h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Mr.X,

im taking a wild guess here but would you be a young man from Essex, possibly Kent, big on gaming and an ex LDer? oh and always down the gym?

if not im away having made a of myself lmao but if you are i may know of you

Sorry. I live in the United States. I've never heard of Essex. Am big on gaming (or just playing would probably be more accurate (anything to get out of working )), but I'm only sixteen and as such too young to be an "Elder" even if I wasn't Athiest. Finally I'm one of, if not, the least physical teenager you've ever met so no gym for me.

It's nice meeting you though. Feel free drop in whenever you like.

Mr.X,
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so i was a few miles out lol yeah definately too young to be an elder but then again the young man i was thinking of is only about 19 now..oh well, nice to meet you anyway so what games do you like? maybe i know some you know, and before you say it ive moved on since pac-man! lol

Yeah! Alright! Pacman! No seriously, Pacman's a classic (original mind you). Anyway if you want the general list then would be computer games, board games, text adventure games, and video games. If you want something more specific then you better brace yourself.

Myst
Riven
C&C Red Alert
Warcraft 1&2
*Baldur's Gate
*Baldur's Gate 2
Heroes of Might & Magic 2&3
*Axis and Allies (gotta be the whole world though)
Risk
Monopoly
Star Wars Trivial Pursuit
Terminal Velocity
Castle of the Winds 1&2
Wolfenstein
Doom
Zork Trilogy
Zork Zero
Zork Nemisis
Beyond Zork
Stratego
Chess?
Checkers?
Lemmings!
Lemmings 2?
*Birth of the Federation
Pokemon (all Gameboy versions)
Frogger
Kirby
*Smash Brothers
Zelda (original)
More Zelda
Super Mario Brothers 1&3
The One Fancy Mario Game For Super Nintendo
*Megaman
Mortal Kombat 2
*Dungeons and Dragons
*Golden Sun
Castlevania
UNO
*Yu-Gi-Oh! (Dumb name. Really dumb name)
Snood
Descent 1&2
Nibbles
Worms
Solitaire
Free Cell
Bomberman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Patello (hope I spelled that right)
Mancala
Drama Games
Fingers
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic and Knuckles
Heady
*Contra
*Tetris
The Guardian Legend
Yoshi's Cookie
Blades of Steel
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Original and Super)
Dr. Mario
Street Fighters 2
Myst 3
BeeBop 2
Astroid
Poker
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Mini-Golf
Arguing
Guess Who
Yoda Stories
Trogdor
Steal the Flag
Trees

That's all I can think of right now, but there are probably more.

beggining to wish i hadnt asked lol Morning Mr.X,

theres good news and bad....


I HAD MORTAL KOMBAT AT HOME AND I USED TO HAVE SONIC! (on PS now) yay! lmao proof im not that old (mind saying that i cant play it, M.K im rubbish, got to end of Sonic though ) moving on..

i have either played or heard of
risk, monopoly, start wars, (who hasnt) terminal velocity, zork trilogy, lemmings, pokemon!, super mario brothers, D&D, worms, solitaire, tetris (woooh! columns i can do lol) and street fighters! hmmm im not that old lol

havent played for ages on PS but ill have a quick look in bedroom to see what we have;

grand theft auto, tomb raider, card shark, simpson wrestling?, speed freaks, heart of darkness stuff like that (not nearly as many as your collection, the rest are put away), oh we got 'who wants to be a millionaire'..i once got up to 1/2 a million, nearly passed out with the pressure! went on to lose it all on the final question lol never did that again though

you mentioned board games, if the senility dont kick in i seem to remember board games well back in the good 'ol days! LOL only trying to change the subject cos i can only drive in reverse on grand theft auto so im kinda hoping you dont quiz me too much on the games ive played!

Don't worry about me quizzing you on (spit, hiss) Playstation. I am of the utterly firm, completely unshakable, and not at all humble opinion that the (spit, hiss) Playstation and X-Box things are pure evil; not even worth my time or consideration. I don't have any grief with Gamecube, but I've never really used it or have any great knowledge of the games for it.

I'm pretty surprised that you've even heard of Terminal Velocity, Lemmings, Zork (not so much so), and Street Fighter. The simple truth of the matter is that I tend to prefer the older games. Which is a problem as it gets harder and harder to acquire them. Oh well

Mr.X,

well we have the playstation in the house, i never said it was for me but i have 'dabbled' from time to time lol

your pretty surprised ive heard of these games? and why is that may i ask? granted im er erm well ahem a few years older than you, (please be kind, dont comment) lol but im not ancient!!!!!

i too prefer some of the older games, theyre less complicated for 'old' people dont you dare comment

i think if you ask around on here theres bound to be a few people around who will be able to direct you to a site on the net that specialises in the older games

erm just so as i dont get out of my depth here with the PS games, what kind of music are you into? id like to think i like a good range old and new

I think you misunderstand. I'm surprised you've heard of them because they're, um, well old games. Granted at least some of them (Zork) were incredibly popular (so I've heard) way back when, but certaintly not now. It's just that we've had all of those (except Street Fighter) since before I can remember. I mean understandably most of the "gamers" I meet are teenagers, and most of them haven't heard of those. I'm assuming; I never did ask anyone. Hmmm... Well anyway, I don't prefer any particular music style over another; I just take it as it comes. Except Rap. Can't stand Rap. Or those Rock 'n Roll songs where you can't understand the lyrics and they're just blaring the volume at you full blast and you know you're going deaf but they don't stop. Oh the inhumanity! There are good Rock songs though. However it seems that I tend to prefer older music styles too. Especially Rag Time. Of course with Rag Time it's hard to just listen to the music in your head, because you don't know how to end it. It just loops indefinitely. It's like knowing how to end Rag Time music is some sort of ancient art form.

Evening/Morning Mr.X,

well in that case ill take it as a compliment depending on your definition of 'well old' lol

i would definately say i am not a 'gamer', i go on and have a bash at it every now and again, 1 of these days im gonna play grand theft auto and get the car to go forwards! now that would be an acheivement!

you dont like rap? joy! what a crime to music! some of these people have the sweetest voice yet they choose to 'rap'! why? makes no sense to me have to disagree with you on the rock and roll though lol thats pretty rag time????? are you sure your only 16? lol thats even more 'way back' than me actually its wayyyyyyyy back..give me an example of some rag time you like, so as i will have some idea if ive heard it before

G'day everybody from Austrailia
Free Cell? You seem to missed some of my favourite games of all time:

Paper Mario
Raiden Fighters (arcade only, mind you)
all Metal Slug games
Forgotten Worlds
Double Dragon
etc, etc, etc...

Hmm...all this reminiscing is making me hungry. I gonna go eat some .
Cheers all

Crazy Fox,

g'day from blighty, whinging pom here

i specifically didnt mention your favourite games because ive never heard of them lol but saying that we mostly recieve American imports here in my experience (well apart from home and away/neighbours ) oh yeah we have had an o.d on soaps from all over!

cant answer for Mr.X though im sure hes heard of them as he knows loads of games

is that fudge????? give us a slice go on go on go on lol

Actually the only one there I've heard of is Free Cell. Never really tried it though. Oh well.

So about the Rag Time. My brother is in Spain and I don't know where he put the CD, so I can't look it up. The only name on there I can remember is Mapleleaf. It's too bad. I'll probably have to wait for him to come back before I can hear them again. *sigh*

Oh well.

Should have looked at my list. Correct that to