favorite pc games

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Muunst
Try the internet.
There are quite a few websites with old games free to download.
If the makers are now defunct then it is quite likely you can download it for free.

(Try www.classic-trash.com )

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I remember the name of the game… Gobliiins

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Sadly, I don’t have it.

But, if we consider old games on other platforms, i’d like to add:

AticAtac and Ant Attack on Spectrum.

And, for PC: Worms, Accolade Grand Prix F1, Indiana Jones 3 & 4, and stupid games line Monkey Island, and… can’t remember the other, but you know a game like Indiana Jones, but with 2 characters, who are to pass levels full of puzzles, but totally nonsense, like “you have tu punch a golf ball, make it land on a roof, where it rolls into a tube that you had modified before so that the ball falls on a tiger who will be knowked down, thus enabling to take the key to open a door… ” 😉

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Blitz – Vic20
Ulitima III – C64
Gods – Amiga
Blood (the original) – PC

Incidentally anyone got the original version of Blood they could send me? It’s no longer made and the company no longer support or make it, company no longer exists? Sure they wouldn’t mind you copying it for me 🙂

I’ll happily buy it if anyone has the original?

edward.munns@virgin.net

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Baahh Ghost Recon sucks… cause I can’t play it… 🙁

I have a Voodoo 2 card (well actually two together) and there are no directx 8 drivers for it as it is no longer supported so Ghost Recon won’t work.

Rogue Spear is good though, I have a spetsnaz patch with about 40-50 new Russian weapons which I play to death…

Regarding non FPS games I am currently enjoying Sub Command which is a sub sim with Los Angeles, Seawolf and Akula class subs available for control.

One thing that has been annoying me about games is recently they don’t have printed manuals. When I buy old games at reduced prices then that is OK but when I buy a brand new game I don’t expect to have to print out the manual. (Especially complex games like sub command where the manual is much more than just optional.)

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The game and its expansion is quite good. However even with advanced missiles such as ASRAAM, METEOR, BRIMESTONE the possibility of hitting their targets is 70%. It is claimed that this game is one of the most realistic sims. Can anyone who has played this game comment on it?

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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 25-11-02 AT 05:30 PM (GMT)]Icarus- Im very surprised the tactics you describe works. One thing I like about Ghost Recon is that the accuracy nessesary to take out enemy is very realistic. You have a tiny dot for a redicule, and that dot has to be on the man to hit him. Not like counterstrike where you have this large circle and anything within 400 yards inside that circle will get hit with a short burst. Im running my 1.5 athlon on 256 RAM and shared onboard memory, so Im not proccesing frames fast enough to do real quick/accurate shooting. Ive found the enemy are very accurate at medium ranges like what you have when theyre directly below you in that canyon. Heres the trick I used, but I seriously doubt it will work on elite. Take all you troops and wipe out the patrols on the lower right flank, you can just postion them in certain points and let them shoot, you dont need to directly contol it. Then you position all your troops at the top of the path that leads up the valley wall on the right flank about 50 yards back from the top. And position your sniper at the head of the bridge just behind this point and wait. All the enemy troops escorting the tank will run up this hill and get shot like lemmings. Im glad I stumbled on this trick as this is the only way I could have got through this level as directly shooting it out with enemy is nearly impossible.

BTW-Thanks for the link on game design.

“Squad 3 should be a lone sniper. As soon as the mission starts, move squads 1 and 3 over to the canyon on the left flank and use squad 2 to move through the one on the right flank. After you take out the opposing forces on the ridges, position your men on the side(s) of the canyons and simply rain down the hell on those T series tanks. Make sure your squad on the right canyon take up positions overlooking the pathway up from the gorge or they will me taken out by enemy infantry looking for cover from the onslaught. Watch out, as some may even try to flank you on the right side by taking the long way across behind the hill on that side. A good place to have your sniper is on the right side, where the bridge starts. Put squad 1 on the right side, farther ahead of the bridge, on a little ‘ledge’ like flat surface. They’ll get good vision on the whole of the advancing armour/infantry and can do so while lying down making them almost impervious to enemy fire. Those AKs aren’t gonna do jack to them.”

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The key for that level is speed. Have squads 1 and 2 composed of riflemen+support men with their minimi’s.

Squad 3 should be a lone sniper. As soon as the mission starts, move squads 1 and 3 over to the canyon on the left flank and use squad 2 to move through the one on the right flank. After you take out the opposing forces on the ridges, position your men on the side(s) of the canyons and simply rain down the hell on those T series tanks. Make sure your squad on the right canyon take up positions overlooking the pathway up from the gorge or they will me taken out by enemy infantry looking for cover from the onslaught. Watch out, as some may even try to flank you on the right side by taking the long way across behind the hill on that side. A good place to have your sniper is on the right side, where the bridge starts. Put squad 1 on the right side, farther ahead of the bridge, on a little ‘ledge’ like flat surface. They’ll get good vision on the whole of the advancing armour/infantry and can do so while lying down making them almost impervious to enemy fire. Those AKs aren’t gonna do jack to them.

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I wanted to avoid talking about FPSs, but I have to say that Ghost Recon is fantastic. The graphic quality of the backround and the realism of the men and the perspective is perfect. I look forward to doing more in this series. Ive got op flashpoint also, but some glitches in my computer prevent me from running that game for the moment. I finally got a comp and am just starting out with pc games. Age of Empires is good (by default). I was very disapointed with Medieval-Total War, the stratigy part of the game where you build stuff and move troops is stupid to the point of being annoying. I want to try other good stratagy games like Civilization II.

Icarus- In january I should have internet, so Ill challange you to a shootout then. Im “training” by trying to do Ghost Recon on elite level, not sure Ill even make it through the level where the tanks move through that valley.

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I don’t have a PC, but there are many of the same titles available on PlayStation 2. I enjoy Civilization 2, any flight game, Silent Hill and Silent Hill 2, NHL Ice Hockey, Theme Hospital and Theme Park World. I hope to finally get a PC after Christmas when I’ve moved into my new flat.
Vote Brunel for Greatest Briton.

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-Return to Castle Wolfenstein
-Civilization I, II, III
-Fallout 1, 2
-Diablo 1, 2
-Half life
-Medal of Honour Allied Assault
-Total Air War
-Op Flashpoint
-The Sims
-Ghost Recon/Desert Siege
-Grand Theft Auto 3
-Resident Evil 1, 2, 3

I own all these games (and more). 🙂

If anyone plays any shooters on Gamespy, let me know and we can frag one another till our hearts content…

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Sim City Series, Civilization II, The Course of Monkey Island (I & II), Counter Strike, Arkanoid, Chuck Yeager´s Air Combat, Gunship 2000, Street Fighter II and… Paratrooper, the oldest game of all but still the funniest, you may get it in the internet because it´s very old (it cames from the 8086 era) but it´s a drug.

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I like The Sims series..pretty interesting. But i most of the time play role playing games like Urban Chaos, Max Payne etc.

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Hehe The good old Dos 🙂 Well, you CAN have a CD-ROM in DOS, or, do like me, and have a version that runs on HDD only.

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i dunno – its installs all right but when i go to paly it wants me to restart in DOs and oof course DOS dosen’t have a CD-ROM drive installed

rabie :9

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Momenteraly it is rollercoaster tycoon 2.
Really nice game it takes away a lott of internet time!

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It only works on Win 9x…

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thats good but when i brought the deluxe version for £5 the other day it won’t work so all ive got is the origonal – doh !

best game ever i would say is civ 2

rabie :9

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One comes to my mind, it is old, but i still play it sometimes: Transport Tycoon.