Games & High Scores
Reviews, strategies, competitions, joysticks, and door-game bragging rights.
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THREADA game you love that has aged badlyFor me it is Raid Over Moscow. I still enjoy the tension and the ridiculous variety, but …
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THREADWeekly high score: River RaidFresh week, fresh bridge explosions. Standard River Raid, no trainers, photo of the score…
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THREADScoreboard side quest: one-credit CommandoRiver Raid remains open, but I needed a break from water. One credit, standard Commando, …
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THREADOne game to show somebody who thinks the C64 is only nostalgiaYou get one title and twenty minutes. The visitor has no childhood attachment to the mach…
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THREADCo-op night turned competitive in seven minutesWe loaded Bubble Bobble intending to cooperate. By round six we were racing for every bon…
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THREADA hidden gem that needs one sentence of explanationRecommend one less-obvious game, but include the sentence that tells a new player why the…
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THREADGames where the manual actually mattersI bounced off The Sentinel twice before reading the instructions properly. Once I underst…
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THREADParadroid still feels oddly modernLoaded Paradroid for “ten minutes” and lost the evening again. The transfer game, the shi…
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THREADQuiet joystick microswitches: myth?I repaired a clicky stick for night play and accidentally made it louder. Works beautiful…
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THREADImpossible Mission: sound on or you are missing half the gamePlayed late with the monitor nearly muted and realized how much the sampled speech and fo…
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THREADUnderrated puzzle games for a quiet eveningLooking for something thoughtful that is not Boulder Dash, Lode Runner, or another title …
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THREADBoulder Dash cave that taught you humilityCave J. I keep entering with a plan and leaving with a new understanding of gravity. Whic…
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THREADPhotographing high scores without a blue blurMy phone turns the CRT into rolling bars exactly when the score is worth keeping. Lowerin…
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THREADSummer Games joystick amnesty threadConfess the joystick you sacrificed to Summer Games / California Games / any other sports…
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THREADLoading screens you would hang on a wallSome loading screens did more work than the box art. Limited colors, big logo, one dramat…
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THREADTwo-player games for people who do not practicePlanning a casual game night. Half the room has not touched a joystick in years, so I nee…
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