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ORIGINAL: kev_uk

ORIGINAL: Lex Talionis

But for me "Arnhem" was the daddy of them all[&o][&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]. From looking at the "Highway To The Reich" site, HTTR seems to be based on the Spectrum "Arnhem" original! Been meaning to get that game.

Yup, I remember Arnhem, by R.T Smith (I think he works on the AI for the Total War series now, not sure tho). He also did Desert Rats as well, which was brill. Arnhem though, yeah that was a classic. AI was dumb as anything, but I enjoyed trying to hold onto the bridge with my paras against overwhelming odds whilst XXX Corps tried to make it up the highway..great stuff. He also did one based on Torch as well, never played that one though.

Another speccy game I liked was based on the Lynx helicopter, you had to shuttle troops all over this map to bolster defences and engage in A/G combat as well, having to outfit your Lynx with either troops or munitions...great game.

BTW I am 33 next tuesday!

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

ORIGINAL: Iron Duke

Hi,

------------47---------- 1st computer wargame was Eastern Front? by Chris Crawford but it was GG and SSI that got me hooked.

Love the name "IronDuke". Wellington aside, probably one ofthe best names for a battleship ever. "Warspite" is another. Dreadnought of course. The British had some of the best names, along with France. (Sans Pareil is brilliant) Was never a big fan of naming ships after towns, states, counties however. Boring and politically motivated.

ORIGINAL: ctid98

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

ORIGINAL: Iron Duke

Hi,

------------47---------- 1st computer wargame was Eastern Front? by Chris Crawford but it was GG and SSI that got me hooked.

Love the name "IronDuke". Wellington aside, probably one ofthe best names for a battleship ever. "Warspite" is another. Dreadnought of course. The British had some of the best names, along with France. (Sans Pareil is brilliant) Was never a big fan of naming ships after towns, states, counties however. Boring and politically motivated.

Then of course you have the British tradition of naming ships after girlfriends and wifes: HMS Battleaxe..........[;)]

Then of course you have the British tradition of naming ships after girlfriends and wifes: HMS Battleaxe..........

ORIGINAL: Lex Talionis

ORIGINAL: kev_uk

ORIGINAL: Lex Talionis

But for me "Arnhem" was the daddy of them all[&o][&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]. From looking at the "Highway To The Reich" site, HTTR seems to be based on the Spectrum "Arnhem" original! Been meaning to get that game.

Yup, I remember Arnhem, by R.T Smith (I think he works on the AI for the Total War series now, not sure tho). He also did Desert Rats as well, which was brill. Arnhem though, yeah that was a classic. AI was dumb as anything, but I enjoyed trying to hold onto the bridge with my paras against overwhelming odds whilst XXX Corps tried to make it up the highway..great stuff. He also did one based on Torch as well, never played that one though.

Another speccy game I liked was based on the Lynx helicopter, you had to shuttle troops all over this map to bolster defences and engage in A/G combat as well, having to outfit your Lynx with either troops or munitions...great game.

BTW I am 33 next tuesday!

Combat Lynx!!! was the name of it. I had it too but would never survive too long[:(]. I didn't like the "view from behind" perspective, it didn't allow you too target well at all. Thinking back now, the sound fx for it were terrible[8|]. Who'd have thought back then we'd now have games, graphics and sounds that we do now.

If we think that the games, graphics and sounds are good now, I wonder what they'll be like in say 5-10 years from now???[&:]

Will they be a virtual world? Will it cook your dinner and do your ironing aswell???[:D] And will it call in sick for you when we're still only as far as playing turn 875 of WITP which will be by then an obsolete and rated as a classic game and viewed similar to Pacwar.

ORIGINAL: kev_uk

Yeah Combat Lynx! Yes, it was bloody awkward to control the damn thing, I remember that alright, but I loved the aspect of having to layout your Lynx, how many troops, A/G weaponary etc.

Did you ever play Desert Rats or the Torch one? Desert Rats was great, spent many a evening playing that whilst I should have been revising for my O levels...fond memories. Lord of Midnight? Doomdarks Revenge? Classics, firmly engrained in the memory of my youth of early gaming.....

Yes, the future for gaming from the halycon days of the 80s looks promising. What I am looking forward to is a learning AI, an AI which learns from your moves/tactics/strategy and adapts as necessary. Neural networks offered something similar, but that seemed to die a death, unless I am mistaken.

ORIGINAL: 52nd Lowland

Arnhem was a great game for the Speccy..i remember getting a copy out of the local library and just keeping it[:)]Desert Rats was great as well but wasnt too keen on Vulcan,the Operation Torch version.
I remember Combat Lynx as well,thought that was a good game for its time,especially using the lay minefield option to protect ur bases while shuttling about the map with troops etc.
Those were the days [:)]

ORIGINAL: pauk

ahhh... we were young....

ORIGINAL: pauk

ahhh... we were young....