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Going by all the recommendations so far, it is going to be difficult
choosing the best games for me.

Like I mentioned, I'm looking at first person shooters. Not team or
online gaming because there are just too many uncontrollable factors in
the game play under these circumstances.

I really don't care about graphics, characters or a plot or anything
else. I need to practice on simple games that are "pure" reflexes and
coordination.(Remember I'm old school). 🙂 I'm into games that when
you lose, it is because you were beaten, and not because of the luck of
the draw.

A big reason I've stayed away from the newer games is because all of
the original games used scoring as a yardstick, so that you could
reliably compare your skill to the next guy. That didn't seem to be the
case with the modern titles.

As for the cards, from what is posted here, it seems that the ATI
9500/9600 Pro(128mb or 256mb?) is as low as I can go without having to
worry the video card being the bottleneck. Like I said, I have no
intention of carry a card over into a higher end system, because by the
time I get a higher end system the card will again be too slow.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

 

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Oh.Man, Your system is a dinosaur. For newer games anyway. If you really
want to try competitve gaming you'll need a better system. I would start
with an Athlon 64 3000+ with 1GB ram on a Nforce 4 motherboard. Then the
X800 would be the perfect card for gaming.
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> I just turned 40, and I guess I'm a part of the original "Pac-man
> generation". I was initially put off by modern games, but I've recently
> decided to take a look at some of the games of today available on the
> PC platform.
>
> I am particluarly interested in the competitive aspect of gaming and
> was hoping to get some advice on what games I should pick up to start.
>
> Now since this is only my first foray into PC gaming, and I don't have
> any high end hardware, the newest games are obviously not an option,
> but can I get recommendations on some older, competitive "First person
> shooters" that I can practice on?
>
> The system I have is only a 1Gig Pentium 3, with 1Gig of ram and I will
> be getting a new Video card since my ATI-AIW is from the last century.
>
> A video card recommendation would also be appreciated, but I'm
> considering picking up one of the following:
> 1) ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 PRO
> 2) RADEON X800 PRO
>
> ..providing they aren't over-kill for my sytem. 🙂
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Darren Harris
> Staten Island, New York.
>

 

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Thanks I really do like that/this:

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."- H. L. Mencken,
Baltimore Evening Sun on 26 July 1920



We don't get people who can come up with those sort of lines anymore...still
seem to come up with morons though..@@@

 

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 03:21:17 -0600, "turk" <turk96@comcast.net> wrote:

>"Mac Cool" <Mac@2cool.com> wrote in message
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>>> The idea was to get whichever one would be just enough so that the
>>> 1Gig CPU on my motherboard is still the bottleneck. Anything more
>>> than that would be wasted, and I'd rather get non gamer related
>>> features on the card video.(Hence my idea for that ATI AIW).
>>
>> 9800 pro AIW if it doesn't hurt your budget; otherwise, the 9600 pro AIW
>> will be just as good on your system.
>>
>>
>>> As for competition. Being an old schooler 🙂 I'm tend not to be into
>>> the team aspect of game playing, because the games I excelled at
>>> involved me against the machine.(I have 1/2 dozen full-sized
>>> coin-operated arcade games in my apartment, and intend to get back to
>>> my quest of taking down and regaining some world records this year).
>>>
>>> Anyway, FPS games seems to be where it's at, so that is what I want
>>> to concentrate on.
>>
>> (** is an older game)
>>
>> **Half-Life (the most popular FPS of all time)
>> **Unreal Tournament (my personal all-time favorite shooter)
>> *Unreal Tournament 2004 (don't buy the 2003 version)
>> **System Shock 2 (FP horror, survival, RPG, shooter)
>> **Serious Sam (pure nonstop action)
>> *Painkiller (cool weapons, tough bosses)
>> **Battlefield 1942
>> *Call of Duty
>>
>> You might like **Quake3 since you aren't an experienced shooter, the
>> game is fun but somewhat dry and gets old fairly quickly.
>>
>> Don't dimiss the team based games, there is a reason they are very
>> popular.
>
>Yeah, I'd throw in Ghost Recon, Operation: Flashpoint and Rainbow Six for
>"team games" that aren't multiplayer.

They are multiplayer, they just also happen to have great singleplayer
aspects.

 

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Say_no_to_Difool wrote:
> Half Life - HalfLife2 will probably be a bit too much for your machine

I was thinking you might have a point, until...

> Farcry - You'll need to turn down the GFX a bit, but it should still
> run OK

Jesus! Not on that machine. HL2's a heck of a lot more scalable than the
CryEngine. HL2 might even be able to run at a semi-playable framerate on
his rig when compared to FarCry.

 

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On 14 Feb 2005 18:11:18 -0800, "Carlo" <absent_carlo@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I grew up on mostly on Doom II and lots of the older Apple games like
>Montazuma's Revenge and the Bard's Tale series. As long as were
>discussing game recommendations, my girlfriend and I like to play on
>the LAN but are getting sick of 1-on-1 deathmatches, which of the games
>mentioned allow team play against the computer like Doom II Collectors
>Ed.? It would have been great to play Half-Life with her, rather than
>just running around empty buildings and blowing her up. Thanks.
>
>Carlo

If you like coop try System Shock2 with the patch or Swat3. Quake2
also supports coop and NOLF2 has a few coop levels.

I've also heard the next Splinter Cell game with have coop play.




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On 14 Feb 2005 19:09:44 -0800, Searcher7@mail.con2.com wrote:

>I really don't care about graphics, characters or a plot or anything
>else. I need to practice on simple games that are "pure" reflexes and
>coordination.(Remember I'm old school). 🙂 I'm into games that when
>you lose, it is because you were beaten, and not because of the luck of
>the draw.

For old school FPS gaming, Serious Sam is about as much fun as you can
get.

When you want something more cerebral, games don't get any better than
Deus Ex, IMO.
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"trimble bracegirdle" <newmouse@beeb.netREMOVESPAM> wrote in message
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> Thanks I really do like that/this:
>
> "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
> more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
> the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and
the
> White House will be adorned by a downright moron."- H. L. Mencken,
> Baltimore Evening Sun on 26 July 1920
>
>
>
> We don't get people who can come up with those sort of lines
anymore...still
> seem to come up with morons though..@@@
>
The founding fathers of this country (USA) understood the evils of
democracies (they had seen what happened to the Greek experiment), and took
specific steps to make sure that we were NOT a democracy (mob rule). We are
(although to a much less extent than in the past) a representative republic.
We have democratic processes, but we are not a democracy in the strictest
sense. The original intent at the founding of this county was that the
central government would be weak, and the states would be granted most of
the rights from the people (you see so many politicians today that think the
government gives people rights--they cannot, they can only take them away).
It is a shame they do not teach civics in high school anymore (of course
most of the HS teachers don't know enough about the government we have to
teach it).
Every 'merikin should have to read the constitution and the federalist
papers before graduating HS. The world would be a far different place today.
Okay off the soap box and back to RL ;-)

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:49:07 GMT, GFree <nickt4001@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:

>Say_no_to_Difool wrote:
>> Half Life - HalfLife2 will probably be a bit too much for your machine
>
>I was thinking you might have a point, until...
>
>> Farcry - You'll need to turn down the GFX a bit, but it should still
>> run OK
>
>Jesus! Not on that machine. HL2's a heck of a lot more scalable than the
>CryEngine. HL2 might even be able to run at a semi-playable framerate on
>his rig when compared to FarCry.

FarCry stresses the video card much more than the CPU. Thus, if he is
going to upgrade his video card to a 9800Pro, but keeps the same CPU,
FarCry is not off-limits, especially with the amount of memory he has.

 

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On 14 Feb 2005 18:11:18 -0800, "Carlo" <absent_carlo@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I grew up on mostly on Doom II and lots of the older Apple games like
>Montazuma's Revenge and the Bard's Tale series. As long as were
>discussing game recommendations, my girlfriend and I like to play on
>the LAN but are getting sick of 1-on-1 deathmatches, which of the games
>mentioned allow team play against the computer like Doom II Collectors
>Ed.? It would have been great to play Half-Life with her, rather than
>just running around empty buildings and blowing her up. Thanks.

I think Serious Sam and Serious Sam: Second Encounter offer co-op team
play. And they are fun FPS action games either way.

 

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Dr_Dickie wrote:
<snip good stuff>

Well said.
I would like to apologize for having pegged you all wrong.

 

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Thusly Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> Spake Unto All:

>For old school FPS gaming, Serious Sam is about as much fun as you can
>get.

Yeah, it's a hectic blast, to be sure.

>When you want something more cerebral, games don't get any better than
>Deus Ex, IMO.

Except half-life, which IMO is far, far, better than DE.

 

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On 14 Feb 2005 18:11:18 -0800, "Carlo" <absent_carlo@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I grew up on mostly on Doom II and lots of the older Apple games like
>Montazuma's Revenge and the Bard's Tale series. As long as were
>discussing game recommendations, my girlfriend and I like to play on
>the LAN but are getting sick of 1-on-1 deathmatches,

Have you considere downloading AI players such as the FoxBot? While they
aren't perfectly intellegent, they do change the feeling from a lonesome
1v1 deathmatch to either an FFA or TDM.

>which of the games
>mentioned allow team play against the computer like Doom II Collectors
>Ed.?

This is my personal cut-n-paste file for coop games, which simply lists
games have contain coop. Just because it's in the list does not mean that
you should purchase the game as there may be flaws beyond the scope of
this post.

Campaign mode Cooperative Play - can do all campaign missions:
Alien Blast (but skips missions during coop play)
Alien Swarm
Descent 1 and 2 (and Addons)
Doom + Doom 2
Dungeon Siege
Emperor: Battle For Dune
Fair Strike (must unlock missions by completing earlier ones.)
Firestarter
Heretic + Heretic II
Hidden and Dangerous (must unlock missions by completing earlier ones.)
Hexen + Hexen II
Ghost Recon
Quake + Quake 2 (and addons)
Rainbow Six (and addons + sequels)
Serious Sam TFE and TSE.
System Shock 2 (via patch)
Unreal

"Shared Control" Cooperative Play:
Dark Reign 2

Mission based Cooperative Play:
Battlezone II
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 (really an emulation of skirmish)
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge (as above)
Delta Force: Land Warrior (probably campaign, but not confirmed)
*Descent: Freespace series
Freelancer (can complete missions as a team - campaign is single only)
Nox ("Quest" mode)
*Operation Flashpoint
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter

Cooperative Play available but has issues:
Descent 3.
Unreal: Return To Na Pali.

Coop Play in Addons:
Deus Ex (Coop mod is beta, and hard to find. Also untested.)
Half-Life (Sven Coop Mod)
Rune
Battlezone II (G66 Mod increases AI strength)

> It would have been great to play Half-Life with her, rather than
>just running around empty buildings and blowing her up. Thanks.

 

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Thusly "Dr_Dickie" <Dr_Dickie@chembench.com> Spake Unto All:

>The founding fathers of this country (USA) understood the evils of
>democracies (they had seen what happened to the Greek experiment), and took
>specific steps to make sure that we were NOT a democracy (mob rule). We are
>(although to a much less extent than in the past) a representative republic.
>We have democratic processes, but we are not a democracy in the strictest
>sense.

I love when people debate government without knowing what a
"representative democracy" is, or what is meant by "republic".

For some reason especially people on the far right are confused by
this, and labor under the mistaken belief there is some sort of
conflict between being a republic and being a democracy. Or that there
exist any direct democracies.

Possibly it's the arcane, thoroughly corrupted, and, frankly, silly
district/electorate system of the US which confuses people.

Menckens point also wasn't that democracy = mob rule, but that a
people get the government they deserve.

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"Mean_Chlorine" <mike_noren2002@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Thusly "Dr_Dickie" <Dr_Dickie@chembench.com> Spake Unto All:
>
> >The founding fathers of this country (USA) understood the evils of
> >democracies (they had seen what happened to the Greek experiment), and
took
> >specific steps to make sure that we were NOT a democracy (mob rule). We
are
> >(although to a much less extent than in the past) a representative
republic.
> >We have democratic processes, but we are not a democracy in the strictest
> >sense.
>
> I love when people debate government without knowing what a
> "representative democracy" is, or what is meant by "republic".
>
> For some reason especially people on the far right are confused by
> this, and labor under the mistaken belief there is some sort of
> conflict between being a republic and being a democracy. Or that there
> exist any direct democracies.
>
> Possibly it's the arcane, thoroughly corrupted, and, frankly, silly
> district/electorate system of the US which confuses people.
>
> Menckens point also wasn't that democracy = mob rule, but that a
> people get the government they deserve.
>
>

Precisely. I never was disputing that, not am I confused on what a democracy
and republic are. I was addressing the quote. The more perfect the
democracy, the more mob rule dictates, the better the odds that a moron
makes it into office. I see that as to what the quote was addressing (right
or wrong that is what I take it to mean--YMMV). The "mob" is easily swayed
by rhetoric and hyperbole (..Think of the children!!!).
I never said that there was a conflict between a republic and democratic
processes, although most people I have talked to (right or left) seem to
believe that our constitution grants them rights (like the one to vote).
Sorry, it does not--that is a fundamental and complete misunderstanding of
our government and country. A better understanding of our government, would
result in a better government. The more people are confused by their form of
government (this is America, if that is what the majority say, then that is
what it should be), the worse government we get. If your leader rules by
taking a poll, you have no leadership.
I would not say archaic, corrupted and gerrymandered into absurdity I agree
whole heartily.

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Hi,

turk <turk96@comcast.net> wrote:
#Yeah, I'd throw in Ghost Recon, Operation: Flashpoint and Rainbow Six for
#"team games" that aren't multiplayer. Although, I had trouble running GR at
#acceptable framerates on my old 1ghz processor, but I only had a 64Mb card.
#Personally, I'd recommend the 9600 Pro 256mb card for that processor. A
#9800 is probably fine, too, just a bit overkill for that processor.

I can't understand why anyone is still recommending last-generation
cards which such high price tags. Now that the new generation of cards
are here, one can have 9800XT performance for 9600XT price tag with the
6600GT AGP or X700 (or 9800Pro performance for 9550 prices with a 6600
or 6200, etc). It's true most of the new ATI offerings are PCI-E only,
but the new X AGP models are starting to come out as well.

There's really NO reason to recommend cards like the 9600Pro/XT or
9800Pro anymore, no matter how great they WERE, they no longer
demonstrate any kind of good price/performance ratio. Their current high
prices are the result of more and more limited availability and coasting
on previous reputations and dated review web pages.

Geez, given the prices of 256MB 9800Pros, it is the same cost to buy a
new PCI-E MB for $85 and put a $179 6600GT 128MB PCI-E card in it, and
then when 128MB isn't enough any more it will be cheaper and easier to
upgrade it with whatever next-gen card wonder comes along. Plus, you'll
get about 30% faster video performance than that old 9800Pro. At the
moment you can get new PCI-E motherboards that still support DDR I RAM,
so no other costs are involved.

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Hi,

Ah, now I see why all the funky suggestions, he has an ancient system
that he wants an ancient card for. My advice- don't EVER spend money on
obsolete upgrades to old systems. It is money down the toilet. Bite the
bullet and buy a new MB/CPU/RAM and then upgrade the video later
(assuming you don't have AGP 1x-2x!)

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:53:36 GMT, kmarsh@fellspt.charm.net (Ken Marsh)
wrote:

>Ah, now I see why all the funky suggestions, he has an ancient system
>that he wants an ancient card for. My advice- don't EVER spend money on
>obsolete upgrades to old systems. It is money down the toilet. Bite the
>bullet and buy a new MB/CPU/RAM and then upgrade the video later
>(assuming you don't have AGP 1x-2x!)

But he can buy something like a 9600 Pro for $100 that will allow him
to play 99% of games just fine. Your "solution" is to spend $1000 just
so he can play 100% of games most of which he probably isn't
interested in anyway. He has been out of the gaming scene for years,
and he can catch up on some real gems for minimal financial outlay.
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"trimble bracegirdle" <newmouse@beeb.netREMOVESPAM> wrote in
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> We don't get people who can come up with those sort of lines
> anymore...still seem to come up with morons though..@@@

I forget where I saw this, but:

"The collective intelligence of humanity is a constant ... and the
population is increasing."


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Depends on what kind of stuff you want to get into. For FPS games, I
recommend Call of Duty, then once you complete that (you can choose
different skill levels) you can get the United Offensive expansion.
Battlefield 1942 is still a classic for both FPS and vehicle action, but
Call of Duty might have overtaken them there. Look for Battlefield 2
coming out sometime soon. Also, I think it goes a little over the top in
realism for my taste, but soon coming out is a sort of strategy FPS called
Brothers in Arms.

Also interesting are RPG games, such as the latest World of Warcraft, which
I've just recently gotten into. It involves leveling up a character
through doing missions or "quests" and can be quite addicting. But seeing
as this is an action games group, see the first paragraph

Have fun!!

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"riku" <riku@invalid.none.com> wrote in message
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> On 14 Feb 2005 18:11:18 -0800, "Carlo" <absent_carlo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I grew up on mostly on Doom II and lots of the older Apple games like
> >Montazuma's Revenge and the Bard's Tale series. As long as were
> >discussing game recommendations, my girlfriend and I like to play on
> >the LAN but are getting sick of 1-on-1 deathmatches, which of the games
> >mentioned allow team play against the computer like Doom II Collectors
> >Ed.? It would have been great to play Half-Life with her, rather than
> >just running around empty buildings and blowing her up. Thanks.
>
> I think Serious Sam and Serious Sam: Second Encounter offer co-op team
> play. And they are fun FPS action games either way.
>

Where else can you play online coop and watch a raging bull head butt one of
your family/friends 50 feet into the air? 😉

First time that I saw my brother go flying thru the air, I laughed so hard
that tears ran down my cheek, onto my keyboard and fired my system. But it
was worth it. My brother was yelling for help over Roger Wilco, but I
told him, "Sometimes you get the bull; and sometimes the bull get's you.
And today it look's like it's the bull's turn to get you."

 

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>I just turned 40, and I guess I'm a part of the original "Pac-man
> generation". I was initially put off by modern games, but I've recently
> decided to take a look at some of the games of today available on the
> PC platform.
>
> I am particluarly interested in the competitive aspect of gaming and
> was hoping to get some advice on what games I should pick up to start.
>
> Now since this is only my first foray into PC gaming, and I don't have
> any high end hardware, the newest games are obviously not an option,
> but can I get recommendations on some older, competitive "First person
> shooters" that I can practice on?
>
> The system I have is only a 1Gig Pentium 3, with 1Gig of ram and I will
> be getting a new Video card since my ATI-AIW is from the last century.
>
> A video card recommendation would also be appreciated, but I'm
> considering picking up one of the following:
> 1) ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 PRO
> 2) RADEON X800 PRO
>
> ..providing they aren't over-kill for my sytem. 🙂
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Darren Harris
> Staten Island, New York.
>

If you don't plan on upgarding the rest of your system, then the 9800 Pro is
more than adequate

As far as gaming, regardless of what you enjoy, Half-Life and Half-Life 2
are a definite must. If you want to taste real time strategy then get
Command and Conquer Generals and the add-on Zero Hour. Best RTS since
Starcraft. Speaking of which, Starcraft might be good too. Splinter Cell is
a great action/stealth game, as well as The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape
from Butcher bay. All the Tom Clancy stuff too if you fancy a little bit of
team smack-em-up warfare. A 1GHz PC with an 9800 Pro and 1GB Ram is not bad,
and you should be able to play most stuff from last year and earlier even if
you do have to reduce the resolution to 800x600 and remove some of the
enhanced graphics effects (i.e. shadows usually kill the frame rate and
should be the first thing to put at minimum)

Such a large selection, so little time Good luck and enjoy!

 

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Searcher7@mail.con2.com wrote:

>I really don't care about graphics, characters or a plot or anything
>else. I need to practice on simple games that are "pure" reflexes and
>coordination.(Remember I'm old school). 🙂 I'm into games that when
>you lose, it is because you were beaten, and not because of the luck of
>the draw.

There's no question then: Quake 3 is your game.

Joe

 

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sayNO2steam <sayNO2steam@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> my final words

If only.


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We are the chick. The world is our egg.
If we cannot break the world's shell, we will die without being born.
Smash the world's shell! For the revolution of the world!

 

[vinCe]

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"Mean_Chlorine" wrote

> Andrew

>>For old school FPS gaming, Serious Sam is about as much fun as you can
>>get.

> Yeah, it's a hectic blast, to be sure.

>>When you want something more cerebral, games don't get any better than
>>Deus Ex, IMO.

> Except half-life, which IMO is far, far, better than DE.

But not more cerebral surely.

It's an 'on-a-rail shoot 'em up'