What are some must have games? ATM, I have Heroes and Might and Magic 3. Always had the game, just on disc. So anyways, what are some Good Old Games you would recommend? I've been looking at Planetscape Torment and and the Baldurs gate games. Any other old school PC games I should pick up?

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Witcher and Witcher 2 maybe?

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^These 2... You are missing out if you are an RPG Fan and don't play these

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what he said ^

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jfwuioefnaiajufwns.

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System Shock 2 of course ^^

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+1
Also i've seen somewhere on the net, the there is a group trying to recreate SS2 with UE3 and other project with Source engine.

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Sounds interesting, if not very ambitious. I don't think they can stand up to the original though, it has all the nostalgic value!

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The Broken Sword, Space Quest, and Police Quest series.

OH! AND TIME COMMANDO.

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Broken sword trilogy is only £2.49 on steam at the moment though, so tempting to get that on steam instead of GOG.

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I think it's worth the extra money for the original versions of The Shadow of the Templars and The Smoking Mirror.

Steam is missing The Angel of Death as well.

If you don't mind having the series split up across multiple services and you've
already played the original version of The Shadow of the Templars, go for it.

They did some unfortunate things with the Director's Cut that
prevent me from recommending it to people new to the series.

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Please elaborate. What's wrong with the Director's Cut?

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There's nothing wrong with it. The additions are great.
The new sections with Nico really add to her character and the story.

It's very much worth playing, but I think the original version should be played first.
You can really appreciate what was added having played the original.


My problems with the Director's Cut are:

They replaced George's narration in the intro with Nico.

They used Nico's fancy new sprite throughout the entire game, which looks strange since no one else got a new sprite.

They removed some dialogue and objects you could interact with.

They removed the telephone conversation portraits.

A couple scenes were altered to tone down the violence.

A few of the character portraits are off. George's in particular doesn't look accurate.


Most (all) of that sounds trivial, but it was very noticeable for me as a big fan of the original game.

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Duke nukem series, raptor:call of the shadow.

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+1 for Raptor: Call of the Shadow

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+1 for Raptor

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Alpha Centauri

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this

also Master of Orion 2 and Arcanum. You can buy Witcher from them since they're same company that created them so devs get more money.

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Gothic

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+1 for this

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+50! I love the series! I just hate what Piranha Bytes did with Risen 2.

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Fallout 1 and 2, Arcanum: Of Steamworks And Magick Obscura, Evil Genius.

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I always found it funny how the one game with "steamworks" in the title isn't actually on steam.

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Populous 2

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Populous 3

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+1

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System Shock 2, Gothic 1 & 2, Planescape: Torment, Fallout 1 & 2, Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Arcanum, Disciples II, Legacy of Kain series, Original War(!!!), Fahrenheit, Thief series Etherlords 1 & 2, Spellforce... and many more.

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Oh god, yes. All of these are great!

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Excellent choices!

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+9999999 for legacy of kain

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I'd like to agree with this, and suggest Neverwinter Nights 2. The prologue that comes with the base game is hilariously stock, but the Mask of the Betrayer "expansion" is a fairly good rival to Planescape: Torment, in my opinion. More importantly, you have the chance to eat a god.

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System shock 2, Thief series

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SS2++

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Amen to that, Long live Ion Storm! Long live Warren Spector!

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to second - Planescape: Torment, Fallout 1 & 2, Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, System shock 2

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Fahrenheit

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+1

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Yep, this one is amazing. Highly recommend it!

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Personally, for me, I'd say Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and Startopia.

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Why hasn't anyone said Anachonox yet? That's a damn fine game. ^-^
ETA The Gabriel Knight series is also pretty good, from what I remember. And Deus Ex is a must-play! And The Last Express is great, as is Sanitarium.

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Gabriel Knight 1 & 2. I want to play them again...

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They're superb. I haven't played them in a while, so I'll probably do so once I've got a bit more of my backlog cleared out.

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Dungeon keeper 1 and 2

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+1

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Good series.

Hope War for the Overworld is on Steam soon ;)

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This! I remember playing Dungeon Keeper 2 as a kid when I was sick. Such a good memories ^_^

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definitely arcanum

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theme hospital

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+100 to this! XD

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+101 to this! i love theme hospital one of the best sim type games ever other then caeser 3.

i would throw in a total annihilation, that game was ahead of its time back then, AMAZING game

ill throw in a total annihilation kingdoms as well.

cavedog made some really amazing games

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Theme hospital was ace.
So many bloaty headed people to treat, so little time.

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was hoping some1 mention this !!!

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This game brought so much joy to my childhood.

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Heroes of Might and Magic III for sure.

edit: oh you got it already, try Clive Barker's undying and Rollercoaster Tycoon.

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Shogo, Pharaon, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Blood, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault...

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+1 for RCT.

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with Heroes III you already taken one of the best games ;)
I really like Might and Magic 7. Its a RPG and it has one of the most adictive card games in the taverns.
MM 6 and 8 are fine, too.

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DarkReign had one of the best Enemy AIs ever! :D Still have the original disk with me
DarkReign and Starcraft and TA defined RTS.
A must play for any true RTS fan

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Still own my own disc, well my second. My original was stolen along with Warcraft 2 and Starcraft.

Never had a chance to play Total Annihilation.

As for RTS games, I actually started with a much older one, which stays forever in my heart. Herzog Zwei. Not something to ever find on GoG though.

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Whoaah D: I must've been like 1 year old when it was released...
Available here for free. Not sure if it'll work on the current operating systems though

EDIT: Seem to work on Windows 7, though I can't figure out how to continue after the main menu :S

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Its a ROM for the Sega Mega Drive. Assuming you know how those things work, just use the Gens emulator.

Anyway, I'd rather use the original console. I have three copies of that game. :P

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Wow, POD! I played this game a lot as a kid! I remember buying it in a supermarket, and then crying all the way home because I had just bought a game that I might not be able to run because of the memory requirements. I was kinda a drama queen back then, well, I kinda still am... Well, at the end of the day, it eventually worked and it was fabulous! :3

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Now if only my old copy would work under Windows 7.

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Well, here's my top 10 list of games, though it's not only 10 games so... suit yourself. I'm not including Planescape, Baldur and Icewind Dale because everyone knows them and loves them. And if you don't, then yes, you should. Anyway, here's my top 10 pick:

  • Thief trilogy (or at least the first 2)
  • System Shock 2
  • Fallout trilogy
  • Freespace 1 and 2
  • Anachronox
  • Carmageddon Max Pack
  • Deus Ex
  • The Longest Journey + Dreamfall (haven't played Dreamfall yet, but plan to do so)
  • Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (I wouldn't bother with the first)
  • Sanitarium

Extra non-old-school one:

  • The Witcher 1+2, if for not else, then for the tremendous amount of extras GOG offers with them. But I guess the same goes to all Telltale stuff too; I got a plethora of stuff for my Back To The Future pack.
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Btw, copies of the Witcher 1 or 2 on Steam can be redeemed on GOG as well:

http://www.gog.com/witcher/backup

You'll find a link to the activation key in your Steam library page for each respective game.

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thx did not know that. Are there other games where this apply.

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Nope. That only happens because of the devs.

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Ok would be nice if it said so in big letter somewhere easy to see on GOG or Steam that that was the case I have been on GOG for a while and Steam even longer and it never occurred to me that this could be the case for any of the overlapping games.

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Awesome list kind Sir!

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"Fallout trilogy"
Fallout what?

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Fallout 1, 2 + Brotherhood Of Steel. Even Steam calls these the trilogy.

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Brotherhood of steel is ungodly piece of crap from consoles; Fallout TACTICS: Brotherhood of Steel on the other hand...

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I enjoyed Brotherhood of Steel on PS2. Despite the sex and piss jokes.

Then again, I pretty much love all the games made with the Snowblind engine.

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Theme Hospital. I truly believe it is one of the best games ever created.

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agree'd

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amen brother

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Dunno about GOG version, but theres Crosix-TH version, where You can change resolution and it works also on Mac Os and Linux.

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Arcanum, Baldur's Gate I-II, System Shock, Blood I-II, awersome TBS Eador:Genesis.

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Closed 11 years ago by Pilg0r.