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Title: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Lukeskywalkie on January 09, 2006, 09:42:47 pm
Ok, here's the deal. My friend and I have just completed our lan party setup in this old room at my high school. They're all windows 98, so here's what I need.
Recommendations for any pre-2000 PC video games, single or multiplayer, that are worth purchasing to play.
We have broad tastes, anything goes, any style, maker, lan enabled or not.
DOS games will work too; assume for the moment that anything pre millenium is fair game.
DISCUSS!
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Polpolion on January 09, 2006, 09:56:07 pm
FS2 (of course)
Diablo 2
starcraft
C&C Red Alert 2
Decent?
TYRIAN 2000!!!

Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Ulala on January 09, 2006, 09:58:20 pm
X-Com: UFO Defense
C&C 95
Scorched Earth
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: CP5670 on January 09, 2006, 10:18:13 pm
FS1 and FS2 should work great on a LAN. Some of the co-op missions are as good as the main campaign ones.

Several of these games have co-op modes and are great for LANs:

All three Descent games
Unreal
System Shock 2
Chex Quest (anyone played this? :D I think it has a multiplayer mode)
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
C&C original / 95
C&C Red Alert with my mod :D
Total Annihilation
Scorched Earth (you may need Dosbox to get this to work fully)
Rollcage and Rollcage Stage II (may go too fast on newer computers)

These are mostly multiplayer things; I can think of many other great single player games, but the list would become huge if I included those too. :p
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 10, 2006, 04:05:14 am
7v1c in Age of Empires or Age of Kings. If all the players choose the same player number, you all get simultaneous control of the same set of units. This can get very interesting when people start fighting over the same ones. :lol:

Although usually it ends with hard feelings, and a mysterious plague wiping out entire armies and buildings. :(
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Kosh on January 10, 2006, 04:23:01 am
Deus Ex 1
Duke Nukem 3d
the Doom series
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Mefustae on January 10, 2006, 04:27:33 am
- Homeworld
- Worms (any of 'em)
- Simcity 2000

Deus Ex is a bit system-intensive at times, so I doubt you'll be able to get it running well on your system(s). But if you can get it working, it's a cracking game.
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Unknown Target on January 10, 2006, 05:39:42 am
Homeworld (already said) and Homeworld: Cataclsym (if you're into that one :doubt:)

Unreal Tournament

Quake III

Descent I, II, III
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Lukeskywalkie on January 10, 2006, 06:38:34 am
I'm liking these.  One thing though, as big a fan of freespace as I am, we're low on joysticks, down to 1, maybe 2 if I bring my new wireless (Which I don't want to do).
also, what is homeworld exactly?
Also, q3 based games is pushing it; I've already tried.
keep it pre millenium, win 98.
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Mefustae on January 10, 2006, 06:52:13 am
Homeworld is one of the best and most unique real-time-strategy games ever made; Casting aside the usual 2D battlefield of most RTS games, Homeworld innovated to make a truly 3D Battlespace. Along with a killer story of a deposed people battling the odds to return to their true Homeworld, there's are excellent skirmish and multiplay modes. Basically, it's just one hell of an RTS, and had a large impact on the market when it was released, earning a 'Game of the Year' award for 1999.

You can check out the IGN Review here; http://pc.ign.com/articles/153/153786p1.html

The sequel - Homeworld2 - while good, doesn't have the same gusto the original had, but i'd still reccommend picking it up as it still has a reasonably sized Modding Community, as evidenced by Duelron's FS2 mod featured here a littlewhile back.
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Rictor on January 10, 2006, 07:45:05 am
Tribes 1, Unreal Tournament.
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Shade on January 10, 2006, 08:11:06 am
Trying to stay away from already mentioned games:

M.A.X. (avoid M.A.X. 2 at all costs though)
Carmageddon 1, maybe 2
Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2
Syndicate
Syndicate Wars

[Edit] Ah yes, and Enemy Nations (http://www.enemynations.com/) is fun too, even if the sound makes your ears bleed and it's rather prone to crashes on my 'old games' system. Can't argue with the price though, it's available for free, legally, from that link :)
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: IPAndrews on January 10, 2006, 08:26:26 am
I used to spend my time playing C&C Red Alert 2, Mechwarrior 2, and Half Life 1 (more specifically playing against bots in Counter Strike and Team Fortress Classic).
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Singh on January 10, 2006, 08:29:38 am
Dont forget these:

Quake II (Quake III was good, but QII was classic in every way, and it's multi was a bit more fun in my experiences)
Tiberium Sun/Tiberium Dawn/Firestorm Expansion
Descent 1-3.
Freespace of course!
Simcity 3000 unlimited
Transport Tycoon 2 Deluxe
Homeworld
Unreal Tournament
Total Annihalation
If it can run it - Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War is nice.
Warcraft I,II and III, along with Frozen Throne expansion
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: castor on January 10, 2006, 11:17:56 am
Wizardry8 - oldskool rpg
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: MicroPsycho on January 10, 2006, 03:21:40 pm
Tribes 2
X-Wing vs Tie Fighter
MechWarrior 3 or MW4: Mercs (post-2000 but not very system heavy)
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Polpolion on January 10, 2006, 03:36:16 pm
aww, man... you guys are naming all these 1337 games that make me feel ashamed that I forgot... :(
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: yubyub on January 10, 2006, 03:42:50 pm
Majesty!  I love that game, and it should easily run.  Graphics are decent.  It is an innovated RTS allowing heros (units) to essentially run themselves.  You influence this with bribes.  Essentially you build a city, and wage war by bribing these heros...  OK hard to explain, but I highly recommend it!
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: achtung on January 10, 2006, 04:08:19 pm
Doom II? With source ports of course.  www.zdoom.org
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: starfox on January 10, 2006, 04:51:51 pm
What about Age of Mythology ?  :yes:
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: knn on January 10, 2006, 06:08:19 pm
Total Annihilation with Absolute Annihilation (http://www.planetannihilation.com/aa/)
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Nuclear1 on January 10, 2006, 07:16:56 pm
Here's what I have on my comp ATM:


...

My God, I need a life.
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: CP5670 on January 10, 2006, 10:25:40 pm
That's it? I have at least 60 games on my main computer right now, plus 20 or so more on my retro game system. :p
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: WeatherOp on January 10, 2006, 10:30:13 pm
I know it's alot newer, get Call of Duty. I would gladly whoop on you and your friends online. ;7
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 11, 2006, 04:54:40 am
Quote from: nuclear1 on January 10, 2006, 07:16:56 pm
My God, I need a life.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/WMCoolmon/mylife.gif)

Also damning, but l33t (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/WMCoolmon/topthree.jpg)
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: aldo_14 on January 11, 2006, 05:48:16 am
Quote from: WMCoolmon on January 11, 2006, 04:54:40 am
Quote from: nuclear1 on January 10, 2006, 07:16:56 pm
My God, I need a life.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/WMCoolmon/mylife.gif)

Also damning, but l33t (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/WMCoolmon/topthree.jpg)

What, no porn?
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Mefustae on January 11, 2006, 05:54:37 am
Quote from: WMCoolmon on January 11, 2006, 04:54:40 am
Quote from: nuclear1 on January 10, 2006, 07:16:56 pm
My God, I need a life.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/WMCoolmon/mylife.gif)

Quote
search=edward%20james%20olmost

Are you on crack?! :p

Edit: Dang it Aldo, why'd you have to go and post a better joke than mine!
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: Lukeskywalkie on January 11, 2006, 09:40:46 pm
Thanks a heap, guys. I got the pre-steamed counterstrike to network successfully, as well as hal-life. Turns out my wayward partner has never played; he got a kick out of them. 
Out of curiousity, what's total annihilation?
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: knn on January 11, 2006, 11:26:11 pm
It's an RTS (1996 IIRC)
Storyline (http://www.planetannihilation.com/games/ta/storyline.shtml)
Screens! (http://www.planetannihilation.com/games/ta/screenshots/screenshots.shtml)
edit: fixed screenshots page
Title: Re: Looking for game recommendations, any and all
Post by: CP5670 on January 11, 2006, 11:47:03 pm
Those shots are from TA Kingdoms actually. These are from the original game: http://www.planetannihilation.com/games/ta/screenshots/screenshots.shtml