Pretty sure they had a few of those HPs in the computer lab in college - did my sadistics assignments on them (think I still have the 5.5" disks with the regression analysis program on it...). Tan & brown console, orange screen. God they were awful!
... interesting class there ...
I grew up on a variety of computers (some systems I still don't know the names of to this day used at my father's office, an early Atari for us kids, Tandy-brand PC for the family, eventually a 286sx, and so on as the tech progressed) but the one that was really the first that was "mine" was an Amiga 500 which was phenomenal at the time for games, sound, and multimedia in general. Also still have it put away and can get it to boot but most of the disks have issues at this point. Luckily there are decent emulators I guess. I still remember lots of games I'd see advertised for Commodore 64 before they came to Amiga which I'd be jealous of to a degree, haha. Anyway, looking back, one scene from the game Chrono Quest II that I played on it on it may have been one of the earlier contributions to my interest in adult content at video games:
No rest for the wicked.
But yeah, sometimes even a couple days and there can be too much to catch up on for me.I'm in! Mmm... cookies. Speaking of which, Easter weekend is upon us for me which is the one time of year I'll indulge in some Reeses Peanut Butter cups since the egg shaped ones they make this time of year are the best ones. Cadbury eggs are just way too sweet for me at this point but loved them as a kid. I do also love Russell Stover Maple Creme eggs but haven't seen them on sale anywhere locally in years.
I assumed that was on purpose as it's a fitting description from what I recall.
Yup. I initially had a mental block with that one for some reason, then some TA said maybe my mind just didn't grasp those kinds of things (he never saw my SAT or IQ tests). Block cleared; aced the class and had top grade.
... but did you have a "Climbing Tree" that you had to trek through a nearby field to play on, and only the neighborhood kids knew where it was so the parents never found you until you headed back?
C64 was still big when I was in college, and one of my girlfriends continued to have one around after graduation - the first place I played "Leisure Suit Larry".I grew up on a variety of computers (some systems I still don't know the names of to this day used at my father's office, an early Atari for us kids, Tandy-brand PC for the family, eventually a 286sx, and so on as the tech progressed) but the one that was really the first that was "mine" was an Amiga 500 which was phenomenal at the time for games, sound, and multimedia in general. Also still have it put away and can get it to boot but most of the disks have issues at this point. Luckily there are decent emulators I guess. I still remember lots of games I'd see advertised for Commodore 64 before they came to Amiga which I'd be jealous of to a degree, haha. Anyway, looking back, one scene from the game Chrono Quest II that I played on it on it may have been one of the earlier contributions to my interest in adult content at video games:
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No rest for the wicked.
I'm in! Mmm... cookies. Speaking of which, Easter weekend is upon us for me which is the one time of year I'll indulge in some Reeses Peanut Butter cups since the egg shaped ones they make this time of year are the best ones. Cadbury eggs are just way too sweet for me at this point but loved them as a kid. I do also love Russell Stover Maple Creme eggs but haven't seen them on sale anywhere locally in years.
Mid to late 70s: bicycles, baseballs and BB guns. Damn I miss that shit!
The first CG animation I ever saw was on my friend's Amiga (I don't remember the number). It was the first -- and only -- time I saw one, and all it was was a mirrored ball moving around randomly -- but logically -- on a checkered background, and the background warped around the ball as it moved.
I had most of the Sierra games, and almost all of the TSR goldbox games.C64 was still big when I was in college, and one of my girlfriends continued to have one around after graduation - the first place I played "Leisure Suit Larry".
I do like feeling like a youngster here on occasion having my childhood in the early 80s, haha. Good times indeed... I wonder if most more modern kids have/had the freedom or interest to get up to even of portion of the stuff we had pretty free reign to do (as long as we were back by dinner in my family). And yeah, the bikes, playing ball (or hockey), ghost/flashlight tag and catching fireflies at dusk are all great memories but what I think I loved the most was being able to go outside and just constantly create our own adventures that were solely based on our imaginations and having friends/siblings that would totally be in on it.
My friends, family, and I were all about nerf battles for when it was time to stay inside and I feel like we were constantly aiming for each other's heads despite knowing better, though nut-shots were extremely satisfying. Calmer indoor activities when left to our own devices usually involved GI Joe, Go-Bots, Transformers, TMNT (more my younger brother), He-Man and She-Ra, and whatever other action figures we had. We also got pretty into RC cars as well for a while which we'd work on indoors and play with outdoors. Then there'd be times where we'd just build large structures out of playing cards in the middle of the living room floor and get annoyed when our parents wanted to take them down. Yes! I remember seeing something that sounds similar that as well. The original bouncing ball demo from Amiga inspired a lot of what would be done or used in future promotions along with some of the incredible artwork and musical accomplishments. It was ahead of its time in a lot of ways. When I eventually found out about the Video Toaster (and also Lightwave 3D) it all blew my mind. Though it was a dream to have my own, my hardware wasn't good enough and I couldn't afford it anyway, but I had the pleasure of later working with systems that had them in a HS class and at one of the places I worked in HS. By then I was onto more advanced hardware and the software those systems used myself but they were still we're amazing at what they could do so simply (and the real time video switching/effects were just plain fun). Sadly Amiga died after being acquired by Gateway but what they did before that was incredible compared to what a lot of other systems were doing.
Ah, same! Sierra games were a staple of my childhood. Played most of the Kings Quest, Hero's Quest (Quest for Glory), and Space Quest games along with some others. I was very into first and second edition D&D/AD&D so the TSR Goldbox games hold a special place in my heart. For some reason Curse of the Azure Bonds always sticks out in my mind but not sure if that was my favorite of them or one of the ones I regularly confuse with my actual favorite. On the Amiga I remember one of my favs (at least in the RPG and dungeon crawling genre) being Dungeon Master which there was just nothing quite like until maybe Eye of the Beholder.
Curse and it's series was one of my favorites, but mostly because I read the Azure Bonds trilogy, which IS probably my favorite D&D story (aside from Red Sands, which is only an honorary D&D story) But I'd actually say Eye and Savage Lands are probably my favorites overall. Eye because it was among those that were a precursor to free roam, and the two Savage Lands games mostly because they were upgrades over the previous games and they introduced romance, which I was the perfect age to appreciate.
... and that's why you could buy the cheat guides on the same shelves you could buy the games.When I looked things up years later I was like "How the heck was anyone supposed to be able to do/find ALL these random things in these very specific places in order to accomplish even a portion of what needed to be done?"
I'm with you on that as Forgotten Realms was likely my favorite TSR setting (also remember liking the Avatar Trilogy). Honorary mention to one of my personal favorite fictional fantasy settings (non-TSR) around that time being the one from the Thieves' World series of books. As another aside, ever read/played anything in the Dark Sun setting? Seemed really interesting as a campaign setting (still have the boxed set) but never got to play the games or read the books.
Likely agreed on Eye overall, though I saw it as a bit of a different type of game so it was hard to compare.
Red Sands and The Whims of Creation are two of my favorite "Fantasy" adventure novels (neither of which is easy to find anymore unfortunately). Red Sands is basically a D&D-style adventure in an Arabian Knights desert setting. Whims is a sci-fi tale incorporating Mythological and Tolkien-type fantasy adventure to throw chaos into its story. Written by the guy who wrote the Wizard of 4th Street series, if you know it.I'm with you on that as Forgotten Realms was likely my favorite TSR setting (also remember liking the Avatar Trilogy). Honorary mention to one of my personal favorite fictional fantasy settings (non-TSR) around that time being the one from the Thieves' World series of books. As another aside, ever read/played anything in the Dark Sun setting? Seemed really interesting as a campaign setting (still have the boxed set) but never got to play the games or read the books.
Never read Red Sands or got around to playing the Savage Frontier games, but likely would have appreciated it as you did. I recall playing Defender of the Crown (if you or anyone played that one, much simpler game) and really loving to rescue the Saxon Ladies.
How exactly do you get this ending? There is nothing about it in the written walkthrough and I think I've only ever seen Lexi's 'toilet' ending. There is only one dialogue choice (yes/no) in the golf club scene, but that doesn't appear to make a difference.
Not that I recall other than their D&D stuff (was even hooked on Dungeon Hack for a bit), maybe one of their baseball games? I didn't even remember the Buck Rogers game - surprised I never played that as I had liked the tv series as a kid and was also into space games but most were more much more combat than RPG, like the Wing Commander franchise (Privateer being a favorite).
I started AL, just wanted to know if what you've warned me about occurs in the main path like LOF... ? Or only in specific paths. (I'm gonna assume it's a parth of the main story)
