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MajorGeek42
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| SdS3030 wrote: | Ascendancy on PC ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascendancy_(computer_game) ). I played it when I was 12 and I still occasionally fire it up. Fantastic game and still has it's charm today even with the bugs and bad AI.
You should be able to find it on most Abandonware sites, you'll need DOSBox to run it though. |
Oh fuck, Ascendancy! Good to see someone who knows of it and has played it. I've still got it around somewhere in my old CD archives.
| stevenlarged wrote: | I would have to say Tomba! is one of my all time favorite games, and no one i know has heard of it.  |
Tomba is a fucking classic. Most of us over in the IRC channel know of it and have played it and whatnot.
Also, great to see some love for Einhänder in this thread. You guys rock 
Regarding some games mentioned in this thread...
Earthbound: Incredibly popular on the internet, just about everybody loves it due to the storyline, etc.
Spyro was mainstream popular. VERY popular.
A few off the top of my head that deserve more attention:
Karnov (NES)
The Magic of Scheherezade (NES)
Moraff's World (PC, 1991)
Bridge Builder (PC, 2006 I think, indie game, free on interwebs)
Yume Nikki (another indie PC game, it's awesome, go play it)
Dink Smallwood (PC, 1998 I think - great old RPG with a strong sense of humor and a devoted fanbase. To this day, a relatively small group people are still releasing custom maps for it)
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CorpusCollosum 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| MeeesterHat wrote: | | DosBOX program list needs more Commander Keen. |
Holy shit...
I used to play Commander Keen all the time on my Grandma's ancient computer whenever we visited her. The game was ridiculously hard for me back then.
The game also came with this addictive Pong-like game. I can barely remember it though...
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Kinitawowi
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Squirrel wrote: | | You also need to add 4-D Stunts to your dos list. |
Okay, now that somebody's heckled me for not having a game that I do in fact actually have  , I probably need to identify all those games...
15/01/2007 17:58 <DIR> BUBBLE Bubble Bobble with Rainbow Islands (the 1996 version)
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> CFodder Cannon Fodder
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> Cfodder2 Cannon Fodder 2 (duh)
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> Civ Civilisation
01/11/2005 18:17 <DIR> CMAZE The Crystal Maze (game of the TV show)
13/12/2007 01:56 <DIR> cputest (not a game)
30/04/2008 23:10 <DIR> Descent Descent
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> diggers Diggers
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> DOOM Doom
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> DOOM2 Doom 2
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> Dreams Pinball Dreams
17/02/2006 00:31 <DIR> DTRIVPUR Trivial Pursuit
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> DUNE2 Dune 2
12/09/2007 18:38 <DIR> enoid Electranoid (Breakout clone)
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> F1GP Formula 1 GP (known in some areas as World Circuit)
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> FANTASY Pinball Fantasies
23/01/2007 17:10 <DIR> FLIXMIX Flixmix
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> fury Fury Of The Furries
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> Fuzzy Fuzzy's World Of Miniature Space Golf (AWESOME)
16/02/2006 00:47 <DIR> GMChess Grand Master Chess
18/11/2008 21:54 <DIR> Hocus Pocus Hocus Pocus
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> ILLUSION Pinball Illusions
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> JSW99 Jet Set Willy '99 (remake of old Spectrum game)
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> jswrep (not a game)
10/07/2005 08:38 <DIR> Lemmings Lemmings
23/01/2007 17:45 <DIR> megalo Mega-Lo-Mania
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> Micro Micro Machines
13/12/2007 01:56 <DIR> mips (not a game)
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> MK Mortal Kombat
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> Monopoly Monopoly
14/12/2007 21:11 <DIR> MYSTIC Mystic Towers (Apogee FTW)
09/12/2005 01:14 <DIR> Neverlok (not a game)
29/04/2006 20:06 <DIR> Nukem Duke Nukem - 1, 2 and 3-D
13/12/2007 02:00 <DIR> pcbench (not a game)
06/10/2005 17:54 <DIR> Psycho Psycho Pinball
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> QUAKE Quake
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> QUEEN Flight Of The Amazon Queen
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> QUEEN.SAV (not a game)
18/11/2008 21:55 <DIR> QUIKMENU (not a game)
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> Railroad Tycoon Railroad Tycoon
07/10/2005 18:17 <DIR> RAPTOR Raptor: Call Of The Shadows (scrolly shooter)
13/12/2007 03:02 <DIR> SC2000 Sim City 2000
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> Scr2gif (not a game)
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> SETT2GLD The Settlers 2: Gold Edition
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> Settlers The Settlers
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> SHARKEY Sharkey's 3D Pool
10/03/2008 00:21 <DIR> SNAKE Ultra Peril Snake (no longer works)
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> SNOOKER Jimmy "Whirlwind" White's Snooker
10/07/2005 08:37 <DIR> spdball2 Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
13/12/2007 01:04 <DIR> Stardust Stardust (Asteroids clone)
17/11/2007 00:48 <DIR> Stunts 4-D Sports: Driving (or Stunts, to everyone else in the world  )
09/10/2005 00:45 <DIR> SuperStardust Super Stardust
10/07/2005 08:35 <DIR> Suprfrog Superfrog
29/05/2007 20:35 <DIR> SWOS Sensible World Of Soccer
10/07/2005 08:35 <DIR> Syndicat Syndicate
18/11/2008 12:22 <DIR> TTDX Transport Tycoon Deluxe
23/01/2007 17:45 <DIR> tubular Tubular Worlds (more shooter)
10/07/2005 08:34 <DIR> Warajevo (not technically a game - it's an emulator)
29/10/2005 19:57 <DIR> Warcraft Warcraft (yes, Warcraft 1)
18/01/2007 01:22 <DIR> WOLF3D Wolfenstein 3-D
09/02/2007 19:00 <DIR> WOLFBACK (not a game)
05/11/2005 19:43 <DIR> Xentar Knights Of Xentar... erm... yeah... it's a great RPG if you ignore the hentai parts, honest
29/10/2005 19:57 <DIR> XQUEST XQuest
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Kinitawowi,
You don't have Scorched Earth?!? What kind of DOS game player are you?
Also find Zany Golf. If you can beat that game... you are unholy.  I still have the original 5.25" floppies for Zany Golf somewhere. (I copied them to 3.5" floppies long ago when I still had access to a working 5.25" drive so that I'd be able to access the data later in the future, hahahaha!)
EDIT: I won't blame you for not having Tristan but I will blame you for not having Tapper. And I don't know if it's a good thing that you don't have the original Leisure Suit Larry in your list... |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Kinitawowi wrote: | | MeeesterHat wrote: | | DosBOX program list needs more Commander Keen. |
I was never particularly fond of that one.
At some point, I'll go through that list and note what all the games actually are; they're not necessarily all that they appear to be... (There's more to the Nukem folder than meets the eye, for instance.) |
I had the original 2d platformer Duke Nukems and the Commander Keens, too. I was particularly fond of Commander Keen 4.
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| CorpusCollosum wrote: | I used to play Commander Keen all the time on my Grandma's ancient computer whenever we visited her. The game was ridiculously hard for me back then.
The game also came with this addictive Pong-like game. I can barely remember it though.. |
That was Commander Keen 4. The pong game was built in to your watch in the Pause Menu. I admit playing that a lot of the time, as well.
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Mervin1337
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Fantastic Dizzy. Awesome game, check it out. I had a speedrun on this but I accidently deleted it of my camera..
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| TheThirdDay wrote: | | "Secret of Evermore" for the SNES was one of the best RPGs of all time in my opinion, and no one I know has ever even heard of it. It's a great game. |
This, Secret of Mana, and The Illusion of Gaia are very fun RPGs for the SNES. Also, lots of people didn't know about the first Breath of Fire for the SNES. Most have only played the GBA versions. BoF was an awesome game IMO.
Monkey Island series for the PC were some of the best puzzle games I've ever played. Not only fun but can make you laugh. They came out with Escape from Monkey Island (#4 in the series) for the PS2 and I'm assuming it's the same as the PC version.
There are SO many for the NES. Metal Gear 1 and Snakes Revenge are two of my all time favorites. Most people only know the playstation Metal Gears, but the two originals are absolutely awesome (although Snakes Revenge is one of the hardest games I've played). Solomon's Key is also another great one to play. |
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| PiemanLK wrote: | 
You guys really disappoint me. |
OMG I loved that game so much I forgot all about it! I'm going to download it now
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| Glock wrote: | | OMG I loved that game so much I forgot all about it! I'm going to download it now |
I have the original floppy disc. And it's backed up on my flash drive for safekeeping, as well, but this floppy hasn't failed in almost 16 years. Unlike some of my other floppies, which haven't even lasted a few months. Still, it feels really good to pop in the disc and install it the same way I did on my first Windows 95 computer. Brings back memories.
Fun fact: I've never actually completed the game from level 1 to 149 without skipping levels or jumping around, but on my latest attempt, I got to level 108 or something before I shipped my laptop out.
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