what is everyone's fav old pc game?
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ironsung
October 31, 2008 8:56:31 PM
hello all...
i was wondering what everyone's fav pc game was.... but with the following constraints:
must be:
- older game
- able to run on xp
- able to run on 800mhz and 190mb RAM
- fun
please state what genre it belongs to (rpg, first person shooter, action, puzzle, etc....) and the game title and perhaps a little description if you'd like...
i want to know what game to play since my garbage laptop is so slow.... and i want a game to hold me over until i build my desktop system this christmas....
so far i have deus ex and counterstrike
IM BORED... HELP ME!
i was wondering what everyone's fav pc game was.... but with the following constraints:
must be:
- older game
- able to run on xp
- able to run on 800mhz and 190mb RAM
- fun
please state what genre it belongs to (rpg, first person shooter, action, puzzle, etc....) and the game title and perhaps a little description if you'd like...
i want to know what game to play since my garbage laptop is so slow.... and i want a game to hold me over until i build my desktop system this christmas....
so far i have deus ex and counterstrike
IM BORED... HELP ME!
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Morton
October 31, 2008 9:04:03 PM
dagger
October 31, 2008 9:08:31 PM
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Lord Gornak
October 31, 2008 9:25:51 PM
Morton and Dagger's suggestions, plus X-Wing Versus TIE Fighter, Diablo 2, Half-Life, System Shock 1 & 2, Freespace 2, Planescape Torment, Icewind Dale, Homeworld, Dungeon Keeper 2, Ground Control, Ultima 7/Forge of Virtue/Silver Seed, Deus Ex, wow..., just realized how much of my youth was spent in front of a 15" CRT. I think most of those will run with your specs.
infornography42
October 31, 2008 9:37:15 PM
ainarssems
October 31, 2008 9:53:56 PM
gelde3001
October 31, 2008 10:20:46 PM
Ive just replayed CHASER through - massive FPS game, very good....anyone said about the original quakes 1/2 and possibly the original Unreal....
Also RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 !........
BUT DEFINITLY Magic Carpets - 1, 2 and the plus pack is freely available as its now abandonware - Try HOTU - Home Of The Underdogs for older games - excellent site.......
That reminds me of populous - then Mega-lo-Mania !.....
Also RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 !........
BUT DEFINITLY Magic Carpets - 1, 2 and the plus pack is freely available as its now abandonware - Try HOTU - Home Of The Underdogs for older games - excellent site.......
That reminds me of populous - then Mega-lo-Mania !.....
gelde3001
October 31, 2008 10:33:35 PM
Heyyou27
October 31, 2008 11:12:41 PM
Ananan
November 1, 2008 1:03:30 PM
tijmen007
November 1, 2008 6:55:32 PM
DJ898
November 2, 2008 10:22:23 PM
aeiouandxyz
November 2, 2008 10:36:19 PM
San Pedro
November 2, 2008 11:43:07 PM
tijmen007 said:
Wolfenstein Enemy Territory , that game is so addictive! I've been playing it for 3 years. It's free too, so
Couldn't agree more, that game is probably my favorite game of all time.
Other FPS games that would be good are Half-Life and Quake 2, which you can still find people playing online.
I think Civilization II was pretty good as well.
nosrep
November 3, 2008 12:03:56 AM
malveaux
November 3, 2008 1:16:54 AM
Heya,
Diablo II, Lord of Destruction. (Free online play, RPG/Hack&Slash)
Fallout 1 & 2. (Post apocalyptic RPG series and not for kiddies)
Baldur's Gate II. (Amazingly long and immersive RPG that probably is second to none to date)
Raiden II. (Fun arcade style space shooting game, non stop action, simple and challenging)
Quake II CTF (Free online capture the flag the way Quake II defined every variant to date, so fun still)
Cheers,
Diablo II, Lord of Destruction. (Free online play, RPG/Hack&Slash)
Fallout 1 & 2. (Post apocalyptic RPG series and not for kiddies)
Baldur's Gate II. (Amazingly long and immersive RPG that probably is second to none to date)
Raiden II. (Fun arcade style space shooting game, non stop action, simple and challenging)
Quake II CTF (Free online capture the flag the way Quake II defined every variant to date, so fun still)
Cheers,
pr2thej
November 3, 2008 8:55:14 AM
Hardwar - sandbox flight / space trading sim
The Settlers - didnt see it mentioned, civ building, strategy, wars
+1 for X-Wing Vs T.I.E. Fighter
Unreal - classic oldschool shooter still very much worth a playthrough. Avoid the sequel though >.<
You wont get a good Deus Ex on that system, its graphical requirements were way ahead of its time. It may be "playable" though.
The Settlers - didnt see it mentioned, civ building, strategy, wars
+1 for X-Wing Vs T.I.E. Fighter
Unreal - classic oldschool shooter still very much worth a playthrough. Avoid the sequel though >.<
You wont get a good Deus Ex on that system, its graphical requirements were way ahead of its time. It may be "playable" though.
JeanLuc
November 3, 2008 10:34:33 AM
infornography42
November 3, 2008 3:07:31 PM
Deus Ex's system requirements are as follows
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS
Pentium II
300MHz
64MB RAM
DirectX 7.0a compliant 3D accelerated video card
DirectX 7.0a compliant sound card
DirectX 7.0a or higher (included)
4X CD-ROM drive
150MB hard drive space
Keyboard, Mouse
RECOMMENDED
AMD Athlon or Pentium III
128MB RAM
3D accelerator with 16MB VRAM
8X CD-ROM drive
750MB hard drive space
EAX or A3D compliant audio card
His system should be able to handle that easily.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS
Pentium II
300MHz
64MB RAM
DirectX 7.0a compliant 3D accelerated video card
DirectX 7.0a compliant sound card
DirectX 7.0a or higher (included)
4X CD-ROM drive
150MB hard drive space
Keyboard, Mouse
RECOMMENDED
AMD Athlon or Pentium III
128MB RAM
3D accelerator with 16MB VRAM
8X CD-ROM drive
750MB hard drive space
EAX or A3D compliant audio card
His system should be able to handle that easily.
pr2thej
November 3, 2008 3:11:21 PM
infornography42
November 3, 2008 3:22:36 PM
Ananan
November 3, 2008 3:32:35 PM
sithkiller
November 3, 2008 4:57:01 PM
ironsung
November 3, 2008 6:29:17 PM
wow so many replies! thank you all for your suggestions... special thanks for those who listed the genre's too..... as that will reduce my researching time in half! hahaaha...
i have deus ex and it runs pretty choppy... although it does work...
i have only so much of disk space... thats why im being so picky... thanks a lot guys for all your responses...
anymore suggestions are welcome!
i have deus ex and it runs pretty choppy... although it does work...
i have only so much of disk space... thats why im being so picky... thanks a lot guys for all your responses...
anymore suggestions are welcome!
pr2thej
November 4, 2008 8:35:24 AM
Ananan said:
I played Deus Ex originally with these specs:Celeron 466
Voodoo 3 3000 (16MB of RAM I believe)
either 64 or 128 MB of RAM (I can't remember)
Creative Soundblaster Live!
I played at 1024x768 and the game ran smooth as silk.
/goes and installs Deus Ex on his crappy old 800mhz lappy xD
Honestly i thought it wouldnt handle it, i stand corrected. More fun me on the train to work.
Ironsung....everyone has a fave old game mate thats why you get so many responses
Another one i havent seen mentioned is Grim Fandago....Monkey Island with more dead people.
DannyBoy27
November 4, 2008 9:54:19 AM
3Ball
November 4, 2008 12:30:47 PM
ImajorI
November 4, 2008 1:03:24 PM
Captainhero
November 4, 2008 2:24:41 PM
Lord Gornak
November 4, 2008 2:34:08 PM
DannyBoy27
November 5, 2008 1:10:31 PM
^ + 1
Agreed. I cant even remember much other than the fact that, after i installed MOO and MOO2, i didnt so much as move, get food or drink or got to the toilet from 11am till about 4am the next morning. After that my mother thought that game were the devils instruments
And then Diablo and Starcraft were installed...
Agreed. I cant even remember much other than the fact that, after i installed MOO and MOO2, i didnt so much as move, get food or drink or got to the toilet from 11am till about 4am the next morning. After that my mother thought that game were the devils instruments
And then Diablo and Starcraft were installed...
pr2thej
November 5, 2008 1:26:00 PM
For the uneducated (i had to get my google on)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_orion
http://www.download.com/Master-of-Orion/3000-7564_4-102... $19.99 to buy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_orion
http://www.download.com/Master-of-Orion/3000-7564_4-102... $19.99 to buy
tallguy1618
November 9, 2008 5:17:38 PM
metrazol
November 9, 2008 6:17:54 PM
exfileme
November 9, 2008 6:24:24 PM
joshthor
November 10, 2008 7:11:53 PM
pr2thej
November 10, 2008 10:24:00 PM
llama_man
November 11, 2008 11:37:02 AM
JeanLuc
November 11, 2008 12:44:00 PM
llama_man
November 12, 2008 7:23:44 AM
Morton
November 12, 2008 4:52:56 PM
Ananan
November 12, 2008 5:45:50 PM
stemnin
November 12, 2008 6:31:03 PM
linksolo74
November 12, 2008 10:39:48 PM
reconviperone1
November 15, 2008 10:29:49 PM
ouroboros
November 16, 2008 11:55:40 PM
Thief Dark Age
Thief Metal Age
Baldur's Gate 1-2
Planescape
System Shock 2
Dungeon Keeper 2
Masters of Orion
Tribes Vengeance
All of these will run on XP, some may give you issues with dual core CPUs but you should be able to enter the Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del), goto Processes, rt clk the process (ie: Thief.exe) and select Set Affinity (uncheck CPU 1). Again, this is ONLY for dual core CPUs. This drove me nuts until I found the cause and fix for it on some Thief fansite.
Thief Metal Age
Baldur's Gate 1-2
Planescape
System Shock 2
Dungeon Keeper 2
Masters of Orion
Tribes Vengeance
All of these will run on XP, some may give you issues with dual core CPUs but you should be able to enter the Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del), goto Processes, rt clk the process (ie: Thief.exe) and select Set Affinity (uncheck CPU 1). Again, this is ONLY for dual core CPUs. This drove me nuts until I found the cause and fix for it on some Thief fansite.
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