Blast from the past

Imagine my surprise when I found out that you can now play Wolfenstein on the iPhone! I was first introduced to this game way back in the early 1990's... or was it late 1980's? This was one of the first shoot 'em up games that involved going through a maze whilst picking up things in a 3D environment. Secrets could be found that would give you extra health, extra ammo or better still... better weapons.

I'm not really into shoot 'em up games... at least not the ones were the sole purpose is to kill whatever comes past your way. I prefered araced games where you had to show other kind of skills. Yet, I would find myself waiting with great expectancy the next weekend so that my buddies and I could huddle in front of the monitor and take turns to finish the game. It was a bonding time really which involved cooking macaronee and cheese at 2 am, or having cold pizza at 4 am.

As time progressed, we started playing newer games. Doom, Duke Nukem, Tie Fighter, X Wing Fighter, Rebel Assault... etc. We could hook up 3 computers on the network and play all at the same time. Games were changing quickly and the possibilities of playing with or against unknown people over the net was becoming a reality. The memories!

Anyway, it won't be long until we can start playing more sophisticated games on the iPhone. Don't see myself huddling over the iPhone with my pals whilst the macaronee and cheese gets cooked.