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Geek Culture / Holy crap! It's the PC gaming nostalgia thread!

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Ocho Geek
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Posted: 18th Jul 2010 22:21
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WOO! I get to be the first to Declare



I must have been about six when my dad got a home computer, and this was probably the first game I ever played, the violence had NO LASTING EFFECT

Some other legends from my childhood were:

Tony hawks 2 (played this one first, so didn't like the first)
Midtown Madness 2

...Actually I think most of my early childhood gaming was spent playing the first 3 chapters of half life

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Posted: 18th Jul 2010 23:18
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Quote: "How about Super Mario Land on Gameboy? Love that game!"


Because some people seem to miss the "PC" part in this thread's title.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Posted: 19th Jul 2010 02:03
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Anyone remember "Attack of the Mutant Camels" on the Atari 800XL?

Those were the days - you could write games in machine code ...
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Posted: 19th Jul 2010 07:39
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I have just replayed "Sanitarium" after a long time. Boy, I didn't remember how much I love old school adventure games.

And that cover is just crazy.

"Grim Fandango" is another game I'm very fond of.


I can understand why FMV games didn't got all the attention they deserved (film makers are noted for not understanding that games are about interactivity) , but there are many jewels, like "The X-Files Game".
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My fondest memories of early games (not including games me or my Dad programmed in Basic) were of playing Zork with my Mom. We would both brainstorm about puzzles but I would make all the maps since she wasn't too good at it. I learned how to spell pretty good just by playing all the Infocom games we would get.

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I loved zork!


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Posted: 19th Jul 2010 19:59
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Oh, thats One I loved


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Posted: 19th Jul 2010 20:34
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Quote: "Because some people seem to miss the "PC" part in this thread's title."


Hmm? I guess the Atari, Commodore, Spectrum, etc, weren't PCs - but you could do real programming on them .

Thanks for the correction.
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They were computers though... they should be allowed.

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Posted: 20th Jul 2010 02:49
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Have we had this one yet?



System Shock 1. No other game I've played has quite captured the incredible blend of excitement, joyous exploration and slight fear that I felt playing the first level. And that was the one where I was just hitting robots with a pipe, for goodness' sake. Oh, and SHODAN is pure hard-boiled cyber awesome, obviously.

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'nuff said


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Sims, Legend

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Rayman


Pokemon


Rome total war


Runescape classic


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Pokemon on the PC? Fascinating.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Quote: "Pokemon on the PC? Fascinating."

Tsk... You can play it now with emulators

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I rarely bother with gameboy emulators.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Half Life 1 is a game I still consider better than most released today - forgot it's actually retro...

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=171328&b=2&p=0#m2034524
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lol, To be honest the gib system made it feel retro even when its graphics were considered great

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(couldn't find PC cover for Spiderman )


That, people...that was how my entire childhood was spent.

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Posted: 21st Jul 2010 03:33 Edited at: 21st Jul 2010 03:33
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Does anyone remember this?:


Or this?:


My first games, I still like them (Yeah, yeah. I know, I'm quite new to gaming...)!

Make games, not war.
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Driver 2!


Gta was cool game


Ahh this was one of my favroite game! IC, i used to play it alot
I Have it on pc but i need to burn it on cd, too lazy to go buy cds tho


AOE3 I Still have this game on Disc, and gonna install it now ><


Black and White (Still have it on my pc to)


RE3! i have it on PS3


Roller Coast Tycoon 2 <3


Now, How can u forgett Crashh Bandiccoott!!!


oddworld, Was a Hard game, i have it on PS3 too.


Gex3D


Diablo


MGS1 (This one is one Hell of a game,I Played all series, and i play It Online)


I Still have more but i think thats enough.

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Posted: 21st Jul 2010 17:38
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Quote: "Now, How can u forgett Crashh Bandiccoott!!!"


SYSTEM ERROR: I don't remember any PC games with that title.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Posted: 24th Jul 2010 01:22
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Quote: "SYSTEM ERROR: I don't remember any PC games with that title."


Who cares.. enough people are putting console games, why does it even matter anymore


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Posted: 11th Sep 2010 12:49
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DOOOOOOOM!


the FPS would not be the same without it

good frame rates matter...
and http://www.cslab.ntua.gr/~phib/images/doom/anim/troo00.gif
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Posted: 1st Oct 2010 23:32 Edited at: 1st Oct 2010 23:33
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This game is awesome. Shame the voice acting lets it down, but the soundtrack is ace and the graphics are terrible. They're usually the 2 things you should look for in a great retro game.

Does anyone else remember The House of The Dead series in the arcades?


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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What game is that Aagreen?
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Quote: "The House of The Dead"
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I gotta point this out. DOES anyone remember the 90s PC gamer magazines??? i really miss thouse back then these were published for only geeks pretty much and the advertizing was so much more funny and creative unlike now i ad an entire pile of them (from 1995 to 2002) if anyone can find any pc gamer advertizement (like voodoo RAGE 16m will BLOW YOU AWAAAYYY) or the really old anienware magazines back when alienwares only difference is just the color of the case. If anyone could please find anything from that era on the web it would be a great nostalgia trip for me

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Discworld! What happened to those charming point and click games?


Devil May Cry. It came with my PS2 and I HATED it. It wasn't until about a year later when I was bored I gave it a second chance and I got really into it.

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this isnt exactly PC gaming nostalgia but back when i was a kid we couldnt afford computers but we had consoles like Dendi (a chinese snes clone) and sega genisis (first 3d games i ever saw) we played racing games and mortal combat 3, contra platformer games duckhunt etc. and what i miss the most is back then we actually had to buy books and strategy guides for games to get all the cheats and unlock secret stuff. I miss 1996 we didnt even know what internet was and a playstation 1 was our greatest dream!

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Here are some of my games that I used to play when I was a lot younger. Man, these images bring back such good, nostalgic memories.

First up: GIANNA SISTERS! This was one of the best platform games that I've played on the Commodore 64! There where others, but not as good as this one!



Also on the good old Commodore 64, there was this Winter Sports game. Really good too!



This next game, I played on the first (or second) computer that I bought myself. I think it was a Pentium 1, Windows 95, and it costed about € 1700, which is 2,372.01 USD, or 1,512.47 GBP. For that amount now, you can have a pretty good PC. Back then, this PC was only a 'mid range' PC!
But, this was one of the best Rally games that I played back then. The graphics were not as good as today, but the gameplay was top, and the sence of speed was excellent.



Hahaaaa!! The next game brings back lots of sleepless nights! This horror/suspense game was one of a kind! Really awesome!



And here is the good old 'Police Quest S.W.A.T.' series. Really good too!



Surprisingly, no one mentioned 'MORTAL KOMBAT'??
Well, here it is. Loved that game!



Aaah, nostalgia...sweet good old times...

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i mentioned mortal combat 3

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Posted: 24th Oct 2010 21:25 Edited at: 24th Oct 2010 21:30
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And then a personal favorite:

Star Control (Star Con). Star Control 2 was the best of the series and was later released under an open source licence and retitled UrQuan Masters
LOVE it.

Not so retro / Not so PC:

Can't wait for the new one coming out on the Wii in a month
Fun fact about DKC: I once had the world record for beating Donkey Kong Country in the shortest amount of time and getting 101% (back then it was 1h 4m) but have since then been beat out multiple times. An attempt to reclaim my title put me at 53m.

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MDK 1,2




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