Paradroid

Sadly nothing to do with paranoid androids, but still quite interesting.

Source // Wikipedia

There was really only two reasons for me to buy the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die book. One was to see how many I'd played already and see how smug I could get, and the other to find out just what I've missed from four decades of video gaming.

Paradroid is one such title. I've never seen it, never heard of it, not in person nor in passing. Paradroid is a complete unknown to me, and based on the description in the 1001 book and online, I'm a bit disappointed to have not known about it sooner.

Robots taking over other robots in order to destroy robots and free the crew of a space ship? Sign me up.

Little Computer People

Huh, they have little people inside computers now.

Source // C64 Wiki

Can't lie, but an early version of The Sims was not what I had in mind when imagining what Little Computer People would be. An adventure game I could see, but not the kind of adventure that's on offer.

Upon loading the game, a randomly generated man will walk into his new house, wandering through the rooms for a few minutes while getting used to his surroundings, eventually settling enough to interact with you - if you're polite about it.

I was not expecting any of that, so this should be interesting.

Summer Games II

I thought the Olympics were every four years...

Source // Lemon 64

Yup. It's another athletics game. I'm not going to have the best time with it, am I? What will Summer Games II do differently from the likes of Track & Field? Was the original Summer Games not a big enough leap forward for the genre to be included on the 1001 list?

I shouldn't be so harsh on it, especially having not played it. If anything it'll be a damn good excuse to see how Commodore 64 emulation works, seeing as I hadn't tried up until this point. Who knows, maybe Summer Games II will blow my socks off.