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CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Not to mention it was on a huge sale a few days ago. I mean, maybe 13-15 bucks kind of sale. It usually takes ages for ES stuff to get cheaper than 35-40 dollars.
 
Frank

Frank

Errant Signal has a new video about Grand Theft Auto 5. This guy is easily one of the most insightful game critics out there.

 
AussieT

AussieT

Just wanted to pass this along to everyone. Browsing the net and discovered this site that has a majority of older dos games available to play on your browser. You can either download them or play on your browser itself. It uses dos-box, which is pretty easy to use if you don't want to play online. Otherwise thought if you were looking for something nostalgic that you haven't played in forever, here you go (just don't ever play Dune 2(OMG!!! the HATE!!)).
:)

Edit: Oh, forgot that some are NSFW, either being text based or picture FYI.

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2

Dos Box
http://www.dosbox.com/
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
I spent the morning playing Rogue there. Who needs a roguelike when you got Rogue?!

Well, maybe would play angband or moria, too, which are also there.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

Staff member
AussieT said:
Just wanted to pass this along to everyone. Browsing the net and discovered this site that has a majority of older dos games available to play on your browser. You can either download them or play on your browser itself. It uses dos-box, which is pretty easy to use if you don't want to play online. Otherwise thought if you were looking for something nostalgic that you haven't played in forever, here you go (just don't ever play Dune 2(OMG!!! the HATE!!)).
:)

Edit: Oh, forgot that some are NSFW, either being text based or picture FYI.

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2

Dos Box
http://www.dosbox.com/
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I remember playing Curse of the Azure Bonds on Commodore 64 back when I was a kid. My friend and I were so terrible at that game. Most of the time we just made a party of 2 Rangers and 4 Fighters, gave them all 18s for stats, and then got into bar brawls by ordering lemonade.

Wow, they have Flightmare. I played that a lot as a kid. I didn't know anyone else even remembered it.

One old DOS game I've never been able to find, is one I remember being called Space Quest, only it wasn't the Sierra adventure game with the same title. It was a first person perspective game, and I don't remember a lot about it, except that it had three fights in it. A small guard, a big guard, and some sort of big alien/dragon thing. You needed a lazer gun to beat the big guard, and his lazer sword to beat the alien. Then at the end you had to make sure to use the bathroom before you teleported off the space station, or else you'd blow up in transit.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Hah, I had flightmare as a kid, too. It was SO irritating to have two sets of movement keys to move in 3d with 2 simultaneous views.
 
AussieT

AussieT

There are a few that I have found so far that have brought back some memories. I remember playing moon patrol, space invaders, and Mr./Ms. Pacman at various pizza joints when I was a kid. Those were fun.
Though I am going to see if I can get the Buck Rogers games to work. Spent many hours before school playing that, along with 1889.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

ThatNickGuy said:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/no-steam-dev-days-this-year/1100-6424532/

I will not get my hopes up. I will not get my hopes up. I will not get my hopes up. I will not get my hopes up. I will not get my hopes up. I will not get my hopes up. I will not get my hopes up.

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Dammit.
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The lights dim, the convention stage goes black, and a silence covers those attended. Suddenly, a shaft of intense white light shines down upon the stage, with Gaben descending from the heavens to grace the mere mortals with his presence.

GN: This year... we are happy to finally announce Half-Life 3.

The crowd gasps in unison

GN: And... it's going to be free.

You can feel the energy in the room, everyone in attendance is collectively inhaling to prepare to shout, but a single finger raised from Lord Gaben silences them.

GN: And... it's installed on all of your machines RIGHT NOW.

The internet explodes.
 
Frank

Frank

Kuchera is the fucking king of morons.

Though, I don't need a joke of a website like Reaxxxxxxxion to know that.
 
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Null

Null

I guess Lucasfilm games is really tight about this sort of thing because I can never find two games I really loved on my C64 as a kid: Rescue on Fractalus and Koronis Rift. Koronis Rift would be a great game to remake today - you're a technology scavenger who finds a legendary treasure trove, an ancient testing ground of a long-dead galactic empire: Koronis. Scavenge technological hulks for valuable technology, some to sell, some to equip to your vehicle to allow you to better endure the harsh terrain and attacking automated guardians. I could see it being a very good Borderlands / Diablo / Destiny type game.
 
Null

Null

I meant on like abandonware sites, compilations like these.

I once tried to emulate one of my favorite C64 RPGs - Centuari Alliance - but the emulator ran like crap.
 
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