After-thoughts:

I think the fact that I only made it through a few hours of the game, and then switch to Medieval Dynasty speaks volumes about this game. As much as it holds a place in my heart, it’s also a game that requires a lot of luck, coordination, and skill. … Which adds up to a super frustrating combination. It was definitely fun to revisit it, but will I ever finish the game? … Nope. I couldn’t even get past the first few chapters of the game, never mind getting to end game. Wondering what next week’s game is? Check the section for the “current games”. Hopefully that one will be more fun. *wink*

When I bought my first gaming console, this was one of the four games I purchased with it. It wasn’t a tough game to find at the time, which was lucky, and it wasn’t terribly expensive. This was on my “purchase” list after I spent HOURS playing it at my friend’s house in Florida. In fact, many times I had to be pulled out of the game kicking and screaming when it was someone else’s turn. I was well and truly hooked on this game.

I didn’t grow up with video games. There are a couple of exceptions – there were a few educational games I did get to play, as well as three games on the garage sale Intellivision we had when I was a teen, and a couple on the family Apple 2c+. Those were mostly text-based adventure games, though, and I have only managed to locate a couple of these to even find out what they were called. The only time I really got to play video games was over at a friend’s house, and that was rather rare. So, when I got to adulthood, one of the first things I did after moving out of the house was buy myself a Playstation 1 and some of the favorite games I had played at friends houses. By the time I had bought my first Playstation 1, the Playstation 2 was out, but at that time I wasn’t interested in finding new games per se, only in playing my old favorites. Most of the “new games” I played during this phase (and during college) were on the PC, such as they were, and to this day, MOST of the games I play are PC based. I tried to pick and choose the top favorites from my life (the ones I literally have lost days of my life to playing) and include them in this Nostalgic list, but some had to be pulled off, either because I couldn’t get them working to be capturable and, hence, shareable, or because I simply couldn’t find the game. Some simply didn’t rank as high and had to be stuck on the honorable mentions page. I still have a couple that are on that list that, over the coming year, I hope to be able to find a way to include them in a Sunday stream, but I cannot 100% guarantee I’ll find a way to get them working.