Saturn Collection pics

[Neohound]

Did you realise the Archimedes is coming up to it's 25th birthday ? Can you imagine what it was like for me seeing a 32-bit RISC machine in 1987 ?!!! Amazing machine which sadly met it's end, along with the company, in the late nineties.

[DCUltrapro]

lol, too much info for me there mate I'm not the least bit informed on Archiemedes or RISC etc, I know nothing about it lol!!

[DCUltrapro]

Gungriffion is an OK game, but Gungriffon 2 is an exceptional game! The graphics do show their age, but that game is packed to the brim with excellent material. This game was one of the first non-racing games that had a replay feature, and also supports the saturn system-link cable so you can do 1v1, AND 2v2. Very impressive how much material was programed on one single saturn disc!

ok so I'd be interested in picking up Gungriffon 2, is it playable though? I mean are all the menus and dialogues in Japanese?

And what's Metal Black like? I've never heard of it!

[Neohound]

lol, too much info for me there mate I'm not the least bit informed on Archiemedes or RISC etc, I know nothing about it lol!!

Errr no, neither am I !! But it sounded good didn't it ? lol

[DCUltrapro]

yep!! So where are you from mate? I thought Acorn's were only out in the UK?? Or were they called Archimedes on the US for example... I can't remember I was way to young lol

[Neohound]

I'm from the UK

Mmmm, I'm not sure if Acorn were sold overseas, though I know they were owned by an Italian company at one point so maybe they were ?

My mate's dad always had Acorn computers and it was his influence that rubbed off on me. He recently showed me the original Acorn Atom that he built from a kit in 1980 !!

I'm not really a 'techy' person so I'm not sure what the Archimedes specs really mean but I do know they could do things at the time that ordinary pc's couldn't dream of doing. My 1987 Archimedes has a vga and 'Tv-out' socket plus full screen anti-aliasing. And I still find the Desktop Publishing programs very useable even today. Not bad for what is, essentially, a museum piece

But hey, forget the serious stuff, these things play games ! And that's what I am interested in the most

[DCUltrapro]

well I'm fairly techie but I don't know anything about acorns or risc from a techie stand point, its all way back before my time

Mazo: I wouldn't mind getting Metal Black, it looks good. Whats the game play like in Gungriffon 2? is it easy to play the Japan version? thanks

[DCUltrapro]

Ok I've now purchased copies of the following:

Alien Trilogy (Arrived Today) £8
Guardian Heroes (posted to me today) £30 inc p+p
Metal Black (purchased today) £34.99 inc p+p

Good deals? I'm not going to get Gungriffon 2 as it will be heavy with Japanese txt etc and I don't think I will be happy with the purchase if it ends up costing a lot.

[BrianC]

I'm not sure if its been mentioned on here yet but I loved the Clockwork Knights games when I was growing up. They had some really cool boss battles and level design if I remember correctly. Also glad to see you have Robotica since that game is insane.

[DCUltrapro]

Yeah man robotica was mad, i could never get far on it but it was cool. How was clockwork night received btw? As in reviews etc