I've got a September birthday (12th) and in 1997, I'd decided I was going to buy Ultimate Soccer Manager 2 from my local Woolworth's. I walked in the shop, found the box and took it to the counter, handed over my £15 or whatever it was, the disk and manual were found from behind the counter, put in the box and I walked out to get the bus home. Sat on the bus, I flicked through the manual and realised I'd been given USM 98, that year's game, and not the year before's game like I had been planning to buy. Those were the days...
I've got a September birthday (12th) and in 1997, I'd decided I was going to buy Ultimate Soccer Manager 2 from my local Woolworth's. I walked in the shop, found the box and took it to the counter, handed over my £15 or whatever it was, the disk and manual were found from behind the counter, put in the box and I walked out to get the bus home. Sat on the bus, I flicked through the manual and realised I'd been given USM 98, that year's game, and not the year before's game like I had been planning to buy. Those were the days...
That was an awesome show!
Have any of you played Star Wars: Battlefront II?
I did the same. I did like the look of it, but boycotted all EA games at that point.
Nostalgia central, that was very much appreciated!The memory that will stick with me forever is Street Fighter II. I just googled the release date and somethings from my memory don't tie up but I'll tell the tale as I remember it.
So it's new years eve, I think 1991 going into 92, my cousin got an Amiga 500+ for his Christmas with the Cartoon Classics Pack. I had never seen such a machine, the graphics were beyond anything I had seen and the load times were phenomenal (I had a ZX +2 at home). Sure the consoles had the load time but these games were something else visually, I was immediately awe struck so my plan all of 1992 was to get an Amiga for the following Christmas.
Throughout the year I'm constantly asking if i can get an Amiga. I'm continually giving my mind treats with all the latest games being previewed on Games Master, Bad Influence, et all.
Honourable mention to Zool but Street Fighter II had taken all of the lime light. I remember ordering it on pre-order in the late summer of 1992. I'm not sure exactly when it was released but I had played it in the arcade and I was blown away. I couldn't wait to get it on my very own Amiga. I think the game arrived around October so all I had was that SFII box, manual and 4 disks of awesome. I continually looked at the discs, opening it up, re-reading the manual, waiting for Christmas day so that I could finally play it on my own system.
On Christmas day I could barely contain my excitement.... I was a 12 year old moody tweenager who was too cool for school but I couldn't hold it in on this morning. I raced down the stairs, opened the obligatory "rest" of the pile at lightening speed so that I could get into my proper prize. I finally opened up the big box to find my very own Amiga 600 complete with the Quavers guy logo (Pushover).
The system was setup and in went SFII disk 1. Loaded up the game and saw it in all it's glory. I was absolutely over the moon until I tried to play as Dhalsim and needed to load disk 4....... it was corrupt. I could play as any character as long as they weren't on disk 4. I was absolutely gutted, especially when back in those days with the mail order returns etc it took another 3 weeks for me to get the damn game back 😂
My cousin ended up being a developer for a time. He was a coding monster and was into everything. I dabbled in Octamed Pro and some very basic coding on Aros Elite (I think that's what it was called). When everyone else was on consoles and, I felt, becoming a slave to the machine.... I had my Amiga, with it's Workbench and a million customisations to get your head around configuring and programming. It set me on the path of curiosity that led me to being pretty handy with all things tech and PC related.
Ahhh, the good old days
I've boycotted EA for a while, but with a new PC on the horizon for me, Fallen Order will be the first EA game I've bought for a few years. It looks amazing!
That’s the game that’s made me struggle the most, I think I’ll definitely be getting it now it’s on steam.
I bought masterchief collection and play it on PC, so far they've released Reach, 1 and 3, it's well worth picking up, it's very cheap for the enjoyment you're getting.
I think the PC version has additional graphical options so you can make it looks shinier