{"id":332,"date":"2006-06-18T20:42:41","date_gmt":"2006-06-18T19:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=332"},"modified":"2006-06-18T20:47:24","modified_gmt":"2006-06-18T19:47:24","slug":"all-the-tricks-of-the-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":"All The Tricks Of The Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What have I been doing with my weekend, you ask? Chiefly I have been emulating an Amiga. And by that I don&#8217;t mean that I have been standing in the corner and making odd computer noises. No, I mean this:<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_goal.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga goal\" TITLE=\"amiga goal\"\/><br \/>\nGoal!<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_goldenaxe.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga golden axe\" TITLE=\"amiga golden axe\"\/><br \/>\nGolden Axe<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_greatgiannasisters.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga great gianna sisters\" TITLE=\"amiga great gianna sisters\"\/><br \/>\nGreat Gianna Sisters<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_ikariwarriors.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga ikari warriors\" TITLE=\"amiga ikari warriors\"\/><br \/>\nIkari Warriors<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_pang.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga pang\" TITLE=\"amiga pang\"\/><br \/>\nPang<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_princeofpersia.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga prince of persia\" TITLE=\"amiga prince of persia\"\/><br \/>\nPrince of Persia<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_projectx.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga project x\" TITLE=\"amiga project x\"\/><br \/>\nProjext X<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_rickdangerous.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga rick dangerous\" TITLE=\"amiga rick dangerous\"\/><br \/>\nRick Dangerous<\/p>\n<p><img WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=337 SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pictures\/images\/amiga_superfrog.jpg\" ALT=\"amiga superfrog\" TITLE=\"amiga superfrog\"\/><br \/>\nSuperfrog<\/p>\n<p>Ah nostalgia. As a feeling it is rivalled only by melancholy. And maybe happiness. <\/p>\n<p>Superfrog would be my choice for best platform game ever. Although James Pond: Robocod is high on the list too. They don&#8217;t make them like that anymore. Quite literally. Everything is 3D these days. Do 2d platform games even exist? I think there was one called Viewtful Joe or something like that. But other than that you probably can&#8217;t get real platformers anymore. <\/p>\n<p>Goal is my choice for best soccer game ever. They have all gone 3d too nowadays of course. There&#8217;s a Sensible Soccer 2006 being released these days. I bet it isn&#8217;t nowhere near as good as the original. Now if only they&#8217;d make a Goal!2006. <\/p>\n<p>Prince of Persia. Yet another game that has been turned into 3d in the new century. Haven&#8217;t tried the newer version. But without that dab of nostalgia I doubt they could compete with the original.<\/p>\n<p>Gianna Sisters. Best illegal platforme game ever. Better than Mario Brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Axe. Fond, fond memories of 2 player games. Playing it at Pelle&#8217;s house. One of the games that made me get an Amiga in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Project X. Damn hard. Damn, damn hard. The nice thing about playing with an emulator is that I can save the game state. Infinite retries. It&#8217;s cheating, but I don&#8217;t have the time or energy to play these games for hours and hours. I like putting on a cheat and blazing through the game and just get that high from nostalgia and success. Like a city man who goes for a survival course in the local jungle and forgets that he is and will always be a city man. No, don&#8217;t try to make sense of it.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Dangerous. That was so hard too. But one of the best game characters ever. Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me but I think I played it on my old Commodore 64 too. Those were the days.<\/p>\n<p>Pang. What a great concept. The best games are always the simplest. That&#8217;s why Tetris and Pac-Man will never die.<\/p>\n<p>Alright. Enough computer games. Some other nostalgia: The Smashing Pumpkins. Pre-Gish songs. Circa &#8217;91. Those are the best when you&#8217;re in a self-destructive mood. <i>I am what I am&#8230; I am my end<\/i> &#8211; <i>You can watch me bleed<\/i>. Sometimes I am in that mood. <\/p>\n<p>I realize this entry has been mostly a waste of time for everyone who doesn&#8217;t share my memories and experiences. But in another couple of years we can get together and reminisce about this entry. Those will be the days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have I been doing with my weekend, you ask? Chiefly I have been emulating an Amiga. And by that I don&#8217;t mean that I have been standing in the corner and making odd computer noises. No, I mean this: Goal! 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