Comments on: Some Random Things http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/06/22/some-random-things/ Failing better at understanding the past Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Gavin Robinson http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/06/22/some-random-things/#comment-4490 Gavin Robinson Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:05:50 +0000 http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/06/22/some-random-things/#comment-4490 Thanks, I'll put you down for October. You can pick the exact date nearer the time. I just need someone to do September. I've got yet another post on WW2 games coming up when I have time to write it. Again lazy ignorant journalists will feature prominently... Thanks, I’ll put you down for October. You can pick the exact date nearer the time. I just need someone to do September.

I’ve got yet another post on WW2 games coming up when I have time to write it. Again lazy ignorant journalists will feature prominently…

]]> By: Brett http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/06/22/some-random-things/#comment-4489 Brett Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:35:10 +0000 http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/06/22/some-random-things/#comment-4489 I keep forgetting to say, I can host a MHC in October (or later), after I get back from O/S. I don't think I ever came across Battle Through Time on ye olde C64, but it looks like a cross between two arcade classics: Moon Patrol and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Pilot" rel="nofollow">Time Pilot</a> -- which also has levels set during WWI, WII and Vietnam. And that in turn reminds me of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Max_%28computer_game%29" rel="nofollow">Blue Max</a>, another popular game from this era which sees you flying a Sopwith Camel. (For that matter, WWI flight simulators have long had some popularity.) So you're quite right, there are more WWI games than you might otherwise think. Particularly if you're a young whippersnapper of a gaming journalist who can barely remember the 1980s! I keep forgetting to say, I can host a MHC in October (or later), after I get back from O/S.

I don’t think I ever came across Battle Through Time on ye olde C64, but it looks like a cross between two arcade classics: Moon Patrol and Time Pilot — which also has levels set during WWI, WII and Vietnam. And that in turn reminds me of Blue Max, another popular game from this era which sees you flying a Sopwith Camel. (For that matter, WWI flight simulators have long had some popularity.) So you’re quite right, there are more WWI games than you might otherwise think. Particularly if you’re a young whippersnapper of a gaming journalist who can barely remember the 1980s!

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