Sengin Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Ah, finally Jazz Jackrabbit was mentioned. From Apogee - Monster Bash was pretty awesome. And seriously, no one has mentioned Wing Commander (all of them) or Privateer or Privateer 2: The Darkening? P2:Dark is seriously one of my favorite games. Quote
L.T.W. Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 I've always loved Civilization I & II more than the rest for some reason I just love old school games that I grew up with. Like I remember playing Jack Jackrabbit with my cousin when we were kids on his dad's computer... Good times Quote
lazygecko Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Crusader: No Remorse/Regret - Action game(s) by Origin. The controls are pretty clunky, but the game overall is a lot of fun and has awesome music. It's very much like Robocop, set in a dystopian future with plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor, live-action FMV and extreme violence. It's also set in the same universe as System Shock. Constructor - This is basically Sim Suburbs with a lot of black comedy. You build your own suburban community and rent the houses to families. The twist is that there's also a rival player on the same map, and you need to sabotage his efforts in a variety of creative ways. For example, if one of you rival's houses has caught fire, you can send a hippie to start a rave near it. When the firefighters arrive, they'll be distracted and start dancing, completely oblivious to the fact that the house is burning down and the flames are spreading to the neighbours. Quote
TehDonut Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Blake Stone hahaha I always laughed every time I shot someone and they would yell "Blaaaaake" Quote
Gollgagh Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 hahahaI always laughed every time I shot someone and they would yell "Blaaaaake" Whenever my dad played this, he always refused to use anything other than the default blaster so as to not use ammo but then he eventually got himself trapped in a room with some monster generator on the other side which made them faster than he could get rid of them I think he eventually gave up but never tried using any of the higher-class weapons Quote
TehDonut Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Hmm interesting... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms Quote
The Coop Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Wing Commander Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi The Immortal Stallar 7 Nova 9 Silpheed Prince of Persia Prince of Persia 2 Wolfenstein 3D Spear of Destiny Raptor: Call of the Shadows MechWarrior 2 WarCraft II Tyrian Another World Flashback: The Quest For Identity Blood Battle Chess Quote
Abadoss Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Oh, wait! I totally forgot about Stunts! Quote
Gollgagh Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Jill of the Jungle ._. hell yeah, man with her knives and boomerang glaive thing and fishy abilities Quote
Olarin Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this site yet: http://www.classicdosgames.com/ It's a repository of old freeware games and shareware demos (stuff that was actually legitimately released for free legally, by the author or publisher). It also provides contact information for purchasing anything that's still sold; it's nice to see companies like Apogee providing their old classics for legal sale at reasonable prices. There are also some shareware games that were later released as freeware, either by the distributor, or more often by the individual author if their deal with the distributor wasn't exclusive. Quote
Gollgagh Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this site yet:http://www.classicdosgames.com/ well he was asking for individual game recommendations, but I guess a place to get them is good Quote
FlagshipAmadeus Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Return to Zork Adventure game featuring live actors, an amazing sense of humor, and unforgettable dialogue (WANT SOME RYE? COURSE YA DO)! I have been trying for like sixteen years now and I still can't beat it I don't think I've even gotten halfway but I refuse to use a walkthrough aaaand also these days I can't get it to run on vista Quote
ZealPath Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Man, got to this thread way too late, everything I wanted to say has already been mentioned! Let's see here, I can actually think of a few that I didn't see mentioned: Lighthouse (Myst-style first person adventure game, great story and atmosphere, I still want to go back and finish this game someday) Ultima & Ultima Underworld Series (depending on how far back you go in the series, these games are somewhere between extremely old school or late-dos era) Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (First-person adventure game, surprisingly scary game, which goes out of it's way to illustrate the various ways in which your character can die) Warlords 2 (Turn-based strategy game, with some bad-ass voiceovers "Greetings Warlord!" "Farewell Warlord, we shall meet again!") Legend of Kyrandia series (I wasn't that into this, but it was a high quality adventure series, sort of like Quest for Glory) Aside from that I can only echo what a lot of people have already: Quest for Glory 1-4 Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure, aka Little Big Adventure (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, still rather good even by today's standards in some regards) Prince of Persia 1&2 Lemmings, Oh No More Lemmings, etc Commander Keen Series Wolfenstein 3D/Spear of Destiny Doom 1/2/Final Doom (although realistically, you'd be better off getting one of the modernized launchers for this such as jDoom and playing with much nicer effects) Monster Bash Series Halloween Harry (not sure if this was a series) And if you want to go really old school, here are some other ideas: Captain Comic (old-school platformer with good play-control, check out my speedrun for a sample of gameplay) Castle (or "Castle Adventure" as I think it was officially called, basically you explore an ascii-castle using basic text commands to look around and find things, with a little fighting thrown in for good measure.) The Bard's Tale 3-Demon (you could say this was a really, really, really early FPS if you wanted to) EGABomb EGATrek EGARoids (as in Asteroids, not Steroids ) QBert Centipede Amazing Maze Kong ("David's Kong" might have been it's official name, Donkey Kong-style game) Quote
Gollgagh Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 oh also make absolutely sure that you play Loom I haven't played the original, but the CD version is fantastic Quote
vega12 Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 This thread is like opening up a box of nostalgia. The only game that comes to mind that hasn't been mentioned yet is Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure. I seem to remember that being a fun platformer too. Also, Scorched Earth was great fun to play with friends. Quote
Gollgagh Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 The only game that comes to mind that hasn't been mentioned yet is Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure. I seem to remember that being a fun platformer too. yes yes yes once I went as Cosmo for halloween but, uh, no one knew what the hell I was Quote
Less Ashamed Of Self Posted February 12, 2009 Author Posted February 12, 2009 Several people have recommended The Dig, but:The Dig. Also, Journeyman Project I and II. Wow. I'm having a heck of a time researching footage of all of these games. I'm pretty down with classic platformers and misc shareware action games like commander keen, cosmo, prince of persia, etc... but what I'm REALLY into researching at the moment is those point/click adventure titles... and the dig is one that I'm rather shocked didn't blip on my radar at all back when. I remember the box art but nothing else. Youtube has 33x10 minute videos of a full playthrough... and considering I'm lucky to play through half of the video games I should these days I think I'll be glad to watch this one for it's cinematics. What a slick presentation. Danke once again CAPCDVG thread. Quote
Brycepops Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Castle (or "Castle Adventure" as I think it was officially called, basically you explore an ascii-castle using basic text commands to look around and find things, with a little fighting thrown in for good measure.) FFFFFFFFFFFF I remember this game. I was always getting killed by those fucking snakes . Quote
ZealPath Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 but what I'm REALLY into researching at the moment is those point/click adventure titles... Lighthouse then! Quote
jaxx Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 dude, I know it was mentioned, but "Another World" is a must play, I still play it all the way through every now and then, it was so epic for it's time, the cinematic cutscenes were amazing, there was nothing like it, still isn't. It's a sweet game of full of puzzles and action, there was nothing like recharging that lazer gun in those recharge rooms. The laser gun was awesome, making shields and frying aliens into chard black remains. Tons of fun. I must say though, I spent the majority of my dos life with Lucas Arts adventure games, how can anyone resist those babies. Quote
TehDonut Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 ok ok i just remembered some more... pushover (omg so fun/frustrating) d-generation contraption zack Quote
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