OT: Anyone know of any other good TBS games??

Gandalf Parker · #1 November 2nd, 2004, 03:02 PM

I have no problem with old games in WinXP (even MoM which everyone says wont run). But I have 2 drives. My C: is NTFS format which makes WinXP run so nice, and my D: for games is the older FAT32 file format.

Alot of the problems I see with WinXP Im thinking might be in there. If people upgrade to WinXP then the harddrives stays in the older format. They dont seem to have problems with games. If people install WinXP or it comes installed, then its usually formated NTFS style which runs faster and less file problems, but doesnt seem to like older games.

Fyron · #2 November 2nd, 2004, 04:02 PM

I have never noticed any difference at all when running old games from a FAT32 partition/drive as compared to a NTFS partition/drive in WinXP or Win2k... DosBox is good for running actual DOS games, no need for voodoo magic or dual booting in that case. Games written for Win95/98 that were a hybrid of DOS and the windows layers on top of DOS don't work too well in DOSBox, and sometimes need an actual win98 install. WinXP is better at running old games than Win2k, but still not too good at it...

Gandalf Parker · #3 November 2nd, 2004, 05:32 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:
I have never noticed any difference at all when running old games from a FAT32 partition/drive as compared to a NTFS partition/drive in WinXP or Win2k... DosBox is good for running actual DOS games, no need for voodoo magic or dual booting in that case. Games written for Win95/98 that were a hybrid of DOS and the windows layers on top of DOS don't work too well in DOSBox, and sometimes need an actual win98 install. WinXP is better at running old games than Win2k, but still not too good at it...

I considered DosBox to be voodoo magic. All I have to do is install my games on D: and they run fine. No reason for any program or dual boot. But I have been keeping DosBox in mind in case I ever find anything that refuses me.

Hugh Manatee · #4 November 2nd, 2004, 08:17 PM

If you have about $50 to drop($30 for the GBA, $10-$20 for the game), get a classic gameboy advance(the non flip top Version), and Advance Wars 1 or 2, they are excelent war strategy games you can take with you where ever you go. It's kinda like Empire Deluxe, but each unit is set up to "rock, paper, scissors" another unit. Navy is a little underpowered, and air is a little overpowered but it's still fun. You also get to chose from about 16 different Commanding Officers which define your army's traits. Also there are many "tactics" games for GBA, like Fire Emblem, it's like Advance wars but with RPG characers instead a modern army, also Tactics Ogre: Knihgt of Lodis, one of my Favorites, you raise an army of 32 charachers, customize their classes, spells, skills, and armor, and go on an adventure to retrieve a powerful artifact. It has excelent multiplayer if you can find someone else who has it. I haven't played them yet, but Final Fantasy Tactics and Onimusha Tactics are similar to Tactics Ogre. There are also lots of RPG adventure games out for GBA too.

I second Stars! It's a little primative but excelent.

Alpha Centauri and it's expansion are VERY good, too.

eddieballgame · #5 November 6th, 2004, 04:38 AM

Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire & Age of Wonders-Shadow Magic are superb TBS games. Both are very moddable & multiplayer frendly & stable ( hotseat for both as well is lan & direct IP ). AC/AC otherwise known as SMAC was giving a 97% by one of the leading game magagzines. Highest ever!