Games you miss playing

Alari · #1 September 8th, 2003, 08:09 AM

I had to think about it for a while, but eventually I remembered: Sonic 2. Used to play it with a friend, in single-player mode. Normally in single player mode, Tails would just follow Sonic around and get killed a lot, but you could control Tails with the second controller (I don't think it was documented anywhere, I just tried it one day and it worked) This was spiff since Tails was essentially immortal, and you wouldn't lose rings or anything, except in the tunnel race thingy. Helped in Boss fights, and it was nice to play cooperatively. ^.^

Also miss every game of the Ultima series, tho Exult helps with Ultima 7 and U7 part 2.

I'm an Ultima ****. ^.^; Waiting for a U8 emulator or fix. (Yes, I actually liked that one. =)

Whoever liked Paradroids: try this - http://www.javaonthebrain.com/java/noids/

I liked Tribes too but wasn't much good at it, tho thankfully didn't have too much trouble with cheaters. Of course now I want to go reinstall it after reading this thread.

I miss mining in Jumpgate. =( Easing a heavy ship up next to a tasty 'roid and mining away, was very peaceful and relaxing. ( http://www.jossh.com )

Miss a lot of other games too, more than I can remember.

[ September 08, 2003, 07:13: Message edited by: Alari ]

Atrocities · #2 September 8th, 2003, 08:34 AM

I kinda miss playing Bolders Gate and Freespace.

deccan · #3 September 8th, 2003, 12:06 PM

Hey, anyone remember an old Microprose game called Hyperspeed / Lightspeed? Had you in control of a single person starship tasked with assembling the resources needed to establish a new colony world.

Suicide Junkie · #4 September 9th, 2003, 01:13 AM

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The games I mostly feel nostalgic about were the first games of a type I played. I can remember playing Red Alert for almost an entire weekend...

Ah, yeah. That game is still fun. I play multiplayer coop with my brother mostly. Bit of modding done too, with really cheap infantry, rapid-firing pillboxes and long range flame towers to chew them up. Choppers with super-slow nuclear-tipped missiles are quite cool too. One hit takes 'em down, they're very expensive, and the missile takes forever to land

Loser · #5 September 8th, 2003, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by deccan:
Hey, anyone remember an old Microprose game called Hyperspeed / Lightspeed? Had you in control of a single person starship tasked with assembling the resources needed to establish a new colony world.

I think about that one every now and then.

I used to play Lightspeed a whole lot, and always wanted to pick up Hyperspeed.

As was my way with RPGs, I eventually just hexed my way to all the components I needed in the savegame and played through the 'story' part of the game as a sort of superpower. But it was still a lot of fun. I like to give those a shot again. I may still have the Lightspeed diskettes around here somewhere.

By the way, I just picked up MoO2 from the $9.99 rack and poked at a few games. Still fun, but rather restrictive after so much Space Empires IV.

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 September 8th, 2003, 11:56 PM

thanks to the people who told me what MAME is.

Chronon · #7 September 9th, 2003, 02:25 AM

Civ and Civ2, MoO and MoO2, SMAC and SMAX - those are the computer games that lost me the most sleep (can't do those 3am bedtimes anymore). SEIV has replaced them on my hard drive, and I'm really not tempted to play them anymore.

The games I really miss playing are all board games: Diplomacy, Third Reich, Advanced Civilization (Avalon Hill Version), Victory, and Rommel in the Desert. Nothing beats sitting down with some friends and playing a game for the day. Even SEIV can't compare (although sometimes it comes pretty close).