I'm currently playing Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe free version of old game transport tycoon. I was wondering what other really old games people occasional dip into or have on their hard drive?
I'm currently playing Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe free version of old game transport tycoon. I was wondering what other really old games people occasional dip into or have on their hard drive?
Last edited by rob4001; 14-07-2011 at 09:17 PM.
I play the old Commodore 64 and Amiga games quite regularly on my HTC Desire HD and PC via Emulators.
But going for more modern retro I play GTA Vice City, Blood 2, Railroad Tycoon 2, Ghost Master, Shadowman, Thief 1&2 and System Shock 2 to name just a few of them. I love some of the older games, they capture me, I cant help going back to them. One of my all time favourites is the first Mafia game, awesome stuff. I am also trying to get Nocturne running on my PC, kind of worked under Windows XP but just cant seem to get it running on Windows 7, it was the first PC game I ever bought and its still in great condition.
I have just bought Breath of Death VI and Cthulhu Saves the World on Steam, new games but retro looking and play style similar to the old Final Fantasy games and Breath of Fire 3. Got both games for £1.79 on Steam this morning, worth grabbing if you like your old style stuff. Think Steam will have the deal on for the next few days.
DavidM (10-10-2011)
I been playing OTTD as well as of the other week!
But I need to know one thing...how can I rotate the map?!
I feel like playing Theme Hospital as well.
I harp on about this on my other posts, but xcom (ufo and terror from the deep) and 40k final liberation are definately games I go back to every so often.
Yeah, there is a fix for it which sorts the colour bleeding and automatically sets the processor affinity to 1 core. Also found a cmd line instruction to enable indeo video on 7 so the movies play. There is also a similar fix for System Shock 2. You also have to add a command line switch to the setup exe file from the run command to install the games. If I remember rightly it should be setup.exe -lgnt force (will double check it tomorrow)
Thief 3 works fine without any tinkering, its worthwhile downloading the updated textures for it though. Its a custom mod that does allsorts of great things to the game, you can even have the same onscreen interface as the first 2 games with it if you so please.
I will find all the links for you and post them up tomorrow after seeing Harry Potter on IMAX so keep an eye on this thread. I may have even saved the info on a text file, just finding it, but its just to late at the min!!
Iron Sights (15-07-2011)
Sod it, its on my mind!
First get the file from here :
http://www.neilstuff.com/thief/singl...r-affinity.htm
This modifys the exe to run on 1 core permanently, its completely legit as it will still ask for CD when you start it up.
Now for Thief 2 & System Shock 2. You use the same file but you need to slightly modify it for each title. Stuff you need is listed so you can just copy and paste using Notepad or Wordpad :
http://www.thief-thecircle.com/guides/hyperthreading/
Finally to enable ideo video :
http://www.hubbywifey.com/2010/01/07...windows-7-fix/
There is an easier way however, I just done the cmd instruction and it worked fine.
"Although Indeo video is not officially supported by Windows Vista and Windows 7, simply entering regsvr32 ir50_32.dll into the command prompt might enable the playback of Indeo encoded video." <- This worked for me![]()
Iron Sights (15-07-2011)
I was clearing out the draws under the bed and found these today
Sorry about the crap image, I think there is a problem with my HTC HD Camera, all images come out out of focus all the time!
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Ill go even further, ZedBlade & Caddilacs and Dinosaurs, used to be on arcade when i was a kid, still play it now and again with emulator, also xmen vs street fighter.. the days..
i have, in every instance of XP installed, a copy of DOSBOX and WinUAE, the Amiga emulator. i miss my Amiga!
Hmmm, seems im much too young to be in this thread...
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no, that is a classic game as well.
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For me retro gaming comes in one form: ATARI LYNX!!
Yes that's right, for all of the 50 units sold worldwide I've owned 2!
California Games/Paperboy/Crystal Mines/Warbirds (my first ever FP experience)
Love it, the Gameboy had the titles, the Gamegear had the graphics...but the lynx had the classic titles.
Oh and everytime I wanted games as a 12yr old it involved a treasure hunt across the UK Anneka Rice would have reeled at!
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Re-discovered SkyRoads recently, it's now available free here.
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I have a ton of retro games I want to play, from when I used to play on my Dad's computer when I was super young, like 5 years old.... But I can't remember what any of them are called! God damn it it's annoying!
Does anyone know a website with a collection of screenshots from old PC games? I'd know them if I saw them for sure...
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