Favorite Old Games?

[slavatrumpevitch]

Hey, what were you're favorite games before 1998 when T:TDP was released? I remember some of my favs were Out of This World (Another World), Realmz, Prince of Destruction, Quagmire, and Oxyd. has any1 played any of those?

[Komag]

I like Out of This World, but I only played it once through.

[demagogue]

Back in the day I liked old school RPGs ... the Ultima Series, the Bard's Tale series, Wasteland ... and IF. Anything that could tell a really good story and make me part of it in the game.

[slavatrumpevitch]

IF? can't say i've heard of that one

[Vadrosaul]

Speaking of "Another World", there is an updated WinXP version of it available for purchase here: http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/

 

For only 7 Euros (about $10) you can unlock the full game

[Gildoran]

IF = Interactive Fiction or Interactive Fantasy. It's like a computerized choose-your-own-adventure book or a single-player MUD.

[demagogue]

Interactive Fiction isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it's worth trying out some of the top ranked games just to get a feel for how interactivity and good story-telling can go hand in hand, if you've never tried them. (Everything you need to do it you can get from here.)

I live for the day when FPS's can do as good a job integrating the two; DX is the only one that even approached it, but is still way off from the potential.

[Darkness_Falls]

Thanks for that link, Vadrosaul. I loved Another World and Future Wars for the Amiga 500. It was cool to read some of the history. And now I shall install the demo...

[sparhawk]

Don't remember many PC games before Thief, but some of my favourites include Paradroid and Trolly Wally from C64.

[Arumakani]

I can't remember most of the games from the Atari system I had in the early 80's. But for the C64 there were The Last ninja series, the first game I think was the first to use Isometric design. It was a good adventure game too. Impossible Mission was cool too. I had that C64 joystick recently that had loads of games on it including Impossible Mission 1 and 2. Though I still enjoyed them, they weren't as cool as I remember from my youth. International Karate and IK+ were cool, and way of the Exploding FIst and Fist II. Bionic Commandos was cool, Summer Games, Winter games...

 

The old Zelda games were cool. I used to like those text adventure games too on the VIC 20. The Eye of the Beholder games were excellent too. They were better FP games for me then Doom etc.

 

Tenchu was good as was the original Metal Gear Solid game. Resident Evil 1 was cool. I still remember the shock of seeing the first Zombie. It was great finding the stuff to solve puzzles etc. However that back and forwards gameplay got tiring after the first 3 games. I had really played them to death anyway especially number 2.

 

The Ocarina of Time is simply one of the best games ever made. Mario 64 was cool too as was Mario Golf.

[sparhawk]

Impossible Mission! How could I forget that? It was one of the games that I played through and still like to play.

[Komag]

I remember loving Spy vs Spy on C64, setting traps to kill the white spy, hehe

[Order of the Hammer Bureaucrat]

I play IF on my watch.

[Arumakani]

I remember loving Spy vs Spy on C64, setting traps to kill the white spy, hehe

 

 

My brother loved that game

 

I forgot to say that in Res Evil 1, when the dog jumps through the window the first time you walk down the corridor, I jumped off my chair

 

Have you got that C64 joystick waith all the games on it sparhawk? They have Impossible Mission 1 &2 on it.

http://www.urbanjunkie.co.uk/product.php/254/0/ I managed to pick one up for my brother for £7.99

[sparhawk]

I have seen it in a local store. Quite a funny idea. But I haven't bought it, because it was to expensive. 25 Euro is more than I would like to pay for that. Especially since the choice of the games included were not what I would like to play so much. Space Invaders and the like.

Would be intersting if it were possible to change the games to something more interesting.

[OrbWeaver]

Frontier Elite 2 was the most playable game ever. You had absolute freedom to travel around wherever you wanted, making money by trading, piracy, mining, carrying out quests for people or whatever.

[demagogue]

Not too long ago I finally discovered the world of C64 emulation and finally got to play some games I literally hadn't seen in well over a decade. I was struck how much they still have their magic, and found it quite natural to fall back into playing some of my old favorites.

[Vadrosaul]

Thanks for that link, Vadrosaul. I loved Another World and Future Wars for the Amiga 500. It was cool to read some of the history. And now I shall install the demo...

I bought the key file for the full version. Well worth the $10. If anyone wants and cannot purchase due to Euro requirements, give me a holler

[Darkness_Falls]

I actually bought the key, too. I used to love this game, and this PC version is quite accurate -- if not exact -- in terms of the gameplay and sounds that I remember experiencing on the Amiga 500.

[Arumakani]

Elite was a cool game. Quite possibly the first sandbox game out there.

[duc]

Starflight 1 & 2, the Starcontrol series, nethack...

[Komag]

Ah, but how many of you ever played Star Command!

 

IMPERSONATE DEITY!

[Napalm]

Monkey Island....

[MadhatteR]

ehm... Total Annihiliation ... released a year prior to 1998 ... but the fun lasted

[mike mayday]

Lessee... one of the first was Gods (a platform game, wtf?), then the Ultima series, Might and Magic series (and Heroes), the Neverhood:), Monkey Island, LBA, Civilisation, Master of Orion and many more...