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| Author: | PianoManGidley [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:07 pm ] |
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So what's your favorite game that comes with Windows? I kinda go through stages--I'll play Minesweeper a lot for a while, then Solitaire, then Hearts...yeah, really working my GeForce 8800 GTS with these games. Heh. Still, though--what's your favorite? |
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| Author: | The Joe [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:27 pm ] |
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CLASSIC windows gaming? These things are newest games that you're gonna get out of microsoft free. I'm stuck between freecell and solitaire. I never really liked pinball, for some reason. |
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| Author: | PianoManGidley [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:31 pm ] |
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The Joe wrote: CLASSIC windows gaming? These things are newest games that you're gonna get out of microsoft free.
I essentially meant stuff that comes with the OS itself, as opposed to gaming on your PC with games you buy (or obtain otherwise...>>) and install seperately from the OS. |
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| Author: | Ju Ju Master [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:33 pm ] |
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I've always considered only the first four to be the classic ones - spider solitare and pinball were added in ME or XP, I think. I voted pinball anyways, though. I liked that game before it was even included in Windows. |
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| Author: | PianoManGidley [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:40 pm ] |
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Ju Ju Master wrote: I've always considered only the first four to be the classic ones - spider solitare and pinball were added in ME or XP, I think. I voted pinball anyways, though. I liked that game before it was even included in Windows.
Most of the users here are young enough that they've only remembered growing up on XP, I thought. |
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| Author: | Inverse Tiger [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:51 pm ] |
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Also, you could get Spider Solitaire and Pinball in addons for Windows earlier, I think even Windows 95. It's a tough call between that Pinball and Minesweeper. I'll have to think about it some more. |
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| Author: | InterruptorJones [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:34 pm ] |
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GORILLA.BAS FTW! Now that's classic! |
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| Author: | Droideka [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:17 am ] |
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InterruptorJones wrote: GORILLA.BAS FTW! Now that's classic!
You, my good mod, have VERY good taste in classic PC games. That game was awesome. Of the poll options: Pinball. |
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| Author: | Revenge of the Burninated [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:46 am ] |
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Gorrilas=awesome. I like Chip's Challenge (except the block-pushing levels) but I never got it on my computer--I had to download knock-offs of it. |
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| Author: | STupendous7 [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:18 am ] |
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Definitely pinball. I got really addicted to it at one time, but could never beat my brother's score. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:23 am ] |
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I remember back in the days when a keyboard on a Coleco Vision was a computer. Yes, I used to play everything that came on the OS with it, which was really just a primitive form of DOS and BASIC. Yes, I used to play everything from Donkey Kong, to Q~bert. Those were the days. |
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| Author: | Spyrox6 [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:30 am ] |
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Pinball. Solitaire is boring, mindsweeper gets old fast, so Pinball was the only exciting one available. I mean, it's pinball. More video game-ish than the other games. |
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| Author: | ready for prime time [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:54 am ] |
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those games bore me. I'd rather go outside. |
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| Author: | Beardo [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:57 am ] |
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I wouldn't really consider Pinball "classic", but regardless, Solitaire is probably my favorite. Who doesn't love watching all of those cards fly at you? |
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| Author: | Inverse Tiger [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:02 am ] |
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Decided to take Pinball and Minesweeper for test runs, starting with Minesweeper. Much much time later, still playing Minesweeper. We have winnar. Just got 8 seconds on easy and 43 seconds on medium. Still trying hard. [finally beat it in 203 seconds... not as good, but good enough to do something else with my life] |
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| Author: | topofsm [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:46 am ] |
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I like minesweeper the most. I used to play solitaire a lot, but I play it way too much for my own good on my iPod. And I don't like the simple mindlessness of pinball. |
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| Author: | ramrod [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:15 am ] |
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Solitaire for me. Though I always seem to lose... |
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| Author: | Jello B. [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:53 am ] |
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PianoManGidley wrote: Most of the users here are young enough that they've only remembered growing up on XP, I thought.
Dude, I remember Windows 3.1. Before Windows 95 came out. |
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| Author: | InterruptorJones [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:58 am ] |
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Spyrox6 wrote: I mean, it's pinball. More video game-ish than the other games.
Considering that real pinball is a game played with a physical steel ball and physical rubber flippers, I find this statement very amusing. Video game-ish, huh? |
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| Author: | Shwoo [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:09 am ] |
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InterruptorJones wrote: GORILLA.BAS FTW! Now that's classic!
(Freaks out because she also remembers this game) Well, I was six, but i still remember it. Nibbles, too. Out of the poll options, Minesweeper. Love that game. Pinball was fun for a little while, but it got boring. I also enjoy the other games, though I never played Freecell much. About Chip's Challenge, I loved that game. You can download it off the internet, which is how I got it. There were lots of awesome games that came with the Windows Entertainment Packs, I remember playing LifeGenisis a lot. And SkiFree. |
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| Author: | Revenge of the Burninated [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:15 pm ] |
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I remember 3.1. My family had a computer predating that, but don't really remember it. After that we ran 3.1 and DOS on one computer (you could switch between them) Then we got 95, and with it great games. I actually was able to dredge up some of our 95 games like WinRisk, Watch out, Willi! and MindMaster, but gorrillas and nibbles weren't on it... I call myself a child of the 80s even though I was born one month before the 90s began. I love those old games though...Willi was one of my favorites. |
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| Author: | PianoManGidley [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:38 pm ] |
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Jello B. wrote: PianoManGidley wrote: Most of the users here are young enough that they've only remembered growing up on XP, I thought. Dude, I remember Windows 3.1. Before Windows 95 came out. Same here. In fact, I remember the old DOS prompt on the Apple IIE my family had when I was a wee lad. But I said most of the users here. I feel ancient compared to the ever-prevelant 16> crowd here. |
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| Author: | SEAN'D! [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:55 pm ] |
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ramrod wrote: Solitaire for me. Though I always seem to lose...
The worst thing about losing in solitaire is that no one beats you, you lost all on your own... It's almost like you caused youself to lose. And the worst thing about winning is you don't beat anyone. Pinball for me, I could play that for minutes on end! |
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| Author: | Spyrox6 [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:30 pm ] |
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InterruptorJones wrote: Spyrox6 wrote: I mean, it's pinball. More video game-ish than the other games. Considering that real pinball is a game played with a physical steel ball and physical rubber flippers, I find this statement very amusing. Video game-ish, huh? Glad you find me amusing, but I was kinda referring to the Pinball game on the windows computer, not pinball in general. I would say that it qualifies as a computer game a lot more than solitaire, and since I think that video games are better than one person card games, then Pinball made a better computer game to me. --- Really. Solitare is just boring. Sitting around arranging the cards. Pretty boring. Mindsweeper is just a pure luck game. Where's the fun in that? I never found out how to play hearts, so that's out. The Pinball game is just like the machines in arcades. It involves watching the ball so you can time your shots, and it has some depth where you can upgrade your...bumpers for more points. And there's high scores! A certain number of points you keep playing to reach so you can laugh in the persons face whose score you beat. I don't own a PC, so it's uncommon when I get to play this game. Wait, why would I? I'm pretty sure there's plenty of other better pinball titles on the web. |
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| Author: | Revenge of the Burninated [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:32 pm ] |
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Minesweeper is absolutely not luck, unless you can't grasp the strategy. Like 90% of the American population, including me. I always got frustrated with pinball because I never had time to get past more than one mission before the game was over, and I always cared more about the missions than points. |
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| Author: | Jello B. [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:41 pm ] |
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PianoManGidley wrote: But I said [b]most[/ib] of the users here.
I dunno, I was born in 1992. That wasn't too long ago. |
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| Author: | InterruptorJones [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:45 pm ] |
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Revenge of the Burninated wrote: Minesweeper is absolutely not luck
Yes, quite. If you think Minesweeper is a game of luck, then you're playing it wrong. |
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| Author: | Droideka [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:56 pm ] |
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Jello B. wrote: PianoManGidley wrote: Most of the users here are young enough that they've only remembered growing up on XP, I thought. Dude, I remember Windows 3.1. Before Windows 95 came out. Heh, that's nothing, I remember DOS. Before we got 3.1. |
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| Author: | Did he sell eggs? [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:23 pm ] |
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Pinball. You know why? "hidden test." |
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| Author: | ready for prime time [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:57 pm ] |
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Jello B. wrote: PianoManGidley wrote: But I said [b]most[/ib] of the users here. I dunno, I was born in 1992. That wasn't too long ago. i was born in '93 and i remember all that stuff. |
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