Part nostalgia-bomb, part note-taking and part FAQ, what started in GameTrailers as a video game blog is now on Blogger. This blog is a look back at video games, both popular and obscure, from the video game industry's infancy all the way to the previous console generation.
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Time to play another simple arcade-style game on the Atari 2600, and Coconuts is about as simple as it gets.LongplayCoconuts is a really simple one-screen game for the Atari 2600 from 1982. You play as jungle explorer Stanley I. Presume, and you have to move around to avoid coconuts thrown by a monkey at the top of the trees. That's it. That's the game. You move left and right with Left and
Now for the game, minus commentary! Enjoy!Let's PlayWhoopsy is a game for the BBC Micro from 1985 where you're playing as a baby who was to avoid his mum and collect his toys, all the while taking a dump on the floor in order to keep as much distance between yourself and your mum as possible. Collecting all the toys takes you to the next level. As you're doing all this, you'll only have a
Well, this is an interesting game. I don't know what else to put here, to be frank.LongplayWhoopsy is a game for the BBC Micro from 1985 where you're playing as a baby who was to avoid his mum and collect his toys, all the while taking a dump on the floor in order to keep as much distance between yourself and your mum as possible. Collecting all the toys takes you to the next level. As you're
It's time for the final battle with Baldour!First | PreviousStage 8You'll soon enter Baldour's chamber, where you'll also meet Ornah. To defeat Ornah, duck down and shoot at him at first. When he lands on the ground, jump over the energy waves he produces while letting your magic recharge. For best results, lightly tap the jump button. Sometimes he shoots two waves; other times, he shoots three.
This is where the game really starts getting tough. Not only do you have three tough guards and a boss battle, but you also have to get into the final chamber, all without losing a ton of health.First | Previous | EndStage 7Tread carefully at the start of the stage and be ready to avoid projectiles as you shoot at the green blobs. Some of them will generate other slimes as they take damage, and
Be ready to take damage...a lot.First | Previous | Next | EndStage 6Progress slowly as you go through this stage. Some of the robots in the background will come to life and attack, and you'll need to be ready. You'll also see ordinance that will explode if you touch it or attack it from nearby. Keep in mind that you'll be travelling diagonally through all of this stage.Picking up health
We enter a cave for Stage 5...and it soon becomes apparent that we're getting close to Ornah and Baldour.First | Previous | Next | EndStage 5As soon as you start the stage, you'll be seeing stalactites falling from the ceiling and bats swooping towards you. Be ready to attack at full power.If you jump past the first gap and shoot the wall, you'll be able to give your max HP a boost and get two
This stage is even faster than the last one if you know what to do.First | Previous | Next | EndStage 4Go to the left at the start for some power-ups, including a blue fairy. Get ready to attack a worm that jumps in and out of the ground when you do, though. The head is the weak point. There's more if you stay at the bottom and go all the way to the right. When you go as far right as you can, go
Things get a little hairier on the airship...First | Previous | Next | EndStage 3When you start the stage, you'll have three turrets firing at you. Shoot the two on the right first to make it easier to get around, and you can take out the one at the left. If you go to the left after going far enough to the right while taking out more turrets, insects will start flying out at you.The blue fairy
This stage gets a little bit easier when you take your time through most of it and look around for power-ups.First | Next | EndStage 2Never stand on the lily pads for more than a fraction of a second. They're really monsters, and if you don't jump to the other side immediately, you're going to get chomped on.Human enemies will pop up from out of the water when you start the stage, so take your
After seeing a few people play this game, it was only a matter of time until I played this myself.Next | EndFrom the manual...As Baldour, the prince of all things evil, near the end of his dormancy, the cocoon in which he rests is transported to Earth by his aide, Ornah. The world is still reocering from the devastating effects of Baldour's last visit.Alisa Dragoon is the daughter of the
