Something about the art style, maybe-more likely, it was because Karateka had 100 percent more kung fu. But for some reason, Karateka always stuck with me more. You had only 1 hour to save your girl's life. Running, jumping.this game had everything, and the clock was constantly ticking. That game had some breakthrough animations and graphics back in the day. I love the Prince of Persia games, especially the 2D one on the Apple that started it all. Hacker: Truly, a classic adventure game where you've accidentally hacked into the middle of a world-domination plot. As in the Mario Party titles, you move along a virtual board and play through a number of minigames in order to save the princess. Y'know, happy-go-lucky stuff.Ĭhivalry: Anybody who loves the idea of a digital board game should check out Chivalry. Bilestoad is a multiplayer match where you win by chopping limbs off your opponent. This classic adventure shooter has you infiltrating Hitler's bunker to place a bomb-and then you have to get out alive. Gotta love a game of strategy and arcade skill.īefore Wolfenstein went 3D-and kick-started the first-person-shooter craze-this game came out, over 20 years ago. Rather than force you to thumb through everything, let me pinpoint a couple of my favorites, in alphabetical order.Īrchon: At its core, this is a chess game where the game pieces beat the living snot out of one another. Now, I will say up front that I thought the joystick controls were wonky with a couple games in the browser, but an added bonus is that the site provides disk images for the games so that you can download stuff for offline play in an emulator. You can run over 1000 Apple IIe/IIc/IIgs applications through Active X controls in Internet Explorer. If you're unfamiliar with Virtual Apple II, the Web site is one big Apple emulator. With the help of Virtual Apple II, you're coming along for the ride. This is a nostalgic trip down monochromatic memory lane, a tale of how one nerd became a full-on, full-time gamer. But when I woke up with an Apple IIc sitting next to my bed that fateful morning, I don't think I really knew what was in store.
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