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PINBACK wrote:
Cadaver was a game I always wanted to play but IIRC it would not work with the A1200.
Should be easy enough to get a hold of an adf for UAE. If you do also look out for the Payoff additional levels
PINBACK wrote:
Speaking of the Dark Alliance games i been keeping an eye out for that fallout game that appeared on Xbox.
I am really behind the times Which Fallout game are you talking about Pinback? Was there a version of Fallout especially made for the old XBox or are you taking about a port of one of the PC games? I know there was Brotherhood Of Steel on the Xbox. If it is a "new" game I must keep an eye out for it too.

Im guessing he was talking about Brotherhood of Steel, since both games have a similair tone and engine iirc.No recent Fallout games have been made besides Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas which where both First person Rpg/shoother things.

IronHound wrote:
Im guessing he was talking about Brotherhood of Steel, since both games have a similair tone and engine iirc.
That’s the one I was thinking about.

Aha! Thought so! Yes The Brotherhood of Steel is a streamlined version of BOS Tactics on the PC, got that already. Still worth buying though! I had a blast with Dark Alliance on the old Xbox. The second one is even better. It does show that if a developer actually thinks about how to implement a game properly, that old console can still give you a heck of a lot of fun. Before I got mine, I thought all the games for it were as deep as a puddle, some of them are, but if your willing to do a bit of digging, you can turn up some gaming gems for that platform, some of them even out do similar things on the 360.

I agree I’ve taken a bit of shine to the old xbox, got about 60 games for it now, a real underrated system with a good mix of console/PC tiles along with some exclusives.

Found a new shop selling games, dvd and music CD for 1.99 or 3 for a fiver, so I have ended up with 6 more Xbox games. Deus ex 2 never got into this on the PC.Golden eye rogue agent cant remember if this is good bond game or the bad one.Medal of honor european assault not see this one beforeThe Thing never played it.Ninja Gaiden allegedly the hardest game on the Xbox.Burn cycle for the CDI who remembers that system, bought it by mistake as I thought it was the PC version.

Been buying some space sim for a change Picked up Star Rangers as some one recommended this game awhile ago.Commander Blood Another copy of Epic got the game already but had to throw the box out year ago and still didn’t get the poster also pick up it sequel Inferno. Seem to remember this game was going to come out on the CD32 and being impressed by the screen shots in the Amiga mags of the day.And the excellent Discworld Noir.

Ofc Homeworld 2

Halo 2 on XP! What a difference it makes, they way it was ment to be without Vista! Before I had to run it on medium settings and it was still a bit slow, now everything is cranked up to the max. It's almost a new game. Might upload this XP install patch if anyone is interested.

Geraldine wrote:
Halo 2 on XP! What a difference it makes, they way it was ment to be without Vista! Before I had to run it on medium settings and it was still a bit slow, now everything is cranked up to the max. It's almost a new game. Might upload this XP install patch if anyone is interested.
I have Halo 2 on the Xbox, is there much difference between the Xbox and PC versions. Recent buysDarkstar one on the 360Bat 11 on the AmigaIndependence War special editionAnd Messiah for 99p some days you just got to love flea bay.

PINBACK wrote:
I have Halo 2 on the Xbox, is there much difference between the Xbox and PC versions.
I also have a copy for the Xbox 1. The main differences is you can run the game at a much higher res and the PC version just looks a lots better. Speedwise it's better too, but that is down to using newer hardware. Also using a mouse means you can really lay it on to enemies On the 360 vs the Xbox 1, it is also a bit faster. One thing about the XP patch though, there is a bug when you reach the Gravemind chapter, but a fix is included with the patch. It uses Procmon. If you want to try it out, let me know I and stick it in the SSC download area. ;)Oh, and Messiah was an excellent game, I snagged a copy off GOG

I don’t own ether game on the PC, but I will keep an eye out for them.Then it’s payback time for the Covenant with the mouse and keyboard. Not been able to play Messiah yet as my 98 laptop can’t handle it, will have to wait until I get the other computer out

One last thing re: Halo 2 on XP. Make sure you update the game to the latest patch 1.04 because if you dont Windows Live may cause it to crash when it auto updateshere is a link http://halo2.filefront.com/file/Halo_Patch_10104;24280You might need to update Windows Live tooFinally here is an old vid on how it all works Dont forget that by using Procmon, you can get by the Gravemind bug

And my gaming collection continues to grow withWing Commander Prophecy never played this so be interesting to see what it’s like.Two X com games Apocalypse and Interceptor, played the budget re-release version of Apocalypse many years ago but never got into it.Ghost Master again played the played the budget re-release version a few years ago and got stuck on the headless horseman level, nice to get the full game with a manual this time.Hired Guns for the Amiga remember reading the reviews for this when it first came out and not being that impressed by it.No One Lives Forever 2Merchant of Venus for the ZX81, one of the early space trading game from 1982And 3 XBox gamesGrabbed by the GhouliesMetal ArmsAnd Destroy of all Humans 2 probing in the 1960 now.

"Probing"? Anyways, yes No One Lives Forever 2 is not bad, but the first game is the one to go for as it has a lot more variety in the levels and is longer too. The GOTY version even had more multiplayer levels too. The Merchant Of Venus? I think I had that game on my Speccy? Been eons since I played it though. Oh, and the Halo2 hack is in the download section ;)EDIT: Um, the Halo 2 XP hack seems to have disappered Oh, and you were correct Pinback, the Merchant Of Venus was never out on the speccy. Perhaps I was thinking of the board game instead, it was a long time ago

Geraldine wrote:
"Probing"? Anyways, yes No One Lives Forever 2 is not bad, but the first game is the one to go for as it has a lot more variety in the levels and is longer too. The GOTY version even had more multiplayer levels too. The Merchant Of Venus? I think I had that game on my Speccy? Been eons since I played it though. Oh, and the Halo2 hack is in the download section
Destroy of all Humans games are just brilliant and the probe weapon is one of funniest in the game try using it on the cows or chickens in the first game. Must have been some thing else as the Merchant Of Venus was never converted to the Spectrum.

Just bought Starbase Orion, will try it this week.In the queue there are Sword of the Stars 2 and Distant Worlds Legends.

bertipa wrote:
Just bought Starship Orion, will try it this week.
What is it the only thing Google came up with was a Starship Orion patch/mod for Oblivion.

dark souls about 10 hours in.... its good but alittle bit buggy and unforgiving.... around level 40 i have been told im doing well.... died about 20 times lol

My monthly round up of my games collectionBack with the Xbox Starwars jedi starfighterFahrenheit apparently a bit of a cult game.Metal arms another cult game although I played through he first level and didn’t think it was that good.GTA Collection Descent 2 on PS1 for 50p never played any of the descent games and given that the Playstation ports of PC game are generally rubbish this probably not the version to play.Gravity on the Amiga and it has freaking huge manual for it.Wing commander 4 big box PC version, hope it better than the playstation version.Mantis IIRC some one said this is the sequel to the Amiga /ST game Warhead and a sort of precursors to the I-War series.