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Re: Apple IIe: Childhood Games of Frustration

jackleope — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:37:45 -0000

Corey:

I've got Sneakers for the Apple IIgs. It uses the AppleWin emulator.

-jackelope

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valko99 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:33:20 -0000

Please help! Im looking for this game I used to play and its driving me crazy that I cant figure it out. It was in the early 90's for Mac. I thought the name was Labyrinth but not the labyrinth game with a metal ball and wood board; It was like a maze you had to make your way through with obstacles. Please if you know let me know! THANKS.

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valko99 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:14:43 -0000

Did you ever find out the name of that game?? Im looking for the same one i think.

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victoria1234 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:13:01 -0000

do any of you remember that old candy game where you were a soldier and you had to go save the princess and you could collect apples and candy i can't seem to find it anywhere i just remember playing it on my pc as a child with my friends

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Kogepan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:58:45 -0000

The Odyssey game was called Odyssey - The Compleat Adventure.

Get the ROM from
http://www.spy.org/zaurus/public/feed/games/app...

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corey — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:19:12 -0000

do any of you all remember the game "sneekers/sneakers/seekers"? it was out around the same time as many of the aforementioned games, with the object being just to move from side to side shooting enemies who came from above. i've looked everywhere for it, and can't find it. god it was great!

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jonathan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:15:20 -0000

the review of bolo was unfair.
i think bolo was probably the best game every made for a personal computer.
sure it was challenging, but if you got into it, it was just the ultimate - the ultimate - fighting game.
nothing compares.

even today, there is no game that exists that compares to the sheer adrenalin and iq-challenge of this remarkably fun game.

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lilmama66oo — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:13:32 -0000

i have a question...im looking for an old computer game where your in a maze or labyrinth and you have to get through the walls...maybe "spider rose" or something....its a strategy game...spiders etc ... please help me!?!?!!?

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christie — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:10:14 -0000

i have a question....does anyone remember the old computer game that came out in the late 80s or 90s and your in a maze/labyrinth and you have to get through the walls...there's spiders and roses....its a strategy game?!?!?!....please help!!!!

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Damon — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:00:03 -0000

I am fruitlessly digging for an old PC game I used to play in the 80s. It was a two-floppy game and I believe the title of it was Odyssey. I have searched and searched and can't even find a mention of it. You started on a main island and your character representation was a single person. Using arrow keys you walked around the island and when you encountered something it would ask you what you wanted to do. You could attack people, be attacked by people, find gear, visit the markets (marked as a plus sign, I think) and buy stuff. The object was to get to the top of the island, buy a ship and set sail. Then you loaded the ocean part. Sea monsters would attack, storms would force you to reef the sails, if you didn't have fruit men would die of scurvy. You visited several islands before making it to the final island where you had to have the right gear to get passed various obstacles. If you had enough men in your party you could just keep going through the obstacles and risk killing them off. Reach the castle and you win.

This was a single screenshot game, no scrolling. All "action" was read in script form.

Anyone got anything on this?

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Howard — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:52:09 -0000

HI I was wondering if someone could help me with finding a game since I have no luck on the internet finding it. I was wondering if someone could help me find a game called where in the usa is Carmen Sandiego for the Apple //e emaulator for windows.
thanks for the help and have a great day.

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Erin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:30 -0000

The first encounter I ever had with the Apple IIe was in elementary school and I LOVED the educational games that we'd play! The was one called something like King's Rule and another had something to do with Safari - can anyone help me out with names? I'm pretty sure they were both math-based and amazing!

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Mike — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:29:44 -0000

That would be the game 'Law of the West'. Just booted 'er up to refresh my memory. I remember playing this one back in the day!

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Mike — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:27:58 -0000

Adam - just dusted off my Apple emulator to play good 'ol Taipan. BUT, I also came across the game you are talking about (I have fond memories of most of these old Apple games)... the one you want (I'm pretty sure) is Law of the West

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Adam — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:49:32 -0000

Can anyone recall a western shoot 'em up game where you had several response options? You were the Sheriff and could draw your gun when you brought the cursor above your response options>? Thanks in advance.

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Gary — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:02:14 -0000

Uh, Caverns of Freitag rocked just to let you know. You probably never gave it a chance Dan.

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Dan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:32:30 -0000

I cannot seem to locate an emulator of the old ultima 3 game. Can anyone help

Reading the comments brought back great memories like trading Opium in Taipan, a crappy game called Caverns of Freitag, Dropping the bombs straight down in that Star Blaster game.

A game I used to love was Micro League Baseball and then the phenomenal graphics (for the time) of California Games

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Lyteck — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:41:59 -0000

anyone recall a game called Galaxy-L for the Apple IIe. I can't find record of it anywhere on the web. You would control a small spaceship in a maze and collect gems. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

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Jenny — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:13:11 -0000

I just decided one day that I miss playing an old computer game from when I was really little...Chivalry! When I googled it, I found this website and was wondering if you could help me out. I hear that you had to use an "emulator"...which is probably a little easier than just trying to find an old Apple! I would appreciate any help in figuring out how to get ahold of this game and which emulator to get for my PC. Thanks, Jenny

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seeker — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:32:18 -0000

I can't seem to run Bolo with applewin 1.8j. It just goes to a DOS prompt. I don't have this prob with any of my other games. Do I have to launch it from DOS? If so, I can't for the life of me remember the old DOS commands.

Can somebody help? Thanks.

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Seth — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:16:19 -0000

Loved all those games! But my favorite was Rescue Raiders.

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webomatica — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:52:53 -0000

Archon, thanks. The second FTP site is I think where I started with the emulation thing.

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Archon — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:27:02 -0000

I also grew up on this stuff, my first computer being a II with an AppleSoft language card (which would make it a II+). I LOVED some of these old games you seem so frustrated with -- especially Bilestoad and Aztec. Maybe I was more of a nerd; I'd write doc files for the cracked games, too.

For Apple II emulators: http://www.a2-web.com/a2emul.html
For Apple II software: ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.com/pub/apple_II/

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webomatica — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:12:59 -0000

huh... never knew about that Taipan bug... that's pretty cool! I don't think I have that many roms. I got them off of some Apple archive site that I don't remember what the URL was. Maybe Apple should stick IIe emulation in the iPod... that would be hilarious.

Here's another post I wrote with my favorite IIe games: http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/12/31/...

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Andrew — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:44:45 -0000

We must be the same vintage, they were all the games i played (and played). With Taipan i used to go into debt and then pay pay it back plus heaps more. The game a had a bug in it which would add massive interest to my payed back debt. In no time i was in the billions. Bolo was my fav plus montezumas revenge. a friend gave me about 1000 - 1500 zips of the roms, everything from apple lemonade to the zardax wordprocessor and all the beagle bros stuff