Old Game Survivor II: It's Old Home Week Around JC

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:06 pm

System Shock wins by a nose!

System Shock

vs.

Deus Ex

Fight!

ChainGangGuy · Post by **ChainGangGuy** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:45 pm

Gee, this one's really stumping the whole lot of us. Robb, would you mind lending a little help to get the OGS2 ball rollin' once more?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:01 pm

ChainGangGuy wrote:Gee, this one's really stumping the whole lot of us. Robb, would you mind lending a little help to get the OGS2 ball rollin' once more?

I would be glad to!

Here is a sample screenshot for System Shock:

Here is a sample screenshot from Deus Ex:

The System Shock screenshot is bigger, therefore the game must be better. System Shock wins! A GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR ROME!

Next up - and I am just telling you what's on the card in front of me - is

System Shock

versus

How Good The Secret of Vulcan Fury Would Have Been, Had It Been Released

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:15 pm

Wait a minute. How can you call it a "glorious victory for Rome" when the System Shock screenshot features lasers and everyone in the Deus Ex screenshot is armed with swords? Sounds more like a "humiliating defeat for Rome and a glorious victory for an analogous empire that uses lasers as combat weapons."

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:09 pm

hygraed wrote:Wait a minute. How can you call it a "glorious victory for Rome" when the System Shock screenshot features lasers and everyone in the Deus Ex screenshot is armed with swords?

I am going to guess that, "A glorious victory for Rome!" is a catch phrase that I picked up on the Internet at some point.

So, I can't really answer your question.

Sounds more like a "humiliating defeat for Rome and a glorious victory for an analogous empire that uses lasers as combat weapons."

I can go with that, unfortunately, the problem with Old Game Survivor Mark II is that anyone can come along and pick any old game for any reason, even those that don't hold up to good sense if you so much as put a lit match in front of them. Ahoy!

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:39 pm

I don't like Star Trek.

But I do like System Shock.

System Shock

vs.

Blood

ChainGangGuy · Post by **ChainGangGuy** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:35 am

For anyone who missed the ensuing battle, lemme just say that it was certainly a grand, hard-fought duel to remember and one that will doubtlessly be replayed thrice annually once the OSG Classic Network gets up and running.

Winner: Blood

Blood

VERSUS

Persona 3

FIGHT!!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:34 pm

Winner...

Blood!

Next round:

Blood

Against...

Donkey Kong!

Fight!

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:23 pm

Is this Donkey Kong for the arcade or Donkey Kong for the original Game Boy?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:44 pm

I'm going to declare it the arcade version.

And while I have enjoyed Donkey Kong more... I have to go with Blood on this one. Blood wins!

Next match:

Blood

versus

Ultima II

Fight!

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:00 pm

I have fond memories of listening to the Flaming Lips while playing Ultima for hours on end as a young'un, so I'm going to have to go with Ultima on this one.

Next round:

Ultima II

vs.

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception

FIGHT!

jjsonick · Post by **jjsonick** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:27 pm

Damn, I like both those games on the Apple II, but I actually finished Ultima II. And even if I hadn't, Ultima II would win simply because it was partially inspired by a movie about time-travelling dwarves.

Now in the ring:

Ultima II

vs.

Adventure (Atari 2600)

FIGHT!!

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:50 pm

jjsonick wrote: Ultima II

vs.

Adventure (Atari 2600)

FIGHT!!

Wow. That's a toughie.

But....the duck for the win.

Winner:

Adventure (Atari 2600)

Next up:

Adventure (Atari 2600)

vs.

Hard Hat Mack (Apple II)

FIGHT!!

Bruce

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:01 pm

Winner:

Adventure (Atari 2600)

Next up:

Adventure (Atari 2600)

vs.

Necrotic Drift (Coleco Vision)

FIGHT!!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:57 pm

I should port that to the Coleco vision, hahah.

Actually, I wondered if it would be stupid to use the Atari 2600 text game engine "Dark Mage" and put together a small, truncated version of one of my text games for it. I don't think it would be more fun that Bruce's LOTR, though, so it is probably not worth it.

Maybe if the Vectrex keyboard adapter takes off I could go that route.

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:02 pm

The 2600 had a 4KB storage limit on its carts. Whatever game you ported would have to be severely truncated.

>W
THERE IS ZOMBIE. YOU SEE LACROSSE STICK

>GET STICK
YOU GET STICK

>HIT ZOMBIE WITH STICK
ZOMBIE DIES

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:46 pm

hygraed wrote:The 2600 had a 4KB storage limit on its carts. Whatever game you ported would have to be severely truncated.

Have you played _Fellowship of the Ring_?

http://www.atariage.com/software_page.h ... belID=2023

Bruce

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:08 am

Anonymous wrote:Adventure (Atari 2600)

Winner! Adventure for the Atari 2600!

yoU aRE iN pOrT mAdNeSs!1!1!1!

Adventure for the 2600

versus

Adventure: Revisited for Windows XP by Peter Hirschberg

.... FIGHT!

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:25 am

Adventure for the 2600 wins. I played it a few weeks ago on Gametap, and in my opinion it hasn't weathered the years very well. However, very few 2600 games have, so it's to be expected when placed among that catalogue.

Adventure

vs

Ultima

Aspire for greatness!

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:16 am

Wait, shit, we already had Ultima II earlier. Uh...

Adventure

vs

Pathways Into Darkness

Aspire for greatness!