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It's 1996. What are you playing?

bdizzierbdizzier Registered User regular
edited November 2007 in Games and Technology
Its December, 1996. I've been playing Civilization II non-stop for months. Finally I give it a rest and try this new game Diablo. You should pick it up, its pretty good -- at least until my sister picks up the phone and kicks me off the World Wide Web.

I bet my system is better than yours:
Windows 95
Cyrix 6x86 (P200+) processor w/ 75 MHz bus
32MB RAM
Matrox Mystique graphics card with 8 MiB SGRAM (no VGA pass-through: yay!)
2 (!!!) 2 GB hard drives
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16
4X Samsung CD-ROM drive

I'm still hoping to get an N64 for Christmas, though.

What are you playing?

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  • MegaDoomerMegaDoomer Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    playing quake with "software" acceleration because i dont have a new voodoo graphics card...

    and im playing it over Mplayer... maybe quake world

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I don't remember what I was playing last WEEK and you expect me to remember 1996?

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  • NickTheNewbieNickTheNewbie Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I'm playing duke 3d with my friend over the phone lines. It's AWESOME.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I have a 286.
    I am playing either Simon the Sorceror or Flashback on it.
    The hell with you people and your modern machines.

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  • SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Warcraft II motherfuckers

    I'ma polymorph EVERYTHING

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    bdizzier wrote: »
    Its December, 1999. I've been playing Civilization II and X-Com non-stop for years.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Sonic or something. I'm oldschool.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I'm playing Phantasy Star 2 and 4, Pulse Man, and various other games on my Sega Channel.

    Where're my Sega Channel buds on this forum?

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  • mr weenismr weenis Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    hmm....1996....

    i was playing wing commander 2, strike commander, and any commander keen i could get my hands on

    (yes, i was a bit behind the times)

    (i also apparently had a thing for commanders)

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    Nickle wrote: »
    972 dicks is a lot of dicks. :(
  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    mr weenis wrote: »
    hmm....1996....

    i was playing wing commander 2, strike commander, and any commander keen i could get my hands on

    (yes, i was a bit behind the times)

    I applaud and agree with your playing of Commander Keen.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Xagarath wrote: »
    mr weenis wrote: »
    hmm....1996....

    i was playing wing commander 2, strike commander, and any commander keen i could get my hands on

    (yes, i was a bit behind the times)

    I applaud and agree with your playing of Commander Keen.

    Go go shareware.

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  • Niceguy MyeyeNiceguy Myeye Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Master of Magic. - PC.

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  • AydrAydr Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    SithDrummer wrote: »
    Warcraft II motherfuckers

    I'ma polymorph EVERYTHING

    Not if I polymorph you first!

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    hmmm 1996

    Super Star Wars and Zelda LttP

    cause I was outdated even then.

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  • WitchsightWitchsight Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I was selling my SNES and extensive collection to save up for a N64.

    WHY DO YOU HAUNT ME

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I'm pretty sure I was waiting on getting a Saturn for Christmas, at which point I was playing Dragon Force and NiGHTS nonstop.

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  • ThreepioThreepio New Westminster, BCRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-
    click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click
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    -click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click

    FRESH MEAT! Wha? OH FUCK.

    Click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Playstation games. And also, MUDs from AOL (Modus Operandi and Gemstone III before they broke off from being AOL games and became play.com games or whatever they are now).

    I was also 9. Going on 10 though. :-X

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  • SpokesSpokes Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Battle Bugs.

    I still play battle bugs.

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  • themocawthemocaw Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    It's 1996, and dude, you gotta check out this game called TeamFortress: it's like Quake, but in teams and stuff. . . it's hard to explain, just give it a shot. And check out the awesome graphics you can get with hundreds of polygons per character! Seriously, dude, it's better than that Duke Nukem game you're. . . are those titties? Dude, did you just give that stripper money to show you her titties? Okay, fuck Quake, I'm. . . ummm. . . hang on, dude, let me take this home with me. . . chill, it's no big deal, I'll let you borrow Master of Orion 2.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Playing Doom.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    ITS-A-ME, MARIO!

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Civ2, Xcom, Duke3D, C&C:RA, Diablo, and MOO2.

    Man, 96 was a good fucking year.

    EDIT: Also, I was playing Crusader: No Remorse/No Regret.

    That game ROCKED.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Duke 3d, Doom (Doom 2 X mod that I got on a PC Gamer disc without cheats), Command and Conquer

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Mechwarrior 2.




    Man, it was hard to get tired of games when I was younger.

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  • mr weenismr weenis Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    oh, oh!!! i was paying some weird online text adventure thing on AOL...it was called...something.

    i remember it was based in space and i had to bribe some guy to do something for me at the very beginning...

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    Nickle wrote: »
    972 dicks is a lot of dicks. :(
  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Damn, 1996, let's see.

    Dad just got us a Pentium powered beast, and I was going through every point and click adventure I could get my hands on. I've just blown through the first 5 Leisure Suit Larry's (including the talkie version of 6, yes my dad let me play Larry since the time I was 10), and am currently getting bogged down in King's Quest 6 and Monkey Island 2: Lechuck's Revenge.

    Full Throttle may have also been in the CD drive at some point that year.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    With my penis.

    Also C&C and being wowed by Encarta.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Threepio wrote: »
    Click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-
    click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click
    -click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click
    -click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click
    -click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click

    FRESH MEAT! Wha? OH FUCK.

    Click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click.

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    g0oseyourself wrote: »
    Playstation games. And also, MUDs from AOL (Modus Operandi and Gemstone III before they broke off from being AOL games and became play.com games or whatever they are now).

    I was also 9. Going on 10 though. :-X

    Holy shit does that bring back memories. I started this name in that game with a rogue/picker who had literally no combat skills at all.

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  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Oh, can't forget Sam and Max Hit the Road.

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  • mr weenismr weenis Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    ben0207 wrote: »
    With my penis.

    Also C&C and being wowed by Encarta.

    yeah, i was playing that moon orbit simulator in encarta

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    Nickle wrote: »
    972 dicks is a lot of dicks. :(
  • RichardTauberRichardTauber Kvlt Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I'm butchering Diablo with my Windforce and killing Tolwyn by answering with the right answer!

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  • Duchess ProzacDuchess Prozac Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I was busy playing Killer Instinct, Mario Kart, Doom and Cannon Fodder on my SNES. My friend has bought one of those brand new Playstation thingies which played the awesome Destruction Derby and Toshinden.

    It would be nearly 12 months until I was able to pick one up in time for Destruction Derby 2, Wipeout 2097 and this amazing, shit your pants scary game called Resident Evil.

    Oh shit, now you've got me all nostalgic, thanks.

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Silos needed! Silos needed! Silos needed! Silos needed!

    And this might be the year that I rented Super Mario RPG not knowing what to expect, and ending up keeping it two weeks past the due date.

    Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries

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  • WitchsightWitchsight Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Wait... was there ever an online space colony sim called Mankind? I may have dreamt it, but i was playing that at some point back then.

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  • EWomEWom Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Sonic the Hedgehog, Primal Rage, Mortal Kombat, ToeJam & Earl, NBA Jam, etc. until that fateful Christmas day.. and Mario 64!

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  • Frosted ButtsFrosted Butts Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Master of Orion

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    probably playing quake or heroes of might and magic on heat.net.

    or was that 97

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  • JammersJammers Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    In December 1996 my only systems were a Game Gear and Mega Drive. Game Gear I was probably playing a Sonic game, since that was just about all I had for it, most likely Sonic Chaos. On the Mega Drive I was probably playing Theme Park, or maybe Desert Strike. I couldn't really afford new games.

    I wanted a Sega Saturn for Xmas, but my parents were having none of it. I think I ended up getting a Scalectrix instead. With hindsight I wish I'd asked for a SNES, but I was a complete Sega fanboy in those days, and wouldn't get a Nintendo console for another two and a half years, when I got a Game Boy.

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