There’s a train to catch, a nation to save and don’t forget to buy those tickets! Agent U.S.A. made its debut on the Commodore 64 in 1984!
There are few games I can tell you I remember playing when I was a kid. Thanks to my older brother, Agent U.S.A. was one of them. I never understood how crystals regenerated, nor why you had to collect them. I guess this was Scholastic’s way of using it as credit. 1984 was not the home video market it is today, but we had these “educational” games that really made you scratch your little brain. When Agent U.S.A. came out I was 4, so to know how the train system worked was beyond my comprehension. Actually, I’m 27 now and … ahh forget it.
Picture this, Oblivion meets Final Fantasy in this PC classic Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure Game.
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a sucker for a good point-and-click adventure game. So I thought I’d share this Old School Sunday with you about one of my favorite PC games from back in the day. Quest For Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness. A pleasant mix of Puzzle, Action-Adventure game, oh yeah and did I mention it was point-and-click?. This game also brought humor and realistic feeling surroundings. Oddly, this game has left an impression for me. I know of an example of when my older brother (Gonzalo Perez aka Refugee) spoke to me once of a place he traveled to on a business trip. He was explaining his surroundings when he the said “These streets remind me of Quest For Glory” I instantly knew he was referring to this pic. QFG:IV was better in someways than other well known point-and-click games i.e Monkey Island or Kings Quest.
Selecting your character was vital to your success
It’s incredible that this Nintendo classic has hit the 21 year anniversary. Not to be confused with the latter side scrolling adventure game ‘Battle of Olympus’ Zelda II was released in 1988 in North America and 1987 in Japan. Many Zelda fans did not accept The Adventure of Link even being called ‘the black sheep” of the Zelda series. Sales were still high, as expected, possibly due to this Japanese commercial.
I think the little girl said, “Haha, we got the game first! You filthy American’s get it next year.”
Since I have received hate mail because we skipped last weeks’ OSS, I decided to make up and give you guys a treat. You can call it a two for one-fer.
Atari 2600: The first piece is the system that started it all… for me at least. The original Atari 2600, the tag at the end of the commercial is what video gaming dreams are made of. “Have you played Atari Today”
Genesis: Ninetendon’t know why Genisis made this crappy commercial. Yes, they had the big stars, Michael “Moonwalker” Jackson, Joe Montaña (from Waterboy), and Busted Douglas. I watched this and went out like the commercial instructed… before October 31st, and little to my surprise No Extra Game but I was escorted out and told never to return. GameStop Jerks!
It’s Sunday and that could only mean one thing. It’s time to appreciate all of the classic games we grew up with. Welcome to Old School Sundays! This is going to be an ongoing feature that puts the spotlight on an old school game every week. This week, I’m paying homage to a classic that some of you might have never heard of. Gladiator!
Gladiator is simple to play, but difficult to master. You control your Gladiator as he moves through the levels. Pushing up/down moves the gladiator’s shield. Left/Right accelerates and decelerates your gladiator. There are three different attack buttons: High, Medium, and Low. As I stated earlier, the gameplay is simple, but during play, you are juggling between defending your opponents attacks and attacking the opponent on a constant basis.
OSS is a piece that was first originated by Gonzalo Perez and fine tuned by Daniel Perez and now currently published here on Kezins.com by William Snizek and myself Juan Perez. Every Sunday, rain or shine, we will post an article dedicated to the great past time of video games. These games might be well known, most hated or rarely seen.
Our mission here is to capture the audience and send them back in a time machine which we will provide to you via an OSS.
Suggestions are welcome, but we hope to keep you, the reader, entertained on our original pieces every Sunday.
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