PC Games you loved could have never existed because nobody's heard about em

ShadowKeeper · April 16, 2009, 10:12:53 PM

Quote from: Adaru on April 14, 2009, 04:57:12 PM
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!

LudroLycandrel · April 16, 2009, 11:02:46 PM

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

dragonmanmike · April 17, 2009, 09:57:41 AM

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

WerewolfRedX666 · April 17, 2009, 03:39:58 PM

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)

Adaru · April 21, 2009, 03:22:30 PM

Quote from: LudroLycandrel on April 16, 2009, 11:02:46 PM

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.

Quote from: dragonmanmike on April 17, 2009, 09:57:41 AM
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.

Silvermink · April 21, 2009, 05:53:11 PM

Quote from: ShadowKeeper on April 16, 2009, 10:12:53 PMLOL, 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. =)

Riou · April 23, 2009, 02:59:33 PM

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...

Elnath · April 26, 2009, 11:23:43 PM

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.

Silvermink · April 27, 2009, 06:19:16 PM

Quote from: Elnath on April 26, 2009, 11:23:43 PMOne 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.

Fargo · May 09, 2009, 06:35:23 PM

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.

Elnath · May 10, 2009, 12:28:01 AM

*EDITED*
Feda: Emblem of justice. I didn't play too far in to it because it wasn't translated. But was that not fully furry?

Silvermink · May 12, 2009, 05:50:19 PM

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.

PC Games you loved could have never existed because nobody's heard about em

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