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Old January 29, 2002, 10:14   #1
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Mail Order Monsters: does anybody remember?
In the 80's there was a game called Mail Order Monster.

The idea of the game was quite unique: you bought a "monster"; possibilities were Human , brontosaur, tyrannosaur, arachnoid, crab, amoeba, bee, squid, "walking tree", maybe I'm forgetting some. Then you fight against ther monsters controlled by computer or another player.

By winning fights you could improve your monster, say like add photosyntesis, tentacles, claws, fangs, different skin armors... all kind of "natural" enhancements. You could improve your speed, hitpoints, brainsize, musclesize with money. You could also buy weaponry, armour, and the like.

It was very funny and advanced idea for a game at that time. Does anybody know any clones of this game?

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Mail Order Monsters was a great game. I played it numerous times on the C-64. There was a similar game by Epyx (I think) called The Movie Monster Game where you got to demolish a city but you couldn't buy upgrades for your monster. I always wanted to play a game that combined the upgrading of M.O.M. and the ability to destroy cities. Octopus Motor is coming out with a game this spring called They Came From Hollywood that appears to be very similar to The Movie Monster Game.
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Old February 2, 2002, 17:38   #3
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That would indeed be by Epyx, the first version was called "Crush Crumble & Chomp". There's a second version for the c64 but it lacked the charm of the original.


There's an old dos clone available at Gamigo. Shitty graphics, poor controls and 2 player only, but it does give you the gist of the game. Time for a remake I say.

http://freegamez.gamigo.de/get.php?spieleid=898
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There's also some interesting linux games at this site. Check out scorched island.
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