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Title: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 12, 2009, 01:03:22 am
Bioshock,
Sid Meirs Pirates,
Prince of Persia,
Silent Storm,
GTA SA,
GTA IV,
Nexus The Jupiter Incident,
Alien VS Predator 2,
GRiD,
Bionic Commando Rearmed,
Penumbra Overture,
Fable The Lost Chapters,
Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance,
Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries,
Hitman Blood Money,
Thief Deadly Shadows,
Battlestations Midway,
Hidden and Dangerous 2 (plus Expansion),
Total Annihilation,
Titan Quest Immortal Throne,
Prey, (DONE)
Medal of Honour Pacific Assault,
NFS Most Wanted,
NFS Undercover,
Test Drive Unlimited (Grinding),
Desperados 2,
Neverwinter Nights 2,
MDK2,
Krush Kill n'Destroy Extreme,
Diablo 2,
TRON 2.0,
Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of The Earth,
Sacred 2 Fallen Angel,
Star Trek Bridge Commander,
Dead Space,
The Battle for Middle Earth 2,
Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil,
Serious Sam 2,
Beneath a Steel Sky,
Fallout Tactics,
Jagged Alliance 2,
Men of War,
Bandits Phoenix Rising,
The Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay,
Painkiller,
Painkiller Overdose,
Onimusha 3,
Die By The Sword,
Rainbow Six Raven Shield,
Deus Ex,
Tales of Monkey Island 1

I may have finished some of these in the past but I don't remember them enough to justify not playing them again.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 12, 2009, 01:11:50 am
NWN1 HOTU
Nexus, which disgusted me so much on a particular mission, each successive attempt I made going worse, I quit.
Most of the Wesnoth campaigns I've played, except for Burning Suns and South Guard.
Homeworld 2, whose "adaptive AI" doomfleets (13 goddamn Vaygr battlecruiser to my 1, 10 movers, and full interceptor complement, wtf?) pissed me off too much. Skirmish was quite good, however.

Think that's it...
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on October 12, 2009, 01:14:33 am
Which Nexus mission?
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 12, 2009, 01:30:12 am
IIRC you had the logistics ship, two destroyers, the Angelwing of course, and a couple frigates. Some ships get under the logistics ship's shields and you have to chase them down, and then there's a siege laser business problem

The frigates handled the under-shield ships problem once well enough, letting my dessies and me go after mister siege laser trio. And then they proceeded to murder the Angelwing, so that was a bust. I spent a few times improving on this basic plan, and dying or the logistics ship dying, before I gave up on it.

First the frigates stopped being able to handle the under-shield ships, forcing me to commit the destroyers to support them and skirmish with Angelwing until that problem was dealt with (originally, I was trying to kill one of the destroyers, but it became rapidly apparent skirmish was the best I could do.). The siege laser proceeded to blow up the logistics ship. Then I said screw it, these frigates are expendable, and sent them to just try and delay the under-shield ships. The destroyers and Angelwing lead the charge again, and this time we actually succeeded in destroying the battleship (despite being aiming for the damned destroyers, as easier to kill, and you need three ships for a siege laser), only for Angelwing to be crippled and finished off by its two destroyer escorts while trying to disengage, right before the guys under the shield killed the logistics ship too, for insult to injury.

Progressive plans continued to show progressive deteroriation still after about 40 iterations of "how can I do this better" resulting in things becoming worse. So I uninstalled the game. I still have it but haven't played it since.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on October 12, 2009, 01:35:09 am
That mission's really hard, but it is doable and arguably even fair. I got it in four or five tries on my last playthrough.

It takes work, though. Your fit at that point may be bad - do you have your ship's power grids maxed out via lots of support generators and energy cells?
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 12, 2009, 01:44:07 am
Homeworld 2, whose "adaptive AI" doomfleets (13 goddamn Vaygr battlecruiser to my 1, 10 movers, and full interceptor complement, wtf?) pissed me off too much. Skirmish was quite good, however.

ahhh, I had trouble with that at first too. What I used to do in the beginning was to just build up fleet at the end of some missions and use it fully. But when I came to the gate mission that tactic fell apart. So i started scuttling ships before that one until I faced the Veygr army with good numbers and them not being overtly powerful.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Mongoose on October 12, 2009, 02:20:07 am
Lessee, what do I actually have on-hand and waiting for me at the moment...

--The first three Metal Gear Solid games; I'm mired near the start of the first one at the moment.  The isometric camera view is total ass. :p

--Shadow of the Colossus, which I've been playing very sporadically over the course of a few years yet am only halfway through.  Utterly fantastic game; if it and ICO are any indication, buying a PS3 would be worth it for The Last Remnant alone.

--.hack//Infection.  I'm not really an RPG-type person in the least, but I was a big fan of .hack//SIGN, so I wanted to see how the story continued.  The later games get rather pricey even used, so who knows how long it'll be before I track them down.

--Ace Combat 4 and 5, which I really haven't even touched.

--The original Devil May Cry, which has kicked my ass with its wonky control scheme and godawful fixed camera.

--No More Heroes, which I'm not particularly far into.  Ah, SUDA51, you and your craziness.

--The last two Ratchet and Clank games for the PS2; I think I'm somewhere near the end of the second, but I haven't touched it in a long while.

--Any number of games on GameTap that I need to get around to.  I still need to start in on Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, I'm mired near the start of the original Hitman (man, the textures are dated), and I just dipped my toe into Tachyon.  Lots of other stuff on there, too.

--Above all else, Chrono Trigger.  I'm parked right before the final boss on my first play-through, yet because I'm such a lazy ass, I haven't yet sat down to actually beat it yet.  At least I finally understand why it's received such universal praise over the years.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: mxlm on October 12, 2009, 05:16:32 am
Spacey:
X2
Starshatter
Aerial Strike

Planes:
Heroes of WWII
Wings over Europe
Lock On: Modern Air Combat
IL-2 1946

4x:
Sword of the Stars
Sins of Solar Empire
Dominions 3
Medieval II, Empire
Civilization 4
Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, etc

RTS:
Supreme Commander (2)
Spellforce (2)
Company of Heroes
DoW II
Perimeter
Demigod

RPG:
The Witcher Enhanced
NWN2 + XPs
Space Rangers 2
DarkStar One
Jade Empire
Overlord
STALKER (also Shadows of Chernobyl)
Fallout 3
Mass Effect

FPS:
Dead Space
Prey
Bioshock
Crysis
FEAR
Brothers in Arms
Call of Duty 4
Force Unleashed
SWAT 4
Call of Cthulhu
Quake IV
Doom III
Escape From Butcher Bay
Armed Assault
Left 4 Dead
Gears of War
Elite Force 1/2
Wolfenstein
Red Faction Guerilla

Indie:
Zeno Clash
The Path
Harvest: Massive Encounter (?)
Uncommon Valor
Combat Mission: Shock Force

My computer is horribly out of date, so most of those are going to have to wait.

Hero, if you're looking for recommended order, I'd put Jagged Alliance 2, Deus Ex, and Mech4 near the top
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 12, 2009, 05:25:25 am
Impressive list MXLM

I would have added some of my 4X games to the list if it weren't for the fact that most of them don't have a campaign/can't be fully completed
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: TrashMan on October 12, 2009, 05:37:42 am
*SNIP*

Lol..that mission was relatively easy. Snipe the siege laser and run back under the Fortress Shields.
I don't recall having any big problems with that one. Then again, I'm awesome :p

****

Lots of fond games...yes. I do have many new ones, someolder ones and a few even older ones still (those that age gracefully).
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 12, 2009, 06:04:16 am
Hero, if you're looking for recommended order, I'd put Jagged Alliance 2, Deus Ex, and Mech4 near the top

I've made a little order for myself. In order of how far I've come in them and how much I think is left, basically so I can get the games of my list quicker.

1.Deus Ex (Although, considering i just did a long mission which i thought was near the end but wasn't I really should rethink it)
2.Hitman Blood Money
3.Tron 2.0
4.Fable


Also concerning mech4 (if it is vengeance you're talking about). I have a problem with that game, It freezes whenever it plays the small videos in the briefing section, the game freezes but i can hear the audio of the video continue
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on October 12, 2009, 06:27:48 am
Hmmn, bunch of the stuff is off GoG:

Painkiller: Overdose
Descent 1+2
Messiah
Redneck Rampage Series
Jagged Alliance 1
Xcom 3
Earthworm Jim 1+2
Command + Conquer Red Alert
Command + Conquer Tiberian Sun
Command + Conquer Renegade
Command + Conquer Red Alert 2 + Yuri's Revenge
Command + Conquer Generals + Zero Hour
(basically I have the first 10 year DVD and I've only played through the first good guy campaign and part of the bad guy one)
Dawn of War (got bored)
Homeworld 2 (got bored)
UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftershock
UFO: Afterlight
Giants Citizen Kabuto
Fallout 2 (got bored)
Thief 3: Deadly Shadows (got bored)
Starsiege (couldn't pass a certain mission)
SiN (got stuck - not episodes, original game
Ultima 2 (was too wierd to get into)
Ultima 3
Ultima 5 (never quite finished)
Ultima 6
Ultima 7
Ultima 7 Serpent Isle
Ultima 8 Avatar
-**** I've only played 2 games off my collector's CD!
Starcraft Brood War (got bored)

Think that's it.

Got bored generally means I started playing but lost interest at some point and haven't gone back to it.
Playing Xcom2 right now. Trying to finish it for once. I'm already in "super easy land" (meaning I've research MC and Disruptor Torpedoes).

Ooops, also forgot:
Prince of Persia Two Thrones
Crysis
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: TrashMan on October 12, 2009, 07:24:01 am
Play Jagged Alliance 2 + 1.13 mod (it's like SCP) + Wildfire + HAM3.5
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 12, 2009, 08:00:57 am
Yeah, my JA2 is 1.13, although I've only got that one and not the others that you speak off. Any major changes they do?
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: TrashMan on October 12, 2009, 08:08:33 am
Yes. Quite a few...quite a few.

Wildfire changes 90% of the maps - the game mp is bigger, better, more detailed and more sensible. Adds more quests and changes some quests, etc..

HAM3.5 adds supression and mostly changes the flow of the battle, but there's also more.

Lots' of things. I'm currently waiting for the latest version of SANDRO's mod,as it changes the feats/skills to work far, far better and more sensible (and balanced), fuses some and adds others.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on October 12, 2009, 09:33:25 am
*SNIP*

Lol..that mission was relatively easy. Snipe the siege laser and run back under the Fortress Shields.
I don't recall having any big problems with that one. Then again, I'm awesome :p

****

Lots of fond games...yes. I do have many new ones, someolder ones and a few even older ones still (those that age gracefully).

It's not easy on the higher difficulties, unless you've got precisely the right fit waiting for that mission.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: CP5670 on October 12, 2009, 11:59:32 am
I had a large backlog a while ago, but finished most of the games over the last summer. Some that still come to mind are Mirror's Edge, Batman: AA, Tales of Monkey Island (want to wait until the full game is out), Incoming Forces, Blade Runner, Homeworld, several FS2 fanmade campaigns, the evil path in the TNM mod for Deus Ex, the FE mod for Battlezone 2 and the Ball mod for UT3. Maybe another Infotron playthrough as well, if I can get it to run at the right speed.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Snail on October 12, 2009, 01:15:49 pm
i oops
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Ziame on October 12, 2009, 02:34:20 pm
On-computer:
Medieval 2 Total War
FSOpen
Mount&Blade
ToriBash

On-shelf
Empire: Total War (n/c needed)
Mount&Blade
Medieval 2
Unreal 2
Rome total war Antology
Company of Heroes
Riddick Chronicles
FEAR
Prince of Persia Warrior Within
UFO Aftermath
Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War Dark Crusade
GalCiv 2
Nexus the Jupiter incident
Jade Empire
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Davros on October 15, 2009, 04:03:34 am
I have about 1,500 games, and no i'm not typing them all in
this is what I have installed at the moment
behold the Sacred Terabyte Of Gaming Goodness
(http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8914/terrabyte.jpg) (http://img122.imageshack.us/i/terrabyte.jpg/)
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on October 15, 2009, 04:35:08 am
So uh, it's a bit of an obsession right?
haha
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Davros on October 16, 2009, 07:14:33 am
Well every man needs a Sacred Terabyte Of Gaming Goodness
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: mxlm on October 16, 2009, 10:56:57 pm
Are you independently wealthy or something?

Good god that's a lot of money (ooooor it's no money. At all :p).
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 17, 2009, 06:56:32 am
Damn I want your computer badly Davros.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Snail on October 17, 2009, 07:52:29 am
Hmm.

I smell hard drive crash. :nervous:


I hope you have all of that backed up dude.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Mr. Vega on October 18, 2009, 06:05:19 pm
Freespace 1&2
Baldur's Gate I & II
Planescape: Torment
Neverwinter Nights 2
KOTOR 1&2
Battlefield 2
System Shock II
Deus Ex
Thief I, II & III
Jedi Academy
Medieval TW I &II
Rome TW
Homeworld
Freelancer
The Longest Journey
Dreamfall
Syberia
Morrowind
Oblivion
Red Alert 3
Rogue Squadron
Episode I Racer (the only great racing game ever made)
Independence War II
Civ IV
World in Conflict
Sid Meier's Pirates
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
LOTRO
Age of Empires II
Falcon 4.0
Starcraft
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 18, 2009, 06:53:09 pm
Let me confirm the point of this topic before I commit myself to writing out an unnecessary list. . .
 
 
This is for games I HAVEN'T finished right?
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: CP5670 on October 18, 2009, 10:00:52 pm
Yes, and some people haven't realized that. :p
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 19, 2009, 02:14:32 am
Yeah I thought so.  ;)
This may require a lot of thought. . I'm gonna have to list console games too as there are some classics. But i'm going to mention two here first of all.
The first cartridge I ever bought- Transbot on the master system, and Alex Kidd in miracle world, the hardest master system game ever made lol.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on October 19, 2009, 07:00:48 am
Yeah I thought so.  ;)
This may require a lot of thought. . I'm gonna have to list console games too as there are some classics. But i'm going to mention two here first of all.
The first cartridge I ever bought- Transbot on the master system, and Alex Kidd in miracle world, the hardest master system game ever made lol.

Which one was miracle world? only alex kidd game I remember was the one where youstart off in the house and go talk to people then finally you head off to arcade and get massacred by ninjas in the forest. I think I got as far as the second paper-rock scissors mofo and he'd always kill me off. Or maybe that was a different alex kidd. I dunno.

EDIT - oh wait that was Alex Kidd in High Tech world.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 19, 2009, 12:58:03 pm
Yes, and some people haven't realized that. :p

I wonder which people these are that you speak of. All the games I have listed are games that I have NOT finished (I might have long ago, but if I do not remember then I cannot say for certain can i?)


Also. I just finished Prey, so i'm ticking that off
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on October 19, 2009, 01:13:14 pm
Yes, and some people haven't realized that. :p

I wonder which people these are that you speak of. All the games I have listed are games that I have NOT finished (I might have long ago, but if I do not remember then I cannot say for certain can i?)

Pretty sure he's talking about our good friend Mr. Vega up there, who, lovely as he is, rendered his list a little bit unlikely by putting 'FS1/2' on it.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: headdie on October 19, 2009, 02:44:46 pm
This list are played not necessarily finished (probably most not) and only ones played on PC

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Alien Breed – PC conversion, Tower Assault
Alien Vs Predator – 1,2
Bio Menace
Blades of Exile
Blade Runner
Brutal: Paws of Fury
Cannon Fodder - 1,2
Carrier Command
Capture The Flag
Civilization - 1,2,3
Close Combat – 2,3
Command & Conquer - 1,2,3
Command & Conquer RA - 1,2
Command & Conquer Generals + ZH
Commandoes
Commander Keen – Lost count which ones I played
Colonisation
Crysis
Death Rally
Desert Strike
Descent - 1,2
Die Hard Nakatomi Plaza
Dinopark Tycoon
Doom - 1(+ultimate),2,Final,3
Domination
Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase
Dr. Who: Dalek Attack
Duke Nukem - 1,2,3D,Manhatten Project
Dune - 1,2,2000
Dungeon Siege II
Duce Ex – 1,2,Snowblind
DX Ball - 1,2
Elite – Frontier: First Encounters (possibly the buggiest enjoyable game I have played)
Epic Pinball
F-15 Strike Eagle - III
F.E.A.R – 1 + both add-on packs
Fallout - 1,2
Farcry
Forgotten Realms – Baldurs Gate II, Ice Wind Dale, Neverwinter Nights 1,2
Freespace - 1,2
Galactic Civilizations - 1
Ground Control – 1,2
Half-Life – 1,2
Imperium Galactica - II
Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jungle Strike
Kings Quest – Forgot which ones
Lemmings
Lotus III
Master of Orion 2: Battles at Antares
Master Of Orion 3 (took it back the day after I bought it)
MechWarrior – 3,4
Mega Lo Mania
Need For Speed – Underground 2, Most Wanted, Carbon
One Must Fall 2097
Outpost 2: Divided Destiny
Pinball Illusions
Project Eden
Project Nomads
Quake – 1,2,4
Rainbow 6 - 1,2,3
Raptor Call Of The Shadows
Rogue
Settlers 1,2,3 Rise of a Nation
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire
Simon The Sorcerer – 1,2,3D (Unfortunatly)
Sim City – 1,2000,3000
Skyroads
Splinter Cell – 1,2
Starcraft – 1
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Wars – Empire at War + Forces of Corruption
Star Wars KOTOR - 1
SWAT - 3
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
TIE Fighter
Total Annihilation
Transport Tycoon 1,1.5,deluxe
Tyrian 2000
UFO - Enemy Unknown, X-Com - Terror From The Deep, X-Com – Apocalypse
Unreal – 1,2,
Unreal Tournament – 1,2003,2004
Warcraft – 1,2,3
Warzone 2100
Wing Commander – 1,2,3,Privateer
Wolfenstine 3D, Return To Wolfenstine
Worms – 1,2,World Party
X-Wing
Z - Origional, Steel Soldiers
Zone 66
Zoo Tycoon

Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on October 19, 2009, 02:56:31 pm
DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND, OH THREADLINGS.

This is for your back-catalog, games you have but haven't played/finished. It's not for every bloody game you own.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on October 19, 2009, 03:12:56 pm
Many of my "backlogs" can't be easily... un-backlogged as they were for the old Mac.

Also, many of the games were rather open-ended, meaning you couldn't just 'win' them. In a way, the 'unwinnable' game that can still be finished is the best kind. I wish more games were like that today... the replayability of them is endless. Of course, then developers probably wouldn't be earning as much...

X-Wing (Mac) - Never finished it. Now, I'm not sure I even can.

Comanche (Mac) - Arcade helocoptery goodness. Lots of missions, also never finished.

Hornet Classic, 2.0+Korean Crisis+Mission Enhancer, 3.0, Korea Gold. - Also Mac. And yeah, I had everything Hornet  :D . Except Operation Iraqi Freedom. As that was OSX/Win XP, I never bothered.

WarCraft, WarCraft II BNE, StarCraft. - All Blizzard-y fun here. WarCraft II and StarCraft were also old games I had for the Mac, but given Blizz's awesome tendancy to make a product that would ship with a game for either of the major OS's on it, I can still run them just fine. I recently picked up the original WarCraft for DOSbox.

Civ II (Mac) - Another awsome 'unwinnable' but entirely finishable game.

There's quite a few others, but I don't care to bring them up right now.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Snail on October 19, 2009, 04:25:40 pm
DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND, OH THREADLINGS.

This is for your back-catalog, games you have but haven't played/finished. It's not for every bloody game you own.
Oh, really?

oops
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 19, 2009, 04:42:30 pm
Let me confirm the point of this topic before I commit myself to writing out an unnecessary list. . .
 
 
This is for games I HAVEN'T finished right?


Yes, and some people haven't realized that. :p


:p
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Snail on October 19, 2009, 05:26:27 pm
I made big oopsies.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: CP5670 on October 19, 2009, 06:11:55 pm
Quote
Many of my "backlogs" can't be easily... un-backlogged as they were for the old Mac.

You can probably play them in an emulator or VM. I have a nice 68k Mac emulation setup with a couple hundred games in it. There are also emulators for the later PPC Macs, although most of the games you listed are available on Windows anyway.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Aardwolf on October 19, 2009, 07:23:42 pm
Holy crap, lots of games here.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 20, 2009, 09:51:08 am
I've encoutered a major bug in Doom 3 that's keeping me from progressing. So I've taken that off the list

Removed Desperados 2
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on October 20, 2009, 05:04:21 pm
Quote
Many of my "backlogs" can't be easily... un-backlogged as they were for the old Mac.

You can probably play them in an emulator or VM. I have a nice 68k Mac emulation setup with a couple hundred games in it. There are also emulators for the later PPC Macs, although most of the games you listed are available on Windows anyway.

True, but not the old Hornet sims. And why buy/"find" abandonware for the PC when I actually have the real thing (albeit for the Mac)? I've actually never looked for a PPC emulator... What's out there?

...As far as X-Wing (or TIE Fighter, if I had that...) goes, the graphics were better for the Mac in most iterations of those games... I think TIE Fighter might have been upgraded at one point, though. DOS graphics are very grainy/low-res. The Mac versions were far better.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 20, 2009, 06:27:27 pm
X-Wing got an anniversy addition or the like that switched the graphics to those from X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. I don't know that TIE Fighter ever got something similar.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Polpolion on October 20, 2009, 06:52:34 pm
Bioshock
LOMAC
Supreme Commander
ARMA
Homeworld 1
Wasteland
Starshatter
Diablo II
Ghost Recon: Jungle thunder or whatever it was
Wing Commander Prophecy
Duke Nukem 2
Deadspace

I haven't beat most of these games just because I got bored. I think LOMAC is the only one that I can't beat out of difficulty.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: VPR on October 20, 2009, 07:01:34 pm
I've started remembering really old stuff from reading this thread that's been left unfinished and I still have my old systems about as well, feeling quite nostalgic now.

Atari ST:

Another World (well without cheating)
Asteriods
Battle of Britain
Cannon Fodder (can't remember if I did)
Chambers of Shaolin
D-Day
Elite
F-19 Stealth Fighter
F-15 Strike Eagle
Fire and Ice
Flight of the Intruder
James Pond 2: Robocod
King's Quest 2
Kid Gloves 2
Lemmings
License to Kill
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (er maybe, can't remember again)
Loopz
Mud Pies
Nitro
Rail Road Tycoon
Silent Hunter
Skull Diggery
Stunt Car Racer
Teramis
The Seven gates of Jambala
The Spy Who Loved Me
Virus
War in the Gulf
Warp
Zool

PSX/PS2:

Burnout 3 Takedown
Destruction Derby
Formula 1 '97
Gran Turismo 2 & 3
Resident Evil 2 & 4
Silent Hill
Tekken 3
Wipeout 2097
Wipeout: Fusion
X2

PC:

Apache Longbow
Beneath a Steel Sky
Command and Conquer: Covert Ops
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command and Conquer: Generals
Frontier Elite 2
F-22 ADF
F-14 Fleet Defender
Grand Prix 2 & 3
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Ground Control
Indycar Racing + the season pack
Left 4 Dead
Lock On: Flaming Cliffs
London Racer
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth
Monkey Island 4
Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Raven Shield
Sim City 3000
Sim City 4
Syndicate Wars (done on psx but PC version is different/harder)
TFX
Transport Tycoon
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
X-wing vs Tie Fighter + Balance of Power addon
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Stormkeeper on October 20, 2009, 07:03:59 pm
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
Overlord II
Perimeter
Perimeter 2
Spellforce: Shadow Wars
Earth: 2150
Earth: 2160
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hades on October 20, 2009, 07:23:20 pm
Homeworld 1
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Grand Theft Auto IV
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Fallout: Tactics
Star Trek: Legacy
X2 the Threat
X3 the Reunion
Dark Star One
Diablo I
Diable II
Starlancer
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: redsniper on October 20, 2009, 11:47:15 pm
X-Wing got an anniversy addition or the like that switched the graphics to those from X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. I don't know that TIE Fighter ever got something similar.
It did. I have it.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: CP5670 on October 21, 2009, 02:07:53 am
Quote
Many of my "backlogs" can't be easily... un-backlogged as they were for the old Mac.

You can probably play them in an emulator or VM. I have a nice 68k Mac emulation setup with a couple hundred games in it. There are also emulators for the later PPC Macs, although most of the games you listed are available on Windows anyway.

True, but not the old Hornet sims. And why buy/"find" abandonware for the PC when I actually have the real thing (albeit for the Mac)? I've actually never looked for a PPC emulator... What's out there?

...As far as X-Wing (or TIE Fighter, if I had that...) goes, the graphics were better for the Mac in most iterations of those games... I think TIE Fighter might have been upgraded at one point, though. DOS graphics are very grainy/low-res. The Mac versions were far better.

Look up Sheepshaver. It's the main PPC emulator that people use for games.

You're right that many Mac games had much better graphics (and sound) than the DOS versions at one point, and that remained common until games started moving to Windows around 1996.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Snail on October 21, 2009, 07:56:05 pm
Wolfenstein 3D
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on October 21, 2009, 10:35:57 pm
Thanks, CP5670.  :yes:

The only reason I brought up TIE Fighter is that I recall looking for it in retail stores when I was younger. I remember finding a package that had in-game shots on it with textured ships; the original DOS and Mac versions were just colored/shaded polygons. Also, it was Windoze only.  :mad:

...Funny thing, though: I remember seeing the Mac version in a Wal-Mart a long time ago...
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Uchuujinsan on October 22, 2009, 10:49:55 am
Homeworld 1:
After getting a new PC I lost my saves, and restarting all over again is frustrating..
Warcraft III:
Last few UD missions missing, I just didn't like that de-leveling of Arthas.
Myst 3:
After a virus I lost the installation, and I can't find the installation disc... if I have enough time I'll download it somewhere :/
Myst 4:
Will play after finishing Myst 3
Section 8:
Well, basically a multiplayer game, so I didn't get to far on singleplayer
Tabula Rasa:
Listed here because I didn't get to max lvl before the servers were switched off.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on October 25, 2009, 09:50:26 pm
Sorry to bother you again, CP5670...

What emulator would properly run Mac OS 9 under Windows? I can look into that more later myself, but seeing as you have some experience with this issue, I'll refer to you in this matter.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: CP5670 on October 26, 2009, 11:43:28 am
I don't actually know a whole lot about it. I'm more into 68k emulation and the games of that era.

Sheepshaver should run both OS 8 and 9. I think either of them will support the games you want.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 26, 2009, 12:22:16 pm
Starcraft: Brood War (still need to beat campaign mode... most of my time on this game is spent in multi)

Final Fantasy VII (I'm about halfway through)

Marathon Infinity (Vidmaster's Challenge, here I come!)

Pokemon Platinum (again, about halfway through)

Also need to beat Extra stage on the following Touhou games:
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Imperishable Night
Subterranean Animism
Undefined Fantastic Object
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on October 26, 2009, 01:28:07 pm
I don't actually know a whole lot about it. I'm more into 68k emulation and the games of that era.

Sheepshaver should run both OS 8 and 9. I think either of them will support the games you want.

Yet, it shalt not run on Windoze...  :P
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: CP5670 on October 26, 2009, 04:56:45 pm
There is a Windows link right on the download page (http://gwenole.beauchesne.info//en/projects/sheepshaver#downloads). :p I know it's built on the same code base as the 68k emulator Basilisk, which works fine on Windows.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: redsniper on October 27, 2009, 12:34:50 pm
Marathon Infinity
STALKER
Yume Nikki (Dream Diary)
Delta Force
Red Faction: Guerrilla

Not counting games I intend to play but haven't started or games I have beaten once before and am replaying.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on October 27, 2009, 03:50:06 pm
Play Stalker with STALKER COMPLETE installed.

It's. So. Good.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: deathfun on October 27, 2009, 06:26:54 pm
I've beaten every game I've had except for one

Socom: Navy Seals
The first

The only one.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Snail on October 28, 2009, 06:58:38 am
I've beaten every game I've had except for one

Socom: Navy Seals
The first

The only one.
um why
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on October 28, 2009, 01:38:17 pm
On the subject of old games a game I never finished was the addon for Syndicate. Did anyone finish this? The first game's all well and good, it's hard in parts depending upon which mission you take first but then comes the addon and I send in my squad of guys and like a dozen enemy guys rush at me with grenade pistols and **** starts exploding all over the place and BAM my squad's all dead.

Seems like the nice difficulty curve in the first game turned into a sheer vertical cliff for the add-on.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Davros on October 28, 2009, 04:43:57 pm
American revolt
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on October 28, 2009, 05:15:07 pm
Computer problems has forced me to halt any backcatalog completion plans for an undecided amount of time
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: deathfun on October 28, 2009, 07:24:42 pm
I've beaten every game I've had except for one

Socom: Navy Seals
The first

The only one.
um why

I just never managed to completely get into it
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Badman on November 01, 2009, 12:03:04 am
Almost everything worth playing that has ever been released ....... I go back before the Vic20.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Flipside on November 01, 2009, 03:55:35 am
I think I've still got a few Oric-1 and Spectrum games in the loft from way back when, I DO know I've got a copy of Elite for the BBC micro ;)
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 01, 2009, 04:50:05 am
I still need to finish that, and Frontier.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Badman on November 02, 2009, 05:02:33 am
Speaking of which .... have you seen glFFE Nic Mod for Frontier? ..... nice.

If you are going to play Frontier, do it that way.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 02, 2009, 03:04:04 pm
Link plox....and methof of making Frontier run in Vista too :lol:
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on November 02, 2009, 04:44:14 pm
Forgive my ignorance, but what's "Frontier?"
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: The E on November 02, 2009, 04:58:26 pm
Could be this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier:_Elite_II), but I'm not sure.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 02, 2009, 05:02:36 pm
:yes:


Now add HTL ships to it....
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Badman on November 03, 2009, 12:40:41 am
Here is a link to the new Russian built D3D version of Fontier: Elite II

New models etc etc .... pretty heavy on system though.

http://www.spacesimcentral.com/downloads.php?cat=37
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on November 03, 2009, 12:53:31 pm
I looked at Forntier: Elite II yesterday. I must say that I'm not going to spend close to 10 USD on a 1993 (now shareware) game.  :P

Is the Russian mod stand alone?
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on November 03, 2009, 08:43:04 pm
Seriously, Triple Ace? Did you not read the first post in the thread?

Or are we meant to believe you haven't played FreeSpace 2?  :p
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Stormkeeper on November 03, 2009, 08:45:52 pm
I have hope that I will soon expand my to-play list with a bunch of GOG additions. Anyway, as it is, the Star Wars Compendium is on that list.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Triple Ace on November 03, 2009, 09:38:40 pm
Seriously, Triple Ace? Did you not read the first post in the thread?

Or are we meant to believe you haven't played FreeSpace 2?  :p

I did not notice anything in that first post and are you referring to my screen name or that I put FS in my list? Sorry if I seem like I'm a bit slow, I have not had a good night sleep in over a month, been sick.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on November 03, 2009, 09:54:45 pm
It's okay, I don't mean to be snippy. We've just had a lot of people posting their list of owned games in here, but I think the intent of the thread was to post games you have but haven't played.

A bit pedantic of me really.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on November 04, 2009, 07:06:02 am
"but I think the intent of the thread was to post games you have but haven't played."

Yeah, or games that you've played but haven't finished and want to.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on November 04, 2009, 10:27:39 am
Link plox....and methof of making Frontier run in Vista too :lol:

I have no Vista to try, but I think GL Frontier should work under Vista:

http://tom.noflag.org.uk/glfrontier.html
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Triple Ace on November 04, 2009, 06:19:14 pm
It's okay, I don't mean to be snippy. We've just had a lot of people posting their list of owned games in here, but I think the intent of the thread was to post games you have but haven't played.

A bit pedantic of me really.

That would be my fault then. I really should wait until I've gotten some sleep and able to pay more attention before I post.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: General Battuta on November 04, 2009, 06:20:37 pm
Don't worry about it. Your list was a good list, it's not like it did any harm.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on November 04, 2009, 07:39:53 pm
Link plox....and methof of making Frontier run in Vista too :lol:

I have no Vista to try, but I think GL Frontier should work under Vista:

http://tom.noflag.org.uk/glfrontier.html

Is this the same as the conventional Frontier: Elite 2? ...Except for that it's been ported to Windows?
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Triple Ace on November 04, 2009, 08:04:09 pm
Now that I got the point to this thread, I removed the list I had posted. I don't actually own a game I have not finished.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on November 05, 2009, 04:37:35 pm
Now that I got the point to this thread, I removed the list I had posted. I don't actually own a game I have not finished.

Clearly then you need to buy more games.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on November 06, 2009, 06:07:54 am
Link plox....and methof of making Frontier run in Vista too :lol:

I have no Vista to try, but I think GL Frontier should work under Vista:

http://tom.noflag.org.uk/glfrontier.html

Is this the same as the conventional Frontier: Elite 2? ...Except for that it's been ported to Windows?

Basically yes. It's the orginal game decompiled and ported to C using SDL and now runs on any SDL capable platform in ridiculous high resolution :)

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Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on November 06, 2009, 01:14:20 pm
Yay for thread derailment
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Flipside on November 06, 2009, 01:21:44 pm
My fault, I mentioned Elite ;)
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on November 07, 2009, 09:29:33 am
My fault, I mentioned Elite ;)

 :D No worries. I actually picked that up the other day, so I can officially add that to my back-log.

I've actually got quite a few DOS games which I've not neared completing, so that should be a fairly extensive list. TFX is a rather neat old sim; the manual I got for it is in text format so some of the instructions aren't terribly clear. This makes learning how to do certain things exciting... I really wish there was a way to crank up the resolution or the detail levels, but I've not see any way to do that. Games like that are just so old that...

I picked up "Beneath a Steel Sky" for free from GOG a while back; I've not actually downloaded it yet. I don't play too many games now-a-days, though I do have quite a few.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Nuke on November 19, 2009, 11:45:35 am
Link plox....and methof of making Frontier run in Vista too :lol:

I have no Vista to try, but I think GL Frontier should work under Vista:

http://tom.noflag.org.uk/glfrontier.html

Is this the same as the conventional Frontier: Elite 2? ...Except for that it's been ported to Windows?

Basically yes. It's the orginal game decompiled and ported to C using SDL and now runs on any SDL capable platform in ridiculous high resolution :)

runs fine on vista. but this games hard as hell i havent even managed to beat one mission yet.

of course this (http://www.oolite.org/download) is the best elite clone ever.
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Thaeris on November 23, 2009, 08:27:53 pm
Link plox....and methof of making Frontier run in Vista too :lol:

I have no Vista to try, but I think GL Frontier should work under Vista:

http://tom.noflag.org.uk/glfrontier.html

Is this the same as the conventional Frontier: Elite 2? ...Except for that it's been ported to Windows?

Basically yes. It's the orginal game decompiled and ported to C using SDL and now runs on any SDL capable platform in ridiculous high resolution :)

I'm curious, how did you enhance the resolution? I tried to start playing around with this the other day and didn't see a way to boost the res...
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Hero_Swe on November 25, 2009, 06:05:22 pm
Just finished Hegemonia (Just a few minutes ago actually XD)

Turns out it wasn't even on the list XD
Title: Re: How does your backcatalog of games look like?
Post by: Nuke on November 25, 2009, 11:23:13 pm
Link plox....and methof of making Frontier run in Vista too :lol:

I have no Vista to try, but I think GL Frontier should work under Vista:

http://tom.noflag.org.uk/glfrontier.html

Is this the same as the conventional Frontier: Elite 2? ...Except for that it's been ported to Windows?

Basically yes. It's the orginal game decompiled and ported to C using SDL and now runs on any SDL capable platform in ridiculous high resolution :)

I'm curious, how did you enhance the resolution? I tried to start playing around with this the other day and didn't see a way to boost the res...

there seems to be a --size option to set the width of the screen. i figure it assumes a 4:3 aspect ratio. kinda wish it would do 16:9 though.