# Do you replay old games? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655 "2010-07-22T23:27:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655/41 "2010-07-24T03:04:30Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > You too, huh? I was most of the way through a campaign on a friend’s computer before I bought my own copy, and it still probably works out to less than £1 per finished game. 😃 > > VII ain’t bad either. I never bought VIII and I’ve only completed IX about twice, and may possibly never be bothered to try again. Which M&M game had the cuisinart who lived up in the hills and would either kill everyone instantly or give out googobs of treasure and XP? I loved that one. Which one had a crashed spaceship piloted by Captain Krik and Kcops and crew? I hated that one. ---
**Author:** ![abel29a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@abel29a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel29a)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655/42 "2010-07-24T03:48:45Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Oh, yes. I’m in the middle of a Medieval II: Total War campaign (Milan is crazy overpowered). Yesterday I checked the prices on Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri; I loved playing it years ago on my Mac, and I want to pick up the PC version. Alas, the expansion is still about $40 on Amazon; I must not be the only one who wants to play it. Same story on Master of Orion II. [gog.com](http://gog.com) has master of orion 1+2 for only $6 [here](http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/master_of_orion_1_2), so this one at least is available cheap 🙂 As for the OP - yes, I replay old games all the time. Currently replaying the first two XCOM games which became available on steam, have started new scenarios in Civ IV, just finished replaying Under a Killing Moon (Tex Murphy rocks!) and is finally getting around to finish all the games in the [Ishar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishar) series, only played Ishar 2 back when I actually ran MS-DOS. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655/43 "2010-07-24T06:35:51Z")
I play the original _Colonization_ at times, as well as the occasional go at _Civ 2_. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655/44 "2010-07-24T06:41:11Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Which M&M game had the cuisinart who lived up in the hills and would either kill everyone instantly or give out googobs of treasure and XP? I loved that one. > > Which one had a crashed spaceship piloted by Captain Krik and Kcops and crew? I hated that one. Don’t know about the first (there were a bunch of cuisinarts you had to beat up for the Champion promotion in VI), but the second was VI for sure - not that it looked much like a spaceship, it had a pyramid built over it. Why’d you hate it? ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655/45 "2010-07-24T11:27:40Z")
I rarely finish games, even those I like. There are too many games and too many other distractions to stay interested long enough to complete most games. But I always return to take another bite out of the good ones. Today, I finally finished Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, in all of its 256-color, pixellated glory. I have so many unfinished games on my computer that I can no longer buy new ones. Dragonage will just have to wait. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655/46 "2010-07-25T14:29:22Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > > Which M&M game had the cuisinart who lived up in the hills and would either kill everyone instantly or give out googobs of treasure and XP? I loved that one. > > > > Which one had a crashed spaceship piloted by Captain Krik and Kcops and crew? I hated that one. > > Don’t know about the first (there were a bunch of cuisinarts you had to beat up for the Champion promotion in VI), but the second was VI for sure - not that it looked much like a spaceship, it had a pyramid built over it. Why’d you hate it? I don’t know why he hates it, but I can tell you why I found it to be a drudge. After the 20th time of facing 500 identical enemies who can only be distinguished by the color of their outfit and who’s entire AI is reminiscent of the old “Robot Chase” game, with an occasional random missile or spell thrown your way you begin to hate combat. Absolutely hate it. Was the game great otherwise? Sure! But the combat was such a significant part of it that it crippled what was the makings of a phenomenal CRPG/Adventure. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655/47 "2010-07-25T19:07:07Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Some games just suck that way. For instance, the latest incarnation of Bard’s Tale doesn’t work on Windows Vista; it’s a known issue and not (last I checked) going to be fixed. It’s even worse with 64 bit OS, as 16 bit games often work but 32 bit ones won’t. That’s why I use MS Virtual PC and have copies of 98 and XP installed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-old-games/547655.md?page=2)