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DinJerr · June 19th, 2012, 15:59

Remembering when EA was made up of cool studios like Westwood, Origin, Bullfrog, Maxis... good times. T_T

Samor · June 19th, 2012, 16:01

actually the good times were before that... when they weren't part of EA.

Paratech · June 19th, 2012, 16:30

I thought the cool times for EA was in the mid 80s when the "Record" case games were released on the C64, Atari 4/6/800, Apple 2e, etc.

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KrossX · June 19th, 2012, 17:45

Bullfrog! Maxis! So many nice memories... "It's good to be bad"

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Kaiser Sigma · June 19th, 2012, 18:14

Westwood did some awesome things too, outside their C&C remember the Kyrandia series? Hilarious trilogy of Graphic Adventures~.

Hyuga · June 19th, 2012, 18:14

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Originally Posted by Kaiser Sigma

Westwood did some awesome things too, outside their C&C remember the Kyrandia series? Hilarious trilogy of Graphic Adventures~.

Don't forget Eye of the Beholder and Lands of Lore.

Paratech · June 19th, 2012, 18:19

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Originally Posted by KrossX

Bullfrog! Maxis! So many nice memories... "It's good to be bad"

I repurchased Populous on GOG and still have my Genesis copy of the game I purchased directly from Electronic Arts Direct, plus rented previously numerous times.

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Ahielia · June 19th, 2012, 23:06

Just found this site:
http://www.insanedifficulty.com/board/index.php?app=ccs

Anyone tried it?

I'm going to try it on FFIX, since it's way too easy in it's original form.

DinJerr · June 21st, 2012, 10:05

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Originally Posted by Samor

actually the good times were before that... when they weren't part of EA.

Disagree, I liked that period when those studios got their initial access to more dev money; FMVs for the Wing Commander & C&C series, able to invest in oddball projects such as Sims and Ultima Online, Bullfrog releasing Dungeon Keeper... EA themselves were introducing great stuff like Need For Speed, the 'VR Stadium' series of their sports games.

Anyway, was trying out that Steam Profile Analysis thing and got back my report card. About a third of the games in my Steam library have yet to be played. Wow. And a quarter of the time on Steam was playing... Champions Online. WTF. That's not counting the 50+ hours before they were on Steam.

Sadly enough, the CO server population has died out (a lot) after DCUO became F2P as well, even the guild I'm in is barely functional now. Gonna miss all those 'help-newbies-with-their-****-so-you-can-recover-your-stars' run, it's one of those neat things that encouraged vets to actually give a damn about noobs.

My experience with DCUO: people running around doing their own ****, while the main heroes/villains of the day (in the story) are still the DC characters. Doesn't help you WILL have a 80% identical clone of yourself somewhere in your zone, making your cookie-cutter hero/villain status even more obvious.

Xblade · June 21st, 2012, 10:45

^I just uninstalled DCUO.

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DinJerr · June 21st, 2012, 11:42

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Originally Posted by Xblade

^I just uninstalled DCUO.
-IMG is just up there I'm not requoting-

Ahahaha, true. But at least they're trying hard to have a reason why these obscure folks have to dole out quests.

I am very close to uninstalling DCUO myself, waiting for GW2 to come out instead. And got a 7-day trial for Tera, which I am pondering this very moment to try out or not.

Thanakil · June 21st, 2012, 15:41

http://finalfantasyviipc.com/en/home

Here's what used to be on this page before it was taken down :
Spoiler'd to avoid taking space

Spoiler:

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**Hard core Rikki** · June 21st, 2012, 16:16

10 bucks? Definitely not remake. Maybe a better spin of the old PC release, with PSF-grade music, retextured with better models.

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Paratech · June 21st, 2012, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by DinJerr

Anyway, was trying out that Steam Profile Analysis thing and got back my report card. About a third of the games in my Steam library have yet to be played. Wow. And a quarter of the time on Steam was playing... Champions Online. WTF. That's not counting the 50+ hours before they were on Steam.

Sadly enough, the CO server population has died out (a lot) after DCUO became F2P as well, even the guild I'm in is barely functional now. Gonna miss all those 'help-newbies-with-their-****-so-you-can-recover-your-stars' run, it's one of those neat things that encouraged vets to actually give a damn about noobs.

My experience with DCUO: people running around doing their own ****, while the main heroes/villains of the day (in the story) are still the DC characters. Doesn't help you WILL have a 80% identical clone of yourself somewhere in your zone, making your cookie-cutter hero/villain status even more obvious.

Thanks, I bookmarked it.

Here's my results.

Paratech2008 | Games Owned: 356 | Percentage Played: 55.90%
Full Steam Analysis Profile: Paratech2008

I'm working on it, but some of the DOSBOX games don't show I played them, Doom, Doom II, Commander Keen, and Castle Wolfenstein 3D for examples.

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Yes, I like getting (primarily digital) games on sale @ bargain prices!

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Ahielia · June 21st, 2012, 17:20

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Originally Posted by Thanakil

http://finalfantasyviipc.com/en/home

Here's what used to be on this page before it was taken down :
Spoiler'd to avoid taking space

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Why am I only getting a request for username and password when I go to that url?

**Hard core Rikki** · June 21st, 2012, 17:39

Forget that, it seems it's even coming to Steam. Whatever its state, day one purchase for many for long.
Personally I'd pass, emulated versions kick ass in compareason.

While at it, FF8 too was supposedly in deployment preparation there too since december (as shown by checking internal Steam ids). A pack is likely.

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Strike105X · June 21st, 2012, 18:35

FF8 to ? Great news XD. This could be a great way to get to replay those games ^^.

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**Hard core Rikki** · June 21st, 2012, 19:12

Emulate everything, mod the rest.

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KrossX · June 21st, 2012, 23:17

But but ... but ... FF7/8 on PC had zbuffer. =D

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Ahielia · June 22nd, 2012, 00:46

Jesus ****ing christ, lost a Civ 5 game by 1 ****ing turn.
Was just finishing the last part for the rocket, when a comp finished it.

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June 19th, 2012, 15:59	#3781
DinJerr keeping it real Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Koala Lumpur Posts: 801	Remembering when EA was made up of cool studios like Westwood, Origin, Bullfrog, Maxis... good times. T_T __________________ Deader than the walking ones. DeadFishChronicles.com DarkNite : i5 2500K @ 3.7 Ghz \| Gigabyte GA Z86XP-UD3P \| 8GB DDR3 1600 \| Leadtek WinFast 560Ti 1024 DDR5 \| Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI-E \| Corsair 60gb SSD for Win8 \| SEAGATE 1 tb 32MB \| Envision P2373DL 3D LED Satty: Samsung ATIV SmartPC Pro 700T \| i5 @ 2 Ghz \| 4GB DD3 \| 120gb SSD \| 3G Evo ED: HTC Evo 3D \| 16GB on SD

June 19th, 2012, 16:01	#3782
Samor crill stazy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 7,661	actually the good times were before that... when they weren't part of EA.

June 19th, 2012, 17:45	#3784
KrossX クロッスエクス Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 3,715	Bullfrog! Maxis! So many nice memories... "It's good to be bad" __________________

June 19th, 2012, 18:14	#3785
Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 15,356	Westwood did some awesome things too, outside their C&C remember the Kyrandia series? Hilarious trilogy of Graphic Adventures~.

June 19th, 2012, 23:06	#3788
Ahielia I'm sexy and I know it! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: VIKINGLAND! Posts: 4,447	Just found this site: http://www.insanedifficulty.com/board/index.php?app=ccs Anyone tried it? I'm going to try it on FFIX, since it's way too easy in it's original form.

June 21st, 2012, 10:45	#3790
Xblade Eating your Future Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Shadow Realm. Posts: 8,210	^I just uninstalled DCUO. __________________

June 21st, 2012, 15:41	#3792
Thanakil Wheee Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Qc, Can Posts: 3,115	http://finalfantasyviipc.com/en/home Here's what used to be on this page before it was taken down : Spoiler'd to avoid taking space Spoiler: __________________ Land: burned; sea: boiled; unable to acquire sky, please wait...

June 21st, 2012, 16:16	#3793
Hard core Rikki Moving into the beat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 11,384	10 bucks? Definitely not remake. Maybe a better spin of the old PC release, with PSF-grade music, retextured with better models. __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| VBA-M \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu \| FMVTool2 \| @ES \| Shendo new NGemu toolbar http://ngemu.ourtoolbar.com

June 21st, 2012, 17:39	#3796
Hard core Rikki Moving into the beat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 11,384	Forget that, it seems it's even coming to Steam. Whatever its state, day one purchase for many for long. Personally I'd pass, emulated versions kick ass in compareason. While at it, FF8 too was supposedly in deployment preparation there too since december (as shown by checking internal Steam ids). A pack is likely. __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| VBA-M \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu \| FMVTool2 \| @ES \| Shendo new NGemu toolbar http://ngemu.ourtoolbar.com

June 21st, 2012, 18:35	#3797
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Scanning... Posts: 13,841	FF8 to ? Great news XD. This could be a great way to get to replay those games ^^. __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config

June 21st, 2012, 19:12	#3798
Hard core Rikki Moving into the beat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 11,384	Emulate everything, mod the rest. __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| VBA-M \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu \| FMVTool2 \| @ES \| Shendo new NGemu toolbar http://ngemu.ourtoolbar.com

June 21st, 2012, 23:17	#3799
KrossX クロッスエクス Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 3,715	But but ... but ... FF7/8 on PC had zbuffer. =D __________________

June 22nd, 2012, 00:46	#3800
Ahielia I'm sexy and I know it! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: VIKINGLAND! Posts: 4,447	Jesus **ing christ, lost a Civ 5 game by 1 **ing turn. Was just finishing the last part for the rocket, when a comp finished it.