Maybe it's just me..., but there were these old games that I could always go back to and replay them again and again.
I fell in love with these games and they could have changed the person I am now for all I know, but whenever I try to express my love for them in reminiscence... Nobody's ever heard of them!
Shatter my childhood will you?!
I will geek out now.
PC Adventure games like King's Quest and Quest for Glory (Hero's Quest) and Laura Bow!
Games that truly taught you the meaning of trial and error. YOU DIE in these games if you do the wrong thing. Fantastic! None of that "it's okay; try again" nonsense! :D Reload your save game!
Plus: Death Puns, Copyright protection, and (for Quest for Glory) the oldest of video game guitar sounds. :03
Basically anything with a Fantasy backing gets my goats off.
RPGs that nobody's heard of! Septerra Core and Arcanum
Shittiest (pardonez-moi monsieur) battle systems in games ever! Well, they were still functional, and they would play out... But they were never fun! Though.. though.. nice and long storylines which is what this loser likes. :03
Septerra Core rocked! Decent graphics for the time, and a looong and kinda interesting story line as well as interesting characters. Well, that's what usually makes those RPGs like RPGs like FF RPGs... Though this is the kind of battle system you appreciate when you're just getting into gaming. Kids are toooo pampered these days!
Arcanum is extensive! Lots of stuff, lots of stuff to do, horribly game for a perfectionist. Just can never get it all right, and rather inconsistent of a game as far as AI goes. Stabbed with bugs and glitched every which way...
BEST EVER dialogue selection in this game. Imagine Fallout (anything) but much more open, much more possibility, much more influence, more character manipulation. Actually... it's a lot like a lower graphic'd, better story'd, fantasy, magical, longer, character dynamic Fallout.
I really.. really just wanted to rant. Loved those games... :(
Old school games like Red Alert, Diablo1, Doom 1 and 2.
Also ones like Panzer General.
Not to mention kick ass shooer/rpg game slike Deus Ex, and System Shock 1 and 2.
And then there's Carmageddon.
Oooo Carmageddon all the versions .. much win
Roller Coaster Tycoon I lost many months to that back in the day.
King's Quest is a classic! It is not some small game no-one's heard of. I'm sure it (and even more so Space Quest) influenced the direction of game development for years! I'd guess the only people who don't know about it are those who aren't old enough, or weren't gaming back then.
And I don't know about anyone else, but I've heard of almost all the other games you've listed.
: Ravenwood April 10, 2009, 04:56:07 -06:00
Old school games like Red Alert, Diablo1, Doom 1 and 2.
Also ones like Panzer General.
Not to mention kick ass shooer/rpg game slike Deus Ex, and System Shock 1 and 2.
And then there's Carmageddon.
Those games are well known though.
As for my game for this, I would have to say Cave Story. Probably the best indy game ever made out there. Japanese version of the metroid games but is a lot more fun I find. A little furry too I guess.
heh, Red Alert, ahh some good times, but even more so with Red Alert 2 for me, and honestly like no-one i know has ever heard of em O.o and i still play them XD well 2 at least
Yeah, I use to love playing RA2 online with some friends. Though one game that I liked that was under the radar till the 2nd one came out was MechCommander. That was a tough but fun game and it came with a nice manual to. I loved the RTS game style they used.
speak up if you know this one, "zanth" it was alot like a kings quest game but shorter and a little more comical. good overall game
also it was all 1st person and not 3rd person like kings quest
if this topic means "games youve played that your sure NOBODY else has" then i can lsit my favorite broken diamond in the dirt.
Many moons ago, around the time of Battlefiueld 1942s prime, there existed other game sof the same genre who tried to break into it. Alot failed. In fact, all failed.
But one stood up to give DiCE the ol' middle finger, developed by Wings Simulations and published by JoWood, it was called "S?ldner: Secret Wars"
The game featured customizable character avatars, hundreds of different real world weapons, faaar more vehicles than 1942 and even the future BF2 could shake a stick at (for instance, does BF series have VTOLs yet? This game did), there was a comprehensive economy system for your persistant characters money making, but it also featured one of the most complete Destructible Environments ever.
You can level entire buildings with a couple well placed C4 on vital support beams. You can blow holes in ANY building ANYWHERE. Say your target jumps into a building and starts climbing the stairs: take your tank or Panzerfaust and blow a hole in the wall, exposing the bastard. But if you want the SCOPE of how much you could destroy: All trees and foliage were effected by bullets and explosions, and high explosives can even create craters with which to give you more cover as another tactical decision.
* Advanced Gestures System (AGS) - Player can use gestures for pointing to dangers or swearing at enemies.
* Advanced Destruction System (ADS) - Player can destroy nearly all buildings, terrain and vegetation.
* Unit Customisation System (UCS) - Player can arrange the outfit choosing from different clothes, boots and caps.
* All maps are embedded in a nearly endless one, player won't reach borders (6500 x 3500 km)
* Commander mode - Players elect one commander who sees battlefield from top, gives orders and manages the team account for buying heavy tanks or sth. else.
* Mobile Respawn Vehicles - Vehicles are converted into spawnpoints if parked.
* Helicopter Lifting - Some helicopters (for example: Chinook, Blackhawk) can lift up vehicles.[2][3]
The game failed because on release, it was too buggy to play. For being unplayable it got remarkedly low scores. Eventually after all the patches its 100% playable and realized.
Inf act its still got a cult following who are continuously making improvements to the games source.
Twinson' Odyssey had me good when I was a kid.
Westward Ho was pretty cool. Or how about Stunts, if we're going all the way back to the Stone Age? I suspect Stunts was at least a bit known, though.
Dungeon Keeper 2.
Way ahead of its time. I really wish they had gotten around to making DK3,
: Malicai April 12, 2009, 02:16:48 -06:00
speak up if you know this one, "zanth" it was alot like a kings quest game but shorter and a little more comical. good overall game
also it was all 1st person and not 3rd person like kings quest
You mean "Companion of Xanth" right? that was actually based off the book "Demons Don't Dream" By Piers Anthony, ironically writing it like a computer game
: ShadowKeeper April 10, 2009, 10:17:54 -06:00
King's Quest is a classic! It is not some small game no-one's heard of. I'm sure it (and even more so Space Quest) influenced the direction of game development for years! I'd guess the only people who don't know about it are those who aren't old enough, or weren't gaming back then.
And I don't know about anyone else, but I've heard of almost all the other games you've listed.
Yeah! I know it's a classic, good ol' sierra games. Just one of those games that I fell in love with and the others had shattered my dreams of love with.
Curse my generation!
And it's too bad I've forgotten the cheesey-goodness of DOS. And also- my use of Dos-box.
I really need to play these games again... :S
: Adaru April 14, 2009, 04:57:12 -06:00Yeah! I know it's a classic, good ol' sierra games.
You know what was a cool Sierra (-published, anyway) game? Silpheed. I suspect it's been largely forgotten, though, since they weren't really known for anything but RPGs back in the day.
PC Adventure games like King's Quest and Quest for Glory (Hero's Quest) and Laura Bow!
I never did get the Dazzle spell in Quest for Glory. Hmf.
: Adaru April 14, 2009, 04:57:12 -06:00
And it's too bad I've forgotten the cheesey-goodness of DOS. And also- my use of Dos-box.
I really need to play these games again... :S
LOL, I remember DOS days!! I had to make special boot disks for certain games, so that the absolute minimum amount of RAM was used by drivers so the games could run. The good old days!
And that was a huge step over the Commodore 64. For that, you had to start loading a game before dinner so it would be ready to play an hour later when you were ready. Go digital tapes!
RPGs that nobody's heard of! Septerra Core and Arcanum
Shittiest (pardonez-moi monsieur) battle systems in games ever! Well, they were still functional, and they would play out... But they were never fun! Though.. though.. nice and long storylines which is what this loser likes. :03
Septerra Core rocked! Decent graphics for the time, and a looong and kinda interesting story line as well as interesting characters. Well, that's what usually makes those RPGs like RPGs like FF RPGs... Though this is the kind of battle system you appreciate when you're just getting into gaming. Kids are toooo pampered these days!
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I loved that game because it was kinda Chrono Trigger-ish.. the only problem is that if you upgraded your computer, the speech files would be cut off... But I love the "magic" system... I still have that game somewhere.. along with One Must Fall 2097 and Jazz Jackrabbit and my many Pinball games :D
And Speaking of Sierra, I have all 3 of their Ultra 3d Pinball games :D
How about the Badur's Gate series or any of D&D RPG games set in the Forgotten Relms, I swear I'm the only one that plays those games anymore
ok heres some blasts from the past
math blaster, Bug, Last Bronx, commander keen,One Must Fall, Hocus Pocus, 871 Epic Pinball, Super Huey II, 858 PC Pro Golf..oh and Iron Blood(one of the best games to come out involving robots for windows 3.1)
: LudroLycandrel April 16, 2009, 11:02:46 -06:00
RPGs that nobody's heard of! Septerra Core and Arcanum
Shittiest (pardonez-moi monsieur) battle systems in games ever! Well, they were still functional, and they would play out... But they were never fun! Though.. though.. nice and long storylines which is what this loser likes. :03
Septerra Core rocked! Decent graphics for the time, and a looong and kinda interesting story line as well as interesting characters. Well, that's what usually makes those RPGs like RPGs like FF RPGs... Though this is the kind of battle system you appreciate when you're just getting into gaming. Kids are toooo pampered these days!
I loved that game because it was kinda Chrono Trigger-ish.. the only problem is that if you upgraded your computer, the speech files would be cut off... But I love the "magic" system... I still have that game somewhere.. along with One Must Fall 2097 and Jazz Jackrabbit and my many Pinball games :D
And Speaking of Sierra, I have all 3 of their Ultra 3d Pinball games :D
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Excellent! Have you beat it?! Awesome awesome. If you have played even a fraction of that game-- we'll have to talk about it. :0D Maybe I can get lucky and catch you on the bus again, Ludro.
: dragonmanmike April 17, 2009, 09:57:41 -06:00
How about the Badur's Gate series or any of D&D RPG games set in the Forgotten Relms, I swear I'm the only one that plays those games anymore
I'm trying to catch up on those now, with that Varr-bunny. Well, just starting with a Gamecube one (lord if I can remember the name right now) Dark Alliances? Having a blast.
: ShadowKeeper April 16, 2009, 10:12:53 -06:00LOL, I remember DOS days!! I had to make special boot disks for certain games, so that the absolute minimum amount of RAM was used by drivers so the games could run. The good old days!
Oh man. Ultima VII with its weird-ass memory manager. I actually had less than the "required minimum" RAM for Serpent Isle, but still managed to get it to run. I seem to recall that as part of that I had a mouse problem where the mouse cursor would only move across half the screen for a while after I started the game, then it would eventually fix itself.
I do
not miss having to obsess about exact system specs. =)
I would have to say one of my favorite old time games that go swept under the rug by its more popular brothers would be Shadow warrior... who doesn't love a hero with the name Lo Wang...
I had the Kings Quest 5 CD rom kicking around my room while I was packing my things to move here. Ooohhh the horrible voice acting hurt me so.
We also had King's Quest six. Neither of which we ever beat.
We also had Eco Quest which I loved.
Fallout 1 and 2. I just beat Fallout 2 a couple weeks ago, I can't wait to start it again. Going through Fallout 1 right now.
We had a game for our apple IIe called Odyssey. It was one step up from an ASCII game, heck it was almost a text adventure.
There was an island, a few castles spread around and you moved NSEW. You would find temples that might be trapped, you'd come across pirates or mercenaries and you could fight them or convince them to join you, but then you'd need to buy more foodpacks.
I would play it again if I could.
One Must Fall was one of my favourite games ever. It was a Mortal Kombat style tournament fighter. The graphics were way ahead of their time. There was an RPG mode where you could upgrade your pilot's stats and your robot's stats.
Eventually my robot moved so quickly that none of the stock characters with their robots could even throw a punch before I was behind them, kneeing them in the back.
: Elnath April 26, 2009, 11:23:43 -06:00One Must Fall was one of my favourite games ever. It was a Mortal Kombat style tournament fighter. The graphics were way ahead of their time. There was an RPG mode where you could upgrade your pilot's stats and your robot's stats.
Eventually my robot moved so quickly that none of the stock characters with their robots could even throw a punch before I was behind them, kneeing them in the back.
That would be One Must Fall: 2097, specifically. Great game.
Inherit the Earth: Quest For the Orb. The game was kinda silly in places, but I still liked it. They are working on a sequel to the game apparently. This is only ONE of a few games that are fully furry.
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Feda: Emblem of justice. I didn't play too far in to it because it wasn't translated. But was that not fully furry?
I had a translated ROM of Feda at some point. Might see if I can dig it up again. If I'm not mistaken, it had human characters too.
ITE could've been so much more. Someone I know who worked on it said New World kind of stomped on a lot of the ideas they had for it under the assumption that because it was using anthro animal characters, it was intended for kids.