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From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: December 20, 2003 1:46 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Question to Gamers (Was RE: ROFL! Duke Nukem...)
We used to have loads of fun with "BattleChess" over the network. basically
just animated chess, but so very cool on a 486. ;^)
There's also, of course "DOOM" and the early clones. Wing Commander
(especially 3) and "Descent" were great space combat games.
Some of the early "Dungeons and Dragons" games also had networked play, I
think.
Apart from networked games there were some fan-freakin'-tastic adventure
games. "Out of this World" was incredible: fully rotoscoped animation and
an engaging story all on 486! I can still see scenes (especially that
fanged beast from the shadows) from it as clearly as day. it was truly
revolutionary.
"Alone in the Dark" was also very slick for the time (based on the Cthulu
mythos). "Seventh Guest" was one of the first CD ROM games out and although
basically just a puzzle games just oozed atmosphere (it's a horror game
tho).
Most of these I mentioned are actually older that you want - they'll all run
fine on a 486. Later games were great too. Point and click adventure games
(now out of fashion) hit their heyday. Games like "Gabriel Knight", "Grim
Fandango" "Monkey Island", etc were all really great.
Lastly you might also consider checking the emulation scene - a PII will
quite happily emulate pretty much any 16 bit system (like SNES, Genesis,
TurboGraphix 16, etc) and probably do a fine job on most 32 bit games.
Jim Davis
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