Andy, i can't believe you said that!! I've just bought some big box games for the PC, don't know if i'll be able to run them or not but they'll look cool regardless..... my gf will go ape-sh*t when they arrive!
There were also multi load games in those days, but you would pay the same price. In those cases you would get more for your money.
A good example on my trusty Amstrad would be the conversion of lemmings where every single level was loaded separately, you would never fit that game into ram at once. The total game was over 300kb or something. Yet something like Crystal kingdom dizzy was also released full price in a box with a poster and some stickers but the game was squeezed into 64kb.
To be honest I did buy a big box game with just the disk inside once and I'm not totally satisfied with not having the manual. It's pretty damn rare though so I had little choice.
Gah, I miss those old DOS games too. Aside from K&P, most of my time was spent playing Lucasarts adventures, watching demoscene stuff and making Doom maps. Remember needing to make a boot disk for some games just to free up enough memory for them to run? I'm quite glad we don't need to do that anymore
I don't miss the 90's at all, but I do miss the early 80's when computers weren't ruling everyday life. So little demands, kids playing outside, everything so uncomplicated.
Originally Posted by Marko I loved GP2 and GP3, still yet to play GP4 but it looks a much improved beast! Have you downloaded the current season cars/tracks for GP4?
Oh no, I didn't even there was a patch/mod for that.
I've been playing with the default cars, but I've waiting for a 1994 season mod that has been in the works for almost 5 years, but I lost all hope all hope now.
GP4 is a great game though, surprisingly very similar to GP3 but even better in some aspects, the graphics in particular were fantastic in 2002 and still look good today. You should definitely try it !
@Johnny, just Google for what you're looking for, i've just done the same and loads of results came up. I'm sure i've seen 1994 mods too... watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_JXu-NTJvY
Ouch @ Hayo. I do not get on with most UK girls my age. They all seem attention craving, self obsessed and facebook obsessed... I guess its the same in the Netherlands.
I miss the 90s too - and the late 80s. I miss the days of the PC not being involved in our everyday lives (Work, Leisure and communications). Also miss not having a mobile phone.
I now have had 2 big box PC games delivered to me through the post from eBay. Both i used to own back in the '90's; Star Trek The Next Generation "A Final Unity" (which i never got very far in, back in the day) and Indycar Racing (though this is the white label version and i wanted the original, like i had). The great thing about both is that they come complete with great condition boxes and all the internal stuff, including the ginormous manuals!
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