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by moobaa
February 19th, 2024, 9:03 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Bruce Lee
Replies: 4
Views: 19743

Re: Our next podcast recording (24.2.24) - 608: Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee is a stone-cold C64 classic. A perfect blend of platforming and simple beat-em-up moves, the Ninja and Yamo are incredibly dim opponents who add an unexpected amount of joy to the gameplay as you manipulate them into hazards... kicking them in the face, sending them backwards into fire tra...
by moobaa
January 14th, 2024, 11:48 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Ghostbusters (1984)
Replies: 4
Views: 9817

Re: 617: Ghostbusters

I rode my bike on a 20 kilometre round-trip on dusty country Australia roads on a 40 degree Celsius day to buy this game for my C64. I convinced myself that the presentation alone (with the singalong lyrics to a reasonable rendition of the [strike] Huey Lewis [/strike] Ray Parker Jr title tune) was ...
by moobaa
January 14th, 2024, 11:23 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Katamari Damacy series
Replies: 8
Views: 8148

Re: 604: Katamari Damacy series

Extraordinary soundtrack for the first Katamari Damacy game. EXTRAORDINARY.
by moobaa
January 14th, 2024, 11:15 pm
Forum: Volume 13
Topic: 642: Perfect Dark Zero
Replies: 3
Views: 17049

Re: 642: Perfect Dark Zero

Four months prior to its release here in Australia, the only way to pre-order an Xbox 360 was to purchase a "VIP Pack" - a tidy little box containing a wireless controller, an Xbox Live Gold card, and a copy of Perfect Dark Zero. The game was not something I would have bought - I have no e...
by moobaa
August 2nd, 2023, 1:11 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Myst
Replies: 3
Views: 6421

Re: 582: Myst

One summer holidays at uni in the mid-90s, I borrowed a copy of Myst from the local Apple User’s Group. New Year’s Eve, finding myself all by my lonesome, I decided to fire it up at about 9pm. At 10pm on New Year’s Day, I blearily completed it… and that remains the most intense single-sitting gaming...