I remember booting up the Amiga 500 to amaze my friends with the Moonstone intro and its gory fights. They were completely blown away! Man, I was so cool back then

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha :) It didn't hurt that it didn't only look great but also played fantastic, right? ;)

@TiegonBerry

2 ай бұрын

The tavern music was a banger and the unique dice game was such a fun way to loose all your money. I would go broke and then go bug math the wizard till he turned me into a toad.

@grotgrusson5124

2 ай бұрын

Me and my cousin used to play it on the Amiga 1000. And when we found out that you could "cheat" on it by playing all four Knights, and then sacrifice them to only be one left that is boosted up, it felt like we hade cracked the secrets of the universe 😄

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@grotgrusson5124 Ha ha ha :) In my playthrough for the review that I did couple of years ago (it's rather rough, don't feel like you need to watch it), I've actually completed a game in around an hour never really defeating the dragon or guardian, and just taking the moonstone from one of the CPU knights. I don't know how he got it. But it was convenient for the video, even if not "a full experience". xD

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TiegonBerry Oh, you were going to him way too often then. Btw. you know what I learned 20 years after originally playing the game? More than 20 even. That you could come back to your home village once a week to get one of your lost lives back. ;) Most people probably knew about it, but it never crossed my mind. I didn't even realise that it too was a location you could go to.

One hell of an amazing year for PC DOS!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yep, and it was pretty epic. :)

@TheMedievalNerd

2 ай бұрын

​@@OldAndNewVideoGames I mean it's a year where we were treated two games that essentially gave birth to their own genre. Dune 2 = RTS, Worlf3D = FPS. Probably won't ever see as dense of innovation happening in game development ever again.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TheMedievalNerd You know what... I worry you may be right. I mean I love gaming, overall, and not just classics, and I really love some of the modern experiences, but I'd be hard pressed to point out a year after 2000 that had so many great releases. At least not of the top of my head. But in the 90's, you could basically drop any from 91 to 98, and it was AMAZING! :) Also, love your videos! :)

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

@@TheMedievalNerdInnovation died a death in 2006/7, with the huge corporate buyout of the video game industry. It's all about rinse, repeat, reskin, casualize for biggest profits now, except we still have the indie / kickstarter scene, so every now and then innovation does come through. 1992-1999 was simply insane in terms of cutting edge pioneering creativity. Back when creative people were in charge, and risks were taken producing some the greatest games EVER (Morrowind, Dungeon Keeper, System Shock 2 etc) despite many of them not being commericaly sucessful. RIP the golden era of video games. Now please excuse me, I have to install COD 27, Tomb Raider 14 and Battlefield 69...

I got Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis for Christmas in 1992. Best Christmas ever :)

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

What an adventure to have over the XMas period! :)

Great selection of games. I never played the Star Trek 25th anniversary but after seeing the red shirt guy getting shot in the combat, I am all for it.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha :) Aren't they just for that? To be the meat-shield for the "important" crew members? ;)

In honesty I'd have to agree that this IS one of the biggest series of DOS games ever produced! You're rarely wrong about these titles and there are a few "Gems" of games many have missed playing including this one... Keep up the fine work ;)

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Thank you and will do! :)

Well done for including Darklands. The best cRPG of 1990-1995! Also, back in the day, there was quite a discussion on whether Arkania was an RPG or a Sim, because it was so detailed in the camping, having to eat and drink, and general other real life requirements! I have all these games sitting on my game shelves, except for the arcade and platform games. I like the "brain" genres: Adventures, strategy, wargames, RPGs and SIMs!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

I don't remember the discussion but it makes total sense. Back then, such level of immersion was unheard of. Today we call them immersive survival RPGs or some other thing. :) Also, yeah, Darklands is a bit of a hidden gem that's rarely mentioned in RPG lists of back then. xD

I still remember the incredibly repetitive music in Moonstone... and how it would break allowing you harvest lairs and get massive stats.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

:)

Thank you for the timestamps... but I barely needed them. Most of these games I cared about. What a great year for DOS gaming this was.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha :) Yeah, timestamps are for those who wanna skip to particular games, and also to give props to footage recorders (where appropriate).

That must have been one of the best year for games. Each of them is a pearl.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

It really was!

Loved history-line 1914 -1918, had that on the Amiga 1200 and played it whilst also studying that period at school

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Good game. :) Though I was a victim to the trend too, and I preferred Battle Isle to it. xD

I've lost count of how many times I played Wiz7, fanatically opening every map spot, even the sea.. Okay, wheres DosBox, time has come!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha :) It's definitely a game re-play worthy. :)

@runeman00

2 ай бұрын

We have GoG now

@avavii

2 ай бұрын

@@runeman00 Have you heard of eXoDOS? ;) It's even better.

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

Try "DosBox Staging". Same thing, but I played with it earlier this year, much better than DosBox and has support for Roland music etc. Really cool! Played through Terror From The Deep and Dune 2. Awesome! :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TheVanillatech I can pick those sound sources in RetroExo. Maybe it uses the staging one too?

This is the year I think DOS games really raised against Amiga. What an era of gaming!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think so too. Many more people had VGA, which made the games look much better instantly.

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames256 colour VGA/MCGA, plug n play, SVGA support and VESA standard, Adlib and Soundblaster cards that were affordable now, and 386 based machines .... it was a turning point and was about to exponentially KICK OFF! :D It was also the year I discovered PC's as gaming machines and, after 10 months of constantly badgering my Dad, he bought me a 486 in 1993! Just in time for Doom.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TheVanillatech Oh, man! That must've been a year! Doom! Pff... I was still on my Amiga, and when I saw it in a gaming mag, that was painful... xD

@evanrhildreth

2 ай бұрын

100% agree. VGA DOS games focused on strategy and storytelling, while the Amiga was mostly mindless side-scrolling action.

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames I was walking past a computer store in town, on my way to Games Workshop to play some HeroQuest etc, when I saw Wolfenstein 3D running on a demo PC in the window. I went inside and the guy let me play a little, and my Dad got a hard time every single day for months until he finally caved in.

Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters is the best of the bunch in my opinion. The original devs have a Kickstarter live right now to create the TRUE sequel after 30+ years!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

A sequel would be fun. A re-make not so much.

@Heliophanus

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames It is a sequel. Kickstarted under the name Free Stars: Children of Infinity. (Because they lost rights to Star Control name, but nothing else.)

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@Heliophanus I'm not emotionally attached to names. All I care for this to be a good game. :)

@DrMcFly28

9 күн бұрын

​@@OldAndNewVideoGamesa remake already exists (a remastered version to be precise).

Couldn't resist purchasing ST 25th when it can out. Connected it to my Sound Canvas via midi as I recall, the theme song came out quite nice 👍🏻 and enjoyed the game play.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Oh, I was always interested in those external music connections. Never had a chance to do it myself, but was really curious how it worked.

@gassie62

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames I had Roland sound cards and the like, such mpu-401, since the mid 80s, for recording & sequencing music devices, so when I saw games started supporting midi, I was already prepared to experiment 😃

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@gassie62 Cool. It's something I never experienced in real life though, so I'm kinda, a little jealous. ;)

Wizardry 7 is right up there with Ultima 7 as one of my favorite games of all time. I have played it so many times i’ve lost count. For years i used the Wizardry Gold random encounter sound as my ringtone. Wiz7 also introduced npc groups seeking the same macguffins you were, so you could get through a dungeon only to find someone beat you to the map you were seeking. NPC groups could be killed. This leads to each play through being slightly different as you may encounter different groups of npcs each play through. And you can import your final save into Wizardry 8, including the bad end, which is a hilarious level of detail.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

I see, you're a hardcore fan of the series? But as these go, you've picked an excellent series to fall in love with! :)

@Kilthan2050

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames yes, but my favorites are 6-8. 1-5 are stupidly hard. 6 and 7 are hard too, but not as unforgiving and 7's challenge lies mostly in the obtuse story and solving problems without a clue book. I still have my original floppies of Wiz 7. My mom threw out my box and floppies of Ultima 7 and 7 part 2, much to my everlasting frustration. At least i held on to the manuals and maps.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@Kilthan2050 Most of those very early RPGs were really really hard. It was part of their design. Made you feel that the stakes were high, and you were a step away from losing it all. xD I think that was the case at least.

@Kilthan2050

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames most definitely with wizardry 1-5 where a TPK was always possible and meant the end of potentially years and multiple games worth of work.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@Kilthan2050 I bet that that's how save scumming was born ;)

90s was the best decade to be a gamer, imo. Played 11 of the listed games growing up. Ultima Underworld gameplay bit could've really used WASD-movement instead of mouse maneuvering in the showcase... if someone unfamiliar with the game sees that, they might get scared away :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yep, 90s were truly an interesting time to be a gamer. :)

Moonstone was awesome. Extremely hard though a lot of satisfaction if you managed to finish it

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yep, unless it broke on you and either froze just before the end, or like for me for the review, allowed for a game completion never having to defeat the guardian or the dragon.

Moonstone is a special highlight, came long before all the souls likes and even before ps1

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

I cannot think of it as anything else than an interactive party board game.

Amazing!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

Where do you get all these games? I am afraid to download them on those sketchy sites. I know GOG, but that can get expensive.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

I recommend RetroExo. It has a very easy to use launcher, requires close to no configuration, and it comes with over 7k DOS games. It's also a +/- 750GB download.

Fate of Atlantis. Wow. Nothing beats this game. Need to play it again.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Well, it's definitely a game worth more than just one playthrough. :)

Ultima Underworld is truly a legendary experience. There are very, VERY few other games that attempt to do what it does even today. The immersive dungeon crawler is still one of the most underrated and underappreciated genres and UU still plays brilliantly. I would recommend trying the PSX version though: full screen visuals and an English translation is available.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Are there any particularly noteworthy differences between PC and PSX versions?

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

Yep everyone harps praises on Wolf3D and rightly so but Ultima Underworld was a HUGE step forward, for those lucky few 386 owning kids, compared to the tile based CRPG's of yesteryear like Ishar and Eye Of The Beholder. I didn't see / play Underworld until late '94, after I'd played Doom, but it still blew me away. System Shock was also very ambitious and developed concurrently (albeit delayed) with Doom. Then theres Future Shock by Bethesda, before Bethesda turned into the complete mess it became after releasing Morrowind... Very exciting times, 1991-1999, for PC gaming and video gaming in general!

I was really enjoying playing that Sherlock Holmes game up until the dart game part. You have to beat 3 people at darts in a row, and each game takes forever and if you lose it resets. I just gave up after a few hours. I was so disappointed, it doesn’t even fit in with the rest of the gameplay. It makes me wonder why they added it in the first place.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Wasn't there a way to skip it? Or am I mistaking it for another game... ?

1992 was the best year for video games because I was 12 years old

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

A reason as good as any. Also, awesome games. :)

Were there more games like Realms of Arkania? These look similar to some games I played as a kid, but I remember it all being isometric and you could also make spells and put your teammates corpses into your inventory

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

There are three games in the Realms of Arkania series, and you can also put corpses in your backpack in XCom games. All three of them too. You know, as reminders of your failures on the mission. ;)

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGamesFirst time my friend and I got to the end of UFO, way back in the day, it'd taken weeks and weeks to get to that final mission. The Sectiods took mind control of 50% of my troops on turn 2, I had to sacrifice some of my best soldiers. But we slogged ahead, and at the end of the mission, my commander (Helga Seidler) was forced to sacrifice herself to kill the alien brain, using the blaster cannon at pont blank range. That left one solider alive, who I'd hidden in a corner, who was bleeding out. I appologized to Helga, took the shot, and won the game. What an epic game that was! Lazer Squad too! Julian Gallop was a visionary developer, come to think of it. From Chaos to X-Com. What a legend.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TheVanillatech Same here. I mean, not the solitary survivor but weeks upon weeks long campaign. I actually beat it first on the Amiga, and with all the disk swapping and incredibly slow CPU it was longer than you can imagine. Each turn took minutes. xD

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yeah I was happy the Amiga got a version but I did read that it came on a dozen discs! :D I think the original PC version came on three discs, installed to around 6MB. Long live hard disk drives! Unaffordable on the Amiga, though. Gotta love the original XCOM games, absolute masterpieces. I liked the third game too, quite different but I finished it a few times, back in the day.

Another good vid man ^^ Dunno' if you have tried it or not, but Star Trek 25th anniversary has MT32 capability for both its SFX and OST. It sounds REALLY good even using the MUNT emulator :D If you haven't, give it a try man. Seeing as you a trekkie too, you should maybe do a vid on the ST point n clicks that came out they were all pretty good. Even DS9 Harbinger.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! RetroExo actually has an option to run all games with MT32, if they support it. But I haven't tried it with any yet to be honest. xD The Star Trek games video is not a bad idea. Especially that few weeks ago I finished the latest one. The one that came out last year. Decent but not great. Older were better. Believe it or not. xD

@CrashHeadroom

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Oh you don't have to tell me that man, I KNOW old star trek games are way better XD 25th anniversary, Juggerment Rights, Unity, Harbinger, Bridge Commander, Delta Squad ((i think it was called?)) the list goes on :D. Infact if you ever played Star Trek Online before it became a crap hole, the space battle portion of that was based on bridge commander which is why its so good ((and about the only thing keeping the game alive atm lol)). Well I'd DEFO try man. See you could use the mt32 on anything right? But SOME GAMES had speshal settings that would use it to its full advantage, like giving you 6 channel music instead of just 4 so more instruments etc, and even 1 channel devoted to JUST high quality sound effects. Most games that did use it were point n clicks which is why i reccomend it :) Stuff like star trek, indiana jones and the fate of atlantis, day of the tentacle etc ALL sound amazing with one.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@CrashHeadroom I did actually dabble for a short while with Star Trek Online, but never got enough time to jump in at full force. I used to play MMOs back in the day, and they require a lot of time. I don't even have it for gaming now. I get like 4-8 hours a week to play, so I usually spend it going for something I know that I want to complete, and not seeing if I'd like something. So, that's why I never got into STO. I'll give MT32 a try next time RetroExo gives me an option. :)

Dat Starcontrol! Pity thing is it had some core code problems, making quest buggy at the late game, somewhere near Kzer-za movement begin. And did anyone figured out, why does the bridge turn purple?

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Didn't they fixed everything in the modern re-release? :)

@goge-

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Ur-Quan Masters have all the same problems. It was my first idea, to replay everything without saves (ok, checkpoints only) - but alas, hangs begun exactly at the same point as in original DOS. But nevertheless, its one of the best games of all time!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@goge- Let's hope for the new one then! :)

Ultima Underworld was a reason why until today 95% of games I play are RPG's. And why I never played DOOM and other brain dead shooters.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

Ай бұрын

RPGs are my fave too!

Never played Blade Of Destiny. But I played Startrail, the sequel. It was similar, but more detailed and rich graphics and smooth transitions between tiles. Very deep and involved game for it's time.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yep, all of them were pretty special. :)

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGamesI had no manual for the game (it was on a warez CD with hundreds of DOS games but no manuals). Took months to figure out all the details and mechanics and actually make serious progress in the game. All part of the fun, I suppose! :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TheVanillatech Yeah, I think all of us were more patient and interested in figuring out bits and pieces about games. Today, we just look it up online. No sense of discover or Eureka moments anymore.

@TheVanillatech

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yeah KZread has ruined gaming with its instantly accesible playthroughs and guides. But then only for the people who choose to use it! I had a friend once years ago who actually used to ask me FOR THE CHEATS along with the games I downloaded for him. Day one, not even tried the game, and he wanted cheats! Insane... Im oldschool finish ever game on the hardest setting. It's never a brain thing for me, I played all the old infinity engine games etc. BUT now Im old, I gotta admit, playing Ori + The Blind Forest (amazing game) with my 6 year old daughter a few years back, I got stuck! And had to use KZread 3-4 times. Not cos of puzzles per se, but cos my old fat hands couldn't do the jumps and tricks required for the hardest most dramatic parts of the game. I just wanted to SEE it being done, so I knew it WAS possible, and after much tears and sweat - we finished it! Life in the old dog yet! :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TheVanillatech I try not to use any walkthroughs if possible. I try. But I admit, that if I get stuck somewhere long enough, given how much time I have for gaming (and it's sooooo little), I tend to from time to time look up a particular section, so that I could carry on further on my own. I would never start with cheats though. It defeats the purpose of gaming. Gaming with cheats for me is like playing poker with no money involved. Sure, you can do it, but there's nothing stopping you from going all in all the time, and it's just not fun. Same with games. No challenge = no fun. I am not as agile as I used to be in those more demanding games either. And it's not even the reflexes. I just lost the skill from playing mainly slower games over the last couple of decades. xD

I'd definitely have Rome AD92 in there, especially given the title! 👍

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

:)

There's a kickstarter live now for a brand new Star Control, from the original creators of Star Control 2!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Oh, that's actually interesting. I wonder where they gonna go with it. I hope for a follow-up, and not a remake. I'm tired of remakes to be honest.

@jrherita

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames They’re advertising it as “the true sequel to SC2” - new races, stories, etc. I think they’re going to throw out SC3 as cannon. Hopefully it makes a ‘must play 2025’ list of yours :)

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@jrherita Oh, I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open. :)

Beautiful games

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yep :)

God I missed watching these videos! Took like a 6 month break. Won’t make that mistake again!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

Ай бұрын

Thank you! :D

Star Trek 25th Anniversary, which I played as a part of the Interplay 10th Anniversary Anthology that came with one of my family’s first decent computers in like 1995, has has a lasting influence on me as a person who works in the interactivity field and is an aspiring developer. One of the aspects of the game that was weird to me that it wasn’t done more often in subsequent adventure games was the specialized team assembly aspect. I always thought there was a lot of potential there for all different kinds of experience, but I never really saw much of it after that other than the sequel. I didn’t care about Star Trek at all, but I was completely enamored with the art, tone, puzzle structure, and flow of that game. It remains in my personal top ten or fifteen.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

That's actually really interesting. Are you working on anything in particular now? Maybe an adventure game of sorts?

@GeorgeWinterborn

Ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames not really an adventure game as such, but there are some adventure-esque aspects of it. Mostly what I took from that game was the way you can kind of interact with strange technology to yield some kind of legitimate results, the experiential nature of the environments, the interactions with alien beings, and the general science vibe. I appreciate your asking.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

Ай бұрын

@@GeorgeWinterborn Oh, I was under the impression that that's how conversations work ;) I'm kidding. I'm curious, that's all. Also, if there's a demo of it at some point let me know, I'll try to check it out. :)

quest of moonstone .. such a good game

@OldAndNewVideoGames

Ай бұрын

Yep! :) And so much better if there was anyone, even one extra person there to play it with. :)

Great games, I think this was the year PC surpassed Amiga as the best gaming machine.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

29 күн бұрын

This or 1993, I agree. I lean towards 1993 myself, but I'm not married to the idea and can be persuaded if necessary. ;)

@terrylyn

29 күн бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames It was a gray area between 91-94 for sure. Amiga had some banger exclusives as well which were not as good on PC during that period. For my personal taste Ultima Underworld, Alone in the Dark, Wizardy 7, Star Control 2, Dune 2, Wolfenstein 3D, Ultima VII among others turned the tables :) Kinda incredible to think that FPS, (3d)RPG and RTS genres were born on the same year on PC.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

28 күн бұрын

@@terrylyn Born and exploded into popularity forever cementing PC as the gaming powerhouse.

Although Roberta Williams is to credit for the King's Quest saga, as a co-designer Jane Jensen is equally responsible (if not even more) for KQ6's incredible story and gameplay. She also went on to solo design Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers the next year, truly cementing herself as an adventure game genius.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

The situation reminds me of Mythic Quest (the TV series) a little.

There were some very good adventure games in 1992, you're right. I've only played the Legend of Kyrandia out of the ones you mentioned, but it was really nice. The main character seems a bit like Guybrush, an innocent underdog. If I recall correctly, both Dune games were made at around the same time by different companies, so they are not sequel and prequel as the 1 and 2 might suggest. I've only played the first one and really liked the tie-ins to the story. The music is a real masterpiece too. And I completely agree that BJ's jaw is a weapon in itself :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Have you seen them all though? All three Kyrandia's that is? All are good actually. BJ's jawline is so sharp in fact, that he is known to cut realities with it, and create alternate universes and timelines. xD

@TeaAndTankControls

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames I've played the first 2 Kyrandias, but the audio wasn't working for the third one for me, so I haven't played that one. I didn't troubleshoot enough... He cut right through to other games with that jaw of his! It must be from all that steak of life (TM pending) he keeps eating :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TeaAndTankControls Well, if you ever wanna give it a second chance and have issues, let me know. Maybe I'll be able to help.

@TeaAndTankControls

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Thank you! I'll try again at some point. Even though Malcolm the Jester was kind of annoying, even without sound...

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@TeaAndTankControls He's annoying with sound too. xD

Moonstone was a nice atmospheric game. Not often mentioned anymore, as if all gaming was back then was Nintendo stuff.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

Ай бұрын

Yep, especially in the US. Consoles were more popular among contemporary gamers.

Moonstone clickbait :) It was a game that was hard to come by because of censor in europe but we got it and we decapitated knights. So many great games back then and much earlier too. anyone over the age of 50, shout out!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Oh, Moonstone was a blast indeed! :)

32:33 The first guy on the left is Kung Pow. Third from the left is Hide your Pain Harold but blonde and with hair

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

But... Weren't these The Medieval A-Team?

To be honest, i am pretty shocked about that Ultima Underworld.. It is clear, that it can do what Doom can do (textured floor and ceil, diagonal walls, slopes, multilevel maps, ...), but even before Wolfenstein 3D! Why is Wolfenstein and Doom considered as first?

@OldAndNewVideoGames

Ай бұрын

Maybe cause they're shooters? But to be honest there were some games before them too. They were just not as good. And Ultima Underworld truly did the impossible before anyone even considered if it was possible. ;)

Moonstone was incredible in every sense.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yep, as long as all gamers were either of the similar skill level or agreed to not massacre the weakest of them all. xD

I know it sounds hyperbolic but Fate of Atlantis really is a better story than the last 2… 3 Indiana Jones movies. No really, I’m not being cute, I would recommend playing it over watching Crystal Skull & Dial of Destiny & probably over the 3rd movie too. Ultima Underworld really was something special in it’s day, even if it seems a bit primitive in this day & age. Wages of War was a good addition to the series & a good game generally, if you’re in to them. I’d recommend it personally. Kings Quest VI (I refuse to say the subtitle, that kind of pun should be a crime 😄) is excellent if you’re OK with that kind of humour & moon logic. I am but not everyone is. You introduced me to Moonstone & it is great. Unfortunately not had a chance to play multi-player, I really must get on that. Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes… (did you say “your mama” there?! 😄)… anyway it’s a bit of an obscure one now but it is great, especially if you’re a Holmes fan & I highly recommend it to anyone who is. Nothing needs to be said for Bomber Man. It’s absolutely one to play if you’re at all interested in the history of video games. Funnily enough I played it most back in the day 2 player on the original DMG, black & whit… shades of baby poo green Game Boy using a link cable with my best mate & it was (you know I’m just forced to say it) a blast! Pun almost maliciously intended. 😂 I go back & forth on Star Control II but I do think it’s a good game, just perhaps trying to do too much & be all things (as the idiom goes) to all men. Idioms like that were written in a “different time” because that makes sexism OK apparently? Anyway it’s one people really should try out for themselves & make up their own minds. Alone in the Dark was amazing in it’s day but hasn’t aged as well as some people seem to think it has. It also spawned 1 good sequel, a surprisingly fun Christmas side game & some less than stellar sequels. That being said if you have any interest in the history of games at all you absolutely must play it. You introduced me to Push-Over & I’m glad you did, thanks. It’s a great puzzle game & is still super fun to this day! Wolfenstein 3D absolutely had to be on this list because it’s such a fat chunk of the history of gaming & if you haven’t played it you really need to, right now! Formula 1 GP was really impressive for it’s day but more sim than arcade racer, so not really for me but absolutely worth playing if you do like racing sims. I’m not a fan of RTS’s but even I can appreciate Dune II’s place in gaming history. Kind of a shame really that I get bored before I get too far. F-15 really is impressive for it’s time & fore me anyway still fun today. I’ve never played The Patrician & I’m not big on business sims but it looks & sounds from what you’ve said like I should give it a go? I’d forgotten about Dark Lands. I remember the fuss about the 1st release being so buggy it could “kill Windows” & I’ve never plaid it because, to be completely honest, I didn’t even know there was a fixed version. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is just great! If you’re a fan of TOS you absolutely must play it, if you’re not you should play it anyway because it actually is a great game, even if you don’t know the source material. Legend of Kyrandia is excellent & still very playable now. I don’t know if it ever got a remake but it really should. Frederik Pohl’s Gateway sounds interesting when described but the interface is overly complicated & most of all, I’m dyslexic & while my reading level’s good enough now back in the day text adventures made me feel excluded. Wow! What a mixed bag of games. Aside from the one that could force a Windows reinstall & even though not all are for me that is a list of absolute bangers & the foundation of modern gaming. What a fascinating list, thanks!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

I've not seen the latest movie yet, but you're like the third person telling me not have my hopes up. So yeah, I think this Indy game is the best Indy "movie" we're getting. Ever. On the upside, it's interactive, so even better. Yeah, moon logic is only my thing when the game's really good, and frankly KQ is, so it's fine with me too. If you ever get a chance to play Moonstone in multiplayer, either make sure that all of you are of similar skill level, or just agree not to kill the weakest of players straight away, and you'll all have a lot of fun. :) You just gotta love exploding puns, don't you? ;) You know, I never completed Star Control II. I loved it, sure, I attempted like a dozen of times at least over the few decades, but never managed to carry on playing long enough to complete it actually. If you played Push-Over I take you also played One Step Beyond? They're like an unofficial duo-logy of games, aren't they? Oh, Darklands is fantastic! If you ever get a chance or time to check it out, it's worth it. But it's one of those hundred-of-hours-kind-of-a-game, so keep that in mind. xD Yeah, I can't disagree. Whichever control method you go for in Gateway, it's rather a lot. And will take a while to get used to and work out, but the story's really good. I'll try to have that Obscure DOS Games video ready for tomorrow, and I've a really fun list of games for it. I know, you'll like it!

@nicholsliwilson

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames One Step Beyond feels more like an add than Push-Over but it’s still fun. You have to remember back then gam dev’s had to convince brands to allow them to use the brand & maybe get some sponsorship but it wasn’t common for brands to want to sponsor a game. 😄

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@nicholsliwilson Yeah, it's funny how things changed, isn't it? And somewhere along the way we too began being a product companies sell to other companies. Not gaming ones, but the trend is rather odd. xD

Never manager to Run gateaway in dos box. Legend hás the best if interface and sadly noone tryed to out in a engine

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

It works great in RetroExo. Maybe check it out.

42:49 redshirt Jesus'd back into your party :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha :)

Aw man, Legends of Kryandia... My parents got me this on a supermarket sale (only game they purchased me). It was in English, and spoke 0 of it, and no manual (not like it would had helped), but I played a shit ton of hours. Now I know Legends 2 is better, with no time limit and actually showing which buildings are shops/taverns/etc. But I love this game. Still Alone in the Dark is my favourite. Funny thing is that horror and First person rolplaying games games are not my favourite at all(Despite also loving The Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall to bits)

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

I love Fallout so much, that I enjoy even those I consider to be trash Fallouts (while being decent games). Like F4. :) So first person RPG is not a problem to me. But I had a lot of fun with both Pathfinders, both Path of Exiles, both Divinity Original Sins and Baldur's Gate too. So, while I adore Fallout, I actually play many more top-down RPGs.

@Vlad-1986

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yeah, Fallout are my fav Rol games :D I love 1 & 2, specially now that there are mods to improve F1 and expand F2. Fallout 3 was very dissapointing because of the simplistic history, New vegas was cool... and 4 I got no idea, because my computer struggles with it. I had fun at the time when I played it at a friend's, but can't remember much of it :P

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@Vlad-1986 F4 is a terrible Fallout, but a very fun post-apo shooter set in the World of Fallout. Fallout London's coming out in a month or so, and that's gonna be a time to re-visit it.

Dial of Destiny is not something I would encourage hope for...

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Oh... Well then, it's good in on streaming, so will cost me nothing to finally watch it if/when I do.

18:26 meatshields :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

LOL :)

1992, what I time to be alive!

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yep, I play some of these from time to time to this day. :)

I remember buying that Sherlock Holmes game for my mother. I don't think she spent a single second on it thou 😄

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Ouch! xD Did you get to try it out at least?

@grotgrusson5124

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yes, I played it, but my English wasnt that great, so I had basically no idea what I was ment to do, or why I unlocked certain areas... 😄 I did get the premise of the game, but I didnt understood the clues, or what people said... But I remember learning the word _morgue_ ... Maybe not the best foreign word to know at 11 😄

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@grotgrusson5124 Well, there's always today and RetroExo. It makes playing those oldies really really easy. :)

Quaver's *crisps* are very nice. Not as nice as Skips.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

Ай бұрын

Good to know! It's been over a decade since I've been to UK, so... So, I can order them online, and check anyway. Good idea! Well, it was mine, but I'll share it with you, since you're the reason why I thought about it. :)

Moonstone ❤❤❤

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

It's a classic!

Dial of Destiny was okay :P Much better than Crystal Skull. They don't gloss over the fact that Harrison Ford is ancient now. Surprised to see Gateway in this. Its interesting isnt it :P

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

If they haven't smoothed out Indy digitally, that's a win in my books. :)

no no no, there were only 3 indiana jones movies :) history line and dune didnt help my grades in primary school... and f15... and indiana jones... actually most of them how the f I finished my education :D

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yep, while I love my childhood memories, I feel that the gaming, or more accurate, how much time it consumed from my life, stopped me from setting up on a better career path. But was it fun though... xD

36:49 Ultima 7: Both parts were, as far as I'm concerned: The best RPGs of the entire Ultima series (including 4) and even led me on to Ultima 9 one of the most bugged and quality of life drawbacks to any other game....which were fixed by the community in the first types of patches known as those made by it's community. In honesty you'd have to patch the game before you can complete it....or at least in any original logical sense. I'd have to say that these were the games that changed (at least for gaming) my focus into a more intense virtualistic view that separated the characters as players, from those that weren't inrelation to them in "honest"/"BAD" behaviour and deliberately misconducted behaviour making the game all the more difficult avoiding the "Avatar"/good elements. It has always remained an one of the best (and ONLY TRUE) RPGs of it's type since then. In fact there are few more modern examples beyond these original games

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Well, Ultima 7's were the the absolute best for the series. Just out of interest, and keeping in mind that it was made by the entirely different team, what are your thoughts on Ultima X released years after 9? :)

@ReiverBlue1971

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Even at the time I realised it was never going to be what they promised but,despite that, I still got caught by Shroud and backed it.... played once. Grand designs and ideas are Garriott's forte, not the practical. Shame

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@ReiverBlue1971 I've not tried it yet.

You have high hopes fpr Dial of Destiny?! YIKES

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I've been told already. So, uhm... I have hopes? ;)

@SierraSierraFoxtrot

2 ай бұрын

@@OldAndNewVideoGames My hope is that I'm never captured by insane clowns and forced to watch any of the crap Disney is making now. :)

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

@@SierraSierraFoxtrot :)

@SwiftJustice

Ай бұрын

​@@SierraSierraFoxtrotThere there. It's okay. You're okay.

Cant understand what you are saying.

@OldAndNewVideoGames

2 ай бұрын

Sorry 😞

@olegal11

Ай бұрын

I understand you just fine !​@@OldAndNewVideoGames

@olegal11

Ай бұрын

I understand you just fine !

@OldAndNewVideoGames

Ай бұрын

@@olegal11 Thanks! :)