August 28, 200520 yr Laura Bow: Dagger of Amon Ra HERMOCRATES: Nur Ab Sal was one such king. He it was, say the wise men of Egypt, who first put men in the colossus, making many freaks of nature at times when the celestial spheres were well aligned. SOCRATES: This I doubt. We are hearing a child's tale.
August 28, 200520 yr The Scumm games. I wish someone would make a ScummVM type project for the Sierra games (one that actually gets updated once a year). We now bring you live footage from the World Championship Staring Final.
August 28, 200520 yr Battle Chess ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... A long, long time ago, but I can still remember, How the Trolling used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I could egg on a few Trolls to "dance", And maybe we'd be happy for a while. But then Krackhead left and so did Klown; Volo and Turnip were banned, Mystake got run out o' town. Bad news on the Front Page, BIOweenia said goodbye in a heated rage. I can't remember if I cried When I heard that TORN was recently fried, But sadness touched me deep inside, The day...Black Isle died. For tarna, Visc, an' the rest o' the ol' Islanders that fell along the way
August 28, 200520 yr I just loaded up Jagged Alliance 2 and it still looks pretty good. I also got Xcom to run awhile ago and played through quite a few battles. I miss the old adventuring days. Those games were all about 20 hours of pure fun, and Sierra and LucasArts released some real gems. There was a detective one also...he went to Mars, and there was something about Martians...anyone remember it? There were three in the series, I believe, and the first one actually had a cool hovercar flight simulator.
August 28, 200520 yr You are thinking of the Tex Murphy series, there were 5. http://www.mobygames.com/game_group/sheet/gameGroupId,31/ From what I seen when run a google search, Microsoft now owns the series so ...
August 28, 200520 yr Ah, that brings back memories. I didn't even remember Mean Streets, since it was really just a sideways shooter, but I remember loving that game too. Martian Memorandum and Under a Killing Moon were huge games for me. I can't really remember the last two...I think one of them had a lot of video in it. I wonder if that series will ever be revived? Probably not until adventure games resurface. *edit* After looking at the screenshots, it was Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum that were the memorable games for me. They had the classic SCUMM type setup where you walked around looking at stuff. The sidescroller arcade game was Crime Wave, and I think it came out at the same time.
August 28, 200520 yr I fire up the old Lucasarts adventures every now and again. X-COM and UFO usually get a replay about every year
August 28, 200520 yr This wasn't the first game I ever played, but Diablo 1 is undoubtedly my oldest. The sequal is way better, but I still play it once in a blue moon.
August 28, 200520 yr Don't play a lot on my PC, but every once in a while I'll bring out my old SNES and play a little Mario, Zelda, Super Star Wars..
August 28, 200520 yr every so often:Xwing the sound bites tho And Warcraft 2 Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
August 29, 200520 yr tie fighter I'd love to replay that one, but the iMuse system doesn't seem to work under XP (or rather, it doesn't seem to agree with newer sound hardware), and without music, the game just isn't the same. - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
August 29, 200520 yr tie fighter I'd love to replay that one, but the iMuse system doesn't seem to work under XP (or rather, it doesn't seem to agree with newer sound hardware), and without music, the game just isn't the same. Not sure about Tie-Fighter, but my X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter runs very nicely on Windows XP (havent tried it with SP2 though), mouse, sound, everything “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
August 29, 200520 yr tie fighter I'd love to replay that one, but the iMuse system doesn't seem to work under XP (or rather, it doesn't seem to agree with newer sound hardware), and without music, the game just isn't the same. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> that's the problem with tiefighter and C&C one the sound system can't cope with the newer system... actually that's for any game over about 10 years old. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
August 29, 200520 yr Diablo...or Starcraft <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wait...scratch that. Wing Commander: Prophecy juuuuust edges those two out by a year. I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
August 29, 200520 yr Hero's Quest 1, Suikoden 1, and Master of Magic EDIT: Duh... PC game. So ignore Suikoden. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
August 29, 200520 yr Not sure about Tie-Fighter, but my X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter runs very nicely on Windows XP (havent tried it with SP2 though), mouse, sound, everything Yeah, but XvsT music, while nice, is just a CD track. The whole iMuse dynamic music system was so much better, even if the sound quality was lower. - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
August 29, 200520 yr Haha I still play Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2. And just for kicks, I play it on low res :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Coincidence, considering i play it too.
August 29, 200520 yr Not sure about Tie-Fighter, but my X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter runs very nicely on Windows XP (havent tried it with SP2 though), mouse, sound, everything Yeah, but XvsT music, while nice, is just a CD track. The whole iMuse dynamic music system was so much better, even if the sound quality was lower. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You should try to get your mits on the re-mastered Tie Fighter Collector's Edition. It works like a charm under XP.
August 29, 200520 yr Not sure about Tie-Fighter, but my X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter runs very nicely on Windows XP (havent tried it with SP2 though), mouse, sound, everything Yeah, but XvsT music, while nice, is just a CD track. The whole iMuse dynamic music system was so much better, even if the sound quality was lower. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You should try to get your mits on the re-mastered Tie Fighter Collector's Edition. It works like a charm under XP. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I should have been specific, as that is the version I actaully run
August 29, 200520 yr Quest For Glory. Great games, those ones. There are other older ones that I've played recently, but that was more to see if I could make them run at all, rather than to actually play. QFG are about the oldest ones I've got that still regularly make it onto my hard drive.
August 29, 200520 yr I believe there are emulators for Sierra games just like SCUMMVM is an emulator for old LucasArts games.
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