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Italian review of Digital Integration's 1993 Tornado. Blast from the past.
Asid:
--- Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 31, 2016, 04:08:20 PM ---But my god - were games really that bad looking and we thought they were great!
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Years ago game developers put a lot of effort into telling you a story. They came with a proper manual, which in the case of many rpg's and adventure games would contain a story. Many games had a history and deep lore. This would set the scene and "paint" a picture in your mind. This art is mostly lost now :( The devs now mostly rely on chrome.
Regards
JudgeDredd:
Oh I understand.
Games nowadays are often a cut down version of a game from 10-20 years ago and from a gameplay perspective, they were (are) superb.
But I really cannot go back to games that looked like that. In fact I've bought several retro games from GoG and I just can't play them. A couple of big names for me are Strike Commander and X-Wing v Tie-Fighter
Just can't do it and yet - superb gameplay (I LOVED Strike Commander...why isn't there a game out there like that now? Guns for hire)
Frankie:
Long before SteelBeasts1, there was Tank Commander. 1995. It is totally unplayable now as it runs way too fast on modern PC rigs.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/tank-commander
I recall playing Strike Commander. It was a game before its time. I mean it had the padlock view when many other flight sim games after it lacked. Lots of action AND humor! Even had a Tornado it it. Enemy AI would punch chaff and fakes to avoid your air to air missiles. Very cinematic, had a great story. Character development. You even had to take care of the accounting part! When it came out you needed a good 486 to run it. LOL.
Asid:
--- Quote from: Frankie on January 31, 2016, 11:50:34 PM ---Long before SteelBeasts1, there was Tank Commander. 1995. It is totally unplayable now as it runs way too fast on modern PC rigs.
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There is a little prog that is used to slow down modern pc's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowdown_utility
JudgeDredd:
And after saying all that, who went and just blew £8 on Wing Commander III:Heart of the Tiger and Strike Commander? Aye....yours truly.
I fully expect to be as disappointed as I was when I bought X-Wing and Tie Fighter - but wth - they were £4 each and two of the most enjoyable games I had ever had.
In fact, Strike Commander was THE first PC game I bought and it only just fitted on the 80MB hard drive of my brand new Tandy IBM PC Compatible 486SX with 2MB of RAM (upgraded to 4MB) - for a nice cool £1200 :'(
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