Old Skool Computer RPGS oh how i miss them

Neil79 · 27 Dec 2007 at 17:08

Did anybody else used to love playing these types of games? , i remember playing anvil of dawn for ages or Eye of the beholder... getting creeped out by the sounds of foot steps behind the grated door :eek:

Abandoned Places -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUO7pVdqtQw

Anvil of Dawn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pvf415GQuA

Dungeon master 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UozS0HIARVM

Dungeon Master 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZDKGrZOd8Q

Eye of the beholder 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_1C0QUTjQ

Eye of the beholder 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHCIAWO98sA

Eye of the beholder 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2M_G5pPmbo

Lands of Lore ( Remember when patrick stewart did the voiceover? , good times )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWnb_HIWM

World Of Xeen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlhXBymLw4o

oddjob62 · 27 Dec 2007 at 17:25

One of my fav RPG series was "Far East of Eden" on the PC Engine
http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/tengai/tengai.htm

Crowze · 27 Dec 2007 at 22:24

Oh man, LOL was one of my favourite games of all time... heck it still is

. Also worth a mention is Stonekeep, despite it being late and buggy it has a great atmosphere, really draws you in as any good RPG should.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35NDUONybw8

Neil79 · 27 Dec 2007 at 22:32

Ahh yes stonekeep , truelly brilliant game for its time

Surfer · 27 Dec 2007 at 22:43

yep played most of them. Stonekeep, Eye of Beholder series superb

innovative motion-capture style graphics of stonekeep were (and still are in a way) awesome

Begbie · 27 Dec 2007 at 22:55

Point and click for me

Beneath a steal sky!

Neil79 · 27 Dec 2007 at 23:00

Begbie said:
Point and click for me

Beneath a steal sky!

BOOO HISS!!!!

Cupra · 28 Dec 2007 at 04:55

captive anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDsbvR_q1bI

Dist · 28 Dec 2007 at 06:03

personaly i realy enjoyed Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol. fantastic game, never compleated it though, thinking about this though, i may try install it again, or one of the newer graphics UI for it.

m4cc45 · 28 Dec 2007 at 07:16

My favourites have already been mentioned.

I think Dungeon Master and Eye Of The Beholder were terrific. I completed Dungeon Master 2 and that was okay but still not a patch on Dungeon Master.

Other than that some other favourites are:

Bloodwych
http://hol.abime.net/157
Blatant rip off from Dungeon Master but done really well. The two player simultaneously made it excellent!

The Bards Tale
http://hol.abime.net/38
Got a bit boring at times but still a good storyline

Pools Of Radiance
http://hol.abime.net/1099
Originally played this on a C64 but still good on the Amiga

M.

Bane · 28 Dec 2007 at 08:08

Dist said:
personaly i realy enjoyed Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol. fantastic game, never compleated it though, thinking about this though, i may try install it again, or one of the newer graphics UI for it.

I remember trying a demo of Mordor 2: Darkness Awakening and really loving it. But I was abusing the backup feature, as the death system was fairly hardcore. When I looked at buying it, it was out of production as a sequel was in the works.

Ended up getting Demise: Rise of the Ku'Tan, but didn't havet he same hold over me as the simplier Mordor.

Bane · 28 Dec 2007 at 08:16

Another favourite of mine was Xenomorph. The sound on this game was very minimal, but it worked out well as for the most part you were exploring an abandoned mining base.

Purpose of the game was to find replacement fuel, new circuit chips, and navigation disk.

m4cc45 · 28 Dec 2007 at 08:29

OOh forgot about Captive 2: Liberation

http://hol.abime.net/883
Quite a fun game, though very hard!

Sleepery · 28 Dec 2007 at 08:45

Don't forget the Dungeon Master semi-sequel : Chaos Strikes Back.

It was much, much better than DM2 as far as I'm concerned. Still used the DM1 engine, but had some of the nastiest, most evil levels and puzzles ever. Well worth a look if you've played DM1 to death. You used to be able to pick it up free here :

http://dmweb.free.fr/

Don't know if you still can though, can't get to the site from work.

LizardKing · 28 Dec 2007 at 09:02

One thats not been mentioned is Keef the thief

http://www.mobygames.com/game/keef-the-thief-a-boy-and-his-lockpick

SkeeterUK · 28 Dec 2007 at 09:03

Swords and serpents on the nes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_8aLRBCTCg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdLTX1hM9hU

Also Shadowgate on the NES.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xAVMnNiY3c

m4cc45 · 28 Dec 2007 at 09:21

Sleepery said:
Don't forget the Dungeon Master semi-sequel : Chaos Strikes Back.

It was much, much better than DM2 as far as I'm concerned. Still used the DM1 engine, but had some of the nastiest, most evil levels and puzzles ever. Well worth a look if you've played DM1 to death. You used to be able to pick it up free here :

http://dmweb.free.fr/

Don't know if you still can though, can't get to the site from work.

Site works fine for me.

Must admit that I prefer Dungeon Master due to the fact that CSB was ridiculously hard - constantly being spun around and not really having a path to follow was a nightmare. Even if you completed an area it never closed it off so you could revisit the area over and over again!

I even had a save game with the strongest possible characters on there - and still got wiped out! I do play it on an original Amiga as well which does help.

M.