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Do you ever get nostalgic for old software?
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The Albatross
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I also still use this as my FTP client:
Fact is, FTP applications have not improved since WS FTP Pro.
I won't lie, I miss this sometimes. Maybe the simplicity or the naivety.
Former prodigy user here. Used to be on the Videogames & Wrestling BBS.
I miss The All Seeing Eye.
This software introduced my 16/17 year old mind to the world of online multiplayer games. It also helped that there were great games to be played back then.
This, 1000 times
Quake 3 was not the same after ASE was closed down
Needs more Paint Shop Pro
YES. I still use it. It's even better than GIMP for pixel art and general use (and a HELL of a lot simpler/faster to use than Photoshop).
It was superior. YouTube wouldn't hit that quality for many years to come. It was 480p(?) DivX, yeah, but at a pretty decent bitrate and it was the shit back then. Suffice to say that buffering was probably better than fucking YouTube is today.
Oh, and you could download almost anything, because besides the great quality Stage6 didn't have any length restrictions as well. IIRC, that was their downfall.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
I still use Cool Edit Pro for my more intense audio work.
Audition is a mess. Everything is a mess if Adobe buys it (and "improves" it). If it started with Adobe, it's fine. That's why, back in the day and based on interface alone, I preferred...
Also it has been many years but I bet I can still use...
... but of course InDesign is way better.
Audition is a mess. Everything is a mess if Adobe buys it (and "improves" it). If it started with Adobe, it's fine. That's why, back in the day and based on interface alone, I preferred...
Also it has been many years but I bet I can still use...
... but of course InDesign is way better.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Not old software so much as old feelings associated with old software. Games, mostly.
Played so much of this with a high school buddy.
Also miss this old beast.
I used WinMX for my mp3 downloading needs as a kid. My brother taught me about bitrate, and that I should always download songs with over 192kbps, haha. The option to list after bitrate was golden.
Oh, damn. Almost forgot about good ol' WinMX.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Ripterm for OG BBS fun
Kali for OG online gaming fun
Kali was like the original steam before steam hit.
Kali for OG online gaming fun
Kali was like the original steam before steam hit.
choco-fish
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onadesertedisland
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Ziltoidia 9
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Can't believe there was a time long long LONG ago when I could at least infer basic information from that error code.
metalmonstar
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Whatever happened to those cool games you got free with windows?
I haven't seen SkiFree, Jezzball, Pipe Dream, Mouse Trap, Snake, or Pinball on computers in forever.
Also I miss the screensaver of the guy running through the maze or the one where ants took over your computer and ate it.
I also have found memories of the Windows 97 and Office 97.
I haven't seen SkiFree, Jezzball, Pipe Dream, Mouse Trap, Snake, or Pinball on computers in forever.
Also I miss the screensaver of the guy running through the maze or the one where ants took over your computer and ate it.
I also have found memories of the Windows 97 and Office 97.
Boulotaur2024
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Cubic Player (mod player)
Used that for 2 years listening to modules with a friend. We discovered so many talents back then. Falcon, Purple Motion, Skaven, Necros... The memories !
Used that for 2 years listening to modules with a friend. We discovered so many talents back then. Falcon, Purple Motion, Skaven, Necros... The memories !
Disappointed that no one's posted this yet, if we're including games.
OMG I had forgotten that. What a game ...
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Disappointed that no one's posted this yet, if we're including games.
Coming to Steam in May for like $2. Long-lost sequel also coming for $5.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/241388/25_years_later_Chiprsquos_Challenge_1__2_come_to_Steamin_May.php
BanditoMac
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That reminds of this old jam.
Wooooow. That's so cool!
I'm glad I don't have to maintain ours. That's the dev's job. muahaha!
All these tracker/module player mentions, as if these were programs that weren't still in daily usage... I'm still using this one despite knowing that it's ancient, discontinued and deprecated:
Modplug Player. it looked like Winamp, was able to use Winamp visualisation plugins, had the option to display start/stop/next/pause icons in the tray for easy access, and had a big Tracker cousin that's now opensauced under the name of OpenMPT if I understand this correctly.
I'm so used to this particular software (including its faults) that many of my mods will probably sound extremely strange if they were played back "correctly"...
Obligatory Elwood.
Modplug Player. it looked like Winamp, was able to use Winamp visualisation plugins, had the option to display start/stop/next/pause icons in the tray for easy access, and had a big Tracker cousin that's now opensauced under the name of OpenMPT if I understand this correctly.
I'm so used to this particular software (including its faults) that many of my mods will probably sound extremely strange if they were played back "correctly"...
Obligatory Elwood.
How about some Escape Velocity Override?
So much fun. Good times.
Aw yeah. The original. The opening music. Perfection.
Why aren't these games on Steam? Why are they still $20-30???
BriareosGAF
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XTreeGold has already been mentioned, along with Borland, et al. Time to wake up and smell what I'm cooking:
Telix:
DESQView:
If you ran a BBS DESQView was incredibly useful to be able to do things while it was running.
So many feels.
And of course we're still on IRC! Who isn't on IRC?! Continuously since 1997 or so.
Telix:
DESQView:
If you ran a BBS DESQView was incredibly useful to be able to do things while it was running.
So many feels.
And of course we're still on IRC! Who isn't on IRC?! Continuously since 1997 or so.
How about some Albion (1995, Blue Byte Software)?
Came out at the very very tail end of DOS gaming. Had no chance at all to succeed, killed a tiny franchise - but I loved it. So colourful. So flawed. Such an incredible mix between turn based nearly SRPG-like combat, 3D puzzle/dungeon environments and delicious 2D sprite work in cities and on the overworld. Yeah, you read that right, three modes of presentation all in one engine. Insanity.
Also boobs. Aliens with cat faces and rather lassez faire approach to that whole clothing thing. Tastefully done and perfectly reasonable from a story perspective, but I remember being taken aback for a second upon seeing cat alien nipple first thing after the prologue. :lol
Came out at the very very tail end of DOS gaming. Had no chance at all to succeed, killed a tiny franchise - but I loved it. So colourful. So flawed. Such an incredible mix between turn based nearly SRPG-like combat, 3D puzzle/dungeon environments and delicious 2D sprite work in cities and on the overworld. Yeah, you read that right, three modes of presentation all in one engine. Insanity.
Also boobs. Aliens with cat faces and rather lassez faire approach to that whole clothing thing. Tastefully done and perfectly reasonable from a story perspective, but I remember being taken aback for a second upon seeing cat alien nipple first thing after the prologue. :lol
Aw yeah. The original. The opening music. Perfection.
Why aren't these games on Steam? Why are they still $20-30???
Seeing that Ambrosia Softworks logo sent me down a long road of nostalgia. How the hell is EV Nova still 30 bucks? Damn, that was a badass game.
User 479360
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I somehow forgot about Netscape Navigator, but now I have a feeling of nostalgia for it. That and:
Commander Keen
Duke Nukem 3D
Doom on PC (shareware)
MSN Messenger
There was also a reading program/game I really liked, but I forget its name.
Commander Keen
Duke Nukem 3D
Doom on PC (shareware)
MSN Messenger
There was also a reading program/game I really liked, but I forget its name.
dsp
Member
Check out Wavosaur sometime.
VLC can play mod files. You could also use OpenMPT or Renoise to view/edit the file's sequences.
Wyndstryker
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How about some Albion (1995, Blue Byte Software)?
Came out at the very very tail end of DOS gaming. Had no chance at all to succeed, killed a tiny franchise - but I loved it. So colourful. So flawed. Such an incredible mix between turn based nearly SRPG-like combat, 3D puzzle/dungeon environments and delicious 2D sprite work in cities and on the overworld. Yeah, you read that right, three modes of presentation all in one engine. Insanity.
Also boobs. Aliens with cat faces and rather lassez faire approach to that whole clothing thing. Tastefully done and perfectly reasonable from a story perspective, but I remember being taken aback for a second upon seeing cat alien nipple first thing after the prologue. :lol
I need to finish this game, but haven't found a copy that didn't crash =(
OK, now that brings back some nostalgic feelings. I think I've played that game some 20 years ago on an old laptop with a greyscale display running Windows 3.1. Yeah, really.Another oldie:
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Needs more Paint Shop Pro
I still use Paint Shop Pro 7.
Trax In Space?!? This is a blast from the past. I uploaded a few songs there in like 2000 or something.
I got this with my first PC in 1999. One of my favourite racing games of all time. I think I still remember the cheat codes to change your car into a dinosaur.
MPlayer
You've even got it in AvP and everything. This was my life until my parents got the phone bill.
Disappointed that no one's posted this yet, if we're including games.
Oh wow, I remember playing this but can't seem to remember where. I would have thought at my home computer but I'm not sure why. Was it packed in or something?
Also some of the things in this thread are so nostalgic. I can't believe seeing Mind Maze, MSN messenger and its emoticons, and winamp is quite so effective. The MSN emoticons in particular I remember so clearly. :S for the weirded out guy!
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Android18a
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Did anyone ever use Creative Writer?
I found my old boxed copy in a closet recently and had a nostalgia attack. I used to make fanzines for games with it.
I did this too! I used to do all-text walkthroughs for games like Illusion of Time and Zelda:LTTP!
My childhood dream was working on a games magazine.Also, this:
Pumped a lot of my kid-hours into making games on this. Or pseudo-games, at least. They were all absolute shite, to be fair. But it's how I learned to create pixel art. I used to try recreate sprites from screenshots in the software, like Sonic or Mario characters. Turned into The Games Factory, which added scrolling screens and stuff. Awesome.
Bonus:
Used to play this with my Dad as a kid, he essentially got me into gaming with this and his old Golf games.
blummer102
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A website, not software. But before Facebook, this was what all the (mostly Asian) kids in my school used.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
CMD-> Mickey123
ZackieChan
Member
If by "boring" you mean not eye-bleedingly terrible, you're right. Shit is beautiful now.
Those AOL screens bring me back to hanging out with my first girlfriend and how she had to do these quick sessions where she would write all her emails offline and it would go online to upload them in a few seconds. Had to save those precious seconds or your bill could go up!
Also, used to get down with some Excite! chat at all hours of the day in the 90s.
A little Betrayal at Kronor, gentlemen?
All of this stuff looks awful now
BrettHeazy
Member
winMX, audiogalaxy...
stop I'm having a full on nostalgia attack
stop I'm having a full on nostalgia attack
Setzer
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I won't lie, I miss this sometimes. Maybe the simplicity or the naivety.
Same here. Was a Prodigy user from around 1990 to 1994. It was my first experience ever with being online and I would spend hours after school on the video game bbs.
StoppedInTracks
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Those were the times...
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