Software I loved, but is no longer available

[JazzSP8]

Boulder Dash .. Classic

I was thinking about this on my drive home, does anyone remember Cliff Hanger?

Think it was based on the Road Runner cartoons, you where this Sherriff (or something) and you had to drop traps onto the bandit that came running through the screen... I had it on the C64, dunno if it was any of the other machines...

 

[MorganO]

Hatman said:

... how about Boulderdash?

Ah... the countless hours spent digging tunnels, looking for Diamonds, evading monsters....

I enjoyed this game so much that I built a graphical version of it in Excel. It is the Excel project that elevated me into the real meat of VBA.

Owen

 

[Von Pookie]

How's about Civilization?

I mean the first one, which I can't actually get to run on Vista.

If it requires DOS, give DOSbox a try. I highly recommend it
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net

 

[starl]

People - Kristy is the QUEEN of getting them old games to work - or even finding them! Yes, she taught me well *lol*

now if I could just find the time...

 

[Von Pookie]

Psh. "Queen" is a bit of an exaggeration

I will admit I do a lot of downloading and playing oldies (though the games I am interested in/used to have aren't as old as the ones you guys are talking about ) but I just know where to search and/or ask if I run into problems

 

[starl]

and I know where (who) to ask when I want something unusual
you find the coolest things!

 

[NateO]

Hello,

You can get all of the C-64 games on a PC. Do a Google search on Commodore 64 Emulator:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Commodore+64+Emulator

and I know where (who) to ask when I want something unusual

I think weirdo might be a better word than unusual, here. :wink:

 

[Von Pookie]

And you can also play some Apple II games online (and/or get an emulator and download the disks from there, too...)
http://www.virtualapple.org/

 

[QuietRiot]

is it sad I don't know what you old folks are talking about ?

boulder dash is the only thing that I recognized.

first computer game (non system) I installed was Doom. I think it was on like 5+ floppy disks

 

[Scott Huish]

Thanks for the Apple link, I had forgotten about Aztec, I used to love that game.