Oldies but Goodies and replayability

[junk2drive]

Old games are like old girlfriends someone said. In my teens I tried that and quickly remembered why we broke up the first time.

I found an old game on CD in the garage. Load it into DVD/CDR tray. Light flashes but nothing appears in My Computer. Did the foil go bad?

[Anguille]

I play a lot of old games...i've been playing MOO for almost 20 years now...not as much as i used to but still on a regular basis. Another game i've been playing for 15 years is Civil War Generals 2...nothing similar on the market, unbelievable.
I've just recentely started to play Homeworld I for the first time...tougth and great game...will keep me busy for a while. Afterwards i will be playing O.R.B. (looks superb)...i just started a new game of Birth of the Federation today.

And then there are some games that are still "new" for me, like Sword of the Stars, Children of the Nile or Stronghold 2.

But i am also playing new games...currentely: Gemini Wars, Scourge of War: Chancellorville and Commander: the Great WarG.

For other games i still play, see my signature ;)

[Father Ted]

Coincidentally, a couple of days back I got Simcity 2000 to run on my machine.  I had such fond memories of that game and I was worried I'd ruin them, but it's as good as it ever was.  Just terrific pacing.

[MetalDog]

I'm usually broke, so old equals play what you've got ;-)

@Anguille:  I have Civil War Generals 2 and I enjoy it, but doesn't it get old?  I mean, playing the grand campaign, if you get one or two outstanding results, everything just seems to go haywire.

[Anguille]

I'm usually broke, so old equals play what you've got ;-)

@Anguille:  I have Civil War Generals 2 and I enjoy it, but doesn't it get old?  I mean, playing the grand campaign, if you get one or two outstanding results, everything just seems to go haywire.

I am not sure. I always play as the Confederates so the odds are usually bad. I am just replaying the battle of Chancellorville as a single battle...(again as Confederate)...tougth tougth.

But i guess that playing the Union is just too easy...so many troops.

And yet, nobody produced a similar game since then...i find this very strange.

[MetalDog]

^ I love the game and wish someone would do something similar.  I never played the Confederates.  However, if the Union won too many lopsided battles in a row, the campaign would just be unrecognizable.

[TheCommandTent]

I still enjoy playing John Tiller's Campaign Series for some reason it never gets old to me, perhaps because it was my first computer wargame.

[Bison]

I still enjoy playing John Tiller's Campaign Series for some reason it never gets old to me, perhaps because it was my first computer wargame.

Me too brother.  I love JTCS.

[Gusington]

The two older games I go back to the most are Thief (each of them) and Medieval 2 Total War.

[jomni]

Microsoft Flight Simulator X.  The add-on market keeps the game fresh.

[Boggit]

I play my older games all the time. If a game is good and fun, then it stays on my hard drive. The sad thing is when the new OS's screw up compatibility, but what can you do? (other than use dosbox or a re-model of a classic)

[Anguille]

^ I love the game and wish someone would do something similar.  I never played the Confederates.  However, if the Union won too many lopsided battles in a row, the campaign would just be unrecognizable.

The problem is that the AI is good at offensive strategies but doen't apply well defensive strategies...which is deadly for the Confederation troops...

[Windigo]

Total Annihilation

[Jack Nastyface]

I still haven't got around to replacing my now-deceased gaming laptop with a new rig, so I am somewhat limited in my gaming choices, so old games are frequent choices for me.  I finally got around to playing AND finishing the NATO and Resistance campaigns in Operartion Flashpoint and enjoyed it immensely (only had to use the "savegame" cheat on ONE mission).  I also play IL-2:1946 on a fairly regular basis...it still holds up as a good (great) WWII sim.  Perhaps the "oldests" game I regularly play is Flight Commander II ,Red Baron II, SWAT3 (and SWAT4).  Very rarely, I will also start up Chuck Yeagar's Air Combat in DosBOX.

I would also have included Steel Beasts and Close Combat: A Bridge too Far in this list, but recently bought the upgrades so they don't see time on my hard-drive anymore.

Jack "it's the man, not the machine" Nastyface

[Longdan]

Pong is boring now