Could we exchange abandonware games??

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2002-08-19 04:31am

Guys.. does anyone still keep copy of old, classic DOS games? I have Quest for Glory series (I, II, III, IV), Ultima VI, VII Black Gate, VII Serpent Isle, Star Control 2, Guns & Butter, X-COM: UFO Defense, and countless of other classic DOS.

Do you have classic, old Microprose games? I'm looking for Task Force 1942 and F-15 Strike Eagle III. Do you have copy and may I get it? (Or maybe buy it?

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Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-08-19 07:47am

I tend to use the Six Year Rule, Anything over Six years of age is *free, Publishers are starting to follow this to with the final demise of DOS

However I use Wink2k/Mandrake Linux so its out of the question for me

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2002-08-19 07:59am

I'd kill for a remastered UFO:Enemy Unknown that would use DirectX and fix the stats wrapping around to zero flaw

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2002-08-19 08:18am

Crazy_Vasey wrote:I'd kill for a remastered UFO:Enemy Unknown that would use DirectX and fix the stats wrapping around to zero flaw

Try Jagged Alliance II http://www.jaggedalliance2.com/

It''s quite good and the same type of gameplay

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2002-08-19 08:34am

Faram wrote:
Crazy_Vasey wrote:I'd kill for a remastered UFO:Enemy Unknown that would use DirectX and fix the stats wrapping around to zero flaw
Try Jagged Alliance II http://www.jaggedalliance2.com/

It''s quite good and the same type of gameplay

yeah that games quite good but I much prefer good ol' UFO.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2002-08-19 10:50pm

Crazy_Vasey: I still have good copy of UFO: Enemy Unknown, and also its sequel, X-COM: Terror From The Deep. So if you want it just ask. But I don't have my personal FTP server (such things are luxury in my country), so maybe if you want it I can send you through email (may need many posts, though

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The good thing that the game works under Win 95/98, so it'll also work under WinXP (set the compatibility level to Win 98, though), but it won't work under W2K, I guess.

Frankly, I didn't played X-COM much those days... Well, I've played (and addicted to) Microprose games mostly on highest difficulty settings, but X-COM is way too difficult for me

Now... does anybody has Task Force 1942?

Doomriser · Post by **Doomriser** » 2002-08-19 11:39pm

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games blows away even Jagged Alliance 2, despite flaws and primitive graphics.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2002-08-19 11:49pm

You could always check the IRC or use a file sharing program like KaZaa to find old games.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2002-08-20 04:32am

Kazaa? Is it gnutella-based? I have a gnutella file sharing program called BearShare. It says it could find games but nope, it couldn't.

Anyway, do you know the IRC channels where we can exchange games?

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2002-08-20 06:39am

Use Kazaa lite unless you want your PC to be used as a distributed computing client for whatever the Kazaa wankers want, it has to be the worst spyware going.

I already have the X-COM games but thanks anyway