We didn't have anything when we were little. Not even good games – or at least none that we would call "good" today. Back then, we played them up and down, even if we had to shoot vampire cows with digestive problems in them.
Natalie Schermann, Holger Harth and Michael Graf dig deep into their repressed memories of the strange games of their childhood in the GameStar podcast. Holger even played through the antique advertising game Free Spirit again and unraveled the whereabouts of his missing uncle. By writing applications. Yes, applications.
In addition to the blood-sucking dairy cattle mentioned, Natalie also remembers senseless Lego cities and Kevin alone at home, Micha rages about shareware disappointments and "indulges" in memories of Jungle Hunt on the Atari VCS. Please don't you know that? Here it is:
In addition, we of course deal with the trends of the respective epoch, from the boom in advertising games to the grouse madness to … leather dwarfs, the full splendor of which you can admire in the test check at that time:
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Test check 04/2005 – u.a. Incadia
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