Top 5 PC Games - Single & Multiplayer

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » June 6th, 2006, 7:37

There was an alterior motive behind why I posted this, and that's because an awful lot of your favourite online games, don't seem to be played by any 5punkers.

Especially some of the old school games like Quake 3 Team Arena, Halo etc...

You can pick these up dead cheap nowadays, so how about we all list them once people have posted, and give some of them a blast?

My personal fav' was the original Soldier Of Fortune, which is a fantastic online game, and I "think" floorware versions work online too.

Any suggestions to which of the online games mentioned we should look into.

Post by **Dog Pants** » June 6th, 2006, 8:14

You're a tricky sort Woo

A lot of the games are so old they probably wouldn't play as well now compared to new games, but I can see what you're getting at. Halo was great (even though it didn't make my 5), UT2K4 has made a comeback and COD:UO has retaken its place above COD2. There's a good chance more people will own older games like these too.

cashy · Post by **cashy** » June 6th, 2006, 13:20

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:There was an alterior motive behind why I posted this, and that's because an awful lot of your favourite online games, don't seem to be played by any 5punkers.

Especially some of the old school games like Quake 3 Team Arena, Halo etc...

You can pick these up dead cheap nowadays, so how about we all list them once people have posted, and give some of them a blast?

My personal fav' was the original Soldier Of Fortune, which is a fantastic online game, and I "think" floorware versions work online too.

Any suggestions to which of the online games mentioned we should look into.

scheming mofo! good idea though, i had the original SoF back when it just came out, and i found out that trying to play it online with an average ping of 500 isnt fun. made me quite dizzy actualy. i'd be up for this though, if only so i dont have to buy anything

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » June 6th, 2006, 13:35

*cough*

If that doesn't work, then I'll tidy up my floor at home

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » June 6th, 2006, 14:57

All in no real order

Single Player
Half Life 2
Call of Duty 2
The Curse of Monkey Island
Sim City 4
Max Payne

Multiplayer
Battlefield 1942
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Total Annihilation
Quake 2
Perfect Dark

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 6th, 2006, 15:19

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:*cough*

If that doesn't work, then I'll tidy up my floor at home

I'm not sure about playing SOF, but what about SOF2?

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 6th, 2006, 16:15

Sticky Label wrote:
Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:*cough*

If that doesn't work, then I'll tidy up my floor at home
I'm not sure about playing SOF, but what about SOF2?

I'm sure the point was to go back and try retro games.

Post by **Joose** » June 6th, 2006, 16:24

SOF2 doesnt count as retro? Blimeh.

If we are doing retro, though, my vote goes to either quake 1 or doom.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 6th, 2006, 16:26

Joose wrote:SOF2 doesnt count as retro? Blimeh.

If we are doing retro, though, my vote goes to either quake 1 or doom.

christ, quakeGL *should* be doable, doom would be difficult.

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » June 6th, 2006, 16:44

/me investigates welding together some bastard ofspring of doom, Hamatchi, and dosbox

anyone got a copy of the original *.wad files for some...experimentation?

further edit...hmm, very interesting: http://www.zdaemon.org/

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 6th, 2006, 16:49

Anhamgrimmar wrote:/me investigates welding together some bastard ofspring of doom, Hamatchi, and dosbox

anyone got a copy of the original *.wad files for some...experimentation?

unlikely you'd need hamandcheese

i think doom, (there was a win95 version which might work) IFrag, and some network lube should do it

Post by **deject** » June 6th, 2006, 16:49

I'd love for some Quake 1 deathmatching, or even some Superhero Quake...

Post by **FatherJack** » June 6th, 2006, 16:51

Doom originally used IPX, but later versions may work.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 6th, 2006, 16:54

FatherJack wrote:Doom originally used IPX, but later versions may work.

This!

however, iFrag apparently allows using tcp.

anyone actually have doom about?

Post by **FatherJack** » June 6th, 2006, 18:06

I have Final Doom (somewhere)

Post by **FatherJack** » June 6th, 2006, 18:53

Ultimate Doom and Doom II founded.

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 6th, 2006, 20:11

FatherJack wrote:Ultimate Doom and Doom II founded.

*steals*

Post by **FatherJack** » September 16th, 2006, 2:38

Did anything come of this - can you actually do anything with those old Doom WADs that looks passable these days?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 16th, 2006, 2:40

FatherJack wrote:Did anything come of this - can you actually do anything with those old Doom WADs that looks passable these days?

print them and burn them?

and nope, nothing useful.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » September 16th, 2006, 10:20

FatherJack wrote:Did anything come of this - can you actually do anything with those old Doom WADs that looks passable these days?

Yep... Load em up in the Doom PSP thingy