+therealbountybob Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Round 7 Poll: The "Minor" Classics This time a fresh set of games from the games list, these are not the big name games we have been plaiyng so far this season so we can play the two that receive the highest amount of votes. Round 6 "Super Pacman + Montezuma Again!" is still open for the rest of the week. Post late scores for any rounds you have missed and join in on the current round. Add your favourites to the Season 17 Welcome and Games Suggestions thread. Multi-pick polls this season so vote for as many or as few as you wish: check all the ones you like before clicking the vote button! The winning game will be played and the runner up(s) are re-polled next time. Poll ends Sunday 12th April Tue 14th April 10pm UK time (5pm EST) Atarimania has info on the games, I've posted links to Fandal's site below but Atarionline.pl usually has several versions of each game or try the excellent Homesoft site. Please join in and post or message me if you need any help trbb Atlantis Download XEX Porky's You'll have to trust me on this one, it's quite a good game! Multi screen platformer. Download XEX Blue Print A fun single screener, collect the bits and shoot the giant fishy guy, they don't make 'em like that anymore! Download XEX James Bond 007 Long time no play (now was it for good reason?!) I think it is a multi screen game but a bit on the easy side Download XEX Mr TNT He's dy-na-mite! Nippy little fella do not call him Mr. Baked Bean Download XEX Laser Gates Decent scrolling space shooter, not overly difficult. Download XEX Java Jim Nice game, hop around find things and avoid the nasties, nothing else to worry about! Download XEX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Never heard of Java Jim before. So I give it a quick try. It's quite fun. Lots of challenge. So, I picked it, along with a few others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Watching the poll grow is like those horse racing simulation games where the entire field is packed until the end when one horse makes the final move to win the race. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I think watching the poll could be the most exciting thing about these games 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Right now, we're looking at an Imagic Double-Header! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Ok, so I found out that Laser Gates never was published on its own, but in the compilation Imagic 1-2-3? It also contained Quick Step and Wing War. I even found a review in Swedish (!) regarding this compilation, and this is how the magazine reviewed Laser Gates: It started with Defender and Scramble. Thus an excellent games idea was born. Now it feels rather pointless to push yourself through the 63rd copy of this theme. So you fly from left to right in your space ship and shoot everything in its way. The game not only is old, it also is too easy. Ten minutes later you load the next game and replace dangerous missiles with hamburgers and pieces of cake (refers to Quick Step). Game value 2/5, graphics 3/5. Edited April 9, 2020 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Laser Gates is a good game but you can complete it. Didn't realise we had two Imagic games, being a River Rat fan that would be a good round. So are we lookig at running a dodgy side betting scheme using HSC points on the polls? Porkys TNT and Java Jim are all good games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 So the next round is scheduled to begin in about 24 hours. 15 members cast their vote, there is room for a few more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Final extension for the round and poll until tomorrow Weds 15th April 12PM UK time. We need a decider for the 2nd place otherwise it's my pick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I put together one of my infamous matrices: AT BP LG a8isa1 . x . BoatofCar x . x carlsson . x . chevymad x . x Deteacher . . x devwebcl . . . graywest . x x Gury . x x Magmavision2000 x . x Marius x . . McKong x . x mimo . x . RedThunder x . . roadrunner x x x therealbountybob . x x From this you can read out that if we select Laser Gates + Atlantis, 11 members will get at least one of the games they voted for, 5 will get two of the games they voted for. If we select Laser Gates + Blue Print, 12 members will get at least one of the games they voted for, 4 will get two games. Unfortunately we can't please @devwebcl because he didn't vote for either of the top 3 games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 The only person who voted for both AT and BP is roadrunner so perhaps we just ask him which one he prefers. I'm not bothered either way as I don't know any of the games! So I could just withdraw my support for AT and we can get on with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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