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"Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
> having a good time and enjoying it.
> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
> and often.
> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
> beginning without death ?
> Honestly now !  <g>
> Zork

Ha!   Certainly not me!   I think I might have gotten the very first Imp 
but the one behind me definitely got ME!   I was starting the game over 
at each death.   After my 3rd restart to the beginning from getting 
killed somewhere in Alpha Labs I said to heck with that idea, I ain't 
that good at ALL!   After that, I really enjoyed myself.  Quite a sense 
of accomplishment *and* relief when it was finally over :)  What a ride!
McG. 

In article <HnT0e.39170$8D.35803@tornado.texas.rr.com>, 
McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com says...
>
>"Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>news:ieT0e.6863$cg1.459@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net
>> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
>> having a good time and enjoying it.
>> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
>> and often.
>> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
>> beginning without death ?
>> Honestly now !  <g>
>> Zork
>
>Ha!   Certainly not me!   I think I might have gotten the very first Imp 
>but the one behind me definitely got ME!   I was starting the game over 
>at each death.   After my 3rd restart to the beginning from getting 
>killed somewhere in Alpha Labs I said to heck with that idea, I ain't 
>that good at ALL!   After that, I really enjoyed myself.  Quite a sense 
>of accomplishment *and* relief when it was finally over :)  What a ride!
>McG. 
>
>
Heck....I'm just into the Alpha labs now and got my first grenades.
Have NO idea how far along I am, but suspect the road ahead is
long and dangerous ! !
Great fun !
Zork

"Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> In article <HnT0e.39170$8D.35803@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
> McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com says...
>>
>> "Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>> news:ieT0e.6863$cg1.459@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net
>>> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
>>> having a good time and enjoying it.
>>> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
>>> and often.
>>> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
>>> beginning without death ?
>>> Honestly now !  <g>
>>> Zork
>>
>> Ha!   Certainly not me!   I think I might have gotten the very first
>> Imp but the one behind me definitely got ME!   I was starting the
>> game over at each death.   After my 3rd restart to the beginning
>> from getting killed somewhere in Alpha Labs I said to heck with that
>> idea, I ain't that good at ALL!   After that, I really enjoyed
>> myself.  Quite a sense of accomplishment *and* relief when it was
>> finally over :)  What a ride! McG.
>>
>>
> Heck....I'm just into the Alpha labs now and got my first grenades.
> Have NO idea how far along I am, but suspect the road ahead is
> long and dangerous ! !
> Great fun !
> Zork

It IS a lot of fun.

BTW, what specs are the rig you're playing it on?
McG. 

In article <DMV0e.39233$8D.9071@tornado.texas.rr.com>, 
McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com says...
>
>"Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>news:2uV0e.7241$cg1.2663@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net
>> In article <HnT0e.39170$8D.35803@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
>> McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com says...
>>>
>>> "Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>>> news:ieT0e.6863$cg1.459@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net
>>>> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
>>>> having a good time and enjoying it.
>>>> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
>>>> and often.
>>>> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
>>>> beginning without death ?
>>>> Honestly now !  <g>
>>>> Zork
>>>
>>> Ha!   Certainly not me!   I think I might have gotten the very first
>>> Imp but the one behind me definitely got ME!   I was starting the
>>> game over at each death.   After my 3rd restart to the beginning
>>> from getting killed somewhere in Alpha Labs I said to heck with that
>>> idea, I ain't that good at ALL!   After that, I really enjoyed
>>> myself.  Quite a sense of accomplishment *and* relief when it was
>>> finally over :)  What a ride! McG.
>>>
>>>
>> Heck....I'm just into the Alpha labs now and got my first grenades.
>> Have NO idea how far along I am, but suspect the road ahead is
>> long and dangerous ! !
>> Great fun !
>> Zork
>
>It IS a lot of fun.
>
>BTW, what specs are the rig you're playing it on?
>McG. 
>
>I am playing it on a HP 3.2Ghz with ATI 256....LAPTOP...with
the 17" wide screen.(WinXP). No lag,good framerate, no complaints.
(Some of the rooms are REALLY dark, use the flashlight...die ! !)
Z

"Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message 
news:ieT0e.6863$cg1.459@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
> having a good time and enjoying it.
> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
> and often.
> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
> beginning without death ?
> Honestly now !  <g>
> Zork
>

When I was started playing I tried it on Veteran (or whatever the hardest 
was) but soon found myself dying constantly. I'd constantly be wondering 
around with low health, and have an imp leap out and kill me with no chance 
of survival. The bit where the imp breaks its way through the stairs, really 
early in the game, I was stuck on that that for a while, and then restarted 
in the medium difficulty. Strange really, apart from his scripted entrance, 
it was just another imp! I slayed hundreds since then!

Enjoy the game, I'll looking forward to the expansion pack! 

Zork wrote:
> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
> having a good time and enjoying it.
> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
> and often.
> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
> beginning without death ?
> Honestly now !  <g>
> Zork
> 

On the easiest level I've beat the game without dying.  On the hardest 
level before nightmare I've got to the next to last caverns level.  But 
usually I die in the hell level where you have to jump from platform to 
platform and lost souls charge from all directions.  Other than that one 
part, it's all pretty easy.

		-Gary

In article <KqKdnf3eo9KlWdnfRVn-gg@comcast.com>, gcauthon@hotmail.com says...
>
>Zork wrote:
>> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
>> having a good time and enjoying it.
>> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
>> and often.
>> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
>> beginning without death ?
>> Honestly now !  <g>
>> Zork
>> 
>
>On the easiest level I've beat the game without dying.  On the hardest 
>level before nightmare I've got to the next to last caverns level.  But 
>usually I die in the hell level where you have to jump from platform to 
>platform and lost souls charge from all directions.  Other than that one 
>part, it's all pretty easy.
>
>    Wow........
 Congrats to you ! !  Can't imagine how you could do that even
on the easiest level.  Maybe youth ? ?
Zork

"Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> In article <DMV0e.39233$8D.9071@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
> McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com says...
>>
>> "Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>> news:2uV0e.7241$cg1.2663@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net
>>> In article <HnT0e.39170$8D.35803@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
>>> McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com says...
>>>>
>>>> "Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:ieT0e.6863$cg1.459@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net
>>>>> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
>>>>> having a good time and enjoying it.
>>>>> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
>>>>> and often.
>>>>> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
>>>>> beginning without death ?
>>>>> Honestly now !  <g>
>>>>> Zork
>>>>
>>>> Ha!   Certainly not me!   I think I might have gotten the very
>>>> first Imp but the one behind me definitely got ME!   I was
>>>> starting the game over at each death.   After my 3rd restart to
>>>> the beginning from getting killed somewhere in Alpha Labs I said
>>>> to heck with that idea, I ain't that good at ALL!   After that, I
>>>> really enjoyed myself.  Quite a sense of accomplishment *and*
>>>> relief when it was finally over :)  What a ride! McG.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Heck....I'm just into the Alpha labs now and got my first grenades.
>>> Have NO idea how far along I am, but suspect the road ahead is
>>> long and dangerous ! !
>>> Great fun !
>>> Zork
>>
>> It IS a lot of fun.
>>
>> BTW, what specs are the rig you're playing it on?
>> McG.
>>
>> I am playing it on a HP 3.2Ghz with ATI 256....LAPTOP...with
> the 17" wide screen.(WinXP). No lag,good framerate, no complaints.
> (Some of the rooms are REALLY dark, use the flashlight...die ! !)
> Z

There were some rooms that went "Lights OUT" for just a bit, till the 
teleporting was done, and some that when they went out they stayed out. 
Some they stayed on in.  The lighting was really varied.  Left me with 
the feeling that there was about to be NO lights, except the glow of 
firelight.  It took me a while to realize that it was supposed to be 
like this :)
McG. 

Gary Cauthon <gcauthon@hotmail.com> wrote:


>On the easiest level I've beat the game without dying.  On the hardest 
>level before nightmare I've got to the next to last caverns level.  But 
>usually I die in the hell level where you have to jump from platform to 
>platform and lost souls charge from all directions.

The secret there is to avoid the stones with the symbols on them.


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"Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> In article <KqKdnf3eo9KlWdnfRVn-gg@comcast.com>, gcauthon@hotmail.com
says...
> >
> >Zork wrote:
> >> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
> >> having a good time and enjoying it.
> >> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
> >> and often.
> >> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
> >> beginning without death ?
> >> Honestly now !  <g>
> >> Zork
> >>
> >
> >On the easiest level I've beat the game without dying.  On the
hardest
> >level before nightmare I've got to the next to last caverns level.
But
> >usually I die in the hell level where you have to jump from platform
to
> >platform and lost souls charge from all directions.  Other than that
one
> >part, it's all pretty easy.
> >
> >    Wow........
>  Congrats to you ! !  Can't imagine how you could do that even
> on the easiest level.  Maybe youth ? ?
> Zork

First: No one should be playing at the easiest level. It is a long game
and you probably won't play it all the way through again. By playing at
Easy you miss most of the challenge, and waste your money. I was
disappointed to have played below Veteran, because I was suckered into
it by everyone saying, "It's soooo hard... ohhhhh". Veteran is the
MINIMUM you should play at. Yes, IT WILL BE REALLY TOUGH, but when you
get through it you will feel much more accomplishment - without having
to play it again to prove you are not a pussy.

Second: Anything below Veteran is Pussy Level! Winning at Pussy Level
isn't beating the game. You might as well enable unlimited ammo and no
damage, walk through it like a movie in about 2 hours, and claim you
"beat the game". You DIDN'T!

Three: There is no Three.

That said:
When the game came out last year, after about two months many people
tried to a "pure" game without dying (as if you were really the Marine
dropped there). I've completed the game, with many saves, at Veteran,
and I feel I could make it on easy level without dying - now that I know
the layout and I'm sufficiently paranoid. Well, maybe that section that
is totally black when you need the engineer to light the way, might give
me trouble... oh, and Hell itself...

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!

On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 11:29:39 +0000, ArWeGod wrote:

> 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!

Sure.  You sure are tough.  You're a real hero to all of us.

Pfffffffffffftttttttt.

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"ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:vo41e.457645$w62.400595@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> In article <KqKdnf3eo9KlWdnfRVn-gg@comcast.com>,
>> gcauthon@hotmail.com says...
>>>
>>> Zork wrote:
>>>> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
>>>> having a good time and enjoying it.
>>>> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
>>>> and often.
>>>> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
>>>> beginning without death ?
>>>> Honestly now !  <g>
>>>> Zork
>>>>
>>>
>>> On the easiest level I've beat the game without dying.  On the
>>> hardest level before nightmare I've got to the next to last caverns
>>> level. But usually I die in the hell level where you have to jump
>>> from platform to platform and lost souls charge from all
>>> directions.  Other than that one part, it's all pretty easy.
>>>
>>>    Wow........
>>  Congrats to you ! !  Can't imagine how you could do that even
>> on the easiest level.  Maybe youth ? ?
>> Zork
>
> First: No one should be playing at the easiest level. It is a long
> game and you probably won't play it all the way through again. By
> playing at Easy you miss most of the challenge, and waste your money.
> I was disappointed to have played below Veteran, because I was
> suckered into it by everyone saying, "It's soooo hard... ohhhhh".
> Veteran is the MINIMUM you should play at. Yes, IT WILL BE REALLY
> TOUGH, but when you get through it you will feel much more
> accomplishment - without having to play it again to prove you are not
> a pussy.
>
> Second: Anything below Veteran is Pussy Level! Winning at Pussy Level
> isn't beating the game. You might as well enable unlimited ammo and no
> damage, walk through it like a movie in about 2 hours, and claim you
> "beat the game". You DIDN'T!
>
> Three: There is no Three.
>
> That said:
> When the game came out last year, after about two months many people
> tried to a "pure" game without dying (as if you were really the Marine
> dropped there). I've completed the game, with many saves, at Veteran,
> and I feel I could make it on easy level without dying - now that I
> know the layout and I'm sufficiently paranoid. Well, maybe that
> section that is totally black when you need the engineer to light the
> way, might give me trouble... oh, and Hell itself...
>
> 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)

You keep on playing games and living life with that attitude 
friend....and you'll be able to either push Conan The Barbarian down 
like a thumbtack... or be dead soon!  :)
McG. 

"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:DsQ3e.14773$zl.3730@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com
> > 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 I 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.

-- 
ArWeALMOSTGod

"Dan C" <youmustbejoking@invalid.lan> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.04.03.13.41.10.857960@invalid.lan...
> On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 11:29:39 +0000, ArWeGod wrote:
>
> > 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!
>
> Sure.  You sure are tough.  You're a real hero to all of us.
>
> Pfffffffffffftttttttt.

You are a real fucking piece of work you dumb shit. You don't know what
the fuck I'm talking about but you have to broadcast your crap to the
world. Fuck you, Jack. You are on a game newsgroup. If you are such a
lamer gamer that you never heard of what I'm talking about, then you are
just a newbie jerkwad asshole. Fuck off.

-- 
ArWe10

"ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:zLX3e.7607$Xp.5704@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:DsQ3e.14773$zl.3730@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com
>>> 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 I 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...

McG. 

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:50:07 +0000, ArWeGod wrote:

>> Sure.  You sure are tough.  You're a real hero to all of us.

> You are a real fucking piece of work you dumb shit. You don't know what
> the fuck I'm talking about but you have to broadcast your crap to the
> world. Fuck you, Jack. You are on a game newsgroup. If you are such a
> lamer gamer that you never heard of what I'm talking about, then you are
> just a newbie jerkwad asshole. Fuck off.

Where did I say that I never heard of what you're talking about?  Go back
and read it again, you ignorant little braggart.  You're full of shit and
it's quite obvious to anyone.

Shut the fuck up and get back to your room, little boy.

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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:sW84e.7844$FN4.106@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
> > "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:zLX3e.7607$Xp.5704@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> >> "ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >> news:DsQ3e.14773$zl.3730@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com
> >>> 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".

-- 
ArWeRobotic

"ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Kln4e.33738$1H3.11249@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:sW84e.7844$FN4.106@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
>>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:zLX3e.7607$Xp.5704@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>> "ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:DsQ3e.14773$zl.3730@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com
>>>>> 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. 

>
> 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...
>
> McG.
>
>

Google does it agian, manual and all...

http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/puzzle_games/games_o_r/quadralien.html

"DaNewsreader" <news@read.er> wrote in message
news:115ach7gplr6436@corp.supernews.com
>> 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...
>>
>> McG.
>>
>>
>
> Google does it agian, manual and all...
>
> http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/puzzle_games/games_o_r/quadralien.html

Ah yes, for $$.  I'll find my own disk and run that. :)  I'll also dig 
up an old 5.25 floppy to put it in :)  Thanks for the info though!
McG.

"ArWeGod" <ArWeGod?@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

> 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!

Ghosts and Goblins was a bitch but Super Ghouls and Ghosts for Super
Nintendo was even worse. I think.  Or maybe I did not spend as much
time trying to beat Super Ghouls and Ghosts as I did the first one.
I know that after being obsessed with proving I could beat it, I
finally made it through Ghosts and Goblins but it was... hell.
Finally beating the devil and then learning you had to do it all over
again - in a harder mode, was the most frustrating gaming moment EVER.
=)

Another game that was insanely hard was Ninja Gaiden III.  The first
one was moderately hard by the time you made it to the last level, the
second one was a comparative breeze, but the third one was just
insanely tough.  Probably not as hard as Ghosts and Goblins but still
a tremendous pain.  

People recently went nuts over Ninja Gaiden for X-Box and how hard it
was.  Apparently they never played Ghosts and Goblins or Ninja Gaiden
III, both of which were 2x as hard.  

Perhaps the hardest game I have ever played is Transformers for the
Famicom.  It is also one of the worst games ever made.  I downloaded
an emulator and tried to play it but after trying many times, I never
made it through the first stage.  One hit killed you.  You blow up a
ship and this little man falls out and kills you.  You try to shoot
him and find he is too small to be hit.  The game looked terrible -
what I saw of it.  It might have been created by a drunk squirrel.  I
do not think I made it past the third or fourth enemy, although it
certainly was not engaging enough for me to make much of an attempt to
go through the game.  I would not be surprised if there was only one
stage and everyone on earth simply gave up before they realized this.

"Zork" <zork100@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Have been playing Doom3 for a couple of weeks now, really
> having a good time and enjoying it.
> I save the game on a regular basis, death comes violently
> and often.
> Just curious how far anyone has made it from the very
> beginning without death ?
> Honestly now !  <g>
> Zork


I remember playing DOOM and DOOM2 on Ultra-Violence mode (on a 386-33) and
enjoying it.  I still play them with my sons and usually don't have too much
trouble.  I've been playing DOOM3 on weeny mode and it's HARD!  Maybe it's
just getting used to the new controls.

Kevin