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>>>>> Anyone remember Ghosts and Goblins? That game made you play the
>>>>> entire thing over every time you died and I got to the end (or
>>>>> maybe to the penultimate level)! Exhausting!
>>>>
>>>> * HELL YES!*  And that wasn't the only game from "back when" that
>>>> did that to ya.  One of the early dungeons and warlocks sort of
>>>> games did that too.  Pretty good game, and that one went by
>>>> chapters.  There was no 'manual' save game.  I HATED that
>>>> "feature".
>>>>
>>>> I'm VERY glad we have any sort of save game we want with Doom3 :o)
>>>
>>> There were others. G & G was the hardest fucking game to get
>>> through. Every level was such a trial of new stuff. And then you
>>> had to go through the shit you just FINALLY completed to get to the
>>> beginning of the next level. It sucked!
>>> But it rocked! - so you did it... Stupid blue demons!
>>>
>>> Another no-save oldie that was impossible was Nova 9 (I don't
>>> remember whether I played Stellar 7, the first one). I played the
>>> first level (there are 9, duh) with another gamer buddy and we
>>> agreed it was unplayable; too hard. About two months later I told
>>> him I was at level 4 and he called me a liar; and he meant it - it
>>> was that hard a game! He could not conceive of anyone actually
>>> getting past the first level, never mind what came to follow. He
>>> actually sat me down and made me prove I could get through the
>>> first level. At level 7 I crapped out. I got to the 8th level with
>>> the Electric Power guys, but on level 9 I could never figure out
>>> what I was supposed to do, it was reverse gravity and a strange
>>> hopping thing that killed in the first 10 seconds. I regret never
>>> figuring that one out but it was H-A-R-D hard, and you had to play
>>> it all the was through, so it became a nightmare. Has anyone
>>> completed Nova 9?!!
>>> Ooops, wrong newsgroup, ya newbies.
>>
>> It's a little quiet in here at the mo, I don't think anyone minds :)
>>
>> Speaking of that kind of game.... I have one, and would still be
>> playing it if I can find the thing.... you can NOT save the game
>> until you get into the elevator....in the first level... and I have
>> absolutely no idea what any other levels look like in this game.  As
>> far as I know, the only way to exit the game is to reboot too.... I
>> first found it for the Atari ST.  Later, it was ported to and I
>> bought it for the PC. Quadralien.   If ya know anything about THIS
>> oldie, lemme know man! There really aren't any instructions to it
>> either.  Any time any text comes up anywhere at all, REMEMBER it,
>> write it down...it's important to the little game :)  Oh, it comes
>> on ONE floppy.
>> So...Quadralien...
>
> Ah, a charmer, for sure. Jupiter invaded by Mother Quadralien. Well, I
> never played it much myself, but a buddy went crazy (well, spent a lot
> of time talking about 6 robots) playing it. I heard the instructions
> were like a Japanese translation from Swedlish into Engrish.  I have a
> number you might covet....
> .
> .
> .
> .
> 170961
>
> I'm sure the next level is even worse, so I don't really consider it a
> "spoiler".

I got the gamebox, so the floppy is around here someplace.  I also have 
a dosbox available with 98 on it so will enjoy using that 'coveted 
number' very much.  Hey, just to get a peek at the next level is good. 
After all these years, so what if it's a cheat! LOL!   Yep, there are 4 
robots that are rats in a maze, and you control them.  You also have a 
time limit.  That was the problem for me.
McG.