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    Really old computer games. free to play

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by MrDJ, Jan 14, 2009.

  1. MrDJ

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    for all of you that were into the old original computer games of the late 70s early 80s and all of you that werent even born then, heres a treat for you..........

    ladies and gentlemen,boys and girl and computer geeks of all ages, i bring you space invaders, asteroids, pacman, frogger and donkey kong.

    asteroids was my all time fave game and 10p used to last me upto 7 hours playing with a round the clock score of 999,999,999

    free to play and all links safe

    Space Invaders


    Asteroids


    Pacman


    Frogger


    Donkey Kong

    ENJOY.
     
    MrDJ, Jan 14, 2009
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  2. ravenmorpheus

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    Jeez I bet they look, er what's the kind way of putting it, oh yeah, dated. :D

    Nice to see people are keeping them alive though, I might dl pacman and have a go.
     
    ravenmorpheus, Jan 14, 2009
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  3. Delta_CT

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    Neat! I used to love Frogger, even though I still suck at it after all these years.
     
    Delta_CT, Jan 14, 2009
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    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    gengerald, Jan 14, 2009
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  5. MrDJ

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    you dont have to download it ravenmorpheus. its a direct play from website link.
     
    MrDJ, Jan 14, 2009
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  6. roosta

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    you can get old quake games free now too. if you look up abandonware it comes up with sites loaded with free old games.
     
    roosta, Jan 14, 2009
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  7. ArmageddonAsh

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    Pacman = legend :)
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jan 14, 2009
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  8. Pamster

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    Scorched Tanks for the Amiga was my fav game back in the day! Man I wish amigas were still around, I miss my old Amiga 600. Talk about a sweet machine. :D
     
    Pamster, Jan 14, 2009
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  9. times

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    lol.you can emu thos for ages now. i thought you were gonna say old 3d games like prince of persia or splinter cell 1 lol.
     
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  11. Pamster

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    I loved my amiga 600 so much! I had Final Copy for writing and word processing and luckily with some work I managed to transfer files over to docs, but had to manually go in and remove the formatting characters that didn't transfer over. That was a PITA but I did it to save my writing. :)

    DId you ever play mind Walker or Trinity? Those two were cool games too. :D
     
    Pamster, Jan 14, 2009
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  12. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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  13. LaptopNut

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    I hope my 9500m GS can run Pacman.
     
    LaptopNut, Jan 14, 2009
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  14. R4000

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    We joke, but I often wonder if our video cards can get too advanced for old games (and lose legacy functions)...... :D
     
    R4000, Jan 14, 2009
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    Just tried that Pac-Man in the link and those ghosts are much smarter than the original Pac-Man and follow different paths. Play a MAME version and you'll know.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 14, 2009
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  16. HTWingNut

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    It happens. More of a software / OS issue than anything else. Think of all the old DirectX issues with compatability. Vista breaks this again, sorta, with DirectX 10 completely incompatible with older versions. Makes sense, at least they offer a pseudo-DirectX 9, but it isn't 100% compatible either. Kind of like PS3 and X360 only supporting certain games from previous gen hardware.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 14, 2009
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  17. spur

    spur Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got Mario, Contra for the NC10. Works great on the bus.
     
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  18. Red_Dragon

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    Lemmings baby!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D
     
    Red_Dragon, Jan 14, 2009
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    What makes me think of my above statement about losing functions is my experience today with Red Alert. I'm playing it on Vista with my X200M, and I don't remember it looking so, um...... blocky, when I played it on the hardware of the time.

    Maybe some of it is a perception thing, I dunno...... :D
     
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  20. HTWingNut

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    I think part of that "blockiness" is that older games were played on CRT screens, which actually switched to that native res. But believe it or not, yes it probably was that blocky, it was just the best at the time and it didn't phase you.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 14, 2009
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  21. R4000

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    You bring up a good point about the CRT monitors. I remember first gaming on an early LCD and I hated it because of the blatant pixelation.
     
    R4000, Jan 14, 2009
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  22. SemiGamer

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    Man I'm only 16 and even I loved these games lol
     
    SemiGamer, Jan 15, 2009
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  23. roosta

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    quake 3 arena is said to become official abandonware soon. not sure if theres much point now that open arena has gotten so good. thats another very good free game.
     
    roosta, Jan 15, 2009
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