Let's pay tribute to Electronic Arts

**NeoZeedeater** · 07 Apr 2003, 07:22 PM

Before they became the Borg-like entity they are today, Electronic Arts was one of the best publishers in the business. I just feel like paying tribute to some games from their pre-Genesis days.

Archon(1983) - This was a brilliant game from Freeman, Westfall, and Reiche. Two sides, set up in chess-like fashion on a board, face off against each other. When characters on the board meet, the game switches to an arcade-ish action mode where they duel it out. There were a few sequels to this game but they were quite different.

M.U.L.E.(1985) - Dan Bunten's M.U.L.E. was revolutionary for multiplayer strategy games.

One on One(1983) - EA shows their early sports game might with this quality basketball game.

Skate or Die(1987) was rad.

There are plenty I didn't list. What are your favorite early EA games?

**galvatron** · 07 Apr 2003, 07:23 PM

I was just going to give props to M.U.L.E... then I remembered that Live '95 was the bomb, too.

**sleeve** · 07 Apr 2003, 07:24 PM

Wow, EA really was a fantastic company in the pre-Genesis days. Some of my favorite games were Mail Order Monsters, Hard Hat Mack, Racing Destruction Set, Pinball Construction Set, and of course the immortal Starflight.

**Click_Stick** · 07 Apr 2003, 07:26 PM

Skate or Die. Hot damn. Freestyle was a frantic blast, but I could never get a handle of the High Jump contest as a kid...

The NES version also has the most wicked awesome cover art, too. Neato.

**kingoffighters** · 07 Apr 2003, 07:27 PM

Skate or Die... That was a great great game, I only played the NES port and I loved it

**Aurora** · 07 Apr 2003, 07:27 PM

Originally posted by sleeveboy
Wow, EA really was a fantastic company in the pre-Genesis days. Some of my favorite games were Mail Order Monsters, Hard Hat Mack, Racing Destruction Set, Pinball Construction Set, and of course the immortal Starflight.

Bjork!

**Regus** · 07 Apr 2003, 07:33 PM

Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Before they became the Borg-like entity they are today, Electronic Arts was one of the best publishers in the business. I just feel like paying tribute to some games from their pre-Genesis days.

Boo! Talk about the Genesis days! EA put out some real winners during that time period.

Skate or Die(1987) was rad.

Indeed it was. I dare say it was gnarly.