Pete's QBASIC Site

Re: Favorite Game

2010-07-26T18:53:51-05:00

PACMAN, is practically the only game I play..I always like it.
From Garry

Well... try this software rendered one!

http://drd.owlbox.net/download.php?id=56

Yes, it's unfinished.

DR, Ok hey!, I like what you have started, I hope you finish it, as I want to see more...it looks like it could be pretty neat, I don,t use windows much, and it dose not run on Dos, but thats ok, if I like it (the game)
I dont care if it is windows or dos,keep up the good work!
I just started my first qbasic program,but is nothing compared to your pac man, my son liked it too.

Statistics: Posted by GarryRicketson — Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:53 pm

Favorite game

2010-07-23T20:02:52-05:00

Pac Man is my favorite,
Any one interested in shecking out the very first program I ever made?
http://www.garryspages.webs.com/math1.zip

Statistics: Posted by GarryRicketson — Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:51 pm

Re: Favorite Game

2010-07-16T16:50:35-05:00

PACMAN, is practically the only game I play..I always like it.
From Garry

Well... try this software rendered one!

http://drd.owlbox.net/download.php?id=56

Yes, it's unfinished.

Statistics: Posted by Dr_D — Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:50 pm

Favorite Game

2010-07-16T11:18:53-05:00

PACMAN, is practically the only game I play..I always like it.
From Garry

Statistics: Posted by GarryRicketson — Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:18 am

favorite game

2010-06-25T02:00:53-05:00

My Favotite game of all time Star Wars Dark forces. No matter how old it gets it always reminds me of Christmas morning. I played the one level demo for a year straight. I'm into FPS's making me feel like Im there. and lets not forget Grand theft auto 3. I loved walking around for hours beating random people up and taking all their money and then killing the parimedics when they came to save the people. Whos gonna save you dude? Your the guy who saves people. This one time this old lady almost killed me hand to hand but I killed her and she dropped like a 1000 bucks. Must have been bingo night in liberity city. Have you every dropped the controller and just watched the random crap that happens in front of you. Its great you'll see people get ran over or somebody will steal a car. GTA 3 is a venting game.

Statistics: Posted by JamesWiding — Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:00 am

favorite game

2010-05-12T11:53:29-05:00

I am currently spending my precious time on every castlevania castloid style game on handhelds (even if I have finished them twice before) trying to level up like hell and find all secrets. And then a bit of relaxing with Test Drive Unlimited, driving mindlessly through the island.

Apart from them, many. Doom, Metal Slug, Contra, Civilization 1, Eye of The Beholder, Unreal Tournament, Dagerfall, Oblivion, many many more oldschool, newschool, retro, handheld, etc. I am preety much waster I guess

Statistics: Posted by Optimus — Wed May 12, 2010 11:53 am

favorite game

2007-09-20T23:13:24-05:00

My two favorite games are both made by Squaresoft, Final Fantasy 7 and Xenogears. For a long time, Xenogears had the slight advantage but Final Fantasy 7 has taken the lead because of its replayability and much more expansive gameplay. The storyline in Xenogears is better, but both are very well-done (with the exception of the occasional Squaresoft storyline hole). The rest of my favorite games though? Mostly RPGs...Phantasy Star IV, Cosmic Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy 3, Actraiser, Illusion Of Gaia...and then some more modern games like Genji: Dawn Of The Samurai. I even own a Pok?mon game; my wife bought Pearl and I bought Diamond, both for the Nintendo DS, and we really enjoy the games...they're RPGs after all, the only downside to them is that they are incredibly easy, especially to someone like me who has made it a lifelong conquest to play and conquer as many RPGs as possible!

Speaking of which...I find it very hard to get into most NDS games. I've tried out a number of games and have been very disappointed in virtually all of them so far. And it's almost always for the same reasons...either they're overcomplicated or rely on the stylus for things that are better suited to the D-pad and buttons. Aside from Pok?mon, I've yet to find a good RPG for the NDS. Any suggestions?

Statistics: Posted by Nodtveidt — Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:13 pm

favorite game

2007-09-19T16:22:12-05:00

And honestly, who plays PONG for 8 straight hours LMFAO!!!!!!^!!!!!^!!!!!!!!

I beat the record then. Over 10 hours of card solitare.

And an hour of pong.

But clasics will never go away. They may seem to fade, but they will always be around. There will always be a Pac-Man and a Galaga in almost every arcade. Otherwise it isn't an arcade.

Statistics: Posted by Mentat — Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:22 pm

favorite game

2007-09-19T16:14:23-05:00

And honestly, who plays PONG for 8 straight hours LMFAO!!!!!!^!!!!!^!!!!!!!!

Khm...and this is your reference to QB games? I mean, seriously. Larry The Dinosaur 2, Land Of Illusions, Dark Ages I, Kids of Karendow, Wandering Hamster, Dark Phear, Ghini Run, The Void, TerraScape. Any of this rings a bell?

Anyway, I know a lot of people started coding or code in BASIC because of its syntax and community, but I was kind of under impression that more of them like classic games too.

But it's obviously that times are changing. Even in the abandonware communities. I remember when I stared comming at www.the-underdogs.info around 2001 and older game where much more popular back then (remembering the forum threads). After that I was witnessing a quite notable decline in interest for old games. Luckily, Multimedia Fusion communities hold today the torch of reliving the old classic, weather some people like Multimedia Fusion or not. Hopefully old classic will have another comeback in few years (a real comeback), the one I remember from 2001.

Statistics: Posted by Lachie Dazdarian — Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:14 pm

favorite game

2007-09-18T21:11:58-05:00

Another World is my ultimate favorite.
Duke Nukem(original pc version)
Uncharted Waters
Zelda
I got hooked on some snes rpgs, but I can't remember the name of moft of them now. Lufia was one of them... oh, and Lagoon.
I really like Piptol's QBasic games... always thought they were really high quality. Probably the most pro looking stuff that QB had. I liked Lachie's a lot too. Oh, and Jocke's.

I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of any more names right now. :p

Statistics: Posted by Dr_D — Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:11 pm

favorite game

2007-09-18T19:44:16-05:00

I didn't get into making QB/FB games because I liked those 'abandonware'/'oldschool' games. In fact I never played them. I only got into QB/FB/BASIC programming because it was the first language I learnt and enjoyed it. I obviously still program in BASIC, simply because I enjoy it, not because I wish to recreate games similar to the classics.

Statistics: Posted by k7 — Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:44 pm

favorite game

2007-09-18T19:36:57-05:00

Well, I guess I'm not as old as everyone else here.
So Zelda is as far back as I go. And it's not the original, its the one for the N64 lol.

But I'm still here programming in qb, right? I mean I like old style arcade games too even though it was before my era. I used to be one of those graphic fanbois playing Gears of War on my 360.

But maybe im a changed gamer...i haven't picked up a controller in about 4 months now (when I first knew programming existed). But yes, I now enjoy qb games, no matter how much better halo or any other game is.

I guess it's because it's something that's within my reach, and I can understand the concept of how the game really works.

And yes, I only play one game when I'm not programming (no, it's not super mario), other than qb games.

And honestly, who plays PONG for 8 straight hours LMFAO!!!!!!^!!!!!^!!!!!!!!

Statistics: Posted by Raspberrypicker — Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:36 pm

favorite game

2007-09-18T16:42:14-05:00

Now I know why I heard so many times in our community: "I don't really play QBasic games, but please play mine."

Sometimes I wonder what some of you are doing in here. Really. Not that I want to portray myself as some QBasic games champion. I mean, I abandoned QBasic long time ago and now use FreeBASIC. Still, this was done (in my case) only to continue making old school games in Windows. Oh, well. Perhaps I can?t expect for FreeBASIC/QBasic people do be classic games/abandonware fans by default.

Statistics: Posted by Lachie Dazdarian — Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:42 pm

favorite game

2007-09-17T17:40:13-05:00

Nobody has said anything about Halo.
My favorite X-BOX games are:

Halo (of course)
SplinterCell
Morrowind
KOTOR
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Crimson Sky
Star Wars Battle Front
Mech Assualt

And as for Nintendo:

Super Mario 64
Comand and Conquer
Tetrisphere (the opening music makes this a gimme)

Statistics: Posted by Mentat — Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:40 pm

favorite game

2007-09-17T17:13:44-05:00

I'm disappointed so little of you listed old classic (pre-1995).

Mine?

Star Control 2 (top favorite)
Another World (second top favorite)
Shadow of the Beast II (mostly because of the atmosphere)
Space Quest I, II, IV, V (part III didn't do it for me)
Conquest of Camelot
James Pond II
Arkanoid II
Bubble Bobble
Cannon Fodder I
Flashback
Final Fight
Giana Sisters
International Karate +
Loom
Monkey Island I
New Zealand Story
Nitro
North and South
Pinball Dreams
Savage
Body Blows Galactic
Turrican II
Traps 'n Treasures
USS John Young
Wings
Twin World
Doom
Budokan
Grand Monster Slam
God of Thunder
Mega Lo Mania
Stone Age
Dune
Star Trek 25th Anniversary

All these games meant a lot to me in some part of my life and I could tell a story about each one. And I probably missed two or three. Most remain a constant point of return for me.

Out of newer games I played, I should mention freeware games made in the style of old classics including Spuds Quest, Knytt, Within A Deep Forest, and Bernie's brilliant adventure games Reactor 9 and Cedric.

Statistics: Posted by Lachie Dazdarian — Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:13 pm