I only have a Pentium II processer, and I'm looking for old RPG's
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Maerdwyn
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What have you already played/enjoyed?
Fallout 1+2 will work on your system, and are both fantastic, though not D&D. The skills and feats of D&D share a lot with the skills and perks of Fallout, however.
Planescape: Torment should also work
Baldur's gate1 should work too, but isn't, IMHO, quite as good as the first three I listed. BGII lists its minimum specs at PII-233, but that's minimum, so take it fwiw.
You can download Betrayal at Krondor from the Sierra.com site (orelsewhere if they no longer host it. It's a great game that was released as freeware a couple years after its commercial release
You might actually have to slow your computer down to play them, but SSI's Eye of the Beholder 1+2 are pretty good AD&D games.
Fallout 1+2 will work on your system, and are both fantastic, though not D&D. The skills and feats of D&D share a lot with the skills and perks of Fallout, however.
Planescape: Torment should also work
Baldur's gate1 should work too, but isn't, IMHO, quite as good as the first three I listed. BGII lists its minimum specs at PII-233, but that's minimum, so take it fwiw.
You can download Betrayal at Krondor from the Sierra.com site (orelsewhere if they no longer host it. It's a great game that was released as freeware a couple years after its commercial release
You might actually have to slow your computer down to play them, but SSI's Eye of the Beholder 1+2 are pretty good AD&D games.
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wighair
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you can also get BaK here...
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=116
Also, search about the site, they have some decent stuff free.
All legit too.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=116
Also, search about the site, they have some decent stuff free.
All legit too.
Maerdwyn
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wighair said:
HotU's rather cool mission is to preserve and distribute old pc games that never got their due attention in commercial release.
It's not quite "all legit" however.
Some of the games there, like BaK, have been released by their publishers/authors into the public domain oras freeware. Some other creators (though almost none of the publishers) have sais or come pretty close to saying they don't care if their old games are given away.Most games there, though, are what HotU terms "abandonware". It's an interesting, and benign sounding way to rationalize around copyright laws, but it doesn't hold much water. It refers to games which are simply no longer in print, or sometimes, merely no longer widely available. Because they have been "abandoned" by the people who you could otherwise buy the games from, the thinking goes, you have the right to get the games for free. Copyright law doesn't work like that. Many games that have been "abandoned" are actually still available commercially , whether by themselves or in comppilations, so the justification for offering them rings rather hollow.
All I'm saying is that if you go there, go with your eyes open
Psionicist
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Don't forget the power of emulation. You can download a SNES emulator and some classic games such as Final Fantasy 6 (aka Final Fantasy 3 in north america), and Chrono Trigger. Those are really great imho.
Brudewollen
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Someone listed Baldur's Gate I, Planescape and the Fallout series - all of these are wonderful and I know they will work on a PII because I played them just fine on my old Pentium 200!
I've heard good stuff about the Krondor series, but never played them.
It may still be worth a look, but gettiing the speed of the system to work might be a weird problem (you need a program called mo'slo to slow your system down) - but Ultima VII was a really terrific RPG, the first really nice example of the same sort of top down interface that the Baldur's Gate and later games really perfected. Honestly, it's a been a long while since I've played it, but I remember it as being quite a nice game - certainly the best RPG of its day.
It's not an RPG but it's in the fantasy genre and still a great game, but Myth and Myth II are high on my list of best games of all time - there is now a Myth Worlds (I think that's what it's called) package that has both games and a lot of extra material, further campaigns and such. Now, this is a realtime tactical battle simulator but in a fantasy setting. I mention it because it freakin' rocks - great physics engine, amazing gameplay and some of the best writing, music and voice over narration I've ever seen in a game. Sadly, Myth III which came out about a year ago (by a different company) sucks and was very quickly sellilng for $9.99 - less then Myth Worlds is still selling for!
I've heard good stuff about the Krondor series, but never played them.
It may still be worth a look, but gettiing the speed of the system to work might be a weird problem (you need a program called mo'slo to slow your system down) - but Ultima VII was a really terrific RPG, the first really nice example of the same sort of top down interface that the Baldur's Gate and later games really perfected. Honestly, it's a been a long while since I've played it, but I remember it as being quite a nice game - certainly the best RPG of its day.
It's not an RPG but it's in the fantasy genre and still a great game, but Myth and Myth II are high on my list of best games of all time - there is now a Myth Worlds (I think that's what it's called) package that has both games and a lot of extra material, further campaigns and such. Now, this is a realtime tactical battle simulator but in a fantasy setting. I mention it because it freakin' rocks - great physics engine, amazing gameplay and some of the best writing, music and voice over narration I've ever seen in a game. Sadly, Myth III which came out about a year ago (by a different company) sucks and was very quickly sellilng for $9.99 - less then Myth Worlds is still selling for!
Victim
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Baldur's Gate 2 probably won't work. It's almost unplayable on my brother's 266 with a 3-D card - a Vodoo 2 IIRC.
Final Fantasy 7 should work.
Daggerfall is pretty good when patched.
I don't know if they're still available, but Sir-Tech had a highly rated series that was pretty old. The series was called Realms of Arkania (or something like that), and included Blade of Destiny, Star Trail and something else. I've played Star Trail, thought it was okay. They were pretty low fantasy and had lots of micromanagement - you had to dress characters for the weather, and they'd often get sick and such.
Final Fantasy 7 should work.
Daggerfall is pretty good when patched.
I don't know if they're still available, but Sir-Tech had a highly rated series that was pretty old. The series was called Realms of Arkania (or something like that), and included Blade of Destiny, Star Trail and something else. I've played Star Trail, thought it was okay. They were pretty low fantasy and had lots of micromanagement - you had to dress characters for the weather, and they'd often get sick and such.
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