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Lawstiker
Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 473 Location: Sol System
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:35 am Post subject: The Catacomb Series |
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Well, since this section seemed to be rather lonely without any topic's I thought i'd go ahead and make one
How many of you have tried out any of the Catacomb games? Its fairly close to Wolfenstein 3D's game play, and since ROTT uses a heavily modified Wolf engine, I figured it wouldn't be to far-fetched to think some of you might have tired out one of these games at one point. |
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Per-Scan
Joined: 12 Oct 2010 Posts: 337
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:00 am Post subject: |
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I won them but to my shame I've never booted them up. Disgraceful, I know...
I never owned a PC when all these old classic PC games came out as I was a hardcore Amiga man so I missed out at the time. Nowadays, it's not quite so simple to run these games which puts me off. As an example; I've always wanted to play Shadowcaster but I have never got the game to run no matter what I try so I end up sticking to the few 'safe' games from that era, namely ROTT, Doom and Wolf3D. All of these games run stably and easily (at least once VDMS is installed!).
I know that's no excuse and I really should find the time (and methods) to try out these games but, you know, I'm old and thick! |
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dopefish7590
Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 324
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: |
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I only tried Catacomb Abyss... And that was just recently. Didn't really get that far though.
Like Per-Scan, I never had a PC back when most of these games were released... Except the difference is that I lacked a computer altogether. The closest thing I had was my NES. _________________ -Swim, swim, hungry |
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Lawstiker
Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 473 Location: Sol System
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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I was actually like Dopefish here, only it was the SNES for me. I played Doom and Duke Nukem when I was very young, but that was only when I went over to my grandpa's...as I didn't have a computer back then.
My grandfather was a major computer guru and gaming guy. He had tons of computers, games, commidor 64's, amiga's...you name it, he had at. It was like Christmas everytime I came over (How many other people can honestly say they had epic Dukematches with there grandfather ) Fast forward all these years later, sadly he's no longer around, and he left all his computer stuff to me. As i've been getting those old computers out testing what works and whats on them, I find games that where still installed here and there, and one had the Catacomb games still on them (Excluding Catacomb Armaggedon I believe). Since I had time, I figured why not and gave them a try. I was actually quite surprised to see a wolfenstein style game when I loaded it up. Up to that point I never knew there was anything before Wolfenstein, so once I did some research and found that there where I was surprised.
Overall I think there some fun games, certainly interesting. Though a bit of a funny story. The first one I tried was Catacomb 3D, and I actually played quite a ways into the game. Then I went online learning a bit more about the game, and I came across a negative review of it mostly complaining about how all the levels had the same song looping over and over and over again.
Then it hit me. It DID have the same song looping again and again! For some reason it never registered as I was playing, and for about the next week after playing I had that tune from Catacomb going on in my head continuously |
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Per-Scan
Joined: 12 Oct 2010 Posts: 337
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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@ dopefish: Did you enjoy what little you played of it?
So guys fill me in. Is it all in real-time or is there a turn-based element to it as well? I presume the gameplay is of a slower pace than Wolf and ROTT...
@Lawstiker: It's nice to see the inspiration through the generations and it's nice to see the hardware lasting as well... At the least it's helped give you an appreciation of some of the old gems out there and it's certainly given you some fond memories... nice story. |
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dopefish7590
Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 324
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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It is realtime... It's an FPS except you use things like magic to shoot things with. _________________ -Swim, swim, hungry |
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Lawstiker
Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 473 Location: Sol System
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Yep its all real time fps action. I know Catacomb 3D is pretty close to Wolfenstein in overall looks, but the three trilogy versions have a different feel from that to me...there is another old fps I would compare those to but I just can't quite remember it. I know its certainly not as fast paced as ROTT, but I wouldn't say there all that far from wolf paced action. I would say give them a try sometime, see if you like them or not.
@Per-Scan: Glad you liked it I certainly have learned quite a bit about the golden age of gaming from him. Personally I find myself enjoying these old time games more then modern day stuff these days. |
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Lawstiker
Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 473 Location: Sol System
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Per-Scan
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the read guys
Now, where did I put those discs....? I'll have to turn my cupboard upside-down or dig out my Id Anthology methinks. |
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Lawstiker
Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 473 Location: Sol System
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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Good luck finding those disc's Hope you enjoy trying them out.
For some reason i've always enjoyed playing the catacomb games. There's just something about them that I love...but just can't put a finger on it. I could have sworn there was a wolfenstein port that had support for the first 3d one...put sadly I can't seem to remember which one could do that
Who knows, maybe it doesn't exist and my brain just invented it. |
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Lawstiker
Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 473 Location: Sol System
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:01 am Post subject: |
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I'm going to post this here for future reference or in case any lurkers might find this interesting. Apparently my brain didn't make it up, and it was the WinWolf 3Dport that had some support for these games. |
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Per-Scan
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:29 am Post subject: |
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I'll have to give that a try. I think I've got Winwolf installed on my netbook so I'll look it out later as I haven't had any luck running Catacombs as is... |
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Lawstiker
Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 473 Location: Sol System
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Per-Scan wrote: | I'll have to give that a try. I think I've got Winwolf installed on my netbook so I'll look it out later as I haven't had any luck running Catacombs as is... |
I almost missed this. Your having problems getting them to run? What are you trying it on? A old pc or through some emulation program? _________________ Head on over to the Rise of the Triad HQ for ROTT news, downloads, and more!
MikeMiller wrote: | Lawstiker, you're not allowed to do what you want. You need to do what WE want :p :p :p |
Lawstiker, the ROTT Community's Official Bitch |
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Per-Scan
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:27 am Post subject: |
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I've tried running it on my 3 laptops all of which have XP on them. I've actually managed to get it to run but with no sound. This really puts me off playing it because sounds is really important to me. To the point where I find sound in a game more important than graphics. I've tried DOSBox and VDMS but the game just doesn't load at all... VDMS hangs and DOSBox just crashes and I can't find any error messages... |
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dopefish7590
Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 324
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:59 am Post subject: |
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Oh..? How does it crash? Any messages? _________________ -Swim, swim, hungry |
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