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It's Not Lupus

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What are some of your favorite games from the past? Do you still play them every now and then?

I've been playing Doom (GZDoom), and it's a blast. There's the speed with always run on, the weapons especially the chainsaw, the enemies and the amount, and the basic gameplay that's still fun and no-nonsense. I never beat all the episodes so that's the plan then it's onto Doom 2.

The total file size is small enough to put on my flash drive or email that I can probably play it on any PC.
 
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- deus ex
- betrayal at krondor
- civilization 2
- red baron
- simcity 2000
- simfarm

and yeah, i play each of these probably once every 2-3 years. currently in chapter 5 of krondor. and just had red baron up and running about a month ago. RICHTHOFEN YOU WILL PAY
 
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My favourite isn't quite as old as some of these, my favourite is Morrowind. I would completely lose track of time while playing this game. Funny thing is my friend just gave it to me, it came with his video card and he didn't want it. I had never heard of it, but I thought I would try it (first RPG). The game blew me away 😎
 
BF2 and UT3 was about all i played until BC2 came out. Still sad about BF2 being shut down.:'( Guess there is some work arounds with 3rd party software for active multiplayer but honestly it isn't ever gonna be the same again.
 
MoH:Allied Assault

Sim City 2000

Unreal Tournament 2003

Rise of Nations (only one I still play)

Railroad Tycoon
 
It's Not Lupus said:
What are some of your favorite games from the past? Do you still play them every now and then?

I've been playing Doom (GZDoom), and it's a blast. There's the speed with always run on, the weapons especially the chainsaw, the enemies and the amount, and the basic gameplay that's still fun and no-nonsense. I never beat all the episodes so that's the plan then it's onto Doom 2.
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My friend, I did the same thing earlier in the year (had a massive "Doom-a-thon"). Played every level of Ultimate Doom + Doom 2 + Final Doom (TNT & Plutonia) + Heretic + Hexen. (I use the Doomsday engine myself, but it probably plays the same). Had more fun in those 2 months with sub 50MB games than I've had in years with a lot of modern 50GB a throw games. Yeah, I've got back into classic gaming again, and I know exactly what you mean with that "simple fun" feel that's rarely seen these days with a seemingly endless stream of bad ports in one respect or another. What started out as "now and then" has become the norm for me.

Some games I'll simply never get rid of:-
Age of Empires 2
Age of Mythology
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
Bioshock (original)
Commando's: Behind Enemy Lines (+ BTCOD expansion)
Deus Ex 1&3 (original + Human Revolution)
Diablo 2 (runs great at 1920x1080)
Doom 1&2 (+1,000 additional community WAD's)
Dragon Age: Origins
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Heretic (Doom engine + additional community WAD's)
Hexen (Doom engine + additional community WAD's)
Jagged Alliance 2
Mass Effect (original)
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Morrowind
Neverwinter Nights 1&2 (plus a ton of community modules)
No One Lives Forever 1&2
Oblivion
Operation Flashpoint GOTY
Portal 1&2
Rise of Nations Gold
System Shock 2 (loved the original too but controls are way too clunky)
Thief 1-3 ("Tafferpatched" +HD texture packs & a ton of community missions)
Torchlight 1&2 (+HD texture packs)

And about 40-odd ScummVM Lucasarts / Sierra games (eg, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit The Road, The Dig, Monkey Island, etc)

What I think impresses me the most is the awesome community some games develop who pull out all the stops to ensure they keep running 10, 15, even 20 years later after multiple OS & video card architectural changes, and often better than the original (widescreen patches, bloom effects added, unofficial bug fixes, etc). See above Diablo 2 screenshot as one example of many (not bad for a game that was originally "locked" at 800x600). Likewise, some of Thief's HD MOD textures look amazing for a 1998 game. I mean Doom is now 21 years old, yet people are still making WAD's in 2014...
 
The ones I tend to return to every so often:

Syndicate Wars (never got into the original)
Theme Hospital
(actually most things by Bullfrog)
System Shock
Mission Thunderbolt (old rogue game for the Apple Macintosh)
Marathon (again, Apple Mac game)
 
Rogue. Zork. Total Annihilation. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2. Heroes of Might and Magic 2 or 3. Might and Magic 6. Day of the Tentacle. Full Throttle.
 
Played a lot of Betrayal at Krondor (don't remember if I ever finished that one though...)

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - loved that game- played it several times.
Also played and liked the 2nd one. Have the 3rd one but couldn't get it to work. bought it many years after it was released though.

Command and Conquer (original), red alert, red alert 2, etc. I don't think I really played any after Generals. Didn't really care for Generals that much though.

Warcraft 2
Diablo 1 and 2
Unreal Tournament
Doom and Doom 2

Early CoD games

I'm sure there were others but can't think of them right now.
 
1/Soldier of Fortune: This game perfectly gave us most important experince on a FPS game : Pleasure of killing. The rest is trashy.

2/Myst: Source of inspiration of Lost. Excellent graphics. Charming musics. Gorgeus atmosphere. Challenging puzzles. Greatest adventure game of all time.

3/Test Drive 5: It's very precious for me because it was the first game i bought. And it had super-exciting intro.
 
Commodore 64
Raid over Moscow
Silent Service
Knights
California Games

NES
Castlevania
Megaman
SkyKid
Zelda

386-486 era
Wolfenstein 3D
Master of Magic
Quest for Glory 1-4
Kings Quest 1, 4, 5 6
Space Quest 1
Civ 1
Red Baron
Xwing/Tie Fighter

Late 90's early 00's
Thief 1-2
Jedi Knight
TA
Starcraft
Age of Empires/Mythology
Witchaven
Earth 2150
Half Life 2
Hexen
Duke Nukem
Lots of others I'm forgetting
 
Carnage1986 said:
1/Soldier of Fortune: This game perfectly gave us most important experince on a FPS game : Pleasure of killing. The rest is trashy.

2/Myst: Source of inspiration of Lost. Excellent graphics. Charming musics. Gorgeus atmosphere. Challenging puzzles. Greatest adventure game of all time.

3/Test Drive 5: It's very precious for me because it was the first game i bought. And it had super-exciting intro.
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I forgot Soldier of Fortune 2. Best MP experience I've ever had.
 
Oh yeah, also like to play through all the Dizzy games (Spectrum) occasionally to make sure I can still complete them all. 😉 :nerd:
 
CRA5HMAN said:
My favourite isn't quite as old as some of these, my favourite is Morrowind. I would completely lose track of time while playing this game. Funny thing is my friend just gave it to me, it came with his video card and he didn't want it. I had never heard of it, but I thought I would try it (first RPG). The game blew me away 😎
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I was hyped for this game, I actually brought a new video card to play it. Geforce 4 of some description. Did not disappoint. Still the best Elder Scrolls game imo (although Skyrim is a fine effort and a great game in its own right)
 
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Played a lot of Betrayal at Krondor (don't remember if I ever finished that one though...)

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - loved that game- played it several times.
Also played and liked the 2nd one. Have the 3rd one but couldn't get it to work. bought it many years after it was released though.

Command and Conquer (original), red alert, red alert 2, etc. I don't think I really played any after Generals. Didn't really care for Generals that much though.

Warcraft 2
Diablo 1 and 2
Unreal Tournament
Doom and Doom 2

Early CoD games

I'm sure there were others but can't think of them right now.
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Hi. Come play warcraft2 on server.war2.ru 🙂 There still is a die-hard small community playing the game online!

As for me, the games I keep on playing/returning to are:
Warcraft2
Jagged Alliance 2
Transport Tycoon Deluxe more specifically Open Transport Tycoon

I love D2 but stopped gaming after making like 5 comebacks. I simply don't have the time/patience to grind through the game and deal with the resolution. So dated. Plus all my friends left it, so its not really fun playing alone!
 
It's Not Lupus said:
What are some of your favorite games from the past? Do you still play them every now and then?

I've been playing Doom (GZDoom), and it's a blast. There's the speed with always run on, the weapons especially the chainsaw, the enemies and the amount, and the basic gameplay that's still fun and no-nonsense. I never beat all the episodes so that's the plan then it's onto Doom 2.

The total file size is small enough to put on my flash drive or email that I can probably play it on any PC.
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I'll nominate Star Control II, which you can play for free (renamed Ur-Quan Masters).
 
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