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If it's on a cd, it ain't old yet.

[-] essell@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Exactly.

Old games come in large cardboard boxes to accommodate the manual, with disks rattling around inside.

And in one case, a vacuum packed t-shirt too!

Ahhh the manuals... and the mail order hint guides. Those were the days.

[-] essell@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Did anyone ever fill out those registration cards?

[-] skygirl@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Not yet, but I am old enough... lol

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Omg, thanks for this. I was looking for the name of Gunman and Oni. Played them when I was younger and forgot what they were called.

[-] Mesophar@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Came here to leave the same comment! I have such distinct memories of Gunman, but could never remember the name of the game.

[-] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I used to play one of those demo disc games where you get to fly an aircraft and do missiona, but back then i had bo clue what the mission was i was just happy being able to fly.

I never stopped playing games, i was always taught that you can't pilot when you're colorblind so i was convinced video games would allow me to do things real life would never let me.

Skyrim really caught me and after that cyberpunk took it's place, i just love being rewarded for your work and getting to do cool shit with that money.

Real life barely feels like you're being rewarded anymore imo.

[-] And009@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 4 days ago

Eidos, I know that name.. Anyone remember commandos?

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Alarm! Alarm!

[-] farcaller@fstab.sh 4 points 3 days ago

There were quite a few games using the same formula (and improving on it), to the point where I feel Desperados would be my favorite in that genre, not Commandos itself.

I still remember having to reparation my drive and reinstall windows, upgrading from fat16, because commandos wouldn’t fit on either partition.

[-] And009@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Going through Desperados 3 after wastelands myself. Shadow tactic up next.

For me Xcom mechanics is goat. For all my life I'd been into RTS, rise of nations kind.

Commandos remaster is on the way. Maybe I'll pick it up to remind myself of childhood horrors

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[-] sirico@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago

Igi, Deus ex, NASCAR 2, there's a lot of milestone games there

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago
[-] Chozo@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago

Agent 47 looks like he's seen some shit.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Wolf's logo rocks. I believe all id games have that touch, even Rage.

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[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

I should start collecting physical PC games

[-] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

These games are so old i can almost hear the clack-clack of the CRT monitor changing resolution as the game launches.

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

I can't believe someone else got gunman chronicles. Although mine looks more like a half life cover than yours.

Rtcw is also my goto memory whenever someone mentions Wolfenstein. The modded 64 player servers were a blast despite the lag.

[-] wattanao@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Everybody way oh!

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

I dont't think I've ever played an eidos game that actually worked and ran out of the box. Such a bad experience.

FF7 was hot garbage

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