Playing old computer games
By Sportello
@Sportello (97)
Italy
December 16, 2006 8:59am CST
Do you enjoy playing old computer games?I especially like playing old adventures like the Monkey Island or Simon the Sorcerer series. With regard to this i found in ScummVM (a virtual machine for Scumm based and similar games) the perfect software to get those old games working.
Another good software i found is DosBox, an emulator of the DOS system which is capable of running a lot of old games with good compatibility (and at the right speed:P).
With that, now i can finally play Settlers and Transport Tycoon on modern systems.
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@mmmayekar (103)
• India
16 Dec 06
i still play age of empires 1
its a good game to play
when i play this game i feel like i am the king
n i am treating my army
this game simply rocks
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@inertia001 (1)
• India
17 Dec 06
hmmm i still liv a 2d life n mad abt 2 d gamez................
well there thre really lot fun n dusnt fhk ur system with ur graphik specz r low lolz....
well 4 me INDIANA JONES:Fate OF atlantis is d best n ya monkey islands cool 2............. well PAc man evergreen n action games duke in 2d n wolf in 3d r real fun stuff ....n fcourse goldenaxe n black couldron ......
well i miss d gud old dayz whre 2d gamez ruld d world :D
@friend_sunit (62)
• India
16 Dec 06
Hey, u listed all of my favorite games.. I can never forget these games. I would like to include in this list pacman, Simba the lion king,Roadrash etc...
There are many others,, but i don't remember their names now.
here is a screen shot,, hope u remember this screen of Level 5
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@friend_sunit (62)
• India
16 Dec 06
Hey, u listed all of my favorite games.. I can never forget these games. I would like to include in this list pacman, Simba the lion king,Roadrash, age of empires etc...
There are many others,, but i don't remember their names now.
here is a screen shot,, hope u remember this screen of Level 5
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@Sportello (97)
• Italy
17 Dec 06
Ohohoh i risk to forget that one! Perhaps the first apparition of the great Mario
@bsidemyself (160)
• United States
16 Dec 06
Are these games free? If so can they be downloaded?
What website?
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
No, they aren't. But perhaps some of the games mentioned are abandonware (games no longer supported by developers) and you can downlad them somewhere.
By the way...all the LucasArts adventures and AOE are NOT abandon
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
17 Dec 06
Try with an emulator, like the DosBox already mentioned: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
@coolcager (496)
• Costa Rica
16 Dec 06
yes i played monkey island all part of that. Cause i like lee chuck and guybrush hehe. and the insult fight. and i played pacman contra ninja turtles street fighter on family computer. and i played settlers but i sucked at it. i played transport tycoon, transport tycoon deluxe which i found very interesting and good to play. hehe funny how old games work. compare to now only games.
@ShadowWalker (969)
• United States
16 Dec 06
The only old games I play are the Baldures Gate series and NeverWinter. I don't play the other older games I have because XP won't support them. Is there any way to play Windows 95 games on XP?
@gbspew (455)
• Bulgaria
17 Dec 06
One of my favourite games is The Curse of Monkey Island and it's one of my first played games. Adventure games are my favourite. I also like Broken Sword, Gilbert Goodmate, Alien Invaders, etc.
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
17 Dec 06
Eeeeh..once there were many adventure games...but now it seems nobody wants to make them anymore
@katenkim (238)
• Singapore
16 Dec 06
I love old computer games, i've trying to find "threshold" in the internet but of no success. I was playing this game during the 80's but unfortunately i could'nt find it. I remember a lot of games I was playing during my younger years but some of them I just don't remember the titles. Is there anyone who can help me find old computer games. I'm so happy for you that you can play the old games that you want, it's kinda frustrating when you remember the games but could'nt find it again.
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
You can find something here: http://www.abandonia.com/index2.php
Not all games listed there are really abandonware but many of them are.
@SiRyan (11)
• United States
17 Dec 06
wow u hit the spot with the old games i played a lot of those old games i even built an old system just to play wing commander 4 series , have you played heroes quest series or kings quest? i assure you that you would love those games too, not to mention my first ever favorite game indiana jones and the fate of atlantis by lucas arts its somewhere bet 1994-1996 i just can't find these old games nowadays i was looking for betrayal at krondor
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
17 Dec 06
Betrayal at Krondor:
http://www.abandonia.com/games/en/208/BetrayalatKrondor.htm
@costello (766)
• Belgium
16 Dec 06
I like to play tetris, over and over again, but it is difficult to find a nice one. I tried more than hundreds of tetris games the last months. And some years ago I played a game, called " hot spot". I liked it very much but I cannot find this game anymore on the internet. Maybe someone knows??? It was a kind of board game.
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
The only thing i found is: http://www.malarkeysoftware.com/projects_HotSpotX.html
But it's only for MacOS
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
Yes, it's the best series i've ever played. The sword/insult duel of the first chapter is the funniest idea ever seen in a game :P
@Albone (1338)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
i love lucasfilm games... i play to them since 16 years and i don't get bored of them! they're great and very funny... i like a lot Monkey Island I and II
the greatest thing is to play them on new systems with scummvm, every SO is supported by its developer team!
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
Yeah, even if i know the solution of the game it's funny trying all the answers of the dialogs
@andypraneet1 (38)
• India
16 Dec 06
Geeeeek.... when there are such beautiful new games with realistic graphics.... i have forgotten the older games........
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
True...but there are some kind of games the developers seems to have forgotten now :\
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@Dosa86 (263)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
yeah! of course i play and enjoy with old computer game!!
My favourite is the dig.... what!??! what is the dig?!
The Dig is a graphical adventure game developed by LucasArts and released in 1995, and a novel based on the game written by Alan Dean Foster. It was the 11th game to use the SCUMM game engine, and is famous for its connection to Steven Spielberg, and notorious for its prolonged production, that had the game bordering on vaporware. It is the most serious LucasArts adventure game, containing no slapstick, and relatively little subtle humor, an element found abundantly in all other LucasArts adventure titles. It is also the only one to perfectly fit into the science fiction genre.
@Sportello (97)
• Italy
16 Dec 06
Another good one, very different from the other lucas' adventures. The only problem for me was that the local dubbing wasn't so good and ruined it -_-
@DrVenghis (11)
• Italy
18 Dec 06
Hey!
Dont forget the mythical "Zak McKracken"! The funny, delirious and hardest adventure game!! I'm not successful to complete it with the helps!! :P
A screenshot: http://diduz76.interfree.it/immagini/zak/zak2g.gif
Btw Scumm it's a good tool!
