« previous next » Print Pages: 1 2 Author Topic: My very first sim (Read 15876 times) Wally Administrator Hero Member Posts: 11036 Karma: 152 AC Admin My very first sim « on: January 15, 2019, 10:53:57 PM » Does anybody remember this game? Logged “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time” Mael RestrictedRacing Hero Member Posts: 1045 Karma: 21 Re: My very first sim « Reply #1 on: January 16, 2019, 12:14:54 AM » Must have been before my time Logged Bird Administrator Hero Member Posts: 2324 Karma: -666 Ysu Re: My very first sim « Reply #2 on: January 16, 2019, 09:59:45 AM » Sorry to burst your bubble, but that's not a sim from where I sit. How does it go, though? This game wasn't available in Europe . Logged Wally Administrator Hero Member Posts: 11036 Karma: 152 AC Admin Re: My very first sim « Reply #3 on: January 16, 2019, 11:45:39 AM » You would flick a marble up the side with a spring, like a pinball machine, and the first player to get all their cars to the bottom won. Logged “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time” buellersdayoff RestrictedRacing Full Member Posts: 908 Karma: 31 Re: My very first sim « Reply #4 on: January 16, 2019, 01:09:10 PM » Test drive, commodore 64...with a joystick lol Logged Bird Administrator Hero Member Posts: 2324 Karma: -666 Ysu Re: My very first sim « Reply #5 on: January 16, 2019, 01:13:08 PM » Quote from: Wally on January 16, 2019, 11:45:39 AMYou would flick a marble up the side with a spring, like a pinball machine, and the first player to get all their cars to the bottom won. cool Yeah my first was Indianapolis500 on Amiga that got me hooked I think. Decent driving model and awesome damage!I think it had pit stops, even. It was very comprehensive, very lifelike.I mean I've played 'racing' games, including a very simple one on a programmable calculator of all things, but I do not class those as simulators.I find even classing the C64 TD in that category, although it's getting there. I believe there was some ZX Spectrum game similarly simplistic but first person racing - still, it did not stick with me.Edit: oh yeah, this one, the "Checkquered Flag" : http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000912Having said all that, the real hook was LFS - online racing is so much more fun than lapping alone! Funny that LFS still had a better interface & community features then, than AC now. Huh. « Last Edit: January 16, 2019, 01:26:27 PM by Bird » Logged Wally Administrator Hero Member Posts: 11036 Karma: 152 AC Admin Re: My very first sim « Reply #6 on: January 16, 2019, 02:17:40 PM » Pfffft. Screens Logged “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time” Bird Administrator Hero Member Posts: 2324 Karma: -666 Ysu Re: My very first sim « Reply #7 on: January 16, 2019, 02:34:17 PM » Quote from: Wally on January 16, 2019, 02:17:40 PMPfffft. Screens Oh yeah, I remember sitting in a carboard box, "racing" with my friends, does that count? Logged Bacchulum RestrictedRacing Hero Member Posts: 3403 Karma: 96 Re: My very first sim « Reply #8 on: January 16, 2019, 06:59:34 PM » This was as close as I got, 5th birthday present, complete with Can-Am cars. Logged 2+2=√16 Gratulin Hero Member Posts: 2159 Karma: 44 Re: My very first sim « Reply #9 on: January 16, 2019, 08:27:46 PM » Quote from: Bird on January 16, 2019, 01:13:08 PMQuote from: Wally on January 16, 2019, 11:45:39 AMYou would flick a marble up the side with a spring, like a pinball machine, and the first player to get all their cars to the bottom won. cool Yeah my first was Indianapolis500 on Amiga that got me hooked I think. Decent driving model and awesome damage!I think it had pit stops, even. It was very comprehensive, very lifelike.I mean I've played 'racing' games, including a very simple one on a programmable calculator of all things, but I do not class those as simulators.I find even classing the C64 TD in that category, although it's getting there. I believe there was some ZX Spectrum game similarly simplistic but first person racing - still, it did not stick with me.Edit: oh yeah, this one, the "Checkquered Flag" : http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000912Having said all that, the real hook was LFS - online racing is so much more fun than lapping alone! Funny that LFS still had a better interface & community features then, than AC now. Huh.Still does! Also things like adjustable mirrors, split times as you pass timing point... Logged RussG Sr. Member Posts: 251 Karma: 14 Re: My very first sim « Reply #10 on: January 16, 2019, 10:29:01 PM » Quote from: Bird on January 16, 2019, 01:13:08 PMFunny that LFS still had a better interface & community features then, than AC now. Huh.In my mind AC has never past the Beta stage. It's woeful in so many areas. Logged Some days you're the pigeon,Some days you're the statue ... Wally Administrator Hero Member Posts: 11036 Karma: 152 AC Admin Re: My very first sim « Reply #11 on: January 16, 2019, 10:41:46 PM » Quote from: Bacchulum on January 16, 2019, 06:59:34 PMThis was as close as I got, 5th birthday present, complete with Can-Am cars. Ha yes, awesome. I'd forgotten I had something very similar. Logged “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time” rooshooter RestrictedRacing Hero Member Posts: 2887 Karma: 52 Re: My very first sim « Reply #12 on: January 17, 2019, 08:17:38 AM » Great to see a gift to a child can start a lifelong passion and hobby, can it still happen today? Logged social media is the tobacco of this century Wally Administrator Hero Member Posts: 11036 Karma: 152 AC Admin Re: My very first sim « Reply #13 on: January 17, 2019, 09:29:10 AM » My first setup change ever was to bend the little contacts underneath the Scalextric car up a bit to reduce friction against the track. Logged “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time” Bacchulum RestrictedRacing Hero Member Posts: 3403 Karma: 96 Re: My very first sim « Reply #14 on: January 17, 2019, 11:17:24 AM » Mine was to replace the magnets in the AFX cars, to give stronger "Magna-Traction". Logged 2+2=√16 Print Pages: 1 2 « previous next » Xtreme Gaming Network / Simulation Racing Leagues / Racing general / My very first sim