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The History of FPS Games

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    SeantheMan
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    Something similar for ye if you've not seen it Póg, also these are most excellent :D

    http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value


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    Retr0gamer
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    It's really amazing what those early systems could amange before doom.
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    Canis Lupus
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    They loved their mazes back in the old days.


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    Retr0gamer
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    Wow, ultima underworld was so far ahead of it's time. It had a better engine than doom in some ways but came before wolf 3D. Pity it needed a beast of a machine to run at the time.
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    SeantheMan
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    Sooo..mannnyy...crapp...gammmes...head....gonnna...exx...pploodde :P

    Looking forward to the next few in the series, 95+ was the way :D


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    PogMoThoin
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    SeantheMan wrote: »
    Sooo..mannnyy...crapp...gammmes...head....gonnna...exx...pploodde :P

    Looking forward to the next few in the series, 95+ was the way :D

    Sadly I've to admit that I started pc gaming during the era of the first vid, on this:

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    Pircay was rife back then, I used copy the tapes from my mates. This is before the invention of double deck cassette recorders, we used copy with 2 stereos in a quiet room :D
    I remember a few years buying a floppy disk drive for it, they were more durable than casettes but ruined my chances of pirating


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    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,433 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    There's a few they forgot. Descent 2 and Hellbender but no mention of the prequels Descent and Terminal Velocity. They also forgot jurassic park on the snes.
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    Canis Lupus
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    Didn't see Marathon.


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    fasty
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    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    Didn't see Marathon.

    4th vid, about 3 mins in.


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    CCCP^
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    They also forgot jurassic park on the snes.

    No harm done there.


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    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    fasty wrote: »
    4th vid, about 3 mins in.

    Bah.... So much for being smart.


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    OK-Cancel-Apply
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    Man.. I remember playing Skynet on a 486DX2, and being disappointed with the frame rate (though it had been fine for Doom, which struggled a bit on a 386SX). I upgraded to a Pentium 133Mhz and was amazed at the power! I think I got Quake a few years later and then upgraded to a Pentium 200Mhz MMX.


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    Oafley Jones
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Wow, ultima underworld was so far ahead of it's time. It had a better engine than doom in some ways but came before wolf 3D. Pity it needed a beast of a machine to run at the time.

    UU was a technical marvel, true 3d unlike Doom which came years after. I'd totally forgotten about TerraNova, another fantastic game from The Looking Glass which sold about 4 copies.


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