"Good Old Games"

Tyjenks · 2011-05-27T11:42:12.000Z

Brian Rubin:

I wasn’t gonna pay more than $1 for it. Need to satisfy my own curiosity and what not.

Hugz.

BrianRubin · 2011-05-27T11:43:23.000Z

Tyjenks:

Hugz.

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Tyjenks · 2011-05-27T11:45:55.000Z

Pardon the Interruption. Back to our regularly scheduled GoGing.

Razgon · 2011-05-27T12:41:28.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Freespace 2, nothing comes close.
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Done! And thanks!

TimJames · 2011-05-27T12:44:31.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Freespace 2, nothing comes close.

There was one space game that was better than Freespace 2, but I can’t remember the name right now.

BrianRubin · 2011-05-27T12:46:35.000Z

Tim James:

There was one space game that was better than Freespace 2, but I can’t remember the name right now.

That’s because it doesn’t exist, sorry.

Razgon · 2011-05-27T12:53:43.000Z

Not sure if this is right place to ask, but can you guys recommend any good mods for it?

BrianRubin · 2011-05-27T12:54:41.000Z

Razgon:

Not sure if this is right place to ask, but can you guys recommend any good mods for it?

This is really all you need:

http://www.fsoinstaller.com/

Rob_Merritt · 2011-05-27T13:19:25.000Z

John Many Jars:

Hey, there’s a game in this sale called Robinson’s Requiem that sounds pretty cool. Is anyone familiar, besides Big Bri whose opinion means nothing to me since he has repeatedly refused to meet me for a duel to the death?

I remember so wanting Robinson’s Requiem back in the day when it was to come out for the Atari Jaguar CD. I have no idea why now.

John_Many_Jars · 2011-05-27T13:27:43.000Z

Rob_Merritt:

I remember so wanting Robinson’s Requiem back in the day when it was to come out for the Atari Jaguar CD. I have no idea why now.

Yeah, I saw it was an old console game originally. What’s up with that?

WarrenD · 2011-05-27T14:38:34.000Z

Tyjenks:

Not sure it is worth $.50.

EDIT: Before I do this to people again, Empire of Magic was truly awful. Brian, if you did go ahead with the purchase, I will pay you back.

It is a black mark on my posting history and I have come to grips with that after 8 years of pain and suffering.

LOL, I remember this thread so well, I looked everywhere for this game when it first came out and was so disappointed I couldn’t find it…then the reviews started coming in…

BrianRubin · 2011-05-27T21:31:51.000Z

I now can’t wait to try Empire of Magic just to see how awful it truly is. :-)

Tony_M · 2011-05-27T21:45:04.000Z

If it makes you feel better, that screenshot and the mention of HOMM had me ready to buy it too.

instant0 · 2011-05-28T01:25:34.000Z

John Many Jars:

Yeah, I saw it was an old console game originally. What’s up with that?

Think I played that on the AMiGA for what seems like 20 years ago or something? Survival on an island. Didn’t really like it back then, not sure it has aged well - unless its a totally new game?

Edit: Which it is not.

Cool feature for it though;
It’s so hardcore, you’ll die - a lot!

From what I remember it is a survival simulator, with so many vectors you have to pay attention to (constantly) or you’ll just die and die and die. But if you’re into that kind of things, it is probably fun, or challenging.

Sebmojo · 2011-05-28T04:05:25.000Z

instant0:

Think I played that on the AMiGA for what seems like 20 years ago or something? Survival on an island. Didn’t really like it back then, not sure it has aged well - unless its a totally new game?

Edit: Which it is not.

Cool feature for it though;
It’s so hardcore, you’ll die - a lot!

From what I remember it is a survival simulator, with so many vectors you have to pay attention to (constantly) or you’ll just die and die and die. But if you’re into that kind of things, it is probably fun, or challenging.

So, single player Dwarf Fortress without the mining?

Eric_P · 2011-05-28T19:04:21.000Z

did anyone pick up rayman2? I really liked the game on Dreamcast, and wouldn’t mind playing it again, but only if the game recognizes the 360 gamepad. I couldn’t find any info through gog.com or their forums.

edit: oh, this sounds unfortunate

As far as the controls go, you can’t change them. With the keyboard, the arrow keys move, A jumps, space attacks, q and w rotate the camera, and with a gamepad, whichever button is “Button 1” is jump, Button 2 is attack, buttons 3 and 4 rotate the camera, and so forth. It could be worse, but it’s a shame that they made such a major oversight in thinking people wouldn’t want to set their own controls.

thrasymedes · 2011-05-28T19:39:08.000Z

Sebmojo:

So, single player Dwarf Fortress without the mining?

Not… really. Think of it as an inevitable-death simulator. No drinking water? Death! Forgot your socks? Death! &c.

Disconnected · 2011-05-28T21:03:30.000Z

Eric P:

did anyone pick up rayman2? I really liked the game on Dreamcast, and wouldn’t mind playing it again, but only if the game recognizes the 360 gamepad. I couldn’t find any info through gog.com or their forums.

edit: oh, this sounds unfortunate

If you can’t get it working, use a re-mapping/macro app. Really, you should get one regardless. It’s by far the easiest way to manage key re-mapping, whatever the device/game.

Razgon · 2011-05-28T23:57:55.000Z

I just picked up Warlords Battlecry 3 last night and dear lord its fun. And wow there’s a lot of classes and races - First game in a loooong time that had me playing for 5 hours straight

Quitch · 2011-05-29T04:02:05.000Z

thrasymedes:

Not… really. Think of it as an inevitable-death simulator. No drinking water? Death! Forgot your socks? Death! &c.

I recall one of the big complaints at the time was that it wasn’t always made obvious to you that you were dying, even if it was something that should be.