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ORIGINAL: LordBeluga

ORIGINAL: sabre1

What was the name of the RTS game that started on the moon against Russia, and then progressed to other planets? You could jump out of your unit and snipe at the enemy units to take them out.

I believe you're thinking of Battlezone -- the greatest classic series remake/upgrade in the history of video gaming. [:D]

Until now, I had almost forgotten about this game but now I remember all that time I had sank in it when it was first released... I was never a huge fan of RTS games but this game made it work some how.

I remember when that one came out. It got rave reviews in the game mags. I mean, they were some of the best ratings the mags ever gave out. I couldn't understand why, of course I never played it but it simply looked odd and it didn't look anything like the old coin op game of the same name.

None of my friends played it and frankly nobody I knew in the flight sim community was playing it either. I'm still very confused by what it was and why it was considered so great.

I am a bit curious, I mean, maybe I missed something.

ORIGINAL: junk2drive

I had an Apple IIe with two drives. Made Ultima a lot easier. Then we hooked up a 9" colour TV (with tubes in it) through an RF modulator. Wow, Ultima in colour, not green!

I still have a disk notcher.

Wow, nice hardware hack....

ORIGINAL: sabre1
Another favorite for me even though it was RTS was Total Annihilation. Weak story but great game play.

Total Annihilation was another title I enjoyed. The plot's null but the variety of units made it interesting.

Have you played the remake The Spring Project? It's only in beta but it's pretty solid and has a large player-base, so you'll always have some one to fight against online. It's also a great alternative to Supreme Commander if you simply do not have the juice needed to run the beast. [:D]

ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.
I remember when that one came out. It got rave reviews in the game mags. I mean, they were some of the best ratings the mags ever gave out. I couldn't understand why, of course I never played it but it simply looked odd and it didn't look anything like the old coin op game of the same name.

None of my friends played it and frankly nobody I new in the flight sim community was playing it either. I'm still very confused by what it was and why it was considered so great.

I am a bit curious, I mean, maybe I missed something.

When it first came out, I was a bit skeptical about it, too (how can a remake of a 20 year old game be this good?), but the then seemingly endless raving about it piqued my curiosity. I then realized the only thing the game had in common with its arcade counterpart were the tanks.

Being able to command squads of tanks while managing your resources/bases and battling other tank squads in a first person perspective all through your tank made it a pretty unique game for its time (since back then your only alternatives for real-time strategy games were either Star/Warcraft, Command and Conquer or Total Annihilation). It was an odd concept, which was more than likely why it tanked in sales (no pun intended). Among that, I thought the story and setting were pretty immersive as well.

By todays standards, the game is a bit dated, but if you can catch it in a bargain bin or something, I think you'd still be able to squeeze a few hours of entertainment from it. Or better yet, hopefully it'll resurface on GOG.com.

for right now ?

I would say

FoF
CoG:EE
WitE
EDtBTR

WiTP: AE

DOTA....
DotA has come quite a long way and it's been turned into a masterpiece. The game is more fun, more intense and, of course, more addictive. The new heroes will make the delight of any player and the new items and recipes will provide a better and more balanced gameplay. It still feels like DotA, but sometimes, while playing, you will feel like a noob, because of the various changes that will take weeks to master.

Some folks are going to have a hard time figuring out what games some of you are referring to. FoF, CoG:EE, WitE, EDtBTR, WiTP: AE, DOTA--it will look like alphabet soup to them. [:-]

ORIGINAL: Greybriar

Some folks are going to have a hard time figuring out what games some of you are referring to. FoF, CoG:EE, WitE, EDtBTR, WiTP: AE, DOTA--it will look like alphabet soup to them. [:-]

greesh

Forge of Freedom
Crown of Glory: part two (don't know how to spell that word)
War in the East
Eagleday to Bombing the Reich
War in the Pacific :AE
drawing a blank on the last one myself ?

DOTA is a mispell....they mean CotA - Conquest of the Aegean

DotA=Defense of the Ancients, don't make me post that basshunter song...

Edit: Judge, I'm sure it was actually a typo, I don't think a reference on this board to a WC3-based clickfest could be intentional...

ooops

Candyland
Chutes & Ladders
Mouse Trap

Mille Bornes racing card game

ORIGINAL: Yogi the Great

Candyland
Chutes & Ladders
Mouse Trap

Funny you mention Chutes & Ladders. A few weeks ago, me and four friends played the game for money. Everyone put $30 dollars each in a pot with winner take all. Let me tell you, it changed this childs' game into one of the most vicious and competitive game I've seen. I didn't remember the game to be so cutthrought.We had fun though,can you imagine 5 grown men sitting around a Chutes & Ladder board! I guess gambling can make any game an "adult" game.[:D]
I didn't win. [:(]

If you're talking boardgames:

Flattop
Wooden Ships and Iron Men
Ironclads
Dauntless/Air Force
Wings
Great Campaigns of the Civil War
Advanced Squad Leader
Submarine

for sports it was:

Speed Circuit (I made my own tracks for it - greatly increased the realism level)
Bowl Bound


For computers:

War In The Pacific (original and Admiral's Edition)
Uncommon Valor
Bombing the Reich
Steel Panthers


Elders Scrolls: Oblivion
Fallout 3

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I remember when that one came out. It got rave reviews in the game mags. I mean, they were some of the best ratings the mags ever gave out. I couldn't understand why, of course I never played it but it simply looked odd and it didn't look anything like the old coin op game of the same name.

None of my friends played it and frankly nobody I knew in the flight sim community was playing it either. I'm still very confused by what it was and why it was considered so great.

I am a bit curious, I mean, maybe I missed something.


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Jeffery,

It was the multiplayer IIRC that made it fun. I had some hardcore Falcon players that liked a diversion every now and then.

Large maps, and lots of things to do.

Lord Beluga,

I have moved on to Supreme Commander, which I play from time to time and enjoy it almost as much as Total Annihilation.

Like JD, I do like eye candy at times.

ORIGINAL: LordBeluga

Total Annihilation was another title I enjoyed. The plot's null but the variety of units made it interesting.

Have you played the remake The Spring Project? It's only in beta but it's pretty solid and has a large player-base, so you'll always have some one to fight against online. It's also a great alternative to Supreme Commander if you simply do not have the juice needed to run the beast. [:D]

ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.
I remember when that one came out. It got rave reviews in the game mags. I mean, they were some of the best ratings the mags ever gave out. I couldn't understand why, of course I never played it but it simply looked odd and it didn't look anything like the old coin op game of the same name.

None of my friends played it and frankly nobody I new in the flight sim community was playing it either. I'm still very confused by what it was and why it was considered so great.

I am a bit curious, I mean, maybe I missed something.

When it first came out, I was a bit skeptical about it, too (how can a remake of a 20 year old game be this good?), but the then seemingly endless raving about it piqued my curiosity. I then realized the only thing the game had in common with its arcade counterpart were the tanks.

Being able to command squads of tanks while managing your resources/bases and battling other tank squads in a first person perspective all through your tank made it a pretty unique game for its time (since back then your only alternatives for real-time strategy games were either Star/Warcraft, Command and Conquer or Total Annihilation). It was an odd concept, which was more than likely why it tanked in sales (no pun intended). Among that, I thought the story and setting were pretty immersive as well.

By todays standards, the game is a bit dated, but if you can catch it in a bargain bin or something, I think you'd still be able to squeeze a few hours of entertainment from it. Or better yet, hopefully it'll resurface on GOG.com.
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survival horror like Silent Hill series and fatal frames. for simulations my fav is harvest moon series and best of all, the Sims 2! i can't wait for The Sims 3 next year. it must be fun to watch those little computer people getting complicated and more alive.
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dsl internet providers Choosing Your Surgeon

Fantastic use of a spam sig, sir. And I actually must commend you on having one link to a dsl provider, and another that claims to be for...a surgeon?

ORIGINAL: Arctic Blast
Fantastic use of a spam sig, sir. And I actually must commend you on having one link to a dsl provider, and another that claims to be for...a surgeon?

You have to give that spambot's author credit, though. It's actually responding to thread topics when it can pick one out (favourite game, what music are you playing, etc.); maybe I just frequent the wrong websites but I've never seen that before.

Another six months and we'll have spambots telling us at great length why WitP:AE is a superior game to TOAW3, before going on to directing us to somebody selling life insurance and selling Viagra. [X(]