Episode 2. Dead fab and groovy! Roll on 6pm.

Hedders

24,460 posts

271 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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ShadownINja said:
Elite on Acorn Electron.

Hedders said:
SunnyD said:
Chuckie Egg.

Doh! Too slow
Oh my word :0

http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx
You utter, utter bd. There goes my Thursday. frown
It would appear i have lost some of my Chuckie Egg skills frown

TonyHetherington

32,091 posts

274 months

Thursday 4th March 2010
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Oh, I've got a serious complaint by the way.

"waste".

Waste? Pah, none of those hours were wastedhehe