Computer games

[Ian M]

Another was Sierra's Grand Prix Legends based on the F1 from 1965.

Used to thrash the hell out of that one. Way ahead of its time, all things considered.
Ghost recon was another time thief,

[AlanG]

Almost forgot two other classics i used to play. Settlers and Red Alert

[adt70hk]

Almost forgot two other classics i used to play. Settlers and Red Alert

Used to pay Red Alert too.... Also had a US Civil War one but that was really picky on the graphics card and so stopped working when I upgraded it....

[monica]

well i must admit im still a gamer,been playing LOTRO,for what 14yrs ,and still enjoy it,
have played others over the yrs as well i did have a few fav,s there is one but the name slips my mind at the moment a ww2 one
where you have to go do mission with a team of 4 or so ,real good just cannot think of the name ,i do enjoy just killing ones as well
don,t go to gail for that if having a bad day
:smiling:

[Tim Marlow]

Totally get the stress relief aspect Monica, but never been much of a shoot em up fan myself, I always went more for turn based strategy type games. Started on a C64 commodore and rapidly went to a PC. Never wanted a games console. I loved Civilisation, and also got heavily into East Front II and all its incarnations. Also played Xcom quite a lot, as well as the Football manager series. I really wanted a good Napoleonic strategy game, but never found one that suited me. I don’t play computer games much now because my PC is pretty much steam powered, but did dig out my Arkham horror LCG yesterday for the first time since initial lockdown.

[monica]

Totally get the stress relief aspect Monica, but never been much of a shoot em up fan myself, I always went more for turn based strategy type games. Started on a C64 commodore and rapidly went to a PC. Never wanted a games console. I loved Civilisation, and also got heavily into East Front II and all its incarnations. Also played Xcom quite a lot, as well as the Football manager series. I really wanted a good Napoleonic strategy game, but never found one that suited me. I don’t play computer games much now because my PC is pretty much steam powered, but did dig out my Arkham horror LCG yesterday for the first time since initial lockdown.

Tim wont to say this one was called small solider but its not thats a cool film meant to be a kids if not seen you should its greatone but not
i play a few like that as well i did like Civilisation as well i could never get into theses turn based one that did not show the battles like shogon and that type
like you my PC is getting older as well and hard for it to run theses new games

[Tim Marlow]

I remember Shogun. Threw my toys out of the pram with it when it crashed after I played a great game beating a much larger army….loved the winning comment though…”The enemy Daimyo is running like a whipped dog”….

[stillp]

I spent a lot of time playing single player first person shooters, but I don't play much these days.
Pete

[boatman]

HI All well i still play now an again a battle tank driveing a M1A main battle tank an very good on my 16 bit megadrive computer game an aircraft F22 rapator shoot em up an by gum that releises the stress as when i hit something then i shout out TAKE LEAD SUCKER LOL an i got this game back in 1982 but i still enjoy it but the gimble on my hand set is dodgy an worn now from tryin to pull to many G's so the game is a bit erratic which is a pity an as its so old cant get another hand set but when on the battle tank game i played the whole campain an it took me over 8 hrs to win but i did an i had sadam hussien come up saying you have beaten me but i will be back to give you the mother of all battles lol an me an jen played a golf game called PGA golf an that was a nice an very intresting game as there were so many factors you had to take into account but if you scored a birdie or a hole in one then there would be clappin from the people watching an i was just talking about it to jen an she said lets have another game soon so thats maybe what we will do instead of jen whatching them awfull soaps
chris b an jen

[wotan]

I am pleased to see that this thread attracted a lot of interest and comments. I am not a big shoot up fan, although RDR2 does have some great gun battles. If you enjoy the puzzle type games The Room series is very well done and does not need huge processing power to run.

Like I said I am getting on for 70 now but a little escapism still brings a smile.

John

[Tim Marlow]

Worked through the room series on my IPad John. They are very well put together and a great way to while away an hour or so. The last one wasn’t as good as the others though…..the puzzles were good but I found some of it a bit repetitive in places.

[Adzam_1974]

I have a few games via steam but tend to focus on world of warships, good tactical game and can take me away to another world. Naval sim based on WW1 and WW2 ish era ships/subs/air craft carriers team based and decent graphics, cool thread !

[CarolsHusband]

I'm a dyed in the wool Gran Turismo fan boy, and on the few occasions I game these days that's where I'll be. Though Snowrunner has had a bit of a look-in these past couple of years.

Much as I'd like to roam round shooting all & sundry I am completely hopeless at it ! I haven't even got through the opening scene of Red Dead Redemption.

Still, it amuses the kids no end.

[Lee W]

Back in the day Syphon Filter was my go to game on the PS1, after a PS2 and an Xbox 360 which I kicked the backside out of, the kids and wife bought me a PS4 a few years, although I'm online line, I don't play the console like I used to. I'm a COD fan but at the mo I'm playing Tom Clancys The Division. I don't do Halo or any of those games.

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Been an ex Game manager I've played a few games
Remember the first Red Dead, I was there for launches of the PlayStation, Dream cast, N64 etc
I still play a few games, I love MMORPG'S still playing Lord of the Rings Online after 15 years, Eve Online 18 years, played Wow, Asherons Call and even Silent Service 4.
On the original Xbox I was a top 50 in the world Halo player
Beta tester for Microsoft, helped Sony out with Star Wars Galaxies, the list goes on.

I've just gone back and run through all the Command & Conquer series but still go back to LOTRO for my love of Tolkien.