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Old 13-05-2009, 6:58 PM   #1
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Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Another day, another thread

Earliest recollection of a multiple game character

1) Person, creature or thing must have appeared in more than one game (obviously)
2) Person, creature or thing must be identifiable with a name

So if you arrived late on the gaming scene, all you sonic and mario fans can rejoice, you can brag about them here.

Mine :-

I'm sure there was something/someone earlier but i can't for the life of me remember who/what it was, therefore i'm going for sir arthur pendragon who starred in 4 ultimate play the game titles from the commodore 64 and yes i played and completed them all.

Staff of karnath (1984)
Entombed (1984)
Dragonskulle (1985)
Blackwyche (1985)

Characters mentioned so far include the following :-

Alex kidd (Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Monster world etc)
Axel (Streets of rage series)
Bounty bob (Bounty bob strikes back, Miner 2049er)
Bub and Bob (Rainbow islands, Bubble bobble etc)
Cool spot (cool spot, cool spot 3d etc)
Dizzy (Treasure island, Magic land etc)
Ecco (Ecco 1, Ecco jr etc)
Horace (Hungry Horace, Horace Goes Skiing etc)
Mario (A lot)
Monty Mole (Wanted monty mole, impossamole etc)
Roland (Roland on the ropes, Roland in the caves etc)
Sir arthur pendragon (Entombed, Blackwyche etc)
Thing (Thing on a spring, Thing Bounces Back etc)
Willy (Jet set willy, manic miner etc)
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Brilliant !

For me the there are two that stick out the most:

Willy as in Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy and Jet Set Willy II

Jet Set Willy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Horace as in Hungry Horace, Horace Goes Skiing and Horace and the Spiders

Horace series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 13-05-2009, 7:44 PM   #3
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Monty Mole (C64)
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Dizzy!
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Rolling a little later than all so far but Alex the Kid was a real player in his built in 16 bit days of the master system.
Rock, paper, scissors anyone?
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
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Rolling a little later than all so far but Alex the Kid was a real player in his built in 16 bit days of the master system.
Rock, paper, scissors anyone?
ill go rock .from what i had as a kid i use to like roland on the ropes,cave ect bet no one remembers them use to have them on the old amstrad cpc464. but alex kid was another good un.
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
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Monty Mole (C64)
There's one i forgot

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from what i had as a kid i use to like roland on the ropes,cave ect bet no one remembers them
On the contrary the original versions maybe but thanks to the retro remake thread, most people who have browsed it would have been reminded, if you haven't already have a look here :-

Roland on the ropes remake

Funnily enough all the characters/games posted so far have received remade updated pc versions in one form or another, only my arthur pendragon series hasn't been attempted yet, surely he's a prime candidate now!
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Horace, from Hungry Horace and Horace goes Skiing

Bounty Bob from Miner 2049er and Bounty Bob Strikes Back

Jumpman (Mario) from Donkey Kong and Mario Bros, plus a few more games after that
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
roland and dizzy
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Edited the first post with characters mentioned so far, i couldn't resist it
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Thing [on a Spring], was in quite a few games.

Pacman, of course.

Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Island, and Parasol Stars.
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Cool spot! (I think that was his name, that red circle like thing) Ecco the dolphin and axel from streets of rage!
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
How about a different Sir Arthur, this time from Ghosts 'N Goblins and Ghouls 'n Ghosts.

Also Clyde Radcliffe star of Creatures (Clyde Radcliffe Exterminates All The Unfriendly Repulsive Earth-ridden Slime) and Creatures II: Torture Trouble.
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Just dug out the old master system to have a smash on Alex the Kid and what did I come across in the cartridge slot but Wonderboy! He can jump, throw hammers, skateboard..... What a guy!!!
Wonderboy is one of the 1st coin ops I remember shovelling 20p's into. He featured in loads of games, one of my faves being Wonderboy in Monsterland?? or something like that.
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Definitely Dizzy for me also.

In glorious full colour on the awesome Spectrum 48K (non rubber key version!)
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
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Another day, another thread

Earliest recollection of a multiple game character

1) Person, creature or thing must have appeared in more than one game (obviously)
2) Person, creature or thing must be identifiable with a name

So if you arrived late on the gaming scene, all you sonic and mario fans can rejoice, you can brag about them here.

Mine :-

I'm sure there was something/someone earlier but i can't for the life of me remember who/what it was, therefore i'm going for sir arthur pendragon who starred in 4 ultimate play the game titles from the commodore 64 and yes i played and completed them all.

Staff of karnath (1984)
Entombed (1984)
Dragonskulle (1985)
Blackwyche (1985)

Characters mentioned so far include the following :-

Alex kidd (Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Monster world etc)
Axel (Streets of rage series)
Bounty bob (Bounty bob strikes back, Miner 2049er)
Bub and Bob (Rainbow islands, Bubble bobble etc)
Cool spot (cool spot, cool spot 3d etc)
Dizzy (Treasure island, Magic land etc)
Ecco (Ecco 1, Ecco jr etc)
Horace (Hungry Horace, Horace Goes Skiing etc)
Mario (A lot)
Monty Mole (Wanted monty mole, impossamole etc)
Roland (Roland on the ropes, Roland in the caves etc)
Sir arthur pendragon (Entombed, Blackwyche etc)
Thing (Thing on a spring, Thing Bounces Back etc)
Willy (Jet set willy, manic miner etc)
has to be mario and jet set willy
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
WonderBoy. Not strictly my earliest, but I played this on someone elses Sega MasterSystem and it 'stuck out', I never played much other character games before this.

YouTube - Wonder Boy - Sega Master System Full Game 1 of 2
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
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Definitely Dizzy for me also.

In glorious full colour on the awesome Spectrum 48K (non rubber key version!)
definitely dizzy for me too. Magic land dizzy was my first, and treasure island dizzy was me second, both amazing games in their day, and even now.
Yolkfolk.com - The Dizzy Fansite - call me sad

Enjoy!
YouTube - Amiga Longplay [442] Treasure Island DizzyYouTube - Amiga Longplay [438] Magicland Dizzy

The earliest version is the one I started out on, check these graphics peeps!, What a game!
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Mr Do, and Mr Do's castle is my first recollection of multiple game characters. We used to be forever playing them both in the arcades back in the day

YouTube - Mr. Do! - arcade (1982)

YouTube - Mr.Do's Castle - Arcade (1983)
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
What about 2 character from the same game(s):

Luxor the moonprince and rotheron the wise were in lords of midnight then doomdarks revenge, if I recall correctly
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Horace, from Hungry Horace and Horace goes Skiing
and Horace and the Spiders.
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Re: Your earliest recollection of a multiple game character
Mickey Mouse

Fantasia, World of Illusion and Castle of Illiusion.
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