Games That Had a Big Impact on Your Childhood That Other TNL'ers Didn't Play

That's Munch Mobile.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_de...p?game_id=8791

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

That's Munch Mobile.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_de...p?game_id=8791

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That's it! Thanks Neo! I would've been up all night trying to remember!

I used to play Munch Mobile, Yie-Ar Kung Fu and Rampage in the arcades all the time.

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Originally Posted by cka

my mom and I beat shadowgate, deja vu and the uninvited together when I was a youngin'

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Same here. My brother was always asking "why did you rent these again?" So my mom would play. Good times.

Most of the games that come to mind for me are non-LucasArts adventure games. The Space Quest series, the Tex Murphy series, The Neverhood...

Also a lot of Sega Master System games, but we've already discussed those.

Heres a few random semi-obscure games (by TNL standards) that had a big impact on me:

Mask Of the Sun - Apple II
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...0&d=1284469152
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...9&d=1284469152

Conan Hall of Volta Apple II


Split Second - Parker Bros.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...1&d=1284469152

Pac-Man- Tomytronic
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...2&d=1284469409

Galaxian Tabletop- Coleco
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...4&d=1284469409

Mega Zone - Konami Arcade
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...3&d=1284469409

Nevermind

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Originally Posted by Doc Holliday

To this day, I whistle the stage start music to Rush N' Attack nearly every time I start a chore/task. Does that count?

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I love the NES version of this game, I hate hearing about Konami rereleases shit on XBLA and get reminded that most NES ports were better than the arcade games they were based on.

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

Besides the obvious console mainstays, I was always on the ol' Packard Bell playing shareware versions of Apogee and id games.

Raptor: Call of the Shadows was a big one. I found it full version on 3.5" diskette at Babbage's! It's a vertical shooter for people that like to level things up. Your plane starts fairly weak, but eventually you get so damn powerful you can decimate everything from seven directions.



Commander Keen was another favorite. Episode 4: Goodbye Galaxy was my favorite. Classic platformer with goofy characters. I've gone on about it plenty of times before.

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...1&d=1284431389

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...1&d=1284431389

Last but not least is Halloween Harry, later renamed to Alien Carnage. Pretty violent for its time! Best thing about it now, though, is it's free! Link and fun history lesson here.

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...1&d=1284431611

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Speaking of Raptor, did you ever play Tyrian? It's a similar style game. I had the Keen Super Pack when it was released, never got too far in those games, but didn't care because I was young. As for HH, I never understood why they changed the name, but I had it when it came out. Also Jazz Jackrabbit.

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Originally Posted by Nash

Shadowgate (NES)

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...1&d=1284433449

I don't know how much of TNL played Shadowgate, but I didn't know anyone else who played it when I was a kid. I found it to be a really interesting gaming experience at the time because most of what I knew before it was jumping, shooting, punching, kicking, etc. on a linear path to victory.

Shadowgate provided choices of action that had consequences. Of course, we all know now that there was usually only one correct choice in each situation, with the other choices resulting in death. However, at the time, I found the premise really cool, and it lead me to seek out other point-and-click type games, like Deja Vu and Uninvited.

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I played the shit out of all 3 of those games at my friends house.


As for my own - I played a lot of Terminal Velocity on PC, and T-Mek at the arcades.

My parents couldn't afford to buy me every game I wanted as a child and encouraged me to go be active. I have no idea how the fuck some of you played so many games as kids. I have my fair share but holy shit at some of you really digging into those libraries.

I had a group of like 4 other guys my age and we would just rotate games that our parents bought. Otherwise I know I wouldn't have played as many games as I did.