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Kostya · 10-14-2005, 06:37 AM

In chronological order:

1. Paratrooper.
1989-1992
Our mega ancient monotone IBM which we'd had since before I was born was where I discovered computer gaming. Many an hour was spent in those early days ruthlessly slaughtering faceless thousands as they dropped from hostile planes and choppers. The carnage, the intensity of the bombing round, the satisfaction of wiping out men on the ground with perfectly timed falling debris...

2. Golden Axe
1989-1993
In them days, cafes were called milkbars still, and there were a lot more actual arcades in suburban areas. I still vividly recall the vast amounts of what was then valuable change expended on this timeless gem. 20c a pop Australian currency. Golden Axe stands out as the greatest and most enduring of a now long forgotten age of side scrolling fighters which included Double Dragon and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. Golden days.

3. Prince of Persia
1990-1991
The acrobatics, the completely ridiculous later levels. It made for one of the longest computer game crusades of my young life, outstripped only by the Captain Comic campaign of the previous year which me and my friend tried to complete by alternating between levels.

4. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Edition
1992-1994
When a friend got one of those new fangled 'Super' Nintendos, there was one game that had my thumbs quite literally bleeding, and it was the ultimate SF2 manifestation. The strategic progression from frenzied jump kicking to constant use of Blank's low punch, low punch, electrocution move to the soiphistication of Chun Lee acrobatics. This stuff made Duck Hunt on my conventional NES much much less appealing.

5. Mortal Kombat 2
1994-present day
By the time we finally managed to obtain a SNES of our own when our Nan accidentally won 2nd prize in a raffle, SSF2T was passe. I recall the day me and MK met, in an arcade downtown in Brisbane when I was mesmerised by the 'Insert Coin' sample of Sub Zero's classic spine/skull removal fatality. MK2 ruled the SNES for a long time, until my little brother got too good with Liu Kang, but I still sneak the odd game in.

6. Doom 2
1995-1997
Cd/Doom2/etc - MSDOS, now there was an operating system back in Dickety three.
I played the first Doom and loved it, but never owned it since we still had the 5 1/2 inch Paratrooper disk inserted into the IBM from 1982 at that point. When we finally did get a new rig, complete with colour monitor and 'sound blasters', Doom 2 was the one game that didn't suck which we had installed. Sadly no longer installed on any of our systems, though we do have the disk around here somewhere.

7. Command and Conquer
1996 - 1999
Not only was this my introduction to the RTS genre, but it was possibly the first time I ever found myself actually singing to the soundtrack despite it's crapness. I would go on to play Red Alert 1 & 2 and Generals, but none of them quite measured up to the greatness of discovering the whole RTS world.

8. GTA Vice City
2002 - present
You might notice the gap, I still played games, but nothing really took hold of me for that period. There had been good games in those times, such as GTA2 ironically, but nothing truly brilliant. Vice City I bought before GTA3 because it came out just before I finally got around to buying a PS2, since we were always one step behind the times. Was there anything greater than gunning down a pack of Haitians as you speed by on a dirtbike listening to Survivor? I think not.

9. Rome Total War
2004-present.
I've always loved the Total War series, but this one has particularly endured for me. With Barbarian Invasions now in store I've had to cripple myself in order to finish my thesis before I get it.

10. Guild Wars
2005-present
My first ever MMORPG. Sure, I'd played RPG's in the past, starting with Faximandu on NES and before that MUD games on DOS. Finally I discovered what the whole phenomenon has been about. I felt like Jeremy teh pwnerer when he discovered WOW after a career without MMO's, except without any RTS skillz.

10-14-2005, 06:37 AM	#14 (permalink)
Kostya Little known... Location: Brisbane, Australia	In chronological order: 1. Paratrooper. 1989-1992 Our mega ancient monotone IBM which we'd had since before I was born was where I discovered computer gaming. Many an hour was spent in those early days ruthlessly slaughtering faceless thousands as they dropped from hostile planes and choppers. The carnage, the intensity of the bombing round, the satisfaction of wiping out men on the ground with perfectly timed falling debris... 2. Golden Axe 1989-1993 In them days, cafes were called milkbars still, and there were a lot more actual arcades in suburban areas. I still vividly recall the vast amounts of what was then valuable change expended on this timeless gem. 20c a pop Australian currency. Golden Axe stands out as the greatest and most enduring of a now long forgotten age of side scrolling fighters which included Double Dragon and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. Golden days. 3. Prince of Persia 1990-1991 The acrobatics, the completely ridiculous later levels. It made for one of the longest computer game crusades of my young life, outstripped only by the Captain Comic campaign of the previous year which me and my friend tried to complete by alternating between levels. 4. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Edition 1992-1994 When a friend got one of those new fangled 'Super' Nintendos, there was one game that had my thumbs quite literally bleeding, and it was the ultimate SF2 manifestation. The strategic progression from frenzied jump kicking to constant use of Blank's low punch, low punch, electrocution move to the soiphistication of Chun Lee acrobatics. This stuff made Duck Hunt on my conventional NES much much less appealing. 5. Mortal Kombat 2 1994-present day By the time we finally managed to obtain a SNES of our own when our Nan accidentally won 2nd prize in a raffle, SSF2T was passe. I recall the day me and MK met, in an arcade downtown in Brisbane when I was mesmerised by the 'Insert Coin' sample of Sub Zero's classic spine/skull removal fatality. MK2 ruled the SNES for a long time, until my little brother got too good with Liu Kang, but I still sneak the odd game in. 6. Doom 2 1995-1997 Cd/Doom2/etc - MSDOS, now there was an operating system back in Dickety three. I played the first Doom and loved it, but never owned it since we still had the 5 1/2 inch Paratrooper disk inserted into the IBM from 1982 at that point. When we finally did get a new rig, complete with colour monitor and 'sound blasters', Doom 2 was the one game that didn't suck which we had installed. Sadly no longer installed on any of our systems, though we do have the disk around here somewhere. 7. Command and Conquer 1996 - 1999 Not only was this my introduction to the RTS genre, but it was possibly the first time I ever found myself actually singing to the soundtrack despite it's crapness. I would go on to play Red Alert 1 & 2 and Generals, but none of them quite measured up to the greatness of discovering the whole RTS world. 8. GTA Vice City 2002 - present You might notice the gap, I still played games, but nothing really took hold of me for that period. There had been good games in those times, such as GTA2 ironically, but nothing truly brilliant. Vice City I bought before GTA3 because it came out just before I finally got around to buying a PS2, since we were always one step behind the times. Was there anything greater than gunning down a pack of Haitians as you speed by on a dirtbike listening to Survivor? I think not. 9. Rome Total War 2004-present. I've always loved the Total War series, but this one has particularly endured for me. With Barbarian Invasions now in store I've had to cripple myself in order to finish my thesis before I get it. 10. Guild Wars 2005-present My first ever MMORPG. Sure, I'd played RPG's in the past, starting with Faximandu on NES and before that MUD games on DOS. Finally I discovered what the whole phenomenon has been about. I felt like Jeremy teh pwnerer when he discovered WOW after a career without MMO's, except without any RTS skillz.