Going back and hitting all of the classics

[legoman666]

So yea, I just ordered/purchased a Dual P3 system with a Voodoo 5 5500 to get some retro gaming action going. What I need is a list of must-play games from 1998-2002. The system will be top of the line for the year 2000, so keep that in mind.

So far on the list:
Baldur's Gate II
Deus Ex
Gothic
Grim Fandango
Half Life
Icewind Dale
Max Payne
Myth
No One Lives Forever
Planescape: Torment
Quake 3
Red Alert
System Shock 2
Thief - The Dark Project
Tribes

What else should I include?

 

[angry hampster]

UT2K3, Unreal 2, Natural Selection (not sure if anyone even plays this anymore)

 

[evident]

UT99, definitely up there w/ quake3 and imo better but that's a very debatable opinoin

 

[Via]

Baldur's Gate series, If you haven't played it.

Fallout

Homeworld

Need for Speed:High Stakes

If you really want retro from that period, sign up for an Everquest or Asheron's Call account.

Edit - Forgot to mention: You really should give Gothic a try if you like cool RPGs. It runs fine on a Geforce 2.

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: angry hampster
UT2K3, Unreal 2, Natural Selection (not sure if anyone even plays this anymore)

How well will ut2k3 run on the system?

 

[legoman666]

I'll add the Baldur's Gate II series and Fallout to the list. I've played NFS and Homeworld already.

 

[legoman666]

Gothic sounds interesting, I'll add it to the list as well.

 

[Via]

I checked on gog.com and they now have Gothic 2 gold as well for $9. I'm not sure how well that would run on that system though.

Anyway - Gothic is a really %^& cool game. It sucked an entire Summer of my life years ago.

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: legoman666

Originally posted by: angry hampster
UT2K3, Unreal 2, Natural Selection (not sure if anyone even plays this anymore)

How well will ut2k3 run on the system?

Here are the minimum requirements for UT2K3:

Operating System: WIN 98/ME/2000/XP, Linux
CPU: Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733MHz processor (*Pentium® or AMD 1.0 GHz or greater RECOMMENDED)
Memory: 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM or greater RECOMMENDED)
Hard Disk Space: 3 GB
CD ROM or CD/DVD ROM: 8X
Audio System: Windows® compatible sound card (*Sound Blaster® Audigy(tm) series sound card RECOMMENDED) (NVIDIA® nForce? or other motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby® Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio. Also RECOMMENDED)
Video System: 3D Accelerator card with 16 MB VRAM (*32-128 MB VRAM RECOMMENDED) 16 MB TNT2-class DirectX® version 6 compliant video card. (*NVIDIA GeForce 2/ATI Radeon RECOMMENDED) DirectX® version 8.1 (Included on game disc)
Multiplayer: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported.
*Internet play requires a 33.6 Kbps or faster modem

Guess it should work fine on your system then.

 

[legoman666]

Also, what OS should I put on this thing, XP or 98SE? (or 2000?)

 

[Sam25]

Here's some good games released in the year 2000 you could check out:

http://www.gamerevolution.com/.../pc/pc-awards_2000.htm

 

[Via]

Ahhh - RUNE.

I had fun with that one. Totally forgot about it until now.

The graphics were great for the time.

 

[legoman666]

Thanks for the suggestions folks, I think this will be enough to keep me occupied for a while.

 

[SMOGZINN]

At The top of that list should be Planescape: Torment

 

[Canai]

Don't forget Battlefield 1942 :thumbsup:

 

[techmanc]

Originally posted by: legoman666
Also, what OS should I put on this thing, XP or 98SE? (or 2000?)

I would dual boot Windows 98SE and Window XP.

 

[boatillo]

Gotta put Diablo II: LOD on that list, especially because it runs in Glide!

 

[SMOGZINN]

Originally posted by: techmanc

Originally posted by: legoman666
Also, what OS should I put on this thing, XP or 98SE? (or 2000?)

I would dual boot Windows 98SE and Window XP.

Personaly I would go with a stripped down version of 2k or XP. I see no reason for 98SE, and both 2000 and XP can run a program in compatability mode.

 

[shortylickens]

Pretty much all my faves are from that era.

I recommend Deus Ex.
Homeworld.
I think Dungeon Siege could be from that time.
Total Anihilation: Kingdoms.

Also, I recommend you rearrange your list alphabetically or by genre. Once we get done its going to be huge.

 

[gregoryvg]

I would add Myth and Myth II (from Bungie) as those were awesome RTS like games from that period.

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: SMOGZINN
At The top of that list should be Planescape: Torment

Added.

Personaly I would go with a stripped down version of 2k or XP. I see no reason for 98SE, and both 2000 and XP can run a program in compatability mode.

I'll go with XP but I see no reason to strip it down. I've run XP on a P2 350mhz with 384mb RAM and it was still responsive enough for what it was used for (file server, web browsing)

Pretty much all my faves are from that era.

I recommend Deus Ex.
Homeworld.
I think Dungeon Siege could be from that time.
Total Anihilation: Kingdoms.

Also, I recommend you rearrange your list alphabetically or by genre. Once we get done its going to be huge.

I considered all of those but I've played them already I'll add Deus Ex to the list though, I've been thinking about playing through it again. Total Annihilation is always fun too.....

I would add Myth and Myth II (from Bungie) as those were awesome RTS like games from that period.

Guess I'll have to add them to the list as well.

 

[Ganeedi]

Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire expansion
FreeSpace 2
Age of Wonders 2 Shadow Magic (is from 2003 but it is superior to the 1999 original Age of Wonders)

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: Ganeedi
Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire expansion

You have no idea how much time I spent playing that game.... I still think that Alpha Centauri is the best of the series. I like it better than Civ2, Civ3 and Civ4.

 

[dguy6789]

UT2003 would run like garbage on that machine. UT99 is a much better choice.

 

[zerocool84]

I can't believe no one has said Starcraft. 1998 anyone??? Also from 2001 is Max Payne. These are two good games that no one has mentioned yet.