Holy shit, the 80's!

[The_Spirit_of_Epic]

think of combining D&D with Candy Land and you have to get out!

sense it is the '80s, it would most likely be ADnD.
('80s mind set)
hey, did you hear that people think this game is satanic? what crazy talk, am i right?

Yup, I heard some guy killed himself!

what? so one guy killed himself and the whole world think this game is to blame? that's just stupid...

 

[Snor]

eeerrr wait what... a wise man i once knew once said that nothing good came from the 80's except for him and star wars and he never saw the latter

 

[Iwata]

eeerrr wait what... a wise man i once knew once said that nothing good came from the 80's except for him and star wars and he never saw the latter

Sounds like he's not so wise.

Also, your (awesome) 80's 'Allo, 'Allo avatar says otherwise. Capitano Bertorelli's the man. HAIL'A MUSSOLINI!

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

The Young Ones. Don't ask me what kind of game it would be...I have no idea. But I'm fairly certain it would be completely insane.

I wholeheartedly agree. That show was brilliant!

 

[OceanRunner]

I was born in the late 80's and have no memories of the decade, but after enjoying the Grand Theft Auto:Vice City soundtrack, I can say that the 80's to have the best music of any decade before or since.

 

[Snor]

eeerrr wait what... a wise man i once knew once said that nothing good came from the 80's except for him and star wars and he never saw the latter

Sounds like he's not so wise.

Also, your (awesome) 80's 'Allo, 'Allo avatar says otherwise. Capitano Bertorelli's the man. HAIL'A MUSSOLINI!

I agree! i give'a saulute!

 

[Iwata]

eeerrr wait what... a wise man i once knew once said that nothing good came from the 80's except for him and star wars and he never saw the latter

Sounds like he's not so wise.

Also, your (awesome) 80's 'Allo, 'Allo avatar says otherwise. Capitano Bertorelli's the man. HAIL'A MUSSOLINI!

I agree! i give'a saulute!

What a mistake'a to make'a!

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

The Young Ones. Don't ask me what kind of game it would be...I have no idea. But I'm fairly certain it would be completely insane.

I wholeheartedly agree. That show was brilliant!

Yeah....about that...


Yeah....

 

[Bobby Newmark]

I'd like to see a Dino-Riders 3rd person shooter. Dinosaurs with friggin' lasers attached to their head. I think it has potential.

I'm afraid that a Dino Riders game would constitute a unhealthy amount of awesome, because I'd play until my eyeballs exploded.

 

[tredecim]

Tredecim's top ten 80s franchises for potential video game joy and happiness!

10. Visionaries (Knights of the maaaaaaagical light!)
09. M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand)
08. Blackadder (I'm envisioning a Broken Sword style trilogy of games)
07. Next-Gen Dizzy (the ZX Spectrum series of games)
06. Total Recall (I'm thinking along the lines of Eternal Darkness on the GC)
05. Highlander (could be a Soul Calibur style game)
04. Evil Dead (sod Dead Rising, let's get an official Ash game going)
03. The Young Ones (as mentioned previously - I say get Rockstar North involved with this one!)
02. Viz (I remember a ZX Spectrum racing game based on this, but with the technology available nowadays, a Viz game could be unbelievably cool and funny)

and last but not least...

01. Thundercats (Nuff said)


(if anything mentioned turns out to have been 90s instead of 80s, then I apologise!)

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I think Candy Land could make an awesome video game. Of course you would have to change it into a very scary version of the game - think of combining D&D with Candy Land and you have to get out!

You never played Toon, Puppetland or Up the Garden Path?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Tredecim's top ten 80s franchises for potential video game joy and happiness!

10. Visionaries (Knights of the maaaaaaagical light!)
09. M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand)
08. Blackadder (I'm envisioning a Broken Sword style trilogy of games)
07. Next-Gen Dizzy (the ZX Spectrum series of games)
06. Total Recall (I'm thinking along the lines of Eternal Darkness on the GC)
05. Highlander (could be a Soul Calibur style game)
04. Evil Dead (sod Dead Rising, let's get an official Ash game going)
03. The Young Ones (as mentioned previously - I say get Rockstar North involved with this one!)
02. Viz (I remember a ZX Spectrum racing game based on this, but with the technology available nowadays, a Viz game could be unbelievably cool and funny)

and last but not least...

01. Thundercats (Nuff said)

Ok, Thundercats, M.A.S.K., Total Recall, Highlander, Evil Dead, The Young Ones and Viz have all been made into computer games.

And they were all goddawful.

 

[tredecim]

Tredecim's top ten 80s franchises for potential video game joy and happiness!

10. Visionaries (Knights of the maaaaaaagical light!)
09. M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand)
08. Blackadder (I'm envisioning a Broken Sword style trilogy of games)
07. Next-Gen Dizzy (the ZX Spectrum series of games)
06. Total Recall (I'm thinking along the lines of Eternal Darkness on the GC)
05. Highlander (could be a Soul Calibur style game)
04. Evil Dead (sod Dead Rising, let's get an official Ash game going)
03. The Young Ones (as mentioned previously - I say get Rockstar North involved with this one!)
02. Viz (I remember a ZX Spectrum racing game based on this, but with the technology available nowadays, a Viz game could be unbelievably cool and funny)

and last but not least...

01. Thundercats (Nuff said)

Ok, Thundercats, M.A.S.K., Total Recall, Highlander, Evil Dead, The Young Ones and Viz have all been made into computer games.

And they were all goddawful.

So get someone to make good versions!

After all, before Arkham Asylum, I can't recall any Batman game that was even in the remote vicinity of decent.

 

[K84]

Is it wrong to want a JEM game?
I liked JEM.

 

[Spinwhiz]

I think Candy Land could make an awesome video game. Of course you would have to change it into a very scary version of the game - think of combining D&D with Candy Land and you have to get out!

You never played Toon, Puppetland or Up the Garden Path?

No...do tell! *sits with anticipation*

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

No...do tell! *sits with anticipation*

I don't think I can really do these games justice, so I'll leave it to he words of their creators.

TOON
By Steve Jackson Games

Toon is a different roleplaying game. Remember those great Saturday morning cartoons? Now they're back ? and you're the star!

Toon lets you be a rabbit, duck, mouse, moose, woodpecker, wombat, crocodile, caveman . . . whatever you want.

In Toon, anything can happen, and nobody ever gets killed. Been punched? Blown up? Steamrollered? Don't worry - you'll bounce back in the next scene, ready for more!

Puppetland

By Hogshead Publishing

The skies are dim always since the Maker died. The lights of Puppettown are the brightest beacon in all of Puppetland, and they shine all the time. Once the sun and the moon moved their normal course through the heavens, but no more. The rise of Punch the Maker-Killer has brought all of nature to a stop, leaving it perpetually winter, perpetually night.
Puppets all across Puppetland mourn the loss of the Maker, and curse the name of Punch--but not too loudly, lest the Nutcrackers hear and come to call with a sharp rap-rap-rapping at the door.

Punch and Punch's Boys now rule Maker's Land with hearts of cruelty and a lack of mercy. All puppets exist to serve them. The puppets toil for hours on end making new clothes, new homes, new food, new toys: whatever Punch and his boys want.

At least, almost all of the puppets do so.

ST1: Up the Garden Path

A TSR UK adventure produced exclusively for the 1986 National Garden Festival. Uses the actual map of the Garden Festival event, but fills it with garden monsters.

Actually quite a naff adventure, but insanely rare with copies going for $500.

And that's without mentioning Teenages from Outer Space (Palladium), Buffy (Eden) (Which could so cope with Lost Boys, etc.), Ghostbusters (West End Games)


Take a trip around your local convention sometimes and try and find one of these niche games, they're always a scream to play.

Last time I was at Continuum, I got to play in this happy band.

Because there was something lurking in the bushes behind the bandstand. Something large with five tentacles.

Is it wrong to want a JEM game?
I liked JEM.

A Jem game would be out-RAGE-ous.