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17	17	### Games
18	18
19	19	* [Favourite Video Games](article/Favourite%20Video%20Games.md)
20		* [Miscellaneous Memories of Games](article/Miscellaneous%20Memories%20of%20Games.md) (U)
21	20	* [Lost Games](article/Lost%20Games.md) (U)
22	21
23	22	### Items of Note

28	27
29	28	* [Text Adventures of Note](article/Text%20Adventures%20of%20Note.md)
30	29	* [Modern Retrogames of Note](article/Modern%20Retrogames%20of%20Note.md)
31		* [Role-Playing Games of Note](article/Role-Playing%20Games%20of%20Note.md) (U)
	30	* [Role-Playing Games of Note](article/Role-Playing%20Games%20of%20Note.md)
32	31	* [Commodore 64 Games of Note](article/Commodore%2064%20Games%20of%20Note.md) (U)
33	32	* [Apple II Games of Note](article/Apple%20II%20Games%20of%20Note.md)
	33	* [Other Video Games of Note](article/Other%20Video%20Games%20of%20Note.md) (U)
34	34
35	35	### Classics
36	36

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0		Miscellaneous Memories of Games
1		===============================
2
3		These are games that I remember something about for whatever reason,
4		that don't fit into any of the other lists: they're not favourites (but they
5		might be OK), they're not classics (but they might've been popular), and
6		they're not items of note (but they might be somewhat interesting.)
7
8		### Penny Arcade
9
10		* written by: Bill Budge
11		* genre: Sports
12		* available for: Apple II
13		* published by: Apple Computer, Inc.
14		* release date: 1979
15		* controls: paddles
16		* video @ [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h67eM0RAdM)
17
18		OK, so mainly this is notable because it was written as a machine-language
19		routine "attached" to a BASIC program. So you loaded and ran it like a BASIC
20		program, but all the BASIC part was doing was calling the machine-language
21		part. And when you LISTed the BASIC program, all that was visible was
22		the BASIC part.
23
24		To a kid like me at the time, that made it seem like an effing mystery.
25
26		### Cloak & Dagger
27
28		* wikipedia: [Cloak & Dagger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_%26_Dagger_(video_game))
29		* genre: Shoot-'em-Up
30		* available for: Arcade
31		* controls: dual joystick
32
33		There's something that's always attracted me about being able to shoot out
34		bits of wall. The boxes and conveyor belts hold a similar draw. Not sure if
35		I can put my finger on exactly what it is, though.
36
37		I remember seeing this at a 7-11 near where my sister was living at the time.
38
39		### Super Monkey Ball 2
40
41		* wikipedia: [Super Monkey Ball 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Monkey_Ball_2)
42		* genre: Maze-Runner
43		* available for: Nintendo GameCube
44		* controls: analog joystick
45
46		I didn't think I'd like this one, since I really don't like those wooden
47		mazes that you tilt with the two dials — which is essentially what this
48		game is. But somehow it manages to be fun. Especially when you start
49		barrelling down a spiral, completely out of control. The party games I could
50		mostly do without, with the exception of racing, which is at least as fun
51		as the main game.
52
53		Some students had borrowed a video projector from the lab, and hooked it
54		up to their GameCube. I played this on it, projected on the wall.
55		IMAX style. It was vertigo-inducing.
56
57		### Pooyan
58
59		Memorable for: the name, the pigs, and the fact that I recognized the
60		theme music - it was "Humoresque" by Dvorak.

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	0	Miscellaneous Memories of Games
	1	===============================
	2
	3	These are games that I remember something about for whatever reason,
	4	that don't fit into any of the other lists: they're not favourites (but they
	5	might be OK), they're not classics (but they might've been popular), and
	6	they're not items of note (but they might be somewhat interesting.)
	7
	8	### Penny Arcade
	9
	10	* written by: Bill Budge
	11	* genre: Sports
	12	* available for: Apple II
	13	* published by: Apple Computer, Inc.
	14	* release date: 1979
	15	* controls: paddles
	16	* video @ [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h67eM0RAdM)
	17
	18	OK, so mainly this is notable because it was written as a machine-language
	19	routine "attached" to a BASIC program. So you loaded and ran it like a BASIC
	20	program, but all the BASIC part was doing was calling the machine-language
	21	part. And when you LISTed the BASIC program, all that was visible was
	22	the BASIC part.
	23
	24	To a kid like me at the time, that made it seem like an effing mystery.
	25
	26	### Cloak & Dagger
	27
	28	* wikipedia: [Cloak & Dagger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_%26_Dagger_(video_game))
	29	* genre: Shoot-'em-Up
	30	* available for: Arcade
	31	* controls: dual joystick
	32
	33	There's something that's always attracted me about being able to shoot out
	34	bits of wall. The boxes and conveyor belts hold a similar draw. Not sure if
	35	I can put my finger on exactly what it is, though.
	36
	37	I remember seeing this at a 7-11 near where my sister was living at the time.
	38
	39	### Super Monkey Ball 2
	40
	41	* wikipedia: [Super Monkey Ball 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Monkey_Ball_2)
	42	* genre: Maze-Runner
	43	* available for: Nintendo GameCube
	44	* controls: analog joystick
	45
	46	I didn't think I'd like this one, since I really don't like those wooden
	47	mazes that you tilt with the two dials — which is essentially what this
	48	game is. But somehow it manages to be fun. Especially when you start
	49	barrelling down a spiral, completely out of control. The party games I could
	50	mostly do without, with the exception of racing, which is at least as fun
	51	as the main game.
	52
	53	Some students had borrowed a video projector from the lab, and hooked it
	54	up to their GameCube. I played this on it, projected on the wall.
	55	IMAX style. It was vertigo-inducing.

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3	3	This includes roguelikes. It might also include pen-and-paper RPGs at
4	4	some point.
5	5
6		CRPGs I've Played
7		-----------------
	6	Role-Playing Games I've Played
	7	------------------------------
8	8
9	9	### Alphaman
10	10
11	11	* genre: Roguelike
12	12	* available for: MS-DOS
13	13	* controls: keyboard
	14	* entry @ [roguebasin](http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Alphaman)
14	15
15	16	A post-apocalyptic roguelike which is alternately realistic (I'm thinking
16	17	particularly of the weather patterns) and silly (you can be attacked by

35	36	### Dungeon Master
36	37
37	38	* genre: Role-playing
38		* available-for: Amiga 500
	39	* available-for: Atari ST, Amiga
39	40	* controls: mouse and keyboard
	41	* wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Master_(video_game)
40	42
41	43	A surprisingly intricate dungeon exploration game from the era of personal
42	44	computers that didn't need internal fans. In first-person perspective, and in

50	52	* genre: Role-playing
51	53	* available-for: Commodore 64, others
52	54	* controls: joystick and one button
	55	* wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Construction_Set
53	56
54	57	I'm a sucker for "construction sets" (games that come with a level editor), and
55	58	a sucker for adventure games, so this would seem a natural fit. It's actually a

65	68	* genre: Roguelike
66	69	* available for: Commodore 64
67	70	* controls: joystick and keyboard
	71	* wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Fargoal
68	72
69	73	An early roguelike for the C64 which I keep confusing with the Temple of
70	74	Apshai trilogy, which it isn't. I believe it was written in BASIC.
71	75
72		### Zelazny Angband
73
74		* genre: Roguelike
75		* available for: POSIX
76		* controls: keyboard
77
78		I'm not at all a fan of Roger Zelazny's stuff, but this is one of the
79		best-hacked Angband's out there, and has a really good gameplay balance.
80
81		### Ultima VII Part 2
	76	### Ultima VII Part 2: The Serpent Isle
82	77
83	78	* genre: Role-playing
84	79	* available for: MS-DOS
85	80	* controls: mouse
	81	* wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_VII_Part_Two:_Serpent_Isle
86	82
87		Classic.
	83	Classic, and would be on a list of classic RPGs, but I don't have one yet.
88	84
89	85	I wasn't fortunate enough to play this until 2003. This was, of course, long
90	86	after the hardware that it made so many demands on was obsolete, and could only