Old school gaming

lance5277 · 2010-11-27T08:16:15+00:00

Hi all, Was wondering if any of you also enjoyed collecting and playing with old school gaming systems. I still have my NES, 3do (goldstar), dreamcast ......

lance5277

Yes megadrive remains very common in lebanon, both original and fake ones.

thanks rolf, I guess you are right I should not get my hopes too high. also in lebanon I think only the goldstar was ever imported officially, not the panasonic (the latter plays backups more seamlessly)

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lance

kareem_nasser

The 16-bit Mega Drive and the Sega Genesis(same thing though) are still the best consoles(i used to own, only Mega Drive remains) with their awesome mascot "Sonic The Hedgehog".

mezin

NES and SNES :)

Flakk

I have two megadrives a genesis with sega cd addon (i got it from the US). And like 5 gameboys with many games. Also have a non functional SNES.

Bassem

Being exclusivealy a PC gamer, I still enjoy my collection of old PC games. Commander Keen, Dizzy, the original Worms, Prince of Persia, Desert Strike...

I made the mistake of letting some of the CDs get too old to be readable. Sadface.

kareem_nasser

This thread proves the existence of a lot of gamer wanna-bes.

Kassem

kareem_nasser wroteThis thread proves the existence of a lot of gamer wanna-bes.

Care to elaborate?

kareem_nasser

Kassem wrote
kareem_nasser wroteThis thread proves the existence of a lot of gamer wanna-bes.
Care to elaborate?

Simple: Many gamers in the gaming section but they didn't post on this thread(or some that are i expected them to post).
What i meant by wanna-bes are the new "gamers" who suddenly became pros because they mastered FPS games such as CoD mainly.

Padre

i wouldn't really call them wanna-be kareem. most of them weren't around a PC during that time.

I still enjoy a few spins of Supaplex, Ultima, Desert Strike etc .... even Moral Combat 1 :P

Sorry Lance, no hardware to give you :P already donated them all years back :) (

rolf

Gaming is supposedly about fun, so why bring in this competitive aspect.

kareem_nasser

Padre wrotei wouldn't really call them wanna-be kareem. most of them weren't around a PC during that time.

I still enjoy a few spins of Supaplex, Ultima, Desert Strike etc .... even Moral Combat 1 :P

Sorry Lance, no hardware to give you :P already donated them all years back :) (

Trust some of them are. Just after all their bragging that they are pros ask them a single question about any other type of game like RPG or action/adventure.

Flakk

Bassem wroteBeing exclusivealy a PC gamer, I still enjoy my collection of old PC games. Commander Keen, Dizzy, the original Worms, Prince of Persia, Desert Strike...

I made the mistake of letting some of the CDs get too old to be readable. Sadface.

Omg i still have Commander Keen and Prince of persia legit with full boxes and stuff. I also have Wing Commander, Quake and Doom all boxed.
The PC just ownz every console in existence :P

Kassem

Flakk wroteThe PC just ownz every console in existence :P

Anyone that says otherwise is definitely stupid.

Padre

Wing Commander

FTW ! :)

jsaade

As for old PC Games I really like point & click adventures: (all old lucasArts series)
- Flight of the amazon Queen
- Full Throttle
- Broken sword series (all)

you also have monkey island series.

On console,I traded my hardware for emulators as they take soooo much space!
I still have my dreamcast + Shen Mu somewhere!
Got most of the genesis and super nintendo hits on emulators :)

PS for people who like LucasArts adventure games, the engine they have (scummVM) is available for almost every plattform and you can get it from http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/ and still play every game :)

Kassem

Anyone used to play PC games around 2000 - 2004? I still remember some of the great games I used to play (I was mostly into strategy games):
- Zeus: Master of Olympus
- Emperor: Chinese Dynasty
- SimCity
- World Of Warcraft: Frozen Thrown
- Unreal Tournament
- Worms
- Future Cop
- Rise Of Nations
- Freedom Fighters

I also played most of the COD and MoH series...

My dream game was to have one that combines something like SimCity/Zeus and Generals. I still believe that would be the most amazing strategy game ever!

Bassem

ZeRaW wrote- Full Throttle
- Broken sword series (all)

Awesome. I remember playing the demo for Full Throttle, it came on one of those CDs that used to be included with gaming magazines. This was before the Internet took over everything. I used to love those interactice CDs filled with shareware, game demos, and video clips showing how to play a game.

I played Broken Sword 1 & 2, I have 3 (the 3D) one but haven't player it yet.

Do you remember Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle? DOTT has to be one of my all-time favourites.

I have to admit I have not played any of the Monkey Island games yet... shame on me. Again, they're sitting on my computer collecting virtual dust.

Did you play any Gabriel Knight titles? Space Quest? Gobliiins?

kareem_nasser

Games that i played from Kassem's list are:
- SimCity
- Unreal Tournament
- Worms
- Rise Of Nations
- Freedom Fighters
I used to play them in the late 90s internet cafes thats used to have games like Blood and Duke Nukem.

If you want a special god-RTS try Black & White i have the second one and it is great, it was design by Peter Molyneux though he is talkative but i like his games.

Kassem

Actually, I used to play ALOT of games. I used to be an addict, literally. My relatives used to make fun of me when they see me not-sitting-behind-my-pc saying my desk will get mad at me :P

The games I mentioned are just some of which I remember that I used to enjoy playing. The list could go on forever! I wish there were more recent versions of Zeus and Emperor. I will consider buying Civilizations, a new version was recently released, should definitely be worth my time.

Flakk

Kassem wroteAnyone used to play PC games around 2000 - 2004? I still remember some of the great games I used to play (I was mostly into strategy games):
- Zeus: Master of Olympus
- Emperor: Chinese Dynasty
- SimCity
- World Of Warcraft: Frozen Thrown
- Unreal Tournament
- Worms
- Future Cop
- Rise Of Nations
- Freedom Fighters

I also played most of the COD and MoH series...

My dream game was to have one that combines something like SimCity/Zeus and Generals. I still believe that would be the most amazing strategy game ever!

Right here!
Quake 3, Dungeon keeper 2, Diablo 2, Baldurs Gate 2, Starwars Kotor 1&2, Warcraft 3, UT and UT2004, battlefield 1942 and Vietnam, Simcity 3000 and 4, Age of mythology, Rise of nations (one of my fav strategy games, used to stay up really late finishing Conquer the world campaign!) and alot more games.

Ahhh i really miss the old days of the PC.