Any of you nerds play computer games?
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mckennar
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I think you can play Syndicate via one of those flash-based online games sites. Good thing we blocked flash here at work, otherwise... I'd spend all of my time playing that instead of... well... browsing this site.
That game and the game "Cannon Fodder" were probably my top 2 games before I got a computer good enough to play flight sims.
TorqueOfTheDevil
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Talking of Carmageddon... Anyone else here tried the "new" one?
Carmageddon: Reincarnation.
I think it captures the original pretty well, plays pretty much the same.. looks prettier.
I also have much love for the older Command & Conquer games.. before they ruined the franchise for ever with Red Alert 3 and it got worse still with C&C 4.
Carmageddon: Reincarnation.
I think it captures the original pretty well, plays pretty much the same.. looks prettier.
I also have much love for the older Command & Conquer games.. before they ruined the franchise for ever with Red Alert 3 and it got worse still with C&C 4.
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mckennar
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I haven't heard of it. I was just happy when I played Carmageddon years after I'd first played it on my 133mhz Pentium and the loading screen didn't take 5 minutes to process.
Have you tried it on your beastly gaming warp core... er... computer?
A.Wilson013
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If you are going to play DII, at least play L.O.D edition
Of course!
I built a pretty nasty Barbarian on US East (west appears to be quite dead...)
atalarico
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Yes! PC gamer here since I was 7 or 8 (now 32). These days my die-hardness fluctuates depending on my climbing partner availability/ability to get outside. However, getting games and peripherals to work (IRQ address issues for joysticks...yeah) back in the day (early 90s) was what got me into computers and what I can likely attribute my IT career roots to.
I'm about to drop some money on a new i7 VR build at the end of the month. Currently still enjoying BF4 but going to start on BF1 when the new build is done.
My gaming history favorites have been (in no particular order): most and all iD games (DOOM, Heretic, Hexen, Quake, Keen), Apogee/3D Realm hits like RoTT and Duke Nukem, various flight sims (DCS World is why I want a VR rig), anything and everything Star Wars (Dark Forces, X-Wing, TIE, Rebel Assault), Half-Life everything (CS too), MechWarrior(s), StarCraft, Command and Conquer, and the Battlefield series all the way back to 1942 (1942, Viet, 2, 3, and 4, but could do without Hardline and some of the other stuff in there).
I will say that the latest Doom release was the single best PC gaming experience I've had in ages (maybe since HL2) ****ing incredible that I was literally outloud giddy as I played it, and I yelled "**** YES" as the end credits came on after the final boss. They set the bar so high for revisiting a classic title and just nailed it so far out of the park.
I was just having a conversation about modded 4Runners in the Zombie 48p server last night! Which servers do you usually play on?
It seems like we're all pretty old-school here too, so I'll offer this too...anyone else hate the whole DLC concept? I miss when games were complete when you bought them, and if anything else needed to be added, they'd come out with a new game (e.g. Doom II, III). It used to drive me nuts when I was a broke college kid and it just doesn't feel very egalitarian anymore.
I'm about to drop some money on a new i7 VR build at the end of the month. Currently still enjoying BF4 but going to start on BF1 when the new build is done.
My gaming history favorites have been (in no particular order): most and all iD games (DOOM, Heretic, Hexen, Quake, Keen), Apogee/3D Realm hits like RoTT and Duke Nukem, various flight sims (DCS World is why I want a VR rig), anything and everything Star Wars (Dark Forces, X-Wing, TIE, Rebel Assault), Half-Life everything (CS too), MechWarrior(s), StarCraft, Command and Conquer, and the Battlefield series all the way back to 1942 (1942, Viet, 2, 3, and 4, but could do without Hardline and some of the other stuff in there).
I will say that the latest Doom release was the single best PC gaming experience I've had in ages (maybe since HL2) ****ing incredible that I was literally outloud giddy as I played it, and I yelled "**** YES" as the end credits came on after the final boss. They set the bar so high for revisiting a classic title and just nailed it so far out of the park.
I was just having a conversation about modded 4Runners in the Zombie 48p server last night! Which servers do you usually play on?
It seems like we're all pretty old-school here too, so I'll offer this too...anyone else hate the whole DLC concept? I miss when games were complete when you bought them, and if anything else needed to be added, they'd come out with a new game (e.g. Doom II, III). It used to drive me nuts when I was a broke college kid and it just doesn't feel very egalitarian anymore.
I had a sick Frenzy Barbarian with two BOTD swords. He was disgustingly good!
As a side note, i too played the hell out of CSS 1.6!! When you had a good bunch of guys and gals, it was very strategic to play. Then, all of the damn cheats ruined it.
atalarico
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Hey, I blame CS for instilling in me the instantaneous reaction to jump-duck every time someone is shooting at me.
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LOL jump-duck....you aren't kidding!!
Road Bull
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Right on! I mostly play West coast time zone on TDM mode. There are very few U.S. based TDM dedicated servers. I play on the S.O.C. (Soldiers of chaos) server. Good core group of mature guys and gals. I also don't care for the DLC game model. It pisses me off that you have to pay about $130 if you wish to play all the maps. I played BF1 open beta and was not blown away. They changed the server set up so that you cannot run your own server. You have to use their servers. I see it as just another way for them to try to generate revenue. Part of me wants to give it to him to see if it will actually be a successful launch. They have had a couple false starts with other games like Hardline and something else that I'm forgetting, that did not do well and depopulated shortly after launch. The problem is there's not much of an alternative these days. Most people that like Battlefield series consider Call of Duty to be a total shitshow. I might hold out until the price comes down and continue to play BF4 for the time being. I guess we'll see. By all means drop by on the server and give it a try. I go buy Flapjack Actual on the server.
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SoCal4Runner01
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I vaguely recall a game by Electronic Arts called...Archon...for the Commodore 64. Good times
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mckennar
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I remember that game! But only because I played it on my (here we go) Palm Pilot M100.
Depends on how far you want to go back, how obscure the game, and how dedicated you are to getting it to work right.
Check out dosbox and myabandonware.com to get you started. I haven't had much luck with dosbox but on one of my old PCs (circa mid-90's) thats now airgapped and running Win98SE, I've had reasonable success downloading/burning to CD/installing/playing some games from abandonware websites.
If you're into older consoles, head to Play Atari 2600 Online, or google play NES online or play SNES online or play retro games online. There are a bunch of sites.
Good luck!
TorqueOfTheDevil
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Ha
The new one yes, It runs fine lol. Scales well to 6048x1080 too.
The old one doesn't seem to do all that well with modern x64 OS and drivers
Mad max is quite fun too... a bit repetitive.. but if you like the movies, worth a go.
3rdPlatoonDoc
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I played the hell out Star Control 2 when it came out in the early 90's. Absolutely agree that it was the best game of all time.
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TorqueOfTheDevil
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Fractured Space is free on steam...it looks ok for a Freebie.
Currently wasting too much time on No Man's Sky, since the update.
Currently wasting too much time on No Man's Sky, since the update.
Hepar
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Does Pong count?
