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anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it.Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Games and Technology
I've been wanting to do something like this for a long time. I apologize if there is already something like this, but here's my idea. I'm sure many of you, like me, don't have the greatest computer. But at the same time, that's not so bad because some of the greatest PC games ever made don't require a top notch system to run them today. I also bet that a lot of you have the same games on your PC as I do. For example, Quake III Team Arena, UT2004, Day of Defeat, etc. I would even be willing to help set up our own server on one or two of these games. TF2 has a thread. L4D has a thread. Let's start a old school PC multiplayer thread. We can focus on one old game or play a different one every weekend or so. Anyway, that's my idea. Let me know if you guys are interested or not. I'll take the hint when I see this thread with no replies on the 3rd page.

Old School Frag Night!

For gamers who prefer the classics and/or just have crappy computers!

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  • HKPacman420HKPacman420 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hm... I'd be down for any of the Half-Life 1 mods available on STEAM. Counter-Strike & The Specialists are all I currently have installed, but I can get any of the others if enough people are interested.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Triiiiiiiiiibes!

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Old school unreal tournament. I'd be okay with playing that haha.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Natural Selection!

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  • AdditionalPylonsAdditionalPylons Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Natural Selection!

    This

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  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I've heard of it, but I'm not really sure what natural selection is?

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'd be down for any HL1 mod, since I'm on a netbook that narrows my selection a bit. :P

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  • AdditionalPylonsAdditionalPylons Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    anoffday wrote: »
    I've heard of it, but I'm not really sure what natural selection is?

    Natural Selection blends first-person combat with real-time strategy. It features intense "marines vs. aliens" teamplay, where one marine can become Commander. The Commander plays from a top-down perspective and leads live players.
    The aliens can evolve upgrades like "Cloaking" and "Scent of Fear", and can change lifeforms to run on walls, fly, and even devour marines whole.

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  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    The Specialists for HL1.

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  • HKPacman420HKPacman420 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    AdditionalPylons wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Natural Selection!

    This



    I concur.

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  • PasteePastee Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Action Quake 2 and I'm in.

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  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Is natural selection a HL1 mod?

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    anoffday wrote: »
    Is natural selection a HL1 mod?

    Yes.

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  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Tribes. It is free.

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  • MonstyMonsty Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Half-life and Skulltag. Hooks'em up!

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  • Roland_tHTGRoland_tHTG Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    HKPacman420 wrote: »
    AdditionalPylons wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Natural Selection!

    This



    I concur.

    There was a thread for NS a few months ago with many games played and I'm sure I'd reinstall the game if there's renewed interest.

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I am literally installing Natural Selection as we speak, just in case.

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  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Natural Selection

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Installed, name set, custom spray created, I am good to go.

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  • L Ron HowardL Ron Howard The duck MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    When and where is this Natural Selection going to happen? :D

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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ricochet.

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  • AntithesisAntithesis Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    All you people getting me excited for NS2 all over again.


    **Oh. Oh you did not. You did not just post a PANS announcement.

    Okay, people, thank you for reminding me of Tribes, now let's play NS in an hour.

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Screw natural selection. I say Unreal Tournament 2004.

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    I think it's hard for someone not to rage at mario kart, while shouting "Fuck you Donkey Kong. Whose dick did you suck to get all those red shells?"
  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    This Natural Selection mod sounds a lot like Savage. I used to love that game, the real bonus for me was there was a linux client so I didn't even need to reboot my computer into windows to play it.

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  • AntithesisAntithesis Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Forbe! wrote: »
    Tribes. It is free.

    While we're still here, where can you get it?

    Free as in that Browser-only site I distantly recall?

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Antithesis wrote: »
    Forbe! wrote: »
    Tribes. It is free.

    While we're still here, where can you get it?

    Free as in that Browser-only site I distantly recall?

    Here's the C-Net download for Tribes. It was released free when Tribes: Vengeance came out.

    I imagine you can get it from all kinds of freeware and gaming sites now.

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  • AntithesisAntithesis Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Natural Selection is at 52%. We're playin' this.


    Who wants to resurrect the NS thread?

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'd be interested in some group Myth II. Anything else, not so much.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYjgE8NpPBk

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Why the hell would we do Tribes 1? I vote Tribes 2

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  • LittleBootsLittleBoots Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Why the hell would we do Tribes 1? I vote Tribes 2

    Because Tribes 1 is better than Tribes 2 in every way.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Tribes 1! TRIBES 1! YEAAAAAH

    SHAZBOT

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Arkan wrote: »
    Screw natural selection. I say Unreal Tournament 2004.

    Oh hell yes.

    Especially since I never liked either Natural Selection or Tribes, FPS heretic that I am.

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  • Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Arkan wrote: »
    Screw natural selection. I say Unreal Tournament 2004.

    screw UT04, i say UT99.

    or Q3, or Chaos Q2. man i havent played Chaos in so long, that used to be my shit. i wonder if its still any fun.

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  • HKPacman420HKPacman420 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    We could go really old school and hook-up some zDoom.

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  • L Ron HowardL Ron Howard The duck MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    HKPacman420 wrote: »
    We could go really old school and hook-up some zDoom.

    Duke Nukem > Doom



    There. I said it. If you're going to do old school, either choose Q1, or Duke Nukem 3D.

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ah_Pook wrote: »
    Arkan wrote: »
    Screw natural selection. I say Unreal Tournament 2004.

    screw UT04, i say UT99.

    or Q3, or Chaos Q2. man i havent played Chaos in so long, that used to be my shit. i wonder if its still any fun.
    But I don't have any of those games :(

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    Blackbeard7 wrote: »
    I think it's hard for someone not to rage at mario kart, while shouting "Fuck you Donkey Kong. Whose dick did you suck to get all those red shells?"
  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Huh. Turns out there are a lot of old school PC games.

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Quake2 (demo + 3.20 patch means you can free multiplayer) or Quake Live.

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  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Though I've never played it or heard anything about it, it sounds like natural selection is winning by a lot, followed by tribes. Should we set something up for this friday night with natrual selection followed by tribes for the following friday?

    Also any artists out there are more than welcome to create a nifty picture for the old school frag night OP. All the cool threads have them.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    RandomEngy wrote: »
    Huh. Turns out there are a lot of awesome old school PC games.

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