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[HankToms]

Quake 2. I have no nostalgia for being a HPB.

It was so enjoyable being a HPB, and killing those LPBs. But I didn't mind when I became a LPB

 

[batman2million]

It usually took about 4-6 hours on big patch days, and 1-3 hours on small patch days.

Gosh. Imagine if patching took that long now.

Edit: Oh and Age of Empires. I sucked really bad though if I remember correctly.

I tired real hard to get into AoE online but I kept getting my ass handed to me. I realized that that RTS weren't for me. Still aren't.

:-(

 

[DJ_Lae]

MUDs, mostly, ages ago.

As for standalone games, I played a lot of C&C with my friend over dial-up, and Diablo.

I got cable internet fairly early, too, so things like Team Fortress and Counterstrike I was playing via broadband (and with the large advantage that it offered at the time).

 

[-KRS-]

I tired real hard to get into AoE online but I kept getting my ass handed to me. I realized that that RTS weren't for me. Still aren't.

:-(

Haha yeah that was my experience as well.

What I loved about RTS games was building the base and such and take my sweet time. That did not translate well into online matches.

 

[sarcoa]

Virtual On, Saturn Bomberman, and Sega Rally. Ah, Saturn NetLink...

 

[many places]

Possibly Runescape, but that might have been right around the time we got our first cable modem. My memory isn't so good.

 

[Kysen]

All on ISDN, Quake 3 arena, CS, Rainbow six 3:Raven Shield(so many memories) and UT.

 

[peaceiscloser]

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.

 

[UncleSporky]

Re-created and still playable.

 

[idolminds]

Quake 1, 2, and 3
UT99, UT2k4, UT3
Tribes 1 and 2
HL1 and mods
HL2 and mods, though eventually severs started setting minrate too high so I had to quit
Civilization 4
Demigod
World of Warcraft
Guild Wars
Borderlands 1 and 2

I'm still stuck with a dialup connection. Generally a with a couple ini tweaks Unreal Engine games are playable online, like Borderlands 2. I can get blood stains and notes in Dark Souls but cannot summon, be summoned, or invaded. I managed to play some Burnout Paradise with a friend on PS3 a couple times. Worked surprisingly well when it was just the two of us.

 

[-KRS-]

Quake 1, 2, and 3
UT99, UT2k4, UT3
Tribes 1 and 2
HL1 and mods
HL2 and mods, though eventually severs started setting minrate too high so I had to quit
Civilization 4
Demigod
World of Warcraft
Guild Wars
Borderlands 1 and 2

I'm still stuck with a dialup connection. Generally a with a couple ini tweaks Unreal Engine games are playable online, like Borderlands 2. I can get blood stains and notes in Dark Souls but cannot summon, be summoned, or invaded. I managed to play some Burnout Paradise with a friend on PS3 a couple times. Worked surprisingly well when it was just the two of us.

Wow. My condolenses. I feel for you. Must be hell to be on dial-up these days. =/

 

[Chaplain]

SNES X-band - Killer Instinct and Super SF 2.

 

[whyreggielie]

FFXI, an old but still great mmo.

 

[kdash7]

Fifa 98

 

[batman2million]

Quake 1, 2, and 3
UT99, UT2k4, UT3
Tribes 1 and 2
HL1 and mods
HL2 and mods, though eventually severs started setting minrate too high so I had to quit
Civilization 4
Demigod
World of Warcraft
Guild Wars
Borderlands 1 and 2

I'm still stuck with a dialup connection. Generally a with a couple ini tweaks Unreal Engine games are playable online, like Borderlands 2. I can get blood stains and notes in Dark Souls but cannot summon, be summoned, or invaded. I managed to play some Burnout Paradise with a friend on PS3 a couple times. Worked surprisingly well when it was just the two of us.

How did you even manage to get the PS 3 online on dail- up? am i missing something?

 

[idolminds]

Wow. My condolenses. I feel for you. Must be hell to be on dial-up these days. =/

Yeah, lots of annoyances. Gaming isn't too terrible since I'm mostly into singleplayer (of course would that be the case if I had a better connection? Dunno). I take my laptop fairly regularly to the book store or library and leech of the wifi to download games and updates. Steam is pretty fucked on a dialup connection which ends up being a pretty big problem with all the big games being Steamworks. Starting to just buy them on PS3 since I can ignore updates on there if need be.

How did you even manage to get the PS 3 online on dail- up? am i missing something?

I've got a little wifi setup going at home. Useful for things like some DS and iOS games (man async multi games on iOS are a godsend). I can take my Wii and PS3 online with it. Obviously not enough to play big multiplayer games but I can check out random LBP levels and buy PSN titles.

 

[Seik]

I played PSO on a low-specs PC with dial-up, shit was laggy but I tanked over 50 hours on it. Clearly, I was a child and didn't give a fuck about obvious lag.

This and Turok 2.

 

[Dark Octave]

Dreamcast: Phantasy Star Online.

 

[larvi]

I actually still have a dial-up router that can be used so that any of the computers at home on my lan could connect to the internet through a single dial-up connection. Haven't had to use it in a while but used to use it when my broadband went down.

With that I would be able to connect any wired/wireless device to the internet via dial-up.

 

[Bossniak]

Halo on PC.

 

[Satchel]

Doom 2
Duke Nukem 3D
Daytona USA on Dreamcast
Quake

 

[Amir0x]

TetriNET

TETRIS neoGAF tournament we should have some day. Best in show.


Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

They called the me the 56k Avenger because I was a sniper who could literally adjust for all the lag and sight out enemies ahead of time. I was essentially peering into the future that's how dead on my advance placement of shots was so often on.

 

[Chairhome]

XBAND SNES
Killer Instinct
Super Street Fighter II

 

[Delicious Waffles]

RuneScape. I used to play it on a somewhat new computer at the time. Ran like a dream, even over 56k. Was pretty shocked. Good times, though.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I remember playing Battlechess against my friend who lived on the other side of the neighborhood on a direct connection. I knew we were living in the future and it couldn't possibly get any better than that.

 

[GG-Duo]

I don't remember exactly if I played this on dial-up.. I think I played the IRC version of it on #vidgames though.

 

[Ramirez]

PSO
NFL2K
NBA2K
Daytona
Diablo 2
Q3A
UT

All on the Dreamcast, aside from D2 obviously. Such an awesome system...

 

[QisTopTier]

Starcraft
EverQuest
Diablo 2

 

[L.O.R.D]

Counter-Strike
Red Alert 2 ( or Tiberian sun firestorm ) ( i think only once i succeeded to make 1 match )

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

Quake DM like a boss back in the day, on my PowerMac 7200 with a 3dfx graphics card upgrade (800x600 with antialiasing plz). That was, what, 1997? It was my first taste of online multiplayer.

 

[elektrixx]

Played a fair bit of Counter-Strike at 500 ping. I'm sure everyone else loved that.

 

[Jokab]

Starcraft
Counter-strike
Runescape
Age of Empires 2

 

[Toki767]

I used to MUD a lot back in the day. Strange that I liked doing that but hate MMOs.

 

[otapnam]

High school 56k
BBS GAMES - L.O.R.D. , BRD?
DOOM2
TRIBES

College was hard coming back from the dorm to play this on 56k @ my parents place but it happened (only for a few weeeks before i moved back out)
CS beta 1.7
Dod Beta (forgot the version)

Good times

 

[The Bookerman]

Diablo 1, Diablo 2(For a while) , NHL 98

 

[PetriP-TNT]

First game I remember playing on dial-up was Doom 2, at school.

 

[RagingAvatar]

Final Fantasy XI on PS2.
I played it that way for years.

 

[Giolon]

hot damn...let's see

Multiplayer Battletech (on AOL no less)
Warcraft 2
Starsiege Tribes (how envious I was with the guys who had ISDN and Cable and a sub 200ms ping)
Starsiege
X-Wing vs TIE Fighter (Via The ZONE)
Jedi Knight (Via The ZONE)
The Realm
Asheron's Call
Starcraft

I'm sure there are more, but somewhere around there I got DSL.

 

[bitoriginal]

Ultima Online.

Enter dungeon.
See red name flash up.
Panic.
Lag.
You are dead.
OoOoOOoOOOOooOoo

 

[isuzu]

Age of Empires, StarCraft, Diablo 2, Ultima Online. Good times.

 

[Facism]

Quake, Quake 2, half-Life, Unreal Tournament.

 

[Ianan]

Anarchy Online, Legend of Mir 2, Chu Chu Rocket.

 

[VariantX]

PSO v2, NFL/NBA 2k stuff, Q3(PC), SoF2

 

[scottzorus]

CS,
and maybe the RYL beta

 

[fredrancour]

pc: guild warssssss. The first one. So much of it.

 

[blizzardjesus]

UT2000
World of Warcraft

PSO 1 on DC

HALO 3... had dial up into my imac, then i shared internent into the 360.

 

[FinalFanXtreme]

Unreal Tournament, Chu Chu Rocket, NFL 2k1, Everquest, Phantasy Star Online

 

[almostheathen]

Starcraft/Brood War
Diablo I/II
Warcraft 2 Battle net edition
Everquest
World of Warcraft (first 3 months)
Various stuff on Mame

 

[Sargex]

My gaming buddy back in the mid to late 90s had a Mac and I had a PC so our dial-up gaming choices were limited, but these two come to mind:

There were many late night "Mom, don't pick up the phone when it rings!!!"

 

[Einbroch]

EverQuest. Aw yeah.