Comments on: War Was Never So Much Fun.

By: Antti Hukkanen

Antti Hukkanen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:54:17 +0000

Sandi: Made of WIN and GOD. Wish I’d been there!

Jari: Heck, you’re right. Those games are still played today. (I know I’m in the middle of a wicked Master of Orion game. 8P ) I seriously doubt whether even the best games coming out these days will be remembered 15 years from now.

By: Jari Heikkilä

Jari Heikkilä — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:47:26 +0000

Cannon Fodder, Doom, Syndicate, UFO: Enemy Unknown were great games and we should not forget such games as Ultima Underworld II, Betrayal at Krondor, Civilization, Lands of Lore, X-Wing or Sam & Max Hit The Road. I think the year 1993 was one of the greatest gaming years of all time.

Year 1992 was great too with such games as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Ultima Underworld, Dune/Dune 2, Darklands, Alone In The Dark, Master of Orion, Monkey Island 2, Eye Of The Beholder 2, Ultima VII – The Black Gate, Wing Commander II… damn that year was great too. How in the hell I had time to play all of these :)

In fact 1994 was great too because UFO: Enemy Unknown came out at the end of the year 1993 and there was great sequels such as Cannon Fodder II, Star Wars – TIE Fighter, Wing Commander III, Alone in the Dark II, Ultima VIII – Pagan and original games too like Beneath A Steel Sky, Settlers and SYSTEM SHOCK! Those were the golden years…

By: Sandi

Sandi — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:36:47 +0000

Infamous retroband PRESS PLAY ON TAPE provides this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7XiXQ6wEyM … needless to say that it’s made of pure win and awesome!

By: Jarmo Puskala

Jarmo Puskala — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:47:38 +0000

I can imagine the insanity that would erupt today if a game had a theme song with lyrics like “Go to your brother, kill him with your gun”.

Sometimes I miss those simpler times, with less emphasis on making everything illegal.

And I do miss Cannon Fodder, it was ridiculously good fun. So at least it was truthful advertising :) Though the difficulty did take quite a jump after the first few levels… escpecially when you stubborny refused to let Jops and Jools get killed.

p.s. Check out the Google advertisements on top of the page. At least this reload the targeting worked perfectly “Cannon Fodder 1&2 now playable on XP and Vista”. Damn!