Author Topic: Oldies but goodies... (Read 210 times)

republic · « **on:** February 16, 2007, 09:47:58 AM »

Any of you still play some old and forgotten games? Dosbox is so awesome, I love to play some of my old favorites even today. It's amazing how far games have come, and what used to be so fun is...almost silly today...but some things remain true. I think older games had far better stories...

But there's still a handful of old games I still play regularly:

Fragile Allegiance
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Wing Commander (several versions)
Metal Marines
Space Quest (several versions)
Escape from Monkey Island
Codename Eagle (not really too old)
Master of Orion II
Star Trek 25th Anniversary

There's a few games I'm dying for them to be remade:

Starflight
Utopia
Fragile Allegiance
P.T.O.
Aerobiz
Wing Commander Privateer
The Janes Combat flight sims (good balance between simulation and fun)

tedrbr · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2007, 10:27:40 AM »

There's a few oldies but goodies that bring back memories. I have to agree, many of todays games, although much prettier graphics, and lacking in game play at times.

Always thought a WC/Privateer MMOG would be a good idea.... add avatar movement like SWG, and maybe a little ground combat.

Was sorry to see the last Privateer edition get canceled in production. I was looking forward to that.

Elite. Frontier Elite II, and First Encounters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(computer_game)

Crusader: No Remorse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusader_(computer_game)

Destroyer Command.... yes...buggy, they never did get it right....but I liked the DD side more than the Silent Service side, and I got mine to run fairly stable.

Sim Earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimEarth
had lot's of fun "terraforming" Mars with this game. I'm VERY surprised with all the Global Warming debates that this game has not been redone. Especially with the computing, memory, and storage power available today.

Edit:

Activision's "Interstate '76"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_'76

Shadow Company: Left for Dead from UbiSoft

Interplay's "Fallout" series

Activision's problem plagued "Starfleet Command" series

"Cutthroats! Terror on the High Seas" from EIDOS and Hothouse. Classic!

Honorable mention:
Battlecruiser3000 --- never played it. Just watching the endless ongoing train wreck of this game development over the years has been entertaining.

Tarmac · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2007, 10:31:33 AM »

I put DOSbox onto my laptop, since it doesn't handle modern games too well. I figured it would just be on there for goofing around. Turns out I've played XCOM and XCOM Apocalypse more on my laptop than anything else in the past few months.

The sound sometimes cuts out, but it's great to remember what excellent games the XCOMs were.

Airscrew · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2007, 10:48:40 AM »

the only one I replay anymore is C&C Generals. I wish I could replay WC 3 and 4 and Privateer and Elite. Elite was the first game I got hooked on played on an Apple IIc, then F-15 strike eagle. If tried a few newer games that looked like Elite and Privateer but they were boring

Maverick · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2007, 11:55:21 AM »

I plat C&C Generals quite a bit as well. I wish I could get some of the earlier C&C games to work on XP but they won't load. It seems nothing before Yuri's Revenge will play on my machine, sigh.

squealer · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2007, 12:14:16 PM »

pac-man
defender
manic miner