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    any suggestions of old games for a 32 vid mb card ?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by unholy, Dec 3, 2007.

  1. unholy

    unholy Notebook Consultant

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    Hey,
    I would like to know if you guys know great old games that I should try with my Toshiba R100 (Trident XP4 32 mb dedicated).

    I already got risk II, Baldur's gate I and II, Ultima 9, Might and magic 9, CoD 1 and age of wonder 1.

    I like rpgs, fps, and TBS (but not HoMM)

    Thanks!
     
    unholy, Dec 3, 2007
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  2. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Delta Force -Black Hawk Down
     
    bigspin, Dec 3, 2007
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    Diablo 1, 2+Expansion, Half-Life 1, Half-life 2(?)
     
    unid3ntifi3d, Dec 3, 2007
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  4. unholy

    unholy Notebook Consultant

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    Hey thanks! I m already installing Delta Force BHD, hope it will play well.
    HL 1 n 2 is a great idea. I hate diablo :p
     
    unholy, Dec 3, 2007
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    wolfraider Grand Viezir of Chaos

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    What about RTS? red alert 2? starcraft?
     
    wolfraider, Dec 3, 2007
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    yea...or sim city?
     
    trackstar, Dec 3, 2007
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    How does Call of Duty run on the Trident?

    I doubt Black Hawk down would be an enjoyable experience either...The Trident is a terrible card for games, even those that it just meets the minimum requirements.

    Hmmm, I'd try:

    FPS


    Unreal Tournament '99
    Soldier of Fortune
    Mortyr (just playing this now on my old p3 actually, love it)
    Half Life
    Kingpin
    Thief I & II
    Deus Ex
    No One Lives Forever
    Quake II & III
    Sin
    Alien Vs Predator
    Swat 3
    Codename Eagle
    Red Faction
    Blood
    Blood II
    Jedi Knight
    Return to Castle Wolfenstein*
    Medal of Honor Allied Assault*
    Soldier of Fortune II*
    Jedi Knight II*

    I don't know if there's any point going older then that (>1998), but you have some great games like Duke 3D, Outlaws, Redneck Rampage, Dark Forces etc.

    *May not work, depending on how well COD works you'll know as they all use the same engine
     
    HavoK, Dec 3, 2007
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  8. moshulica

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    if you like adventures :
    Grim Fandango
    The curse of monkey island
    Escape from Monkey island
     
    moshulica, Dec 3, 2007
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    Solitaire
    Free Cell
    Barbie's Playland
    Deer Hunter

    :p
     
    techguy2k7, Dec 3, 2007
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    kingpin had some amazing graphics for its time, i dunno if it will run on the trident
     
    Masterbassist, Dec 3, 2007
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  11. unholy

    unholy Notebook Consultant

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    Cod runs pretty well! was quite surprised too, maybe i ll post stats and screenshots for the heck of it :p
    I do not have the time to try DF BHD atm.
    I had an overdose of starcraft and red alert so i wont get them :p
    I tried to find Thief2 but I coudnt
     
    unholy, Dec 3, 2007
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  12. unholy

    unholy Notebook Consultant

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    LOL deer hunter, what a sucky game!
     
    unholy, Dec 3, 2007
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    Simcity 4 baby!!!
     
    surfasb, Dec 3, 2007
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    System Shock 2
     
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  15. The Forerunner

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    Metal Gear Solid if you haven't played it on the PS.
     
    The Forerunner, Dec 3, 2007
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    A new laptop?
     
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  17. unholy

    unholy Notebook Consultant

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    Why? I bought a G1S 3 months ago...

    Yeah I played MGS on the ps1, what a great game!
     
    unholy, Dec 3, 2007
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    Guess i missed that part lol
     
    jbannick, Dec 3, 2007
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    MS Paint :p
     
    John B, Dec 3, 2007
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    Kingpin ,I loved that game when it came out! I had forgotten about it, don't even know where i put the discs.... brings back some memories though! Def worth a play through if you haven't played it or can even find it
     
    be77solo, Dec 3, 2007
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  21. unholy

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    alright I ll try it, thanks!
     
    unholy, Dec 3, 2007
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    Homeworld and Populous: The beginning are my recommendations, they worked on my TNT2 32MB in the past.
     
    Harleyquin07, Dec 3, 2007
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    heroes of might and magic III
     
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    Might and Magic IX was such an awesome game...I remember being so addicted to that, trying to max-out my characters and gettin lyches. :D Good times.

    Unholy, I would have to recommend one of the greatest games of all-time for you: minesweeper. This trisyllabic epitome of enrapturing bliss has brought countless computer geeks to their knees; in tears, and in orgasmic gratitude towards the arbitrary point-click-you-lose, time-passing moments for centuries untold.
     
    Flicker, Dec 3, 2007
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  25. unholy

    unholy Notebook Consultant

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    Can't stand more than 5 min of playing minesweeper urgggg it always end by me clicking all over the screen :p

    MaM IX is nice, but for some reason the version I downloaded was too buggy
     
    unholy, Dec 3, 2007
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  26. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Patience, grasshopper.
     
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    I remember minesweeper stole many thousands of hour from me in 486x era. But nothing beats Tetris :D
     
    hirush, Dec 3, 2007
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    Turn-based strategy and no one's mentioned Civilization III? Arguably the greatest strategy game of all time, and it would certainly run on those specs. I've run it on a Matrox Millenia G200 (8 MB dedicated) with only slightly jerky graphics, and 1 GHz should be enough for Large maps.

    I wouldn't try Civilization IV due to only having 512 MB of RAM; it needs at least 1 GB with XP to run well.
     
    Apollo13, Dec 3, 2007
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  29. txqzr4

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    let's not forget the greatest game in history, x-com: ufo defense. you can get it and a lot of other classics from just about any abandonware site.
     
    txqzr4, Dec 4, 2007
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  30. HavoK

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    Ahhhh yeah, X-Com was the biz, I used to spend hours playing Apocalypse, loved kitting out all my team with their weapons and armour :D
     
    HavoK, Dec 4, 2007
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    star wars galactic battle grounds...old RTS like starcraft but better, cuzz it has wookies :)
     
    narsnail, Dec 4, 2007
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    wow, I had completely forgotten about that (the game, not the fact it has wookies :D)! Must go look for it now....thank you sir!!
     
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    i installed it yesterday and i am completely obsessed...two snow days in a row has been great!
     
    narsnail, Dec 4, 2007
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    Solid, great game!
     
    txqzr4, Dec 4, 2007
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    i agree....so much micro management tho! hooly wookie! and the units were the same pretty much in each race, just re skinned, but i have alot of fun with it still, considering its the only rts my crappy P4 can run all other 7AI's on...heh
     
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  36. unholy

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    ahhhhh damn, Thief 2 is buggy!! How come, it worked well with my ati rage pro ages ago.... For exemple, the light gem only appear when I look at the sky, any idea?
     
    unholy, Dec 5, 2007
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