11-02-2014, 10:52 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary
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I've been using a Logitech Attack 3, and it does the trick. Love these games. Hopefully enough people buy them in this release to make them look at developing new ones. They really don't have to improve on the gameplay or graphics much (from X-Wing Alliance) or whatever to make me happy. Just more good storylines and missions.
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11-02-2014, 10:58 PM
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#42
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Judgement Rites to me was the better game, it was a lot darker and richer in many ways. I really need to go back to that series again.
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No doubt JR was superior in every way. Unfortunately as a kid, my PC didn't do JR so well so I was limited to playing it at a friend's.
I remember purchasing the last copy of the CD re release of JR from Costco in red deer years later, only to get home and find no disc inside. The re release of 25th that I played was better than the original though, with music, dialog etc.
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11-03-2014, 07:48 AM
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#43
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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There really isn't a whole lot out there for flightsticks. I am tempted to grab a Saitek X55 Rhino which I could then use for modern games like Elite Dangerous and War Thunder. But I am not sure I want to spend $200 on a joystick.
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11-03-2014, 11:00 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Jahrmes
No doubt JR was superior in every way. Unfortunately as a kid, my PC didn't do JR so well so I was limited to playing it at a friend's.
I remember purchasing the last copy of the CD re release of JR from Costco in red deer years later, only to get home and find no disc inside. The re release of 25th that I played was better than the original though, with music, dialog etc.
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The special edition of the 25th anniversary on CD has all the voices and stuff. Judgement Rites also had a sound & video pack to add voices and CG cutscenes to it. I remember actually buying that damn thing for $20 as a kid and it came on EIGHT FLOPPIES. It was DLC before DLC.
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11-03-2014, 12:15 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I remember bootlegging Quake using the disk spanning feature in winrar/zip and jt was a ridic number of disks, 40 maybe?
That Quake shareware CD with iDs catalog "locked" and available for purchase was another source of much fun for young me.
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11-03-2014, 03:59 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
The special edition of the 25th anniversary on CD has all the voices and stuff. Judgement Rites also had a sound & video pack to add voices and CG cutscenes to it. I remember actually buying that damn thing for $20 as a kid and it came on EIGHT FLOPPIES. It was DLC before DLC.
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I call your Judgement Rites, and raise you the Wing Commander 2 speech pack. It wasn't really DLC though, a lot of people just didn't have sound cards then.
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11-03-2014, 04:17 PM
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#47
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Norm!
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Loved WC2 speech pack. My jaw dropped when I first got yelled at by Tolwyn.
I was so used to the type of sound that came out of the 2 tone PC speakers.
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11-03-2014, 09:47 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA/Scottsdale, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cDnStealth
Bah... it looks like my old Sidewinder joystick got tossed at some point. Any recommendations? Don't suggest the Warthog lol.
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Has anyone downloaded this and bought a joystick? I'm in the market too...
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11-04-2014, 06:59 AM
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#49
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I have a Sidewinder 3D Pro and Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick (came with Mechwarrior 3) but I think they use gaming ports on the old sound cards! 
Tie-Fighter was amazing, we need more games based on the bad guys.
I'm going to build a space sim setup with Oculus once Star Citizen is released and get a modern HOTAS set up I think. |
Just so you don't throw out a perfectly awesome joystick (like me ) http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX666
Last edited by cDnStealth; 11-04-2014 at 07:02 AM.
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11-04-2014, 08:15 AM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Mazrim
FreeSpace 2 (my favorite of the genre) held up really well when I played it recently, so I'm hoping that these games hold up just as well.
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FS2 was my favorite space sim for sure. I just realized it's on Steam so I'm going to buy it and play it again. Wicked!
There kept being rumours of FS3 but nothing ever came of it. Some company bought the rights to the name for like $8,000 and then never did anything with it.
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11-04-2014, 08:22 AM
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CP Gamemaster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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There are TONS of fan made content for FreeSpace 2, so I would suggest looking around for that if you want more of that kind of stuff.
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11-05-2014, 01:28 PM
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Norm!
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Downloaded it last night and started the first chapter where your helping to keep the rebel scum trapped on Hoth.
Of course I took the secret mission of inspecting boxes and got jumped by a flight of z-95 head hunters.
I caught myself making tie fighter noises and laser noises as I relentlessly shot the scum out of the sky
All Hail the Emperor
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