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After 15 years, I still can't catch the Brickster... (i.imgur.com)

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[–]internetexplorerftw 23 points24 points ago

This and lego racers, childhood summed up.

[–]iBiinky 3 points4 points ago

Oh my god, yes. I need to play both right now

[–]jasonefmonk 0 points1 point ago

I was a champ at Lego Racers, I loved it more than any game at the time. Wish I still had my 64.

[–]20benji 27 points28 points ago

I was very young when I first played this game. Needless to say I cried when I let him out of the jail.

[–]blergz 19 points20 points ago

On the last chase scene, I failed to get the cops to catch him. I was so ashamed of myself I did a hard shut down of the computer so I didn't have to watch the final scene.

The mayor trusted me, and I let him down.

[–]queensgetdamoney 7 points8 points ago

Are you me?

[–]20benji 2 points3 points ago

Maybe

[–]wubber_cheekers 39 points40 points ago

That was the greatest game of all time I havnt seen it in years thank you

[–]pie_launcher 9 points10 points ago

My computer could hardly run this game, it always froze and yet I sat there patiently waiting for it to unfreeze and keep going. If only I had that same kind of patience now...

[–]GreenFox1505 6 points7 points ago

I caught him when I was 9... and got a full wall of Red Bricks. (not saying it didn't take me a full summer)

[–]Awful_Antagonist 1 point2 points ago

I was so terrified I wouldn't be able to catch that I made my big brother do it.

Best days of my life.

[–]skidooshy 4 points5 points ago

I DID IT. I did it once. There is no evidence, and the second time I tried it didn't work, but I CAUGHT HIM

[–]sad_kiwi 4 points5 points ago

Haha this was my first proper game. Completely forgot about it. P.S learn to throw pizzas noob.

[–]CaptainCanuck7 3 points4 points ago

The controls in that helicopter fuckin suck!

That isn't to say I didn't catch that bastard. I did.

I always knew something was up when that order was made to the jail!

[–]haydentherapper 4 points5 points ago

Found this game and Lego Chess, upset I can't get either to run on Win 7.

[–]borvothehutt 2 points3 points ago

♪♪brick by brick, tock by tick, no matter how thin, no matter how thick...♪♪

[–]MaurusMahrntahn 0 points1 point ago

I WANT A REMAKE DAMMIT

[–]SimilarImage 9 points10 points ago

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9 months G4mer4lif3 I played the shit out of this as a kid here 242 495
5 months Jenksz Who else loved this. here 239 300
2 months DerekBrighten First thing Lego City reminded me of here 270 1134

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[–]HockeyLund_13 4 points5 points ago

Best.Game.Ever. Literally wouldn't stop playing this for hours. And one day it disappeared.

[–]SpruxHD 0 points1 point ago

Thats what happened to me exactly.....

[–]HockeyLund_13 0 points1 point ago

Like seriously. I would still play that game. And I looked for it for years. But no show up.

[–]Garamor 0 points1 point ago

I remember reading a few years back, if you added a specific .dll file it would run on Vista so I did so on my computer of that time.

Game worked and it was a ton of fun to experience everything again... the only problem that occurred though was building things were sometimes a pain. The hitboxes weren't always on the piece you wanted to pick up, and you had to 'click around' to find the spot that would let you select it.

Well I spent 30 minutes trying to build the damn helicopter... got to the third last piece which were the blades, but I just couldn't find the hitbox. I still have the CD though, would have to find a way to get it to work on windows 7 as well.

[–]hereticAUT 1 point2 points ago

i somehow want to play this again.

[–]McGreek 1 point2 points ago

Is there a way to make this work on Windows 7?

[–]AshuraSpeakman -1 points0 points ago

Deep magic.

[–]Zer033 1 point2 points ago

dear god, i remember playing the sequel to this game over and over again getting to the space stage only to see my game was glitch and it wouldnt show me anything but my life bar depleting.... i miss those games

[–]The_Insyder -1 points0 points ago

I own this game...can't get it to install on my stupid windows 7 computer. I've tried everything.

[–]Garrickus -1 points0 points ago

I only ever played LEGO Island 2 on PSX. I'm going to see if I can get a copy of this one on eBay right now.

[–]fraudisokay -1 points0 points ago

Whenever I think about this game all I remember is that stupid fucking whistling. Some guy you had a find just kept whistling this annoying call.

[–]AshuraSpeakman -1 points0 points ago

It was the Brickster. He was in a cave. I was ready to murder him.

[–]poodieman45 -1 points0 points ago

I still kindove liked the second one better but I can fucking beat the last level

[–]AshuraSpeakman -1 points0 points ago

You know what nobody ever mentions? Depending on who you were playing, you could change up different things on the island with right-click. I would change people's everything for hours.

[–]MuggyFuzzball -1 points0 points ago

I still have this game installed on my old computer. Haven't launched it in years. Today, I make an exception.

[–]bananafish707 -1 points0 points ago

I just threw pizzas from the helicopter everywhere till something happened.

[–]gaaaabe -1 points0 points ago

If you haven't caught the Brickster yet, you never will.

[–]jcap314 -1 points0 points ago

I remember this game because my best friend had it when I was like 8, he one time had a ton of people over and we sat on his bed and watched him play while we ate marshmallows, still one of the best afternoons of my life.

[–]AtillaBosma -1 points0 points ago

Oh my god, this game, Lego Racers and Duke Nukem 3D is my childhood.

[–]TimAK87 0 points1 point ago

This game made me want to be a helicopter pilot, until I realized that helicopters don't actually shoot pizzas and doughnuts.

[–]navx2810 0 points1 point ago

This shit was fun!

[–]NylePudding 0 points1 point ago

I still have the box which I used to put all my game manuals inside. Played the hell out of this, and really enjoyed the second one too.

Good times! :D

[–]shrinktomysize 0 points1 point ago

dude this game was one of my first...i loved it

[–]Rozzarius 0 points1 point ago

I started gaming at 2, this was my first.

[–]Glitch_McTwink 1 point2 points ago

AM or PM?

[–]thekingofnarwhals 0 points1 point ago

All i remember was never completing it because i was young, and hiding the disk behind the dinosaur of a computer and never playing it again...

[–]Jonez69 0 points1 point ago

I had this on GBA, I loved the soundtrack <3

[–]schoolsterz 0 points1 point ago

COPS GO TO THE DONUTS! GO TO THE FUCKING DONUTS! OVER HERE! DAMNIT!

[–]fishtacos4evry1 0 points1 point ago

DAE LEGO ISLAND?!?!?

[–]NeedlePipe -5 points-4 points ago

oh look, the bi-weekly post of this game, right on schedule

[–]64_hit_combo 0 points1 point ago

I'm sorry we can't all be reddit 24/7. :c

[–]NeedlePipe -1 points0 points ago

it gets annoying to see this one the front page every few weeks. it's not like it's new or anything, it's a game that's been around. I wouldn't mind if any actual content was posted, but posting a game cover over and over is just pointless.

this is why I moved to r/games. the front page has real content and not obsessing over the cover of an old game.

[–]64_hit_combo 0 points1 point ago

you make a great point. But sometimes you just want to see mindless entertainment related to games. Or at least I do. When I'm tired.

[–]khamul787 -1 points0 points ago

It's been two months since it was posted. I'm terribly sorry this repost took up so much of your valuable time.

[–]antitrop -3 points-2 points ago

Box-art image post of Lego Island on /r/gaming? Has it been a week already?

At least the title isn't "This was the GTA of my childhood" this time.

[–]DoomGuardian 1 point2 points ago

DAE want to have sex with their childhood memories?

[–]Manglydangly -3 points-2 points ago

HA, You can't beat the easiest game of my childhood with only 2 hours of playtime, my ten-year-old self IS FAR SUPERIOR.

[–]VivasMadness -2 points-1 points ago

is it this time of the month already? this is like the 5th time i've seen this bullshit, it's not even quality content (the post itself)

[–]missing404 0 points1 point ago

Oh look, Lego Island again. God I loved this game though.

[–]Arctikwolf -1 points0 points ago

DAMN I miss this game ahaha I was probably 11 when I was playing this, i loved the pizzas :P

[–]thenamesjoe -1 points0 points ago

Wow this game. Bring back memories.

[–]MrHockeytown 0 points1 point ago

This, Rock Raiders, and LEGO Racers were my introduction to gaming.

[–]sirmcshagsalot -1 points0 points ago

Thank you, i havnt seen, nor heard of that game in years. And i to have never caught the brikster either.

[–]damaximum -1 points0 points ago

Aaaaaand my weekend is gone.

[–]Masterchiefsauce -1 points0 points ago

I caught the brickster!! You have to trap him between yourself and one of the cops

[–]thjoki -1 points0 points ago

i once did it

[–]polterchrist263 -1 points0 points ago

wish i still had a copy of that

[–]ZarkingFrood42 -2 points-1 points ago

What. a. noob. I caught that Brickster once. (only once, but still)

[–]GangGreenFiend -1 points0 points ago

Damn, I miss this game.

[–]Death_Taco -1 points0 points ago

YES YES YES!!!! I can't believe I actually forgot about this game until now! I would play this all the time hahahaha. Where can I get a copy of this?????
I know I'm excited, but this was THE PC game of my childhood.

[–]mario100o -5 points-4 points ago

Yeah I had It stop working because I play it so much I capterd the brickster in a couple of days he was easy

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

PUNCTUATION, MOTHERFUCKER. USE IT.

[–]loopst -2 points-1 points ago

i remember hé broke out by ising a hot pizza to melt te lock.. brickster, smartest villain if all time.

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