Bubba69 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I'm installing half-life right now(hopefully it runs OKAY). I don't know what I can really play because all I have is some shitty built in intel graphics card. I can't play anything that is very graphics intensive, and preferrably runs in WINE. Any suggestions? Do you think diablo or starcraft would work on this old machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 dammit, can somebody move this to general banter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Aphex Twin Brothers, the PC port of the Sega Genesis classic, is a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Morrowind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Calx Sherbet Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 a new computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Goddamnit get some Doom rocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Morrowind If Half Life 1 only works OK, morrowind will NEVER IN HELL run. Sorry brah, but tis true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 starcraft will work, diablo1 will work, d2 maybe not. you running a linux box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dirty Protest Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Free GTA1/2 are worth playing on any computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Oh man. Get yourself a copy of DOSBox ( http://www.dosbox.com/ ) and then check out a few abandonware sites, play some good old classics from the 80s and 90s! Home of the Underdogs ( http://www.hotud.org/ ) is a really great and recently-resurrected source for old games, some will run in Windows but most of them will need DOSBox. Almost all of them will run on your decrepit old computer! The DOS Museum (http://www.dosmuseum.com) is a smaller, DOS-only resource, but it's got some great obscure classics on there nevertheless. Of course, if it's Diablo you like, I recommend the (not quite but nearly) original hack-and-slash RPG, Nethack ( http://www.nethack.org/ ). It's been in continuous development since 1985 (like me), still updated today. Randomly-generated dungeons, loads of character races and classes, and more depth and replayability than any Diablo clone. And its graphics are created entirely using ASCII characters, so the system requirements are negligable. The graphics take a bit of getting used to, but give it a chance - it's very rewarding and incredibly addictive. I've been trying to beat it for longer than I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -Ad- Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I installed morrowind yesterday and it runs horribly. Really jerky and slow to move around the game screen, and having to click on dialogue choices with the mouse pointer is a real chore. Is this just the way the game goes down? It gave me a headache after an hour of play. Ive got 3gig of ram and a dual core processor so I can't imagine it's that. Maybe the game doesn't like Vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest assegai Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Myst, Starcraft, Doom, Deus Ex, Half Life, Powerslide, WIpeout XL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Myst Has to be the most over-rated game of the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 grim fandango fallout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 grim fandango fallout Grim Fandango is very hard to run on Vista, so I've heard. You can get Fallout for $6 at gog.com though - definitely recommended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Myst Has to be the most over-rated game of the 90s. you are incorrect sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnjoyableFog Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Quake, The Daedalus Encounter, Full Throttle, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, The Incredible Machine 2, Hexen 2, Blood, Clive Barker's Undying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Myst Has to be the most over-rated game of the 90s. you are incorrect sir No, I am correct. Weak CG graphics, confusing navigation, illogical puzzles, and what story? Play something by LucasArts instead. Edited to add that I don't care about graphics particularly, I play textmode games; but when you compare it to LucasArts games of the same era, it's clear to see which has aged better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 is he running vista? it works fine in xp, i know that much. very worth getting. also pick up jedi knight, although if you have trouble running half life maybe scale back to dark forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest csl Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Fallout 1 and 2! From GOG.com. Absolutely essential games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lands end road Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Although it might be somewhat hard to find, Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II was super fun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi_Knight:_Dark_Forces_II Grim Fandango is worth playing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Just reading this thread and posting has made me notalgic for great adventure games of years past. They weren't all made by LucasArts - I bet a lot of WATMMers would enjoy Westwood's somewhat late 1997 adaptation of Blade Runner (http://en.wikipedia....997_video_game)). You don't play Deckard, but a new Blade Runner operating at the same time, with an all-new plot. Despite that, it deals with the same themes of the film, uses a lot of the same locations, characters, and even features the beautiful soundtrack. The writing and acting is all of a high standard, and it even explores some of the themes from PK Dick's original novel in more depth than the film. It's amazingly atmospheric and definitely in the top ten adventure games ever released. No idea why it's not better-known or more highly-regarded... and it has 13 different endings! I've got this on four(!) CDs somewhere and now I have to dig it out and play it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 yeah that was pretty good. pick up age of empires 2. probably the best bang for your buck and should run fine on an older machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Deus Ex has been pointed out, but i want to point Deus Ex out again because... well, it's Deus Ex! Deus Ex btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ominous Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Total Annihilation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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