Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?U2FtdWVsIFPDtmRlcmJlcmc=?= Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Subject: Re: Game Drought Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 10:35:21 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 11:35:21 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bee66b67adabaa44239703e0658a3990"; logging-data="3922382"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+7eFXfKL7KuCd9OfgCj8PRzTpcx6erX3A=" User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS Cancel-Lock: sha1:/Kg4o47NuP8Vv4kA/HZb4pN36OI= X-Usenapp: v1.27.4/d - Full License X-Face: dIH)<5GjmMj-~N1fWOK;S0eA$3:|}]oIe5#UD@uR;G^t.1ui"h8'XnIX!]r6exk~V\I33t` $"aT\ruB-A91U3\If@.;c^bX'o1*d3o2IDi/:2!`R;{-OJdXuDpjXP>r}M*pG[Zk3.2P>&8_6szl@g w%|LL8F9sJKJ4S2)?HRhcAhXN(0zUX'OJEJ%~&YNosL|ZAk)0i}$\_\?IQ6l1$pC5@~YPj%qPzb6>5 [blu?+U7,6!fn'=1K-U<;8R^-bo]/[ Bytes: 3445 On 8 Nov 2024 at 19:10:05 CET, "candycanearter07" wrote: > Samuel Söderberg wrote at 10:55 this Friday (GMT): >> On 7 Nov 2024 at 16:43:39 CET, "Spalls Hurgenson" >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 14:04:06 -0000 (UTC), Samuel Söderberg >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Also, one of my brothers gave me UFO 50 as a birthday gift: >>>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50/ >>>> ...it is not a strategy game, but if you do not love UFO 50, you do not love >>>> games. >>> >>> Strange, I do not love "UFO 50" but I do love video games. I must be a >>> some sort of paradox. I'd better off myself before I destroy the >>> universe. It's such a bother when that happens; I don't want to have >>> to go through it again. ;-) >>> >>> But seriously, 8-bit style games do nothing for me. More so if they're >>> themeatically based on console titles. My formative computer gaming >>> years were spent with flight-sims, RPGs, adventure and strategy games; >>> platformers, shooters and sports titles were never my that important >>> to me. And I've embraced the increased complexity that each generation >>> of tech has allowed games. I've no desire to go back to such simple >>> fare as passed for entertainment in the early 80s. "UFO 50" does not >>> scratch any itch for me. Even the few games in the collection that >>> matched up to my gaming in that era aren't going to do it for me; I'd >>> much rather play a modern version of those games and not some >>> throwback. >>> >>> I do not like "UFO 50". It's got nothing I want from a game... or even >>> 50 games. >> >> To each their own! >> >> Did you play Seaside Drive? Cyber Owls? >> >> Okay, just checking. :) > > > Seaside Drive is one of my favorites, but man Golfaria and Party House > are like the two best. I didn't like Cyber Owls. I will try them at once!