No, I won't take it to the nerdery.
Had this discussion with my brother today via text about all the amazing games we had on our Apple IIE in the 1980s.
Of this entire list, we bought a grand total of 6 of these games. The rest were all "Cracked" versions.
Here's the list we came up with, along with a few sparse comments. Feel free to add yours.
Apple Cider Spider - even at $2.99, it was too much money.
Aztec - Indiana Jones rip-off that was awesome.
Bad Dudes - completely terrible version of the arcade game.
The Bard's Tale - totally awesome and you could take characters from Wizardry and transfer them here. Never came close to winning it, though.
Bolo - our consensus #1 favorite. Insanely addictive.
Burger Time - arcade ripoff
Captain Goodnight - lots of fun, but easy to win.
Choplifter - was terrible at it.
Conan: Hall of Volta - couldn't have had anything less to do with the Conan movies if it had tried. When I finally got to the last level and beat it, my brother wasn't home, so I made our mom come into the room to be my witness that I had gotten to the elusive 7th level.
Earl Weaver Baseball - you were supposed to rank players from 1-10 on each of their attributes, but you could make the numbers higher. If you gave a guy an 11 for speed, he could steal second base before the pitch had actually gotten to the catcher.
G.I. Joe - absolutely terrible.
The Goonies - Watching the movies in no way helped this game be understandable.
Hardball - The All-Stars vs. the Champs. If you put a non-pitcher in to pitch, his only option to throw was FAT PITCH.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - all text, insanely addictive.
Infiltrator - Never got past the first level.
Joust - as fun as the arcade game.
Karateka - that damn bird.
Lode Runner - my dad's favorite
Plantefall - all text, nowhere near as fun as HH Guide
Robotron 2084 - not for people suffering from claustrophia.
Sabotage - you have a cannon, you shoot down guys dropped from helicopters, amazingly fun.
Spy Hunter - nowhere near as fun as the arcade game, but had the music and it didn't cost 25 cents to play.
Summer Games - my brother figured out how to cheat on the pole vault (go through the whole motion and jump off before you reach the bar) and set a new world record at 11.3 m. I was good at the skeet shoot and that was it.
Transylvania - text and static graphics. Couldn't ever win it.
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar - played it together with my dad and brother. We got to the end and didn't know the answer to the last question.
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny. Loved the quest but couldn't win it either.
Wizardry: Huge bonding experience for me with my dad and my brother. Suddenly here was the digital version of D&D.
Wilderness: A bear has entered your area!
Zorro: Totally incomprehensible, but when you killed a guy, he turned into a letter Z and vanished.
Had this discussion with my brother today via text about all the amazing games we had on our Apple IIE in the 1980s.
Of this entire list, we bought a grand total of 6 of these games. The rest were all "Cracked" versions.
Here's the list we came up with, along with a few sparse comments. Feel free to add yours.
Apple Cider Spider - even at $2.99, it was too much money.
Aztec - Indiana Jones rip-off that was awesome.
Bad Dudes - completely terrible version of the arcade game.
The Bard's Tale - totally awesome and you could take characters from Wizardry and transfer them here. Never came close to winning it, though.
Bolo - our consensus #1 favorite. Insanely addictive.
Burger Time - arcade ripoff
Captain Goodnight - lots of fun, but easy to win.
Choplifter - was terrible at it.
Conan: Hall of Volta - couldn't have had anything less to do with the Conan movies if it had tried. When I finally got to the last level and beat it, my brother wasn't home, so I made our mom come into the room to be my witness that I had gotten to the elusive 7th level.
Earl Weaver Baseball - you were supposed to rank players from 1-10 on each of their attributes, but you could make the numbers higher. If you gave a guy an 11 for speed, he could steal second base before the pitch had actually gotten to the catcher.
G.I. Joe - absolutely terrible.
The Goonies - Watching the movies in no way helped this game be understandable.
Hardball - The All-Stars vs. the Champs. If you put a non-pitcher in to pitch, his only option to throw was FAT PITCH.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - all text, insanely addictive.
Infiltrator - Never got past the first level.
Joust - as fun as the arcade game.
Karateka - that damn bird.
Lode Runner - my dad's favorite
Plantefall - all text, nowhere near as fun as HH Guide
Robotron 2084 - not for people suffering from claustrophia.
Sabotage - you have a cannon, you shoot down guys dropped from helicopters, amazingly fun.
Spy Hunter - nowhere near as fun as the arcade game, but had the music and it didn't cost 25 cents to play.
Summer Games - my brother figured out how to cheat on the pole vault (go through the whole motion and jump off before you reach the bar) and set a new world record at 11.3 m. I was good at the skeet shoot and that was it.
Transylvania - text and static graphics. Couldn't ever win it.
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar - played it together with my dad and brother. We got to the end and didn't know the answer to the last question.
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny. Loved the quest but couldn't win it either.
Wizardry: Huge bonding experience for me with my dad and my brother. Suddenly here was the digital version of D&D.
Wilderness: A bear has entered your area!
Zorro: Totally incomprehensible, but when you killed a guy, he turned into a letter Z and vanished.
