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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/10/2011 2:18:52 PM

ilovestrategy

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Sometimes I go back to Warcraft 2. Best real time strategy game I've ever played.

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After 16 years, Civ II still has me in it's clutches LOL!!!
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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/10/2011 3:48:51 PM

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Colossus (open source version on AH's Titan boardgame)

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/10/2011 4:35:33 PM

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XCom Apocolypse has been on my plate lately.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/10/2011 7:28:42 PM

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I still like to play CC CoI, TC2M and RTW (Extended Greek Mod). Oh, and also Flashpoint Germany and Highway to the Reich.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/10/2011 7:59:37 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Mundy

XCom Apocolypse has been on my plate lately.

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Same here. I modded it to be more like UFO (movement rates, weapons damage, etc.) and some other things.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/11/2011 3:28:02 PM

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It's taken me a while to get up to snuff with playing this one well again. I finally have a decent run going now.

Two things I learned about X-Com in general:

1) Don't fall in love with any character. They are all just fed into the meat grinder at some point.

2) When struggling in the past finance-wise, my brother gave me some sage advice: "X-Com is a business. Run it like one." Get those engineers to work and sell stuff. Relying completely on the monthly government handout is a recipe for failure.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/13/2011 2:14:16 AM

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Shogun Total War
Birth of the Federation
Medieval Total War

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For the last 6 months: Armada 2526 Supernova

Also, this.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/18/2011 6:09:59 PM

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AGEOD's American Civil War
http://www.a-acw.com/

Commander Europe at War Grand Strategy Mod 2.0

Does Free Cell count?

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/18/2011 10:02:59 PM

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Panther's HTTR, COTA and BFTB.

Also Atomics' V4V and WaW series.

I'd have loved to be able to add Combined Arms to this list...but......well..........you know.....

Rob.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/18/2011 11:59:14 PM

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Steel Panthers. Its been on my Hard Drive(s) in one form or another since 1995.

I think that beats any other game hands down.

Nice!

Have you tried the new Combat Mission?

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/19/2011 12:00:19 AM

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ORIGINAL: Deathtreader

Also Atomics' V4V and WaW series.

Rob.

How have you been able to get them to work? Is the a D/L for these. Still have the old box sets :)

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/19/2011 8:27:11 AM

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ORIGINAL: yaying

Fallout 2

Uhmmm.... Where's the link for bridal dresses?

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/19/2011 11:50:05 PM

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ORIGINAL: ETF

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ORIGINAL: Deathtreader

Also Atomics' V4V and WaW series.

Rob.

How have you been able to get them to work? Is the a D/L for these. Still have the old box sets :)

Hi,

i use a DOSBOX utility called D-Fend Reloaded. Works like a charm........

I haven't reinstalled them off the disks mind you.....I just keep copying the games from old hard drive(s) to new as I've upgraded over the years, so I'm not sure how that would be done now. There used to be downloadable versions at the Underdogs but that site seems to have morphed into something else.

Maybe someone else here on the forums can help??

Rob.

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Hmmmm... big place ain't it??
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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/22/2011 8:54:47 PM

kweniston

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Close Combat, all of them. At least 0,5 to 2 times per year I can't resist the urge to get back into the action.

At our lan parties:
Midtown Madness 1+2 - Cops v robbers mode, greatest LAN games ever made.
Codename Eagle (predecessor of BF1942) on its one good map :).

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/23/2011 4:36:28 PM

DampSquib

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CC2 , homeworld + others.

I found Jane's fleet comand DRM free along with 688(i) Hunter killer.
So they will get a spin up next.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/26/2011 3:22:19 AM

Aurelian

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Team Fortress 2.

Relaxing after a long day of doing whatever I want to.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/26/2011 5:02:17 AM

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Minecraft and Trackmania United Forever

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/26/2011 9:43:56 PM

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Broodwars Armageddon!!

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/27/2011 3:58:05 AM

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I like Total War Medieval 2 and fall out 2

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RE: games you just keep playing - 8/27/2011 6:03:16 AM

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Guys tend to play often, or at least keep all options open. To be really sure, ask him, or tell him, that you are not the girl to play with (i.e. that you not except any playing behavior if he is serious interested -
http://www.zovon.com/juveneu-instant-wrinkle-reducer-review/

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RE: games you just keep playing - 9/4/2011 12:43:17 AM

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Lots of surprises here, guys. Assuming the OP meant "really old games" you keep playing, wow. No offense please, but how could someone invest their incredibly valuable and limited time on Panthers in the Shadows, et al, when there are so many great games not mentioned here. I tried going back to SPMBT, but the micromanagement was crushing. It took me hours of boredom just getting to the battle part of some of those campaigns. But I will get a copy of Plants and Zombies when it goes on sale for $1.66 again. The oldest game on my HD right now is SSG's Battles for Normandy and Flashpoint Germany. The latter's canned scenarios were uninspired, but you had the ability to make some great ones on your own. Thanks!

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RE: games you just keep playing - 9/4/2011 12:50:28 AM

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This can still suck some time right out of your life, before you know it... (I remember thinking that was just the usual sales hype on the box!)

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RE: games you just keep playing - 9/4/2011 2:12:24 AM

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E, what game was that label printed on?

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RE: games you just keep playing - 9/4/2011 12:59:14 PM

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ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

Sometimes I go back to Warcraft 2. Best real time strategy game I've ever played.

WarCraft II is my favorite of the old Blizzard games. The only reason I haven't installed it on my latest PC is because I read it will not run under 64-bit Windows 7.

Other old games I still play are Master of Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic (II and III), and Disciples II. I also like the original Sid Meier's Colonization, but I haven't gotten around to getting it up and running on my Windows 7 machine...yet.

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RE: games you just keep playing - 9/4/2011 5:58:56 PM

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