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What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 2:40:45 PM   
SapperAstro_MatrixForum

 

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If Matrix games did the same thing with older wargames (package them with a dosbox installer, all pre patched and ready to double click install and play on a new Operating system, pdf documentation), which ones would you love to have on your computer now for, let us say, $10?

For myself, without a lot of thought I would like:

Steel Panthers 1 with the brilliant music and movies.

Complete Carriers at War (90's version).

Clash of Steel future edition.

Battlefront series.

The '5 star General' games.

No Greater Glory.

That will do for starters.




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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 2:56:38 PM   
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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 3:13:40 PM   
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I remember liking Command H.Q. also.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 3:17:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		SSI's lesser known ones set in the cold war - i would like to play these - Red Lightning, Reforger 88. Also Battleground Ardennes, V for Victory collection. 5th Fleet. Iron Cross - precursor to Close Combat. Personally though i just want someone to fix up the crash bugs in the Wargamer 1813 game from Empire Interactive. It is the best conceived game for the period ever. Its open source too all the files can be edited still i suppose though i lack the knowledge to do this myself.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 5:09:21 PM   
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I would like to be able to run Steel Panthers 3 Brigade Combat without being tormented.

I don't require Steel Panthers 1, we already have it, you can either run WinSPWW2 or SPWaW.

The 5 star series is currently called Panzer Corps, not 10 bucks admittedly, but I'd rather have it. Which is why I do.

It is nice that they redid Close Combat for us, pity Battlefront is likely unwilling to give away the proper patches for making original CM work. Likely better to just run the new engine though.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 5:14:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		"The Perfect General" game designed by Mark Baldwin and published in 1991 by Quantum Quality Productions (QQP). A refurbished version of the original is available for Windows since 2003, web site: http://killerbeesoftware.com/
I own and played the DOS version, it was great little game back in the early 90's, I haven't played the 2003 Windows version, has anyone played it or own it?

Patrick

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 5:24:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		1. definitely Carriers at War (but I would never pay the price it is now)
2. Europe Ablaze (though matrixgames and SSG haven't made an update yet)
3. Operation Crusade (D-Day game)
4. An Avalon Hill type Battle of the Bulge game (not the crappy ones we been getting)
5. Steel Panthers with an isometric view not the old top down version.

Actually though I really don't want remakes I want the new stuff with better ai, (tired of playing the crappy or no ai games) and I'm tired of remakes like Panzer Corp and John Tillers no ai remake games. Be glad when Heroes of Stalingrad comes out myself. Miss Kiois games in the ancient series and waiting on a west front version like Panzer Corps Osfront (don't really like east front games, Heroes of Stalingrad is one of the few I think I might like)

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 5:33:03 PM   
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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 5:34:17 PM   
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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 10:07:30 PM   
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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/18/2013 11:35:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		My first ever wargame on a machine was Cris Crawford's Patton Strikes Back.

It looked a lot like Panther Games in that the player had a map with no obvious grid, the units were just symbols to tell you they were there and their current mode posture, and the point of the game was all decision based, and had nothing to do with admiring the graphics.

I miss that game. It actually came on 5.25 disks too. Ah the good ole days when a program was about the design, and not the graphics.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 2:50:24 AM   
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Sid Meier's Antietam
Waterloo Napoleon's Last Battle
Auzterlitz Napoleon's Greatest Victory
Civil War Generals (These would need to be fixed up for use on Windows 7)
Civil War Generals 2 ((These would need to be fixed up for use on Windows 7)
Fast Attack
Gunship
Great Naval Battles 1
Red Barron 3D
Seal Team

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 2:54:06 AM   
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Crisis in the Kremlin

and

Hidden Agenda

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 3:24:59 AM   
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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 12:21:08 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: wings7

"The Perfect General" game designed by Mark Baldwin and published in 1991 by Quantum Quality Productions (QQP). A refurbished version of the original is available for Windows since 2003, web site: http://killerbeesoftware.com/
I own and played the DOS version, it was great little game back in the early 90's, I haven't played the 2003 Windows version, has anyone played it or own it?

Patrick


Yeah I played it but lost my download (and code) in a PC crash. I am seriously considering ordering it again.

Was a very fun game, and one I'd love to see revamped to modern standards.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 1:39:54 PM   
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ORIGINAL: The Gray Mouser

Age of Rifles!


Bingo +1

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 2:22:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: catwhoorg


quote:

ORIGINAL: wings7

"The Perfect General" game designed by Mark Baldwin and published in 1991 by Quantum Quality Productions (QQP). A refurbished version of the original is available for Windows since 2003, web site: http://killerbeesoftware.com/
I own and played the DOS version, it was great little game back in the early 90's, I haven't played the 2003 Windows version, has anyone played it or own it?

Patrick


Yeah I played it but lost my download (and code) in a PC crash. I am seriously considering ordering it again.

Was a very fun game, and one I'd love to see revamped to modern standards.


Richard, I'm thinking about getting the 2003 Windows version, did you play it in Win 7? Any problems playing it in Win 7? Thanks!

Patrick

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 3:25:19 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: SapperAstro

....Clash of Steel future edition....


You should give Strategic Command a try. I feel it is an improved version of Clash of Steel and it was one of the first games I purchased from Good Old Games.

I remember reading somewhere back when No Greater Glory was still new that it was the best of the American Civil War PC games that were available at the time.

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ORIGINAL: Admiral Stricker
quote:

ORIGINAL: The Gray Mouser
Age of Rifles!

Bingo +1


I am inclined to feel the same way. Age of Rifles was a masterpiece.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 3:45:15 PM   
Erik Rutins

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: SapperAstro
Steel Panthers 1 with the brilliant music and movies.


Aside from Steel Panthers: World at War, take a look at Conflict of Heroes and the upcoming Lock 'n Load.

quote:

Complete Carriers at War (90's version).


Hopefully we'll have a new Complete edition coming out from SSG soon.

quote:

Clash of Steel future edition.


You'll want to check out the upcoming Strategic Command 3.

quote:

Battlefront series.


Meaning the old SSG games? Have you tried the new ones?

quote:

The '5 star General' games.


If you haven't played Panzer Corps / Allied Corps / Afrika Corps or Germany at War, you need to try these. IMHO they have completely replaced the old versions for me.

quote:

No Greater Glory.


Great game - definitely try Forge of Freedom, War Between the States and American Civil War now, which took ACW grand strategy to the next level.

Regards,

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 3:45:39 PM   
Erik Rutins

 

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ORIGINAL: Admiral Stricker


quote:

ORIGINAL: The Gray Mouser

Age of Rifles!


Bingo +1


+1

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 3:56:41 PM   
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ORIGINAL: flanyboy
Sid Meier's Gettysburg
Sid Meier's Antietam
Waterloo Napoleon's Last Battle
Auzterlitz Napoleon's Greatest Victory
Civil War Generals (These would need to be fixed up for use on Windows 7)
Civil War Generals 2 ((These would need to be fixed up for use on Windows 7)


These and:

Reach for the Stars (both)
Task Force 1942

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 4:33:48 PM   
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ORIGINAL: wings7


quote:

ORIGINAL: catwhoorg


quote:

ORIGINAL: wings7

"The Perfect General" game designed by Mark Baldwin and published in 1991 by Quantum Quality Productions (QQP). A refurbished version of the original is available for Windows since 2003, web site: http://killerbeesoftware.com/
I own and played the DOS version, it was great little game back in the early 90's, I haven't played the 2003 Windows version, has anyone played it or own it?

Patrick


Yeah I played it but lost my download (and code) in a PC crash. I am seriously considering ordering it again.

Was a very fun game, and one I'd love to see revamped to modern standards.


Richard, I'm thinking about getting the 2003 Windows version, did you play it in Win 7? Any problems playing it in Win 7? Thanks!

Patrick



I played it under Win-XP, so cannot help, sorry.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 4:39:19 PM   
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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 7:12:51 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: flanyboy
Sid Meier's Gettysburg
Sid Meier's Antietam
Waterloo Napoleon's Last Battle
Auzterlitz Napoleon's Greatest Victory


Have you tried Scourge of War?

quote:

Civil War Generals (These would need to be fixed up for use on Windows 7)
Civil War Generals 2 ((These would need to be fixed up for use on Windows 7)


Forge of Freedom and the upcoming Brother against Brother may be of interest.

Regards,

- Erik

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/19/2013 10:24:32 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins


quote:

ORIGINAL: flanyboy
Sid Meier's Gettysburg
Sid Meier's Antietam
Waterloo Napoleon's Last Battle
Auzterlitz Napoleon's Greatest Victory


Have you tried Scourge of War?

quote:

Civil War Generals (These would need to be fixed up for use on Windows 7)
Civil War Generals 2 ((These would need to be fixed up for use on Windows 7)


Forge of Freedom and the upcoming Brother against Brother may be of interest.

Regards,

- Erik

Yes and yes but these games are still different and, on some aspects, they are still unmatched.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/20/2013 12:10:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		speaking of WINGS that would be a game I would buy today for $10 for the PC and here's an oldie but goodie GEOPOLIQUE remember that one by SSI? and what about GERMANY 85 and RDF 85 man the hours I spent playing those two game. Ohhhh and EAGLES a WWI flight combat model unlike these sims we have today this game was really a strategy game.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/20/2013 12:22:49 AM   
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Any and all of the World at War Series from Avalon Hill:

Operation Crusader

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D-Day America Invades

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And Stalingrad.

[image][URL=http://s568.photobucket.com/user/radic202/media/945970_101873_thumb.jpg.html][/URL][/image]

I already have them in their original boxes but can;t get them to work at all in Win7 64 bit even with dosbox..............so any working copy and I would gladly pay!


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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/20/2013 12:51:56 AM   
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Any and all of the World at War Series from Avalon Hill:

Operation Crusader

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D-Day America Invades

[image][URL=http://s568.photobucket.com/user/radic202/media/1018726083-00.jpg.html][/URL][/image]

And Stalingrad.

[image][URL=http://s568.photobucket.com/user/radic202/media/945970_101873_thumb.jpg.html][/URL][/image]

I already have them in their original boxes but can;t get them to work at all in Win7 64 bit even with dosbox..............so any working copy and I would gladly pay!



this is why I never upgraded past vista 64 and win xp 32 bit, all these older games work and play and I even have a cheap netbook just for them and use winxp to play them all with dosbox and my new love d-fend reloaded which is so much better than dosbox when dosbox doesn't work it does. I even got an old copy of Full Metal Plante to work and load.

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/20/2013 1:17:30 AM   
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North Atlantic 87

Sword of Aragon

Wow did I spend a lot of time playing those titles!

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RE: What old wargames would you pay $10 for? - 8/20/2013 4:01:03 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins


quote:

ORIGINAL: flanyboy
Sid Meier's Gettysburg
Sid Meier's Antietam
Waterloo Napoleon's Last Battle
Auzterlitz Napoleon's Greatest Victory


Have you tried Scourge of War?


Heh... Yes Erik, I am on the Quality Team for Norbsoft.

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