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    Unreal!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hydra, Jan 28, 2012.

  1. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    LOL,

    A very dusty disk fell out of my sandbox; a scratched disk from 1998.

    Working for max FPS on my old Voodoo 3DFX card brought back warm terrifying battles @23 FPS on 1024x768 in the Pentium days of lore.

    What the heck, I installed it and it ran great; 60fps, @1600x900 on the Castle flyby ( timedemo) 1 !!!!

    This is using the integrated 3000HD in my i5. I found the upgraded texture files so now down to 40 fps.

    OK, I forgot a lot about the game but some areas it was just like I remembered it.

    Yep, Skyrim looks way better but the hardware of 1998 would have exploded if you tried to run it in slide show mode. But, then its nice to play the GOG where you don’t have a two ton AC to keep things from melting ;)

    Cheers
     
    hydra, Jan 28, 2012
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  2. Bearclaw

    Bearclaw Steaming

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    cool story bro
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 28, 2012
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  3. sarge_

    sarge_ Notebook Deity

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    Is this post about the original Unreal? :D Yeah, that game rocked. Remember the sequel mission pack Return to Na Pali?

    Unreal Tournament (1999) was one of the, if not the, best multiplayer FPS games ever. Awesome gameplay, awesome engine. It was SO ahead of its time. To this day, there are lots of people still playing it, just check the in-game server browser! And you could mod the crap out of it.

    Unreal 2 sucked, though.
     
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  4. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    LOL, yeah the original FPS. Actually my hardware, old macs and gateways were of the 1996 vintage. If it were not for games, who would upgrade?
     
    hydra, Jan 28, 2012
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  5. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    UT2004 > everything. I wish more people played it...Onslaught mode was awesome, and some of the Assault missions were pretty sweet. Best weapons ever.

    UT3 was pretty underrated, i think.

    Sent from my Motorola Triumph using Tapatalk
     
    Mastershroom, Jan 28, 2012
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  6. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    C'mon bro Don't be a Negatron! :p
     
    Mechanized Menace, Jan 28, 2012
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  7. Coach Knight

    Coach Knight Notebook Consultant

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    The original Unreal Tournament was what got me addicted to FPS gaming. I played that game countless hours, particularly Low-grav Instagib CTF, in a very competitive gaming clan. Good times! :D

    I also logged many hours in UT2k3 and UT2k4 and still fire up the UT2k4 from time to time. I recently installed the original back on my laptop just for a trip down memory lane. That opening music and the announcers voice still get me fired up! LOL

    I have UT3 but could never find enough people on to have a good game with, although I admit I may not have given it a fair chance. Maybe I'll reinstall it at some point just to see if anyone is still playing it.
     
    Coach Knight, Jan 29, 2012
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  8. sarge_

    sarge_ Notebook Deity

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    Lol, no problem finding populated servers for UT99 though.
     
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  9. slightlyhuman

    slightlyhuman Notebook Enthusiast

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    man i miss this game. had some good times.
     
    slightlyhuman, Feb 8, 2012
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