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[engraven]

Dec 21, 2022 1:40:41 GMT -5 crystallogic13 said:

cryptzzz man I *still* remember that big "fields" level , I think it maybe was near wear I drop it, I was stuck not knowing how to proceed or maybe a bug didn't let a game trigger happen, who knows.. But I was really sorry for dropping it, I so loved its atmosphere.. My memory also is stuck I think before the fields in some dark underground tunnels or what being fighting or chased by a skeleton... Excellent stuff, classy atmosphere.. Happy to see that it's still loved by many other people who played it!! I don't remember the soundtrack but as per your suggestion I'll check it out on youtube and let probably more memories roll!! Speaking of atmospheric games/horror games, the games I got to finish in horror genre were mostly adventures if memory serves me well but I loved each and every one of them and atmospheres were huge in the following more oldies :

- Darkseed (with H.R.Giger's cult alien horror supreme art, "small game" but SICK in a great way atmosphere, but hard gameplay with many deaths if you don't know what to do but it's finishable really even without hints with just some trial error, definitely deserves to get a chance)
- Alone in the Dark 1 : Now this is another CULT classic but its revolutionary graphics look very dated today, still a pioneer in multiple genres (3d action adventure, survival horror) but an ADVENTURE at heart (unlike its descendants like Resident Evil etc which took their own path)... A cult game I recommend everyone to enjoy if you can get used/tolerate the graphics, it has GREAT soundtrack also!! And has many many classic moments in it, like a library where you could find legendary (nonexistent) books of horror literature, like De Vermiis Mysteries , Necronomicon (if you read it you get an instadeath!! )!! A beloved game I think for many people and totally cult!!
- Gabriel Knight 1 : Another cult cult golden Sierra game, huge hit back then and huge following, it was pure adventure and had such a THICK and DENSE New Orleans voodoo atmosphere like anything you could have imagined!! Great game and only minor point it had in the endgame a mazelike sequence that could get VERY frustating but still one of the best of the best !!

@daytol Indeed snes definitely had more JRPGs but I thouht Mega Drive/Genesis got its share too, I surely miscounted as I'm not an expert on the 16-bits as I didn;t have one back in the day BUT slowly working on it (for years ) through emulation and a nice mini Snes I got few years back.. GREAT GREAT era for both computers and consoles, I think my preferred era in general (1989-95/6).. Console wars among Nintendo vs Sega while and computer wars (Amiga Vs Atari St vs PC - I was on the PC side since my first 286 ) Golden era..
As for the app store, my half-working ipad2 maybe could be supported but still the controls of the otherwise great thing that any table is aren't very meant for my hands.. I can't play on a tablet at all 2D action games barring some shoot em ups like Gradius or completely other genres that shine with touch controls (puzzles etc etc..).. But no harm done as I emulate and play through good old Xbox and its Duke controllers so I'll check the recommendations

engraven no mate, first time I learn of it, very many many thanx for the recommendation, I'll definitely look around for it and enjoy either the game if it's playable on modern systems or emulated or a youtube video at worst case nice!!

Alone in the Dark 1 is one of my favorites, one of the few games I replay with any regularity (or play at all with any regularity, anymore). It's a pretty brisk playthrough once you know everything already, so it makes for a nice way to spend a couple late night hours. I used samples from the narrator's reading of the various books on every track on my album Nameless and Formless -- so that tells you how much I like it, haha.

Of course, there is a means by which to safely read from De Vermis Mysteriis ... 

[talvisynth]

Dec 21, 2022 1:40:41 GMT -5 crystallogic13 said:

- - I was on the PC side since my first 286 ) Golden era..

I've been on the PC side ever since as well! The first computer in our house was an IBM AT 286 with a good ol' CGA monitor. The games it had were Alley Cat, Shamus, Digger, Sopwith, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Arkanoid, Karateka, Paratrooper, Space Quest 1, Larry 1, Flightmare, Stargate, Chessmaster 2000, Grand Prix Circuit, GATO, some Asteroids clone and an unknown pinball game with very minimal & modest graphics and which ran only from a boot disk. Those were the times. \o/

Alone in the Dark 1 - a true classic indeed and gave me shivers every time I played it back in the day!

[cryptzzz]

crystallogic13 Gabriel Knight and Alone in the Dark sound interesting. Might check them out in the future, when I will have too much time on my hands (if that will ever be the case;)). Never got a chance to play them, not to mention upon their release as they are older than me... When it comes to adventure games with thick atmosphere I really like Sanitarium, have you played it? A bit newer game but still very fond  memories and dark atmosphere - Fahrenheit. Not a perfect game by any means but very memorable. 
From even newer titles I must mention the amazing Cry of Fear with it's amazing soundtrack, atmosphere of depression, solitude, hopelessness. Might sound weird, but I was thinking about it lately and CoF is definitely in my top 10 games that had most impact on me. So good...  In a way, it's closely related to the Silent Hill series. Modern classic I call it  

[crystallogic13]

engraven my memory certainly doesn't serve me well but let me remind of good memories : I think if you read Necronomicon you died no matter what ? De Vermiis was the one you stepped on the pentagram to read? Been many many years but I loved it, I even wrote my own solution/walkthrough

talvisynth yeah mate, same here, my first PC after a 2600 ripoff which couldn't satisfy me ofc, was also a 286 /16mhz with also CGA and mono monitor, no hdd and only 5.1/4 drive.. Upon purchase I was given by the store a pirated copy of Dos 3.x with 5 tiny games that fitted in the double density (only 360kb) disk : pacman (a pretty bad version), chess (very barebones but still ok), qbert (on cga it looked and played worse than probably other version), digger (very enjoyable for what its worth) and an already "trained" (endless lives) version of Arkanoid, which was MY FAVORITE from these all and for a good time till I started getting more copies of games from cousins etc... Those were the days mate, I see on your mentions many great games, Sierra ones too, but the one I also spent COUNTLESS and i mean countless hours its "effects" from the beeper still with me is Grand Prix Circuit, by Accolade... Dude, driving that McLaren felt so real in CGA fashion back at the day haha For real though a great great game which is still as playable as then no matter how spoiled we are today with graphics... I even remember the high score names of opponent drivers like "Tony Bornilli" or something like that Great memories

cryptzzz If you have tolerance for old UI of games and kinda dated graphics you should go for Alone in the Dark 1, it's a great game beside the "dating" of it, if you can cope.. But you must in any case at least check out Gabriel Knight 1, this is even today very relevant, it got an HD version people were'n't happy about but the original version is perfectly playable and I 100 recommend if you give it a try, it's not a very long game too so you can finish it in a reasonable time!! Totally recommended!! As for Sanitarium, I have it original (box) from way then and never got the chance to play it (as with many others..)... I always have it on my "to play at an appropriate time" list.. Fahrenheit on the other hand was also available for Xbox and when I rented to copy it (you needed to ftp the contents from the xbox to pc, patch .xbe and then create an iso to "burn" and a modded xbox ofc), I remember it had difficulties either with its User Interface or with the game (maybe it was more real time? don't remember)... I always have it available nowdays on xbox so I might give it a chance at any time

[Daytol]

Dec 21, 2022 1:40:41 GMT -5 crystallogic13 said:

@daytol Indeed snes definitely had more JRPGs but I thouht Mega Drive/Genesis got its share too,

I think comparatively speaking it didn't get as many as the SNES did. Could be wrong though.

Dec 21, 2022 1:40:41 GMT -5 crystallogic13 said:

GREAT GREAT era for both computers and consoles,

Yeah, the Genesis is my second most favorite console ever, so that was a pretty good time for me too Lotta good stuff from there.

Dec 21, 2022 1:40:41 GMT -5 crystallogic13 said:

as I emulate and play through good old Xbox and its Duke controllers so I'll check the recommendations

Let us know on here how that goes!

[talvisynth]

Dec 21, 2022 3:53:41 GMT -5 talvisynth said:

- -and an unknown pinball game with very minimal & modest graphics and which ran only from a boot disk.

Quoting myself, but I've actually been searching this for a long time and finally found it! Night Mission Pinball (1982):

[crystallogic13]

talvisynth ohhh that oldschool CGA pallette graphics, feels like in heaven.. If you by any chance have interest in pinballs there have been several emulators throughout the years, for full machines ++ ... Pinball is always a good choice for some mindless high score fun in any era

Unrelated but after having ordered that C64 mini and not seeing any movement from vendor, I figured it will never be fulfilled so I bit (even more..) and ordered, yes, you guessed it, Amiga 500 mini, for 130 euros, definitely not cheap but well worth the price.. Currently having it at factory settings etc but it supports usb stick with whdload images n stuff so I'm hopefull it will be a good buy as soon as I have some time to enjoy it!!

[talvisynth]

Dec 28, 2022 7:07:48 GMT -5 crystallogic13 said:

talvisynth ohhh that oldschool CGA pallette graphics, feels like in heaven.. If you by any chance have interest in pinballs there have been several emulators throughout the years, for full machines ++ ... Pinball is always a good choice for some mindless high score fun in any era

I was never particularly good at pinball games, though I still used to like them a lot. My absolute favorite was Epic Pinball, had even the registered version of it with all tables. And the fantastic tracker music in that game, holy diddly! Fun times those were indeed!