# Old computer games **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 24, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804 "2016-08-24T12:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/61 "2016-08-26T12:40:48Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I still play Alpha Centauri and Master of Orion II from time to time. Master of Magic as well. I LOVED Master of Magic. I can’t get it to work on modern computers anymore, no matter how I try. ☹ ---
**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:** [August 26, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/62 "2016-08-26T12:57:03Z")
> **[GOG.com](https://www.gog.com/)** > > Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee. How many times does it need to be said? 😉 (Yes, they have MoM, ready for modern computers.) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/63 "2016-08-26T13:08:35Z")
Lode Runner (mostly because I had made a ton of really cool levels with the level editor) Star Control 2 Ultima 3 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/64 "2016-08-26T13:18:34Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Www.gog.com](http://Www.gog.com) > > How many times does it need to be said? 😉 > > (Yes, they have MoM, ready for modern computers.) Yay! I’ll check it out. I’ve been telling my son about MOM (I’m sure he’ll be unimpressed). (There’s a part of me that’s better off without some of those old games…) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/65 "2016-08-26T13:19:38Z")
BTW- how about the old Magic:TCG game set in Shandalar? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/66 "2016-08-26T14:07:00Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Save yourself some time. _Stellaris is supposed to be very good however, and I can vouch for Endless Space_. _Galactic Civ II_ is also great (especially with the Arnor add-on) but quite unintuitive to master, dunno how III fares. Stellaris is interesting but still flawed. Endless Space is quite good. I didn’t like Gal Civ II at all. StarDrive II is pretty fun (and a shameless MoO II clone), but kind of falls apart late game. I’ve played a few hours of Master of Orion IV (yeah, I’m calling it that, and so should you). I’m going to stick with it for a bit, but I wouldn’t recommend it to others at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/67 "2016-08-26T18:07:12Z")
No love for Leasure Suit Larry? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/68 "2016-08-26T18:43:51Z")
It’s right in my username. Played it through many times, ghost, Lytha, psychopath, etc style. I haven’t tried installing or playing it since I got a Windows 8.1/10 PC though. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/69 "2016-08-26T19:51:49Z")
As an aside, does anyone remember Happy Puppy? It was a website full of freeware/shareware computer games for download. I wonder what happened to it: Most likely, it got absorbed by GOG. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/70 "2016-08-27T01:28:19Z")
> [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](#): > > BTW- how about the old Magic:TCG game set in Shandalar? Yeah that was a good one! That was what introduced me to the card game version of Magic. > [@Chronos](#): > > As an aside, does anyone remember Happy Puppy? It was a website full of freeware/shareware computer games for download. I wonder what happened to it: Most likely, it got absorbed by GOG. Or how about Tucows which was like the business, productivity version of that site. > [@txjim](#): > > No love for Leasure Suit Larry? Even if you tell him you love him, he still won’t call 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/71 "2016-08-27T01:36:17Z")
heres the gog weekend sale list for this weekend … note theres some more current games in here but > **[GOG.com](https://www.gog.com/en)** > > Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee. id just list them all but I cant format it to fit in a post box ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/72 "2016-08-27T02:53:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Lode Runner (mostly because I had made a ton of really cool levels with the level editor) When I was in my teens my brothers and I played this obsessively. By the time you got really good, you would be getting up to level 100 or whatever and each game would take hours. We didn’t know about the level editor and this was pre-internet so it wasn’t so easy to find out about. One day my brother happened to hit some random keys and the level editor came up. But he had no idea what he’d hit. So we knew it was there, but we could never get back into it. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/73 "2016-08-27T21:40:54Z")
Close Combat ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/74 "2016-08-27T22:24:04Z")
Just loaded Master of Magic and showed it to my son. We were playing on ‘easy’ and everything was going swimmingly. I tried playing on hard and had my butt handed to me in 30 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/75 "2016-08-27T23:14:14Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > . We didn’t know about the level editor and this was pre-internet so it wasn’t so easy to find out about. One day my brother happened to hit some random keys and the level editor came up. But he had no idea what he’d hit. So we knew it was there, but we could never get back into it. Which means you pirated it, because the level editor was documented if you bought it… No judgement, I also pirated it, but then later bought it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/76 "2016-08-27T23:30:10Z")
Interesting. We didn’t usually pirate things because my father was obsessive about not doing so. And we played it so much he must have known we had it. I can’t remember now. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/77 "2016-08-27T23:37:17Z")
> [@Enilno](#): > > Some of my favorites like Ultima 7 and Master of Magic were already mentioned by others, so I’ll go with Gabriel Knight, Sins of the Father. I actually re-bought it a few years ago on GOG and still replay it from time to time. The art is still fantastic to this day, plus you got Tim Curry hamming it up, and the always great Mark Hamill as well. This would be one of my top choices as well. Also from Sierra, I have fond memories of the _King’s Quest_ and _Quest for Glory_ games. The 4th installment in the _QfG_ series was unfortunately marred by bugs, but it stands out in my mind as having one of the best stories of any adventure game I’ve ever played. (Probably second only to the first _Gabriel Knight_ game.) After building up your reputation as a hero for the first three games, you find yourself stuck in a distant land where no one’s ever heard of you and they don’t trust outsiders. The mix of horror and comedy elements was a lot of fun, and there were even some moments of real drama. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/78 "2016-08-28T00:02:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Which means you pirated it, because the level editor was documented if you bought it… Or they bought it used and didn’t get the manual, or they only played it on school computers and didn’t have access to it, or they lost it, or they didn’t have time to go reading any silly manuals when there was a game to be played. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/79 "2016-08-28T00:28:05Z")
I liked the Infocom (?) HHGTTG game on my Apple IIe. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804/80 "2016-08-28T02:05:41Z")
Ahh, nostalgia…_Adventure_ on a Burroughs mainframe, _Flash Attack_ on a Commodore PET, _Wizardry_ and _Wasteland_ on a IIe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-computer-games/763804.md?page=5)