Computer Games

[Waspie]

I'm a pench as well Doug but not as old as you ,my excuse its good for the hand eye reflex thing ,they keep your mind active plus never had anything keep it as a kid. Dave

I did read that it helped with warding off dementia. As an excuse - that works for me.

I enjoyed Far Cry 1 for the sniping simulation and the possibility to choose your path but I don't like monsters and other unreal creatures so when I finished it I deleted it from my HD.
I love to play old wargames on my PC like Steel Panthers, mainly the last release, World At War (SPWAW) and The Operational Art Of War, lot of fun and don't require very advanced computers.

Forgot to mention Sniper Elite is my go to sniping game. The slow-mo's of the fatal shots - brill!!!

[Waspie]

Used to be heavily into games. I was most into Counter-Strike: Source (CS:S). And i was quite good at it too. I used to compete in a European gaming server. Gave it all up though as i nearly lost my marriage and kids.

These days i just play Last Shelter Survival.

Were you hogging the machine?????

[AlanG]

Were you hogging the machine?????

Spending at the very least, 5 hours a day playing it. Maximum was probably 14 hours a day

[Waspie]

Spending at the very least, 5 hours a day playing it. Maximum was probably 14 hours a day

I get grief if I exceed 2 hours. She's getting sneaky now as well, she releases the puppy!! Who will try and nibble leads etc. (Usually headphones!!)

[Gern]

Do Sudokus count as games? If so, I'm in! :smiling:

[langy71]

I once did a 24hr session whilst playing Fallout 3, had loads of fun and completed loads of side quests, but wasn't half cream crackered the next day...slept like a baby that night.

[Dave Ward]

I've never been one for computer games, OK I've played chess, solitaire, mahjong, flight sim, but anything in the shoot em up style has never attracted me. I often wonder if I'm missing out, but I think I can cope with that!
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Prefer turn based stuff myself, mostly because my hand eye coordination isn’t great. Bit of a dying breed these days though, and OI don’t play much these days.
Operational Art of War, mentioned by Andy, was a great strategic game. Played the full Barbarossa and D day scenarios quite a few times. From the same stables East Front II was also great, but only against a human opponent. The AI was quite weak played solo.
Always liked the Civilisation series as well.
The original turn based X Com was great, quite challenging.
From another genre, the Player Manager series of footy management games were excelent…..extremely immersive. You could play leagues from all over the world. I always started at the conference and tried to get higher. Got Salisbury City to League one once……lost many hours to that one.

[Waspie]

I've never been one for computer games, OK I've played chess, solitaire, mahjong, flight sim, but anything in the shoot em up style has never attracted me. I often wonder if I'm missing out, but I think I can cope with that!
Dave

Flight Sim. Now you're talking. Dabbled way back with Microsofts FS but wasn't overly impressed. Then I heard about XPlane. Bowser's I was hooked. Downloaded some HD mapping of the uk and spent hour upon hour in a Cessna just puddle jumping around the UK. Spend ages setting up the nav system, ILS and so forth. 90-100 kts. Great fun. You could set the weather, cloud base, precipitation, wind direction etc. Then adjust the water, swell and such. Just amazing. It cost me a mere £35. Bargain when I think the Navy spent half a million on getting realistic wave features on their Lynx sim at Portland.
Got me thinking now!! Might have a look at it again and if its within budget!!!

[colin m]

I wonder if any gamers can answer this one for me. Does anyone remember Carmaggedon ? I played it years ago and would love a trip down memory lane - however, does any one know how I might persuade it to run on Windows 10 ?

[Tim Marlow]

I wonder if any gamers can answer this one for me. Does anyone remember Carmaggedon ? I played it years ago and would love a trip down memory lane - however, does any one know how I might persuade it to run on Windows 10 ?

Wasn’t that a computer port across from a Mad Max type board game by Gary Gygax? I seem to remember it from the early eighties, but I could be getting it confused with something else?

[Gary MacKenzie]

Carmageddon was fun.

pc solution @ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2...ddon_Max_Pack/

personally i prefer Cities:skylines , and intend to get cities:skylines 2 after xmas.

[Scratchbuilder]

'Homeworld' 2&3 old but always worth a turn when bored...

[AlanG]

Anyone ever play the space sim called Elite (and it's follow on games called Frontiers and now Wing Commander)? I spent many an hour playing it. The moto was 'Think, Trade, Fight'. It was so immersive.

[Gary MacKenzie]

Anyone ever play the space sim called Elite (and it's follow on games called Frontiers and now Wing Commander)? I spent many an hour playing it. The moto was 'Think, Trade, Fight'. It was so immersive.

BBC micro , and then on PC .....

Been updated , rereleased as ''Elite Dangerous'' and first time flying ship out of spacestation is just as tricky as it was in 1983/84