Retro Rampage City is a popular one... i am going to have to replay it. The inspiration to make this game was very much rooted in my childhood, having my dog bear and I run down to the river and exploring.
I like these kind of games but there's a big chance I might not understand some of the reference though.
I'm from 1991., but I like games from that years. Metal gear was great one. Not sure it's from 80's, but it's close. Who from your relatives inspired you to make this game in a first place?
Metal Gear was one of my favorites... It's from 1987! https://images.lukiegames.com/t_300e2/assets/images/NES/Cartscans/metalgearcart.jpg
Definitely RCR. Nostalgic for a decade I wasn't even born in. Did any of your family become realised in the game?
I was born in 1980 and grew up with the videopac G7400 then I got an Amiga, the games that I loved the most were Turrican 2, Shadow of the beast and both Kick Off and Sensible Soccer. Later I switched to a macintosh and played Sim City a lot. If you ask me about books, I was too young so I was into European comics and manga like Tintin, Astérix, Captain Tsubasa, City hunter or Saint Seiya. Will you share some of your 80's memories with your kids? Personally I can't wait to get the new SuperNes compact with all those games included, I'll definitely play with my kids.
I forgot to mention what recent games remind me the 80s, I'd say Tennis Champs, Active Soccer, Pixel Soccer and Super Cat Tales which is one of my very favourites!
I have to research a few of the books you mentioned... i need more summer reading One favorite memory in the 80's was saving up enough blue chip stamps from our local grocer, I could spend them on anything in their catalog... I got my NES that summer.
I love the zx spectrum games especially skool daze, bak 2 skool and turbo esprit. Playing them reminds of growing up in 80s waiting for games to load or get the dreaded 4 Tape Loading error. What made your family become a game developer ans what games inspired you?
I suppose my equivalent is have to blow on the cartridges of the NES. I pushed the family into it mostly, I've been working for AAA companies for years and am getting older... wanted to tell my own story. Games that inspire me... Sword &Sworcery , Journey are the first two that came to mind. Other than that, still playing on my NES.
I think velour pants ! And how hard is the making of a game with a family... ( I have two children and I don't have any time to do nothing )
Just now found you! Love this type of interactive fiction game and the neat questions you want us to answer. Game: Cosmic Encounter West End Games edition came out thr same year our eldest was born, 1986. It was a very good year! We were also big Dragon's Lair, Tetris and Tempest fans. Book: Dean Koontz, Watchers. Recommended. My youngest (I have five) is a 17 yrold newbie game developer. He also creates music for his computer fan games. Does yours create music for other things? And can I get his discography?
Just found out about this as well! Congrats on the launch, first of all In regards to potential questions and answers: * Add a comment to this post describing what recent game or book makes you feel nostalgic for the 1980s. I haven't fully read the answers to the thread, but the one that has made me feel the most nostalgic for the 80s that I had recently read was "Ready Player One". I know, I'm late to the party. If I don't count that, I have actually been going through Hardcore Gaming 101's "Data East Arcade Classics" book that I bought on a StoryBundle pack, and the amount of games there makes me quite nostalgic for the games back then - I was mostly a ZX Spectrum owner, but I read magazines from other systems as well as I couldn't have them... I'll hopefully be building an arcade machine at home by end of year, which one day I'll hopefully be able to use to introduce my kids to classic videogames. * Ask me anything about making a game with my family. I'm surprised that you went for a text adventure as a genre. Did you son contribute to the story, and was that a genre that he thought would be fun to explore? Having grown up with the Fighting Fantasy and Dungeons and Dragons paper-RPG books, I find this kind of game appealing, but I'm curious about their appeal to younger ones these days. Just curious Thanks for sharing your experience - regardless of whether you still have promo codes or not - and congrats on the launch!
Dragon's Lair was at my local pizza place when I was younger... at the time it was like being in a movie. The Watchers... well i'm finishing up Firestarter and will do that one next! Our son just had his iPad taken away... there goes his current music career. When he's able to not drop devices and earns screentime back, I'll consider uploading a few for him. But until he's 13 his early work will remain local.
If you're building an arcade machine, then we definitely have that in common. Except mine is virtual, and is the main UI for the follow up to Finn in 1989. Don't tell anyone. Our son is contributing more to the next one... he actually is starting to write his own stuff too. He was more of a tester for me on his old iPad. It actually was very helpful since i had to get it running on lower end devices.
I remember those... along with french cuffing my jeans. It's hard to stick with making the same game for a year... but i've had a lot of motivation to get this story out of my head. I love making games so I am doing what I love. We have "self pie" nights which means we all do our own thing and don't bother each other. Each pie piece is tended to.. "us pie" or "work pie" sometimes gets in the way.
