Q: What are the five (5) video games from the 20th Century that you want to be able to play again today? And why?
* Maybe you no longer have time, or, there are no modern ports or adaptation.
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I’ll start with mine.
(in no particular order)
It seems easier to play than #SimCity, but as you progress, it is actually challenging. I love the challenge.
- #Empire / #EmpireClassic (DOS version specifically).
If I am not mistaken, before there was the #Civilization franchise, there was “Empire”. It was a fun game. There is #EmpireDeluxe available on #Steam, but I miss the DOS version that I played a lot.
A very fun game. Once I start playing this, time flies fast. I miss this game.
Here’s a video of it, it’s hard to explain this game as there are many features/gameplay “modes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBJ0q52bXJM
Modern games today are usually limited to certain themes. If it’s flight, it’s flight. If it’s tank, it’s tank. If it’s strategy, that’s it. Carrier Command have it all.
- #Hyperspeed / #Lightspeed (DOS)
Years before the era of #EVEonline came. RPG-ish space game that made me felt exploring space. This was new to me then and I enjoyed it.
- #StarControl / #StarControl2 (DOS)
I know, we can still play this today, however, what I miss with this game is the 2 player mode.
You just play with your friend and blast each other to friendly matches and laughter.
Being able to play 2P mode, face-to-face, is something that we have taken for granted, and now we’re all just virtual avatars in online games (even online multiplayer games).
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So, how about you?
Q: What are the five (5) video games from the 20th Century that you want to be able to play again today? And why?
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UT99. To this day one of the best shooters. Can’t play it like I used to, since I don’t have anyone who’d play it with me. Also, only LAN parties are the real deal for games like that.
Agreed. I also loved UT2004 and there are still servers up if you play online. Loved the custom sniping maps with low gravity or the giant team vehicle race maps.
Honestly there are no games like these nowadays. The closest being fortnight? But that game doesn’t have any modding and being 3rd person changes the gameplay from 1st person.
Fortnite most definitely does have modding - have you not checked out Creative/UEFN?
Descent - really loved the immersive 3D world and gameplay.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_(video_game)
But I must have my CH Flightstick Pro to get the most out of the manuverability of the ships.
200-503 CH Products Flightstick Pro USB 4-Button Joystick 8-Way Hatswitch https://a.co/d/4DzrpAv
Of course I haven’t played it in 30 years so I might be a tad rusty now even if I have all the gaming upgrades. 😁
I picked up Overload recently, and it’s from the creators of Descent. I really enjoy it - even if I’m flying into the walls most of the time.
Maniac Mansion, Commander Keen, Out of this World, Battle Toads, Time Traveller.
Some because I remember them being funny or having really cool styles, others just because I’m old/lazy and tracking down emulators and making time is too much.
Did you mean Time Commando by any chance? That was one of my favorites back in the day. Controls probably wouldn’t hold up these days but the time traveling aspect was super fun!
I like that one but this was a bizarre arcade machine that projected a « hologram » of the game. I was broke and terrible so lord knows how the game ends:
Hardwar is something I wanted to play but didn’t think I’d get a chance to, but it’s up on steam now (so I just bought it)
I want to play baldurs gate 1 and 2 to completion but I just don’t have time for it
I never did play through Final Fantasy 7, and it’s a chonker of a game to play through
I’ve played through the later Final Fantasy Tactics Advance games, but I never got very far into Final Fantasy Tactics.
I own all 5, but my main focus in life has been my little guy.
And as a bonus… I kinda want to have game of civ… one more turn!!!
At least Civ has had sequels. I have no nostalgia to play the original Civ because I find the new ones objectively better.
I had a hacked copy of Civ I at first, too, and ended up hand copying a bunch of the Civilopedia entries by hand to learn how to play. I was sure to pick up a copy later when I had my own computer.
I usually hit civ 1 for ms-dos, civ 3 for windows, and I think I have civ 5.
But I like the first for no good reason. Same as my favorite version of simcity is the snes version.
I started out with 3 but not until after Santa gifted me the DLC box for Christmas and I cried for hours until they promised I could get the actual base game to play it with lol
Oh, one thing I can’t really do anymore (for now at least) is some old school multiplayer gaming in doom, duke3d, quake, all those old games. That was my childhood, but not playing online – playing where I can look over to my little brother and shit talk him for that kill or whatever.
I really wish there was a better modern version of Mac Syndicate.
There is a PC remake but it misses the spirit of what was so great about the original game, which was that your agents were largely autonomous (or at least could be) by idk, 1994 standards. It didn’t add anything to their autonomy.
As a kid it felt like you were working with your agents as if they were intelligent to accomplish the missions. investing in their upgrades made them make better decisions.
I’d love a remake or reimagining where you are literally training AI agents do so these missions, maybe go against other players AIs, copy and sell your own. It could be super cool.
@TropicalDingdong That’s true. When a modern remake is made, it misses the feel of the original that made it popular.
The remakes usually focus on the gameplay and graphics, forgetting that there are other factors which made the original so awesome to play.
I have Syndicate on my Steam Deck and have played a few missions. Fun nostalgia.
Old or new?
I bought the new on and didnt get into it. Controls on the steam deck were bad.
The original one, not Syndicate Wars. I have it through the Origin Store. You’ll want an external mouse.
