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Just Shoot me
« on: June 15, 2019, 09:45:03 PM »
NO NO NO NO!

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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2019, 10:36:25 PM »
That was nothing like Just Shoot Me. I actually think it was worse.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2019, 04:16:50 PM »
Had to look this up. Never heard of it before.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2019, 04:29:03 PM »
I assumed many here may have been familiar with Commander Keen
For those who don't know, Commander Keen was a amazingly fun PC game back in the early 90s that many gamers, including me, of the period have fond memories of
Here's Wiki! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen

Looks like Bethesda purchased the rights to it and first impressions so far is that they're butchering everything that made it so charming.  

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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2019, 06:56:41 PM »
I assumed many here may have been familiar with Commander Keen


Never assume.

I had never heard of Commander Keen, so I had no idea what you were ranting about.

Of course, the fact I never heard of something should not be taken as exemplary of the rest of the world's population.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2019, 12:16:47 AM »
blarg!
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2019, 12:42:14 AM »
Also, given that this is APS, you might want to choose your subject text more carefully.  Someone might interpret it as a directive.

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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2019, 05:30:58 AM »
Also, given that this is APS, you might want to choose your subject text more carefully.  Someone might interpret it as a directive.



You mean it isn't?  Darn.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2019, 07:40:05 AM »
"I had never heard of Commander Keen, so I had no idea what you were ranting about."

Mega dittos. Had to look it up on the interwebs.

Now had you said Duke Nukem...
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2019, 08:00:05 AM »
I remember playing the original Commander Keen. Well, actually I'd forgotten about it until the OP reminded me. :)

I need to add it to my DOSbox folder and play it again for the nostalgia.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2019, 08:56:52 AM »
I was more into "Space Quest" and "Leisure Suit Larry" from Sierra On-Line. the 3D games made me motion sick!  :facepalm:
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2019, 09:06:00 AM »
"Leisure Suit Larry"

Ha! I've not thought about that in years!

Some of my all-time favorite computer games were the old Infocom text games -- Zork, Zork II, Planetfall, Leather Goddesses of Phobos and others...

I still occasionally play online versions of those games.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2019, 09:07:10 AM »
Leisure Suit Larry
Peppermint or spearmint? 
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2019, 09:09:42 AM »
Been so long since I played (think 8088 w/Amber Monochrome) that I have forgotten all the pitfalls!
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2019, 09:11:37 AM »
I recall the first game that really sold me on where computer-based gaming could go was Wing Commander. The integration of "shoot 'em up" and storyline (including alternative storylines depending on how you did) just had me amazed at the time. I actually have it on DOSbox and still play it from time to time, including the use of an old-fashioned joystick controller.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2019, 09:15:20 AM »
The first game I fell in love was Starflight.
Played it on my Franklin PC8000 8088 PC
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2019, 09:18:44 AM »
Been so long since I played (think 8088 w/Amber Monochrome) that I have forgotten all the pitfalls!

The Peppermint or spearmint question was when Larry was buying condoms and the clerk asked him a series of questions  
Like what color, ribbed or smooth and so on
The last question was "Pepper or Spearmint?"
I about fell off the chair
This was in the original Leisure Suit Larr release. Not sure if it was in the later remakes they did.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2019, 09:20:19 AM »
I still have my Dad's old Sony 8088 clone in the basement. Last time I checked it still worked.

Somewhere I also have the floppy disks for The Ancient Art of War at Sea.

That was a LOT of fun to play.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2019, 09:24:13 AM »
I still have my Dad's old Sony 8088 clone in the basement. Last time I checked it still worked.

Somewhere I also have the floppy disks for The Ancient Art of War at Sea.

That was a LOT of fun to play.

I played that to death
I have been hoping Stream picks that up as since I long ago lost the box and disks. Had the first one as well, Ancient Art of War.
The manuals they came with were actual good quality books
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2019, 09:26:16 AM »
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Snicker!  :rofl:
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2019, 09:27:27 AM »
Also, given that this is APS, you might want to choose your subject text more carefully.  Someone might interpret it as a directive.



I seen many of the posts on this site, if it hasn't happened already after some of those I think I'm safe.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2019, 09:28:35 AM »
Okay, if we're playing the "who's the oldest video game codger" game, Hunt the Wumpus on a printer role terminal in High School (we got our first actual video monitor - one (1) to be shared by all computer classes my Junior year) which you had to first load via punchcard.  =D

I also had a Timex Sinclair (my first computer) which I played chess on after loading the game via cassette tape, which took like ten minutes.
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2019, 09:29:14 AM »
The first few Leisure Suit Larry games were a hoot! Even the wife got a kick out of watching me play them.

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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2019, 09:30:18 AM »
Okay, if we're playing the "who's the oldest video game codger" game, Hunt the Wumpus on a printer role terminal in High School (we got our first actual video monitor - one (1) to be shared by all computer classes my Junior year) which you had to first load via punchcard.  =D

I also had a Timex Sinclair (my first computer) which I played chess on after loading the game via cassette tape, which took like ten minutes.

How about on a Dec Vax mini
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Re: Just Shoot me
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2019, 09:38:13 AM »
Ren and Stimpy, oh pleez pleez pleez...

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