Summer Games Challenge 2016

[alienjesus]

Discworld II

Which one has the bit with the octopus and the outhouse?

That's the first one. It's the most infamous puzzle, but it's probably not actually the hardest one. The whole game is just cruel in how the puzzles are designed!

[Ack]

Early FPSs fit the bill. If I choose one Ill go with Duke Nukem

Duke Nukem 3D is early? Pfft, play Catacomb 3-D.

[fastbilly1]

Early FPSs fit the bill. If I choose one Ill go with Duke Nukem

Duke Nukem 3D is early? Pfft, play Catacomb 3-D.

Faceball

[Ack]

Early FPSs fit the bill. If I choose one Ill go with Duke Nukem

Duke Nukem 3D is early? Pfft, play Catacomb 3-D.

Faceball

Maze War

[BoneSnapDeez]

Still pluggin' away at Wonder Boy.

As if the "backwards" controls weren't enough, to do a high jump (which needs to be done frequently) the attack and jump buttons must be pressed at the same time. Nope, not awkward at all.

[flash1987v2]

Early FPSs fit the bill. If I choose one Ill go with Duke Nukem

Duke Nukem 3D is early? Pfft, play Catacomb 3-D.

Y'know there's only a few years between them and its over 20 years ago... the difference becomes less noticeable and as most people seem to have forgot I thought the idea was 'classic' games not just old.

[Sarge]

Arbitrary game #1 down for the challenge: Revenge of Shinobi.

[Ack]

Early FPSs fit the bill. If I choose one Ill go with Duke Nukem

Duke Nukem 3D is early? Pfft, play Catacomb 3-D.

Y'know there's only a few years between them and its over 20 years ago... the difference becomes less noticeable and as most people seem to have forgot I thought the idea was 'classic' games not just old.

You say that, but in the first five years of "modern" FPS design, there was far more innovation than you would see in the last fifteen years. FPS is radically different in 1991 from 1996.

And Catacomb 3-D is historically relevant. It's ID Software's first FPS, even predating Wolfenstein 3D. Duke Nukem may have brought the tongue-in-cheek humor and girls to FPS, but Catacomb 3-D is where you'll find the beginning of its soul. Don't knock it, and don't ever doubt its significance.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Akumajō Dracula (Famicom Disk System)
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi (Famicom)
Guardian Heroes (Saturn)
Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami (Famicom Disk System)
Moon Patrol (various)
Ninja Gaiden (NES)
OutRun (various)
Super C (NES)
Wonder Boy (Sega Master System)
Zaxxon (various)

Wonder Boy is done. It was not fun.

[Exhuminator]

Wonder Boy is done. It was not fun.

But what about the cute little racist stereotype natives?