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Post by amipal on Jul 20, 2021 11:06:09 GMT
Hello all.
My desktop A1200 is still set up in the dining room. This gave me ample time yesterday evening for one heck of a play-session!
HeroQuest II: Legacy of Sorasil - tricky reimagining of the classic boardgame. TRAPS EVERYWHERE.
Super Stardust - not much needs to be said about this, a superb asteroids-clone from Bloodhouse. I did not make it to a tunnel section...
Scramble Spirits - average shoot'em-up, with reasonably nice graphics.
P.P Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon - nice, characterful platformer/puzzler.
Wonderboy in Monsterland - I didn't spend enough time with this to truly work out how to progress. An early and clunky game.
All New World of Lemmings - the original Lemmings proves that less is more. This version features more colours and bigger lemmings, neither of which are needed.
Trex Warrior - fun 3D arena-based shoot'em-up.
Welltris - imagine Tetris but the blocks can fall from four sides.
Lionheart - stunningly beautiful platformer, a real show-piece of Amiga game capabilities.
Locomotion - a clever train routing puzzle game.
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Post by scubar on Jul 20, 2021 11:07:22 GMT
Games, going deep on Total Warhammer 2 and the new DLC. Rampaging across the map as a massive Minotaur guy. Beastmen? How do they play? Need to get back into my Lizard game. I was trying to work out where I could expand. They’ve changed recently, with new DLC. Basically, monsters and heavy hitters, get right in there and morale/leadership takes a lot of damage. Horde mechanics, so no settlements, which used to lead to a lot of whack-a-mole as settlements would get taken over behind you. Now you can put a herdstone in a settlement, raze the others, perform a ritual and then the other settlements can’t be taken over until the herdstone is destroyed. |
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Post by scubar on Jul 20, 2021 11:07:51 GMT
Beastmen? How do they play? Need to get back into my Lizard game. I was trying to work out where I could expand. They’ve changed recently, with new DLC. Basically, monsters and heavy hitters, get right in there and morale/leadership takes a lot of damage. Horde mechanics, so no settlements, which used to lead to a lot of whack-a-mole as settlements would get taken over behind you. Now you can put a herdstone in a settlement, raze the others, perform a ritual and then the other settlements can’t be taken over until the herdstone is destroyed. Rich and compelling chat, I’m sure you’ll agree. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Jul 20, 2021 11:09:12 GMT
Marduk would be a tricky winger. Liable to skin the opposition. He's playing for the Babylonian team, not the Assyrian one. Marduk is an intellectual. His tactic is driving the four winds into the defending player, then let them explode. Very effective, even if it creates a bit of a mess on the pitch. He does that by sending a dodgy takeaway to the opposing team the night before the match. You might remember Gary Lineker falling for this trick in the 1990 World Cup. |
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Post by sandybahookie on Jul 20, 2021 11:11:00 GMT
Wonderboy in Monsterland was one of my all time favourites on the Master System.
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Post by sandybahookie on Jul 20, 2021 11:24:49 GMT
The cover art makes it clear that Wonder Boy is the baddie, enjoying his work far too much.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 20, 2021 11:25:30 GMT
Marduk would be a tricky winger. Liable to skin the opposition. He's playing for the Babylonian team, not the Assyrian one. Marduk is an intellectual. His tactic is driving the four winds into the defending player, then let them explode. Very effective, even if it creates a bit of a mess on the pitch. He does that by sending a dodgy takeaway to the opposing team the night before the match. You might remember Gary Lineker falling for this trick in the 1990 World Cup. He picked up bad habits while on loan to Assyria. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Jul 20, 2021 11:32:42 GMT
In pub after going to Sainsbury's and M&S large majority masked up, either people are being sensible or a whole load of people went out robbing on the same day, the split will be bad.
Pub mainly empty as usual.
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Post by MrTiddles on Jul 20, 2021 12:33:11 GMT
I found some footage of Lazybones relaxing in the heat.
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Post by sandybahookie on Jul 20, 2021 12:40:57 GMT
The Proboards tech is too advanced to let me post a picture, so I've done a profile pic.
Basically Wonderboy is Joffrey Lannister with Pat Butchers hair.
Leftover Indian foods for lunch today
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Post by Chumbles on Jul 20, 2021 12:48:16 GMT
Happy Birthday Nicola Benedetti, CBE, sassy lassie pride of West Kilbride  |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jul 20, 2021 12:57:55 GMT
The Proboards tech is too advanced to let me post a picture, so I've done a profile pic. Basically Wonderboy is Joffrey Lannister with Pat Butchers hair. Leftover Indian foods for lunch today If you're on your phone select desktop mode and that should bring up the usual toolbar at the top of the post to post images etc... |
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Post by Felice Landry on Jul 20, 2021 12:59:25 GMT
The Proboards tech is too advanced to let me post a picture, so I've done a profile pic. Basically Wonderboy is Joffrey Lannister with Pat Butchers hair. Leftover Indian foods for lunch today If you're on your phone select desktop mode and that should bring up the usual toolbar at the top of the post to post images etc... Look at Mr Scientist/expert here. |
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Post by Chumbles on Jul 20, 2021 13:04:30 GMT
Nursey has gone - she reckons I am infected, hence the agony, blood etc. Clothes off, fan on, morph, short rest, carpet washer, laundry, unconsciousness. Hopefully in that order
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jul 20, 2021 13:06:29 GMT
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jul 20, 2021 13:09:39 GMT
If the steam deck is a switch for nerds then what is tenthen and the rest of the switch gaggle (self included)?
Although it really does look like a switch for nerds. Incongruously massive, weighty, pitiful battery life, pointless gizmos attached (why does it have 9 touch pads??), but technically superior and runs Linux. It’s a nerds wet dream. Spend 5 hours at the Linux terminal coalface to run Mario Odyssey in an emulator poorly on an oversized switch modelled after a brick.
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Post by Destry on Jul 20, 2021 13:18:36 GMT
Godchat
Finally finished reading Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
A Go(o)d read. Would recommend. 4 stars.
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Post by Felice Landry on Jul 20, 2021 13:32:11 GMT
Godchat Finally finished reading Neil Gaiman's American Gods. A Go(o)d read. Would recommend. 4 stars. Agreed, the first TV series was quite good, the second not so much. |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Jul 20, 2021 13:42:14 GMT
Depends what position you want them to play. Jesus for goalie, but Vishnu up front, and Buddha's not bad on the left wing, but you wouldn't want him in central defence. I wouldn't say Buddha's a god. Mr Gautama. Buddha isn't a God he's a Deity, which means you can't blame him for you ills in life or when it chucks it down with rain and you get soaked. basically he makes you a better person by guiding your soul. You can blame Gaia for the crops and land, you can blame Zeus for the weather and the christian god for all your social woes. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 20, 2021 13:42:53 GMT
If the steam deck is a switch for nerds then what is tenthen and the rest of the switch gaggle (self included)? children |
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 20, 2021 13:44:30 GMT
More precisely If you'd grown up on a farm a Switch might impress you.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Jul 20, 2021 13:45:01 GMT
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Jul 20, 2021 13:50:13 GMT
I found some footage of Lazybones relaxing in the heat. I can't unsee that.. |
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Post by scubar on Jul 20, 2021 14:28:40 GMT
I found some footage of Lazybones relaxing in the heat. I can't unsee that.. Why would you want to? |
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Post by scubar on Jul 20, 2021 14:31:10 GMT
Best gods:
Om, or maybe Offler. Honourable mentions: Anoia
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