Are any of you...."Old School?"

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-05 08:13pm

There were corrected versions of Wing Commander, however, they don't run well on recent versions of Windows (the base WC1 and WC2 worked, but the add-on packs didn't).

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-05 08:19pm

phongn wrote:There were corrected versions of Wing Commander, however, they don't run well on recent versions of Windows (the base WC1 and WC2 worked, but the add-on packs didn't).

Would have to find those one day...I think one friend had them and worked well enough.

I believe you could download the add-ons(becuase he played them...and waaaaaaaay after WC1 and WC2 came out)

AylaKat · Post by **AylaKat** » 2003-03-05 08:26pm

I think the oldest I remember going is... Q-bert. I remember Q-bert's imagery confused me. All those squares... the horrible squares! SIMULATING SOMETHING THREE DIMENSIONAL! MY EYES!

And Oregon Trail, as Dalton already mentioned. Our mom used to bring home a computer from our grade school every summer (she used to work there, summer vacations with a computer was a perk) and we used to play all sorts of great games. There was Oregon Trail, and... this one game where you had to do stuff, sorta like Shadowgate type playing... and this other game where you were a fish or something... and I think we had Leisure Suit Larry, but we never played it, and I don't recall why.

I miss old games. I don't remember them, but I'd like to.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2003-03-06 10:19am

Ahhh, Qbert. Good times. Do any of you remember a little game known as Choplifter? Basically, you flew this helicoptor and tried to rescue people on the ground. You could bomb the tanks that tried to shoot you, or you could simply go on a strafing run and shoot the people you were trying to save and blow up their houses. Jet fighters and aliens also did what they could to shoot you down. Fun little game. If you can find a good emulator, I highly reccomend giving it a looksee.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-03-06 01:21pm

I still play Ascii trek and Rogue/Nethack

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-03-06 01:42pm

Here is a website to bring back memories of C-64 games:

http://www.lemon64.com/

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-03-06 02:49pm

Hee hee, I remember going over to my friend's house to play games on his Vic 20. It was a keyboard you hooked up to your TV. It ran on tapes. Real cassette tapes! He had a NES too. Metroid, Zelda, Ninja Gaiden, Duck Hunt... that fucking dog.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-03-06 03:10pm

Oregon Trail A fantastic game, I think I even got new versions of it at some point. (" Damn wagon! Ford the river, damn you, ford!")

Ninja Gaidan Old School ass-kicking. Way better than Double Dragon

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? The original, where you had 4 colors: white, black, orange, red. This game opened me up to geography, going to strange places and meeeting diverse and interesting people....

...all ripe for world conquest.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-03-06 03:11pm

EDIT: Double Post, I swear I'm going to shoot this computer.