World of Goo

"Mary" <non RemoveThis @invalid.ddd> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>"Xocyll" <Xocyll RemoveThis @kingston.net> wrote in message
>news:276ng4lbgu73nn5laa0pq1ce5vr9lukvpr@4ax.com...
>> "Mary" <non RemoveThis @invalid.ddd> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>
>> >"Xocyll" <Xocyll RemoveThis @kingston.net> wrote in message
>> >news:hk6mg4l83pedekiek30g8r709nuev44njt@4ax.com...
>> >> Xocyll <Xocyll RemoveThis @kingston.net> looked up from reading the entrails of the
>> >> porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>> >>
>> >> >Don Freeman <freemand RemoveThis @cosmoslair.com> looked up from reading the
>> >> >entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
>> >> >say:
>> >> >
>> >> >>Mike Ray wrote:
>> >> >>> Mary wrote:
>> >> >>>> "Ant" <ANTant RemoveThis @zimage.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>>> news:DM-dncSXOpY2g5rUnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> >> >>>>> On 10/28/2008 5:49 AM PT, Magnate typed:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> "Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla RemoveThis @mindspring.com> wrote
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> http://2dboy.com/
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> That was a fine, fine game. I would have thought it was
>done
>> >by a
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> much
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> larger group. It goes to show you what some hard work and
>good
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> people can
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> do. Thanks for the heads up on it. It's absolutely
>> >outstanding,
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> and
>> >> >>>> I
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> usually hate puzzle games.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Extra credit for one of the best game scores I've ever
>heard.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Sequel, please!
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Seconded - still working my way through, but an incredibly
>fun
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> game.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> One for the engineer/architect in all of us
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Ever play The Incredible Machine games?
>> >> >>>>>>>> Yes and they were fun(ny). Is Goo similar?
>> >> >>>>>>> World of Goo = The Incredible Machine + goo.
>> >> >>>>>> Why has nobody mentioned the similarity to Lemmings so far? I
>> >played
>> >> >>>>>> right through the demo, and Lemmings was far and away the
>biggest
>> >> >>>>>> similarity for me. Both were fun, addictive, infuriating and
>> >ultimately
>> >> >>>>>> pointless.
>> >> >>>>> Yep, I was thinking of Lemmings.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> I remember playing "Oh no more Lemmings" (think it was that one)
>but
>> >> >>>> eventually it became too hard to continue and became too annoying
>and
>> >> >>>> frustrating for me, so I gave up. Do a lot of people actually
>finish
>> >> >>>> those
>> >> >>>> Lemmings games?
>> >> >>>> Was the first Lemmings game the easiest to complete than future
>ones?
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Mary
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>> I remember a Christmas Lemmings
>> >> >>
>> >> >>I remember that one too. Wasn't it a freebee bundled with another
>> >> >>lemmings game?
>> >> >
>> >> >I remember it as well as a separate purchase during the holiday
>season.
>> >> >
>> >> >Sticker price of $18.95 CDN at Radio Shack (called The Source these
>> >> >days.)
>> >>
>> >> Oops, I was thinking of Holiday Lemmings not Christmas Lemmings (which
>> >> I've never seen.)
>> >
>> >Xocyll, You must be in Canada when you mention The Source (formerly
>> >RadioShack). I'm in Toronto and have called it Radio Shack for so many
>> >years, that I still call it Radio Shack. The Source just doesn't sound
>> >right. Are you in Toronto and saw Holiday Lemmings in a Source store
>here?
>> >The Source used to have quite a few computer games at one time, but
>hardly
>> >any now at their stores near me, so I don't even look there now.
>>
>> Kingston. I mentioned the Source name only because I've read of
>> another chain called Radio Shack that had nothing to do with the one
>> that became the Source, and this is an international forum.
>
>Kingston, Ontario.? You got a little bit of snow a few days ago.

That's the one, thus the kingston.net part of my email.

>There used to be Radio Shack stores in Canada which was American owned. They
>had Radio Shack in the US and Canada.A few years ago now, Circuit City in
>the U.S. bought all the Radio Shack stores in Canada and change the Radio
>Shack name to The Sourcecc (the cc part at the end is for Circuit City).
>Radio Shack Stores in the U.S. are still there, but they no longer own any
>Radio Shacks in Canada. It was in the newspaper here at the time.

That might be what I was thinking of.

>> I know the price it was because I bought it at Radio Shack back in '93
>> and the box still has the plastic wrap (opened at one end) and price tag
>> on it. Unfortunately the disk isn't actually readable after 15 years (can
>see
>> the files but can't copy most of them.)
>
>Too bad. Would have been an idea to copy the original CD when it was new.

CD? 2.5 inch floppy - a CD would probably still be readable (more
likely than magnetic media.)

Xocyll
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Xocyll typed:
>> Holiday Lemmings 1994 (64 levels, saved 3904)
>
> I think you mean 1993, or did you buy it a year late?

No, 1994 - the '93 release had 32 levels, then the '94 release
added another 32 levels and included the previous year.

I bought them *all* back in the day, but as you mentioned, the
floppy disks no longer work (I do not even have a floppy drive
these days), so I just downloaded them as "abandonware" to play
again -

http://www.abandonia.com/en/search_abandonia/lemmings

(You'll need DOSbox to play 'em these days, of course)


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