Older, Good PC games that I should play

I'm installing half-life right now(hopefully it runs OKAY). I don't know what I can really play because all I have is some shitty built in intel graphics card. I can't play anything that is very graphics intensive, and preferrably runs in WINE. Any suggestions? Do you think diablo or starcraft would work on this old machine?

dammit, can somebody move this to general banter?

Aphex Twin Brothers, the PC port of the Sega Genesis classic, is a good start.

Morrowind

a new computer

Goddamnit get some Doom rocking

  On 7/30/2009 at 8:57 AM, Capsaicin said:

Morrowind

If Half Life 1 only works OK, morrowind will NEVER IN HELL run. Sorry brah, but tis true.

starcraft will work, diablo1 will work, d2 maybe not.

you running a linux box?

Free GTA1/2 are worth playing on any computer.

Oh man. Get yourself a copy of DOSBox ( http://www.dosbox.com/ ) and then check out a few abandonware sites, play some good old classics from the 80s and 90s! Home of the Underdogs ( http://www.hotud.org/ ) is a really great and recently-resurrected source for old games, some will run in Windows but most of them will need DOSBox. Almost all of them will run on your decrepit old computer! The DOS Museum (http://www.dosmuseum.com) is a smaller, DOS-only resource, but it's got some great obscure classics on there nevertheless.

Of course, if it's Diablo you like, I recommend the (not quite but nearly) original hack-and-slash RPG, Nethack ( http://www.nethack.org/ ). It's been in continuous development since 1985 (like me), still updated today. Randomly-generated dungeons, loads of character races and classes, and more depth and replayability than any Diablo clone. And its graphics are created entirely using ASCII characters, so the system requirements are negligable. The graphics take a bit of getting used to, but give it a chance - it's very rewarding and incredibly addictive. I've been trying to beat it for longer than I can remember.

I installed morrowind yesterday and it runs horribly. Really jerky and slow to move around the game screen, and having to click on dialogue choices with the mouse pointer is a real chore. Is this just the way the game goes down? It gave me a headache after an hour of play. Ive got 3gig of ram and a dual core processor so I can't imagine it's that. Maybe the game doesn't like Vista?

Myst, Starcraft, Doom, Deus Ex, Half Life, Powerslide, WIpeout XL

  On 7/30/2009 at 7:13 PM, assegai said:

Myst

Has to be the most over-rated game of the 90s.

grim fandango

fallout

  On 7/30/2009 at 7:25 PM, zaphod said:

grim fandango

fallout

Grim Fandango is very hard to run on Vista, so I've heard. You can get Fallout for $6 at gog.com though - definitely recommended!

  On 7/30/2009 at 7:19 PM, Iain C said:

  On 7/30/2009 at 7:13 PM, assegai said:

Myst

 

Has to be the most over-rated game of the 90s.

you are incorrect sir

Quake, The Daedalus Encounter, Full Throttle, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, The Incredible Machine 2, Hexen 2, Blood, Clive Barker's Undying

  On 7/30/2009 at 7:33 PM, doorjamb said:

  On 7/30/2009 at 7:19 PM, Iain C said:

  On 7/30/2009 at 7:13 PM, assegai said:

Myst

 

Has to be the most over-rated game of the 90s.

 

 

you are incorrect sir

No, I am correct. Weak CG graphics, confusing navigation, illogical puzzles, and what story? Play something by LucasArts instead.

Edited to add that I don't care about graphics particularly, I play textmode games; but when you compare it to LucasArts games of the same era, it's clear to see which has aged better.

is he running vista? it works fine in xp, i know that much. very worth getting. also pick up jedi knight, although if you have trouble running half life maybe scale back to dark forces.

Fallout 1 and 2! From GOG.com. Absolutely essential games.

Although it might be somewhat hard to find, Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II was super fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi_Knight:_Dark_Forces_II

Grim Fandango is worth playing too.

Just reading this thread and posting has made me notalgic for great adventure games of years past. They weren't all made by LucasArts - I bet a lot of WATMMers would enjoy Westwood's somewhat late 1997 adaptation of Blade Runner (http://en.wikipedia....997_video_game)). You don't play Deckard, but a new Blade Runner operating at the same time, with an all-new plot. Despite that, it deals with the same themes of the film, uses a lot of the same locations, characters, and even features the beautiful soundtrack. The writing and acting is all of a high standard, and it even explores some of the themes from PK Dick's original novel in more depth than the film. It's amazingly atmospheric and definitely in the top ten adventure games ever released. No idea why it's not better-known or more highly-regarded... and it has 13 different endings!

I've got this on four(!) CDs somewhere and now I have to dig it out and play it!

yeah that was pretty good.

pick up age of empires 2. probably the best bang for your buck and should run fine on an older machine.

Deus Ex has been pointed out, but i want to point Deus Ex out again because... well, it's Deus Ex!

Deus Ex btw

Total Annihilation!