Sunday Classics - Monkey Island - (PC-DOS)
Game: The Secret of Monkey Island
Platform: PC-Windows/DOS
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Where to get it: Download it here
About The Game:
Monkey Island is a fantastic adventure game from Lucaasarts. You play as a young wanna be pirate named Guybrush Threepwood. To become a pirate you have to perform 3 tasks to appease the pirate elders. While this is going on the Ghost Pirate LeChuck is trying to marry Governor Elaine Marley. It’s up to Guybrush to stop the evil LeChuck from completing his plans.
Why it’s a classic:
Where do I even begin? Despite the fantastic storyline the humour in this game is what makes it a classic. The game is literally laugh out loud funny. With things like insult sword fighting, giant monkey heads, ghosts, and a whole shwack of references to other lucasarts games this is one of the funniest most enjoyable adventure games of all time. If you havn’t ever checked this game out do it as soon as you can!
Filed under Games | Comment (0)Sunday (Monday) Classics - Super Munchers - (PC-DOS)
Game: Super Munchers
Super Munchers
Platform: PC-Windows/DOS
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- Super Munchers
Where to get it: Download it here
About The Game: In this mainly educational game you play as a green word muncher and walk around the board as you answer trivia questions that are displayed at the top. The idea is to eat the correct answers while dodging the troggles. For example if the top of the screen says “Types of fish” you have to eat all of the words that are types of fish “Perch, Flathead, Trout, etc.” while not eating any words that don’t relate to the question. There are also segments every three levels where an event will happen and you will have your memeory tested by choosing which Troggle just walked past.
Why it’s a classic: The hours I spent on this and math munchers when I was younger was crazy. The fun arcade style of gameplay and originality and vocabulary skills you can build with this is perfect. Yes it seems like a simple game but in the same sense so is pacman. It’s streight up arcade fun.
Filed under Games | Comment (0)Sunday (Monday) Classics - Lode Runner: The Legend Returns - (PC-DOS)
Game: Lode Runner - The Legend Returns
- Angry-Gamers in Lode Runner
Platform: PC-Windows
Coming Soon to: Xbox Live Arcade
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- Lode Runner: The Legend Returns
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- In built level editor!
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- Level 2
Where to get it: Download it here
Angry-Gamers Custom Level: Download it here
About the game: Lode Runner is a classic game dating back to 1983 the idea is to collect all the gold in the level while dodging the Mad Monks that are trying to do you in. It’s got single screen puzzles that require you to think and act fast in order to outwit your enemies and reach the end. To top it all of it’s got complete 2 player co-op!
Why it’s a classic: There are older versions of this game but this is the first one I really got into. All versions of the game have a level editor that let you create your own devious puzzles and share them with friends! I remember spending hours trying to beat this game and then creating level after level to stump my friends and brother. It’s a fun action/puzzle that will have you on your toes the entire time.
Filed under Games | Comment (0)Sunday Classics - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (Deluxe) - (PC-DOS)
Game: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (Deluxe)
Platform: PC-MS DOS
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Where to get it: Download it here
About the game: You play as a young detective and try to capture crooks by solving clues and traveling around the world in hot persuite.
Why it’s a classic: Sure it’s not the carmen sandiego for the Apple II but it’s still a classic. I chose to go with this version since this is the one I played more of having bought the home version. I remember being utterly infatuated with this game when I was in elementary school because of it’s focus on solving clues and visiting exotic locations trying to catch your perp. The thing about these games is that while the game gives you clues it’s up to you to use an encyclopedia (or the internet now which makes it far too easy IMO) to solve them. If you’re looking for a great games to help teach kids geography or just looking to kill a little time I definatly suggest checking it out!
Filed under Games | Comment (0)Sunday Classics - Donald Duck’s Playground - (C64)
I’ll try and do at least one of these a week. I’m going to go back and look at some older classic games that I think are still fun today even if only for nostalgia value.
Game: Donald Duck’s Playground
Platform: Commodore 64
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Where to get it: Play it online here
About the game: The player takes the role of Donald Duck, whose job is simply to earn as much money as possible. To do this, Donald can get himself a job in any of four different places: a greengrocer’s, a railroad, a toy shop or an airport. Each job shift lasts from one to eight minutes, as the player wants, in which time Donald has to earn as much as he can.
Donald can spend his hard-earned wages by buying various items such as ladders and swings for a playground for his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie to enjoy. Each item can be placed at a specific place on the playground. By going across the railroad, Donald can call up one of his nephews (in practice, the player character switches from Donald to his nephew), and he can then play on the playground. - (Wikipedia)
Why it’s a classic: Not to mention the suburb graphics and the addictive gameplay it was also educational teaching kids how to count and budget money. The big selling point back then was playing as your favorite duck and building a playground for you nephews. I remember spending countles hours saving up and making the absolutely best playground possible!
More screenshots after the jump!
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