Gaming on Ice

[vovat]

Well, we're pretty much snowed in now, so my mind has turned to video games. Not actually PLAYING them, as that would take some effort, but watching videos of them. This blog post includes some footage of an Atari game called Frostbite, which is also the name of its main character. Apparently his parents didn't have much hope for him. It's sort of like Frogger, but you have to wait until the igloo is built before you can enter it. And that polar bear is a nasty piece of work, as they often are. Who would ever think an animal that looks like this could be so bloodthirsty?


Anyway, that made me want to look up Ice Climber, an early Nintendo game that I've never played, but about which I've heard a fair amount. Here's a video of the early levels:

Again with the eggplants! What was it with Nintendo and those particular vegetables?


Moving on to another game, has anyone else ever played Battle of Olympus? I'm pretty sure I've mentioned it a few times on here before, but since a Google search didn't turn up anything, I'm bringing it up again. My family rented it a few times, but we could never make it that far. It's a cool game, though, based on Greek mythology. And it had a magic ocarina long before Link used one. Speaking of which, the look and gameplay are pretty similar to Zelda II, only less complicated. This is the first part of a complete run-through of the game. And I give them a lot of credit for its level of accuracy to the original sources. Yeah, the garden of the Hesperides is supposed to lie outside the Mediterranean, but we see a good number of gods and monsters from the myths, as well as actual Greek locations. This game was the first place I'd ever heard of the Peleponnesus, so it came to mind when I learned about the Peleoponnesian War in college.

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

Frostbite is one of my alltime favorite video games. It's REALLY fun. My dad is really good at it too. He got a really high score and sent away for an official high-score patch!

surfing in from friendsfriends...

[shadowhuntress.livejournal.com]

I played Battle of Olympus when I was a kid, but could only ever get about halfway through before wanting to throw my controller. My brother knew how to win it, so at least I got to see the other locations when he played. He's always been more patient than I when it comes to video games. Battle of Olympus does still have some of my favorite video game music, and like you, it was the first time I'd ever heard of Peleponnesus or any of those ancient cities in Greece.

Re: surfing in from friendsfriends...

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my siblings were always more patient than me at video games, too. I would usually just give up in frustration after dying multiple times, so I'll hardly ever play anything now that isn't an RPG.