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Hexa
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posted September 07, 2001 01:23 PM |
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hmmm let me think for a minute:
* Pirates (C64)
* Dune (dune 2000) !!
* Warcraft I and II !!
* HOMM series (obviously)
* Chaos Lords
* Colonization (phew the hours I spent at that game)
* Civilazation ofcours
* Settlers I and II
Shae just get yourself an emulator and play those games again on a rainy day!
Hurragutten: there has also been a PC version of Pirates (haven't got it though  )
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Sha_Men
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posted September 07, 2001 01:33 PM |
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For me...
Colonization is best strategy game ever...It had pretty much micromanagement and all people don't like it but I liked putting people into right work and looking my trade goods and sailing with pirate ships. I loved pirating almost the most. remember forgot myself to eat and sleep when playing that. Too bad there isn't Colonization 2 in horizon. Maybe after civilization 3 Sid Meier will look into that issue...And maybe those battles are now little bit more interesting with more ground units, ships and have more trade goods to sell....
*Starts drooling*
OK, where was I...
Civilization is close second and then comes all the others like HoMM, Steelpanthers and so on...
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Shae_Trielle
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of Heroes
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posted September 07, 2001 01:38 PM |
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No need for an emulator
I've recently downloaded Lords of Midnight and Doomdark's revenge on PC. I've found that lots of the cult classic games have been coverted faithfully onto PC and are available online to download for free. I also got Vikings, so I'm having a lot of fun reminiscing about the ol' days, LOL. I'm wondering if anyone knows any sites which may have Eye of the Beholder 1,2 and 3 for free?
I used to have Syndicate on PC, but I lost the CD which is very disappointing, because that was one of my favourite games. Haven't been able to find that one yet....
*smile*
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Qu_Purple
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posted September 07, 2001 01:41 PM |
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Well I must have had a deprived childhood... The only other puter games Ive played are the simpsons, micemen, solitaire and freecell...and I never got addicted to them.
But Homm3 has character and unending possibilities and the online play is heaps of fun...as long as you find the right players to play...
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haile73
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Famous Hero
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posted December 12, 2001 10:38 AM |
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bringing back another classic
Fav. Strategy games in no particular order
HoMM 1-3, Civilization 1 & 2, Master of Orion 2, Jagged Alliance 1 & 2 & Deadly Games
Civ3 US is out now ... I've heard some good things about it - can anyone confirm this?
On the other side, what I've heard and seen from Master of Orion 3 wasn't good. Any news here?
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Batvanio
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posted December 12, 2001 11:26 AM |
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x%x@
I dunno why but all my favorite strategies are oldies.
Like : master of Orion 1 - many times here, still do play.
Civ 1 - many, many hours of playing.Maked 300% once.
But RPG is better - here comes Baldurs 1,2 etc., M&M 6,7,8
Btw i have civ3 home - (my opinion here) - it is no good.
The only good concept is culture, but it is not implemented well. No many difference from civ2 except the graphics.
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andiangelsla...
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Famous Hero
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posted December 12, 2001 11:37 AM |
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Might and magic2...where you take on the 3 Cuisinarts in the mountains, and get a +31 Sun Naginata or somethin. I would do that battle over and over again 
hehehe rych, yeah m&m2 rocked, that fight against the cuisinarts was nothing against trying to win that battle near that dinosaur area, desert and mountain terrain, where there was a mix of ancient dragons, time lords and those guys with zillions hps showing up, lol
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Adventuring Hero
Tower Loving Criminal
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posted December 12, 2001 12:57 PM |
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My favorites:
- Fallout 2
- Fallout 1
- Arcanum
- BG SoA/ToB and of coursr TDD
- Heroes of M&M
- Age of Wonders
- Master of Orion
- Fantasy General
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rychenroller
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posted December 12, 2001 01:01 PM |
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yeah, cats from hell, mega trolls, orc gods, and all those awesome critters, man I loved that game
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Defreni
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Famous Hero
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posted December 12, 2001 01:33 PM |
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Damn, never played the M&M series till number 6 
But alpha centauri is actually a great game, especially if u have read Kim Stanley Robertsons "Red Mars" trilogy, yhen u know where the leaders of the fractions come from
Defender of the crown, yeah been there done that, but was scared of number 2, coz number 1 sucked, lol.
Pirates, civilization, dune 2, warcraft (Which has 0 replayability now, lol) and especially Starcraft for RTS game.
Well HoMM3 is still my fav, guess the reason is I wasnt on the net before it came out, and it has kinda stucked.
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Gimmickless
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Known Hero
Cannon Maker
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posted December 17, 2001 11:23 AM |
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More flashbacks for you Macheads out there.
Anyone remember "Spaceward Ho!"? You started off on a single planet and had to colonize and exploit other planets to build warships to conquer the galaxy. Simple but effective plotline.
But What really took me at the time were the research levels. You could divide your research into one of 5 fields: Attack, Defense, Speed, Mini, and some other one. The first three are obvious, the Mini allowed you to build the same ship with less cost, and the last one was random stuff, like uncovering half the map, destroying a cluster of planets, etc.
Anyway, I loved that game back when I was still living in Maryland. Wish I could find it somewhere again...
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DonGio
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of Clear Water Mountain Clan
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posted December 17, 2001 11:57 AM |
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Hey, for you amiga vets (veterans, not animal doctors) out there, why haven't you mentioned North and South? Boy, was that ever a great game! Running on top of trains and all! Civ 1 (& 2) was a great game also. I used to love seing Gandhi's face go all sour on me!
I once played a medieval strategy game on a NES 8-bit (believe it or not), with castle sieges and flagging of areas. I don't remember it's name, I can't even vouch for it's quality, as I only played it a couple of times at my friends at a very young age. I do remember liking it, though. Anyone know what game I'm talking about?
I've also been intrigued by the packaging of a game called Stronghold! or something like that. It's a real time strategy game focusing on building castles, defending them and/or sieging castles. It looked great (even to me, a RTS hater), but since I've never heard about it from anywhere else, I got this feeling that the game perhaps sucked. If anyone have tried it, I'd love to hear a review!
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haile73
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posted December 17, 2001 01:38 PM |
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Well, I'm not into RTS games too much, so I haven't played Stronghold myself. But this game is very popular in Germany, reaching the number one spot in the charts when it came out. Moreover, it got some excellent reviews, so I'm sure you can't go wrong with this game
Another great strategy game I want to mention is Incubation. It was some sort of sequel to the Battle Isle series. It contains some elements from Jagged Alliance, maybe that's why I like it so much. It has some innovative graphics, too.
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Slava14
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I am 16 now....
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posted January 07, 2002 07:59 PM |
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I heard that Civ 3 was voted as the best 2001 strategy game. I played it, and I agree. As a strategy it was and will remain the best (better than HOMM in that field), but now it has decent graphic, not the ugly one that was in Civ 2, which, in spite of that ugliness, was a major hit too. I never saw (or can't recall the time I did from my memory ) Civ 1 though.
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RMS
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Legendary Hero
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posted January 08, 2002 12:49 AM |
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...Civ3 still doesn't have good enough graphics either though, and I simply don't have that much time to dedicate to yet another game, so I've dediced never to get it...unless someone gives it to me as a gift or something
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drizzit
Hired Hero
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posted September 17, 2004 03:55 PM |
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What about the c&c series?
Come on guys what the ****? have you all forgotten about one of the greatest stragety gaming series command and conquer. I have read through the replys and forgive me if i have not seen someone saying about c&c but i have read from the likes of AOE to Settlers and then to the homm series. The c&c series although different to all you have said, was and still is one of the greatest stragety gaming series ever...
Drizzit Do'Urden
edited by pandora to censor swearing, Drizzit please refrain from such language in your posts - or read the FAQ to see how it should be censored, thanks!
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gravity
Hired Hero
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posted September 19, 2004 12:38 PM |
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Starcraft and Alpha Centauri are my two biggest favourites other than Heroes 2 and 3. I also like Medieval: Total War, Warcraft 2, Civilization 2, C&C: Red Alert, etc.
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scorp
Adventuring Hero
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posted September 19, 2004 06:21 PM |
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Golden sun the lost age
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terje_the_ma...
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posted September 21, 2004 11:30 AM |
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When I go home for the weekends, I still turn on my "old" computer to play some Alpha Centauri. This game has it all; unit flexibility, plenty of special city improvements, and a VERY good diplomacy screen, way superior to that of Civ3. It's simply a much better upgarde of Civ2, than Civ3 could ever hope to be.
Civ2 is also one of my favs, since I used to sit down in my basement playing it foe 8-12 hours a day alost every day in the holidays when I was younger.
The HoMM series are ofc also great, my favs her would be 2, 3, 4, 1.
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TitaniumAlloy
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Legendary Hero
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posted September 21, 2004 12:03 PM |
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CIV:III conquests
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Remember playing Eye of the beholder one and two. Good games in those days both. Still I never liked really those dungeon games really even Dungeon Master didn't hit me.
i love Eye of the Beholder! 'you cannot go that way!' game, i still play it it kicks some serious
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