Games you never understood to play (the right way) - Page 6

MazinKaesar · 01 September 2010, 12:55

Zoids (C64)...

Amigaman · 01 September 2010, 14:32

Battle Isle; not a clue how this was supposed to work

Purple Saturn Day: freebie on a coverdisk, always took me about 3 seconds to die or fail the first round. memory is a bit fuzzy of this game, and only played it a few times.

Prison(III?)all the objects you were supposed to colelct just blended into the background, so you never knew they were there.

StarEye · 02 September 2010, 19:01

Too numerous to list...

frsoldier · 02 September 2010, 22:08

critical mass (c64)

Fragger · 07 September 2010, 14:59

Another one:

http://hol.abime.net/634

I really had hard times to get the point about this game. Due to the lack of a manual, it was a kinda type of "Guess what" and Trial & Error.

rsn8887 · 08 September 2010, 01:42

Somehow Head over Heels has always baffled me...

chrispy · 09 September 2010, 12:26

I could never figure out what to do in Ubisofts Zombi. Was there anything past the first level?

demoniac · 10 September 2010, 19:23

Zombi is just one world. You solve the puzzles in hopes to escape from your location.

chrispy · 11 September 2010, 12:23

I just used to run around aimlessly without a clue what to do. It wasn't a bootleg copy either it was a proper boxed version with the manuals lol. My middle name should have been dullard.

mcbpete · 11 September 2010, 18:20

The absolute revelation for me with Zombi was watching the long play and realising there were rooms behind you - Obviously I knew about the reverse button but when I went down those left->right corridors I never expected anything behind me. So all these years I've been playing it I'd been wondering around getting nowhere, unaware of all the rooms I had missed.

(I still have no idea how to log off the computer that asks for a password in that one room though)

Retro1234 · 11 September 2010, 18:27

Captain Blood what the F*ck

chrispy · 11 September 2010, 20:22

There's a computer in a room? I honestly don't think I ever got out of the room I started in. I'd chuck it in the 500 and start to play and then get well pissed off and go back to Alien Breed again. Now there's a game I could literally play for the rest of my life.

amigarobbo · 11 September 2010, 21:23

Captain Blood.

Oh, right...

Fragger · 14 September 2010, 12:20

Another One:

Joe Blade ...yeah, running around and shooting have been some sort of fun, but was there anything else? If i remember correctly, there was some kind of a time bomb.

Predseda · 14 September 2010, 12:42

Burton Bird. Never laid an egg! although I love the game.

RealNC · 15 September 2010, 09:04

Here's one that almost made me lose my sanity: Maupiti Island

It had the twist of using actual speech synthesis for all in-game dialog, utilizing the Amiga's speech chip (did it actually have one? Software synthesis would have been too slow, I imagine.) Game-wise, that game was so difficult, I wonder why I still have my hair!

Mequa · 27 December 2010, 09:20

The Settlers.

Cybercon III.

Add Syndicate to my list as well. I was never able to get into those three.

Leffmann · 27 December 2010, 10:07

Vampire's Empire was always too difficult for me to figure out as a kid, and I used to blame it on the game being broken or unfinished.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealNC

It had the twist of using actual speech synthesis for all in-game dialog, utilizing the Amiga's speech chip (did it actually have one? Software synthesis would have been too slow, I imagine.) Game-wise, that game was so difficult, I wonder why I still have my hair!

No such chip in the Amiga, it's all software synthesized.

Minuous · 27 December 2010, 10:52

>The absolute revelation for me with Zombi was watching the long play

Indeed, this is the main reason I download longplays, to find out how to play non-intuitive games, or to find out how to get part certain parts. It would be better if there was a simultaneous display of the joystick positions, so you could see what the player's joystick was actually doing at the time.
Games which are non-intuitive and still don't have longplays: Bonecruncher, Carthage, Elite 1/2, Powerdrome, Quadralien, Hacker 1/2, Mercenary 1-3, Spy vs. Spy 1-3, Starglider 1/2, Third Reich, Vampire's Empire.
I suppose reading the manuals would help for most of these :-)

gimbal · 27 December 2010, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fragger

Another One:

Joe Blade ...yeah, running around and shooting have been some sort of fun, but was there anything else? If i remember correctly, there was some kind of a time bomb.

There's a good one, I never did manage to complete it - ever. I've been running around in circles (even found the secret spot where you can break through the wall), but I never managed to get anywhere.

I guess the trick really was in them time bombs? I never did get anywhere with them

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Amigaman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London Posts: 124	Battle Isle; not a clue how this was supposed to work Purple Saturn Day: freebie on a coverdisk, always took me about 3 seconds to die or fail the first round. memory is a bit fuzzy of this game, and only played it a few times. Prison(III?)all the objects you were supposed to colelct just blended into the background, so you never knew they were there.

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07 September 2010, 14:59	#105
Fragger Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Age: 45 Posts: 78	Another one: http://hol.abime.net/634 I really had hard times to get the point about this game. Due to the lack of a manual, it was a kinda type of "Guess what" and Trial & Error.

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rsn8887 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,058	Somehow Head over Heels has always baffled me...

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chrispy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wales (Gods Country) Posts: 155	I could never figure out what to do in Ubisofts Zombi. Was there anything past the first level?

10 September 2010, 19:23	#108
demoniac Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: - Posts: 1,687	Zombi is just one world. You solve the puzzles in hopes to escape from your location.

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chrispy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wales (Gods Country) Posts: 155	I just used to run around aimlessly without a clue what to do. It wasn't a bootleg copy either it was a proper boxed version with the manuals lol. My middle name should have been dullard.

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mcbpete Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, England Age: 41 Posts: 239	The absolute revelation for me with Zombi was watching the long play and realising there were rooms behind you - Obviously I knew about the reverse button but when I went down those left->right corridors I never expected anything behind me. So all these years I've been playing it I'd been wondering around getting nowhere, unaware of all the rooms I had missed. (I still have no idea how to log off the computer that asks for a password in that one room though)

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Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	Captain Blood what the F*ck

11 September 2010, 20:22	#112
chrispy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wales (Gods Country) Posts: 155	There's a computer in a room? I honestly don't think I ever got out of the room I started in. I'd chuck it in the 500 and start to play and then get well pissed off and go back to Alien Breed again. Now there's a game I could literally play for the rest of my life.

11 September 2010, 21:23	#113
amigarobbo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 181	Captain Blood. Oh, right...

14 September 2010, 12:20	#114
Fragger Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Age: 45 Posts: 78	Another One: Joe Blade ...yeah, running around and shooting have been some sort of fun, but was there anything else? If i remember correctly, there was some kind of a time bomb.

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Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,539	Burton Bird. Never laid an egg! although I love the game.

15 September 2010, 09:04	#116
RealNC Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 27	Here's one that almost made me lose my sanity: Maupiti Island It had the twist of using actual speech synthesis for all in-game dialog, utilizing the Amiga's speech chip (did it actually have one? Software synthesis would have been too slow, I imagine.) Game-wise, that game was so difficult, I wonder why I still have my hair!

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Mequa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 497	The Settlers. Cybercon III. Add Syndicate to my list as well. I was never able to get into those three.

27 December 2010, 10:52	#119
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,630	>The absolute revelation for me with Zombi was watching the long play Indeed, this is the main reason I download longplays, to find out how to play non-intuitive games, or to find out how to get part certain parts. It would be better if there was a simultaneous display of the joystick positions, so you could see what the player's joystick was actually doing at the time. Games which are non-intuitive and still don't have longplays: Bonecruncher, Carthage, Elite 1/2, Powerdrome, Quadralien, Hacker 1/2, Mercenary 1-3, Spy vs. Spy 1-3, Starglider 1/2, Third Reich, Vampire's Empire. I suppose reading the manuals would help for most of these :-)

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