I have a friend who has all the emulators you could ever want. And all the others, too.After spending 2 or 3 minutes on every 'classic', it quickly becomes apparent that old games aren't as good as new games.
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4Q just lurking,
Tue 16 Aug 2011, 1:59,
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sad but truetried an old DOS port of Archon a few months back, terrible fucking controls
and the onlyZX81 durr I meant Spectrum game that still holds up is Manic Miner
I have rather been enjoying a PSX emulator this year though
(and the only
I have rather been enjoying a PSX emulator this year though
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Tue 16 Aug 2011, 2:07,
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The only game I remember from ZX is chuckie egg for the spectrum.I managed to learn enough basic to make a couple of games of my own for the spectrum.
My younger brother got minutes of enjoyment from them.
(My younger brother got minutes of enjoyment from them.
4Q just lurking,
Tue 16 Aug 2011, 2:13,
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Chuckie Egg's a good example, rubbish compared to Lode RunnerI too enjoyed making little things in BASIC and later Pascal, very few of which ever got remotely finished
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Tue 16 Aug 2011, 2:24,
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