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Bitmap Frogs on 22 February 2009
SuperDave said:
I was about to recommend the Home of the Underdogs website since it was a great place to find old games that were freely available, but they seem to be down, hopefully not permanently.

Stone Prophet and Strahd's possession were fun games. I miss those multi-game packs that TSR used to put out. The 2 Dark Sun games were a lot of fun too (Shattered Lands & Wake of the Ravager).

As for other retro games, I'm partial to the wizardry series and find myself cracking out 7 and 8 every once in awhile.

 

HoTu is gone, probably forever.

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SuperDave on 23 February 2009

I also really enjoyed the Quest for Glory series back when, though they weren't exactly what you would call traditional RPG's.



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Mummelmann on 23 February 2009

I played Quest for Glory 3 last night, damn near woke my roommates up with the shrill midi sounds!
I got like 50 retro games last night, I'll be in gamer heaven for months.
These old games are just so goddamned playable, you know?
Plain awesome!

I had some problems with Need for Speed though, the first one, graphics are messed up with gay colors bouncing all over, could it be poor VGA/-S-VGA emulation in my GPU?



Pyramid Head on 23 February 2009

if you wanna go mid 90s, search for westwoods blade runner game

like a mystery rpg, with the cast from the movie minus harrison ford



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Words Of Wisdom on 23 February 2009

I recommend Arcanum.



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Magnific0 on 23 February 2009

Old HARDCORE JRPGs

Dragon Warrior 4 (NES)
Phantasy Star 2 (Genesis)
Breath of Fire (SNES)


Bitmap Frogs on 23 February 2009
Magnific0 said:

Old HARDCORE JRPGs

Dragon Warrior 4 (NES)
Phantasy Star 2 (Genesis)
Breath of Fire (SNES)

 

Seriously, play Angband. It's freeware, multiplatform, and a hardcore rpg.

Ah, Crusaders of the Dark Savant is a masterpiece (Wizardry 7).





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Pyramid Head on 23 February 2009

phantasy star 2 was awful



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SuperDave on 24 February 2009

This thread is making me want to reinstall these games, man they were fun. Crusaders of the Dark Savant was probably my favourite of the lot.



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The Lurker on 24 February 2009

Well, I second ADoM, [Z]Angband, NetHack... nobody's mentioned NetHack yet?

Wizardry, Ultima, Quest for Glory all rock. You could try The Bard's Tale 1-3. The old Bard's Tale games are much more role-playish than the new one.

If you like sci-fi, Wasteland, Fallout or the MegaTraveller games.

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader -- This game's not very old (2003), but I just discovered it and thought I'd mention it. It's by Black Isle, but I've heard it's not their best work. I don't know, the thought of a Black Isle game I haven't played intrigues me.



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