TWO GOOD THINGS FROM THE 1990s
The 1990s were the best, weren’t they? What has the 2000s given us so far? Simon Cowell and war games, plus an aching shoulder that won’t go away. Thanks.
From reader “Al”. We remember buying a copy of ZZap! 64 in 1992, but this amazing CLASH of THINGS WE LIKE must’ve taken place way later than that. This has to be 1996. A Commodore fanzine was still going in 1996. That’s like UKR still going in 2011.
And this was sent in from reader “BKK” to help “celebrate” the 19th anniversary of the release of Sonic The Hedgehog – “Published in the weekly all formats magazine Games-X, and compiled by Chart-Track forerunner, Gallup. I believe this was the highest position a single format console game had charted in the UK up to that point”. It’s a fairly meaningless anniversary, simply the sort of thing the new-wave of SEGA blogs pretend is an important event so they’ve got something WACKY to write about today. We think.
ALSO WHILE WE ARE AT IT:
A new entry at #4 was no disgrace in 1991, as that was back when charts were allowed to move slowly and not everything was a failure if it didn’t fly in at #1. This country, etc etc.
filed in HISTORY on Jun.25, 2010
June 25th, 2010 on 10:29 am
Not sure about the game with the Hedgehog character. But Eye of the Beholder was pretty awesome.
June 25th, 2010 on 11:31 am
Ah the good old days, back when turtles where heroes instead of ninjas.
I remember US Gold were very prolific in porting Sega arcade games to the C64 back then. I hope they port Sega Rally and Daytona soon.
June 25th, 2010 on 12:52 pm
Blimey, how could I have forgotten not to grab a d64 of Exile (Top right behind the Bouff)? That was ace, shall have to have a blast at that this weekend.
@Bulk Slash – Hmmm. Outrun wasn’t exactly brilliant and G-Loc 360 and Afterburner were both complete poop and a waste of time.
Basically, if it involved any kind of into-the-screen action and it wasn’t Power Drift or Turbo Outrun then, well…maybe you shouldn’t be hoping for such things (unless coded by Chris Butler).
That “That’s like UKR still going in 2011.” comment’s a little worrying, but I’ll put it down to Zorg’s self-deprecating humour. I think a more accurate statement would be “That’s like Bitbroken still going in July”…
June 25th, 2010 on 1:34 pm
Sonic is 19??? Holy crap. That’s 18 years and 7 months of my LIFE I’ve wasted playing Marble Zone “because I like the music”.
Surely I’m due to ‘graduate’ upto a fully-fledged adult soon?
June 25th, 2010 on 3:36 pm
Self-deprecating humour/howl of despair.
June 26th, 2010 on 12:42 am
Bouff is testament to the wonders of aging. She looks dreadfully uggo there.
June 26th, 2010 on 2:00 am
when is swirl coming back?
June 26th, 2010 on 9:20 am
I should specify an end date for UKR. Maybe the 20th anniversary of “Saturnday” in 2015? That’d give us all another five years.
June 26th, 2010 on 1:10 pm
@GigerPunk
I didn’t know any better back then. If it looked and vaguely sounded like the arcade game then it was “nigh on arcade perfect” as the reviewers of the time would put it.
June 26th, 2010 on 3:01 pm
Back @ Bulk Slash again. Oh, I know, i was just the same. That’s why I still have Outrun, Afterburner, Power drift and Turbo Outrun in their boxes amongst many others up in the (neighbour’s) loft. hell, I even paid good money for Double Dragon, Strider and Operation Thunderbolt and they were utter poop.
June 28th, 2010 on 6:22 pm
Oh Jesus wept, I had just crept into my twenties when this came out….that’s it Logan’s Run! I’m going outside, I may be some time.
June 28th, 2010 on 6:33 pm
Don’t forget to take Jenny Agutter with you.
June 29th, 2010 on 8:02 pm
LOL! I mentioned Logans Run the other day to mate, his faced glazed over and all he kept murmering was “Jenny Agutter” over and over in that “5-tissue fantasy” voice us men save for such occasions!
June 29th, 2010 on 9:05 pm
I preferred her when she was a nurse.
(Agutter, that is, not Bouff)
June 30th, 2010 on 3:15 pm
I preferred her in Railway Children.
“Ha-ha!” you say. But she was 18 at the time, thus ruining the joke.
June 30th, 2010 on 4:16 pm
So, a bloomers man, eh?
You and Timmy Mallet, it would appear…
June 30th, 2010 on 4:34 pm
Cézanne is spinning in his grave.