Best game ever made.

08.07.06 Games, Nerdism | * Comments(8)

My favourite game of all time is still the classic TIE Fighter Collector’s CD from LucasArts, released for DOS back in 1994-1995. I remember spending many, many hours plugging away at it back then.

Today I got it running again on my modern, 64-bit Windows Vista system :)

What you need:

  • The game CD or an ISO of it - ISO is better since DOSBox can just mount that so you don’t need to have the CD in your drive all the time.
  • A copy of the latest version of DOSBox, the free MS-DOS emulator.
  • A joystick. This game really sucks with keyboard and mouse. I got a cheapo Logitech USB one from Argos for €30. It has a load of programmable buttons that I will probably never use.
  • Lots and lots of free time. This game will consume it all.

DOSBox really has come on in leaps and bounds since the last time I tried it, which was about 2 years ago. It has proper sound support now, and I can play Tie Fighter in its uber-high-for-the-time 640×480 mode. The game runs flawlessly in DOSBox - I completed the first battle this afternoon. It really brought me back - all the keyboard controls from the game came flooding back from some dark corner of my mind.

Best game ever.

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Burnout Paradise for PC

08.05.09 Games | * Comments(2)

Criterion Games today announced that they plan to release Burnout Paradise on PC. I’ve already got it on the Xbox 360 and enjoyed it a lot. The PC, however, is my platform of choice. I’d love to see what modders could get up to with Burnout. Seeing it in uber-high resolutions should be nice too.

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Trackmania Nations Forever

08.04.17 Games | * Comments(2)

Anyone remember the free game Trackmania Nations from a couple of years ago? Well its brand new follow-up, Trackmania Nations Forever has been released and its still free :)

Its a 504MB download. If you’ve got the not-free Trackmania United (like me) you can download a 900MB update that overhauls its graphics and makes it fully compatible with Trackmania Nations Forever in multiplayer :)

Free stuff is great.

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