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    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hwaforumtk, Jan 27, 2008.

  1. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Deus EX
    Unreal Tournament
    Thief II
    Return to Castle Wolfenstein
    Roller Coaster Tycoon :)
    Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
    ^had to get a new video card to run it!!
    Driver
    Mech Warrior

    probably some others I'm forgetting...
     
    crash, Jan 28, 2008
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  2. Kurtanius21

    Kurtanius21 Newbie

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    I'm suprised no one even mentioned Homeworld 1. That game had such an Epic campaign.

    Heroes of might and magic 3 was also an instant Classic.
     
    Kurtanius21, Jan 28, 2008
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  3. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    Starcraft- The first RTS i played

    The sims-playing dolls

    Max Payne-Bullet time
     
    Shadowfate, Jan 28, 2008
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    ronkotus Notebook Evangelist

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    soccerjoe05 Notebook Guru

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    Baldur's Gate
    GRIM FANDANGO!!!
    Black & White
    Age of Mythology
    Homeworld
    Diablo 1 and 2
    Descent: Freespace
    FREEDOM FORCE!!!
    Dungeon Keeper
    Warcraft 3
    Starcraft
    Fallout series
     
    soccerjoe05, Jan 28, 2008
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  6. ronkotus

    ronkotus Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh, forgot to mention this absolutely awesome racing game: Stunts :D
     
    ronkotus, Jan 28, 2008
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  7. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    My Classic Favorites that have some memorable value to me, and that I probably spent more time playing that I shouuld have:

    - Descent 2
    - Battlezone 2
    - Starcraft
    - Mech Warrior 2
    - Civiliation 2
    - Worms (of all sorts)
    - Splinter Cell (all)
    - Jane's F-15
    - Jane's Longbow 2
    - Enemy Engaged Apache-Havok / Comanche-Hokum
    - Falcon 4 (and Allied Force)
    - IL-2 Sturmovik
    - Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed (best racing game ever IMHO)
    - Descent Freespace
    - Quake III Arena
    - C&C Generals / Zero Hour
    - Battlefield 2

    Note: for some reason a lot "2" sequels are memorable and not the originals...
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 28, 2008
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    geekdlb Newbie

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    You wouldn't mean Raptor would you? I loved that game.
    Also,
    Descent,
    Simcity 2000,
    The Settlers II,
    Commander Keen,
    Sam and Max,
    Day of the Tentacle,
    and Full Throttle just to name a few.

    I still go back and play a couple of these from time to time.
     
    geekdlb, Jan 28, 2008
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  9. venkol

    venkol Notebook Consultant

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    Full Throttle/The Dig/any LucasArts adventure games (sad to see those go by the wayside)
    Dark Forces (The title that turned me from an NES/Console guy to an exclusive PC Gamer for almost a decade)
    Jedi Knight/Jedi Knight 2
    KOTOR
    C&C Red Alert
    Unreal Tournament 99 (Still the BEST)
    Quake 2 (Forced to Learn WASD+Mouselook by playing this online)
    Half Life
    Duke Nukem 3D
    Freespace 2 (Best Space Combat Game EVER and one of my top 5 games of all time)

    and so many more.

    Oddly enough, I never got into any of the blizzard games. None of them were bad, but they could never keep my interest.
     
    venkol, Jan 28, 2008
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  10. Fa310tx

    Fa310tx Notebook Geek

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    Original Diablo
    Original Quake
    Original Tomb Raider
     
    Fa310tx, Jan 28, 2008
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  11. Dragonpet

    Dragonpet Notebook Evangelist

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    I can't believe no one mentioned:

    Indigo Prophecy or Fahrenheits (European Version)

    The game is the best action adventure game I ever played.
     
    Dragonpet, Jan 28, 2008
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  12. hwaforumtk

    hwaforumtk Notebook Guru

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    Maybe that's because it was released in 2005?
     
    hwaforumtk, Jan 28, 2008
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  13. FusiveResonance

    FusiveResonance Notebook Evangelist

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    Mafia + Soldat
     
    FusiveResonance, Jan 28, 2008
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  14. Gotei 13

    Gotei 13 Notebook Evangelist

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    Total Annihilation
     
    Gotei 13, Jan 28, 2008
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    kowell Notebook Evangelist

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    LucasArt Tie-Fighter - Collector's CD-Rom

    Best game I ever played (and re-re-replayed)

    Over 80 missions of space dogfight
     
    kowell, Jan 28, 2008
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  16. madbomber263

    madbomber263 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where's the love for Master of Orion? One of the all-time greats, and it still held up pretty well the last time I played it, which was only a couple of years ago.
     
    madbomber263, Jan 29, 2008
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  17. ronkotus

    ronkotus Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, that's one of my favorites along with Civilization and Master of Magic. I just wanted to keep my list short.
     
    ronkotus, Jan 29, 2008
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  18. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. Hailed by many as the most realistic fps ever, plenty of people still play, I am in a clan for it 5 years after it was released!
     
    moon angel, Jan 29, 2008
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  19. Moidock

    Moidock Notebook Consultant

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    Homeworld 2, one of the best space themed strategy games I've ever played and still do from time to time.

    Republic Commando and Halo 1 are regulars I still dust off from time to time and are favorites at the LAN parties I attend to with some friends.

    Played Warcraft II and III from time to time but never really got to finish them.

    Recently finished the campaign mode in Star Wars Battlefront II.

    And I take even older (but good) games out for a spin on my past generation consoles.
     
    Moidock, Jan 29, 2008
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  20. zeppelin420x

    zeppelin420x Notebook Consultant

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    Commander Keen
    BioMenace
    Day of the Tentacle
    Peganitzu
    Warcraft 2
    Doom
    Quake
    Duke Nukem 3d
    Rooms of Doom
    Interstate '76
     
    zeppelin420x, Jan 29, 2008
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  21. havoc531

    havoc531 Notebook Evangelist

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    Im not searching through all seven pages.... but where the heck is Starcraft?!
     
    havoc531, Jan 29, 2008
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  22. Gunner

    Gunner Notebook Evangelist

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    Knights of the Old Republic was my favorite game back in the day. Good times. Still play it sometimes.
     
    Gunner, Jan 29, 2008
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  23. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

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    most of the games i play now are pre 2004........

    MOHAA
    CoD1
    AoE2
    AoE1
    Patrician 3
    Midtown Madness
    HoI 1
    Warcraft 2
    EE

    plus a few others that i can't think of.
     
    Jeff, Jan 29, 2008
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  24. xatos

    xatos Notebook Enthusiast

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    ~I love Soldat...
    ~Remembering Sim Tower made me nostalgic, that game owned.
    ~I was an Age of Empires (I and II) junkie and i remember upgrading my ram from something like 16MB to 32MB to play the second one :)
     
    xatos, Jan 29, 2008
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  25. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Duke Nukem 3d Ftw!!!!!
     
    aan310, Jan 29, 2008
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  26. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

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    ha, we playedthat at school in engineering studies :D

    ~I was an Age of Empires (I and II) junkie and i remember upgrading my ram from something like 16MB to 32MB to play the second one :)[/QUOTE]

    thats hard core. i remember getting a new computer to play aoe2. top of the line it was, i could max all the settings. damn it made me feel good.
     
    Jeff, Jan 29, 2008
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  27. IWantMyMTV

    IWantMyMTV Notebook Evangelist

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    From way back (eg, Before HDD)...

    Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
    Raid on Bungeling Bay
    Ultima III: Exodus
    Bard's Tale
    Questron
    Archon
    Mail Order Monsters
    M.U.L.E.
    Protector
    Blue Max
    Seven Cities of Gold
    Gateway to Apshai
    Summer Games
    Gunship
    Airborne Ranger
    Ziggurat

    I still occasionally play Ziggurat, M.U.L.E., and Raid on Bungeling Bay on a C64 emulator...

    The only PC games that I really liked from yester-year that I haven't seen mentioned (and yes, I think I read most of the posts)...

    Curse of Monkey Island (laugh out loud funny)

    System Shock (very intense for its time period)
    Terra Nova (awesome FPS back in the day...still does OK although the FMV is cheesy...)
    Both of the above from the same developer that did Ultima Underworld

    Terminator: Future Shock (Mouselook before Duke Nukem 3D added it...survival oriented environment...ie, more enemies than bullets...and you got to pilot vehicles way before UT2004 did it...)

    Panzer General (The only WW2 strategy game I ever finished...)

    Wing Commander: Prophecy (Decent FMV...and awesome 3dfx effects...still looks good with a 3dfx sleeve...)

    Dark Legions (Updated Archon from SSI...)
     
    IWantMyMTV, Jan 29, 2008
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  28. bearz313

    bearz313 Notebook Guru

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    I built a computer just for old dos games...
    1 gig hard drive
    700 Mhz Celeron
    2meg Matrox video card
    awe 64 sound

    Ms Flight Simulator 5... just because I can.
    Pinball Fantasies Deluxe... that gets the most play time.
    Tetris
    WelTris

    Some of the games I have will not run properly because of CPU speed issues.
    MoSlow can not slow it down enough.
    King of Chicago.
    It Came The Desert.
    I lost the key wheel so I can not play Battle of Britain.
    I also have an older version of Mame for Dos. ;)
     
    bearz313, Jan 29, 2008
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  29. eyeglaze

    eyeglaze Notebook Enthusiast

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    Mafia-still play
    No One Lives Forever-c'mon
    Vietcong-hard but amazing

    If we are talking strictly pc
     
    eyeglaze, Jan 29, 2008
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  30. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    I can't believe it took 7 pages before someone mentioned Total Annihilation.

    First true 3-D RTS, hundreds of units, a kickass soundtrack and multiplayer for up to 10 players and released a whole year before Starcraft.

    I bought my first computer just to play this.

    Mechcommander 1 & 2. They weren't fantastic, but combining BattleMechs and RTS in my book = WIN!
     
    dtwn, Jan 29, 2008
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  31. imar3l

    imar3l Notebook Evangelist

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    delta force 3 was the first FPS game i played...it rocked..
     
    imar3l, Jan 29, 2008
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    hwaforumtk Notebook Guru

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    Quite frankly though Delta Force 1 was the only worthwhile one in the series.
     
    hwaforumtk, Jan 30, 2008
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    Fallout 2
    The Curse of Monkey Island
    Baldur's Gate 2
    Ice Climbers
    Mario Kart 64
    Zelda Ocarina Of Time
    Grim Fandango
    Finaly Fantasy 7,8 & 9
     
    asanj, Feb 12, 2008
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  34. bconwayls1

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    Unreal
    Half Life
    Soldier Of Fortune
    Return to Castle Wolfenstien
    Max Payne
    Hitman
     
    bconwayls1, Feb 12, 2008
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  35. Dragonpet

    Dragonpet Notebook Evangelist

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    IT is! My bad, but it is a great game that doesn't require a killer GPU to play at all.
     
    Dragonpet, Feb 12, 2008
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    Lights Notebook Consultant

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  37. 660hpv12

    660hpv12 Notebook Deity

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    diablo 2
    needforspeed hot persuit 2
    red alert
    generals
    age of emipires 2
    age of mythology
     
    660hpv12, Feb 12, 2008
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    metaldeath Notebook Consultant

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  39. kenz1980

    kenz1980 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well its about 6 years old - but bf 1942 is a classic fps in my books - some great mods and man what fun it was to play.
     
    kenz1980, Feb 12, 2008
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  40. TopperCNC

    TopperCNC Newbie

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    Hi all! My first post on those forums, but had to...

    No one mentioned Ultima VII, both Serpent Isle and The Black Gate ???

    I remember using Exult to be able to play on newer systems in Windows...

    Good memories!

    (and the cheat system pwned!)
     
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    Mine Sweeper
     
    Robgunn, Feb 12, 2008
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  42. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

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    i play that at work all the time :p

    but i am now addicted to monopoly :p kills plenty of time :D :D
     
    Jeff, Feb 12, 2008
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  43. 2.0

    2.0 Former NBR Macro-Mod®

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    Falcon 4.0
    Jane's ATF
    Madden 2003
    Delta Force and Delta force 2
    Soldier of Fortune 1 & 2
    Duke Nukem 3D
    Shadow Warrior
    Hexen
    Heretic
    Return to Castle Wolfenstien
    Medal of Honor 1 & 2
    Doom 1 & 2
    ChessMaster 4, 9, 10
    Red Alert 1, 2 & Yuri's revenge
    Command and Conquer generals and zero hour
    Call of Duty 1 & 2
    Wing commander
    IL2 Sturmovik
     
    2.0, Feb 12, 2008
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  44. Satyrion

    Satyrion Notebook Deity

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    Counter-Strike Beta 5.2
    Quake 2 Deathmatch
    Command & Conquer
     
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  45. Satyrion

    Satyrion Notebook Deity

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    I havent seen Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2 yet those were awesome!
     
    Satyrion, Feb 12, 2008
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  46. Robgunn

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    Anyone here ever play the Quake 2 mod "Action?" Action Quake 2 (AQ2) was great back in the day.
     
    Robgunn, Feb 12, 2008
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    Amped24 Notebook Consultant

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    Aoe 2> I never really quite learned mind sweeper, but I did learn how to play spider solitaire
     
    Amped24, Feb 12, 2008
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  48. Sneaky_Chopsticks

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    Boulderdash for the Mac!!
     
    Sneaky_Chopsticks, Feb 12, 2008
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  49. mutton javelin1

    mutton javelin1 Notebook Guru

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    Command and Conquer Tiberium Sun
    remember the good ole times:

    *unit ready
    unit ready
    unit ready
    unit ready
    building complete* :)
     
    mutton javelin1, Feb 12, 2008
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  50. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    I second those!!!

    I still play Descent2 with D2X-XL updated engine. Lots of maps still around!!!
     
    hydra, Feb 12, 2008
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