Old PC Gaming
Old PC Gaming.
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Titan Quest
Friday, March 1, 2019
Greek Diablo offers much loot, few headaches. This unabashed Diablo knock-off from Iron Lore Entertainment is a respectable shot at giving the hacky-slashy crowd something different. Innovative character development and the unique venues of ancient Greece, Egypt, and China give the click-and-loot genre more life than it’s had in years, although at times you’re given […]
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Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Gorgeous and regal, but still incomplete. Cossacks II covers a period of history which you don’t usually see represented in gaming, and it’s done so with a ludicrous amount of visual detail, right down to individual french farms and harvested fields. The subject matter is 18th and 19th century warfare – the days of grand […]
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The Arrival
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Yet another alien invasion sci-fi story, this time based on the movie with the same name, and wrapped in adventure gaming motifs. Technically, adventure games are relatively simple to design. It’s surprising, then, that The Arrival ships with so many minor but potentially show-stopping glitches. While much of the game plays quite nicely, borrowing interface […]
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Burnout: Championship Drag Racing
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Burnout: Championship Drag Racing is a sim based on the world of sports drag racing. If you think drag racing is about as much fun as watching paint dry, Burnout will do little to change your mind. However, if you enjoy the idea of tinkering with every aspect of your vehicle to get that one […]
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Pool Shark
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Pool Shark (also known as Actua Pool) offers a large number of variations on standard pool to choose from, including 3 ball, 9 ball and 10 ball. Likewise there are numerous AI opponents, including two Australians, Wipeout (an unemployed surfer) and Boom Bruce (whose nickname is the white aborigine), both of whom you meet in […]
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Firestarter
Monday, February 25, 2019
GSC Game World, Ukrainian developer who would later create STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, was still a small company when it created Firestarter. Like Croteam’s Serious Sam series, this title rejects the notion that first-person shooters must be deep, thought provoking and complex. Firestarter contains 16 levels of frenzied sci-fi action, with each broken down into […]
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Grand Prix 4
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Geoff Crammond was long considered the godfather of Grand Prix racing simulations. Unfortunately, with Grand Prix 4, it was obvious he was clinging to the same graphics and physics engines that was used in past games. This isn’t to say that GP4 is a bad game. Far from it — Crammond’s sim is a stylish […]
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Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars one of 16 official vehicles, representing four different basic types of car models. The bizarre looking vehicles utilized in this kind of competition appear more like light buggies than heavy power cars, and each has a set of huge roof-mounted wings to keep tires from flying off the tracks at […]
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Novastorm
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Novastorm is a throwback to the arcade game days of the 80s, being a more refined version of the underachieving Microcosm. It’s all fast-paced arcade repackeged in 90s VGA. There’s a story in the intro, but chances are you’d hardly care anyway, as the main draw are the pre-rendered graphics. You set out to shoot […]
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Sudden Strike Forever
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Sudden Strike, set in World War 2, is partially inspired by the Close Combat series, but it banks more towards the C&C school of design. CDV’s addon disk of the game follows the same mindset, but adds more stuff. We get one new side with their own weapons, vehicles and troops – England – and […]
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