What computer games did everyone play as a kid?

I remember playing a ton of oregon trail in elementary school, i would lie and say i finished my book just so i could go to the library and play oregon trail till the teacher came to get me. She was always pissed :lol::lol::lol:

Dino park tycoon - its kinda like a build your own jurassic park, this game was like crack.

Number munchers - i played the old number munchers (the 2-D one) like it was going out of style, then when the 3-D one came out it was like christmas.

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prince of persia commander keen (the best) leisure suit larry space quest championship manager captain comic so many more that i do not remember. commander keen was probably my fave.

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My little brother and I were hooked on Kings Quest for the longest time. I also got hooked on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago

Other then those 2 I didn't really play computer video games....it was all about my NES

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[quote=peloquin]prince of persia

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not sure how i forgot prince of persia :Wasted: that game was so fucking hard, but i loved it.

also i forgot to add - where in the world is carmen sandiego

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oregon trail was the first computer game i ever played, played it in JR high on old ass apple computers with those huge ass floppy disks that were the size of a piece of paper. second computer game i was shown was at a friends house, wolfenstein 3d, what a classic. then in 95ish i got my first computer, Diablo was my first owned computer game, played that night and day over the always reliable 56k modem.ohh the good ole days!

otehr than that i was a big console kid, so zelda for nes and super nes were probably my favorite as well as the mortal kombat series=q

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organ trail rocked! i loved the hunting and i was always trippin when i crossed a river, my poor cows always drowned.

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oregon trail is a classic......my people always died of scurvy :(

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I used to shoot a ton of buffalo and get pissed cuz i could only bring back like 2000 pounds on my wagon, when it was clear i shot over 100,000 pounds of buffalo. :Cowboy:

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[quote=anonin]I used to shoot a ton of buffalo and get pissed cuz i could only bring back like 2000 pounds on my wagon, when it was clear i shot over 100,000 pounds of buffalo. :Cowboy:[/quote]

rofl, hilarious

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i think oregon trail was the first software i pirated. i put that thing on floppies during study period and brought it home to put on my computer. i did that with civilization a few years later :twisted:

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It was all about X-wing best game ever!

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My 1st ever game was Ys, on the Master System and I did nothing else until I completed it! Lemmings was another life postponer, also Mickey Mouse, Castle of Illusion.

Nice thread..8)

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when i was little little it was granny's garden on the bbc.

then on the commodore 64; rampage, chucky egg, barbarian, operation wolf etc amiga: james pond robocod, sensible soccer, lemmings, cannon fodder, xenon 2, desert strike etc

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Computer games god where do i start !! Lets c Kings quest, Space quest, Prince of persia, Police quest, Test drive 1 & 2, Summer games Winter games, Leasiure suit larry, there was also this ku fu one can't remember the name plus alot more that i can't remember. does anyone know where to get these games. it would be good to play kings quest and police quest again :lol:

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California Games was also a classic..

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[quote=AndyH]California Games was also a classic..[/quote]

haha that game was so crap.. do u remember the hackey sack event.. boring..zzz

mario and sonic ruled the systems back in the day..

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It was only crap once you had mastered it imo. The surfing, frisbee and BMXing was great fun I seem to remember :)

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Test drive, Stunt drive, Day of the tentacle, Prince of persia, ummm....fuck, I've played a lot but forgot most of them. Lemmings too of course...

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[QUOTE=johns] there was also this ku fu one can't remember the name [/QUOTE]

you talking about way of the exploding fist? classic :D

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Oregon Trail ver 5 link!

I am at work so I have no Idea if this download works or not... Hope it does for some memories later tonight!

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i dont remember any of them, but started out on cpus with a commadore.

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[QUOTE=Yao]Test drive, Stunt drive, [b]Day of the tentacle[/b], Prince of persia, ummm....fuck, I've played a lot but forgot most of them. Lemmings too of course...[/QUOTE] DAY OF THE TENTACLE! :RightOn: :RightOn: :RightOn:

that was the pimpest game ever. that, and Sam & Max Hit the Road. I actually found them last year and re-played it... I should play them again. Full Throttle wins Runner Up prize.

also played a lot of the Commander Keens and Kings Quests way back in the day.

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I think the first games I played were on the TRS-80 around 1980. Probably a version of Space Invaders or Asteroid.

On my cousin's Apple II we played Decathlon.

I played many games on the Atari 2600. I seem to remember Space Invaders, Defender and other shooting games. Between the other kids on the street, we had quite a few.

I had a Colecovision with Ms. Pacman, Donkey Kong and Zaxxon.

My friend down the street had a C64. I remember a 2-player motorcycle game was our favourite, probably because it had wicked music too.

In the arcade: before high school I played Ms. Pacman, Pacman, Galaga, Space Invaders, Frogger, Dig Dug, Centipede. In high school I moved into fighting games, I remember lots of ninja-based games, and a four-player wizards and warlocks type of game. I think it was the first four-player. Can't remember the name. Anybody? Would have been around 1988.

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earthworm jim too.

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My early faves were:

MS Decathalon MS Adventure (I think that was the name for the text based adventure game) Sammy Lightfoot Karateka Castle Wolfenstein (the original)

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California games Karnov Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders Monkey Island Zork

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Dig Dug!!!

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This whole thread is one big blast from the past.

Some of my favorites, in no particular order:

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Track & Field Donkey Kong Jr Donkey Kong Pac Man Star Wars Q-Bert Gauntlet Joust

and i am sure many more, just can't remember them.

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TAPPER!! I totaly forgot about that game... No wonder I have such a drinking problem now!

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I always liked Joust, my father and I use to play it all the time!

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mother fucking joust and a lot of wolfienstien that game scared the shit out of me

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Loom Monkey's Island series (pure ownage!)

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Was there a commador 64 game called "Bruce Yee" or somthin?

i also liked summer and winter games on there.

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Oregon Trail Pinball Wizards & Warriors MS FlightSim (FS4)

after windows95... Doom Wolfenstein Descent Mech Warrior Terminal Velocity Duke Nukem Rise of the Triad FlightSim95 Warcraft 1 & 2

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i also liked summer and winter games on there.[/quote]

Damn I forgot all about those!

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^^^^ i loved doing the belly flop or a back smack on the summer games diving competition :p :lol:

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s.t.u.n. runner tempest omega race klax (I actually have one of these in my basement now) tetris centipede dragon's lair

I was actually more of a pinball guy, though. Twilight Zone and Addam's Family are classics...

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^^^^ I remember one pinball game call the Comet or Cyclone that had a theme park setting... that was awesome! Wasted many quarters on that one.... Now that I think about it I think the Cyclone was the upgraded comet...

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How could I forget --

Dr. Mario

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at the risk of completely geeking out here, any mame users?