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wario 07-30-2003 08:38 PM

Old PC games you still play
 
Just wondering what old PC games are still in your game rotation. And how do you manage to play these outdated games on high end systems.
Me? I still occasionally go back to the AD&D Gold Box games. The games like Pool of Radiance (original), Curse of the Azure Bonds, and Secret of the Silver Blades. The first one came out in 1988. XP won't run these, but I've still got my Win 95 233 MHz to run these games.

Atomsk 07-30-2003 10:28 PM

Master of Orion 1 and 2 (mostly 2 since its a updated version of 1) Starcontrol 2 (best rpg/action game ever) Starflight (on occation) D/generation, every ultima game on occation but ultima 7 is my favorite. some crazy old games like black magic and below the root. those you need an apple ][ C emulator to play. but its worth the hassel for sure.

ducati999 07-30-2003 11:15 PM

every now and then i will go through the original duke nukem side scrollers....and the other apogee, epic side scrollers like jill of the jungle and jazz jackrabbit....

bobbles 07-31-2003 05:16 AM

The tetris game from "Best Of Windows Entertainment Pack"

(and ski free) :S

TerraFORM 07-31-2003 06:11 AM

I've still got a few old ones---Quake 1 and 2, Turok, Forsaken (excellent, btw), Interstate '76. These aren't that old but are my oldest.

Krycheck 07-31-2003 06:41 AM

Action Quake 2 although it's been a few months since.

MPower 07-31-2003 01:33 PM

Stars! and scorched earth. I do have an old board/computer combo game from '88 I sometimes play when friends are over.

Caphreak 07-31-2003 03:34 PM

wow, i must be young. Old computer games to me are like Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn (the original, not sun) and F-117A...

TerresqueÜ 07-31-2003 05:46 PM

Diablo 1...

Dmala 07-31-2003 07:15 PM

Nethack
http://www.nethack.org

Gotta love those ASCII graphics. :)

t3m3st 07-31-2003 07:40 PM

Ski Free ROCKS!!!1
Also, The Adventures of Willy Beamish, Police Quest, Wolf3D, and good ol' Doom

acidburn 07-31-2003 07:46 PM

Still love Descent: Freespace....
Might not be all too old to you all, but I have yet to find a flight game that compares to this...

charlesesl 07-31-2003 08:01 PM

Thief I: the most unique fps i ve ever played (hate the zombies)

Spritebox 08-01-2003 05:03 AM

Baldur's Gate II....Counterstrike...Snood...poker?

Rav 08-01-2003 05:08 AM

Ski Free huh? That's pretty old school...

I still play this stupid executable game, "Snowcraft"...3 little kids vs a bunch of a elves shooting snowballs at each other, it's pretty entertaining...I'm pretty sure download.com would still have it yeras later...

CS is still a favorite though!:hmm:

Zargix 08-01-2003 05:18 AM

Nethack
X-Com
System Shock
Doom

although recently, all i've really played is WC3: Frozen Throne

obediah 08-01-2003 06:55 AM

I pull out the oldies every once in awhile

X-Com
MOO II
Alter Ego ( on C64 emulator)
Ultima Underworld
Gold Box Games

djtestudo 08-01-2003 07:11 AM

The greatest computer game ever to be used in school...OREGON TRAIL!

Empty_One 08-01-2003 11:08 AM

gl_quake

kel 08-01-2003 01:00 PM

Janes longbow 2
 
The definitve helicopter combat sim. Nothing has come close to it since then. Sadly... no one left to fly as my wingman or be my copilot... but then again no one wants to be stuck in the front seat...

tavis26 08-01-2003 01:33 PM

its all about "Jones in the Fastlane". oh, and Kings Quest VI

Gothmog 08-01-2003 01:50 PM

Oooh... I love these threads
 
StarControl 2 (StarControl - Timewarp - Bitchin' remake, networkable!)
Loom, Monkey Island 1, 2, and The Dig (ScummVM - Plays old LucasArts Games)
Slash'em (My favorite nethack variant - Slash'em Page)
Ultima VII & Serpents Gate (Exult - 2K/XP emulator for U7 engine)
Paradroid (Cool clone called Freedroid)
Jumpman (Few win32 clones here: Jumpman Lounge)
Abuse (Get your Win32/Linux versions here.)
Trailblazer (God I loved that one on the C64. Win32 version here.)
Turrican (Another brilliant C64 classic. Win32 version here.)

Other NEW variants on older games.
Crimsonland (Always felt like a derivative of Abuse to me. D/L it here.)
Decker - Nethack cyberpunk style!



Well, I hope you try some of these out for yourselves! They're all pretty damn good, IMHO.

portwineboy 08-02-2003 05:51 PM

MOO2, Harpoon2, Blade Runner, Doom.

I'm old. What can I say?

drawerfixer 08-02-2003 06:10 PM

Myth TFL

Running over 6 years now.

Brentski 08-02-2003 06:15 PM

Lords of the Realm II and Silent Service

Same Guy 08-02-2003 06:26 PM

Oh god theres some good old games in here
xcom
starcontrol ii
moo
pools of radiance...

noone mentions
warlords 2
that was a classic... many a hotseat game was played...

who said oregon trail - i'm gonna kick your ass :)
that game sucked... though i do miss takin down the occasional
buffalo :)

mustang91 08-02-2003 07:35 PM

Where's 'Betrayal at Krondor'

My favorite non-Bioware RPG to date.

Explosive 08-02-2003 07:47 PM

Kings Quest 4 and all the LSL games

H12 08-02-2003 07:48 PM

I wish I still had my Duke Nukem game, or I'd have it on this computer. Man, nothing tops Quake 1 though...I love that game!

LNCPapa 08-02-2003 09:08 PM

I still play Quake I regularly - especially with Tenebrae and glQuake making it so beautiful.

striderkevin 08-05-2003 01:12 AM

Command and Conquer.

stinkynutz 08-05-2003 05:34 AM

x-com
myth2: soulblighter

calixstus 08-05-2003 10:06 AM

i still play Sid Meier's Pirates- its gotta be late 80's
and it still rules!

Mr. Mojo 08-05-2003 10:25 AM

<b>Tribes!</b> - i play at work, when i can. Still a great jump in-jump out game.

fartre 08-05-2003 05:55 PM

Jedi Knight 1, star control 2 and the original silent hunter...

such a pain in the ass getting them to work in winxp though


Oh yeah, leasure suit larry!

spoonbill 08-05-2003 07:52 PM

Pirates, good.

X-Com, better.

Civilization, best (can't believe I'm the first to mention this one).

killerjoejoe 08-05-2003 09:47 PM

Myst 1
FF7
Pharaoh
and best of all....NOX!

mute76 08-06-2003 10:39 AM

I'd still play Duke Nukem 3d if anyone else still did. Best FPS of all time.

shAzb0t 08-06-2003 03:35 PM

another myth player? i'm impressed...Ya Myth:TFL as well. I got duke nukem in a pcgamer and played through it, oh the memories

Vyk 08-06-2003 04:07 PM

X-Com, Starflight, Bards Tale 1-3, Master of Orion, definitely the Gold Box Dungeons and Dragons games.

I have a copy of Bards Tale II for the PC but the music for it is so much better on my Commodore 64 emulator :)

noblejr 08-06-2003 06:02 PM

Jones in the Fast Lane
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Amazon
HACKER
Myst

I never beat Amazon and HACKER back when I had an IBM PCjr. I play those a little bit now and again. The rest I just love so much I re-play them. And Jones is always fun.

CrazyIntent 08-06-2003 06:03 PM

Duke Nukem 3d still rocks to this day

Katyblu 08-06-2003 06:07 PM

The best game ever and the main thing that occupies my attention: Oregon Trail!

Locobot 08-06-2003 11:02 PM

civilization I&II, colonization!

Stiltzkin 08-07-2003 06:54 PM

Tetris!!! Especially Dungeon Dwellers Design's version originally named ACiD Tetris, but now known as Super ACiD Block Attack. I will always fondly remember it as ACiD Tetris though :thumbsup:

lalalapi 08-08-2003 02:59 AM

Thief
X-Wing
TIE Fighter
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate II
...and all the old LucasArts point and click games (i.e. Dig).

^dude 08-08-2003 04:49 AM

i think i'm gonna download command keen again :D

jhericurl21 08-08-2003 11:57 PM

soltaire

Bumm 08-09-2003 12:16 AM

counterstrike

agentsmith 08-09-2003 09:17 PM

hearts

blackdas 08-09-2003 10:01 PM

I played some Caesar 3 not too long ago. :)

archonic energy 08-10-2003 01:32 AM

Moo
Moo2:BAA
UFO: enemy unknown
X-com TFTD
X-Com Apoc.

Noblejr you used to play hacker too i had all the information (even the test site location) but i could never get all the peices of the shreaded document ... at the same time and i always ran out of money.
i had it on the amstrad CPC 464 still fun to play tho i needed an emu

Diablo 08-10-2003 04:47 AM

Diablo 2, that's the oldest I get.

And that's 3D Space Cadet pinball, but I have no clue when that was made.

wario 08-10-2003 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Diablo
Diablo 2, that's the oldest I get.
Never would've guessed that Diablo plays Diablo... :p

Batman976 08-10-2003 08:22 PM

I'm still a huge fan of the Leisure Suit Larry series. There are some old ones that I've tried installing, with no luck. There was one called TV Sports Boxing, and 4D boxing. Maybe I just don't have any lucky with my old boxing games.

MSD 08-10-2003 09:30 PM

Populous I and II

Nitro 08-11-2003 01:43 PM

X-Com
Elite Force
Duke Nukem
Stronghold
Settlers

Wyodiver33 08-11-2003 04:09 PM

X-Wing Alliance just got re-installed last night. It's fun. Also, I play a lot of WW2 Fighters by Janes.

rl33 08-11-2003 06:56 PM

Scorched Earth, Oregon Trail, Leisure Suit Larry

CyCo PL 08-11-2003 09:23 PM

Heh, Asheron's Call... Hey, it's about four years old now, that's pretty old...

Strelich 08-12-2003 10:42 AM

Actually, I borrowed a friend's box of X-Wing Alliance, and it was scary how I somehow instinctively remembered the keys, which were essentially the same when I played TIE Fighter or X-Wing over seven years ago. It also reminded me that I need to get a new Flightstick where the pots don't spike near the deadzone.

That, and System Shock. My sound card would get flaky in the game after 20 minutes, but I'd just quit, reboot, and keep at it. Love that game, way ahead of it's time when it came out.

I've been trying to get an old computer so I can play those games and 3dfx games Longbow 2 and Independence War to run. Never seemed to like these newfangled 2 gig computers with over 512 megs of ram.

IckUber 08-12-2003 12:04 PM

Zork!

Nefir 08-12-2003 12:12 PM

I've beaten Loom a few weeks ago (the 256-color talkie version! w00t!). I love old Lucas Arts games...

Currently playing Heroes of Might and Magic 3, with occassional mesochistic rounds of ABUSE (remember that old DOS game? with the gun-toting alien?).

Beltruckus 08-12-2003 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
Populous I and II
Shut up they made a populous 2? Is Populous the game where you have a shaman and she casts spells and the like?

Atomsk 08-12-2003 01:58 PM

they made a populous 3 that wasn't half bad either. all 3d looks good anyway.

Memphis 08-12-2003 02:36 PM

Transport Tycoon!

THE most addictive game I have ever had the joy of playing!

theinfamous 08-12-2003 02:44 PM

don't know if it counts but nes, snes, genesis, turbo grafx 16 emulators

twister002 08-12-2003 07:47 PM

This is my favorite thread. I've gone out and d/led a bunch of these games (well the free ones at least).

Most of the old games I play aren't all that old because Windows 2000 won't play most of them, even with "Win95 compatibility" turned on.

I started playing Fallout under WineX a few months ago, distractions have prevented me from playing it more though.

Beltruckus 08-12-2003 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Atomsk
they made a populous 3 that wasn't half bad either. all 3d looks good anyway.
I wonder where i can get my hands on 2 or 3..

JamesS 08-12-2003 09:19 PM

Star Control II like a mother.

Also Civilization II, X-Com: UFO Defense, Fallout, Monkey Island, and the game I finally bought a joystick for: TIE Fighter.

FastShark85 08-12-2003 09:25 PM

I've still got my Atari 2600, complete with games, from about 20 years ago. Maybe it's time to let my kids have some fun with it!

Hanabal 08-13-2003 12:05 AM

anyone heard of loom
Its an old old lucasarts game,

You have to play musical notes it the right order to get stuff to happen,

I never finished it, so i cranked it up and decided to get it done

collide 08-13-2003 12:54 AM

Lucas Arts and Sierra made the best games. Blizzard also. Pretty much anything they've ever released are games that I revisit every so often, and not just for the sake of nostaglia, but because they're fun, and I still enjoy playing all of them.

FastShark85 08-13-2003 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Batman976
I'm still a huge fan of the Leisure Suit Larry series.
I forgot about that series of games....they were great!

Nefir 08-13-2003 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hanabal
anyone heard of loom
Its an old old lucasarts game,

You have to play musical notes it the right order to get stuff to happen,

I never finished it, so i cranked it up and decided to get it done

See above. I've beaten it recently. Very cool game :)
Glad to see someone else has heard about it.

Here are some games I REALLY want to play but can't for whatever reason:
Dungeon Master 2: Legend of Skullkeep - very nice D&D-style dungeon crawl. Just doesn't work on modern PCs. Poppycock.
Epic - A space sim. I remember playing this when I was a wee lad... I have a good feeling about this game, but very few memories. I want to find it.
Bolo - Found it on a demo disc a few years ago. Its a Windows game involving a ball on a chain or something.. You use your mouse to create inertia and move the ball to solve puzzles and such. It was very fun and addictive. Never seen it anywhere again.
Spy (not sure of exact name) - Its one of my life goals to find this game. The last time I played it was in Soviet Russia, when I was 6 or 7 years old (late 80's), on a 286 machine. All I remember was that the first stage involved me piloting a hang-glider, and avoiding getting shot down. The second stage had me driving a car and spilling oil to slow down pursuers. Never got past the second stage :D

If anyone can help me play these games again, I'll be forever in your debt.

panbert 08-18-2003 06:30 PM

Who here remember X-Com?
Well before X-Com, there was Laser Squad.
And now I've heard there's Laser Squad Online (played via email), with up to 3 players!
Wow. Classic turn-based tactical warfare!

telekinetic2 08-19-2003 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ^dude
i think i'm gonna download command keen again :D
Freaky! Those games flat out Rocked!

Also, a weird little ancient Maxis title called "robosport" is still the best multiplayer strategy game concept Evar

nostalgic1 08-19-2003 09:28 AM

all of the monkey island games... all three of them run fine on my computer..

doctorphibes 08-19-2003 09:30 AM

Oh wow, Robosport. I was just thinking about that the other day when I d/l'ed the Combat Mission demo. The whole "plan your attack turn and then watch it in real-time" thing is exactly the same. Although with much better graphics and options, of course.

I still boot up the Monkey Island games occasionally. I even bought the last one (Curse? Return? the cartoony one, anyway) from a bargain bin recently, but I haven't played it because I never beat the third game, and I read that there's a lot of "in" jokes in the last one if you've played the whole series.

X-Com rocks (especially Apocalypse, although nobody else seemed to like it), but I can't get it to run. I'm waiting on that new UFO game.

Civ is always a pleasure.

Uuudar 08-19-2003 07:24 PM

SimAnt. Love that game :)

topcat989 08-19-2003 08:15 PM

heh, tribes, battlezone 1, quake 2 - I'm building a system to house my modern computer (winXP) and one tou house my Glide games so can play these again, they all so rocked:D

hulk 08-19-2003 11:19 PM

MARATHON FOREVER!

That's classic gaming, that. It's what made Bungie big.

buddle 08-20-2003 12:03 PM

Monkey Island series, Ive completed them sevral times, and I almost kill myself of laughter everytime.

"How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?"

"A wood chuck wouldnt chuck any amount of wood since it cant chuck wood at all."

"But IF a wood chuck could chuck any amount of wood, how much wood would a wood chuck chuck?"

"Even if a wood chuck could chuck any amount of wood, it wouldnt chuck any amount of wood. It has no use"

or something like that:P

bparker805 08-20-2003 12:08 PM

I've been playing a lot of Diablo II recently but i Don't know if that's really considered old...

Kaydron 08-22-2003 02:29 AM

Hmmm Diablo 1 and 2 and a little Starcraft now and then;)

and some times Thief 1, 2 and Homeworld

irieemon 08-22-2003 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TerraFORM
I've still got a few old ones---Quake 1 and 2, Turok, Forsaken (excellent, btw), Interstate '76. These aren't that old but are my oldest.
Hah! I really wanted to get I76 to play the other day, but it did not work on XP! That was a great game.

quantumburnz 08-22-2003 01:15 PM

Duke Nukem, ahh, those were great days... I've never gotten to play it again, but those were fun, and bubble bobble! That was great!

Hrothgar 08-23-2003 06:39 PM

I'm having fun playing Sanitarium at the moment. I downloaded it from underdogs and it is funny playing a mental patient.

abormen 08-23-2003 07:03 PM

X-Com is still one of the best games created, and I'm playing it through again at current.

Homeworld is always fun, esp. if you use mods now and thne to shake thigns up.

Age of Wonders is always good for a play through in campaign mode once in awhile, and is, in my opinion, much more fun than the Heroes series.

And a game thats getting on in its years; Alpha Centauri. Play this on lan with my friends when I can. gg Planet Busters :lol: .

moe121086 08-23-2003 07:46 PM

im still trying to beat fallout.. i know that isnt *too* old, but hey, im a youngun.
and worms. i play worms quite often.

hansthemolemann 08-24-2003 10:59 AM

Fallout and Fallout 2

JBX 08-24-2003 07:24 PM

Still play Quake 1, with the Open GL mod. Frame rates a go go.

Devilinmypants 08-26-2003 09:20 AM

NetHACKQT
Welltris
Hero's Quest I

I want to play Quarentine, but i cant get it to run at all, any advice from someone who has played the game?

Arc101 08-26-2003 10:27 AM

Bards Tale 1 - Still a great RPG
Elite - Yes I still give this a go on my old C64
Choas - This was a ZX Spectrum game which was very addictive

AL9045 08-26-2003 10:30 AM

Hmm, I don't really play really old games, although I do play those old Sierra classics once in a while.

Aaron0000 08-26-2003 11:42 PM

Age of Empires series.

Walson 08-27-2003 07:41 PM

Nethack! Yay!
I'm also addicted to Star Control 2 right now.

username 08-27-2003 08:10 PM

PC
- Fallout 1 & Fallout 2
- Quest For Glory series
- Grand Theft Auto

MAC
-Fallout 1 & Fallout 2

Yes, I really like Fallout, it is a great game to play on a laptop between classes.

phoenix1002 08-27-2003 10:31 PM

lets see.... (rooting through CD rack)

Fallout 1 and 2 (ahhh... burst at point blank)
Descent (classic robot-killing fun)
Halflife (I suppose that's kinda old now?)
C&C (classic rts)
C&C Red Alert (before it was just Red Alert...)
Diablo 1 and 2 (tap tap tap splat!)
Total Annihilation (um.. still can't tell the units apart, but its still fun)
Unreal Gold (haven't played that in a while... think I might have to bust it out again)
Wing Commander Prophecy
Freespace (two of the best space combat sims, IMHO)
Oh, and Starcraft never dies

edit: and yes, I still play these pretty often. That's when I get tired of my newer games, uninstall them, and actually have space for the older ones...

aarchaon 02-02-2004 04:55 PM

Starcraft and Wolfenstein 3D for ever...my brother plays Commander Keen sometimes.


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