Hi Bryan, Yeah, Zaxxon ruled. I loved that game. I use to hook our Atari 2600 up to our 80 inch TV, yes we had one, and can remember how cool Zaxxon looked on the big screen when I reached his world to fight him. He must have been two or three feet high on that TV, and the extra resolution allowed me to find out right where to hit old Zaxxon to blow him up Lol.
Another game I enjoyed a lot as a kid is Pop-Eye. It was not much of a game in terms of game standards, but I use to love going around grabbing cans of spinach, eat one, and them go beat up Bluto and throw him into the water below. Every time I rescued Olive she'd give Pop-Eye a kiss. Simple but fun game for kids. Another children's game that was cool was Smurf Rescue. I would jump over these grassy areas that would kill my Smurf for some reason, and then come to this big scary chasm with bats around. Jumping that chasm was tricky because about half way across a bat usually got me. Anyway, once I made it to the castle I had to jump onto this big ugly skull and free Smurfette. Once I did the game would end with her giving me a kiss. The more I think about it the more children's games I can recall that could easily be converted to audio games. There were tons of family friendly games in the 80's like Smurf Rescue that was aimed at kids, but could be entertaining enough for mom and dad too. Probably the best example of this would be Mario Brothers as it was aimed at kids, but had wide appeal for all ages from little gamesters, to video game nerds, to mom and dad. Cheers! On 4/16/13, Bryan Peterson <bpeterson2...@cableone.net> wrote: > Zaxxon. LOL.My dad used to take me to the bowling alley near our house in > Oakland, California to play that one. > > > > But thou must! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
