Classic (really old) computer strategy games

[Arakhor]

That's definitely Populous, yes.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

That looks a lot like this one:

Now this thread is titled "Guess the game".

 

[Arakhor]

That's presumably Powermonger (or something of that vintage).

 

[Kyriakos]

Of course that is the legendary Powermonger.
Check page 1 of this thread for a brief discussion of it

 

[unidentifiedAlien]

Sounds like you might be thinking of Populous, another Molyneux/Bullfrog title?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous_(video_game)

If so, you can get it via GOG.com.

Oh wow it totally is Populous! Thank you so much! I’m sure it’s not that big of a deal but still, I’m incredibly happy to finally know what it is. Don’t really know how to thank you enough without sounding too happy so I’ll end it here.
(But thanks again, this totally made my day)

 

[TheMeInTeam]

That's presumably Powermonger (or something of that vintage).

May a million fleas infest your undergarments.

 

[Leifmk]

I spent many, many hours on this:

 

[Kyriakos]

This is the dreadful "Desert Rats", for the Amstrad:

I actually had it, but could never achieve much with it and gave up. Gfx were just ridiculously bad

The Amstrad sucked. It was worse than the other 8bit computers (C64 and even Spectrum, i suppose...).
When i got my Amiga500, a year later, i thought i got sci-fi tech...

 

[Thorgalaeg]

As a Spectrum 48k+ owner, i walked the Amiga 500 path too. I couldn't believe my eyes, but specially i couldn't believe my ears.

Going from this:

To this:

It was too much. However all us Spectrum owners hold a small place for the spec in our hearts.

 

[Akka]

The vitality of the player’s tribe/country was represented by a heartbeat implemented in the music, the other instrumentals being very simple.. sweeping noises?

Populous

Edit : doh, didn't notice there was another page answering the question.
Well, you got a free link to GOG's page for it

 

[Kyriakos]

I never liked Populous.
Maybe because by the time i had an Amiga, Populous2 was out already, and even that paled next to various other games with similar theme (eg Megalomania and Utopia).

 

[Kyriakos]

Speaking of Megalomania:

It was a pretty cool game

 

[cain3456]

Genghis Khan II is an excellent game

I never played it at its own time, only found out about it many years later.

If you are interested in the actual first game that looked a lot like Europa Universalis, here it is:

It is called Medieval Lords. Another great game i found about years after its time. It is exactly as EU, only obviously with primitive graphics, and armies which are only numbers on the map. But you could choose (iirc) tens of different nations to play as (I think the map was not global though, it had all of Europe, much of Africa and up to central Asia, but i am not sure now)

And Thessalonike is almost its own province too Something the EU games still have not done

I thought I was the only one to remember that game. Yes, the distant ancestor to Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis. The map is similar to vanilla Crusader Kings. Of course they didn't have stuff like casus belli & council laws but it did have the religions with conversions, appeasing the nobles and towns (who often worked at cross purposes), and if you died your heir took over. Good times.

 

[Imaus]

I played the first level of Wargames: Defcon 1 as NATO, though I did try WOPR for once. Never knew how to progress to the next level so I eventually sold my disc off.

Somehow WOPR has gained access to a factory or w/e ala Skynet and produced a slew of war machines that it decides to use to take over the world. The first mission takes place in the Carolinas, I think.

It was my first RTS and quite simply it was enjoyable, fun, and the models were interesting.

I pine for it to like, turn up on GOG or something. I want to finish it.

 

[demon59]

Burned many an hour playing SSG's "Reach for the Stars" (the original 1980's version, not the 2000 remake) on a friend's Apple IIgs. First commercially published 4X game.

 

[AngusN]

Hi guys,

I just created an account because i'm in search of a game for years. It was a mediaval strategy game, it was on a cd with lots of games.

The game was set in great brittain I think, must have been in the '90s when i played it. It was a old map with it seems to mee lot of family's vying for power.

The thing i remembered the most was the text that showed when you failed, it was something like that you're a disgrace for your family and that your father pissed on your grave.

Is there someone that knows what i'm talking about?

 

[sherbz]

Hi guys,

I just created an account because i'm in search of a game for years. It was a mediaval strategy game, it was on a cd with lots of games.

The game was set in great brittain I think, must have been in the '90s when i played it. It was a old map with it seems to mee lot of family's vying for power.

The thing i remembered the most was the text that showed when you failed, it was something like that you're a disgrace for your family and that your father pissed on your grave.

Is there someone that knows what i'm talking about?

Defender of the Crown?

https://www.gog.com/game/defender_of_the_crown

 

[AngusN]

Yeah it sure looks like it! Although I can't remember the 3d action and can't find the iconic ending.

Thank you!

 

[Kyriakos]

K240, aka Utopia II:

 

[Civinator]

This is the dreadful "Desert Rats", for the Amstrad:

I actually had it, but could never achieve much with it and gave up. Gfx were just ridiculously bad

The Amstrad sucked. It was worse than the other 8bit computers (C64 and even Spectrum, i suppose...).
When i got my Amiga500, a year later, i thought i got sci-fi tech...

I still have this game with the old Spectrum tape and even as the pc version with absolute cruel CGA colours (!) and an old big 5,25 floppy, but no drive to play that floppy any longer.

Much better was the successor 'Vulcan The Tunisian Campaign'. This was my first computer game that I played on the Sinclair and later on the pc. I still have the Sinclair tape and a small pc floppy, that still can be played by Dos Box (in EGA colours). From time to time I have considered to transform it into a Civ 3 scenario, as the map of 'Vulcan' is interesting.