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Yeah I occassionally go back and play an old game. Usually it's a game where you can sit down play for 15 minutes and then get up. Most new PC games aren't good for that.
Here's my list excluding CIV 2.
Tie Fighter, Aces over Europe (Pacific), and Red Baron. -- Alot of new flight games dont lend themselves well to a quick mission.
Spy Vs. Spy 1 thru 3 (2 Player only)-- On a C64 emu
Boulderdash -- On an C64 emu (any good clones?)
Joust, Warlords, Combat, Maze Craze, and a host of other multi-player games for my still working Atari 2600, Id play them more often but I have to convince someone else to play with me. Anyone want to visit 
Tetris, Pacman, Misile Command, and few others -- usually via a clone
Colonization and Machiavelli -- Ocasionally
And a few Id still play if the sequel hadn't replaced the need.
Pirates! -- Now Pirates Gold which is still an old game.
Simcity -- Replaced by Simcity 2000 might be replaced by Simcity 3000 soon.
Railroad Tycoon -- Replaced by Railroad Tycoon II
So yes I still play them. Im not sure if you wanted a list  .
P.S. I great fun little game (and original:eek  reminiscent of Pacman et al is Koules, I think it's only for *nixes but Im not sure
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shmily_dana
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Tucson,AZ USA
Aug 1999
time: 05:13
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This reminds me of something I used to do. I had a Risk game on my Commodore 64. The AI was easy to beat and I got bored with it. Sometimes I would set the game up to be all computer opponents. The computer would take all day to finally beat it self. Many years later I got a 100MHz PC. I bought a Risk game, hoping it would be better then the C64. The AI did some of the same silly moves. (It probably was the exact same game, with an improved interface). I did the same thing as before. Computer vs computer. Now the world conquest is over in 10 seconds...The AI might not be smarter, but it sure is faster...
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Leonidas
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Most games I have are from 1994 onwards. I still play the original Panzer General. And most games I buy I usually keep and play. I find that a lot of the newer games substitute depth of gameplay with flash and effects. It's nice for a while, but you soon get tired of it.
By the way, if you're looking for a short strategy fix try Stratego for the computer. A game takes about 30-40 minutes and is challenging and fun.
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Go tell the Spartans, passerby:
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
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Ari Rahikkala
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Unreported loss of streaming in atomic read operation
Oct 1999
time: 07:13
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I don't actually keep them, about every game I have ever had before 1995 I can now download as abandonware. So, let's see... I can't give a (complete) list because I can't remember all those oldies I have, but... I have... Railroad tycoon 1(Which I'd replace with 2 if I could), Civ 1&2 (Wow! What a surprise...), Silverball, Colony(weird game. I still don't understand how can I proceed in it, I'm stuck in the few first rooms. Pretty nice, primitive graphics engine though),... TIE fighter (Which isn't really so easy to play without a joystick...), hmm.... MoM and MoO (Now these are classics!), colonization and too much other games to remember just now. Skyroads. Ufo 1,2. Arkanoid. Pirates! Gold (Though I never played this with my old computers, and I have to confess that every time I have finished a game yet I have become a penniles pauper and a scoundrel). That's about it for this post.
ADDED: Whew. What a format. Too much to fix, it's a bit hard to read without any paragraphs. Anyway, I almost forgot that I also have Pong, the first game. Though it's version 2.1 IIRC, I don't think you can have much older games .
[This message has been edited by LightEning (edited August 12, 2000).]
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Urban Ranger
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Apolyton Duke of Off-Topic
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I played Lords of the Realm II. Mildly interesting, but the game always tried to do a job on me with random events, mostly in the form of floods, when I was ahead. It was really annoying and I can't avoid the cursed cheatings by saving and loading. So I quitted.
I found a tactic that worked all the time on battlefields; I couldn't tell if that's peculiar to my computer. This tactic makes archers invincible; the only way they could lose is to a larger group of archers. Here's how it works:
1. Have your group of archers start shooting as soon as the tactical view comes up. If you are fighting against a mixed group kill off the macemen first. Then those with the least amount of armor.
2. When the enemy, or the fastest group of enemy, gets within a certain distance, run away.
3. Due to a certain parculiarity of the program, your archers can't get away. Instead, they get plopped on some random battlefield.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 until you have totally decimated the enemy. This requires a sturdy rodent and even sturdier body parts, as it might take quite a while to wear a large group down to nothingness.
[This message has been edited by Urban Ranger (edited August 15, 2000).]
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05-08-2000 06:05
They included most, if not all, of Scott Adams adventures, Invasion Orion, and a bunch of arcade games by Big Five.
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