Suggest Ye Olde Pc Games

[magus]

was thinking of playing pc games but not the kind off you would find on xbox... something classic like done by blizzard or bullfrog (i still hate molyneux for selling bullfrog and starting bullshit instead! ) maybe some strategy/management game like majesty (did the sequel ever come out? you think it would run on a scrappy pc?) sooooooo suggestions?

[Great Rumbler]

First off, make sure you get D-Fend Reloaded. It's DOSBox plus a slick front-end. Everyone should have this if they want to play old games.

Now, here's some suggestions:

-Alone in the Dark 1 and 2 - Classic RE-style survival horror from France
-Albion - Scifi RPG from Germany
-B.A.T. 2: Koshan Conspiracy - Comic-book styled adventure game
-Betrayal at Krondor - open-world RPG
-BloodNet - Cyberpunk adventure/RPG with vampires
-Colonization - American Revolution-based Civ game [recently remade]
-Dark Seed - HR Giger adventure game
-Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager - D&D RPG
-Death Rally - Top-down racing game with weapons and upgrades
-Master of Magic - Fantasy Civ game, focused more on attacking than diplomacy
-Normality - First-person adventure game, really good
-Relentless 2: Twinsen's Adventure - Isometric action/adventure
-Settlers 2: Gold - City sim with competition against other cities
-Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch - Scifi adventure game
-Rise of the Dragon - Cyberpunk adventure game
-Strife - RPG/FPS with an open world
-System Shock - RPG/FPS with a horror bent
-Universe - Scifi adventure game
-Quest for Glory series - RPG/Adventure from Sierra
-One Must Fall 2097 - 2D fighter with upgradeable giant robots

[pilonv1]

Majesty sequel came out, it's not that different gameplay wise. It was a great game.

One Must Fall was an awesome game back in the day.

[GilloD]

Evil Genius is what you want.

Dungeon Keeper 1& 2

Ur-Quan Masters (Open source re-make of Star Control 2)

Go to GOG.com and load up on cheapies.

[pilonv1]

Yeah Evil Genius sounds right for you, plus it should be on Steam.

[BlackMage]

Wake of the Ravager is hard as fuck. I remember playing that on my 66mhz 486

[Great Rumbler]

Wake of the Ravager is hard as fuck. I remember playing that on my 66mhz 486

Mindflayers will jack you up big time. So will umberhulks.

[demi]

Ecstatica

[Joe Molotov]

Gabriel Knight 1-3

Best adventure games ever. All three are awesome, but 2 was probably the best, it had sweet FMV, werewolves, Wagner, and gay subtext. 

[GilloD]

Yeah Evil Genius sounds right for you, plus it should be on Steam.

Here it is on GoG: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/evil_genius $10 is well worth it. I think you'll get fed up at some point, there are some strange resource bottlenecks and weird gameplay quirks, but you'll love it in the meanwhile.

[demi]

Acting like magus is gonna buy any of these games... lol

[magus]

Acting like magus is gonna buy any of these games... lol

making me feel guilty about it won't change anything  :'(

anyway i played evil genius but that was like ageeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees ago and i literaly remember nothing about the game apart that it didn't click with me for some reason...

also it's pretty cool to see that some people here remember little big adventure

man western gaming was so awesome once :'(

[Great Rumbler]

Acting like magus is gonna buy any of these games... lol

Well, considering that most of these games aren't available anywhere except Amazon, and for exorbitant prices, that pretty much goes without saying.

But:

www.gog.com

[Don Flamenco]

Rise of the Triad. 

not sure if it would hold up today

[demi]

Acting like magus is gonna buy any of these games... lol

Well, considering that most of these games aren't available anywhere except Amazon, and for exorbitant prices, that pretty much goes without saying.

But:

www.gog.com

Buy? Ok

[Great Rumbler]

GOG is awesome. Lots of bonus content, low prices on most stuff, and every game runs as smoother as butter.

[magus]

well discovering that majesty 2 got a release makes me pretty happy
of all the other games posted here,some i know,some i don't... i should check stuff around

[dark1x]

Outcast!

Voxels!

Yes.  Outcast was an incredible game!  Absolutely loved it.

Downside?  It is limited to a maximum resolution of 512x384 as a result of the voxel engine.  I believe there is a way to go beyond that, but it requires some serious tinkering.

[cool breeze]

Outcast!

Voxels!

Yes.  Outcast was an incredible game!  Absolutely loved it.

Downside?  It is limited to a maximum resolution of 512x384 as a result of the voxel engine.  I believe there is a way to go beyond that, but it requires some serious tinkering.

I heard the version on GOG plays fine on modern PCs and I should jump on that eventually.  That and SS2 are games I've been meaning to replay for a while but both had troubles since upgrading to Vista (and now 7).

[Joe Molotov]

Awesome game, despite the ugly-ass character designs.

[Great Rumbler]

For a one-two punch of French 2D adventure/platforming:

Flashback: The Quest for Identity

and

Out of this World/Another World

[demi]

For a one-two punch of French 2D adventure/platforming:

Flashback: The Quest for Identity

and

Out of this World/Another World

Or skip these cruddy games and get Heart of Darkness instead

[magus]

For a one-two punch of French 2D adventure/platforming:

Flashback: The Quest for Identity

and

Out of this World/Another World

Or skip these cruddy games and get Heart of Darkness instead

those are anything but cruddy
but geh great rumble,i asked for olde game but this stuff was on amiga and 486! that's a little too olde

anyway i played the first 3 mission of majesty 2 and it's exactly like the original... this is good because the original was awesome but at the same time a little disappointing as i was expecting a little more

[demi]

I'm pretty sure they're cruddy

[Great Rumbler]

I'm pretty sure they're cruddy

They're really not.

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Heart of Darkness and Out of This World/Another World were both developed by Eric Chahi.

[close]

but geh great rumble,i asked for olde game but this stuff was on amiga and 486! that's a little too olde

Ain't no school like old school.

[demi]

I'm pretty sure they're cruddy

They're really not.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Heart of Darkness and Out of This World/Another World were both developed by Eric Chahi.

[close]

Durrrr no shit. Another World is still shit

[Great Rumbler]

Agree to disagree, I suppose, but I loved all three.

[naff]

Ultima 6, 7, 8 - the best RPG series there is, period. Isometric, real-time combat.

Borys 

Keen to check out some of the other games you've posted as well. I've just started replaying Ultima VII using Exult (a modification of Dosbox so it runs better as Ultima always did weird shit with memory management etc). Ultima VII still holds up really well, the fighting system is automatic so basically you're managing stats and upgrading your team of warriors  Ultima VIII is still my favourite though, got it running in Pentagram but it's still a little bit buggy.

Does anyone remember that educational game The Crystal Rainforest? Really wanted to play that recently but it still costs ~$100 and can only be bought by schools with no torrents anywhere to be found. Was an epic game though.

[Joe Molotov]

Just play this:



It's not that old, but it'll play on a crappy PC.

[Bebpo]

you should go to GOG and get fallout 1/2/tactics and play those.  So good!

[Smooth Groove]

Ultima is arguably the greatest RPG series ever.

All the 2D games from 6 onwards is still playable today.

The spin-off Underworld games were fantastic as well.  They probably were the best 1st person dungeon crawlers ever made although the really primitive 3d graphics make them almost unplayable today.  I wish someone would remake Ultima Underworld because everything else was so ahead of its time and would still work today. 

[tiesto]

What's the best way to play the Ultima games today? Buying the Ultima collection and then tinkering with Exult/DOSBOX/whatever? How is the compatibility with Win7?

[naff]

What's the best way to play the Ultima games today? Buying the Ultima collection and then tinkering with Exult/DOSBOX/whatever? How is the compatibility with Win7?

Exult is made for Ultima 7 only (no other games use its engine AFAIK) but there is no tinkering necessary to play U7 in Exult. Likewise Pentagram is a project dedicated to emulating Ultima 8.