I know no one cares but...

You know what I think would be a tight game? A game that somehow mixed Descent, Megarace, and Tribes together. Those are seriously the 3 most addictive games I played growin up.

Hey, if UC2 found a way to mix melee, weapons, and MK-like fatalities, I think my idea would be possible too.

I just can't believe that these games that I find so addictive are basically trash now. No more support for the Descent franchise, Descent 3 was hardly close to the oldschool gameplay of the first two, they said they'd release a D4, no dice. That makes me mad.

Then Megarace... there was a lot of potential, and still is, to take the first Megarace game and give it a major facelift for today's graphics without making it look like a POS like Megarace 2 and 3.

Tribes... do I need to bother?

It's funny, the second I heard a Megarace mod was gonna be made for UT2k4 I could hardly sit up straight. But so far no dice, I don't even remember what happened there. And Anomaly is barely the same... :(

I know I'm kinda rambling here... but does anyone here ever recall even hearing about these games, or feeling this kind of nostalgia? Yes, I'll admit, I'm a weenie, games are what push me on these days... but seriously...

no one cares

sig is cool. :)

link to what megarace is?....... never heard of it

right.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/megarace

http://www.mobygames.com/game/megarace/screenshots

I'm guessing GameRevolution might have something on it too. Man, I really miss that game. Mostly for its eyecandy (at the time period it was awesome, at least for me).

Just to verify, you heard of Descent? :)

dude!!!! i remember that game, played it at one of my friends houses all the time!!! i loved megarace...now im gonna have to try and find it/dl it from somwhere!!!

thing is, with the processing power of computers these days megarace and descent isnt worth trying to play, it'll go like a million miles an hour :(

thats why I'm trying to find a simulator/emulator for Megarace currently.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers this game.

I think I still have the original MegaRace CD somewhere. I used to play it on a Packard Bell 486.

Hah, same here, well you know a model or two off. I still have the CD but that doesn't mean squat if your computer is over-performing... lol

one thing that made that game so awesome was the music... Stéphane Picq...

I found the CD for Descent 3 in the closet along with the original Police Quest: SWAT.

Anyone play a game called Hi-Octane? It's like wipeout XL except more driving then dodging.

I wish someone would make a cool Battlezone type game. Tribes style.

dunno what megarace was but i LOVED descent. its part of the reason jumping onto tribes was so easy for me. my favorite race games are WipeoutXL followed by FZero.
there was also a cheap wipeoutxl knockoff for nintendo that owned me, it featured bikes...

Ah yes megarace. That takes me back. That is what made me buy my first wheel :). Then the indycar series took over and I never looked back , .....untill now.
Btw so far Codemasters-toca2 has given the best online forcefeedback racing expeirience for me.

I would give my left nut for another Battlezone game. FPS vehicle combat with RTS resources and base building. I can just imagine having 64+ player servers with planet sized maps, it would be pure bliss. But by far the most fun in Battlezone I had was MPI Co-op vs the computer AI. Man those AI were basterds on Medium and above settings...

I would give my left nut for another Battlezone game. FPS vehicle combat with RTS resources and base building. I can just imagine having 64+ player servers with planet sized maps, it would be pure bliss. But by far the most fun in Battlezone I had was MPI Co-op vs the computer AI. Man those AI were basterds on Medium and above settings...

Make that two left nuts :) . BZII was tough in Co-op too. Some of the most fun I've had in gaming though.

I would give my left nut for another Battlezone game. FPS vehicle combat with RTS resources and base building. I can just imagine having 64+ player servers with planet sized maps, it would be pure bliss. But by far the most fun in Battlezone I had was MPI Co-op vs the computer AI. Man those AI were basterds on Medium and above settings...

Ab-so-fucking-lute-ly!

:)

Battlezone rings a bell, but what exactly was it?

That racing game is starting to excite me, tell me more of it! :)

Anyone who has played all 3 Descents... wouldn't you agree that the third one really didn't capture the essence of the first two?

What I've always wanted to see in Tribes was a Helix Cannon or a Spread Cannon. That would be so pimp. :)

You know... since the first Megarace is somewhat outdated for modern computer standards, and Megarace 2 + 3 sucked ass, is anyone interested in getting together and making a Megarace mod for the next Unreal when it comes out? (Using the Unreal 3 engine?) Seeing what Anomaly did, I know its very possible to pull something like it off (not sure how the zero-G loops and such would be done though). But I def. know we could design the old Megarace cars from scratch, make our own revamps of the old racetracks (the underwater one = kickass!) and get some awesome music in there. But no gay narrator dude with the sunglasses.

The best part: it'd capture the oldschool spirit of the first Megarace, but now the courses would be real and not simulated animations, the cars would be actual 3D models, and there would be online play (online play? for Megarace? SWEET!)

anyone interested? damn, I hope ZenTseTse reads this thread...

We can ressurect Megarace! And I can honestly say, I bet it would be an instant hit in the mod playing community, like Frag.Ops is now for UT2k4.

Battlezone rings a bell, but what exactly was it?

That racing game is starting to excite me, tell me more of it! :)

Anyone who has played all 3 Descents... wouldn't you agree that the third one really didn't capture the essence of the first two?

What I've always wanted to see in Tribes was a Helix Cannon or a Spread Cannon. That would be so pimp. :)

Someone already mentioned above. It's an FPS style game with RTS elements. It has some tie-ins to the likes of GTW mod in T2.

You start out in a ship. You can build buildings and ships to perform certain tasks. You can move around in your ship giving things orders. To build buildings, to produce ships, to collect resources. You can build towers, make groups of attackers, etc, etc.

I love both FPS and RTS games and BZ had a good mix. But it could REALLY be improved upon in todays games. Seems to me a MOD could do it. We'll have to see where GTW goes with it. They are a bit different than what my vision is. I don't understand the need for GIGANTIC maps, but, everyone has their own preference.