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But is it really necessary to have a computer with dual 768mb video cards? What IS the world coming to?


It might be silly but one of the best games I ever played was one that came out right when they started doing first person computer games, it was basically a dungeon crawl with 15 levels......I played that game for HOURS at a time. The graphics were bad, really, but the game rocked! Can't remember the name of it for the life of me........

Sure it is necessary. Everybody knows extreme overkill is of paramount importance when it comes to technology . Besides, the newer machines have to keep up with the insanely detailed games they continue to make.

I don't really play many games anymore, but the few that I do fall back on occasionally are my old playstation games. I can always pull out Final Fantasy VII, VIII, or IX and know I am playing a damn good game--even if the graphics aren't considered state of the art anymore.

Are you kidding ? This bad boy has quad SLI video cards.

I agree with both of you. Content is WAY more important than video quality and FPS you get out of your system.

Many people have played Nethack for years, no graphics at all. Most people that have played a MUD love those way more than graphical games.

I am curious Sb1227, was that game Pools of Radiance ?

I think it was called "Stonekeep". When did "Pools of Radiance" come out? Seems like I got that game 10 years or so ago....

I'm a big D&D fan, so when "Pool of Radiance" came out I jumped on it. I think it was the newer release though. It's definately up there on the list of all time favorites. I have to admit when I got "Icewind Dale" I had to upgrade my old video card to the "new" 64mb card. Baldur's Gate is a good one too. Love them RPG's.

Quad??? Uh, I'm gonna go bang my head against the wall..

sb1227 wrote:When did "Pools of Radiance" come out? Seems like I got that game 10 years or so ago....

Actually it was 88, when I graduated High School. I have it on my dual floppy 80286 turbo 12mhz. They have made several release of the game since then, the last was in 2001.

Here is a complete list.
http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/poo ... nce-series

sb1227 wrote:I have to admit when I got "Icewind Dale" I had to upgrade my old video card to the "new" 64mb card. Baldur's Gate is a good one too. Love them RPG's.

Everyone of those games sucked me in. I love that genre of game, seems like those days are history though. I hope maybe when the teens move out I may have more time to devote.

Oooh, I didn't know about the Forgotten Realms Archives. Might have to look into that. It was the last one, Ruins of Myth Drannor, that I played.
It was one of the few I saw all the way thru and was dissapointed to see it end. Do you think they'd even play on the new computers since they are DOS based?

I remember playing "Companions of Xanth" in the early 90's, ridiculously cheesy game, but it was fun. The D&D based games were so much more in depth, not surprising.

I wonder if the older games were limited because they were all DOS based? Did they just have so many more options when they went with Windows?

sb1227 wrote:Do you think they'd even play on the new computers since they are DOS based?

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

One word people ...

Wolfenstien

Nuff said!

The grenades were awesome.

I'll prob really show my age... Anyone remember Wizardry?

I think it was the 1st graphical 3dish (vector line drawings) dungeon crawl.

Never finished it, played it for a loonng time, floppy based

Well Brandon I hate to say it, but I used to play Wizardry I.

I cannot remember which computer it was on, I want to say it was on my Apple IIe

You have to admit, the fact that those games made/allowed you to actually USE imagination was one of the best points. I wonder if kids now have enough imagination to do that kind of game.....surely some of them would appreciate it, but I fear they are few and far between.

I wish I had known about all of the good games then, I didn't even know but one other person who even HAD a computer...got a few of them from him.

Amyjoe wrote:Well Brandon I hate to say it, but I used to play Wizardry I.

I cannot remember which computer it was on, I want to say it was on my Apple IIe

That was it AmyJoe.. but I played it on an IBM compat. Horrible, horrible graphics, but it was an indepth game. I think the graphics were 4-colors, maybe 16 on a CGA monitor.




Speaking of games... BioShock is very cool.

Sorry it was me, I guess I forget to log Amy at times