I remember playing this, and actually I still have the handbook I borrowed from a teacher's assistant that I never returned back in '94 lol. A game is a game doesn't have to be electronic IMHO. Thanks for bringing that old memory up heh.
What is your Diamond in the Rough?
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I remember playing this, and actually I still have the handbook I borrowed from a teacher's assistant that I never returned back in '94 lol. A game is a game doesn't have to be electronic IMHO. Thanks for bringing that old memory up heh.
Besides CyberPunk, a lot of us punks & metal heads played Call of Cthulhu. Definitely low tech, usually required a serious amount of puzzle solving skill. Too bad most of the party ended up dead or insane. LoL
LOL I remember the first time our HS group played Paranoia.
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Hilarity ensued. Haven't gamed much since then really. A little Rifts and a few Steve Jackson games in college.
Funeral Quest (I think there's still a game server up)
For Terry Pratchett fans: Discworld MUD. Been in development non-stop since 94. Absolutely amazing
For Terry Pratchett fans: Discworld MUD. Been in development non-stop since 94. Absolutely amazing
I remember some friends and I dabbled with CoC a little bit. The campaign didn't last very as long at all, as I was really the only Lovecraft nut. Then it was back to splitting my time between VtM and baking cookies on the nights we all got together.
The chance of playing Bishi Bashi again... I'm not currently running any emulation and while it is tempting to relive the Bishi Bashi glory I'm going to pass. It wouldn't be the same. I'll just keep remembering the fun, but hazy, Bishi Bashi glory days in my head, lol.
The chance of playing Bishi Bashi again... I'm not currently running any emulation and while it is tempting to relive the Bishi Bashi glory I'm going to pass. It wouldn't be the same. I'll just keep remembering the fun, but hazy, Bishi Bashi glory days in my head, lol.
Darkened sky? A little bit platformer (not much, just here and there), Alot of RPG, Huge game world (very beautiful in its day), some tricky puzzles, good character development...and the quest for Skittles! One of the best product placements in a game ever. Save often...that is my best advice. I really liked the gamecube edition. Wavebird was the wave of the future.
If we are on paper RPG's then I would say palladium's Robotech Macross. The first time I heard the term Phisical affinity!
Too many to pick from. MYST, Marble,... ultimately I've gotta go with Jedi knight: Dark Forces II. I took a Visual C++ class in High School - yes, showing my age - and we had 2 major projects throughout the year, a Jeopardy game and a Calendar program for any date past, present or future. Most of us finished both programs quickly and the rest of the time in class, study halls and or whenever we spent networking all the computers in the labs and playing Jedi Knight. It was the first multiplayer game for me and I've been hooked ever since. I love COD, BF3 and TF2 but Goldeneye with the Big Head cheat and slappers only is still my fav!
Showing your age? I wish...Computer Lit in HS was on Mac's (before they became mac classics):
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netTrek was pretty high speed back then...
COBAL, C, BASIC, FORTRAN, CBM (if you still worked with Commodore)...edlin and notepad style
Macintosh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
netTrek was pretty high speed back then...
COBAL, C, BASIC, FORTRAN, CBM (if you still worked with Commodore)...edlin and notepad style
Psshh...we programmed on Acorn computers in JH and on old XTs in HS....showing your age indeed. LoL
Showing your age? I wish...Computer Lit in HS was on Mac's (before they became mac classics):
Macintosh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
netTrek was pretty high speed back then...
COBAL, C, BASIC, FORTRAN, CBM (if you still worked with Commodore)...edlin and notepad style
Jedi Knight (and the first dark forces, for that matter - which is being rebuilt in the XL engine) was a blast.
My most memorable first multiplayer experiences were playing Rise of the Triad (you could press the F keys for taunts, like "where aaaare you?" "over heeeere ..." "behind'ja!") and Doom (with the barney character mod) over modem
Goldeneye ... I don't think it counts as a diamond in the rough as it was probably worshiped as it was due, but I just have to say: license to kill, pistols in the basement
I would say Conker's Bad Fur Day, on N64. It hit a bit late in the system's cycle, so it didn't sell in great numbers. It was a fun game that had a lot of really tricky platforming moves and some really funny adult oriented humor. It had some great boss battles, too.
Cracking up...My friend jason still sneaks up on people and yells "Behind ya!"
One of the first FPS to have good multiplayer IMO.
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One of the first FPS to have good multiplayer IMO.
Gotcha!
Jedi Knight (and the first dark forces, for that matter - which is being rebuilt in the XL engine) was a blast.
My most memorable first multiplayer experiences were playing Rise of the Triad (you could press the F keys for taunts, like "where aaaare you?" "over heeeere ..." "behind'ja!") and Doom (with the barney character mod) over modem
Goldeneye ... I don't think it counts as a diamond in the rough as it was probably worshiped as it was due, but I just have to say: license to kill, pistols in the basement
I completely forgot about Myst. I remember way back in 6th grade some of the boys in class would play it on our teacher's computer during free time and I always got pissy and threw fits because they wouldn't let me play, lol. I think I have a copy of that game...somewhere...
I'd add Sin to this list. I loved the first mission in that game, where you start in the helicopter with the Gatling gun. Last time I checked probably back in 2004 there was still 1 multiplayer server running ...
For a current diamond in the rough, I say the BattleGrounds 2 mod for Half Life 2. It's free if you have Source engine games. It's a revolutionary war mod, and can be a blast. It's far from perfection but can be an absolute blast to play. The guns are very inaccurate and take a long time to load, so the bayonet is often your best bet. There aren't always many people on, but on Tuesdays a couple servers run "line battles" where you can get ~60 people in a game with each side having a commander that gives orders and everyone marches in line and fights line battles. It can be a blast Steep learning curve; people either love it or hate it. I started with the original BattleGrounds for half life 1. Also very underrated IMO is The Ship mod for Half Life (I think there was a commercial release of it for the Source engine)
For a current diamond in the rough, I say the BattleGrounds 2 mod for Half Life 2. It's free if you have Source engine games. It's a revolutionary war mod, and can be a blast. It's far from perfection but can be an absolute blast to play. The guns are very inaccurate and take a long time to load, so the bayonet is often your best bet. There aren't always many people on, but on Tuesdays a couple servers run "line battles" where you can get ~60 people in a game with each side having a commander that gives orders and everyone marches in line and fights line battles. It can be a blast
Steep learning curve; people either love it or hate it. I started with the original BattleGrounds for half life 1. Also very underrated IMO is The Ship mod for Half Life (I think there was a commercial release of it for the Source engine)
still playing Total Annihilation with a friend every now and then. The amount of mods for that game are incredible and it will run on almost anything.
Throwing up Stacking on this list now too. (Thanks to the person who gifted it to me, you know who you are!) That game is so unique in it's presentation, art style is amazing, and the puzzles and interactions between characters is charming and witty. It's just another one of those Double Fine experiences where you genuinely feel like you are playing something you never have before and enjoy it the whole time.
Oh and look: Stacking, Psychonauts and Costume Quest are ina bundle for 10 bucks! Amazon.com: Oh So Fine Bundle [Download]: Video Games
Oh and look: Stacking, Psychonauts and Costume Quest are ina bundle for 10 bucks!
Amazon.com: Oh So Fine Bundle [Download]: Video Games
Throwing up Stacking on this list now too. (Thanks to the person who gifted it to me, you know who you are!) That game is so unique in it's presentation, art style is amazing, and the puzzles and interactions between characters is charming and witty. It's just another one of those Double Fine experiences where you genuinely feel like you are playing something you never have before and enjoy it the whole time.
Oh and look: Stacking, Psychonauts and Costume Quest are ina bundle for 10 bucks!
Thanks for the heads up! I hadn't heard of Stacking, and it sounds like fun. I've always wanted to play Psychonauts.
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