25th October 2013, 5:34 PM
Huh, yeah, I guess adventure games would work well on a tablet. Is that working through an emulator or something, or are there actually official ports? (I'm guessing the former?)
Micro Machines 2 is such a hard, HARD game... pain, suffering, and rote memorization, that's this game! I mean, I've played it a few times here and there since losing this disc -- or rather, since getting my WinME computer that couldn't play the game well since this game requires Windows-less DOS -- I have the GBC version, and I'v eplayed a bit of the emulated Genesis version, but every time I go back to this game, it surprises me about just HOW difficult it is. The first Micro Machines is a great game, but this one is so, so fast, you really do need to memorize the tracks to have a chance. And with a huge track library and a track editor if you want to make some of your own, that's a tall order!
I do still love the game, the graphics are quite nice and I'd completely forgotten that the PC version had CD audio (it's mediocre rock, that's probably why I'd forgotten...), but man is it hard. I remember finding the game tough back when I first got the PC version in '96 or so, but not as hard as it's seemed when I go back to it later... probably because back then I put in the time to memorize those tracks, which you must do to not finish last every time (after the first race or two).
As for those other games, MechCommander's still pretty good too! I should play through the expansion pack... I still have my expansion pack save files, and I didn't get all that far, since after beating the whole original campaign in '00-'01 or so I didn't want to play the addon right away... then a few years later the disc vanished. Ultim@te Race Pro is the same nice-looking-but-only-okay-playing game I remember. Unfortunately I don't have my original save file for the game, so no comparing to my old best times... ah well. I don't think I played the game enough to get THAT good at it back then anyway; it was an okay game, but Pod, for instance, was better.
As for Fate of Atlantis... I know I got it digital-download a while back, but I never got too far in it. It's been years now since I've put a serious effort into an adventure game, for whatever reason. I really should change that, and FoA is of course one of the best ones ever. I always did like it more than Day of the Tentacle, the other Lucasarts adventure game we got with our new computer in early '95.
Micro Machines 2 is such a hard, HARD game... pain, suffering, and rote memorization, that's this game! I mean, I've played it a few times here and there since losing this disc -- or rather, since getting my WinME computer that couldn't play the game well since this game requires Windows-less DOS -- I have the GBC version, and I'v eplayed a bit of the emulated Genesis version, but every time I go back to this game, it surprises me about just HOW difficult it is. The first Micro Machines is a great game, but this one is so, so fast, you really do need to memorize the tracks to have a chance. And with a huge track library and a track editor if you want to make some of your own, that's a tall order!
I do still love the game, the graphics are quite nice and I'd completely forgotten that the PC version had CD audio (it's mediocre rock, that's probably why I'd forgotten...), but man is it hard. I remember finding the game tough back when I first got the PC version in '96 or so, but not as hard as it's seemed when I go back to it later... probably because back then I put in the time to memorize those tracks, which you must do to not finish last every time (after the first race or two).
As for those other games, MechCommander's still pretty good too! I should play through the expansion pack... I still have my expansion pack save files, and I didn't get all that far, since after beating the whole original campaign in '00-'01 or so I didn't want to play the addon right away... then a few years later the disc vanished. Ultim@te Race Pro is the same nice-looking-but-only-okay-playing game I remember. Unfortunately I don't have my original save file for the game, so no comparing to my old best times... ah well. I don't think I played the game enough to get THAT good at it back then anyway; it was an okay game, but Pod, for instance, was better.
As for Fate of Atlantis... I know I got it digital-download a while back, but I never got too far in it. It's been years now since I've put a serious effort into an adventure game, for whatever reason. I really should change that, and FoA is of course one of the best ones ever. I always did like it more than Day of the Tentacle, the other Lucasarts adventure game we got with our new computer in early '95.
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