exQUIZitely 🕹️
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I'm a 70s child and passionate about 80s & 90s games, so I write about them. I also created exQUIZitely, dedicated to retro game quizzes, please give it a try.
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Q: The most agreeable game in history? A: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) Yesshh, my lord. My liege? Yes, yes, yes. Your will, sire? Your bidding? Players harvest gold, build bases, explore, train armies, and conquer in 24 missions across campaigns. Inspired by Dune II, it launched Blizzard's iconic franchise. Humans defending Azeroth against invading orcs from a dark portal. The classic tale of good versus evil, of light versus darkness... of humans versus orcs. A tale as old as time. Speaking of time, I miss 90s gaming.
exQUIZitely 🕹️77,012 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
Karateka, released in 1984 for the Apple II by Jordan Mechner (while he was a Yale student!), stood out as a groundbreaking title for its era. My biggest achievement as a student was getting out of bed in time for the majority (not all) classes... The innovations included pioneering rotoscoped animation, where Mechner filmed himself performing karate moves on video, traced the frames by hand, and digitized them frame-by-frame for ultra-fluid, lifelike character movements. It was also one of the first games to use cinematic storytelling scenes, inspired by Akira Kurosawa films, and silent movies: wordless cutscenes with cross-cutting (such as showing the princess in peril or the villain's reactions), dramatic pauses and tracking shots. Mechner also had a sense of humor: The Apple II disk included an Easter egg: the game was single-sided but when you flipped the disk it would pay the game the full game upside-down and mirrored, causing players to call tech support in confusion.
exQUIZitely 🕹️61,432 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce
Fallout (1997), developed by Tim Cain's team at Interplay's Black Isle Studios, is an isometric, turn-based RPG in a retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic world after the 2077 Great War. Its brilliant style features a distinct dystopian look and feel, incredible music and sound effects, and an immersive story. The intro alone is a masterpiece. Players emerge from Vault 13 as the Vault Dweller, seeking a water chip amid moral dilemmas, mutants, and factions in Southern California (2161). Acclaimed for its gameplay, it sold over half a million copies, revitalizing RPGs despite modest expectations. It spawned countless sequels (and a TV series). If you like RPGs, I am sure you gave Fallout a try back then - and if not, do it now, it's worth it.
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