Games you miss playing

[Loser]

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]

thanks to the people who told me what MAME is.

[Suicide Junkie]

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

[Chronon]

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).

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
thanks to the people who told me what MAME is.

You're welcome, it's one of the best programs I know.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

what's the legal situation on that stuff?

[Puke]

you still go to hell for stealing, if thats your question.

conveniently, i dont believe in such things. And i have never broken a law that i agreed with, or thought applied to me, specifically.

regarding MAME and legality, some companies have released their games into the public domain, so they are legal to play. others are only legal to play only if you own the physical rom, license, or cartridge - but are so old that are generally classified as abandonware, which means that the copyright holder does not care enough to defend their property. yet other games are recent enough to be defended, or are the property of rather posessive companies that dont like being robbed, or plan on capitalizing on the retro-arcade market.

mame and other emulators also have the ability to emulate systems that are still on the market, and have new games being made for them. this is largely considered theft, of the kind that will do direct financial harm to a company. not like the kind of theft you can argue for in the music industry, that ends up increasing product awareness and leads to larger overall sales. but in either case, you are breaking the law and will surely eternally burn in eternal torment for all eternity. forever. yeah.

SO DONT STEAL GAMES, YOU FILTHY CUR!

but if you do, and you dont have the time / money / effort to rig up a real arcade console, a few companies make PS style gamepads for the PC with fully programmable buttons and dual analog sticks, which you can use to play such games as BATTLEZONE, that require dual stick action. of course, you really need a twisty joystick or a paddle (dial) if you want to play such games as DISCS OF TRON or HEAVY BARREL. might as well maximize that emersive arcade experience, while your burning in hell. forever. it wont require quarters to play, JUST YOUR SOUL!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

ok...

so which ones are public domain, since i neither want a bad tan or criminal charges?

[ September 09, 2003, 21:40: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[sachmo]

FWIW, right now I miss playing Hearts of Iron. But I'll get my fix when I get home...

[Ruatha]

You can get the Hot Rod Joystick and get the Capcom roms legally:

1941 - Block Block - Commando - Exed Exes - Ghouls'n Ghosts Magic Sword - Mercs - Section Z - Side Arms - Son Son - Street fighter (Hhyper Fighting) - Strider - U.N. Squadron - Varth

Other than that the public domain roms are;
Gridlee
Robby Roto
Polyplay Polyplay

[ September 15, 2003, 02:22: Message edited by: Ruatha ]