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The good old PC games...
Topic Started: Jun 7 2006, 12:36 AM (136 Views)
Paradise
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Let's use this topic to remember the good old games we played while we were kids / young teenagers (in the case of NH, well when he was younger).

Anyone remembers these good old games?

- Dune 2
The first real-time strategy game ever. I beat the game with the Harkonnen when I was kid, and got on the last mission with the Atreides. Never managed to get there with the Ordos though... I wish I had a Sonic Tank...

- Heroes of Might and Magic 2
I was always playing with the Knights (when I could). The Crusader was so "kick-ass" and cost much less than a Titan or a Black Dragon. Never beat the game though...

- Warcraft
I still think today that the Daemons (which were casted by warlocks) were overpowered. I mean, you only needed 4 Daemons to actually destroy an entire enemy base :lol: The Water Elementals weren't more powerful than the Daemons, but they had ranged attacks. Still, I preferred playing with the Orcs B)

- Civilization
I was a noob playing Civ. I usually played the Romans on the easiest difficulty level, then made at most 5-6 cities and attacked everyone with... catapults :lol:
I remember a game with the Aztecs on the Real World map. I had colonized all Americas and the Mongols were dominating all Asia. I made few transports and filled them with catapults, shipped them to Asia, then attacked the mongol cities and stole all their technologies. That's how I usually ended with tanks :lol:

- Syndicate
I actually beat this game. My team had all organic improvements and the best weapons in the game. If I remember correctly, the hardest mission was in the middle of the Atlantic. All the enemies were rushing at you like crazy with P.M. and detonators...

- Lemmings
I hate those stupid lemmings. I mean, why are they so dumb? Can't they watch where they are walking? :lol:
I never beat this game actually...

- Sim City
I'm talking about the good old Sim City here, not the "2000". You only had to type "FUND" on the keyboard to get money, but when you typed it too often you received disasters :lol:

- Theme Hospital
This game was quite fun. You had to manage an hospital: hire new personnel, create new rooms, place stuff like chairs and radiators, train your personnel. Sometimes, there were those invisible guys coming to be cured :lol:

- Theme Park
The concept is similar to Theme Hospital, but you were instead managing an attraction park: creating new attractions, hiring personnel, placing toilets and shops. If you forgot to repair your attractions, they would eventually explode :lol:

- Indiana Jones and the Fate of the Atlantis
I don't remember if I beat this game. The last thing I remember of is being in a german submarine, prisoner, and trying to get out of there. I don't remember if I actually made it out... Still, it was a great adventure game.

- Commander Keen 1-6
All those games had the same damned graphics. Still, they were pretty funny to play when you had nothing to do.

- Wolfenstein 3d
It may be the first "first person shooter" game ever. Everyone knows what it is ;)
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Oh yeah, I loved Syndicate as well. I actually still have it, tested it on the Pentium 4 recently, and it actually worked, without sounds though (it was meant to run on 486s, with sound cards like "Sound Blaster" etc).

I also liked "Strike Commander", which was a combat flightsim, extremely advanced to its time. I read recently that it was a real revolution in flightsim evolution.
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Paradise
Jun 7 2006, 12:36 AM
- Syndicate
I actually beat this game. My team had all organic improvements and the best weapons in the game. If I remember correctly, the hardest mission was in the middle of the Atlantic. All the enemies were rushing at you like crazy with P.M. and detonators...

I want your manbabies.

NOW.
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I remember none of those games.
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Jun 7 2006, 05:37 AM
Oh yeah, I loved Syndicate as well. I actually still have it, tested it on the Pentium 4 recently, and it actually worked, without sounds though (it was meant to run on 486s, with sound cards like "Sound Blaster" etc).

I also liked "Strike Commander", which was a combat flightsim, extremely advanced to its time. I read recently that it was a real revolution in flightsim evolution.

Yeah I have the same problem with old games, I never have sound.

There exist emulators that can give you sound for these old games, but it's so hard configuring.
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Jun 7 2006, 07:42 AM
I remember none of those games.

Seriously? Many of them are classics! I mean, you never heard of Civilization or Warcraft? :o
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I actually broke Sid Myer's Pirates by making more money than the game could handle. I called Microprose, and they told me, "Well, you won!"

I was a big fan of Railroad Tycoon (The first).

I'm sure none of you remember Commodores, but you can still get them on the web and play some of these facinating games (a lot of game in a 64 K, yes, K, not Meg or Gig machine).

OK, favorites - Rome. Indiana Jones - both lucas additions. Haunted Mansion. Summer Olympics (Barcellona), Winter Olympics (Calgary). APBA Baseball. Jack Nickalaus Golf (and the course creator was awesome). Roller Coaster Tycoon (Version 1).

Real old - Pong. Astroids. Frogger.

Real, real old - any mechanical pinball machine with free replays.
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Civ and Roller Coaster Tycoon, Sim City, and Cossacks are my original favorites.

Haha, still kinda are, Civ 4, RCT 3, And Sim City 4. Cossacks was a great game but I never did get the sequel. The 1 thing I disliked about Cossacks was the enemy's would always team up on you right when you got to good! It was so annoying.
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Syndacate is great!!!! i spent many nights trying to finish it and Civ 1 too and Dune 2 too...
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Paradise
Jun 7 2006, 12:36 AM
Let's use this topic to remember the good old games we played while we were kids / young teenagers (in the case of NH, well when he was younger).

Anyone remembers these good old games?

- Dune 2
The first real-time strategy game ever. I beat the game with the Harkonnen when I was kid, and got on the last mission with the Atreides. Never managed to get there with the Ordos though... I wish I had a Sonic Tank...

Dune 2 rocked. Granted I picked it up as Dune 2000. Completed it with Ordos, got to the last mission with Atreidis and couldn't get close with Harkonnen! :P

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- Heroes of Might and Magic 2
I was always playing with the Knights (when I could). The Crusader was so "kick-ass" and cost much less than a Titan or a Black Dragon. Never beat the game though...


Never played it.

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- Warcraft
I still think today that the Daemons (which were casted by warlocks) were overpowered. I mean, you only needed 4 Daemons to actually destroy an entire enemy base :lol: The Water Elementals weren't more powerful than the Daemons, but they had ranged attacks. Still, I preferred playing with the Orcs B)


Oh yeah. Those Daemons where rediculasly overpowered. I still play a little Warcraft.

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- Civilization
I was a noob playing Civ. I usually played the Romans on the easiest difficulty level, then made at most 5-6 cities and attacked everyone with... catapults :lol:
I remember a game with the Aztecs on the Real World map. I had colonized all Americas and the Mongols were dominating all Asia. I made few transports and filled them with catapults, shipped them to Asia, then attacked the mongol cities and stole all their technologies. That's how I usually ended with tanks :lol:


I loved the orginal Civ. I played as the Romans on easy. I was using nukes in BC.

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- Syndicate
I actually beat this game. My team had all organic improvements and the best weapons in the game. If I remember correctly, the hardest mission was in the middle of the Atlantic. All the enemies were rushing at you like crazy with P.M. and detonators...


Never played.

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- Lemmings
I hate those stupid lemmings. I mean, why are they so dumb? Can't they watch where they are walking? :lol:
I never beat this game actually...


I never got close to completing it. But I liked the game.

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- Sim City
I'm talking about the good old Sim City here, not the "2000". You only had to type "FUND" on the keyboard to get money, but when you typed it too often you received disasters :lol:


Only played 2000.

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- Theme Hospital
This game was quite fun. You had to manage an hospital: hire new personnel, create new rooms, place stuff like chairs and radiators, train your personnel. Sometimes, there were those invisible guys coming to be cured :lol:[/quote

- Theme Park
The concept is similar to Theme Hospital, but you were instead managing an attraction park: creating new attractions, hiring personnel, placing toilets and shops. If you forgot to repair your attractions, they would eventually explode :lol:

- Indiana Jones and the Fate of the Atlantis
I don't remember if I beat this game. The last thing I remember of is being in a german submarine, prisoner, and trying to get out of there. I don't remember if I actually made it out... Still, it was a great adventure game.

- Commander Keen 1-6
All those games had the same damned graphics. Still, they were pretty funny to play when you had nothing to do.


Never played.

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- Wolfenstein 3d
It may be the first "first person shooter" game ever. Everyone knows what it is ;)


It was the first PC game I ever played (followed by minesweeper). Needless to say, I loved it. Especially dog food.
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I just reinstalled Rogue Squadron 3D on my computer. Flying around in X-Wings and such is a lot of fun.

I also like Civilization, from Civ 2-4, and I loved to play Heros of Might and Magic III. That game was awesome.
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Paradise
Jun 7 2006, 08:40 AM
Quaon
Jun 7 2006, 07:42 AM
I remember none of those games.

Seriously? Many of them are classics! I mean, you never heard of Civilization or Warcraft? :o

Duh, I've heard of them. Never played them.
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OK, Games I played as a teen.......Monopoly. Sorry. Parchesci (sp??). Mouse Trap. Avalon Hill WWII board games.

Please keep in mind, I used a slide rule all the way through college. The smallest computer in my college took up the entire top floor of the engeneering building. There was no computer science degree, or even computer science department.

Oh, we also played outside a lot.
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I regularly still play monoply and mousetrap. Granted it's online monoply... and my copy of mouse trap isn't made with real mice and spring loaded lead mouse traps :P
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Paradise
Jun 7 2006, 01:36 AM
- Heroes of Might and Magic 2
- Warcraft
- Civilization
- Lemmings
- Sim City
- Commander Keen 1-6
- Wolfenstein 3d

I played these I think. The exception is that I only played Commander Keen 4, and I don't know if I played the first Civ or started with 2.
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Since I'd better actually contribute...

Syndicate.
Syndicate Wars.
Pushover.
Lemmings.
Cannon Fodder.
Sim City 2000.
Dark Forces.
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.
Doom.
Doom II.
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter.
Transport Tycoon.
Theme Hospital.
Desert Strike.
Sim Tower.
Zool.
Alien Breed: Tower Assault.

And probably a myriad others I've forgotten.
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