Games
Here are some details of my favourite games from over the years.
Dungeon Master
Oh, come on, surely you've heard of this one. It's the role-playing game that set the standards back in the 80s when I was just a kid. I've been a fan of this game for about 15 years and it's fab.
Ok, so what's the story? Your lord 'n' master has been separated into two - Lord Chaos and Lord Order, you must find The Firestaff, merge it with the Power Gem and then use it on Lord Chaos to fuse the two together. Sound easy? Well it isn't (ok, it is, but that's 15 years' worth of experience talking, it WAS hard when I was aged 6 and had never played it before). Anyway, you'll encounter loads of (ace) puzzles and monsters along the way, you must solve them by using the four skills of your characters; Fighter, Ninja, Priest and Wizard.
Right. So if you're interested, I'd recommend going to freeoldies.com and downloading DM.
Chaos
Strikes Back
Let's talk about sequels, shall we? For some strange reason, the bulk of sequels always seem worse than their predecessors, don't they? Take Kylie Minogue for example; pretty good in the early 1990s, utter crap in recent years. Well, many people weren't sure how good CSB would be when compared to the ever-popular DM, well if you want my opinion, it's just as good, if not better. Some experience with DM is definitely an advantage though.
So, this time you've got to travel down the four paths of the Junction of the Ways at the end of which you will come to the Diabolical Demon Director and eventually find something known as Corbum which must be destroyed. It's pretty tough, you know, fireballs flying all over the place and all these pretty nasty Demons. I put HOURS into this game in the 1990s and the experienced player is now known to have finished the game in under 20 minutes. Wow.
It Came From the Desert
Set in a tiny desert town called Lizard Breath, you're a doctor and you've just come back from your holidays to be informed of some strange goings-on in town. This is due to the fact that giant ants are taking over and it's up to you to stop them. Firstly you have to gather evidence to prove to the mayor that these ants exist in order to get the backing of the town's police, army, construction workers and townsfolk. You then have the locate the ants' nest and rig it with explosives in order to stop them reproducing and taking over the world. Easier said than done, believe me.
Yes,
this is an old favourite of mine. If you are hurt by the ants / being knifed /
crashing your car / falling asleep at the wheel / accepting a "thank-you" off
some random redhead then you end up in the hospital, where you have the option
to escape. It's fucking hilarious; you can even wind up other patients. I played
this for hours and hours then I finally found the ants' nest and blew it up. You
can download this game from cinemaware.com if you're interested. Oh, and the
soundtrack is fucking brilliant too.
The Secret of Monkey Island
Eye of the Beholder