tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4000369353718535302..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Games people played..Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85769388356433010292011-05-15T22:45:57.180-04:002011-05-15T22:45:57.180-04:00MoO2 is available from Stardock Impulse for a few ...MoO2 is available from Stardock Impulse for a few bucks.Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43970999341986165582011-05-15T07:06:38.226-04:002011-05-15T07:06:38.226-04:00BTW... Master of Orion 2 is probably the best civ ...BTW... Master of Orion 2 is probably the best civ clone. Has great and very complex tactical combat... you get to design your own battleships. Lacks some micromanagement.. <br /><br />There is no optimal strategy, so you have to know what your opponent has. Unlike CIV, you cannot research all techs, so there is a lot of agonizing about which tech to pick.<br /><br />Some dozens of people still play it over the internet... <br /><br />@Tam<br />Something tells me Roberta X would like the game... that is, if she is the kind of person who likes strategy games.<br /><br />Also democracy and capitalism is now a viable strategy... techs faster than the hive minds which ruled in original game (they did not do enough playtesting.. so rules were unbalanced)<br /><br />Too bad Feudal is bugged.. and the idiots who own the rights lost the source code...(can you believe that? Lost the sources...)Outsiderhttp://lanius-e.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40728494693615699142011-05-15T02:05:28.123-04:002011-05-15T02:05:28.123-04:00ScummVM is generally preferred for adventure games...ScummVM is generally preferred for adventure games, though.<br /><br />Especially Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62045885857867940632011-05-12T14:04:36.906-04:002011-05-12T14:04:36.906-04:00Okay Outsider. You know best. :)Okay Outsider. You know best. :)Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2206701414456301942011-05-12T13:38:06.145-04:002011-05-12T13:38:06.145-04:00@Cond
I doubt that. At the higher difficulty leve...@Cond<br /><br />I doubt that. At the higher difficulty levels, almost no one can beat them. Except people who play the game too much and have some talent.Outsiderhttp://lanius-e.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55421575545514170812011-05-12T12:02:23.326-04:002011-05-12T12:02:23.326-04:00Abandonware is where it's at...Abandonware is where it's at...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9537466433563469522011-05-12T11:44:34.446-04:002011-05-12T11:44:34.446-04:00I've been reliving USNF/Fighters Anthology wit...I've been reliving USNF/Fighters Anthology with the more modern Strike Fighters series (IIRC their designer also worked on USNF).<br /><br />I started playing F-15 Strike Eagle and F-19 Stealth Fighter on an Atari ST. Since around 1989 to about 2007 I've owned just about every combat flight sim out there. My favorite is still the Falcon series but my home cockpit for 4.0 got a little ridiculous especially after having kids. For right now the Strike Fighters and add-ons is a good mix of easy to play, I don't feel like I need a lot of hardware input devices (the cockpit had 50+ switches, MFDs, lights, 3 monitors) but still has good depth and is simulating a great in 1960s to early 1980s jets. Same company makes First Eagles which might be a descent modern equivalent of Red Baron. But the last time I got on a WWI kick I just got RB3D to run for awhile and got my fix.<br /><br />Most of my DOS stuff I still have so if it is on CD, I can play it when I get nostalgic with DOSBox which works ok for me most of the time. But for me it doesn't take much to get the fix and I back to the more modern stuff.<br /><br />I haven't played Civ5 but have al the other ones and agree that for beer and pretzels level 2 is about were it's at. Alpha Centauri never held that much interest for me but sure did for my youngest sister. For me I think it was mostly the SciFi setting didn't draw me as much.MattCFIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31178796900092042442011-05-12T08:37:52.903-04:002011-05-12T08:37:52.903-04:00"Folks who play FPS games profesionally eat t..."Folks who play FPS games profesionally eat the best bots for breakfast "<br /><br />The programmers design them to be eaten, Outsider. Otherwise, people would not play the game.<br /><br />Its a stacked deck.Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89615207018094447722011-05-11T22:34:04.135-04:002011-05-11T22:34:04.135-04:00I still play MOO II from time to time, especially ...I still play MOO II from time to time, especially since Impulse offered it in a version ported to newer OSs.<br /><br />But the game I wake up late at night really missing is Shamus, on my old Atari 800 back in '82.Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61979888024140744232011-05-11T21:06:32.857-04:002011-05-11T21:06:32.857-04:00Figures someone would beat me to the MAME referenc...Figures someone would beat me to the MAME reference. I installed it, and got a real kick out of playing Galaga again.<br /><br />Running Linux, I don't have as many gaming choices -- not that I'm much of a gamer. But there are times when I wish for a way to fire up MechWarriorII (that is, if I had the media still -- I don't know whether that's still in a box someplace).<br /><br />I do know a few folks who'll be interested in that GOG site though.jedhttp://freedomsight.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4433446905826870982011-05-11T18:08:37.297-04:002011-05-11T18:08:37.297-04:00urg....so much for my free time this week. Thanks...urg....so much for my free time this week. Thanks!! (I shall be sharing the link lol)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924993310937754220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32329621069188728122011-05-11T15:52:46.094-04:002011-05-11T15:52:46.094-04:00Well, I see where this thread is going. Just reme...Well, I see where this thread is going. Just remember Tam, Water is Good, Food is Good, hit the Pause button and put some into your body every couple of days. Have a nice summer!Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35462048618398172212011-05-11T14:47:04.103-04:002011-05-11T14:47:04.103-04:00Correction: not 'torus' in Alpha.. just cy...Correction: not 'torus' in Alpha.. just cylinder. Toroidal hex maps are better..Outsiderhttp://lanius-e.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47437867686718210882011-05-11T14:11:36.225-04:002011-05-11T14:11:36.225-04:00@Cond110
Computer wins? Not really. Folks who pla...@Cond110<br /><br />Computer wins? Not really. Folks who play FPS games profesionally eat the best bots for breakfast (Godlike on UT, for example). Maybe with hitscan one hit death weaponry.. but if the weapons shoot slower projectiles and you have to lead or anticipate the enemy.. they stop shining.<br /><br />Bots in FPS games are just boring. They cannot think, they just run around, use no strategy mostly.Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59816727855480996162011-05-11T14:07:12.812-04:002011-05-11T14:07:12.812-04:00I started on Freeciv (better graphics and everythi...I started on Freeciv (better graphics and everything than CIV2) and couldn't cope with CIV2 (ugly graphics, clunky interface).<br /><br />Alpha was/is IMO better, because you can design your own units. Tactical combat is almost as good as Panzer General(). All kinds of units are present, from infantry. through artillery, armored cars, hovertanks.. but the AI is nothing much. Hitler on speed was a far superior strategist. Computer cannot be arsed to do simple stuff like not get caught in the open, keep to well defensible squares or just attack en masse, not piece by piece (which just gets them dead)<br /><br />Shame they didn't go for hexes and a round planet, (is just a torus).<br /><br />Freeciv has a nice isophex iconset, and is very much fun. Hasn't got enough units or terrainkinds though.<br /><br />Also, Gabriel Knight III is not bad. Good advanture fan, the graphics are a little sterile and outdated, but the story is okay..(basiacally, I suspect Dan Brown ripped off GK III when he was writing his bestseller book. Da vinci code?)Outsiderhttp://lanius-e.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8719874911708690262011-05-11T13:36:12.227-04:002011-05-11T13:36:12.227-04:00Already have Il-2 '46, but there are some othe...Already have Il-2 '46, but there are some other titles there that are Do Want, and the price is right.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87028142116130737852011-05-11T13:04:22.360-04:002011-05-11T13:04:22.360-04:00My wife is going to hate Patrick...My wife is going to hate Patrick...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05699652902909032781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42979366762889338682011-05-11T12:59:46.354-04:002011-05-11T12:59:46.354-04:00GOG, HOTUD, GameTap, all very good options for som...GOG, HOTUD, GameTap, all very good options for some good stuff, with their own individual targets/idiosyncracies.<br /><br />GOG/GameTap have pretty much nailed down functionality on modern PCs (through DosBox magic or what have you), where HOTUD is DIY for the most part.<br /><br />GOG is pay-once, portable, own-forever, DRM-free, where GameTap is subscription-based (pay monthly/yearly no matter how much or how little you pay) and proprietary, where HOTUD is free/abandonware.<br /><br />GOG also very often offers additional little bonuses on their offerings like additional art assets from the game (wallpapers, etc.) or soundtracks from the game in MP3, etc.JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290459493177200781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36171804165152399652011-05-11T12:50:50.045-04:002011-05-11T12:50:50.045-04:00I still play one of the first MMORPG's, Gemsto...I still play one of the first MMORPG's, Gemstone. Although it's up to IV now. No named servers, one instance of the world, no graphics, it's awesome.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690105635219191908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80506838671240983552011-05-11T12:45:26.666-04:002011-05-11T12:45:26.666-04:00Haven't fired it up in a while but I keep an o...Haven't fired it up in a while but I keep an old craptop around just so I can play Great Naval Battles of the North Atlantic.RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480404738796721705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58713285162625845702011-05-11T12:30:58.662-04:002011-05-11T12:30:58.662-04:00Star Control 2 itself is available open-source; th...Star Control 2 itself is available open-source; though not under that name. Try ur-quan mastersIan Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89553451176634431432011-05-11T11:54:29.235-04:002011-05-11T11:54:29.235-04:00One other option for those of you looking for retr...One other option for those of you looking for retro games is GameTap - for a small subscription fee you get access to hundreds of games, ranging from the old infocom text games all the way up to stuff only a year or two old. As well you get retro console stuff emulated. Well worth it in my view.Skipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16467186403505129402011-05-11T11:47:33.920-04:002011-05-11T11:47:33.920-04:00Ah, the glory days of PC gaming! I feel like a cr...Ah, the glory days of PC gaming! I feel like a crotchety old man saying this, but back in my day, games actually lasted more than 20 hours and we had to buy real disks in real boxes.<br /><br />I'm surprised no one has brought up HOTUD.org . It's free and nostalgiatastic!Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31721037668228336362011-05-11T11:42:28.724-04:002011-05-11T11:42:28.724-04:00You can't not love Alpha Centauri. That's...You can't not love Alpha Centauri. That's like not loving Dungeon Keeper, or Lords of Magic 2/SE, or Diablo 2; it was the pinnacle of its genre, unmatched before or after. (Although Call to Power - the first one, not the sequel - comes close to Alpha Centauri.)Orphanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15676965414376632002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29695576680519939512011-05-11T11:37:20.101-04:002011-05-11T11:37:20.101-04:00Oh, and for whatever reason, Alpha Centauri never ...Oh, and for whatever reason, <i>Alpha Centauri</i> never really caught on with me. Same with most of the <i>Civ</i> games. I think the series reached its "beer'n'pretzel" perfection in <i>Civ 2</i>...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com