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PROBATION  Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008     | |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 988 Joined: 22 Sep 2008     | System Shock 2 desperately needs a proper Windows XP patch. The fan-made mods and fixes work sometimes, but not all the time, and I've been unable to get the game playable for months. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 457 Joined: 22 Sep 2008    | More importantly, we need some serious Vista patches for some older games. Oh, and I'd love to see the old Fallouts redone with sharper graphics. I'm just worried that if I would try to go pack and play them again, the horribly dated graphics would be tough to overcome. (Not necessarily the game's fault, they are over 10 years old) |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 706 Joined: 8 Sep 2008     | sid meirs: crack(and sid miers: crack 2) |
PROBATION Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 |
"XP patch" means XP patch. User was put on probation for: Poll: Deus Ex, Awsome game?. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1112 Joined: 9 Feb 2008    |
That, and any dark engine game really. |
PROBATION Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 | One of the X-com games that DOESN'T have an XP patch. Not sure which ATM... IT was a bloody hard game... User was put on probation for: Poll: Deus Ex, Awsome game?. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 896 Joined: 2 Feb 2008  |
maybe its just me but are you hinting at other bullfrog games being unoriginal? 0.o but yeah a nice XP patch for that would be nice..and Dungeon Keeper.. and Warhammer Dark Omen and Warlords 3... and tyrian.. christ i think of quite a few. |
PROBATION Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 | I meant the first ever original Theme Park. Not the crappy remakes like Sim Theme Park and god knows what else there was. Theme Hospital wins, Hospital Tycoon fails. User was put on probation for: Poll: Deus Ex, Awsome game?. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4296 Joined: 20 Dec 2007    | This thread needs to be on the gog.com beta forums so this can actually happen! |
Muckraker  Posts: 242 Joined: 10 Jul 2008  | Discworld II and Discworld Noir. |
BANNED  Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007  | Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2. Seriously, you couldn't play it on anything after 98. And Vista absolutely refuses to let it work. User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Copy Clerk Posts: 107 Joined: 3 Sep 2008    | Grim Fandango. I've tried absolutely EVERYTHING to try and get this to work on XP, but nothing ever does :( |
BANNED Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 |
Have you tried Gametap? They have it. You may have to pay a monthly fee to play it, but they have some awesome games there, and I beleive for paying the monthly fee you get all the games to play. User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Time Lord  Posts: 9984 Joined: 13 Feb 2008     |
works on mine fine...I did post a link sometime ago but I've no idea where it is now... Edit : you have tried this I assume? http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=171217 |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 608 Joined: 6 Oct 2008    | Twisted Metal... Rune: Viking Warlord... Vectorman... Ummm.... That's all I've got for right now, I'll be around later though. EDIT: OH! And one game I was obsessed with when I was really little was The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse on SNES... Good times with that one... |
Time Lord Posts: 9984 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 |
Again, I have both running on Xp. http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=11600 for Discworld 2 |
Copy Clerk Posts: 107 Joined: 3 Sep 2008 |
Are you sure Gametap has it? I tried the search function, but nothing comes up..
Yeah, I've tried all the support forums I can find. I've managed to play through year one with minimal problems, but I'd just freeze and crash randomly in year two. Anyways, I really wish Lucasarts could find the brains to leave Star Wars alone for a few years and maybe give their loyal adventure games cult a break. |
Paperboy  Posts: 42 Joined: 3 Jan 2008   | All of you are forgetting, you can just use a virtual PC if it's playability you want. If you expect a remake or something, good luck. |
BANNED  Posts: 814 Joined: 23 Apr 2008 |
I concur. It's an ongoing issue with a recognized classic. On an unrelated note, does anyone else experience REALLY FAST world map travel in Fallout 2 under XP? It's not the sort of thing that utterly ruins the experience, but it basically eliminates the need for the highwayman and reduces the number of random encounters significantly. Oddly, the same is not true of Fallout 1. User was banned for: Ballad (?) of an ex-goth. (Permanent) |
Muckraker  Posts: 336 Joined: 14 Sep 2008 |
I get the same problem too in Fallout 2, but only sometimes. |
Paperboy Posts: 32 Joined: 15 Feb 2008  | The really fast world map travel in fallout 2 is a very funny issue. The movement rate is based on the speed of your processor for some reason, but the random encounter rate is independent so it pretty much removes random encounters completely depending on your specs. If you buy it through gog.com the issue is fixed. Also some of the mods for the game fix the issue as well. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 360 Joined: 16 Oct 2008  | Duke Nukem 3D. That would be sweet with HD graphics. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 907 Joined: 15 Jun 2008    | They should update the infocom games. I loved those when I was a kid, even though I was never good enough to get very far they were always lots of fun. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 7 Joined: 14 May 2008  | Alpha Centauri Though the official error is a CPU one I think. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 885 Joined: 24 Nov 2007   |
Try keeping a Windows 98 laptop on hand. Worked for me. XD |
PROBATION Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 | Imperium Galactica 1\2 User was put on probation for: Poll: Deus Ex, Awsome game?. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 973 Joined: 26 Apr 2009   | I would love to see the Driver series brought back and made non crappy again. Earthworm Jim is another game that was awesome back in the day. I would have put MechWarrior in here too but thats already coming woot! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1381 Joined: 18 Sep 2008  | theif games, I'd say dungeon keeper 1 but that runs on dos box, though three (in the vien of 1 not 2) would also be awesome |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 956 Joined: 1 Apr 2009   | Master of magic |
Beat Writer  Posts: 156 Joined: 29 Mar 2009  | Wasteland. Oh Cthulhu and the might Atom, PLEASE! PLEASE! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1450 Joined: 20 Mar 2008  |
You, as roughly 95% of the internet, are so reluctant to change that even someone with severe autism would punch you for it and tell you to accept it. |
Beat Writer Posts: 156 Joined: 29 Mar 2009 |
Honestly, I've never had a problem with Vista. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 444 Joined: 29 Jun 2009 |
That's exactly my problem with old games, I find it extremely hard to get past the outdated Graphics, I tend to have an acute sensitivity to Graphic's and Frames Per Second, which makes it even worse ¬___¬ |
Muckraker  Posts: 242 Joined: 30 Apr 2009 | I want a new Chrono Trigger game. Sequel or remake would work for me. I want a good Castlevania game, another 2d would be ok, or if they could just learn to do 3d right. |
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We all remember those special games from back when we could barely talk, yet we were building theme parks or hospitals or pizza empires far and wide.
My fondest memory as a little diaperstainer was Theme Park. THe first, original, and BEST Bullfrog creation to date.
It was massive fun, it was as easy as you wanted (Or as hard..), and it was the first of its' kind.
What older games do you want brought back into the daylight with either updated-graphics remakes or perhaps XP patches?
(My idea of a "remake" is graphical only, and maybe bugfixes or music quality increase. Klonoa : Door to phantomile for the PS 1 is getting re-done for the Wii. Go check it out to see a good example).