Like just now I was digging through my very very old games pile, and discovered this lot:
1. A Star Trek game compilation, comprising Starfleet Academy, Generations, 25th Anniversary, A Final Unity and Deep Space Nine: The Fallen. The last three I was thinking of tracking down as they're supposed to be really good, but it turns out I had them all along!
2. A special Eidos demos CD, with demos of Deus Ex, Anachronox, Thief II, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Urban Chaos, and most prominently... Daikatana. And more! Man that was a good time for Eidos. Mostly.
3. Duke Caribbean - Life's A Beach, Duke Nuclear Winter, and Duke!Zone expansion packs for Duke Nukem 3D. And they work with Good Old Games' version of Duke! Woo!
4. Redneck Rampage Rides Again. I knew I had the original, but the expansion?! No way!
5. Realms of the Haunting. The precursor to Clive Barker's Undying. When did I buy that? And why haven't I played it to death?!
6. Star Wars - Episode I Insider's Guide. Um, okay, I do remember buying that one. Whoops.
- Chris Capel
Not quite the same, but I found Quake II and Thief:The Dark project in a charity shop for a pound each. I spent the next week swearing at my PC as an irritating Hammerite ghost kept sending back into this INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS cathedral to find a fucking candle! Not just any candle, oh no, it had to be a specific candle, tucked away on top of a garden shed, because that's such a logical place to leave a candle.
ReplyDeleteGreat game, but bastard hard sometimes.
I got Realms off eBay not long ago, Some special US Edition, at a terrific price. But then I remember that was offset by the postage costs...
ReplyDeleteMmm, I have a really good memory, so I'm not sure I'd forget something I'd bought. Here's something sort of related to this topic, but not game related though: I recently found a mobile tech magazine from 2005 that I bought when I first came over here, and it contains a review for the navigation software by the company I now work for! Jo-incidence?!
I've recently ordered Nocturne (and Blair Witch: Rustin Parr) off Amazon for 2 whole poundingtons.
ReplyDeletedrdark - I thought I did too!
ReplyDeleteLet me try and work out how I forgot these:
1. I think my Dad actually picked this up at a car boot sale he went to. I vaguely remember trying 25th Anniversary, but without the manual it's impossible to play.
2. This was obviously free somewhere... but when or with what?
3. I remember Caribbean and Winter, but I don't remember Duke!Zone. I think that was a present too.
4. Aha, now RRRA I think I got free with the original RR and never noticed.
5. Realms... I think I bought after people raved about it as being a precursor to Undying. I got stuck I think, changed computer, and never continued it.
6. I WANT to forget this one.