igyman Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Well, I guess as a guy who decided to create this group, I should start the discussion. I recently replayed Nox, that old RPG by Westwood studios. Alongside Diablo I & II, I consider this game to be one of the best old RPGs. Any opinions? Any other suggestions?
Totenkopf Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Well, my first few machines were Macs, but the earliest PC game I played that I really liked was Dark Forces, though it was the Mac version.
Darth InSidious Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Prince of Persia 1 is still the #2 game in existence - since nothing is quite going to knock Tetris off it's pedestal.
Q Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 I played through PoP1 myself a very long time ago. The Space Quest series also gets an honorable mention.
igyman Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 @Darth InSidious: I agree wholeheartedly. I had a discussion with my father recently about the game industry and he asked me if I knew which is the most successful game of all time. The answer was Tetris.
Totenkopf Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Forgot about that one, but then mostly ever played it on a gameboy and my brothers Mac.
igyman Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 I've uploaded some pics in homage to the #2 game in existence. I bet you haven't seen these in a long while. I'm also reminded of one more great old game - Wolfenstein 3D. The first 3D shooter ever. Haven't played its sequel though.
Totenkopf Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Wolfenstein....ah, nothing quite like killing Nazis.
Darth InSidious Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Well, that and running around the same area of the level fourteen times trying to find the lift out...
Totenkopf Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Yeah, sometimes I thought I ought to be able to leave a trail of crumbs or something to find my way back off a level.
Darth InSidious Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 Besides, it's so hard to lure the guards without being shot.
igyman Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Well, making an effort is half the fun, if you ask me. A game that needs no effort whatsoever to be finished isn't worth playing.
Sabretooth Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Hi guise i'm the new one I like old games but not the really old ones lol
igyman Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 Hi, Sabre. You don't have to like games as old as the ones mentioned here - if you consider a game old and worthy of playing, then it's worthy of mentioning here.
Darth_Yuthura Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Hi, everyone. I'm pretty new to social groups and don't know what is appropriate or not. If I could interject a game I would consider worthy of playing, it would be Armor Alley. It's a 2-D 256 color game with the player using a helicopter and organizing ground forces. It's ancient and something I would use if I had it anymore. Has anyone heard of it? Played it? In regards to Prince of Persia: Never finished it, but enjoyed playing it. Dark Forces was a great game, but not one I would play anymore.
igyman Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 I don't think I played that one, but I did play some similar games, but it's been so long that I don't even remember their names anymore, even though they were pretty fun.
Darth_Yuthura Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 I'm not one for the extremely simple games of ancient times like tetris. Armor Alley is clearly over a decade old, but it has numerous actions tied with a degree of strategy. Age of Empires is another game I loved, but I've used it so much that there's no challenge anymore (I play against seven computer opponents and can still expect victory). Another game I crave is deadlock: planetary conquest. A strategy game that takes a number of hours to complete and is turn based. Has technologies, resources, military units, factories, and other variables. I also loved games like Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, the Dig, and Full Throttle. The only problem is that these are not very replayable. At least KOTOR has variables that can change from game to game. What kind of games from the ancient times do others like? Are the simplest games the most everlasting, or are long-term games, like KOTOR, the more favored? I'd be interested to know what old games others have played.
igyman Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 I also loved the old Indie games, like the Fates of Atlantis, as well as Age of Empires I and II. Warcraft 2 and Starcraft are among my favorite RTS games. There are so many people who have played Warcraft 3 and don't even know there was a Warcraft 2 before. I'd like to think WC2 was better, because without it there wouldn't be a third part. Same goes for Starcraft and many others. As for other games, I enjoyed Worms, Diablo, and, of course, Grim Fandango.
mur'phon Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 I never managed to get into AoE1&2, mainly because I got my hands on cossacs first. I mean an army of maybe 150 soldiers choping each other for ages without dying is supposed to be fun? Pfah give me a line of 4000 spearmen supported by an equal number of musketers, with cannon bateries tearing holes in the enemy line before raping them with grapeshot any day:D
Astor Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 I LOVED Age of Empires 2 - I played it non-stop for about a year when it came out. Had all the best mods (especially the Rome mods for it). Then I discovered Cossacks, Then American Conquest... Nothing like watching 4000 redcoats tear apart a colonial defence. good times.
igyman Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Nothing like watching a twentieth century car drive over those pre-medieval warriors, or a futuristic soldier blast them all with his laser rifle. Good old Age of Empires.
igyman Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Nope, it sounds like Age of Empires with cheat codes.
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