DogOnPorch Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 Dipping into the past, playing 'X-Com: UFO Defense' for PC. It's still super fun, aged amazingly well with age! That is an oldie but goodie, indeed. Had it on the PS I think. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Peter F Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 Playing 'Aces of the Deep'. Graphics are dated but the most intense game I've ever played. Was pining to play it for years due to incompatability with anything beyond a 486 running vanilla windows. Recently got ahold of someone who knows how dosbox works and wallah! Hours and hours of convoy hunting bordom. Oh! but when the lookouts yell "Smoke on the Horizon!" then the game is worth more than any other I know. Quote A bayonet is a tool with a worker at both ends
DogOnPorch Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 Sub games have come a ways. Silent Service was the first I had...for the C64. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Moonlight Graham Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Posted January 30, 2012 Playing 'Aces of the Deep'. Graphics are dated but the most intense game I've ever played. Was pining to play it for years due to incompatability with anything beyond a 486 running vanilla windows. Recently got ahold of someone who knows how dosbox works and wallah! Hours and hours of convoy hunting bordom. Oh! but when the lookouts yell "Smoke on the Horizon!" then the game is worth more than any other I know. Yeah I'm playing X-Com on dosbox. Nifty! Still haven't tried bothered to figure how to play my old Pentium I era games that require old versions of Windows (probably Windows 95) but won't play on current Windows. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
kimmy Posted January 31, 2012 Report Posted January 31, 2012 I am currently playing "Borderlands" on PS3. I don't usually do first person shooters, but this is a lot of fun! You've arrived on a planet called Pandora in search of a legendary treasure. Pandora is some kind of post-apocalyptic world that's a lot like the setting of The Road Warrior. It's overrun by deranged bandits, psychopaths, and mutants, as well as all kinds of nasty creatures. You interact with a cast of odd but likeable residents, helping make their lives a little better in exchange for weapons and tools and information that will hopefully lead you to the mythical treasure. Things I like about it: -great art and music. The art has a comic-book quality that really works. Terrific look and feel. -FPS gameplay is a blast... literally. With an immense arsenal of machine guns, sniper-rifles, pistols, rocket-launchers, shotguns, melee weapons, and even super-powers at your disposal, there are endless possibilities for gore. My personal favorite is the sniper-rifle with the super-long-range scope. You can zoom in on a target who's so small you can barely see him, put the red dot between his eyes, and POW! Brains everywhere! This is hands down the goriest game I've ever played. -vehicular gameplay is also crazy. I haven't run over this many people and critters since I got Carmageddon on my first computer. The bad guys have vehicles too... and if you get caught out in the middle of the desert without your car and an enemy car coming at you... -challenging but not ridiculous. I'm not an FPS expert, but I have been able to learn the controls and do pretty well. The difficulty of the opponents scales really well as your character becomes more powerful. Fast-paced and fun. ... -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
CPCFTW Posted January 31, 2012 Report Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) The X-Com's are great games. Borderlands is meh. The quests become repetitive. Other good classic games are strike commander: And jagged alliance 2: Edited January 31, 2012 by CPCFTW Quote
Peter F Posted January 31, 2012 Report Posted January 31, 2012 ... Still haven't tried bothered to figure how to play my old Pentium I era games that require old versions of Windows (probably Windows 95) but won't play on current Windows. I got ahold of an old pentium running windows 98 for that very purpose. Only use it for Sid Maiers Gettysburg and Steel Panthers. Still, switching the monitor over is a pain. Quote A bayonet is a tool with a worker at both ends
DogOnPorch Posted January 31, 2012 Report Posted January 31, 2012 I got ahold of an old pentium running windows 98 for that very purpose. Only use it for Sid Maiers Gettysburg and Steel Panthers. Still, switching the monitor over is a pain. I play the Sid Meier Civil War set on Win7 with no prob. Wouldn't play on XP and Vista. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Moonlight Graham Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Posted February 1, 2012 I got ahold of an old pentium running windows 98 for that very purpose. Only use it for Sid Maiers Gettysburg and Steel Panthers. Still, switching the monitor over is a pain. I just threw out some older pentiums circa 1998 cleaning out the basement. Guess I should have kept one. Arrrg!! Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Peter F Posted February 1, 2012 Report Posted February 1, 2012 I play the Sid Meier Civil War set on Win7 with no prob. Wouldn't play on XP and Vista. Win7! Well thats good news. Another encouragement to get a better computer. Quote A bayonet is a tool with a worker at both ends
DogOnPorch Posted February 1, 2012 Report Posted February 1, 2012 Win7! Well thats good news. Another encouragement to get a better computer. They're so darn cheap for a Win7 with a kick-ass video card that it is indeed a good move. Like under $500 at Future Shop on a good day. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
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