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There have been others that I have played that would make me look smarter if I dropped the titles, but collectively that have received less play than any one of the four above. What can I say, work is hard, I like to keep my play easy.
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I don't think so. I've been playing under XP with no problems.Three people still playing MOO2. That's pretty impressive. I haven't played for ages, but it was probably my favorite game around the time it was released. Will I have any problems running it under Windows XP?
It absolutely will not run reliably in vista, though... Seems to be about a 10% chance that opening the build queue of a planet will result in a CTD. I'm tempted to hook up my old 660Mhz machine so I can play it again. That, and spellcross. Mmmmm, spellcross...
I haven't played many games on my computer lately, other than Civ IV...
How is Galactic Civilizations II? I've been looking for a good 4X in space after the flop that was MOO3, but I didn't hear very good things about the first one.
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I'd not mind Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, but I've poked around and can't find a copy anywhere. Has it hit abandonware already?
--Mike L.
Not that I know of, but if you do get it; be prepared to use the cheat codes to finish it. It starts off hard and just gets worse as you proceed. At the end game, I was wondering whether I was playing Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic or I was playing a fantasy version of the Kobayashi Maru test.
Seriously, it was that hard.
Matt, if you have any of the other versions of AOW and you're interested in a game, just let me know. I yank those puppies out of the closet and slap them on Bender.
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milgate wrote:
I don't think so. I've been playing under XP with no problems.Three people still playing MOO2. That's pretty impressive. I haven't played for ages, but it was probably my favorite game around the time it was released. Will I have any problems running it under Windows XP?
It absolutely will not run reliably in vista, though... Seems to be about a 10% chance that opening the build queue of a planet will result in a CTD. I'm tempted to hook up my old 660Mhz machine so I can play it again. That, and spellcross. Mmmmm, spellcross...
I haven't played many games on my computer lately, other than Civ IV...
How is Galactic Civilizations II? I've been looking for a good 4X in space after the flop that was MOO3, but I didn't hear very good things about the first one.
I loved Galactic Civilizations primarily because it was turn based and a BRAIN burner. Compared to MOO3, GC blows it completely out the water. The only downside for the first incarnation of GC was the fact that you could only play Humans, but that was mitigated by the fact that you could customize your race to some extent. Also, everyone had the same types of ships. In GCII, you can play the other races, IIRC, and there's added depth in creation of ships. GCII is more akin to MOO2, just with better graphics and no Orion. You can pick up GCII at Best Buy for around $20.00. GC you can pick up at Target if you check their bargain section. That's where I got mine.
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I'd not mind Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, but I've poked around and can't find a copy anywhere. Has it hit abandonware already?
--Mike L.
Just out of idle curiosity, I checked my old areas for used games.
*type, type, type*
*read, read, read*
JESUS CHRIST!
$75 for mint? $45 for used?
Dudes, lay off the LSD Kool-aid!
Matt, the game's good, but not worth $45. I got mine from Target $20. Granted, this was four years ago.
It's good a be a packrat...
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I mainly play older games because that's all I have. I like to wait until a game's been out a while and I can buy it packed with any expansions/patches for cheap.
Lately I've been playing Hot Shots Golf FOUR on my PS2 a lot.
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MOOII runs fine in Vista for me on my new laptop. I just have to set the compatibility settings to Windows NT 4.0 (the cursor flickers or colors are messed up with the other OS's) and the set to low res setting thing. Also make sure your using the most recent patch.Aarontu wrote:
milgate wrote:
I don't think so. I've been playing under XP with no problems.Three people still playing MOO2. That's pretty impressive. I haven't played for ages, but it was probably my favorite game around the time it was released. Will I have any problems running it under Windows XP?
It absolutely will not run reliably in vista, though... Seems to be about a 10% chance that opening the build queue of a planet will result in a CTD. I'm tempted to hook up my old 660Mhz machine so I can play it again. That, and spellcross. Mmmmm, spellcross...
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mtlawson wrote:
I'd not mind Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, but I've poked around and can't find a copy anywhere. Has it hit abandonware already?
--Mike L.
Not that I know of, but if you do get it; be prepared to use the cheat codes to finish it. It starts off hard and just gets worse as you proceed. At the end game, I was wondering whether I was playing Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic or I was playing a fantasy version of the Kobayashi Maru test.
Seriously, it was that hard.
Matt, if you have any of the other versions of AOW and you're interested in a game, just let me know. I yank those puppies out of the closet and slap them on Bender.
I don't have any other versions of AoW, but I tried the demo version. It was a bit buggy, but man, it was a bitch to win against. I could only imagine the regular game.
--Mike L.
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milgate wrote:
I don't think so. I've been playing under XP with no problems.Three people still playing MOO2. That's pretty impressive. I haven't played for ages, but it was probably my favorite game around the time it was released. Will I have any problems running it under Windows XP?
Huh. It turns out I already have MOO2 installed on my two-year-old (yup, about time for a new one) computer. Apparently, I installed it in March 2007 and forgot. Must be old age.
Now, it's all I can do ... to ... pull ... myself ... away ... from ... the ... game ... (just a couple more turns, and I'll have the research breakthrough to build Doom Stars! Then I'll pay a little visit to Antares ...)
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mtlawson wrote:
I'd not mind Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, but I've poked around and can't find a copy anywhere. Has it hit abandonware already?
--Mike L.
Not that I know of, but if you do get it; be prepared to use the cheat codes to finish it. It starts off hard and just gets worse as you proceed. At the end game, I was wondering whether I was playing Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic or I was playing a fantasy version of the Kobayashi Maru test.
Seriously, it was that hard.
Matt, if you have any of the other versions of AOW and you're interested in a game, just let me know. I yank those puppies out of the closet and slap them on Bender.
I can't remember how I did against the AOW:Shadow Magic campaign, but it could be the reason I only play the random set-up games now.
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