Grrrr!

[JensAyton]

I must say, I was irked that Marathon didn't make it on that list

Oh, come on. I liked Marathon, but it doesn’t come anywhere close to a reasonable claim at changing the world, which is the specified criterion.

(Also, please change your signature to be less… wide.)

[richard]

I mean if it didn't 'change the world' how come the first run sold 150000 units, which meant one for every BBC Micro in the world.

I must admit, I actually bought Elite twice (tape then disc - I wanted the extra ships I'd seen in the manual / Dark Wheel). So there's one lonely Beeb out there somewhere that never got its copy, and it's all my fault

Hello, BTW.

[Frame]

I mean if it didn't 'change the world' how come the first run sold 150000 units, which meant one for every BBC Micro in the world.

I must admit, I actually bought Elite twice (tape then disc - I wanted the extra ships I'd seen in the manual / Dark Wheel). So there's one lonely Beeb out there somewhere that never got its copy, and it's all my fault

Hello, BTW.

Nice entry, welcome to the board... now is that richard from looking for a group... or just richard...

[Screet]

I must say, I was irked that Marathon didn't make it on that list

Oh, come on. I liked Marathon, but it doesn’t come anywhere close to a reasonable claim at changing the world, which is the specified criterion.

(Also, please change your signature to be less… wide.)

Hmmm. Marathon had it's specials:

1) It had a true 3D world, which it's competitor on the PC did not have!
2) I never heard of the idea to grenade or rocket jump before
3) tempus irae probably was the biggest fan-mod of it's time

The sad thing is, that they banned me to the 68K mac or they would not play with me - and they kept complaining!

Screet who loved to fly by using the flamethrower in low-grav environment

[Disembodied]

There's another "Best Games of All Time" list we can bicker about here. Elite gets a proper mention, and it's full of pithy observations such as "If Asteroids has a message, it's this: you are insignificant, the universe doesn't care about you, and you are definitely going to die".

[Captain Hesperus]

There's another "Best Games of All Time" list we can bicker about here. Elite gets a proper mention, and it's full of pithy observations such as "If Asteroids has a message, it's this: you are insignificant, the universe doesn't care about you, and you are definitely going to die".

Pssh. It's not even a 'Best Games', it's just a guy's experience of games. and yeah, he is insignificant.

Captain Hesperus