# Computer Games, Old school style **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 13, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848 "2012-11-13T00:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/21 "2012-11-13T15:44:07Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > The 2004/5 “remake” of [The Bard’s Tale](http://store.steampowered.com/app/41900/?snr=1_7_suggest__13) (with Cary Elwes voicing the Bard) also includes copies of the original The Bard’s Tale 1, 2, and 3. I recommend against getting the physical copy of the game as it doesn’t play on modernish versions of Windows. Plays fine in Compatibility Mode. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/22 "2012-11-13T19:51:50Z")
I played plenty of Scorched Earth as a teenager (against the computer). Not as much as the original Civilization, but still plenty. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/23 "2012-11-13T20:02:11Z")
Am I really dating myself if I say Rogue? That’s back from the DOS days on a text only screen. The early Windows game I really liked was Dig-Dug. I think that was its name. It was more of an arcade Pac-Man type game though. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/24 "2012-11-13T20:16:15Z")
When we were little my brother and I would play a couple of games called [Sopwith](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr1zxxEjw_w) and [Castle Adventure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jnwlCtAF-U). Look at those awesome graphics! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/25 "2012-11-13T21:34:58Z")
[Fool’s Errand](http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/487/Fool's+Errand,+The.html). ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/26 "2012-11-13T23:10:49Z")
[Adventure](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_%28Atari_2600%29) for the Atari 2600 was great fun. > [@OldGuy](#): > > Am I really dating myself if I say Rogue? That’s back from the DOS days on a text only screen. The early Windows game I really liked was Dig-Dug. I think that was its name. It was more of an arcade Pac-Man type game though. The version of Rogue I played was more advanced, but still fun. I also played Dig Dig on a non-arcade system. [Joust](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joust_%28video_game%29) was another good one I played first in arcades, then at home. Don’t recall the system that had it though. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/27 "2012-11-13T23:11:17Z")
I love Fool’s Errand. Heaven And Earth- A fabulous collection of puzzles Archon- When you move a piece to a square you don’t automatically take it. You actually have to fight for it. The updated Archon Ultra may be the best video game ever made. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/28 "2012-11-14T00:13:04Z")
Anyone ever play an old point and click adventure game called Flight of the Amazon Queen? It was just as great as the classic LucasArts games, superior in some respects. It was just an amazing game, funny as hell, and was just hard enough to make you think but not as hard as to frustrate you ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/29 "2012-11-14T00:39:32Z")
Another I enjoyed (played through more than once) [Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moebius:_The_Orb_of_Celestial_Harmony). ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/30 "2012-11-14T04:05:18Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Anyone ever play an old point and click adventure game called Flight of the Amazon Queen? It was just as great as the classic LucasArts games, superior in some respects. It was just an amazing game, funny as hell, and was just hard enough to make you think but not as hard as to frustrate you I have. A lot of fun and as you said, very much along the spirit of LucasArts. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/31 "2012-11-14T05:22:44Z")
Oh, Scorched Earth was a classic. I remember playing some predecessor to it (similar type of artillery shooting game on random landscapes, but not as varied weaponry) back in the mid-80s on the C64, and it was fun even in that incarnation. My favorites were the Lucas Arts games: I loved _Maniac Mansion_ and _Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders_. Does anyone remember [The Sentinel/The Sentry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentinel_(video_game))? Quite an original 3D puzzle type of game. Hard to explain the mechanics in a nutshell, it’s a somewhat abstract and surreal but, trust me, it’s amazing. [This Youtube video helps explain it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2H8WbDo5SE) ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/32 "2012-11-14T08:34:01Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Anyone ever play an old point and click adventure game called Flight of the Amazon Queen? It was just as great as the classic LucasArts games, superior in some respects. It was just an amazing game, funny as hell, and was just hard enough to make you think but not as hard as to frustrate you [Flight of the Amazon Queen](http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/) is available as Freeware for the ScummVM game interpreter (along with _Beneath a Steel Sky_ and others). I see it now supports Diskworld I and II - I see some digging of CDs coming up. Si ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/33 "2012-11-14T19:31:07Z")
My favourite computer game of all time: [Neuromancer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer_%28video_game%29) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/34 "2012-11-14T20:26:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > Star Control 2 is now available free on multiple platforms as [The Ur-Quan Masters](http://sc2.sourceforge.net/). Hey. Thanks everyone for pointing this one out. I vaguely remember hearing of Star Control, but never played it. I downloaded Ur-Quan Masters last night, and, so far, this really looks like a lot of fun and is shaping up to be a great game. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/35 "2012-11-14T21:10:12Z")
Doom II. With the M16 patch. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/36 "2012-11-14T22:09:07Z")
Oh, and how can I forget the work of genius that is [Archon: The Light and the Dark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon:_The_Light_and_the_Dark). ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/37 "2012-11-15T01:48:06Z")
I loved Temple of Apshaii. It had the neat book to describe the rooms. And I still hate slime-molds. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/38 "2012-11-15T01:54:07Z")
I’m too old for the games listed here. My early computer games were [Star Trek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_(text_game)), [Hunt the Wumpus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_the_Wumpus), and Tic Tac Toe. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/39 "2012-11-15T02:30:45Z")
The old Infocom text adventures, especially the Zork games and the Hitchhiker’s Guide. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848/40 "2012-11-16T17:24:42Z")
Spent hours on _Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord_ at home and in the school library. At home played on an IBM PCjr with 64k, but we had expanded that all the way to 128k. Woo hoo! At school, ran it on an Apple IIe. It was a single player game so there’d be one person playing and probably 6-8 of us watching over his shoulder. Two other great DOS games, the original \*Panzer General \*and _TIE Fighter CD-Rom_. Still play _Panzer General_ on DOSbox but just get annoyed trying to play _TIE Fighter_. Seems like something in the way it is coded keeps it from recognizing joysticks on today’s computers and flying a Tie fighter with a mouse is almost impossible (and just plain wrong). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-old-school-style/640848.md?page=3)