This is a thread in which we can discuss the games we used to play years ago, say for instance the ones that made your childhood!
I'll start off by detailing a game I've always kept close to me (no, I won't be talking about Zone Of The Enders this time, although that game is definitely still close to my heart :P)
This story requires a bit of set up.
When me and my brother went shopping with out parents, we used to go into the games store and buy anything that looked even remotely cool. Most of these games were second-hand. When we got home we would try them all, and it was fun as heck!
Among those games that we bought was Killer Loop, a relatively unknown gem nowadays.
Killer Loop desperately wanted to be Wipeout, and in a lot of cases, it succeeded.
It was a futuristic racing game in which you drove in vehicles called tripods, which were said to be powered electromagnetically, thus meaning it could only drive on metal roads. It also meant that a tripod could magnetically stick to a wall all the while still propelling itself forward, meaning that the racing tracks could literally have the road turn upside down or sideways. The tracks throughout the game saw the use of this feature a lot.
There were 4 classes of tripods and 3 manufacturers: H&K, Pulse, and Sinus.
You already had all 3 of the Class 1 tripods unlocked to get you started
Completing all of the available tracks (and getting first place in each one) with one of the tripods would unlock you the tripod in the next class up, with the same manufacturer. If you wanted the other tripods in that next class, you would have to get first place in all of the tracks with the manufacturer you wanted to unlock in the next class.
Killer Loop even had a small back story to it too.
Story:
Basically, fuel was depleting fast and the simple act of driving threatened to become a luxury. Luckily, there was no war, as scientists quickly came up with MK (magneto-kinetic) which would eventually power all vehicles. This, however, required all roads to be replaced with smooth, metal surfaces.
Then came the idea of turning the sport of driving we know today into a futuristic sport, using tripods powered by MK tech!
Speeds increased drastically increased, as did the threat of death, and the crowd loved it. When everyone realised that there really wasn't much limit as to where an MK powered vehicle could go, tracks became hilariously mind-bending, all the while keeping the same speeds.
Then the league officials said "Screw it, slap weapons on them!" and the drivers had to undergo lasers, landmines, and homing missiles all the while using them themselves in order to real the finish line.
My opinion:
Killer Loop was really looked over and it honestly deserved more attention than it got. The models weren't anything to write home about but the graphics were pretty good for their time, especially the PC version!
The sound effects were a bit half-assed but I didn't pay much attention to those; they got the job done. The speeds were exhilarating as well, and it always maintained a sense of sensitivity.
The music was pretty rad too!
What was your favorite old game?
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