# Games You'd Play Again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475 "2004-03-04T05:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/41 "2004-03-07T01:22:48Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > What do you want to know about Impossible Mission? I used to beat that game regularly. Let’s see what I can remember… > > Damned if I know why the Evil Scientist had so many candy machines, but he did. > > . The manual for IM or IM 2 gives a psych profile of the villian. It mentions that although he considers himself a gourmet, he loves twinkies and other junkfood. Remember, being a world-threatening megalomaniac means never having to go to another room to get chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/42 "2004-03-07T01:50:13Z")
Robin Hood: Conquest of the Longbow I played that game _all the time_ on our old computer. Apparently it would still run but I need to find the disks which I hope no one tossed on me… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/43 "2004-03-07T03:16:36Z")
> [@Gadfly](#): > > Lynn - I can solve your problems two ways, with a site I know - Home of the Underdogs. Essentially, the site provides old, no-longer-sold games for free, and it’s perfectly legal. Technically, it’s only legal for those who already own the games. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/44 "2004-03-07T03:38:20Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Technically, it’s only legal for those who already own the games. Okay, but the IDSA - who are pretty much (for better or for worse) a large body of enforcement in the area of software copyrights - bit at the site’s heels for awhile, and then withdrew when it realised that it’s efforts were completely misplaced and unecessary. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/45 "2004-03-07T04:49:44Z")
(Ip osted this earlier but the board went funny) Games I’d like to play again. Not sure if they count in the OP as they might still work. Flashback and Little Big Adventure. I’ve bidded for both on e-bay. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/46 "2004-03-07T06:20:30Z")
> [@Gadfly](#): > > Lynn - I can solve your problems two ways, with a site I know - Home of the Underdogs. Essentially, the site provides old, no-longer-sold games for free, and it’s perfectly legal. > > [M.U.L.E.](http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=M.U.L.E.) is here, along with a C64 emulator - just run the batch file that comes with. > > [Subtrade](http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Subtrade%3A+Return+to+Irata) is essentially a MULE re-make with better graphics. It’ll run (barely) on a modern PC, you just have to run it under DOS. I’m afraid that I am not technically inclined. I tried to get some of the old games that I own (but the computer or console no longer works), and I just could not get them to run. I have no idea what “running a batch file” entails. Subtrade sounds great. Don’t know if I can get it to run, but one of MULE’s weak points was its graphics. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/47 "2004-03-07T06:23:13Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > The manual for IM or IM 2 gives a psych profile of the villian. It mentions that although he considers himself a gourmet, he loves twinkies and other junkfood. > > Remember, being a world-threatening megalomaniac means never having to go to another room to get chocolate. Hey, if _I_ was a world-threatening megalomaninac, I would certainly make sure I had adequate access to chocolate. As it is, my husband and daughter know to LEAVE MY CHOCOLATE ALONE. I’m diabetic, but my doctor knows that I drink a couple of glasses of chocolate milk a day. Since I can keep my blood sugar under control even with this chocolate, she is OK with that. She says that not feeling deprived will probably keep me from binging and/or climbing a tower with a rifle. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/48 "2004-03-07T08:23:51Z")
**Interstate '76**. One of the greats. **Chaos Overlords** was an overlooked gem. It refuses to even install on anything other than Win95, which is a design decision that makes me want to pund my head into a wall. Or rather, the head of whoever made that decision. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/49 "2004-03-07T16:19:48Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > I’m afraid that I am not technically inclined. I tried to get some of the old games that I own (but the computer or console no longer works), and I just could not get them to run. I have no idea what “running a batch file” entails. > > Subtrade sounds great. Don’t know if I can get it to run, but one of MULE’s weak points was its graphics. A batch file? Very simple. Just run the file that ends in .bat. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/50 "2004-03-07T18:08:56Z")
Interstate 76 is, interestingly, where my user name comes from. Gaming clan thing. Frankly, I’ve been incredibly happy with my Gameboy Advance SP… between my Atari and Namco museum carts, I’ve got Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position, Galaga, Galaxian, Missile Command, Super Break-Out, Dig-Dug, Asteroids… And for my PS2, best twenty bucks I’ve spent in years was Midway Arcade Adventures. Spy Hunter. Defender, Defender II, Gauntlet. Joust. Paperboy. Rampage. Robotron. Smast TV. Roadblasters… did you know that was a toy tie-in? Sinistar. Marble Madness. 720. Toobin. I swear, the only game I’m ‘missing’ is Deadly Discs of Tron. On the other hand, I always said Pokemon reminded me of Final Fantasy I. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/51 "2004-03-08T12:15:32Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > I’d buy a copy of M.U.L.E. for my PS2, also. That game was absolutely addicting. I’m not just blowing smoke…I’ve got several “Museum Collection” disks of old arcade and early console games. Yea but is it as good as Nethack? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/52 "2004-03-09T15:26:01Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Bruce Lee > > Get the magic lanterns. Do a lot of jumping and running to avoid killer lights on the floor. I’d forgotten how much I used to love Bruce Lee for the C64. A very simple game but I loved every second of it. That, and the old Conan the Barbarian and Snake Byte games for the Apple II. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/53 "2004-03-09T21:44:22Z")
Impossible Mission for C64 was awesome! I loved the way the guy would scream when he fell off a ledge. 😃 If arcade games count, I’d like Spy Hunter, complete with steering wheel and gas pedal. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475/54 "2004-03-10T07:04:00Z")
> [@KidCharlemagne](#): > > Yea but is it as good as Nethack? 🙂 Hmmmmm, M.U.L.E. or Nethack? I don’t think that I can really compare the two. MULE was a race against time and a competition against other players (human or computer). Nethack has no time limit, and competition is strictly optional. I think that they’re both excellent games, but they’re very different types of games. Sometimes I’m in the mood for one sort, sometimes for another kind of game. I will say this…often, when the SDMB is slow, I’ll have a Nethack game open in the background, so that I can switch back and forth from the game to the boards. I sure wouldn’t be able to do that with MULE, even if I had a version that would run on this machine! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-youd-play-again/232475.md?page=2)