Rick Dangerous- I Want To Play It Again...

[scribble]

I think this was the first game that I ever played. I've been looking around t'internet, but can't seem to find a rom, port or anything about the game. So, can anyone point me in the right direction?

[LeeT]

Seriously? Have you tried using a search engine? What version are you looking for? The C64 version can be found at www.gamebase64.com and the Speccy version will be at World Of Spectrum.

[scribble]

I came across a few fan sites, but nothing that seemed to have the actual games/roms.

The version I played was for the Amiga.

[Qazimod]

LeeT is right: go to Gamebase (or C64.com) for the game, and then go and get the VICE emulator (google it) to run the game.

[DarhkFox]

I thought the Amiga version was the best..

Its a decent game, i have many fond memories of Rick Dangerous 1+2 but its very tough, and has a very steep learning curve.

I believe it was being ported to the GBA, but the dev company went bankrupt.

[Unofficial Who]

I'm going to go out on a limb here...Rick Dangerous was good looking rubbish.

If you want to play a modern version just play Tomb Raider 3.

It's full of loads of traps that kill you without warning...

[Retro GhostGS]

I beleive this is were I add the obligatory Retro review link for interested people.

I loved Rick dangerouse back in the day, im sure ive got a CPC rom around somewhere if you have trouble finding it.

[roberthazelby]

For its time both Rick and Rick 2 were enjoyable platform romps. However, I do remember one magazine (and rightly so) stating that playing the Rick Dangerous games were like a laboratory rat experiment:

- Get to certain point

- Die

- Remember what killed you

- Restart

- Get past point where you last died

- Die

- Remember what killed you

- etc, etc

Before people say "Most games are like this". They're not. Rick 1 and 2 featured loads of hidden dangers that you'd have no way of knowing they were there until you were killed by them.

The gameplay may have dated, but I still find the games good fun.

Rob

[Pistol]

Yes, that is very very true. The traps had no visual clues at all. Even worse than those ones you didn't spot in Lemmings - "hang on shouldn't they be at the exit by now... OH FECK. Lemming Jam."

[nausea]

if you haven't found it yet, it's on the 'playagain' site. just google that. and..

-Jeux

--Tosec Sets

---Single Roms

.. thera ya go B)

[christaylor]

1. Download WinUAE from here.

2. "Acquire" kickstart 1.3 rom from an undisclosed location on the internet.

3. Download Rick Dangerous rom from here.

4. Load it up and realise how f*ckin' hard it was.

5. Turn it off.

The end.

[IR354Lifeqhybot]

That site is spyware ridden!

[shynra]

I have fond memories of it too on my amiga... there was a GBA version (port of no 1) in the works.... i even downloaded a video for it... but ive not herd anything of it for years... ah well... thats would of been an ideal gba game...

heres a link to it...

artcle index -> http://gameboy.ign.com/objects/486/486478.html

video link -> http://pocketmovies.ign.com/pocket/video/r...rous_062702.avi

[misterSquare]

I have fond memories of it too on my amiga... there was a GBA version (port of no 1) in the works.... i even downloaded a video for it... but ive not herd anything of it for years... ah well... thats would of been an ideal gba game...

Pretty sure it got canned - I remember looking at the official site a couple of months back. Shame, as it looked good - original version plus a very nice looking tarted-up edition.

I used to play RD2 on the Amstrad CPC. I had levels 1 and 4 memorised, my sister did 2 and my mum did 3. Unfortunately we only ever got to level 5 once, and our plan sort of fell apart at that point as no-one had a clue what to do

[Dr Derek Doctors]

It wasn't so much canned as squished by CORE. The Xmas Rick demo is very good, though, and makes me realise their version of GBA Rick would have been superb. Certainly the graphics were up to snuff.

[Yobo Ahoy]

Awful game. I played it loads when I was little, never getting beyond the second level - I guess I was more persistent back then. Tried a ROM of it last week and it annoyed the hell out of me.

Microprose Soccer... now there's a game that's aged well.

[ianwuk]

I used to love this on the Amiga. I used to have it on disc along with Robocop, great times. But the game was really hard and you did seem to die for no reason. I never played the sequel but the 'waaah' sound that the enemies made (Amiga version) when struck with dynamite or shot was amusing.

[mechamonkey]

I got a great version for my smartphone from http://www.coolsmartphone.com/index.php?op...owns&Itemid=119

[ianwuk]

I remember Microprose Soccer, with the banana shot!. That was good fun, pity it got poor reviews when it was released.

[spaceyjase]

Rick is on the GP32 too, probably just a port but it is free...

http://www.gp32eu.com/games.php?jeu_base=27

God only knows why somebody would want to play it again though, I thought it was shit (as mentioned above)

[Yobo Ahoy]

I remember Microprose Soccer, with the banana shot!. That was good fun, pity it got poor reviews when it was released.

Did it? I was still quite young so didn't really care about review scores. I thought it was great...

[Gabe]

Did it? I was still quite young so didn't really care about review scores. I thought it was great...

Aye, twas great. The fact that it contained both 11-a-side and 5-a-side! Smashing stuff!

[ianwuk]

I did actually really enjoy Microprose Soccer. The thing that I never realised was that the game was originally (according to the title) done by Sensible Software, so if that is true then why is the game named after the publisher?.

[Guest TomCamfield]

The thing that I never realised was that the game was originally (according to the title) done by Sensible Software, so if that is true then why is the game named after the publisher?.

It is true, but don't know why they called it Microprose Soccer.

(Evidence)

For an alternative view of Rick Dangerous...

World Of Stuart...you'll need to scroll down to it.

[Nathan Wind]

Ris from your grave! Rather than start a new thread...there's another nice little Sunday coffee break read on EG. One of my fave games as a youngster, despite the fact I never got very far with it! I remember drawing out the levels on graph paper and trying to mark where the traps and triggers all were. Well, I say 'levels' - I don't think I got past the second stage.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-06-remembering-rick-dangerous-the-original-tomb-raider

[Lorfarius]

Still a twunt of a game! Here

[gizmo1990]

I gobbled this and its sequel up when I was a kid. Stick with it if you can, it's a game that keeps giving, wonderful sense of achievement when you complete it.

Incidentally from the looks of it there's a 'homage' to it out called 1001 spikes? At least it looks like it to me. Can't see the devs mentioning it which rankles somewhat. It's clearly based on dear old Rick.

[Sledge]

Still a twunt of a game! Here

There's always the 32k version too. Equally twuntish