Missing my Apple II and the video games I played on it

I’ve been writing mini-reviews of Apple II games this past week for posting on Re:Retro in the near future. The progress has been slow, and the reason for this is nostalgia. I just can’t stop myself from reminiscing, and I’m starting to crave … a thirst to play the video games I had played on the Apple IIc in the early 80s.

What’s funny about the whole situation is I honestly can’t remember how many video games I played on the Apple II, or what their titles are, for that matter. So every time I come across an Apple II video game, I tick it off in my mental checklist. To date, I’ve written about, hmmm, let’s see, Karateka, Ancient Art of War, Archon, Hard Hat Mack, Operation Wolf, and Choplifter. I have also mentioned in passing Taipan and The Ghostbusters.

There’s still more! I remember playing a game where I took on the role of a robot or cyborg. The objective of the game is to jump from floor to floor or room to room, battle enemy robots with four, I think, different weapons with different properties. Enemy robots also have differing properties, so you have to experiment on which weapons affect them best.

Sigh. Sorry about that. Reminiscing again. Alas, my Apple IIc is gone, thanks to a family of rodents that built a nest on its motherboard. The memories of and experiences with the Apple IIc will, however, live on.

Now, I just have to content myself with watching videos.

Fortunately, I know that somewhere on the World Wide Web there are copies of these Apple II video games and the emulators to play them. Time to start searching.