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Do anyone else want a sequel to this game? It fricking rocked! (imgur.com)

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[–]EasonG 37 points38 points ago*

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A spiritual successor would be great. Rock Raiders is probably the best "kid's" game I ever played and really primed me for strategy games in general. A perfect babby's first RTS.

It's shockingly rare, especially in the modern era, to have a (non-educational) children's title that requires more than moving forward, mashing the attack button, and maybe solving an extremely simple puzzle or two. No thought required and precious little risk of losing. I can't really think of any games for the modern thinking child, but it's a genre that could really be explored more - little kids aren't as stupid as people think, and I feel like the sort of cognitive challenge presented by difficult RTS games is really quite valuable.

If I had an eight year old, I would tie him to a chair until he could bring Poland to victory in Hearts of Iron. This may invalidate my opinion above.

[–]thenewmeme6 15 points16 points ago

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Shit the whole LEGO set of games back then were amazing. I mean, where theyve gone now is pretty shoddy IMO, but some of the earliest but best games i remember are this, LEGO Island & Legoland. There was also the racing one that was sort of open world but the name eludes me as it's the only one I don't still own. Hell every now and then i still crack out Legoland and Rock Raiders. The era of genuine stepping stone sized children's games into the RTS genre has indeed passed as far as I can see :(.

[–]fraseyboy 10 points11 points ago

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You just made me remember Lego Racers! That game was awesome. Building custom cars out of Lego was the shit.

[–]TheAwesomeinator 4 points5 points ago

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And then Lego Racers 2 came along... ahhh the memories.

[–]TheZachster 2 points3 points ago

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Lego Racers 2 i didn't like as much as the original. Well it didn't run on the computer my family had, so i had to go to my grandpa's to play it. It was fun, but i never played it until my neck hurt from staying in the same position for hours like Lego Racers did.

[–]duddersj 0 points1 point ago

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Lego Racers 2 wasn't quite as good, but destroying someone else's car and forcing them to run was satisfying on so many levels. Anyone remember Lego Island 3? That was fucking terrible.

[–]TheZachster 0 points1 point ago

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I never played any Lego Island but the original.

[–]FruityPeebils 2 points3 points ago

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lego racers 2 was even better

[–]Nukleon 5 points6 points ago

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babby's first RTS? That game was rock hard! I could complete Red Alert 2 but that game was just annoyingly hard.

Still very nice though, I wonder if it's possible to get running on a modern computer.

[–]Saraphite 2 points3 points ago

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I just downloaded Lego Racers and that wouldn't work on Windows 7 64 Bit, so I'm going to say that I doubt this'll work.

[–]nicesalamander 1 point2 points ago

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i will try it anyways.

[–]Nukleon 1 point2 points ago

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I tried, it seems to work as fine as it ever did (still crashes though, as it did back in the day too).

All you need to do is to copy the D3DRM.dll from the DX folder on the CD to the windows system32 directory

[–]Antikristus 1 point2 points ago

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My problem with this game was that the images on the back were full of LIES!

[–]idelsr 6 points7 points ago

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A land slide has occurred! A landslide has occurred! Your air supply is running out! A land slide has occurred!

Many hours wasted as a child. And no matter how many walls I reinforced, I could never stop all the friggin landslides.

[–]INSANESCOTT 4 points5 points ago

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Waaaaiiit a minute! That's a pun!

[–]tominator001 3 points4 points ago

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I used to play this with my brother. We bought the game at the shop at legoland windsor, we were massive lego fans. Played the hell out of this game.

[–]AirRaven 0 points1 point ago

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legoland windsor

jesus, memories.

[–]t_Lancer 2 points3 points ago

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sweet jesus. I even have the lego sets and original game and box. so underrated, but so damn awesome.

[–]rjt197197 4 points5 points ago

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FUN FACT THAT NO ONE WANTS TO KNOW: This was the 2nd video game I ever played.

[–]daman345 0 points1 point ago

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Same here. First was Lego Creator: Knights Kingdom

[–]OmegaVesko 2 points3 points ago

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My first game was Toy Story 2.

[–]TheZachster 2 points3 points ago

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First: Lego Island
Second: Lego Rock Raiders
Third: Lego Racers

Yea i love legos, now i play minecraft.

[–]StezzerLolz 1 point2 points ago

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God, I got that game from a friend when I was about eight. I wanted to play it so much, but it turned out our computer was too shit.

[–]slurpme 1 point2 points ago

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I want a sequel to Team Buddies... Fuck ya tool...

[–]ObViousMaf 1 point2 points ago

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Best game ever! Got the game right here, WITH little lego thingies on the back of it :O

[–]Sejehest 1 point2 points ago

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I'd rather see a sequel to Lego Racers 2. So many fucking awesome memories with that game

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Played it on my PS1, it was great.

[–]Ollebro 1 point2 points ago

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Try the PC one! They arent exactly the same since PC is a RTS and the PS1 one was more of a 3rd person game

[–]Saraphite 0 points1 point ago

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Aye, from what I remember both of them were pretty cool. I mostly remember the PS1 version because I wasn't allowed on the PC back in the day. That was actually really awesome now that I think back to it. I bet you if I played it now my childhood memories would be destroyed.

[–]Ollebro 0 points1 point ago

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Maybe, I played the PC version again a few years ago and still thought it was really good. It hasn't aged well and I finished it in maybe 1 hour but I still loved it!

[–]TheZachster 0 points1 point ago

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AN HOUR? Child me has spent so many hours on it. I don't think i ever finished it. Lego Racers took up a lot of time too.

[–]Ollebro 0 points1 point ago

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I spent a insane amount of time on it as a 10 year old but when i last played it I finished it really fast. I remembered allot how to complete different levels and overall it was really easy as an "adult"

[–]TheZachster 0 points1 point ago

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I'll have to find a torrent for it soon. I have the original disk somewhere but i would have to find it. By the way did you ever play Lego Island? I just found and downloaded all the songs from it and other things like the radio broadcasts if you want. I could email them to you.

[–]Ollebro 0 points1 point ago

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I had a bunch of Lego games! Lego Creator, Lego Racer, Lego Rock Raiders, Lego Loco and Lego Island but the problem was that almost every one of them didn't work on our computer. It was way to old. I had the luck to play trough Rock Raiders with 10fps. Now I cant even get the games to start in Windows 7. :(

So no I have only played Rock Raiders and a few minutes of the other ones.

[–]Theofrastus 1 point2 points ago

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Oh god, thank you for reminding me of this gem! This was one of my first videogames. My dad bought it for me after I swam one entire lane in the public pool. It was 100 bucks back then (holy shit o_O )

[–]ugathanki 1 point2 points ago

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I think your dad was lying to you about the price...

[–]Theofrastus 1 point2 points ago

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I have to mention that I'm German, and videogames were pretty expensive back then, but Lego Rock Raiders especially. I remember it being something between 80 and 100 DM

[–]ugathanki 0 points1 point ago

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Ah I see. That makes more sense.

[–]WorstTypeOfScum 1 point2 points ago

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I feel like the title should say "It fraccing rocked!"

[–]JossVV 1 point2 points ago

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I had that monster from a LEGO box.

[–]SoyDueno 1 point2 points ago

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A gem of a game

[–]DevRW 1 point2 points ago

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If they had a sequel with a freeplay mode (random-cavern generation and no mission objectives - maybe a survival in waves), I'd love it so much. The worst part about that game was never being able to max out all my stuff, build a cool base and explore for hours through twisting caves.

[–]Zandkip 0 points1 point ago

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Yea, this game is awesome!

[–]i_dont_pod 0 points1 point ago

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One word: yes.

[–]fietstasfabriek 0 points1 point ago

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combine minecraft with this and dungeon keeper. shut up and take my money

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Lego games are generally good, so where's a Lego Minecraft?

[–]TheZachster 0 points1 point ago

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[http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/103118-16x14-legopak-lego-look-alike-aka-allpack/](Right Here!)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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It's just not the same

[–]tannrar 0 points1 point ago

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Blockland is probably your best bet. You can go online with it but I advise against it because it's full of whiny preteens.

[–]Baked_By_Oven 0 points1 point ago

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They made a new toy line which was a spiritual successor (power miners) which is pretty cool, big machinery and all. so making a game like rock raiders but with the new models would be awesome!

[–]fuszybear 0 points1 point ago

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Epic game!

[–]AllGrayEryDay 0 points1 point ago

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Fuck that game. The saving on it never worked for me. I had to start over every day and it didn't get any easier

[–]dacookeymonsta 0 points1 point ago

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I think this game became terrifying to me when I was told to finish within x time or everyone will die from the lack of oxygen. Who puts that in a children's game?

[–]YesSomebodyElseDoes 0 points1 point ago

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[–]EchoZeroBravo 0 points1 point ago

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I could never get passed the level where the slugs attacked in waves. Never enough crystals to power my defenses.

[–]Jemrin 0 points1 point ago

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Great im going to play this again now Never really beat it but it sure was fun as far as I can remember

[–]Shaleblade 0 points1 point ago

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I visibly gasped when I saw this. This game was the fucking best in my childhood. Oh my god, it was the best thing. Thank you for posting this.

[–]dragossk 0 points1 point ago

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There were 2 different games, 1 for the Playstation and the other for the PC. I wanted the PC one but got the PSX version instead. It was an action adventure rather than RTS. For some reason the PSX version on the back cover, it still has the images for the RTS.

[–]Obliza 0 points1 point ago

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It was 'oresome'

[–]zlandael 0 points1 point ago

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Oh man, this game. I remember when my brother got stuck...his vehicle I mean. It was between the power generator building and the worker building for upgrading workers. He couldn't finish the level due to that.

[–]TheAwesomeinator 0 points1 point ago

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Nostalgiagasm. I never beat this game, but I had a lot of fun playing as the dudes in first-person. This was an amazing kid's game, for all the reasons EasonG mentioned.

[–]Snesso 0 points1 point ago

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Oh god, I remember playing that so much as a kid, i even had the giant lego base and one of those awesome tank-thingies

[–]uchiha2 0 points1 point ago

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does*

[–]NotKyle 0 points1 point ago

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best game of my childhood!

[–]SalvatoreParadise 0 points1 point ago

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that looks like Slurms Mckenzie, before he partied out

[–]maxwellp7777 0 points1 point ago

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Upvotes for you, good sir. That game was the shiznit.

[–]davefuckface 0 points1 point ago

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fuck yeah

[–]Umpalumpa47 0 points1 point ago

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*Does

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I kept my old P3 laptop just to play this and Lego Island. It's still fun today, despite the lack of complexity.

[–]TehSkarface 0 points1 point ago

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No pun intended?

[–]MK-007 0 points1 point ago

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You're right. That game 'rocked.'

[–]dahvzombie 0 points1 point ago

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Wasn't there an unbeatable level? Me and my bro tried for hours and never managed to beat that damn game.

[–]khazzar12 0 points1 point ago

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YES! I found my old game disk a few months ago and reinstalled it. Breezed through it in a few hours but it was still really fun!

[–]CookieMan0 0 points1 point ago

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Damnit, I wanted to play this as a child, the sets were so awesome. Now find out it's a hidden gem... Fuck all.

[–]poko610 0 points1 point ago

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The only thing that disappointed me about this game is that there is no sandbox. Unless there is and I'm too stupid to find it.

[–]Heroshade 0 points1 point ago

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Wait. Other people than me owned this game?

[–]Riickastley 0 points1 point ago

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WUT I just re-installed this game! Also Lego Alpha Team.

[–]Banno 0 points1 point ago

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i remember beating this game in under an hour -.-

[–]ChibiMrBubbles 0 points1 point ago

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I played the hell out of this game, I lost the CD jewel case and I'm so mad since I can't recall if I beat it or not. And it's impossible to find on the digital distribution side of things.

[–]iloling 0 points1 point ago

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Puns. Rocked. Lol.

[–]Odd822 0 points1 point ago

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One of the first few games I ever played, and to this day I still have the sound of the alarm memorized.

[–]admiralsfan 0 points1 point ago

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I loved this game so much! I remember being so afraid of the rock monsters...

[–]NoxBene 0 points1 point ago

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I will probably be too stoned...

[–]Skyeblade 0 points1 point ago

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YES.

[–]steelcitynorth -4 points-3 points ago

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With all due respect, if you had said, "it fuckin rocked!" you would have got waaaaay more upvotes, with all due respect.

[–]Idontevenwhat 0 points1 point ago

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No respect for you!

[–]Vectoor -3 points-2 points ago

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Minecraft!

[–]yothatsshizzle -3 points-2 points ago

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It's okay OP, you can say fuck in here.

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