Your Next Console...

[WageSlave]

I had a Toshiba MSX. Great little home machine, but unfortunately I was the only person who bought one As a result they only released about five games.

They made a great game for the Amiga 500 called 'Defenders of the Crown'. Absolutely great. They released it for the PC about 2 years ago and overwhelmed with nostalgia I purchased a copy. It was crap It was actually better (graphics, action) on the Amiga 15 years ago

 

[Churchill]

Not to mention one of the most peculiar floppy disk drives since the Apple II

Floppy Disk Drives? Luxury...

 

[WageSlave]

My friend had an Acorn Electron. He had one game; a stock market simulator. He was about 6/7 at the time.

While we were playing in his garden, his father would take showers and press his naked body against the bathroom window.

Strange family.

 

[n5gooner]

Kings Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest on IBM PC
or Trans AM on the 48k Spectrum (rubber keys!)

 

[AtW]

I had a Toshiba MSX. Great little home machine, but unfortunately I was the only person who bought one As a result they only released about five games.

MSX (by Yamaha) were very popular in the USSR -- lots of games available to them, my most favourite is Vampire Killer and Metal Gear (original I think)

 

[OwlHoot]

There was a most peculiar snake game thing on the Jupiter Ace.

Written in Forth.

The same as everything else on the Jupiter Ace.

That sounds like the PC game where the snake would trundle along lines of a square grid and the player had to control it with the arrow keys, making abrupt turns to avoid obstacles, and the snake would get progressively longer until it became almost impossible to avoid tripping over itself. Simple idea, and great game (for a few minutes).

I used to have a soft spot for the first game Id Software released back in the late '80s, Commander Keen (parts 4 to 6 anyway), and it's a shame there don't seem to be any similar platform games available today (unless anyone knows otherwise?)

 

[Churchill]

MSX (by Yamaha) were very popular in the USSR -- lots of games available to them, my most favourite is Vampire Killer and Metal Gear (original I think)

MSX, an early attempt at taking over the world by Bill Gates...