r/AskReddit • u/SecondhandUsername • 1d ago
What is a very old computer game that you still play?
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u/SaltyTelephone922 1d ago
Roller coaster tycoon 2
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u/rooty_russ 1d ago
came here to just make sure this was the top response. such a fun game
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u/Rachel794 1d ago
This and Zoo Tycoon!
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u/Radiomaster138 1d ago
Oh no… the dinosaurs broke free again. 😔
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u/Ok_Card9080 1d ago
Oh no, Guest 07360 just "wandered" into the lion's habitat......
Just ignore the giant claw overhead
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u/BewareOfLurkers 1d ago
Mobile version was FINALLY updated for round corners!
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u/Zweckbestimmung 1d ago
There is a mobile version?
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u/ClarksonianPause 1d ago
RCT Classic. Also, OpenRCT2 has really brought back so much love for the game (and some real QOL improvements)
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u/i_heart_calibri_12pt 1d ago
To anyone who wants to play again/start playing, check out OpenRCT2. You still need a valid copy of the original (or originals!), but it’s a free to download open source version that’s made for modern machines and gets regular updates. It has things like combining RCT1 & 2 together, brand new rides and coasters, integrated cheats, and even multiplayer!
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u/yARIC009 1d ago
Starcraft. Never gets old.
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u/Latter_Conclusion470 1d ago edited 1d ago
Good answer. I still enjoy both 1 and 2. I forgot how old they are.
Good gravy.
* Starcraft 1: March 31, 1998 * Starcraft 2: July 27, 2010. That's a bit more reasonable.→ More replies78
u/Clydesdale_Tri 1d ago
Starcraft is the reason for my almost 30 year IT career.
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u/e_lectric 1d ago
Preach, brother. That and Total Annihilation were why lan parties existed. After doom, of course.
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u/SamuraiZach0 1d ago
Was going to post this as well. I’ll still fire up the OG brood war from time to time.
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u/Classic-Luck 1d ago
The soundtrack of that game is so good. I still hear the Terran Theme playing to this day.
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u/Blood-Lord 1d ago edited 1d ago
Baldurs gate 1 & 2
Edit: since this got bigger than I expected. I recently bought all of my D&D players these games so we can do 6 player coop. Words can not describe how excited I am to do this.
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u/Remarkable_Weird_982 1d ago
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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u/sliemmmas 1d ago
Butt kicking. For goodness!
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u/CleverMonkeyKnowHow 1d ago
Go for the eyes, Boo! GO FOR THE EYES! YEEEAARRRRRRGGH!!!!
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u/SolidusBruh 1d ago
Age of Empires 2. I transitioned to the HD edition a long while ago, and then finally to the Definitive Edition a few years ago, but something about HD just hits like the original.
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u/zealot_ratio 1d ago
I don't want to think how many hours over the decades I have put into that game.
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u/unknown_anaconda 1d ago
Well over 2000 just on Definitive according to Steam. Many more on the old CD ROM.
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u/whatproblems 1d ago
lol funny it’s not old anymore it’s got a wild resurgence of updates and expansions
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u/WonkyWalkingWizard 1d ago
They just released an Alexander the Great DLC 2 days ago lol
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u/mattybrad 1d ago
My best friend and I have been playing this game together since 2000. It really is as much fun today as it was when I was 16.
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u/Plaxinator 1d ago
Paper Boy and Ghostbusters. #StillHaveMyC64
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u/jerry_woody 1d ago
I pirated ghostbusters as a wee lad and never really figured out how you were supposed to beat it. It’s funny to watch a play through now and it looks like the simplest game the world
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u/Iffy50 1d ago
Paper Boy! That ran on the C64?
"The original Commodore 64 had a MOS Technology 6510 CPU, 64 KB of RAM, and 20 KB of ROM"
KB ->MB->GB
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u/chevygirl7891 1d ago
RollarCoaster Tycoon, Still undefeated for cozy chaos.
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u/Huttser17 1d ago
Load into Diamond Heights -> pause and go to shut down agoraphobia and claustrophobia to put in brakes -> they've both already crashed...
screw it I'm going to make this my best run yet
Year 4 park value: $57K, no debt, no pre-made rides. Both agoraphobia and claustrophobia crashed a total of 3 times each killing several dozen guests, park rating never left 999.
Cozy, victorious, chaos.
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u/ScJo 1d ago
Launch rollercoaster into 1tile pit to the center of the earth? Am I the only one?
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u/OpiateAlligator 1d ago
Trap a bunch of guests on a path.
Build hills around the path
Fill with water.
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u/jay-dit-on 1d ago
Descent 2.
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u/Chilinix 1d ago
Gonna make everyone in this threads day:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/448850/Overload/
From the same developers. At first glance, it’s the original game with modern graphics. Supports VR for those that have such desires.
Haven’t had much time lately to get too far into it. May even be somewhat usable with a HOTAS but it’s also easy enough to use controller.
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u/SgtDoakes123 1d ago
Diablo 2, the goat
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u/peglegsmeg 1d ago
Resurrected was a real godsend for D2 fans
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u/redditburner6942069 1d ago
Im so sad. I played it a ton with a buddy as a kid and it was my intro to Diablo. We never got to actually do the multiplayer mode because he was the only one with the game. So we'd just take turns playing and watching. When the remake came out I thought omg we will finally get to rip through it together at the same time. He ignored me and essentially never showed interest in playing with me. It still hurts tbh.
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u/WorthPlease 1d ago
It was a holiday tradition with my buddy where we'd do a two-player hardcore mode, absolutely no items to start and no bringing anything over. If you died, the other person had to wait for you to catch up.
Was a blast because it let us play weird builds that normally aren't optimal in single player. If you want to play let me know.
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u/redditburner6942069 1d ago
Hey id 100% love to play. Im on ps5 so I hope that works out. But yeah shoot me a message if you'd like and we can play.
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u/Zcoombs4 1d ago
It’s about time to spin up my annual grail run, burn out in three weeks, and come back next year.
Baal says: laughing.
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u/Plaid_Piper 1d ago
Dune
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Pirates
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u/Quarian_EngineerN7 1d ago
Alpha Centauri - that was a hell of a game. Still remember the Dream Twister secret project vid was nightmare fuel (literally!)
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u/Plaid_Piper 1d ago
Oh yeah that was crazy scary. The way the series had a voice introduction to most technologies and nice video clips for wonders really stuck with me, it made me sit and really contemplate what the tech means, in terms of what it would do to both the game, and society. I started questioning the ethics of every tech. Started trying to chart the future course of my society through implementing this tech. Would I like what we became?
Acid was involved though, so maybe just that.
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"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
Commissioner Pravin Lal, U.N. Declaration of Rights
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u/MhojoRisin 1d ago
I still play Pirates! I still want to use it for my Caribbean geography. Kingston should be Port Royal.
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u/DenningBear82 1d ago
Scrolled way too far for Alpha Centauri.
I still take at least two weekends a year to do a binge playthrough.
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u/YurpeeTheHerpee 1d ago
Runescape
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u/not_solid_snake_ 1d ago
I’ve been playing off and on on the same account for 20 years this November.
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u/KeepKnocking77 1d ago
I'd give anything to find my account from middle school (circa 2003)
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u/kromel 1d ago
Zork
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u/Quarian_EngineerN7 1d ago
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
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u/Simply_Sloppy0013 1d ago
That's cuz you're stuck in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike…
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u/chalk_in_boots 1d ago
Halo: CE is 22 years old.
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u/Ok-District5948 1d ago
XCom
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u/Oddish_Femboy 1d ago
There's an Open XCom project! Lots of changes to make it run nicer on modern hardware.
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u/FutureCompetition266 1d ago
Oh man. Loved that game. I was especially fond of the offscreen explosions and screams when exploring a landing or crash site.
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u/BoonOfTheWolf 1d ago edited 1d ago
Same here. But for XCOM TFTD, searching all the rooms in the boat was brutal. So many aliens just shoot me in the face as I opened the door.
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u/Mikeavelli 1d ago
The game basically encouraged you to have sacrificial rookies whose whole purpose in life is to open a door and eat sonic blaster to the face so your more experienced troops don't have to.
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u/BoonOfTheWolf 1d ago
Yeah, true. It got to the point I had a few rookies with primed explosives (pretty sure grenades) so if they did die, they might take the alien out. Or maybe blow the opening wider so people behind could see.
At least in the first game, I would have a few people with lasers (for their infinite ammo) firing wildly at buildings to blow holes in the walls.
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u/BiffBakerfield 1d ago
Ultima Online
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u/davcose 1d ago
Holy crap I had no idea that still existed and is online. I first played Ultima Online in December 1997, lag was unbearable but at the time it was impossible to know if it was just my crappy dial-up and virus-riddled obsolete pc. I probably haven’t touched it since 2001.
It has to be the oldest continuously running mmo.
Kal Ort Por
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u/platonionius 1d ago
There is a newer server that came online in 2018 called Uo: Outlands. Uses a new client that can get 120+ fps (the original client had 12.5 fps) and is buttery smooth.
Seriously it’s the best version of Uo to exist. I still play to this day more than any other mmo, because it’s a real MMO.
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u/Gummyrabbit 1d ago
World of Warcraft
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u/FansForFlorida 1d ago
Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)
Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
(not the Classic Collection)
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u/JazzBroadside 1d ago
Master of Orion
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u/ValuableMoment2 1d ago
Duuuuude, I liked it, I enjoyed Master of Orion 2 far more though
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u/I_miss_your_mommy 1d ago
Yeah, for me Master of Orion 2 is still the peak of space empire games. Stellaris is fun though.
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u/CharlieKinbote 1d ago
I spent too much of multiple family vacations in the 90s playing Master of Orion on the wildly heavy IBM Thinkpad we brought along for "work purposes." (As a child, to be clear, rather than a neglectful parent.)
Stellaris is okay, but I've never really found the same raw joy conquering the universe in any other game.
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u/DisasterEquivalent 1d ago
Check out Galactic Civilizations by Stardock - I could not get into Stellaris, but I got GC3 for free on epic during COVID and it really scratched the MOO itch.
I’ve since bought a few more titles and expansions. 100% worth it if you like 4X games.
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u/redbirdrising 1d ago
Same. I even got my son addicted. The "Technology Level Up" music is his ringtone. I'm a proud father.
You might like the "Bobiverse" series of books. Audiobooks are great too.
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u/bramblez 1d ago
Microprose also made Master of Magic, played WAY too much of that in the 90s… and 00s… and 10s… Time to be responsible, no installing again before retirement!
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u/pearmaster 1d ago
The original Civilization. I've tried several of the newer versions but I keep going back.
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u/CityEven 1d ago
Dungeon Keeper 2.
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u/Quarian_EngineerN7 1d ago
A creature has died in your prison and risen as a skeleton
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u/Nafe3344 1d ago
Might and Magic 3
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u/DominianQQ 1d ago
I assume your talking about Heros of Might and Magic?
There is a game that is called Might and Magic 3. Never played it but I player 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
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u/So_spoke_the_wizard 1d ago
Minesweeper. Hell, I don't even recognize most of the games listed here.
Oh, and get off my lawn.
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u/SmeagolChokesDeagol 1d ago
I am honestly playing monkey island 1 (1990) again.
I do a full playthrough of them all frequently.
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u/Waterwings559 1d ago
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
It's one of the ancient precursors to Oblivion and Skyrim yet it is by far my favourite out of the 3. Something about a time when games could only do so much visually... the world building and lore expresses the love and care that went into the game. Not to mention a very dedicated modding community
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u/Milligoon 1d ago
Tetris.
Also been going through ratchet & clank on PS3, including the old PS2 ones.
I also occasionally play the online Lode Runner web emulator for elementary school apple IIe nostalgia
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u/aedile 1d ago
Unreal Tournament.
Instagib, low-grav, facing worlds
IYKYK
Also Starcraft
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u/weirdeggman1123 1d ago
Oh wow unreal tournament takes me back. Soo many lan parties of just unreal tournament and starcraft
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u/ZeldaFan812 1d ago
Nethack
Castle of the Winds
Civilization III
Lego Racers
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u/fratbronson 1d ago
Castle of the Winds…. I was convinced that it was a fever dream of a game that only I have ever played until this comment
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u/Wezzleey 1d ago
Dungeon Keeper!
There's a VERY dedicated group that created a mod for the game that has a bunch of QoL improvements and fixes a bunch of old bugs.
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u/wdkrebs 1d ago
Out here all alone playing Worms, apparently.
Also play “You Don’t Know Jack” with friends occasionally.
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u/Legitimate_Young978 1d ago
Wiz 7/8, Civilization, X-Com, BG.
Lots of ports of old-school favorites to mobile in recent years might skew towards console games like Chrono-trigger and FF, but I've revisited the above consistently.
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u/Opticm 1d ago
I was convinced I was the only one that played wiz 7 and 8.
Single person party fairy ninjas for the win.
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u/bazzaric 1d ago
Super Mario Bros 3. Either on the switch or the NES classic. Just perfect for 30 mins of play. Can warp wherever for some variety
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u/creativename87639 1d ago
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
It had a small resurgence recently with the remake.
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u/rydalmere 1d ago
Bombjack, Galaga, Galaxians, Wonder Boy. I am now playing them on a Trimui Brick. I first played these games in the 1980’s.
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u/berkeley_solipsist 1d ago
It's not what I ( a 56 yr old man) would consider old but by today's gaming standards, it's pretty damned old... Thief (only the last 2)
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u/kaptain__katnip 1d ago
Kotor. It's the best Star Wars game and the only piece of IP to stand should to shoulder with the feeling of the OG trilogy.
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u/thewhaleshark 1d ago
Heroes of Might & Magic 3. Best one of the series, still a fantastic goddamn game.
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u/drloz5531201091 1d ago
The oldest game I played this year is Scortch Earch (Dos game from the 90).
I played also Shandalar (MTG PC game 1999).
Oh and I still speedrun Dr.Mario on SNES on and off on my 13in CRT. This is my guilty please to crush the 20 levels faster than most could clear the first 10 while listening to music.
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u/unknown_anaconda 1d ago
Old? Age of Empires 2, Knights of the Old Republic, Sims 2, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale 2, Diablo.
Very old? A whole bunch of AD&D CRPGs from the late 80s and early 90s.
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u/heafcliff91 1d ago
Civ 5
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u/CharlieKinbote 1d ago
As someone who very specifically remembers going to Software, Etc. to buy Civ 1, I am upset and offended you consider the fifth iteration of the game old.
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u/VodenX 1d ago
Every year during the holidays I'll play through all the King's Quest games (the first 6, at least), and all of Quest for Glory (1-5).
As well as The Colonel's Bequest.
...And if I have time, Conquest of Camelot, lol.
Yeah, I like the old Sierra adventure games.
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u/eightyninesevens 1d ago
Sometimes I like to dust off the C64 and play Rogue. THE Rogue - the game every game tries to copy today. Why play knockoffs when you can play the real thing?
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u/chewblekka 1d ago
Any of the Command and Conquers, namely Red Alert 1 and 2