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Posted by: Thanee Oct 2 2010, 06:30 AM
This place tunes up the old games to run on Windows and DRM free. Pretty nice! 
http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/
Bye
Thanee
Posted by: Fabe Oct 3 2010, 04:17 AM
I've bought 4 games so far from them and they all run fine,definitely worth checking out.
Posted by: Dumori Oct 3 2010, 08:46 AM
Yes gog.com is cool though finding ames I don't still have on disc that still run is harder than one might think? Me and my hoarding. I mean I just got a copy of postal: classic nd uncut for 49p not the $5.99 it is on gog.com
Posted by: Voran Oct 3 2010, 11:03 PM
Man Freespace 2. I loved that game series, its a pity nothing more happened with it. Sure we've had other spacefightersim games since then, but I still feel they handled the weight and challenge of attacking a capital ship, or just watching 2 cap ships fight each other, better than any other game I've played. Better than Wing Commander, better than Star Wars... Flying through flak explosions, anti-fighter beam weapons, dodging between beam exchanges of 2 cruisers beating the crap out of each other....they don't make games like that anymore.
Posted by: Dumori Oct 4 2010, 06:46 PM
IDK the X serrise can be like that.
Posted by: Doc Chase Oct 4 2010, 07:50 PM
"We just built the Yamato of spacecraft! We'll knock that planetkiller back to wherever spawned it!"
"Hooray, we blew it u-SHIT SIX MORE JUST JUMPED IN"
I love the entire Freespace series for being one step forward, two cruisers back.
Posted by: Voran Oct 4 2010, 08:07 PM
Yknow, I don't even think it was a meme/trope yet (not even sure if it is one yet), but my immediate thought when the whole "We're going to build a supercruiser!" thing happened, was "Hm. 1)That thing is going to do awesome at first 2)Shortly thereafter its going to get pounded. 3)Yknow what, I'm also betting for some dumb reason the 5000 squadrons based in that thing won't be able to fight in the mission where it dies.
Though I may have gotten that vibe because I had seen it before with the big glass cannon in Wing Commander 3.
Posted by: Doc Chase Oct 4 2010, 08:13 PM
And Prophecy, where the supercruiser had a fo'realz glass cannon that fired a grand total of once?
Posted by: Dumori Oct 4 2010, 09:07 PM
I prefer the playing Homeworld 2 to going well it's not like they'll play the attacked in training card again but this time let you build up a force early but have much more combat heavy missions. Nope the same thing happens you get attacked before you are quite ready you new home planted is siiged (at least this time its not genocide) and the missions do have more heavy combat but no real extra arming time.
I mean you could almost see it happening in the first game.
Posted by: Blade Oct 5 2010, 09:00 AM
Freespace 2 is still alive. The source code has been released and a dedicated fanbase has since then improved both the code and the resources (graphics, sounds, music) and created a lot of very good campaigns and even a few interesting mods.
The best of all is that thanks to the licence of the latest version of Freespace which allows sharing the game with friends, you can get all this for free.
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/
Posted by: Doc Chase Oct 5 2010, 01:53 PM
I hear there was a rather good Battlestar Galactica port for Freespace 2. Means I'll have to pick up a joystick again, but it'd be worth it to fly a Viper.
Posted by: Tanegar Oct 6 2010, 01:41 AM
There's a decent Battlestar Galactica mod for Homeworld 2. It's a little unstable, but http://www.moddb.com/mods/battlestar-galactica-fleet-commander
Posted by: Dumori Oct 6 2010, 09:33 PM
I recall a rather epic Star War mod for home world two. Tough star wars sucks for blance he tried to price things right. But HUGE ttech tree.
Posted by: Tanegar Oct 7 2010, 04:23 AM
You recall correctly, sir. It had its issues (default game type was essentially an unwinnable sandbox, since the "construction" unit for all players was an indestructible nav beacon where their ships warped in) but there was fun to be had setting up fantasy engagements.
Posted by: Bert Oct 15 2010, 04:39 AM
I love gog. I've purchased more than a few games from them, and I've had no problems what so ever. Definatly (sp? too lazy to check) recommend.
Posted by: Critias Oct 15 2010, 05:41 PM
Master of Orion 2!
Squee!
Posted by: silva Oct 16 2010, 03:47 PM
Might and Magic 6: Mandate of Heaven!
Age of Wonders 1 !
oh.. the memories..
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