My 3 Pc Time Capsule

CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Lost gaming Treasures of the past found</div> Well I found my old PCs (450mghtz IBM Aptiva) a 386 anda 486 today and I turned them on to see what was on there and oh my.

What a treasure trove lol.

A Gaming time capsule. I havnt used them in a very long time. The more I looked the farther back in time I went. Waay waaay back.

i started with my old IBM Aptiva 450, my first "modern" PC.
I had my "awsome" Voodoo 3 PCI gfx card in there so i could get the better anti aliasing effects off of XWing vs TIE fighter.

I still had files on there from old classics like MDK and C&C Tiberian Dawn and C&C Red Alert.

I had Napster on there lol!

I also found update patches for the earliest versions of CS and DoD from way way way back lol. The famous "The Killing Grounds DOD map packs 1 and 2 and the first version of Sven Coop.

I had stuff from Half Life: UpLink The Offical HL demo mission and the first Delta Force game too from before they were released.
I had saved screen shots of the very first Max Payne betas, expired internet links to Sierras new ground breaking RTS game Homeworld and the Team Fortress 2 sites.
I also found countless MS paint doodles, Old school reports from before I was even in High school, that were transfered there from even older PCs Ive had.

The very best though is i found more stuff from my really really really old 386 and 486 PCs

I had an MSDOS copy of one of the very first Duke Nukem games. Im talking about the side scroller one not the First person shooter ones.
All 9 episodes of the origional castle wolfenstein, StarControl 2, Hoverforce, testdrive 3, and other games from that old school gaming company called Accolaid.

Dominos pizzas "avoid the noid", Midnight mystery Mansion, reader rabbit etc and countless other past greats like F16 Fighting falcon and Battle over Brititan and M1 Abrams Tank sim. You know the games were the manual is actualy a small book.
I found some of the gaming manuals. yea they are books. The tank sim came with like the operations manual for the real thing lol and tank ID cards given out to real soldiers. the Battle over Britian came with a book on WW2 planes and the F16 game had a huge manual on then modern day F16 armments how to land a real F16 etc.

wow todays game manuals are like a small brouchure add comapired to these things.

wow. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Its like looking back at some of my earlier gaming moments. going way back to the late 80s early 90s ooh what a proud history. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    Remember on Duke Nukem, they had those item boxes, but every so often one of the boxes would be an explosive trap. On the help screen, it said you could tell which was a fake and which was real by a slight graphical distinction. Stare as a might, I couldn't tell any differences between the two. Anyone?
  • Bo_SelectaBo_Selecta Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9374Members, Constellation
    edited March 2004
    I remember playing Police Quest 1 for the first time.. lol
    how times have changed <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    Too bad it's all about money nowadays.. *looks at avatar*
    thank god for mods.

    oww duke.. erm.. wasn't there a crack in the "wrong" boxes? or maybe the trick was to shoot it from a distance..? yeah, shoot it from a distance.
    to avoid getting hit by the tnt explosion. or fireworks. something red.
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Flint Paper+Mar 9 2004, 11:26 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Flint Paper @ Mar 9 2004, 11:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Remember on Duke Nukem, they had those item boxes, but every so often one of the boxes would be an explosive trap. On the help screen, it said you could tell which was a fake and which was real by a slight graphical distinction. Stare as a might, I couldn't tell any differences between the two. Anyone? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The little ? boxes were a darker shade of grey if I remember correctly.

    lol rmember if you shot the turkey leg with your laser gun it would expand to a full turkey and give u more health? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    lol I remember all this stuff.

    Duke nukem was all kid friendly and funny back then I remmeber him saying in a conversation with the games endboss that he would beat him and get back home in time to watch Oprah. (<=== TV talk show for u out of US people)

    Now duke nukem is all vulgar and profane with lots of sexual comments.

    not saying its good or bad or anything.
  • Bo_SelectaBo_Selecta Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9374Members, Constellation
    edited March 2004
    "Now duke nukem is all vulgar and profane with lots of sexual comments."
    the last duke nukem game is 8 years old, I wouldn't call that 'now' <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    *edit* oh wait, there were Duke console games. I think. right? (I've never played those)
  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cpl.Davis+Mar 9 2004, 04:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Mar 9 2004, 04:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Flint Paper+Mar 9 2004, 11:26 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Flint Paper @ Mar 9 2004, 11:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Remember on Duke Nukem, they had those item boxes, but every so often one of the boxes would be an explosive trap.  On the help screen, it said you could tell which was a fake and which was real by a slight graphical distinction.  Stare as a might, I couldn't tell any differences between the two.  Anyone? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The little ? boxes were a darker shade of grey if I remember correctly. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's distressingly simple, really.
  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Flint Paper+Mar 9 2004, 11:37 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Flint Paper @ Mar 9 2004, 11:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Cpl.Davis+Mar 9 2004, 04:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Mar 9 2004, 04:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Flint Paper+Mar 9 2004, 11:26 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Flint Paper @ Mar 9 2004, 11:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Remember on Duke Nukem, they had those item boxes, but every so often one of the boxes would be an explosive trap.  On the help screen, it said you could tell which was a fake and which was real by a slight graphical distinction.  Stare as a might, I couldn't tell any differences between the two.  Anyone? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The little ? boxes were a darker shade of grey if I remember correctly. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's distressingly simple, really. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You should have gone to Specsavers.
  • RetalesRetales Panigg cultist Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19180Members
    Duke Nukems are teh win! I remember that if you collected the letters NUKEM (or was it DUKE) in correct order, you got some extra points. And also if you shot a coca-cola can it started flying upwards. And if you caught it in the air, you also got points <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> .

    And I remember Star Control 2 was pretty good also. It was just so damn complicated and HUGE that when you figured out what to do, Ur-Quans smashed you to bits.

    And what would the world be without Wolfenstein 3D?! ACHTUNG!

    Ya... Those were the golden days *wipes away a tear*
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    please say you found Maniac Mansion... and The Incredible Machine...
  • WarfareWarfare Join Date: 2002-10-29 Member: 1697Members
    Pff.. way back isn't when you have CS and DoD stuff on there. That's brand new.

    Old is when you find your Alone in the Dark directory there.
    Duke Nukem qualifies <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • BobbyShaftoeBobbyShaftoe Join Date: 2004-01-13 Member: 25280Members
    How about Dune II? Gunship 2000 (1991?)

    SPEEDBALL 1 AND 2

    I remember M1 Tank Platoon!
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Warfare+Mar 9 2004, 01:49 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Warfare @ Mar 9 2004, 01:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Pff.. way back isn't when you have CS and DoD stuff on there. That's brand new.

    Old is when you find your Alone in the Dark directory there.
    Duke Nukem qualifies <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    heh dont forget starcontrol, testdrive, wolfenstein, hoverforce etc... I found those too and the others i mentioned.

    <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> I just found some other ones too im still going through stuff. i just found this touch screen phone computer hybrid from the mid 90s lol
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    Nostalgia is the best feeling ever!
  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    well u inspired me to pull out my Total Annihilation CD!

    WOW that game ROCKs
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cpl.Davis+Mar 9 2004, 11:22 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Mar 9 2004, 11:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i started with my old IBM Aptiva 450, my first "modern" PC.
    I had my "awsome" Voodoo 3 PCI gfx card in there so i could get the better anti aliasing effects off of XWing vs TIE fighter. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wow.........that makes me feel really nostalgic.....I played CS on a Voodoo 3 until the summer before NS came out. That thing is still in my sister's comp.

    But going back to old games for me would be either playing nibbles on an Apple 2 again, or playing Face Maker on a TI 99/4.
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    edited March 2004
    Well, I've got an old computer from around 1992/3. Not sure about most of the specs, but it had about 1mb of ram and 500mbs hard drive space - maximum.

    It was top of the line with it's CD-Rom drive...so pffft <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .

    Couldn't play Sim City 2000 with a boot disk. It had classics like Colonization, Sim City, Sim Ant, Oregon Trail - <i>with color!</i> - and that weird word processor that was blue screen and you had to have all your F1-F12 keys memorized to exit, print, make a new doc and stuff. [then in 1997 I found like the first version of Microsoft Word on it...that would have been nice sooner...]

    Hooray Windows 3.1 and DOS...oh yea, no graphics card - if it weren't missing the power cable I could hook it up and find out the specs.



    Then there's the older machine, it ran lemmings, mario brothers and some game with chickens, eggs and a road...all on floppies.

    Only DOS on that beast.

    [edit] My brain is working faster than my fingers...[edit]
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    Oregon Trail !!!!
    lol thats the game everyone played in the school computer labs.

    I found lemmings to on my 486.
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    It was either play Oregon trail or draw a picture and then erase it just so you could here the computer go "WHOAAAAAAA!!!!!!!" or maybe that was just at my school.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    That's nothing, I was cleaning out some CDs and guess what I found.....

    Commander Keen, Jill of the Jungle and Prince of Persia, aaaaah, nostalgia!

    Also I believe in the side-scroller version he was called Duke Nukum, with a u.

    My knowledge pwns you.
  • Snake101Snake101 Join Date: 2004-03-08 Member: 27221Members
    Nostalgia.... I play old games all the time. I just love to load up good old Out of this World or Commander Keen. (sniff) I practically grew up with those games.
  • weggyweggy Join Date: 2003-06-04 Member: 16998Members
    Oh man. Looking at this topic makes me feel old.

    I went home last week and dug out old games. I mean OLD games. The newest thing I found was an old 286 with a bunch of games on the big floppies. Yeah, the 5 1/4 ones that hold 1.2 megs. I played Hugo's House of Horror (great game!), Word Munchers, Oregon Trail, Commander Keen, and Ninja!!!.

    I also found my Commodore64. That thing was what got me into gaming. I was playing Frogger on it before I could walk. Lots of classic games on that.

    I unearthed an Atari2600 as well. Played old sk00l Pong on it =D

    The last thing I found was a Vic-20. Yup, a Vic-20. Now thats ancient.

    God, I feel like an old fogey now.
  • Bo_SelectaBo_Selecta Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9374Members, Constellation
    edited March 2004
    Atari2600.. was that the one that also came with the 50 games in 1 cardrige?
    tank vs tank, flying with airplanes, tennis, midgetgolf.. good times
    .. digdug? I remember playing digdug...
    It's been a while though, so my memory might decieve me <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    *edit* nooo, I had the newer atari 7800. pwned <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    --
    btw, first pc: 8086 XT (I think), 640 kb ram, 20MB hd, hercules graphics on a glorious black and amber phosphor monitor.
    The green ones were easier on the eyes though..
    I wanted a green one <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> lol
  • Bill_DoorBill_Door Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11792Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-weggy+Mar 9 2004, 09:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (weggy @ Mar 9 2004, 09:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I went home last week and dug out old games. I mean OLD games. The newest thing I found was an old 286 with a bunch of games on the big floppies. Yeah, the 5 1/4 ones that hold 1.2 megs. I played Hugo's House of Horror (great game!), Word Munchers, Oregon Trail, <b>Commander Keen</b>, and Ninja!!!. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Commander Keen! Oh I remember that game along with Wolf 3D and Qbasic Gorrillas.

    Anyone else remember Sopwith? Where you flew a green, pixelated biplane and strafed and bombed the red airbases, factories and tanks, whilst attempting to defend your own base? And if you completed it, you flew off into the sunset?

    Or how about Team Yankee, where you lead an armoured platoon against a Soviet invasion?

    *Starts feeling old at almost 19. Its not helped by the feeling that from now on each birthday marks off another year of my life with little to gain.*
  • R_A_CR_A_C Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16273Members
    Hey do you guys remmember that really old game that was a sequel to some other even older classic? I think it got delayed beyond all reckoning untill it got cancelled. I think it was gonna be called Half-Life 2 or sumtin weird like that, but my memory's a little sketchy. Can anyone remmember that really old game?






    LOL J/K. Man, I can't wait for HL2.
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cpl.Davis+Mar 9 2004, 09:22 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Mar 9 2004, 09:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ...countless other past greats like F16 Fighting falcon and Battle over Brititan and M1 Abrams Tank sim. You know the games were the manual is actualy a small book. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You oughta see the "Case" for my Falcon 4.0. Its a friggin BINDER.
  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Nil_IQ+Mar 9 2004, 12:54 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nil_IQ @ Mar 9 2004, 12:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Also I believe in the side-scroller version he was called Duke Nukum, with a u.

    My knowledge pwns you.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteBegin-3D Realms+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (3D Realms)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->There is frequently a great deal of confusion over the correct spelling of one of Apogee's most prized characters, Duke Nukem. The original spelling for the name was "Duke Nukem"; however, during the code fix stage between v1.0 and v2.0 of the original game, Apogee found a character overseas named "Duke Nukem" that was thought to be copyrighted. So, for v2.0 of the original Duke game, the name was changed to "Duke Nukum." Then, during the programming of the next Duke Nukem game (Duke Nukem II), it was discovered that the character they found overseas was not copyrighted after all -- and so the original name was reinstated. "Duke Nukem" is also the spelling used in all successive games that featured the character.

    The spellings "Duke Nuke 'em," "Duke Nuke'um," "Duke Nuke'm," "Duke Nuk'em" or other variations are not, and were never, correct.  The correct spelling of the game is "Duke Nukem"<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Your knowledge = pwnt
  • DarkATiDarkATi Revelation 22:17 Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17532Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    EarthSiege and Mad Dog McCree are old games... I found those on my old Win 95 comp.

    ~ DarkATi
  • TransmissionTransmission Join Date: 2003-03-12 Member: 14456Members
    Commander Keen, Jill of the Jungle, the entire Hugo series, Prince of Persia, and Leisure Suit Larry shaped my childhood (I only got half the jokes in Larry years later <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> ).
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Hahah there's a computer place around here that to this day still hands out 5 1/4" floppies with the Commaner Keen demo on em to whoever wants em. It is awesome.
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    edited March 2004
    Leisure Suit Larry, Kings Quest VI (The one with that stupid unicorn that's ALWAYS on the other damned side of the screen), Duke Nukem 3D, Redneck Rampage (I played a lot of the BUILD games), Doom (still to this day, at least once every week). But back in the day, I was further into console gaming, I had NES and Sega Master System. Ah, I loved that game, I think it was like Time Warriors or something, but it was 2 player and me and my friend played it all the time.

    Never played Commander Keen :\

    Oh yeah, Might & Magic and Myst. Sonic 2 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    [EDIT] P.S. Post 300, skankoids [/EDIT]
  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    A long while ago some guy hada garage sale and sold off a TON of great games of the past (I bought it but I got nothing to run it with)

    Including:
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    Wing Commander
    Syndicate
    X-Wing VS TIE fighter
    Civilization
    Railroad Tycoon
    Sim City
    Sim City 2000
    Command & Conquer
    DOOM
    Wolfenstein 3D
    Lemmings
    Master of Orion
    X-Com
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Those are the most notable....
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