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Oldschool Games - What Are You Playing?

emistzemistz Member Posts: 54
in General Gaming

Hi gents,

A couple of days ago I dusted off my old copy of Planescape Torment, and I have been playing it non-stop for hours.  I gotta say, I don't know if it is nostalgia or what, but there is something really exciting about some of these old classics.

Is anyone playing oldschool games? I'd like to checkout some of the games that I might not have had the chance to play while growing up.

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  • LoktofeitLoktofeit Member RarePosts: 14,247
    Been paying Wizardry 8 again. 

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  • fyerwallfyerwall Member UncommonPosts: 3,240
    Originally posted by emistz

    Hi gents,

    A couple of days ago I dusted off my old copy of Planescape Torment, and I have been playing it non-stop for hours.  I gotta say, I don't know if it is nostalgia or what, but there is something really exciting about some of these old classics.

    Is anyone playing oldschool games? I'd like to checkout some of the games that I might not have had the chance to play while growing up.

    Wing Commander

    Bought it on GoG after cleaning out the closet and finding the empty box for WC3.

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  • RaijukinRaijukin Member Posts: 63

    day of the tentacle

    sam & max -hit the road (they have new games they turned into episodes and released but hit the road is a classic)

    fable 1

    jade empire

    grim fandango

    spiderman 2 the game (not a bad game to kill some time! big city to explore and lots to do. good ratings also)

    max payne 1 and 2

    Jedi knight 2 outcast

    Jedi knight 3 jedi academy

    prince of persia 1-3

    assassins creed (all fo them)

     

    secret of mana (snes - get an emulator. its worth playing ;p )

    and if ur getting a snes emulator you can just go nuts haha

    -chrono trigger

    -final fantasy 3

    -final fantasy IV (or 2 in japan)

    -earthworm jim

    -donkey kong country

    -super mario world

    -zelda link to the past

     

     

    and thats everything i can think of right now ;D

     

     

     

     

     

  • ZandilZandil Member UncommonPosts: 252

    Vanguard saga of hero's  

    It's only 5-6 years old but it's a very old play style. 

     

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  • tedgartedgar Member Posts: 52
    ultima series and the mmo
  • emistzemistz Member Posts: 54
    Originally posted by Loktofeit
    Been paying Wizardry 8 again. 

    Wizardry looks legit.  I'm gonna get me a copy.

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  • VladamyreVladamyre Member UncommonPosts: 223

    Final Fantasy 7

    Resident Evil 1

    Resident Evil 2

    Resident Evil 3

    Mario Kart 64

    Goldeneye on the N64

    In a world of sharp knives, you would be a spoon.

  • GroovyFlowerGroovyFlower Member Posts: 1,245
    Originally posted by emistz

    Hi gents,

    A couple of days ago I dusted off my old copy of Planescape Torment, and I have been playing it non-stop for hours.  I gotta say, I don't know if it is nostalgia or what, but there is something really exciting about some of these old classics.

    Is anyone playing oldschool games? I'd like to checkout some of the games that I might not have had the chance to play while growing up.

    RTS-Commandos:Behind the enemy lines, 1998.

    Great game enjoy it alot playing this oldie.

    Most old PC games you can buy again on GOG.COM !!!

  • ScalplessScalpless Member UncommonPosts: 1,426

    Wizardry 8 is great. You won't be disappointed. It can be brutally difficult at times, however.

    I've got so many new games I haven't been playing older ones. I have played King's Bounty: Crosswords, however. It's got a nice oldschool TBS vibe that comes as no surprise if you've played the original King's Bounty.

  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,063
    I think I've still got games in my garage that are on 5 1/4 disk format. I know there's many on 3 1/2. I'd love to revisit some of the later Might and Magic titles.

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  • AnthurAnthur Member UncommonPosts: 961
    Currently playing Eschalon Book I and really enjoy it. Might try Wizardry8 too, looks interesting and somehow I missed it in the past. I liked Might&Magic6 a lot and it looks similiar. Somehow those old games got "it". Can't describe it, they are just more fun than newer games.
  • BetaguyBetaguy Member UncommonPosts: 2,629

    All the Sierra series:

    Leisure Suit Larry 1-5

    Kings Quest 1-6

    Hero's Quest 1-4

    Space Quest 1-5

    and many others...

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  • ZoeMcCloskeyZoeMcCloskey Member UncommonPosts: 1,372
    Originally posted by Loktofeit
    Been paying Wizardry 8 again. 

    Same here not super long ago. 

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  • ScalplessScalpless Member UncommonPosts: 1,426
    Originally posted by Kyleran
    I think I've still got games in my garage that are on 5 1/4 disk format. I know there's many on 3 1/2. I'd love to revisit some of the later Might and Magic titles.

    One of those small studios should make a M&M6 HD. I'd love to revisit it, but one thing I absolutely can't stand nowadays are low resolutions. HD gaming spoiled me.

  • chrisatronchrisatron Member Posts: 139

    Just finished Tomb Raider '96 

     

    Going to start Tomb Raider III soon ^^

     

    In the mean time I might complete MGS2 again.

     

     

  • ShadanwolfShadanwolf Member UncommonPosts: 2,392
    Skyrim was my answer for many many months.
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,941

    I've just started planescape (never played it before) and also a bit of Baldur's Gate.

     

    I keep trying to get into Daggerfall but I really hate how you have to use the mouse for combat (swing your sword with the mouse).

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  • TorgrimTorgrim Member CommonPosts: 2,088
    Atm I'm playing Icewind Dale again after so many years and it still is a great game, I also playing Star Control 2 from time to time.

    If it's not broken, you are not innovating.

  • BrooksTechBrooksTech Member Posts: 163
    Masters of Magic
  • SnarlingWolfSnarlingWolf Member Posts: 2,697

    AC and AC2, granted this post is in the non MMO section but those are definitely old school now.

     

    Every year I dust off Doom 2 on some system and bust through it all again to relive the good ole days when that was a whole new type of gaming. Did the same to Duke Nukem 3D a year or two ago. I used to do the same with Counter Strike, but I wasn't a big fan of the newest one that came out and that kind of made me get over the whole series pretty quickly.

    I have fond memories of the Heroes of Might and Magic series, but I never go back and play them.

  • SawlstoneSawlstone Member Posts: 301
    I've been playing with my NES emulator. Working on;

    Dragon Warrior 2
    Zelda
    Mega man 2
    Metroid
    Castlevania
    Final Fantasy 2
  • RedcorRedcor Member Posts: 426

    Steam released this old gem from my arcade days Dragon's Lair http://store.steampowered.com/app/227380/?snr=1_7_15__13 and I could not resist.

    Made me go on the hunt for Rastan, another of my old arcade favs.

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  • HappyFaceHappyFace Member UncommonPosts: 27

    Planescape Torment, Fallout 2, Icewind Dale 2, Baldur's Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights and Arcanium ... 

     

    Been playing those off and on. 

    "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power....."

  • AlBQuirkyAlBQuirky Member EpicPosts: 7,432

    Originally posted by Sovrath
    I've just started planescape (never played it before) and also a bit of Baldur's Gate.I keep trying to get into Daggerfall but I really hate how you have to use the mouse for combat (swing your sword with the mouse).
    That is what is keeping me from getting into Daggerfall, too. It is strange because I have a blast in Arx Fatalis where a player uses their mouse to create the runes to cast magic spells.

    OT:
    Right now, I'm not doing much gaming as I am in the middle of building a new PC. Should have my case fans this week and all will be good to go :) I am just playing short Board Games right now like Rail Empires: Iron Dragon or Catan: The Computer Game. Puerto Rico and San Juan are other good computerized board games I start up quite a bit lately.

    I went on a buying spree earlier this month at GOG.com (Good Old Games) and have a good list of games that I will be getting into shortly. I even picked up Wizardry 6,7,8 from them, thanks to Loktofeit :)

    I got Planescape: Torment when it released way back when and never got into it. Never made it out of the starting City :) This is another purchase I made at GOG and look forward to getting into.

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  • Kaynos1972Kaynos1972 Member Posts: 2,316
    Not oldschool but feels and plays like it, Terraria.
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