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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: Favorite Era of Gaming
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On Sat, 07 Sep 2024 09:07:34 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
S. wrote: 

>On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:49:28 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>But the 80s will always have a glint of nostalgia for me.
>>
>>All time favorite 80s arcade games:
>>o Mappy
>>o Time Pilot
>>o Galaxian (actually 1979 iirc)
>>o Galaga
>>o Gyruss
>>o Venture
>>
>>All time favorite 80s computer games:
>>o Anything Infocom
>>o Anything Ultima
>>o Gold Box games
>>o Beach Head
>>https://www.mobygames.com/game/19932/beach-head/
>>o M.U.L.E.
>>o Seven Cities of Gold
>>o Archon
>>o Elite
>>o Rescue on Fractalus
>>https://www.mobygames.com/game/11726/rescue-on-fractalus/
>>o The Dreadnaught Factor
>>https://www.mobygames.com/game/9642/the-dreadnaught-factor/
>>o Raid on Bungeling Bay
>>https://www.mobygames.com/game/11506/raid-on-bungeling-bay/
>
>I am not into arcade games but your computer games list... I like. I
>started with Infocom games. I played Archon with my brother a lot when
>we were kids. I remember  Rescue on Fractalus as well on the C64.

I remember asking my high school teachers if I could play Spellbreaker on
our Apple ][ computers in the lab, and they took a look at the screen and
said, "That's a game?"

"Yes."

"Go ahead."

-- 
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten