EPTi'm no pro in oldschool games so yeh
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what games should i play?
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GTR
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i'm no pro in oldschool games so yeh | ||
pachi
Melbourne5338 Posts
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Ack1027
United States7873 Posts
AKA sc, cs, war3, rpgs. From that list worms is probably the most fun. HoMM is a good series as well. I was completely serious about my first comment though. Edit: Don't pick up WoW. | ||
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Yaqoob
Canada3341 Posts
Play Doom, Civilization and Worms also. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On June 12 2008 18:07 Yaqoob wrote: Play Doom, Civilization and Worms also. Civilization is a great game. You should play the old gta too. I loved it. edit: Play War2 too !!! And you should try system shock and Monley Island even if it is really old. | ||
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DeadVessel
United States6269 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On June 12 2008 18:24 DeadVessel wrote: Cmd. Keen | ||
LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
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ArC_man
United States2798 Posts
First game I ever played on PC. I was scared of the boss also >_< | ||
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Texas
Germany2388 Posts
HoMM is auto-play. | ||
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asel
Germany1601 Posts
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
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0xDEADBEEF
Germany1235 Posts
- System Shock - Ultima 8 (or rather 7, if you have it) - Doom series. I think you can skip Wolfenstein 3D  . You should make sure that you have Final Doom, there is extra content (TNT and Plutonia expansions). Also, you should play the Doom 2 Master Levels (from id too). If they aren't included in Final Doom already, that is. You should use zDoom or Doomsday Engine to play it, it's a modern game engine offering support for modern operating systems and several 3D accelerated features, high resolutions, 3D models, hi-res textures, accurate controls and so on...- Dune 2 (the father of the RTS games as we know them. And it had an excellent soundtrack for its time) - Commander Keen 4 (you just have to play it because of the Dopefish! Which makes an appearance in many newer id Software games. Playing part 4 only should be sufficient). - Ultima Underworld but only part 2 IMHO. UU was the first 3D RPG (not counting games like Dungeon Master here which look 3D but there's no free movement). - HoMM is a great game but part 3 (with both expansions) is the best, which isn't that old. - Eye of the Beholder series - XCOM/UFO series Not on your list but you have to know these: - Z (from 1996. this is a totally awesome RTS game everyone should know. It's extremely challenging even in single player. I never beat it. It's one of the best RTS ever, brilliant gameplay. It's also funny  The main difficulty of the game is planning ahead. This REALLY matters a lot)- Wizardry 7 - Betrayal at Krondor | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On June 12 2008 19:11 0xDEADBEEF wrote: - Z (this is a totally awesome RTS game. It's extremely challenging even in single player. I never beat it. It's one of the best RTS ever, brilliant gameplay. It's also funny )WHAT ????? You can beat nethack and you cant beat a fucking RTS ????? lolololol i need to try this one. Btw beef you need to try Dwarf fortress . | ||
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paper
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On June 12 2008 18:24 DeadVessel wrote: Cmd. Keen holy shit this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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0xDEADBEEF
Germany1235 Posts
To my defense, I should say I got pretty far, like 80% through it. But the computer is just so damn strong, it's incredible. Part of this is because you can't just outmacro or outmicro him. It's a highly strategical game and the computer always does so many good decisions... it's like getting outplayed by superior game sense every time.  Plus, in later levels the computer also starts with an advantage. | ||
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
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stenole
Norway869 Posts
Cannon Fodder 1 or 2 - Guide around a group of soldiers and shoot. Dune 2 - To see what RTS was in the good old days. GTA - Because the two first ones were 10 times better than the new ones. Lemmings 2 - One of the better puzzle games. Master of magic - Plays out like a meld between civilization and HOMM. Monkey Island 1 and 2 - Classic adventure games. Syndicate - Plays out the same way as Cannon Fodder. UFO - You need to play this. There are other fun games in there, but these are games that I would recommend to someone who hasn't played a lot of games from that era. | ||
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HypnoticPoo
Singapore291 Posts
Star Wars: KOTOR, Mass Effect. And System Shock is amazing. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On June 12 2008 19:19 0xDEADBEEF wrote: :D To my defense, I should say I got pretty far, like 80% through it. But the computer is just so damn strong, it's incredible. Part of this is because you can't just outmacro or outmicro him. It's a highly strategical game and the computer always does so many good decisions... it's like getting outplayed by superior game sense every time. Plus, in later levels the computer also starts with an advantage.mmmm it is freeware ? or i have to do illegal stuff to get it ? :D | ||
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HighTimes
Taiwan342 Posts
On June 12 2008 18:45 ArC_man wrote: WOLF 3D!!!! First game I ever played on PC. I was scared of the boss also >_< QFT There is also wolf3d spear of destiny (SOD), it's like a second part of wolf3d Of course if you had no PC 15yrs ago, you wont like it... | ||
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SchOOl_VicTIm
Greece2394 Posts
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Mandalor
Germany2362 Posts
On June 12 2008 19:25 Boblion wrote: mmmm it is freeware ? or i have to do illegal stuff to get it ? :D www.oldgames.nu - gotta register to download tho and I agree, Z is such an amazing game. The ingame video are great as well ^^ | ||
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Daranee
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chiflutz
Romania1025 Posts
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On June 12 2008 20:21 chiflutz wrote: Dungeon Keeper. 'Nuff said. Yea this one is so good. And try Deus Ex ( Action-RPG / FPS ) and Baldur's Gate ( RPG ) ( my two favourite games <3 <3<3 ).Tip: if you think that Baldur's Gate graphics are too bad you can try to get Baldur's Gate 2 ( very good too ) and use a mod to play Baldur's Gate 1 with Baldur's gate 2 engine. But please play Baldur's Gate 1 first ( or it will ruin 50% of the storyline )http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/index.php?option=content&task=blogcategory&id=143&Itemid=98 Those games are awesome. Storyline and gameplay are way better than today games and graphics arent that bad. They arent freeware but i dont think they are expensive nowadays ^^ If you are a true hardcore gamer who dont care about graphics at all you can try Dwarf fortress; This is the most complex game ever made i guess. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress If graphics werent ASCII ..... It would be the best game ever made easily T-T. Btw it is freeware. | ||
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Ghardo
Germany1685 Posts
For all other inspiration you can take Day[9] as a reference. He has always made quite an effort to sort out the real gems of gaming. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=61646 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=37895 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=73112 | ||
Aesop
Hungary11305 Posts
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0xDEADBEEF
Germany1235 Posts
On June 12 2008 20:44 Ghardo wrote: For all other inspiration you can take Day[9] as a reference. He has always made quite an effort to sort out the real gems of gaming. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=61646 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=37895 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=73112 Seems very console-centric though. | ||
riptide
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Ghardo
Germany1685 Posts
On June 12 2008 21:04 0xDEADBEEF wrote: BG and Deus Ex are awesome but too new for this thread. Seems very console-centric though. So? http://snesorama.us/board/forumdisplay.php?f=18 the threads contain more than the first post with valuable recommendations for great games. it's only a hint at which games are all time classics and therefore "too good to miss". Have fun or don't. | ||
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JoxxOr
Sweden1502 Posts
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JohnnyCash
France244 Posts
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Xeln4g4
Italy1209 Posts
On June 12 2008 21:41 JohnnyCash wrote: Not in the list, but easily to download (on the mule for instance): Colonization GREAT GAME! This is a good advise! But it's a DOS one so you gotta be prepared for troubles ... Works fine in my windows XP-PRO | ||
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defenestrate
United States579 Posts
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0xDEADBEEF
Germany1235 Posts
On June 12 2008 21:22 Ghardo wrote: So? Nothing... didn't mean it in a positive or negative way. Just noticed it, and I think that PC gamers without a console may not find much there. @IH4t3z3rg: Almost all games from this thread are old DOS games, but they all should work when using DOSBox You need a fairly good CPU though (better than a P3 or so), because DOSBox emulates everything. Here's an overview: http://dosbox.com/wiki/System_Requirements | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
best game ever | ||
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey is where my old screenname came from (TwinsenDude). Fucking FANTASTIC game. To bad the sequel isn't on that list | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
Wuld ub Wocurept :D | ||
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Ghardo
Germany1685 Posts
On June 12 2008 22:28 0xDEADBEEF wrote: Just noticed it, and I think that PC gamers without a console may not find much there. that's why i linked the emu page with virtually any console game playable on pc ~_ ~ | ||
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dinmsab
Malaysia2246 Posts
CMD KEEN & LEMMINGS. Those were the best games of their time. Commander Keen is a side scroller, mario rip off although more interesting imho. Lemmings is probably the best puzzle game in history of gaming, nothing compares!!! Civilization is addictive, although I dont see why you should play that considering the newer Civs are better. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On June 12 2008 23:02 dinmsab wrote: Civilization is addictive, although I dont see why you should play that considering the newer Civs are better. I didnt played Civ 1 ( only Civ 2, 3 and 4 ) but i dont think Civ4 > Civ3 > Civ 2 There are some good changes but some bad too. I enjoyed way more Civ 2 late game ( faster than Civ 3 ). Civ 4 stats for units suck it is all about heavy armor in late game .... ( for both attack and defense ). Religions and custom home policies are good though uppgrades for units too.edit: there is Civ 2 in the list right ? xd | ||
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mikeymoo
Canada7170 Posts
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
). I think I've beaten ep 1-3 and 5, failing on 4 badly (THAT LEVEL FULL OF TAR +%=/!"/%(!!! ) and almost completing 6. The other being X-Wing (the first one and the original). I've spent literally 5 years with breaks in and out on the latter. And killed a TON of ball-mices | ||
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
On June 12 2008 19:14 Boblion wrote: WHAT ????? You can beat nethack and you cant beat a fucking RTS ????? lolololol i need to try this one. Btw beef you need to try Dwarf fortress .I still have the original Z cd/case :D Anyways, C. Kee and Lemmings <3 | ||
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jambonkingcool
Canada186 Posts
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
Sorry to hijack this a bit, but I always wanted to discuss the following game (which isn't on this list though). It was developed somewhere around 1995 by a (to me) unknown company called "The Logic Factory". The game's title is Ascendancy, and it's space-TBS, the kind of colonizing and fighting battles in star-systems. I really enjoyed it, mostly because of the vast number of races (being 30 or more), even though their differences are limited to having a special unique, passive or active ability. What's unique about this game: well, there are a few things. First, the most important there's no resource gathering involved at all, all you have to do is build stuff on your planet(s). Each planet can have one project ongoing at a time, at it takes a fixed number of days to finish. There are 3 areas that you can upgrade in, industry (projects take less days) population growth (each building takes one person, and if you dont have a free person ready, you need to wait until one spawns before starting a new project, losing time) and research (research is done in a different tab, only one research per empire, depending on the full-scale research power of your empire, works similar to one planet's projects based on industry level). You can also build buildings to increase slots for offspring, defend against invasions, anti-space defenses, cloaking, etc. Another unique thing is the star system layout. There are different star-systems in the game, linked together with a system of "tubes" called star-lanes. So you don't just randomly click your ships around the map, but when you enter a system, you need to move inside it like you would in a real solar-system, orbiting planets (which btw, are orbiting their sun as the days go by, I've found this very cool ). When you enter a new star system by a starlane (or it's slower version, a red link) you can see all the other systems you can go from there on your main starmap.The whole game is very basic btw, space battles are made of ships taking pot-shots at each other, and ground battle is nonexistant (it's about you have at least one more "invasion modules" than the planet has surface shields, but modules get used up every time you invade, and refilling them isn't the easiest thing to do[there are some races who modify this]), so this part isn't the best about it. However, you can totally design your ships with the researched equipment you have (you can make specialized ones for mass invasion / speed, but no weapons, or ones designed only to escort these and fight, or cookie-cutters) allowing tons of variability. There's no campaign, you're presented with a random map every time you play (can change star density, number of races present, diplomacy-environment [how co-operative / aggressive your opponents are] ). The biggest con is that the AI is very dumb, and that there's no multiplayer. If someone would mod this game, this could be the HoMM 1 / 2 / 3 of space, I tell you There's a patch that claimed to fix this, well, first time I played it I was careless and got my ass kicked, but it just took a little time to adapt to the new challenge - the computer gets caught in a loop after some time and falls behind on fleet / colonization / research and you can basically 1vX them at once if you wish in "mid-game".All in all, I still think it's a very fun game, and I'm curious if any of you have heard of it / maybe played it. It's definitely worth checking out, some racial abilities are damn'd cool | ||
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o3.power91
Bahrain5288 Posts
Must be in a special folder for itself amirite?  | ||
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nofAcedAgent
United States952 Posts
Tons of great games in that list... UFO enemy unknown Maniac Mansion Day of the Tentacle (maniac mansion 2 thx) Beneath a Steel Sky Ravenloft Darksun GL keep us updated ^^; | ||
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Moaf_
Austria76 Posts
Yeah i can remember Ascendancy. It had a great atmosphere but if i remember correctly the micromanagement of the planets was quite annoying. I prefer playing the Master of Orion series over it. Found a video about Ascendancy on youtube (+ MOO and other old great games in Related Videos) for those who are interested. Other games i really liked to play back in the days were: Dark Forces The Dig Both had a great atmosphere. To stay on topic: I'd recommend Beneth a Steel Sky and Day of the Tentacle. Really nice and funny adventures. And of course Tie Fighter. But don't get discouraged if you get shot down often. I think the Empire had to waste about a thousand Tie Figthers for my piloting skills. | ||
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Siefu
Australia205 Posts
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