MarkEzra Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Joe: I think my Panther on your right flank ended up winning it against a determined charge by your British armored cars and infantry You know I actually remember that, too. A fall scen. If memory serves it was a auto select allied probe. One hell of a battle. A tremendous stand by your troops. A great victory for you and a proud defeat for me. I'll contact you for a PBEM when the stork arrives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by Berlichtingen: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Joe Shaw: Kind of makes you look back fondly on Benny ManieriNo, Joe, it does not. Thank you ever so much for reminding me of him. I had successfully purged him from my mind until I, stupidly, opened your thread to read. What the hell was I thinkin'? </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrashb Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Remember Fionn and the first AAR, where he charged a lone halftrack into an urban area only to lose it to a grenade? Good times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRourke Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I remember when those guys at Bigtime Software announced that they working on 'Computer Squad Leader'. Ok, back to lurking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hey--how come all you 1999 fellows weren't wiped out in the great server crash of May 2000?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by CRourke: I remember when those guys at Bigtime Software announced that they working on 'Computer Squad Leader'. Ok, back to lurking. Yeah, and the description of how WEGO worked. I recall thinking at the time ... well, yeah ... IF it works. Joe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by Martyr: Hey--how come all you 1999 fellows weren't wiped out in the great server crash of May 2000?? As I recall the ones who lost their member numbers had to have actually participated in the "Night of the Refreshing Monkeys" ... I think I was on the road or something. Anyway some lost their member numbers and some didn't. Joe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I was there. I lost mine. Blood on the floor, it was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpark Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Let's get ready to Valllllllleeeyyy of Trooouuubbllee!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by benpark: Let's get ready to Valllllllleeeyyy of Trooouuubbllee!! You are officially a n00b if you said that without first playing 5,000 games of Reisberg and Last Defense (and probably even more games of Chance Encounter). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by Berlichtingen: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by benpark: Let's get ready to Valllllllleeeyyy of Trooouuubbllee!! You are officially a n00b if you said that without first playing 5,000 games of Reisberg and Last Defense (and probably even more games of Chance Encounter). </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpark Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Yes, I did indeed play "Chance Encounter" many many a time. But "Valley of Trouble" was pure digital addiction for me. I was a mere lurker for the roll out of the beta days. The first scenario I do will be a remake of "Valley of Trouble". Camera shake, here I come. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 You are only a noob if you played Chance Encounter w/o running full speed accross the map 5,000 times, and winning anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by Martyr: Hey--how come all you 1999 fellows weren't wiped out in the great server crash of May 2000?? We were. We are the Undead. -dale 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by CRourke: I remember when those guys at Bigtime Software announced that they working on 'Computer Squad Leader'. Ok, back to lurking. Yeah. But did you play Flight Commander 2, Over the Reich and Achtung Spitfire! ? The really good old days.... I remember this also and remember how pleased I was when I heard the news. After suffering through the Keith Z days and Close Combat hearing that BTS was going to work on Computer ASL was so exciting. CMBO, CMBB and CMAK did not disappoint... I suspect CMSF will be the same... bobo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRourke Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I liked OTR ok, but I think FC2 was better. As I remember, Atomic, like BT, started out making a computer version of squad leader, but instead went over to real time. I spent my fair share of time playing that demo scenario for CC1. Not a bad game, especially early in the series, but no CMBO. Anyone else play TotP or PitS back in the old days? I also remember that on the old BT forum, you logged in with a member number.. I think it was 7 digits or so.. I had mine memorized. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by dalem: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Martyr: Hey--how come all you 1999 fellows weren't wiped out in the great server crash of May 2000?? We were. We are the Undead. -dale </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 The really, really old timers remember Avalon Hill's Under Fire on 5-1/4" floppy. Or B-1 Bomber on cassette tape. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Bah! I played B-1 bomber. How about B-17 on the Intellivision? With the addin voice module. Rune 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerMike Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 My first wargame was Eastern Front 1941 on my Atari 800XL. It was programmed by Chris Crawford. Man I was hooked to that. It was brilliant. I'm getting old No wait! Combat on the Atari 2600. What a blast! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 My very first war game was Kampfgruppe from SSI on my Commodore 128 computer now thats old. JohnO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: The really, really old timers remember Avalon Hill's Under Fire on 5-1/4" floppy. Or B-1 Bomber on cassette tape. There was a hunt-the-Bismarck game from the B-1 people, too. Both of those games pushed my TRS-80 (with 4k RAM!) to its limits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 My first wargame was Empire. About 800 25mm painted Napoleonic miniatures.... and computers filled whole rooms back then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Originally posted by JohnO: My very first war game was Kampfgruppe from SSI on my Commodore 128 computer Pffft Commodore 128 isn't old! Tandy coco, now that's old. I think Kampfgruppe was my first Computer Wargame as well, but it was SSI's Panzer Strike that I first lost my heart too. I think I played the campaign game of that over and over.. and over.. and once I got sick of it, I played it some more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harv Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Harv waves at all the other old farts Hello other old farts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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