The Gaming News Thread

[A Nerd]

That game looks old as the hills. You wouldn't know perhaps of other old games that are available and playable on today's operating systems? I've done searches but come up empty. When I was young a was a big fan of the Sierra text based games. It would be great if I could play again some of those old games I enjoyed as a youth.

edit: like 'Samurai Game' which at one time I found in the org download sections. Back around 1989 it was a sid meyer game called Sword of the Samurai. Loved that game and spent hours on it. I downloaded it and tried to run it, but it would always lock-up during the intro. :(

[drone]

That game looks old as the hills.

It is.

Still have the CD and manual/spell book. I think I managed to get the original running on XP, it looked terrible though (640x480 limited). I don't think I ever played the 1.31 version, I'd be curious to see what tweaks and balance changes they added.

[A Nerd]

Older games have so much character. I still have the box and contents of Sword of the Samurai. I kept it for sentimental reasons. Complete with 2 5.25 and 2 3.5 floppy diskettes. I used to run in on an IBM or NEC 486. Ah, those were the days. I tried to install in in DOS mode of Windows 98 once, but to no avail.