Bargain Thread 2012 Edition

BrianRubin · 2012-09-21T10:31:34.000Z

Graphics shmaphics, I still enjoy this kinda thang:

arrendek · 2012-09-21T10:36:36.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Graphics shmaphics, I still enjoy this kinda thang:

Are you developing a game, or did you just compile someone else’s source?

scharmers · 2012-09-21T10:38:41.000Z

arrendek:

Are you developing a game, or did you just compile someone else’s source?

Son, this game is thirty-nine years old.

Now, isn’t there some other porch you can hang out on?

arrendek · 2012-09-21T10:39:08.000Z

Vesper:

Green Man Gaming has a deal for $8 off Xcom. They’re using a trade-in trick. Get Age of Fear for free and trade it in for $8 off the discounted price of $44. Xcom for $36!

http://www.greenmangaming.com/xcom-deal/

Thanks for the info, bought with trade-ins for $35.

GMG always gets my I-need-this-for-release-day monies.

Giaddon · 2012-09-21T10:39:24.000Z

Lego Batman 2 is $7.50 on Gamefly, along with some other Warner Bros games.

Nightgaunt · 2012-09-21T10:40:10.000Z

Get your Vic Davis turn-based strategy games for 50% off and support the development of his horror adventure strategy game Occult Chronicles. Just use the discount code OCCULT.

arrendek · 2012-09-21T10:41:42.000Z

scharmers:

Son, this game is thirty-nine years old.

Now, isn’t there some other porch you can hang out on?

LOL

I’ve been asking myself this question lately: “How old do you need to be before people stop calling you a kid?” I’m past 30 now, and I still haven’t found the answer.

Also… “but I LIKE this porch!” Finding this board was my “hey, the internet has smart people too” moment.

(sorry for dumbing things up :P )

scharmers · 2012-09-21T10:43:02.000Z

arrendek:

LOL
Also… “but I LIKE this porch!”

We have the best Kool-Aid.

BrianRubin · 2012-09-21T10:44:54.000Z

Giaddon:

Lego Batman 2 is $7.50 on Gamefly, along with some other Warner Bros games.

OMG, this game is as good as I’ve heard, right?

Greybriar · 2012-09-21T10:53:15.000Z

Wo1verine:

Understatement of the year. It’s very deep, even creating a balanced party to stand any chance at the start requires lots of manual reading. However, don’t let that put you off, it’s a classic.

Character creation in Darklands is a game in itself. I spent many hours rolling different stats and developing characters along various lines mostly out of curiosity to see just how they ended up. But one can’t spend too much time developing them or the characters will be too old to join one’s party; physical attributes diminish with age.

As for Master of Magic, despite its age I find it more playable than many new games and better than most.

arrendek · 2012-09-21T11:00:51.000Z

Greybriar:

Character creation in Darklands is a game in itself. I spent many hours rolling different stats and developing characters along various lines mostly out of curiosity to see just how they ended up. But one can’t spend too much time developing them or the characters will be too old to join one’s party; physical attributes diminish with age.

As for Master of Magic, despite its age I find it more playable than many new games and better than most.

Wow, now I’m starting to think I should get Darklands.

And I totally agree with you on MoM.

Jab · 2012-09-21T11:12:29.000Z

Regarding the GMG trade in deal for X-Com. I’ve never done any trade ins before on the site and I have a question. It says that the trade in offer is good until October 1st. Does that mean that I have to trade in and buy the game before the 1st, or can I trade in the game now and buy the game at the discounted price after October 1st?

unbongwah · 2012-09-21T11:14:07.000Z

GMG’s weekend deals are on 2K games, inc. Civ 5, Pirates!, Bioshock 1 & 2, Borderlands 1, and Mafia 1 & 2. I believe these sales can be combined with GMG’s 20% off coupon but haven’t tested to be sure.

Vesper · 2012-09-21T11:16:03.000Z

scharmers:

Son, this game is thirty-nine years old.

Now, isn’t there some other porch you can hang out on?

He was asking because the screenshot shows it running from a VS debug directory.

scharmers · 2012-09-21T11:25:22.000Z

Vesper:

He was asking because the screenshot shows it running from a VS debug directory.

Meaning Brian was correctly kicking it old-school by indulging in one of my favorite pasttimes as an impressionable youngster: typing in program listings.

http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc1/showpage.php?page=275

I personally would have used something a little less heavy-duty for my compiler (http://www.freebasic.net/) but hey.

TimJames · 2012-09-21T11:28:41.000Z

Nightgaunt:

Get your Vic Davis turn-based strategy games for 50% off and support the development of his horror adventure strategy game Occult Chronicles. Just use the discount code OCCULT.

Vvvviiiiiiiiccc! Not a single link to your main page on your blog. Help people buy your games!

Omniscia · 2012-09-21T11:33:28.000Z

Nightgaunt:

Sid Meier’s Pirates! Gold (the definitive “old” version)

So much for my no-new-games-until-Christmas goal…

This was always my favorite iteration of Sid Meier’s Pirates!

rei · 2012-09-21T11:36:11.000Z

With DOSBox you can increase the size by scaling it and then pretty it up a bit by running 2D smoothing filters.

Omniscia · 2012-09-21T11:38:53.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Graphics shmaphics, I still enjoy this kinda thang:

WTF is a Kingon?

divedivedive · 2012-09-21T11:41:11.000Z