Old games you should *ahem* acquire

Easty · Post by **Easty** » August 17th, 2005, 18:58

I've just *ahem* acquired Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and it's rather ace. (I owned the original anyway.)

If anyone else would like to *ahem* acquire it and play me at it, they're welcome.

Anyone else got any suggestions for old games?

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » August 17th, 2005, 19:02

Not really old, but you MUST play hostile waters at least once.

dammnit, i wish more people had bought it

Post by **Roman Totale** » August 17th, 2005, 19:08

Manic Miner and Jetpac for the ZX Spectrum. Officially two of the greatest games ever made.

Post by **FatherJack** » August 17th, 2005, 20:56

Roman_Totale wrote:Manic Miner and Jetpac for the ZX Spectrum. Officially two of the greatest games ever made.

I wasn't big enough to punch my screen in when I originally played them. Now I am.

Despite the frustration I actually rather enjoyed them at the time, but don't have the patience now.

I was going to say Valhalla, Atic Atac, Wizardry or one of the other more advertury ones but I bet they would annoy me now. I just tried Quo Vadis, but it's not the game I was thinking of.

I don't know if there are *any* old games I would play again seriously, even games like Doom, Diablo and Baldur's Gate annoy me with their "old-ness" - I see all the interface improvements made in later incarnations and become frustrated by the obstacles preventing me from actually "just playing".

Maybe Carmageddon.

Edit: Meerkat. Cool!

Post by **Joose** » August 17th, 2005, 21:14

Anhamgrimmar wrote:Not really old, but you MUST play hostile waters at least once.

this. also, i have alpha centuri also. wasnt there talk at some point of a play by email thing being done? if not, why not.

As far as old games go, if you want a good (if old) rpg, try the fallout series. any game where you can get forced in to a shotgun wedding, pimp your wife for cash and become a world renound porn star all in the setting of a mad max style post-apocalpse is worth playing, if you ask me.

Rain · Post by **Rain** » August 17th, 2005, 21:36

I often play old games at work and on my phone, some of faves:

The monkey island series
Beneath a Steel Sky
The early final fantasy games
Doom, Wolfenstein and the like
Another World (know to some as Out of this world)
Pirates! (on the C64 or an emulator)

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » August 17th, 2005, 22:02

system shock II
tis also free u know. search google for 'home of the underdogs' loads of
stuff there

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » August 17th, 2005, 22:33

Road Rash on the Megadrive!

Post by **TezzRexx** » August 17th, 2005, 22:41

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Road Rash on the Megadrive!

haha this! and flash back!

*hums tune*

Post by **deject** » August 18th, 2005, 4:02

erm, QUAKE!!!

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » August 18th, 2005, 12:51

game that comes to head first is.......landstalker by sega i think it was on the megadrive so not exactly old

also something that aint old but still very good, final fantasy VII on the playstation 1

TheJockGit · Post by **TheJockGit** » August 18th, 2005, 18:59

Got to be the Original X-Com UFO...(Enemy Within I think it was called... was a long time ago)... lost many, many hours playing that game on the old Amiga and then again on the PC. Also used to play Syndicate... Ace game.

northernwifeb3ta · Post by **northernwifeb3ta** » August 19th, 2005, 1:33

golden axe, age of empires 2, old skool wovenstein on my 286 :D

oh and 3d pong on the pc and ps. wow, most addictive game ever.

Post by **deject** » August 19th, 2005, 3:26

northernwifeb3ta wrote:age of empires 2

that game fucking rocks. if you get the Briton Longbowmen fully upgrade they can shoot farther than a castle...

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » August 19th, 2005, 4:02

northernwifeb3ta wrote:age of empires 2

age of empires 3 is coming out some point

Post by **Joose** » August 19th, 2005, 9:33

TheJockGit wrote:Got to be the Original X-Com UFO...(Enemy Within I think it was called... was a long time ago)... lost many, many hours playing that game on the old Amiga and then again on the PC.

oooh, yes, this. Played the new pv version that came out a while back, cant remember what it was called. It was shite in comparison. I fail to understand how they can re-make a game and then include waaaaay less features than the original. it made me sad.

Post by **Dog Pants** » August 19th, 2005, 11:20

Joose wrote:
TheJockGit wrote:Got to be the Original X-Com UFO...(Enemy Within I think it was called... was a long time ago)... lost many, many hours playing that game on the old Amiga and then again on the PC.
oooh, yes, this. Played the new pv version that came out a while back, cant remember what it was called. It was shite in comparison. I fail to understand how they can re-make a game and then include waaaaay less features than the original. it made me sad.

This too. I played the new version. It was okay, but not a patch on the original. Every now and again I'll pick up UFO or X-Com again and it still causes me sleepless nights. Not bad going for a game that's probably 11 years old.

It's a shame that people who have never played it before will probably be put off by how old it looks.

TheJockGit · Post by **TheJockGit** » August 19th, 2005, 18:47

Dog Pants wrote:
It's a shame that people who have never played it before will probably be put off by how old it looks.

So very true... I have even just re-installed the original Unreal Tournament on my PC... maybe not as shiny as FarCry or Doom 3 but by god it's a kick ass game for playability...

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » August 19th, 2005, 22:17

Yep, still the best UT game there is by far.

UT2003/4 are too quick/uber/l33z

Post by **FatherJack** » August 19th, 2005, 22:21

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Yep, still the best UT game there is by far.

UT2003/4 are too quick/uber/l33z

And in singleplayer Unreal>Unreal2 ? I liked the latter, and weapons seemed to come just when you wanted them, but too many yellow spiders. Unreal wins. Especially when played with the UT engine.

Ublah da!

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Old games you should ahem acquire

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