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    Best place to find old PC games (usually console titles originally)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by slayerfaith1982, Jan 16, 2008.

  1. slayerfaith1982

    slayerfaith1982 Notebook Evangelist

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    I am curious where to find (preferably cheap) pc games such as:

    American McGee's Alice (and god PLEASE a gamepad hack for it so I wouldn't have to use KB+M, has anyone heard of this?)

    Final Fantasy 8

    Final Fantasy 7

    Devil May Cry 3 (or any other capcom games that were ported to PC really)

    Just want some hopefully sub-$10 PC games that'll run on my intergrated x1270 since most modern games won't work.

    Think these games would work on Vista? maybe?

    Well if anyone could point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
     
    slayerfaith1982, Jan 16, 2008
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  2. lunateck

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    Hav u tried Ebay?
     
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  3. slayerfaith1982

    slayerfaith1982 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't really like or trust Ebay :( I know that'd prolly be the best bet but was curious if anyone had other suggestions
     
    slayerfaith1982, Jan 16, 2008
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    Amazon.com by the third party vendors?
     
    lozanogo, Jan 16, 2008
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  5. slayerfaith1982

    slayerfaith1982 Notebook Evangelist

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    Holy hell looking on amazon the older games (FF7, FF8, Alice) run from $50-70!!!!

    Is it just me or is that a lot for old games that may not even be compatible w/ Vista?lol
     
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    I bought a couple of Xbox games (new) and a used PC game, Disciples II Gold Edition (circa 2001 turn based strategy) from 3rd party Amazon merchants which I found to be the cheapest IMO and the old game runs fine on my Vostro 1500/8600m GT.
     
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  7. lozanogo

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    O_O... just went and checked them, unbelievable...
     
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    Nottingham Forest FC Notebook Enthusiast

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    When I bought Disciples II there was one or two merchants charging $50/$75 but also others selling for a lot less. I bought mine for $15 and it was in perfect condition but didn't come with the manual although the seller never divulged this.
     
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  9. eleron911

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    You could try www.rom-world.com Free ancient games and consoles(including Sega , Nintendo, Nintendo 64). It`s the place from which I`ve redownloaded all my childhood games (all TV games that is-you know thos tv video games thingies, terminator or whatever they were called, Sega, Sega Genesis, Nintendo...) .
    That place made me remember the good old days.... :)
     
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  10. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    Not considering ROMs, download services like Steam and Direct2Drive and GameFly support many older games. At least I know Steam does because that is where I got all of the old ID games like Wolfenstein: Spear of Destiny.
     
    StormEffect, Jan 16, 2008
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