Lewis Moten

Unveiling the Code: Institutional Memory & Obsessions

Video Games

Being a gamer in the 80’s was a bit different than today. We had 2D sprites, 8-bit sounds, and simple color palettes, sometimes limited to just 4 colors. Multiplayer games were limited to the number of joysticks you could connect to a console. As technology advanced, game developers took every opportunity to enhance gameplay and storytelling. When Blockbuster started renting out video games, I was often playing a new game every week.

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Here is a list of games and software I recall playing with and using as they were published. They are not organized. It is not complete.

Atari 2600 – A system that friends had

  • Adventure
  • Pitfall
  • Pole Position
  • Burgertime
  • Popcorn
  • Riverraid

Atari Jaguar – A system that a friend had

  • Alien vs Predator
  • Cybermorph

TurboGrafx-16 – A system that a friend had

  • Bonk’s Adventure

Arcade Cabinets

  • Dragon’s Lair
  • Space Ace
  • Tekken
  • The Simpsons
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Gauntlet

Sega Genesis – A system friends had

  • Golden Axe
  • Phantasy Star III
  • Sonic the Hedgehog

NES – A system our family got many years after it had been introduced

  • Joust
  • Mega Man III
  • Tetris
  • Dr. Mario
  • Track and Field
  • Bump ‘n’ Jump
  • Track and Field
  • Excitebike
  • Contra
  • Kirby
  • Mario Brothers
  • Super Mario Brothers
  • Super Mario Brothers 2
  • Super Mario Brothers 3
  • Master Blaster
  • Aladdin
  • Ninja Gaiden
  • Metroid
  • Dragon Quest III
  • Castlevania II: Simons Quest
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Double Dragon
  • Wizards & Warriors
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Super Nintendo – Our family had it

  • Pilotwings
  • Star Fox

Nintendo 64 – My brother had it

  • Mario Kart 64
  • Super Mario 64

Wii – I had it

Wii-U – I had it

Switch – I have it

Sony Playstation – I had it

  • Discworld

Sony Playstation 2 – Had it

  • Primal Rage
  • Redhat Linux
  • Hard Drive
  • Everquest Beta
  • Network Attachment
  • Baldur’s Gate II

Sony Playstation 3 – I have it

Sony Playstation 4 – I had it

Sony Playstation 5 – I have it

XBox 360

  • Test Drive Unlimited
  • L.A. Noire
  • Halo
  • Oblivion
  • Fable III
  • Blue Dragon
  • SSX
  • Kinect Sports

BBS Door Games

  • Legend of the Red Dragon (LoRD)
  • Trade Wars 2002
  • The Pit

DOS

  • Family Feud
  • Wheel of Fortune
  • Golf
  • Hugo
  • StarCraft
  • Communications
    • Renegade BBS
    • Blue Whale (download messages from BBS)
    • Telix
  • Programming
    • Q Basic
    • Quick Basic
    • RDS Game Maker
  • Graphical and Ascii Editors
    • Paint Shop Pro
    • The Draw
    • Disney Animation Studio
    • DPaint
    • 3D Studio release 4
    • AutoCAD release 13
  • Utilities
    • PKZip
    • Acid Warp
  • Puzzles
    • The Incredible Machine
    • Where in Time is Carmen San Diego?
    • Lemmings
  • Action
    • Another World
  • Strategy
    • Heroes of Might and Magic
    • Warcraft
    • Warcraft II
    • Battle Chess
  • Point and Click Adventures
    • Kings Quest IV, V, VI
    • Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
    • Leisure Suit Larry
    • Grim Fandango
    • Quest For Glory III
    • The Secret of Monkey Island
    • The Secret of Monkey Island 2: Lechucks Revenge
    • Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
    • The Adventures of Willy Beamish
  • Side Scrollers
    • Jill of the Jungle
    • Commander Keen
    • Duke Nukem
    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • Early 3D
    • Pseudo 3D environments
      • Lands of Lore
      • Might and Magic III
      • Might and Magic IV
    • Isometric
      • Diablo I
      • Diablo II
    • Simulated
      • Wolfenstein
      • Doom
    • Pre-rendered
      • The 7th Guest
    • 3D Environments
      • Wing Commander II and III
      • Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat
      • Inca
      • Test Drive 3
    • Full 3D
      • Quake
      • Unreal

Windows

  • Visual Basic
    • Visual Basic 3
    • Visual Basic 4
    • Visual Basic 5
    • Visual Basic 6
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
  • Kings Quest VII, VIII
  • Adobe Photoshop 3.0 and all versions afterwards
  • Calgari Truespace
  • Canasta
  • Solitaire
  • Minesweeper
  • JezzBall
  • Burnout Paradise
  • Baldur’s Gate III

3D Games

  • Alice
  • Warcraft III
  • Diablo III
  • Unreal

Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO)

  • Ultima Online
  • Everquest
  • Fallen Age
  • World of Warcraft
  • The Sims Online
  • Minecraft
  • Starwars Galaxies Online
  • Second Life
  • World of Ships
  • World of Tanks

Uncategorized

  • The Oregon Trail
  • Asteroids
  • Pong
  • Breakout
  • Gradius
  • Lunar Lander
  • Kaboom!
  • Donkey Kong
    • Donkey Kong
    • Donkey Kong Country
  • Earthworm Jim
  • Command & Conquer
    • Command & Conquer
    • Command & Conquer: Red Alert
  • Mrs. Pacman
  • Sim City
    • Sim City
    • Sim City 2
    • Sim City 3
    • Sim City 4
    • The Sims
    • The Sims 2
    • The Sims Online
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
  • Crazy Taxi
  • Gauntlet
  • Grand Theft Auto III, IV, V
  • Zelda
    • Zelda
    • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
  • Super Mario Brothers
    • Super Mario World
    • Super Mario Cart
    • Super Mario All-Stars
    • Super Mario Galaxy
    • Super Mario Maker
    • Super Mario Land
    • Paper Mario
    • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Final Fantasy III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
  • Street Fighter
  • It Came from the Desert