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[hunvagy]

Another Scorch alternative: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/

[yoga]

Originally Posted by hunvagy

Another Scorch alternative: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/

.. The scorched earth was nice game also.
So i DL file Scorched3D-3.3d.exe from your link also, dear barat hunvagy.
69.1 MB.

Merci.

[RRS]

...and I'm not convinced to this concept, just as I didn't like 3D remakes of Worms or Lemmings. They play like a completely different game, so don't fool us by using the established title.

On the other hand, Duke Nukem Manhattan Project had 3D (vector) graphics, while retaining 2D platformer gameplay. I loved it!

[MrFlibble]

I haven't played Prince of Persia Classic but to the best of my knowledge it's the very same game but with full 3D graphics - the level design is just the same, unlike DNMP which manages to smoothly introduce the third dimension into the classic 2D side-scrolling platform scheme.

Honestly, I know not of other games that could be comparable to DNMP in this respect. I checked this one out only because it's part of the Duke Nukem franchise, and I don't know other games of this genre and era well.

[MrFlibble]

Thanks for your feedback - I haven't yet checked out Oolite myself

BTW, I'm wondering how well the older instalments in the Star Wraith series of games (which had been released as freeware) would act as an alternative for the Wing Commander titles?

[jonh_sabugs]

I guess you have Microsoft to thank for that one. Earlier XP versions without the SP's were so unstable and full of problems that using them was impractical. Even then, I am not sure something that runs on SP3 wouldn't run on SP2, though.

[Eagle of Fire]

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I'm running XP SP1 as we speak. I can count on one hand the number of times I had to reboot it and it wasn't due to some crappy third party programs. I've been using it for 10 years now.

[jonh_sabugs]

Yes, SP1 was stable, if I remember correctly. The SP-less version were the unstable ones. I use SP2 here, and haven't had problems in a long time also. SP2 & 3 were mostly related to security, I think something that runs in SP3 should run in SP2 also, probably even in SP1.

[Eagle of Fire]

I wish that were true. I recently wanted to upgrade my Firefox version since the one I use is not supported anymore and many sites started to fail to function because of it...

Learned the hard way that the version I'm using is the latest stable version still guaranteed to work under Windows XP SP1.

Things like this baffle me. It was working A1 before. Now it doesn't. It's like I've been using electricity all my life but suddenly someone come in, play with the electrical box and declare that my old appliances won't work anymore even though it is exactly the same current. Doesn't add up.

[hunvagy]

Originally Posted by MrFlibble

Thanks for your feedback - I haven't yet checked out Oolite myself

BTW, I'm wondering how well the older instalments in the Star Wraith series of games (which had been released as freeware) would act as an alternative for the Wing Commander titles?

Last I checked the old Star Wraith games, they were quite lackluster. But for a free WC, why not just play Wing Commander Darkest Dawn? It's insanely faithful to the franchise, using the FS2Open engine, FMV briefing, intros, chatty characters.. it's very good, and free for all.