/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1338749]

GAMES FOR SHIT COMPUTERS THREAD

so, i already have every emulator ever, old DOS games, and games like worms armaggedon and plants vs zombies.

what else is there? you can remind me of some DOS game i might've forgot if you want

[Anonymous No.1338762]

>>1338749
Do VNs count?

those things run on anything

[Anonymous No.1338767]

>>1338762
vagus nerve stimulation?
lol what are you talking about, i'm sorry i'm new on this board

[Anonymous No.1338772]

>>1338767
Japanese reading games

[Anonymous No.1338771]

>>1338767
Visual Novels. You know, those mostly japanese text-heavy "games" with images and you just read and click away.

You can get more oldschool point-and-click adventure games too in case you don't have all of them already.

[Anonymous No.1338776]

The Immortal is pretty good but very tough

[Anonymous No.1338779]

>>1338771
never played any visual novel. Is there any gameplay or you just read and click and read?

I already have monkey island and the likes, you could suggest some of those tho.

[Anonymous No.1338781]

Starcraft. Running on every PC and version of Windows since 1998.

[Anonymous No.1338782]

>>1338779
The most gameplay those games have are multiple choices that affect endings;

It's like reading a comic book/manga but with less image and a lot more text and multiple endings. It can be fun or not, depending on your tolerance to japanese stuff.

[Anonymous No.1338793]

>>1338749
i wish someone came up with a hi-res mod of liero and c-dogs.

anyway, you might also want to partition your HDD to install win95. there's a few good games from 1995-1998 that only work in win95(not even win 98 due to DLLs ro something). other option is virtual machine, but that software ain't free and require a modern non-shit pc.

[Anonymous No.1338794]

aesthetically, dawn of war is pretty much the most fun RTS there is

its super easy/simple though, so that's a turn off if you want actual gameplay

and of course, total annihilation and old C+Cs

depending on how bad the computer is, it will probably run TF2 which is some distance better than call of duty clones

there are literally thousands of roguelikes and tower defense games to choose from, try desktop dungeons or kingdom rush

[Anonymous No.1338806]

thanks for the suggestions so far, i'm checking out these
This board seems nice. And i'm totally a retro gamer, so i might stick around

[Anonymous No.1338817]

trust me its not

just 20 year olds arguing about games that are 25 years old, and they're still dusting off turf wars from ages long forgotten

I am not exaggerating when I say that this board consists of 'listen to this youtube link,' 'remember this shitty game I played when I was 12,' and 'there is only one correct way to enjoy this ancient piece of software'

Thats it, every thread here falls into one of those three categories. The only thing that isn't complete garbage is the doom general, and that should be in /vg/

Just jump back into the frying pan: /v/ is still horrible but it least it has actual discussion and content.

[Anonymous No.1338824]

>>1338793
I remember there being a game called Molez which was a lot like Liero but with higher res graphics

[Anonymous No.1338836]

>>1338817
yeah whatever. This thread seems to work.
Bump

[Anonymous No.1338854]

>>1338817
at the time of me writing this the ogre battle thread DIRECTLY BELOW this comment is actually discussing the game without falling into your 3 categories.

so your point is empty

[Anonymous No.1338874]

Boppin'

http://jenniverse.com/boppin%20main.html

[Anonymous No.1338890]

>>1338749
Carmageddon had a DOS release but it should work fine on 95/98 as well

of course the Doom series

Worms was always fun but I guess you know that

the early Duke Nukem games were pretty cool too

cant think of much else, first PC I ever touched was a windows 98 so I didnt really rely on too many DOS games

at least not to my knowledge

[Anonymous No.1338896]

>>1338890
Decent series as well.

[Anonymous No.1338919]

Let me refer you to this thread. Myth series. Works on any PC that can handle PvZ

>>/vr/1322648

Might typed the link wrong just substitute it.

[Anonymous No.1338937]

any indie games worth playing?
i have supercratebox, cave story, and some "azumanga daiooh beach volley"

[Anonymous No.1338952]

>>>/gog.com/

[Anonymous No.1338964]

>>1338952
>buying games

[Anonymous No.1338983]

>>1338964
Pardon the fuck out of them for wanting a bit of cash for taking the time to make old games work on modern PCs with minimum kicking and screaming, no region locking, DRM, or region pricing, providing soundtracks, and individual forums for each series.

[Anonymous No.1338984]

>>1338983
yeah... no.

[Anonymous No.1338991]

>>1338984
Sounds like we gots us a poorfag. Enjoy fucking about with dosbox, compatibility, and drivers.

[Anonymous No.1338994]

>>1338991
enjoy wasting ur money rich white sheltered boy.
There's more free games on the internet than i could play in my entire life and you expect me to pay?

[Anonymous No.1338998]

>>1338994
Sheltered? No. I was taught the value of hard work, earning shit, and appreciating what you get. You were taught that you just had to say "broken home" and "asperger's syndrome" to get what you wanted. Meaning you have never earned anything in your life.

Me? Job, house, and a pretty decent computer. You? White trash. Now mop my floors and maybe I'll give you a tuppence.

[Anonymous No.1339019]

>>1338998
the value of hard work? i don't wanna turn this into /pol/ but that shit died with your grampas.
Now the low class will always be low class, and the rich will always be rich, you can't climb social classes like a ladder.

So shut the fuck up stupid rich white boy, you don't know how it's like not to be rich enough to waste money on games or 4k tvs

[Anonymous No.1339041]

>>1339019
What do you do for a living exactly?

[Anonymous No.1339084]

Well this thread went to shit.

poor guy: you can torrent the GOG versions of stuff easily, browse the site like it's a catalogue for what's available to torrent if you really don't want to buy anything. Thief 2 is a great game that will work on older computers.

rich guy: I agree with you, I've bought a handful of GOG releases that I wanted to support. It's a great site. I torrent the ones that I don't believe are worth the price though, but those are few and far between.

[Anonymous No.1339090]

Try the ultima game series, youre welcome, pic relaterd its costume I wear whike playing ultima 6

[Anonymous No.1339104]

>>1338817

>/v/ is still horrible but it least it has actual discussion and content.
> actual discussion and content.

kek
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[Anonymous No.1339153]

>>1338793
>other option is virtual machine, but that software ain't free
Not really the point of the thread, but I feel the need to mention you can use VMware player to make and use virtual machines, for free.

[Anonymous No.1339409]

>>1338749
define: shit computer

[Anonymous No.1339475]

>>1338991
>Enjoy fucking about with dosbox, compatibility, and drivers.
Or he could... pirate the GOG release? Without having to pay for abandonware.

[Anonymous No.1339487]

>>1339090
siree, pls kindly go die quietly in a fire, ye flithy korean MMO LARP-er!!!

[Anonymous No.1339490]

>>1339475
ain't half the GOG games actually built-in with dosbox and sometimes badly configured too???

[Anonymous No.1339494]

>>1339490
They only use dosbox when tweaking the game to work on modern systems simply isn't possible.

[Anonymous No.1339510]

>>1339475
Protip shithead: software still being sold is not "abandonware".

[Anonymous No.1339516]

>>1339510
No one cares. Obeying copyright law is for losers.

[Anonymous No.1339517]

>>1339510
Games like that in the vast majority of cases weren't being sold for years, even decades, were floating for free on abandonware sites free for grabs and nobody gave a fuck. Enter GOG and them getting rights to these games for a few pennies as they go to make millions off fools like you. Giving them cash benefits nobody at all.

[Anonymous No.1339520]

>>1339517
It shows demand for classics that might make people sitting on the rights of old gems decide to do something with their IPs.

*coughgrimfandangocough*

[Anonymous No.1339521]

>>1339520
I haven't paid much attention to their developments, but is this how the new Shadow Warrior and Rise of the Triad came about?

[Anonymous No.1339527]

>>1339520
>It shows demand for classics that might make people sitting on the rights of old gems decide to do something with their IPs.
If they still have it in them, they're probably still making games of comparable quality regardless of demand.
If they don't have it in them anymore, why would anybody want a crappy cash-in sequel to their beloved game?

[Anonymous No.1339530]

>>1339527
>If they still have it in them, they're probably still making games of comparable quality regardless of demand.

Hypothetical situation: Company I like made lots of good FPS games in the 90s. Now they make good RPGs. But I prefer FPS games. Why wouldn't I want them picking up FPS games again.

[Anonymous No.1339531]

>>1339517
>HOW DARE YOU POINT OUT THE MORAL FAILINGS INHERENT IN MY GLORIOUS PIRACY

Are you honestly that broke that you have to defend a stupid idea with even dumber posts?

>>1339527

Never mind... you are.

[Anonymous No.1339551]

>>1338793
VirtualBox or VMWare Player
or QEMU with KVM

[Anonymous No.1339562]

Form the people who brought you GTA

[Anonymous No.1339612]

Blake stone: aliens of gold. Its one of the most advanced and fun Wolfenstien 3D style games out there. Its great fun. Also raptor call of the shadows is a great shump that originally ran on DOS.

[Anonymous No.1339619]

If you haven't already get Descent 1+2 and the Descent Rebirth mod. It'll get the adrenaline flowin' and the motion sickness goin'. Maybe. I was raised on that shit so I never felt ill playing it for all of the hours but many aren't so fortunate.

[Anonymous No.1339626]

OP, >>1338896 means the Descent series, which was released on both PC and Playstation.

[Anonymous No.1339859]

>>1338937
There are literally a thousand indie games worth playing.

I don't know if you've seen this before, but this is really only the tip of the iceberg, and some of the most famous. If you haven't played any of these, you're welcome.

[Anonymous No.1339862]

>>1338817
>Doom general
>should be in /vg/
Moot himself said otherwise. Deal with it, nerd.