Re: Old Games For The Win

JAB <noway@nochance.com> writes:

I can't remember which level I ended up getting stuck on but I found
the hard bit was once you got to a new level you knew there would a
part that was very trial-and-error to get your moves right as it was
as much a puzzle as a shooter. One mistake and you lost all your
weapons and were basically screwed. So another 10p and start from
level one to try again. I still loved the game though.

Yes, starting from scratch all the time probably honed skills for the
early levels up to a ridiculous level. You could mess up and still get
enough powerups to get back up speed at least on level 3 but I think
after that it was a lot harder.

Damn, I may have to fire R-Type up in Mame again. Not sure I even have a
working installation for the moment.

I have vague recollections of Gravitar, looked lovely, the concept was
fun but it was just too hard so frustrating more than fun. Thrust on
the Specky 48k was a similar concept but the difficultly level was
much better.

Yep, I played Thrust on the C64 quite a lot.