what are some good older games...

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:36 am

what are some good older games, that that I could get for free, or close to it?

I've got an older p3 850 laptop(which was free) and it has some sort of ATI vid card in it

Now i've decided that I'd like some games to play on it, other than starcraft (which is fun, but I suck so badly at it, I get frustrated, jeje)

go!

10sun · Post by **10sun** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:38 am

Command & Conquer.

The collector's edition box is out now.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:44 am

ugh

let me restate for clarification:

no more RTS games. I can only take so much of that shit

Naginataka · Post by **Naginataka** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:47 am

Civ2/SMAC. Basicly the same game with different graphics.

MoO2.

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:47 am

hm well masters of Orion 1 and 2...

one of the OLD games I still have floating around from mid 85 late 80s is starflight.

http://www.the-underdogs.org/ also head there for some oldies but goodies. make sure to have popup blockers on and spyware blockers as well.

Goose_Man · Post by **Goose_Man** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:49 am

XCOM UFO Defense

Post by **Lyion** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:52 am

Gothic is good and doesn't require much to run.

EB has a package with icewind dale 1 & 2, PS:Torment, and something else for 20 bucks. That's a lotta gaming RPG goodness there.

If you want something downloadable, check out Mount & Blade.

Post by **DangerPaul** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:54 am

Goose_Man wrote:XCOM UFO Defense

ftw~

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:56 am

system shock 2

Goose_Man · Post by **Goose_Man** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:04 pm

I actually found a place to download the old DOS Version of XCOM and can run it on XP using DOSBOX.. much fun that game is.

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:34 pm

Tacks wrote:system shock 2

Gads I forgot about that game...That one ROCKED..loved it..FPS with you actually having to use more than just the lizard part of your brain.

Post by **DangerPaul** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:37 pm

Goose_Man wrote:I actually found a place to download the old DOS Version of XCOM and can run it on XP using DOSBOX.. much fun that game is.

I tried and tried and tried and it kept locking up on me. Could you give me some detailed infoz on how to do this, I would forever be in your loving embrace.

10sun · Post by **10sun** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:38 pm

Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate.

It is like XCom, but better graphics.

-Adam

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:08 pm

hrm
I wonder if the old UT would play on this machine

cause that'd be slick

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:15 pm

Tacks wrote:system shock 2

For the win~

As for UT 1, I seriously doubt it unless you are talking about Unreal. The first Unreal just might. The original Half Life has less demands on your sytstem though.

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:08 pm

fellas, they have a version of x-com that runs on windows xp, no need to fiddle with dos-box.

i think i got it at underdogs, kahar posted the link

Sithos · Post by **Sithos** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:29 pm

Bards Tale I-III

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:42 pm

I've never actually even played half life

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:51 pm

Half-life

Goose_Man · Post by **Goose_Man** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:20 pm

Follow the link for all your xcom needs: http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php ... owforum=22

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:38 pm

Tikker wrote:I've never actually even played half life

Actually, it suprises me how many folks have never played this game. Playing it now would probably make you cringe. It's just at it's time it was so groundbreaking. But now, the environment, storylines, etc.. have been played out in 347234897 other games.

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:14 pm

oooh that reminds me

Deus Ex

not the new one, the original. it owns

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:28 pm

Halflife is shit, the mods are what makes it what it is.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:29 pm

PS http://www.gametap.com

Fucking OWNS...

dammuzis · Post by **dammuzis** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:46 pm

theif 1 prolly thief 2
the original baldurs gate might run on that too
fallout definitly would
and if its really old i have the old ssi gold box games (original pool of radience etc)