heart-of-wessex
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Hello,
Me an my partner were discussing Micro Machines, came about from talking about something else, food probably, as the usual discussions move from subject to subject in bizarre ways!
Anyhow it was an old Mega Drive game I forgot about until then! It got me thinking, I wonder what the other old classics were? Do you remember any old ones?
Compared to today's standards, the graphics are horrendous but even with the likes of Forza and Gran Turismo, these old games are never too old and are still epic to play on an emulator (or console if you still have the original), and I've been playing them on emulator's in recent years too, only because I can save
! Here's some I remember:
Super Hang-on
This was the first driving game I ever had, as my late dad was a biker, he got me this. I was hooked pretty much! Although I did find this bloody hard, it had a fantastic soundtrack.
It just proved you didn't need scenery to enjoy it either, as it was basically the same grass/sand/tarmac throughout with the odd signs here and there.
I always remember getting peeved off at how the 'AI' would always thunder off in the distance and make you catch up. I think the funniest part was when you fell off, if you were last you still got overtaken by 6 or so bikes
, where did they come from?
I never really managed to overtake many bikes, I'd always crash into one or fall off at some corner as I was going too fast.
My favorite track was always 'Outride a Crisis', great track to race to
Road Rash
I had had RR2 and RR3 'Tour de Force'. I don't remember having RR1 though, unsure if it was actually out on the Mega Drive. Compared to Super Hang-on, I could actually keep up with the bikers! The basic graphics and handling was made up by the gameplay. Actually I read somewhere that game developers back then were always trying to make games more different and challenging just to make up for the graphics and handling, and for Road Rash they hit the nail on the head.
What better way to have a bike race and take your rage out on the AI! If I missed one I'd slow down to make sure I had the opportunity to knock the rider off!!
Of course it had to be done with a rage face and mashing the buttons to hell! Of course trying to dodge the cars was something else though, especially when they came out of nowhere.
Road Rash 3 had improved graphics but was still the same concept and never got tired of it. I think 3 was the best though, never played the future versions though, don't know if they are any good?
Best sound track I remember had to be the United Kingdom one on Road Rash 3.
OutRun
I never played this much, but I remember it being a bit like Super Hang-on just with a Ferrari and no AI competitors. I remember me struggling to judge where the AI car's were, I was more likely to crash into one when going up hills when you couldn't see and one would come out of nowhere!
As I didn't play it much, I don't remember completing it so I can't recall what the concept was and how you completed it.
I don't know if I could play the 3D remake of OutRun, I always like to stick to the originals, just how I like it.
That's something to start with, anyone remember any other ones, good or bad? I'm sure I had more than I remember!
Me an my partner were discussing Micro Machines, came about from talking about something else, food probably, as the usual discussions move from subject to subject in bizarre ways!
Anyhow it was an old Mega Drive game I forgot about until then! It got me thinking, I wonder what the other old classics were? Do you remember any old ones?
Compared to today's standards, the graphics are horrendous but even with the likes of Forza and Gran Turismo, these old games are never too old and are still epic to play on an emulator (or console if you still have the original), and I've been playing them on emulator's in recent years too, only because I can save
! Here's some I remember:Super Hang-on
This was the first driving game I ever had, as my late dad was a biker, he got me this. I was hooked pretty much! Although I did find this bloody hard, it had a fantastic soundtrack.
It just proved you didn't need scenery to enjoy it either, as it was basically the same grass/sand/tarmac throughout with the odd signs here and there.
I always remember getting peeved off at how the 'AI' would always thunder off in the distance and make you catch up. I think the funniest part was when you fell off, if you were last you still got overtaken by 6 or so bikes
, where did they come from? I never really managed to overtake many bikes, I'd always crash into one or fall off at some corner as I was going too fast.
My favorite track was always 'Outride a Crisis', great track to race to
Road Rash
I had had RR2 and RR3 'Tour de Force'. I don't remember having RR1 though, unsure if it was actually out on the Mega Drive. Compared to Super Hang-on, I could actually keep up with the bikers
! The basic graphics and handling was made up by the gameplay. Actually I read somewhere that game developers back then were always trying to make games more different and challenging just to make up for the graphics and handling, and for Road Rash they hit the nail on the head.What better way to have a bike race and take your rage out on the AI! If I missed one I'd slow down to make sure I had the opportunity to knock the rider off!
!Of course it had to be done with a rage face and mashing the buttons to hell! Of course trying to dodge the cars was something else though, especially when they came out of nowhere.
Road Rash 3 had improved graphics but was still the same concept and never got tired of it. I think 3 was the best though, never played the future versions though, don't know if they are any good?
Best sound track I remember had to be the United Kingdom one on Road Rash 3.
OutRun
I never played this much, but I remember it being a bit like Super Hang-on just with a Ferrari and no AI competitors. I remember me struggling to judge where the AI car's were, I was more likely to crash into one when going up hills when you couldn't see and one would come out of nowhere!
As I didn't play it much, I don't remember completing it so I can't recall what the concept was and how you completed it.
I don't know if I could play the 3D remake of OutRun, I always like to stick to the originals, just how I like it.
That's something to start with, anyone remember any other ones, good or bad? I'm sure I had more than I remember!
