PC Gaming; 1990-1996

uranium_death · 27-08-2006, 08:03 PM

We have no PC gaming threads here.

Or at least none that are recent that specialise in pre SVGA games.

So what are some of your favourite PC (NOT Nintendo, Sega, Atari or Commodore!) games from between 1987 and 1996.

I have a few.

Star Control II -1992 -->My absolute favourite..no game since...
Solar Winds I and II -->Good, simple space action/adventure
Leisure Suit Larry I-VI -->Come on...tell me you haven't!
Police Quest I-III -->Sonny Bonds adventures. Excellent.
Quest for Glory series -->Adventure/RPG -->great stuff
Diablo -->One of my faves from the end of this era (1990-1996)
Need for Speed -->The Original, and the best of the first four IMO
Money Island I and II -->Guybrush Threepwood...classic
Dune -->Excellent, but difficult adventure/"management" game
Dune II -->The mother of Warcraft, Command and Conquer and all the sad imitations.

There are probably more, but I can't think of them atm.

Share some of yours, or comment on some of my faves.

Gammaboy · 27-08-2006, 08:13 PM

The original Mechwarrior!

luke · 27-08-2006, 08:28 PM

Star Control, Star Control II, Any Leisure Suit Larry...
Some of the greatest games in PC history yet I can't find the disks for any of them!

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LTDHO · 27-08-2006, 08:41 PM

Police quest was good, I tried to get an updated version, couldn't get it to work.
NFS 2 and 3 rocked, I think it was 2 with the ELGT.

EFFalcon · 27-08-2006, 08:49 PM

NFS 3 was EL GT
NFS 4 TS50

but yeah, mechwarrior series, NFS... much fun

Fairlane · 27-08-2006, 08:56 PM

Close guys

NFS 3 had the EL GT
NF4 the AUI Xr8
NF6 the TS50

There were some awesome games though in the early 90s- Warcraft I & II, Dune 2, Simcity 2000, Duke Nukem 2, Monkey Island, Sim Tower. They werent as classic as the 1980s games but they were pretty damn cool

MickyB · 27-08-2006, 09:03 PM

I loved Day of the Tenticle and Sam & Max as well as others mentioned.

**Polyal** · 27-08-2006, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uranium_death

We have no PC gaming threads here.

Or at least none that are recent that specialise in pre SVGA games.

So what are some of your favourite PC (NOT Nintendo, Sega, Atari or Commodore!) games from between 1987 and 1996.

I have a few.

Star Control II -1992 -->My absolute favourite..no game since...
Solar Winds I and II -->Good, simple space action/adventure
Leisure Suit Larry I-VI -->Come on...tell me you haven't!
Police Quest I-III -->Sonny Bonds adventures. Excellent.
Quest for Glory series -->Adventure/RPG -->great stuff
Diablo -->One of my faves from the end of this era (1990-1996)
Need for Speed -->The Original, and the best of the first four IMO
Money Island I and II -->Guybrush Threepwood...classic
Dune -->Excellent, but difficult adventure/"management" game
Dune II -->The mother of Warcraft, Command and Conquer and all the sad imitations.

There are probably more, but I can't think of them atm.

Share some of yours, or comment on some of my faves.

OMG...so many wasted hours....lol

I remember getting LL and thinking how cool it was...lol...so sad

PQ was awesome, I remember that fondly. And the first NFS, I was so excited about it that my blasted 486 couldn't run it, so shattered.

Monkey Island is a classic, pretty involved when you think about it now.

Diablo is very good, what year is Diablo2? I still have that on my PC now and play it every now and then, so addictive, and online is cool too.

All these games have such great depth, something that is lost a bit these days.

LOL..I sound like an old wise man

**Polyal** · 27-08-2006, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fairlane

There were some awesome games though in the early 90s- Warcraft I & II, Dune 2, Simcity 2000, Duke Nukem 2, Monkey Island, Sim Tower. They werent as classic as the 1980s games but they were pretty damn cool

OMG Duke!

"Shake it baby"....

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Cokeford · 27-08-2006, 09:10 PM

C&C series. stayed up all nite playing them.

Feathers · 27-08-2006, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luke

Star Control, Star Control II, Any Leisure Suit Larry...
Some of the greatest games in PC history yet I can't find the disks for any of them!

:

I got Larry 1 through 6 in a zip file off Limewire.
It's all on my old computer, which doesn't have enough guts to run them.

My Dad loves the theme to Larry 1, he sometimes sets his computer at work to run the theme repeatedly...and it is his mobile ringtone.

_

uranium_death · 27-08-2006, 09:45 PM

If you want almost any old game, just type in the name of the game, followed by
"Abandonware"

I would list some abandonware sites, but I don't want to breach FF rules.

XR Martin · 27-08-2006, 09:49 PM

Civilisation, Transport Tycoon, Doom, Wolfenstein, Microprose F1 GP, Indycar, Nascar, Jagged Alliance, C&C, F117 Stealth, Falcon 3.0, Aces over Europe, Aces of the Pacific, Aces of the deep, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, Monkey Island, Quake, Sim City 2000, UFO Enemy Unknown.

oneredED · 27-08-2006, 09:52 PM

Police quest, Commander Keen (1-7), so many memories on the old 386SX! Doom! Wolfenstein 3D! Aaaah, so many forgotten games! Oh, and Scorched Earth!

oneredED · 27-08-2006, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Microprose F1 GP

That game was the BEST! It barely ran on the old 386, but it was worth it even with the poor framerate.

Dezza · 27-08-2006, 09:56 PM

Some of my old favourites:
Dune 1 & Dune 2
Doom 1 & 2
Duke Nukem 1 & 2
Wolfenstein
Blood
Jazz Jackrabbit
Blake Stone

I've nearly got 2GB of abandonware. It doesn't sound like much, but in the days when you'd buy a game on about 2 or 3 floppy discs, that is actually a lot of games.

**Polyal** · 27-08-2006, 10:00 PM

man...so many flash backs!

What about Fade to Black. Oh and Lemmings! (maybe that was 80's though...)

Oh and did anyone else play Railway Tycoon? the original? Where you had to build stations and stuff near towns and resources, and you could upgrade your trains as time went on? :dj:

Dezza · 27-08-2006, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyal

Oh and Lemmings! (maybe that was 80's though...)

Got them too

Also, to go back to the 80s and 90s of computer games, check out this thread
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=50239
(Dialup warning - lots of pics)

**Polyal** · 27-08-2006, 10:08 PM

And the civilisation series, Im still playing Civ3. Thats one thoughrouly thought out game, I play almost on the easiest and its still pretty challanging, yet to get anywhere near winning on the hardest.

I have civ4, but need a graphics card :(, CBF spending cash on the PC though. PS2 is for the games these days.

Psycho Chicken · 27-08-2006, 10:21 PM

Wolf 3D, Doom, C&C, the Strike series, Grand Prix 2.

And barely any of them run on this computer. Dammit.

And Half Life is 10 years old next year! I still have the original reviews of it. I feel old.

Dezza · 27-08-2006, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Wolf 3D, Doom, C&C, the Strike series, Grand Prix 2.

And barely any of them run on this computer. Dammit.

If you want to run older programs on Windows XP (if that's what you've got), you can download an emulator called DosBox. It's great for abandonware. You can also get the D-fend plug-in that gives it a full graphical user interface (beats typing in the old dos-style commands)

uranium_death · 27-08-2006, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oneredED

That game was the BEST! It barely ran on the old 386, but it was worth it even with the poor framerate.

If that barely ran on your 386, then it must have been a pretty bad 386, because it ran like a gem on our 286. No problems ever.

For the era, the best F1 game by a mile.

uranium_death · 27-08-2006, 10:43 PM

I use DosBox for 95% of my old games.

The problem is that there is no sound support for them in XP, or if there is, the sound doesn't work properly and runs slow due to some incompatability.

Another awesome game is Master of Orion. 1 and 2 were awesome. But 1 is my fave. The simplicity appeals to me.

**Polyal** · 27-08-2006, 10:47 PM

Ok you buggers, as if I dnot have enough distractions already. From what I can gather to run these older games on XP you need:

1. DosBox
2. D-fend

What are the websites? I hope theyare torrents because I cant setup up torrent programs on my PC for whatever reason, I always end up killing my connection.

Falcon_Phill · 27-08-2006, 10:49 PM

Indiana jones and the fate of atlantis, zelaird, wolfenstien 3d, doom, abuse. There the ones i played the most.

ktmconvert · 27-08-2006, 10:49 PM

I would have to say 'Ivan Stewarts Super off-road racer' and 'Pacman'

Falcon_Phill · 27-08-2006, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyal

Ok you buggers, as if I dnot have enough distractions already. From what I can gather to run these older games on XP you need:

1. DosBox
2. D-fend

What are the websites? I hope theyare torrents because I cant setup up torrent programs on my PC for whatever reason, I always end up killing my connection.

I dont know if its the same as for PC, but on my xbox which i sold to someone here, it had an old pc game emulator on it called 'SCUM' or 'SCUMVV' or something, it ran everything perfectly.

ON_DUBS · 27-08-2006, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uranium_death

We have no PC gaming threads here.

Or at least none that are recent that specialise in pre SVGA games.

So what are some of your favourite PC (NOT Nintendo, Sega, Atari or Commodore!) games from between 1987 and 1996.

I have a few.

Star Control II -1992 -->My absolute favourite..no game since...
Solar Winds I and II -->Good, simple space action/adventure
Leisure Suit Larry I-VI -->Come on...tell me you haven't!
Police Quest I-III -->Sonny Bonds adventures. Excellent.
Quest for Glory series -->Adventure/RPG -->great stuff
Diablo -->One of my faves from the end of this era (1990-1996)
Need for Speed -->The Original, and the best of the first four IMO
Money Island I and II -->Guybrush Threepwood...classic
Dune -->Excellent, but difficult adventure/"management" game
Dune II -->The mother of Warcraft, Command and Conquer and all the sad imitations.

There are probably more, but I can't think of them atm.

Share some of yours, or comment on some of my faves.

No Commodore games? surely you mean C64, the Commodore Amiga had all those games except the newer ones like NFS and Diablo.

Huge fan of the LucasArts graphic adventures since the LucasFilm Games days (Maniac Mansion anyone?)
The Sierra graphic adventures, Space, Police & King's Quest are responsible for my ability to type.

Another World (1991)
Flashback (1992)
Desert Strike (Amiga 1992, Dos 1994)
Lure of the Temptress (1992)
Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
Doom (1993)
Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
Quake (1996)

Diablo was released in 1996 but the European version wasn't out till 1998, that game was my life in the first year of high school.

Dune 1 was awesome, Dune 2 was not as good but it paved the way for Command & Conquer (1995)

couldn't possibly mention them all and there are many i'm going to remember shortly and wish i posted them.

ON_DUBS · 27-08-2006, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falcon_Phill

I dont know if its the same as for PC, but on my xbox which i sold to someone here, it had an old pc game emulator on it called 'SCUM' or 'SCUMVV' or something, it ran everything perfectly.

SCUMM VM is an interpreter program.
It can view and execute files/scripts designed to run with the Lucasarts SCUMM engine, making it easy to enjoy these games on newer machines.

pertuan · 27-08-2006, 11:29 PM

Duke Nukem 3D!!!

I used to change the config file so that the pistols were the most powerful weapon. And when I shot the aliens, they would bounce around the room because the pistol was so powerful. LOL. Ah I miss that game.