3 Apr
2006
3 Apr
'06
12:49 a.m.
At 4:40 AM +0100 4/3/06, Jules Richardson wrote:
yeah yeah, it's a game and I don't normally do
game posts :-) Does
anyone happen to have a copy? I was watching the lad playing some 3D
adventure game on the playstation 2 earlier and it brought back
memories of playing Ultima back in the early 90's on my old 486 PC
and just how darn good that game was. Other than the low screen res
by modern standards, I reckon it should have stood the test of time
pretty well.
Wow, I'd forgotten about that one! I should have the copy I bought
when it came out, but who knows where on earth it is. IIRC, that was
pretty impressive for 256 colour VGA.
(off to look for more early 90's classics I think
:-)
Commanche Attack Helicopter (I think that's the right name) comes to
mind, it is the most impressive game I've ever seen running on a
486/33 with 640x480 256 colour. Of course the Eye of Beholder games
were great fun.
My all time favorite is "Master of Orion", though "Warlords II" is a
close second. In both cases the Mac version is the best, as you can
play the Mac version at greater than 640x480. "Master of Orion" will
still run under Classic on Mac OS X, sadly it's been a long time
since I played "Warlords II", I forget which version of Mac OS broke
it, but it was a long time ago. I should try to find my PC disks, as
I first bought both for the PC. Either that or I need to get
something like "Basilisk II" running so I can run them under
emulation. I usually manage at least a couple games of "Master of
Orion" every year.
Zane
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