When I was first getting into Detroit techno and similar sorts of sounds, I had a Commodore Amiga and most of the games I liked playing while listening to electronic music were early 3D games. There was something cold, crisp and sharply polygonal about 16-bit simulated realities that tied in so effectively with the music I was listening to then.
The number one game was Hunter, in which you pretty much did your own thing in a sprawling polygonal archipelago. You could get in cars, vans, boats or helicopters, and go exploring. It was pretty nice to fly high over hilly little islands while listening to Balil or B12. Another one was Carrier Command, where you were in control of an aircraft carrier, but could also commandeer various aeroplanes and amphibious landing craft in order to invade islands held by the enemy. Launching a simultaneous sea, air and land invasion, and then watching your vector-line installations sprout from the ground after you've conquered an island, was always good fun with a bit of early UR playing. And then there was Virus, the David Braben Thrust-style game. Now *that* was pretty techno! The last game I played a lot of while listening to techno was X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, back in 1998. Chuck on Acid Rain III, lock S-foils in attack position, and away you go...! Brendan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 August 2004 09:06 > To: 313 > Subject: Re: (313) games > > > > Don't forget: > > REZ (Dreamcast, cause it felt much better than on PS) > Wipeout 1 (the reason why i bought a PS) > > and my absolute oldschool alltime top favourite music related > game (also > my first in this direction): > > TO BE ON TOP (C64) > > Ronny > > > > ok, after/beside the movies > > > > i drop my most 313/techno game > > > > Homeworld (incl. Catalysm & Homeworld II) > > > > what about? >
