Civilisation Revolution (Xbox 360)
I had expanded across the map, and suddenly I was attacked on three
sides by the Aztecs and two other nations. In one turn they halved my
forces, and during my turn I could do little to bring it back - I rushed
production of units on all my cities but my forces were still depleted.
Defeat seemed likely. But then the Aztecs spent their next turn
attacking one of my tank units with everything they had, all weakened
from the previous battles, and my tank held on to defeat them all. The
other two nations started to attack each other. In my next turn I was
able to push through and capture the Aztec capital and further defend,
leading to an eventual victory. Magic tank.
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
I had almost completed the game before I realised you could get cars
delivered to the garage. I managed to drive the SUV up the side of the
boss tower and then jump it off - rather amazing.
Chu Chu Rocket (Dreamcast)
My first ever online game, and I won the first match. It was tricky to
adapt to the one-second delay on inputs, but it was that which led to victory in the end - I had placed a tile to my rocket which my opponent simultaneously directed the mice to.
Castle of Illusion (Mega Drive)
I remember Colin bringing his new MD to my house, and being in awe at
this game. We played it for hours and got pretty far - and then he had
to go home. He called me the next day to tell me he'd completed the game.
Conker's Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64)
I am the great mighty poo and I'm going to throw my shit at you!
Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)
That huge hill at the start of the game, after you'd picked up a woman
at the tram stop. Crazy boosting all the way down, ready to drift to a
stop at the bottom, slightly to the left, where you were dropping your
passenger off. That's not my memory though - my memory is of the time
when my drift was too little, and my taxi ended up stuck in the wall
within the drop-off area, racking up huge bonuses as the game continued
my drift for a good two minutes. The ungrateful woman told me I was
late - but she could have got out at any time.
Conflict: Desert Storm (Gamecube)
I played through this and its sequel with John and Kieron during
multiple gaming days. The followup, Conflict Vietnam, suddenly removed
the southpaw options from the game, which meant two of us couldn't
control it. Idiots.
I had expanded across the map, and suddenly I was attacked on three
sides by the Aztecs and two other nations. In one turn they halved my
forces, and during my turn I could do little to bring it back - I rushed
production of units on all my cities but my forces were still depleted.
Defeat seemed likely. But then the Aztecs spent their next turn
attacking one of my tank units with everything they had, all weakened
from the previous battles, and my tank held on to defeat them all. The
other two nations started to attack each other. In my next turn I was
able to push through and capture the Aztec capital and further defend,
leading to an eventual victory. Magic tank.
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
I had almost completed the game before I realised you could get cars
delivered to the garage. I managed to drive the SUV up the side of the
boss tower and then jump it off - rather amazing.
Chu Chu Rocket (Dreamcast)
My first ever online game, and I won the first match. It was tricky to
adapt to the one-second delay on inputs, but it was that which led to victory in the end - I had placed a tile to my rocket which my opponent simultaneously directed the mice to.
Castle of Illusion (Mega Drive)
I remember Colin bringing his new MD to my house, and being in awe at
this game. We played it for hours and got pretty far - and then he had
to go home. He called me the next day to tell me he'd completed the game.
Conker's Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64)
I am the great mighty poo and I'm going to throw my shit at you!
Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)
That huge hill at the start of the game, after you'd picked up a woman
at the tram stop. Crazy boosting all the way down, ready to drift to a
stop at the bottom, slightly to the left, where you were dropping your
passenger off. That's not my memory though - my memory is of the time
when my drift was too little, and my taxi ended up stuck in the wall
within the drop-off area, racking up huge bonuses as the game continued
my drift for a good two minutes. The ungrateful woman told me I was
late - but she could have got out at any time.
Conflict: Desert Storm (Gamecube)
I played through this and its sequel with John and Kieron during
multiple gaming days. The followup, Conflict Vietnam, suddenly removed
the southpaw options from the game, which meant two of us couldn't
control it. Idiots.
