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10-06-2005, 05:16 PM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
The best answer to this question is BATTLE BUGS.
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#52
10-06-2005, 05:18 PM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
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[ QUOTE ] X-Com, UFO Defense. Best computer game ever made. [/ QUOTE ] Hard to think of a more perfect game. [/ QUOTE ] oh, nice hand! There's a more obscure one - English - called hardwar. Anyone heard of that? It's like elite, but set on one planet rather than a universe. If the cops are chasing you and you are getting away, a video pops up of the cop in pursuit, who says in a snotty English accent, 'oh, think we're a bit tasty, do we, sir?' Pretty good game.
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#53
10-06-2005, 05:23 PM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
if anyone is interested
heroes of might and magic 2 gold torrent heroes 3 complete neither of the torrents are that fast, but they'll putter along and get it done.
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#54
10-06-2005, 05:26 PM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
Thanks for the link! I have both the original verions, but wouldn't mind having this game forever, and these versions are the ones updated for WIN95, which should be better than the ones I have.
Here's a quote from the site about X-COM. [ QUOTE ] The game is broken up into two main areas. As the commander of X-COM (a multi-national committee established to thwart an alien invasion), the player must construct facilities to house soldiers and research new technologies, while tracking alien movements and attacking their ships and troops. As more corpses and artifacts are recovered, scientists can be employed to learn more about the invasion and its origins. And every time the game starts to slow down a bit, a new piece of information will be delivered that creates a newfound sense of excitement and makes every battle seem that much more vital. Countless games later, the fun still hasn't diminished, and X-COM has held a proud position on my measly 400MB hard drive for almost two years. If you call yourself a gamer but don't own X-COM, your collection has a more glaring gap than Ernest Borgnine's smile. Put simply, X-COM is a bona fide modern classic [/ QUOTE ]
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#55
10-06-2005, 05:29 PM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
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if anyone is interested heroes of might and magic 2 gold torrent heroes 3 complete neither of the torrents are that fast, but they'll putter along and get it done. [/ QUOTE ] Interestingly, there are repeated comments that the game can only be played multi-player if you don't have the CD. It's probably most useable at this point as a stand alone, though, not multiplayer.
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#56
10-06-2005, 05:46 PM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
Another review, to continue the X-COM love fest, from Gamespot:
"It's a bug hunt..." One of the all time greats. Fanboy dreams everywhere are finally realized as you pit your team of super soldiers against an alien invasion of Earth. X-Com: UFO Defense perfectly blended real time elements, squad level combat, a few scares, and a hell of a lot of fun to become one of the best titles of all time. The game begins, innocently enough, with reports of flying saucers buzzing the globe and crashing in remote areas. Through a global interface, you begin funding a small, highly skilled team of soldiers and scientists to combat this threat. This "Geoscape" allows you to construct new base facilities, hire/fire personnel, research technologies, and actually launch fighters to inctercept threats. The Geoscape in of itself offered one of the more compelling game experiences in the 90's. Not only could you develop bases, but your actions (in real time) affected how nations funded your team. Stop an attack on US soil and watch your funding leap through the roof. Arrive hours late to prevent a citizen slaughter in Bejing and gaze in horror as the aliens form a pact with China and pull all funding! As your research evolves (see below) and your coverage expands, you'll actually discover alien bases in remote areas, see UFO flight paths, and begin to understand their baffling movements. The Geoscape also give you limited control of interceptor/UFO aerial combat, and lets you coordinate multple ships against gigantic command-ship style UFO's. All of this action topside leads to the incredibly well done squad level combat missions. Your group of X-Com agents lands in a remote area, complete with weather and lighting conditions. You'll cringe as you watch your landing craft approach Moscow, only to realize in angst that you'll be hunting your opponents in the waning hours of dusk... All your team members have a hefty amount of stats to assist in their fight against the Martians, including speed, accuracy, morale, stamina, physical strength, etc. Team members can include medics, heavy weapons experts, hand to hand fighters (that's for the maniac in all of us), and snipers. A hefty array of weapons, grenades, gizmos and more allow for a dizzying array of load out options. If that wasn't enough, small tank-like automated weapons platforms can also be deployed, giving you that extra edge. Your team members also accrue experience from one mission to the next, so your veteran sergeant can shoot the wings off a gnat at 500 yards... Feeling confident? Good, because this is where all hell breaks looses, and X-Com becomes one of the greatest games ever. The turn based combat that folows is very, very well done. Line of sight, covering corners, suppresive fire, and breaching all had better be in your vocabulary, because the aliens are waiting for you. The screams of the dying and wounded will begin to fill your comlinks as the aliens ambush you at every turn. Their numbers are many, weapons advanced, and methods lethal. Squad members are mind controlled, turning their own weapons against you, crew members are turned into flesh eating zombies, and lasers liquify your guys from the inside out as you hunker down and pray for it to all be over. A clever system of interrupts allows you to prevent this to a certain extent, and the game rewards non-reckless play in spades. Saving a few action points so you can blow away the slavering Chrysalid that's about to waste Sarge will feel pretty good after you planned for it. The mission objectives vary from clearing out UFO's, to halting an attack against the populace in major areas. Once this is taken care of (and your team isn't laying dead on the ground), you have the option to recover and study live aliens, dead aliens, and their equipment. This research portion of the game is critical, as it wll allow you to understand your opponents and, more importantly, use their own weapons against them. Your personal weapons will get better, fighters gain speed, and you can even have your soldiers venture into psychic warefare with "the grays." The research team will even devlop a "UFOpedia", a quck reference of dissected alliens, tech, and weapons. The whole game is built on a very solid, clean interface which delivered an amazing amount of material. Graphically it delivered on virtually all fronts, with differing envrionments, a great GUI, and creative opponenets. The "3d" sprite engine allowed you to blow up terrain, shoot through walls, and added many tactical elements that are STILL not in current tactical games. A marvel in design for it's time. Sound was solid, particularly as an atmosphere setter. The aliens made so bizzare and chilling noises, far off doors opened, and screams are chilling as innocents meet their fate before you can save them. Music was a little bland, but strong enough to deliver. Value is immense, again in a game of it's time. The campaign could litteraly take months, and practically anyone will be tempted for multiple play throughs based on the diverse amount of options. The extreme free-form nature of the game and random elements (ie, crash sites different, place site of bases, etc) ensures that no game is the same. The one "damn I wish they had this" feature would be co-op multiplayer so you could take on the bad guys with a friend. All in all, X-Com: UFO defense stands as one of the greatest games ever made. The fact that the sequal (Terror From the Deep) was practically an exact carbon-copy shows how successful the formula was on the first go around. If they remade this game the exact same way today with new graphics and sound, I'd buy it for $100... it's that good. Any gamer should try it and experience a truly satisfying game. Here's hoping we get a chance at another one sometime soon.
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#57
10-06-2005, 05:49 PM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
i think the idea is that you find a crack or patch somewhere on the internet. i actually bought both of those games a while ago so i have no qualms doing so.
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#58
10-06-2005, 05:51 PM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
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Did anyone play Wizardry in the 80's? I loved that game. [/ QUOTE ] Oh Yeah! Especially with the 'die and resurrect' bug that gave you full experience...50th level or something like that.
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#60
10-07-2005, 02:24 AM
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Re: What are some old but good PC games?
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http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6464_7-6300449-1.html that has some, and it has GTA 1 and 2 download links note: marathon should be everyone's first download [/ QUOTE ] Cool, thanks. Which one of the shooters everyone mentioned has a story mode and online multiplayer and will run smooth?
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