Games your currently playing

Moldo · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject:

AoE III Conquerors is an expansion to the Kings version, with a few more nations and stuff, pretty cool. I played it a few times on-line but I honestly liked the offline mode much better. A lot different options, modes, etc... always something new to try. The Mythology was a whole new game which I never really got into.

JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

Isketch, rofl. thats a fun thing to muck about on when incrediably bored.

as for getting a life? that list is short...>_> ive been playing games addictivly since the early 90s Sad

bunsenjetson · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall

That was Age of Empires II then (The Conquerors). It was the South American one?

I do think the period of AoK was the best, the medieval stuff - trebuchets, crossbows, cavalry, early guns and those crazy camel fellas who throw scimitars and never run out. But the engine on Mythology was far superior. Like you can build walls wherever you like, not just 45 degree increments from north. Then again the actual mythological god powers never really inspired me too much. They were all too often decisive, which meant that choosing the right race was more important than actual strategy.

Oh - I forgot Empire Earth - that was good fun.

retoon · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject:

empire earth is one game i played. good game lots of different ages, think 15 in total

bunsenjetson · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall

Yes - you never forget your first nuke. First to gunpowder usually wins it though.

Moldo · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject:

You're absolutely right Embarassed

of course it's AoE II, but AoK was II right? And Conquerors was an expansion to that.

Never played AoE III, and I still think AoM and Empire Earth were less than Conquerors. Empire Earth was funny too though, into the future.

DodgyGeezer · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 111

I kinda went from quake to quake 2 to unreal tournament

then got bored of fps

i was fanatical about edgar torenteras motocross and motocross mania, they had ace weekend tournaments like the GP's on here.

i did a bit of shot online

now on the pc its track mania

I do a mean ace of spades on singstar on the playstation

Ive got mario galaxy to have a go at on my Wii later Smile

If youve never wii'd you really should give it a go.. ace fun... all the driving games are shockingly **** though.
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JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

DaCheese · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject:

First game I ever got addicted to was Micro Machines on the Mega Drive and I'm a massive fan of Mashed. Now you understand why I love Utter Batness? so much.

My name is Cheese, and I, am a TrackManiac.
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JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

Invictus · Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Posts: 18 Location: Bath

I play TM nations when I'm bored of everything else but been playing Civ 4 and Command and Conquer 3 recently.

Oh and TF2 (orange box delights) occasionally.

I was thinking of buying Hellgate: London anyone played it yet?

retoon · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:00 am Post subject:

my mate plays it all the time but i dont like the look of it. i would say dont get .

bunsenjetson · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall

I'm waiting till Hellgate: Bury comes out.

Dutchy · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

First game I ever got addicted to was Manic Miner on the Spectrum ZX. Loved that game. At the moment I'm playing 2 browser games, Travian (I'm awful at) and Trophymanager (Also awful at). As for paid games and downloaded games:

TMN
TMU (A bit)
Football Manager 08
America's Armies
CSS
AoE III
Medieval Total War 2
World Of warcraft
Guild Wars
Battlefield 2

Think thats it
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bunsenjetson · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall

omg if we're going back to spectrum days, I'll need a whole new thread ... Manic Miner, everyone's favourite and still iconic today. Rebelstar, Shadowfire, those text-based adventures (n, n, get key, n, open door, unlock door, open door, n, close door, lock door, w, n, e, get stick, hit troll, hit troll, hit troll, eat stick, w, s, e, unlock door, open door, s, close door, lock door ....), Match Day (except for listenting to the WHOLE Match of the Day theme at the start of every 5-minute half) .... ahhhh

JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

bunsenjetson · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall

That be Ant Attack. The first game to address the burining issue of sexism (you could be a girl or a boy, rescuing a member of the opposite sex) if not gay rights. I loved that game, and the 3D graphics were quite advanced for the day. It was basically a puzzle game.

I remember a new magazine launch where there was a competition to win a thousand games (!) plus loads of other goodies, and all you had to do was identify the object that could be found outside the city walls (it was an ammo box that did nothing). But the question was printed in the Guardian on the day of the competition, and you had to ring in at 10 a.m.! On a school day! My mum let me stay off for the morning but as soon as 10 a.m. came the line got jammed. Some bugger must have won, but it wasn't me. I was 35.

Dutchy · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject:

Dizzy the magic egg!.....
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mad · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject:

hit troll, eat stick, w, s, e,

no wonder I could never finish them. I never did get the hang of 'EAT STICK'

- you are in a room, the carpet is green and there is a bird cage hanging from a rafter their are doors east and west.
- examine bird cage
- Don't understand examine
- look bird cage
- it is a wire cage with a small door. inside the cage is a parrot that keeps giving you a funny look.
- open door
- which door e,w,bird cage
- open bird cage door
- that was stupid you have just been eaten by a large parrot!

Thank goodeness I havent seen one of these for a while Wink

McInSanE · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 357 Location: Germany

What I really played in "Clans" and stuff was:

Vietcong
and
Starcraft:Broodwar

Those were the only two games I played for more than half a year.
Other games I played were:

C&C Red Alert ONE (Win 9 Cool

^^
Empire Earth
AoE II
Max Payne
Half Life I/II
Counter-Strike (only on Lan Parties - never liked online because of lag..)
Gran Turismo 1,3,4 (PS1/PS2)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
GTA Vice City/San Andreas (PS2)
NFS 2 SE (Win 9 Cool

NFS 3 HP (PS1)
NFS 6 (?) HP2 (PS2)
NFSU (Win XP)
Baldur's Gate (PS2)
FIFA 98/2002/2006
Can't remember other games but those were the best.. ..now, i prefer playing RPG, Strategy or Sport (Racing/Football)