Good ol' games for good ol' gutless computers
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total annihilation and expansions ftw a HUGE game level wise for only 33mb of space!!!! one of the greatest rts's ever!!!!!!
I'll have to try it. I remember SS2 working on CP, but it ran just slow enough to make it a chore to play. It was like playing in light syrup.riftinducer said:
Oh, to add to the list, probably been said, but Fallout 1 and 2. And if you're planning on playing Doom, I'd go with Zdoom or Zdoomgl if you can't stand looking at pixels.
I still love all my old games, and play things like Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Sim City 2000, Shadowcaster, Diablo 2, TES:Arena+Daggerfall, Ultima, Kings Quest, Space Quest, Monkey Island, Duke Nukem 3D, Cannon Fodder, Simon the Sorceror, Jagged Alliance 2 and many more.
I'm trying to collect up all the old ones that I sold or lost in years gone by, and on top of that, trying to play all those games which passed me by the first time around.
Thankfully there are places like Good Old Games [http://www.gog.com/] where I can get my fix, and I'd recommend them to anyone.
I'm trying to collect up all the old ones that I sold or lost in years gone by, and on top of that, trying to play all those games which passed me by the first time around.
Thankfully there are places like Good Old Games [http://www.gog.com/] where I can get my fix, and I'd recommend them to anyone.
Neverwinter Nights shouldn't be too much of a stretch. Maybe consider a demo/ brief temporary pirate of it to see how it runs for you.
Freelancer, Diablo, Diablo II, NoX, Seven Kingdoms, Heroes of Might & Magic III, Full Throttle, all of those are great for older computers
When I ran XP though a Mac program called Parallels, it allowed really limited graphics, so I only had one game:
Wolfenstein 3D on the DosBox emulator.
Wolfenstein 3D on the DosBox emulator.
The Curse of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones And The Fate of Atlantis, Tex Murphy Series, Ravenloft Strahd's Possession, Darkseed 1 & 2, Betrayal At Krondor, Soldiers At War, Fallout, Sudden Strike. Just some ideas.
I've been playing a ton of old DOS games lately, mainly Rise of the Triad, Out of This World, Duke Nukem 1-2, Jazz Jackrabbit, Blake Stone, Blood, BioMenace, Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D and a ton more, and I'm not even counting the old post-DOS/early Windows games I play. If you want to play those aforementioned games, you may want DOSBox though.
I have a thing for the Origional Xcom game, but even on XP have trouble playing ( crashes ).
I just wish you could play older games from time to time without all the hassle.
I just wish you could play older games from time to time without all the hassle.
Yes! I still love this game. They should continue the series, it had potential to make an intriguing stoty.lordcookies said:
X-COM: UFO Defense (aka UFO: Enemy Unknown outside the U.S.)
This is one of the greatest strategy games ever made, and will run on any PC as it was released in 1988. According to Abandonia [www.abandonia.com], it's an abandon-ware game, and you can download it there for free...
I think you can also get it on Steam for a nominal fee...
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This is one of the greatest strategy games ever made, and will run on any PC as it was released in 1988. According to Abandonia [www.abandonia.com], it's an abandon-ware game, and you can download it there for free...
I think you can also get it on Steam for a nominal fee...
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Try using DOS Box [http://www.dosbox.com/]...imperialwar said:
Hm. You want games that require little in terms of computer abuse, and that are oriented toward a more mental challenge than a reflex one?
My friend, you need to play <a href=http://www.roguelikedevelopment.org/archive/index.php>Rogue. My personal favorite from that list (which contains, I think, every rogue version that hasn't been lost from existence, except the iPhone one) is winrogue0_1, and then my second favorite is Rogue 3.. Other versions might be better for you, though. The primary difference is how heavy they are on the RPG elements. The two I mentioned are more hack-n-slash in nature (hack-n-slash in gameplay, but if you don't learn how to be very intelligent with the items you use and how you use them, you'll never get anywhere, especially after level 10 or so), but the others are more RPG-heavy, with races and classes and such. I prefer the simplicity, but you might be different.
And if your computer is younger than 40 years old, it can run it.
Also, Deus Ex.
My friend, you need to play <a href=http://www.roguelikedevelopment.org/archive/index.php>Rogue. My personal favorite from that list (which contains, I think, every rogue version that hasn't been lost from existence, except the iPhone one) is winrogue0_1, and then my second favorite is Rogue 3.. Other versions might be better for you, though. The primary difference is how heavy they are on the RPG elements. The two I mentioned are more hack-n-slash in nature (hack-n-slash in gameplay, but if you don't learn how to be very intelligent with the items you use and how you use them, you'll never get anywhere, especially after level 10 or so), but the others are more RPG-heavy, with races and classes and such. I prefer the simplicity, but you might be different.
And if your computer is younger than 40 years old, it can run it.
Also, Deus Ex.