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[challenge entry] Back from when computer games were hard

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(I helped save b3ta! parsons* *restrictions apply, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:35, archived)
# I remember it being very hard
and using grenades always got me shot.
(I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:36, archived)
# I remember it being really easy if you had any sort of sense.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:37, archived)
# what is it?
Cannon fodder? Commandos? Commando? Ikari warriors?

Me dont recognise the names...
(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:39, archived)
# Cannon Fodder.
I used to love the theme tune. I got my brother to record it onto a cassette for me.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:40, archived)
# ERN! ERN! ERN! ARGH!!

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:42, archived)
# War, never been so much fun, war never been so much fun!
Shoot him with your gun, leave him dying in his uniform, lying in the sun!

Class game, but its hardness pissed me off.
(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:42, archived)
# Especially when the roof of one of those huts would fly off and land on all your men.
Or just the levels with cliffs and loads of guys with rocket launchers generally.
(Jeru War and Piss, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:53, archived)
# YES!!!
I looked it up the other day on youtube and had a listen...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7YW5tmlsLo
(I helped save b3ta! hYpe is as puzzled as the oyster, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:44, archived)
# Yes! Thankyou!
Loved that game but it made me want to throw my monitor out the window in frustration!
(I helped save b3ta! pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:52, archived)
# maybe you had the turnip version
Come on, it was hard, still completed it though
(I helped save b3ta! parsons* *restrictions apply, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:44, archived)
# i remember amiga power getting in trouble with the british legion
over the poppy on their cover because of this game
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:39, archived)
# that's right
"This game is in no way endorsed by the Royal British Legion"
(I helped save b3ta! parsons* *restrictions apply, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:43, archived)
# Oh so very YES
Amiga Power was truly a great publication - CAPITAL LETTERS, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Rise Of The Robots scoring 3%, canoe squad... jumpers for goalposts...

Still have a load of old ones somewhere, must dig them out.
(fridgefreezer inserted a topical reference into his sig on, Tue 14 Apr 2009, 2:00, archived)
# oh my lordy... I am so going to have to get a copy of that tonight somehow.......
(I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:39, archived)
# Emulators are your friend
(I helped save b3ta! Victor Meldrew, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:41, archived)
# that they are!
Project64, an XB360 controller, and Golden Eye is brilliant... Much higher resolution and frame rate than the N64...
(I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:49, archived)
# aaaaw, my favourite two soldiers :(

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:40, archived)
# Cor, fodder
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 13:52, archived)
# Dangit
I just saw the compo, and this was the first thing to enter my brain! Glad I checked :)
Have a click for steasling my idea before I even had it! (*grumble*)
(Virulent, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 15:27, archived)
# Arf
One of my favourite games ever :)
*click*
(buzzmong procrastinating since 1987, Fri 10 Apr 2009, 0:13, archived)