Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:48 pm
Joust.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:54 pm
Well I goggled Llamasoft and 80's arcade games, and it came up with: Gridrunner .
.JOUST
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:08 pm
Joust was brilliant...player it ages on the ATARI in 2 player mode!
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:31 pm
Ooh, I had forgotten about him. Both his new threads are copy-pasta, so banned.jelco wrote:linsareu wrote:Tempest?
Spambot? Consider this a second warning from a second forum official.
Also, Bubble Bobble. 'cause I like it.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:51 pm
Clue added to original post...
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:59 pm
Frogger ?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:15 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:27 pm
Star Wars (with ze vector graphics) came out in 1983, but maybe even that's a little too "modern"? ...grandpa 
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:01 pm
Donkey Kong?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:26 pm
Blackbeard wrote:Star Wars (with ze vector graphics) came out in 1983, but maybe even that's a little too "modern"? ...grandpa
Sorry wrong...I still can't pass by one of those without having a go... "Red 5 standing by"...haven't seen one for a couple of years though.
New clue added to original post, big give away I think...
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:39 pm
Lunar lander ? My last attempt.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:57 pm
There was a heck of a lot of "unusual" mechanics and innovation during development of arcade games of the early 80s. Many mechnaics we may see as standard have their roots in that period.
In anycase, the stand-out arcade game from the early 80s (for being 'different', 'unusual' or otherwise exciting) has to be Dragon's Lair
In anycase, the stand-out arcade game from the early 80s (for being 'different', 'unusual' or otherwise exciting) has to be Dragon's Lair
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:21 pm
Cooper42 wrote:There was a heck of a lot of "unusual" mechanics and innovation during development of arcade games of the early 80s. Many mechnaics we may see as standard have their roots in that period.
In anycase, the stand-out arcade game from the early 80s (for being 'different', 'unusual' or otherwise exciting) has to be Dragon's Lair
Good thinking but not the one I'm thinking of...I recently got DL on PSN, still fun...I recall depositing way too much of my student loan into DL2.
Anyway the clue refers to an unusual feature rather than the entire premise being unusual....oops, have I said too much
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:50 pm
After Burner
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:28 pm
Missile Command? (because it used a trackball). Clutching at straws here 
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