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omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games 3
#22137229 - 08/24/15 07:43 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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it is a treasure trove. total loot: Rollercoaster Tycoon + Loopy Landscapes, Dark Forces, King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity, Star Wars: Tie Fighter, SIM Theme Park, Skatepark Tycoon, Ski Resort Tycoon, Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Lords of the Realm 2, SIM City 2000, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.
Now to see if it is still possible to even play any of them.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22137241 - 08/24/15 07:46 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dark Forces and the Age Of games, and the Tycoon games too. all classics in my opinion. good luck! get a virtual machine program thingy maybe?
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: akira_akuma]
#22137246 - 08/24/15 07:47 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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yeah man Dark Forces was the first FPS I can remember playing
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22137266 - 08/24/15 07:50 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I used to love age of empires
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: luvdemboomers]
#22137293 - 08/24/15 07:56 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Age of mythology was legit always small amounts of people playing games Sim city was the shit
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22137338 - 08/24/15 08:03 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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morrowasted said: yeah man Dark Forces was the first FPS I can remember playing
Yep same here 
Good find.
I wish I still had that old Packard Bell with all my primo shit.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: MorphinTime]
#22137366 - 08/24/15 08:10 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ohh shit loopy landscapes is the shit and anything afterwords is shit. Imma find a rom for it now actually! TYCOOOOOON!
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22137413 - 08/24/15 08:23 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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just run windows in compatibility mode. set it for Win98 or something
i had to do that with a disc image of Myth:The Fallen Lords
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22137424 - 08/24/15 08:25 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sell them for millions.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out the garage and found all these old games [Re: ballsalsa]
#22137545 - 08/24/15 08:49 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
ballsalsa said: just run windows in compatibility mode. set it for Win98 or something
i had to do that with a disc image of Myth:The Fallen Lords
KQ8 doesn´t work regardless of what I set it at. it installed but whenever I open it the program crashes
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22137566 - 08/24/15 08:54 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have all the Age of Empire games. Loved me some medieval slughter-fest.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: Le_Canard]
#22137642 - 08/24/15 09:12 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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sadly alot of old games had the cdkey in the manuel so without that you won't be able to play
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: makaveli8x8]
#22138313 - 08/25/15 12:18 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Tycoon trilogy was my shit man!, imma see I could download it, or maybe they hVe some newer versions. Thanx op.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: zZZz]
#22138327 - 08/25/15 12:22 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thread makes me want to roll a bard on EQ1.
Stein of Moggok, motherfuckers.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: Adden]
#22138332 - 08/25/15 12:24 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'll trade you for age of empires
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: Adden]
#22138333 - 08/25/15 12:25 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dys said: Thread makes me want to roll a bard on EQ1.
Stein of Moggok, motherfuckers.

LOL YA! um...K.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22138744 - 08/25/15 04:10 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I love retro gaming Ive built quite a collection of boxed consoles and games 
Ive got a lot of those games you have.
I'm completeing tony hawks 2 again now its a classic
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22139017 - 08/25/15 06:54 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
morrowasted said:
it is a treasure trove. total loot: Rollercoaster Tycoon + Loopy Landscapes, Dark Forces, King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity, Star Wars: Tie Fighter, SIM Theme Park, Skatepark Tycoon, Ski Resort Tycoon, Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Lords of the Realm 2, SIM City 2000, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.
Now to see if it is still possible to even play any of them.
Dude... Jackpot...
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: Patlal]
#22139042 - 08/25/15 07:03 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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My PC wont play old video games.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: ShiVersblood]
#22139128 - 08/25/15 07:15 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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You guys need dosbox
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22139309 - 08/25/15 07:29 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Age of empires FTW! Loved them games. Used to have full on battles against two of my buddies and play up from cavemen all the way to future. Lol i loved them wtf moments when you still in the medievel times and your enemies already WW2 and bombs the hell out of you with planes.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: lets drive around]
#22139846 - 08/25/15 09:03 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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lets drive around said: You guys need dosbox
A lot of these games aren't that old though...
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22139880 - 08/25/15 09:19 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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15 to 16 years, that's pretty old brohem
those games are pretty ancient in the pc world
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: zZZz]
#22140835 - 08/25/15 01:13 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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zZZz said: 15 to 16 years, that's pretty old brohem
those games are pretty ancient in the pc world
Dark forces and tie fighter are 21 years old
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22142095 - 08/25/15 05:34 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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their as old as someone's kid who isn't a teenager anymore
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22142924 - 08/25/15 08:15 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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You truly had a blessed childhood, Morrowasted. Does windows 7 have 98/95 compatability mode like xp?
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: Dest]
#22142940 - 08/25/15 08:17 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have windows 8 and yeah it does but it doesnt work for the games I have tried
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: morrowasted]
#22143452 - 08/25/15 10:06 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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you need a DOS emulator. get one, and try running the program through that
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: ballsalsa]
#22143469 - 08/25/15 10:11 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Those were great games. Good luck getting them to run though.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: Detached]
#22143475 - 08/25/15 10:12 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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i just threw away all my 90's cd's a few months ago
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: pfxtc]
#22144378 - 08/26/15 02:46 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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pfxtc said: i just threw away all my 90's cd's a few months ago
Should've donated them to the library of Congress for a nice tax writeoff. No joke.
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Re: omg my dad was cleaning out his garage and found all these old games [Re: makaveli8x8]
#22147310 - 08/26/15 03:51 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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neat! i recently installed JK2 outcast/mots again had a lot of fun with that game, i also have winuae installed for some even older gaming which i was just using again lst night, monkey island needs a replay again i think soon 1-4.
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makaveli8x8 said: sadly alot of old games had the cdkey in the manuel so without that you won't be able to play
most those games will be torrentable, then put the cd in the drive to feel satisfied
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