I Need a good older computer game

[thornussell]

alright so i have gotten bored with most of the games on my computer and i need one that will keep me entertained but wont bog down my system
here are my stats

Windows Vista 32bit Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core PRocessor 5000+ 2.60 GHz
2 Gb RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8300 GS

so any good game ideas?

 

[Marter]

The Broken Sword series is quite fun, and really old now. It's point and click adventure games, if you like that sort of thing.

 

[Mr Wednesday]

Have you had a look at www.Goodoldgames.com?

 

[Eyhren]

The Thief trilogy is pretty old and absolutely brilliant. You should be able to run pretty much any Source game reasonably well on that hardware, so you could try out some HL2 or TF2.

 

[thiosk]

heh, you need practically newish games, is what you should say.

X-Com ufo defense

also, google "the ur-quan masters" an abandonware version of star control II.

 

[Weaver]

I'd recommend X-Com: UFO Defense. In fact, it's so old you'll need Dos Box to run it

 

[Firetaffer]

Stubbs the Zombie
Unreal Tournament (GOTY and 2k4 should both work!)
Quake live www.quakelive.com It's free! And a good time waster.

 

[Radeonx]

Starcraft is a fantastic RTS that can be easily run.
Also, KotOR 1 and 2 can both be run pretty easily.

 

[sturryz]

Deus Ex.

What A Shame...

 

[DueAccident]

Ha, I was suspecting you meant games like System Shock 2, Deus Ex, Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament etc. That computer is better than mine!

You could easily handle most games, bar Crysis-esque compkillers.

 

[DarkDain]

Why do people recommend UFO defense? What about X-com Apocalypse? Try Warlords Battlecry series for rts, Star control 2 for sure also.

 

[Ghost1800]

Freelancer can be run on practically any computer that runs XP (haven't tried vista or 7). Fun game with a relatively lengthy campaign in comparison to most out right now.

 

[Nyrad01]

I've been playing Deus Ex recently, it's pretty good, never had the chance to play it before, and your computer should be fine with it. If your in the mood for a Point and Click, the Sam and Max series of games are both hilarious and fun! Hope their good suggestions

 

[Leviathan_]

What genre and how old of a game are we looking for?

 

[Me55enger]

Starlancer

Buy it.

Play it.

Love it.

Note: Slogan also applies to Hookers.

 

[Weaver]

Starlancer

Buy it.

Play it.

Love it.

Note: Slogan also applies to Hookers.

I liked freelancer more.

 

[Life_Is_A_Mess]

RTS/Turn-based strategy - Medieval II: Total War ; Starcraft ; Plants vs Zombies

RPG - ES4: Oblivion (I think your PC can take it)

FPS - TF2

MMORPG - Metin2

 

[Wayneguard]

Unreal Tournament (GOTY and 2k4 should both work!)
Quake live www.quakelive.com It's free! And a good time waster.

Starcraft is a fantastic RTS that can be easily run.
Also, KotOR 1 and 2 can both be run pretty easily.

Deus Ex.

All of these are absolutely necessary. As to the Thief series, it is difficult to run dark project and metal age on any system made after 407 A.D. so good luck with that endeavor. Deadly Shadows only runs on desktops so if you're system is a laptop, you're sol. Otherwise, they are all great games. Rune, if you can find it, is fucking awesome as well. Oh, and if you're into any kind of flight sims or space sims, Descent: Freespace and its sequel are pretty much the best you can buy. Absolutely epic games.

 

[AkujiDelano]

I would highly recommend Companions of Xanth, point and click adventure game. You have to have a great understanding of puns in order to really "get" the game. But I was introduced to it by my father when I was about ten, and now I have got most of the books, I love them ^^

 

[Harmondale2]

I've been playing the origional fallout games I bought of steam recently, and they've given me hours of fun! I was honestly surprised how well they hold up.