Some Old PC Games

I was cleaning out a press at home when I was moving my PC from it's old location to where I now have my home office and I found these:

Games I Love: "Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City"

Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City is an NES game developed by Rare, and released by Milton Bradley in February 1991.

Digger T. Rock, a brave little miner who dares to dig where no shovel has gone before! He just loves to uncover underground wonders. And he dreams of discovering a buried city bursting with golden treasures and ancient relics. On this very morning, deep within a craggy, slippery cave, Digger stumbles upon a half-hidden sign pointing way, way down...to a Lost City!

You control the title character, who is searching for treasure hidden in various caverns. Digger has multiple tools which are found and can be used to explore and uncover new areas. A timer in the game represents the time remaining until the door to the next level closes, but the timer can be reset by standing on a special pillar. Monsters such as moles and mosquitoes seek to kill the protagonist. The game is notable for the animation of the character's death, which shows a presumably time-lapse view of his body decaying with only his helmet remaining. It is noted among the most difficult games on the NES. I have never completed this game and have always got stuck at level 5.

And since the game is so short here is the complete game for those who wish to see what the game is actually like. I do love the music in this game, especially when you complete a level and you get the bonus stage, which were quite popular back then.

Games I Love: "The Last Ninja 2"

Lets go way back reader, back to the 80's, well late 80's that is.

Back to a time when gaming computers couldn't render complex images like circles and instead used squares.

The game I will talk about today is my favourite game for the Commodore 64, and your opening display was this:

This was the concole I had before my NES and we used tapes to load our games. I still remember the command to start loading a tape, press "shift" + "run stop" = "press play on tape" The counter on the tape would then load up to 10 or 11 and then you were presented again with the opening scene but with the name of the game you were loading, in this case "Last Ninja 2"

When I bought this game I had not played the first one. I actually bought it as part of a 4 in 1 series called "100% Dynamite." Which looked like this:

and here's my copy of the game itself:

Anyway, lets talk about the game.

The Last Ninja contains a blend of exploration, puzzle solving and combat. The object of the game is to journey to the palace of the evil Shogun Kunitoki to destroy him and retrieve the sacred scrolls. As the player progresses, Kunitoki's henchmen become more challenging as they learn the ways of the ninja.

The interface consists of the opponents' energy and collected inventory (on the right) and player's health (on the bottom). The world is viewed in an isometric perspective allowing the player to move in eight directions. Movements are relative to the direction Armakuni is facing but restricted to predefined paths (the scenery being inaccessible). Composure and precision must be used when navigating and jumping around obstacles, traps and fatal features of the terrain. By approaching and kneeling at certain landmarks, such as shrines to Buddha and water fountains, an indication of what to collect next is revealed. These items are often hidden in trees or bushes and flash shortly after a new screen has been entered.

Attack moves are executed by combinations of directional controls with the fire button for attacking the opponent's head, torso and legs. Weapons like the sword, nunchaku, staff, shuriken and smoke bombs, can be equipped.

So lets take a look at how the game look and played.

I know what you're thinking, "Paul where can I get this game today?" and the answer is yes. There are plenty of ways for you to play this amazing game.

It was re-released on Wii Virtual Console in Europe in April 2008 as the fifth Virtual Console C64 title, and in North America in February 2009 as one of the first three C64 titles.

But what if you don't have a Wii?

Well head over to The Last Ninja Archives, where they have the game, screenshots, and the soundtrack all ready for you to download.

Puffy64, who is known for making hard rock cover versions of old Commodore 64 games, released an online CD called Last Ninja 2 Tribute CD containing hard rocking interpretation of the musical score of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, originally composed by Matt Gray. The album also contains one original tune by Puffy64 called Last Ninja 2 - Hymn.

Dragonforce is known to use the Last Ninja 2 theme as an introtape to their concerts.

The Rest Of My Video Game Soundtrack Collection

Thanks so much for the great feedback for the Final Fantasy OST Collection

So here's the rest of my collection

Famicom 20th Anniversity Original Sound Tracks Vol 2 - Still Sealed so I've never listened to it

The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time Re-Arranged Album - It's a remix album so think zelda with electric drums and keyboards

The LocoRoco OST - The Most fun album I have ever listened to, this will always bring a smile to my face.

Nintedo Sound Histpry Series: Zelda The Music - A collection of different tracks from all the Zelda games, all in their original forms.

Silent Hill 2 - Best Video Game OST ever, always a pleasure to listen to.

Smashing...Live! - Got free with Nintendo Offical Magazine UK, it's well worth checking out, espicall the 12 minute piece that is a pure trip of nostaliga

Shadow Of The Collous OST - Just as epic as the game, very beauitful soundtrack

Famicom 20th Anniversity Arranged Soundtrack - Still Sealed, never listened to it.

Konami Famicom Super Medley - Sealed, never listened to.

Under Defeat OST - great rock OST and great to listen to while driving ^_^

SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 OST - Nice soundtrack, I only reccommand if you are a fan of the series.

Street Fighter Tribute Album - Fantastic OST, Ken's theme alone is worth the price.

Metal Gear Solid 2 OST - First Game OST I ever bought, loved the music after seeing the E3 trailer

Metal Gear Solid 4 OST - Great OST if you liked the single disc version that came with the game then you must check this one out.

For the complete set of pics CLICK HERE to go to my Flickr page and see them all.

Look What I Got In The Mail This Morning - A Final Fantasy OST Photo Blog

This I was awoken early this morning by my mother with a swift poke asking "What the hell they you order in that I needed to pay $12.20 to customs?

What indeed? I asked myself

Here's what was on my office desk.

The Final Fantasy 13 OST ^_^

So far I have only listened to a few tracks on Disc One and I like what I have heard so far.

Here's a photo montage of what the package is like.

Inner Box and Inlay card

The Inner Box Opened Further

Back Of The Inner Box

Close Up Of The Inlay Card

I have always been a great lover of game music, as anyone who has read this blog knows. But the Final Fantasy Series has always produced great soundtracks for there games, and I have started to collect them.

Here's what I have so far:

Real Emotion/1000 Words Single by Koda Kumi

Final Fantasy 12 "Symphonic Poem" 'Hope'

Final Fantasy 12 Limited Editon DVD Box

Final Fantasy 7 Piano Collection

Final Fantasy 10 Piano Collection

Final Fantasy 10 OST (4 Disc Edition)

Final Fantasy 9 OST (4 Disc Edition)

Final Fantasy 8 (4 Disc Edition)

Final Fantasy 7 OST (4 Disc Edition)

Final Fantasy 3 "CD+DVD Limitied Edition"

Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collection

So that's pretty much all my Final Fantasy Soundtracks at the moment, I do plan to pick up more over the year and I will keep you posted as I get them.