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Monster Truck Madness proved Windows 95 had game
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Monster Truck Madness, developed by Terminal Reality and published in 1996, was among the first PC games to fully embraced DirectX and Direct3D - and it proved Windows 95 could finally replace DOS as the go-to operating system for PC gamers. Support the channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/computergamingyesterday Install PCem to play Windows 95 and 98 games, including Monster Truck Madness: ua-c...
This book reveals the genius behind SimCity
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This is a review of the book "Building SimCity: How to Put the World in a Machine," by Chaim Gingold. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Building-SimCity-World-Machine-Histories/dp/0262547481/ Want to support Computer Gaming Yesterday? Join the Patreon! www.patreon.com/computergamingyesterday Video sources, check them out: SimCity Amiga Gameplay: ua-cam.com/video/I2Ji4qgsWuA/v-deo.h...
Homeworld 3 is good, actually...
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Blackbird Interactive's Homeworld 3 is a good game. Check out the Patreon: www.patreon.com/computergamingyesterday Learn how the original Homeworld was made: ua-cam.com/video/Ui287CIpTq0/v-deo.html
Homeworld is a legend. Here's how it was made.
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Homeworld (1999) was the first game from Relic Entertainment. It revolutionized the RTS genre with gorgeous 3D graphics and a fully 3D battlefield. Its development was a once-in-a-generation work of passion. Support Computer Gaming Yesterday on Patreon: www.patreon.com/computergamingyesterday Sources: Homeworld Co-Creator Rob Cunningham: Extended Interview | ua-cam.com/video/W8KVlgcmR4Y/v-deo.h...
Total Annihilation is a treasure (but I can never go back)
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Released in 1997, Total Annihilation would come to define a sub-genre of real-time strategy games that go all-in on epic combat. But all I want to do is play it on a 16-inch monitor on my old Sony Vaio. Support on Patreon: patreon.com/computergamingyesterday Here's some ways to play Total Annihilation today: Total Annihilation on GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack Total A...
SimCity 4 vs. Cities: Skylines II - Challenge to the Throne?
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Cities: Skylines II is perfect for fans of the original...but what if you're a fan of SimCity 2000, SimCity 3000, or SimCity 4?
How SimCity Works - And Why Cities: Skylines Works Better
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SimCity set the standard for city simulators that would hold for almost 20 years until, at long last, Cities: Skylines overwhelmed it. But how, exactly, did SimCity work? And how did Cities: Skylines improve on it? ...want to learn more? Check out these video sources. Will Wright's Raid on Bungling Bay Post-Mortem: ua-cam.com/video/7bCjollo4ng/v-deo.html&t Bonus content from SimCity 2000: ua-ca...
The Longest Journey: Don't Miss Funcom's Masterpiece!
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Funcom's The Longest Journey was among the last popular point-and-click adventure games of its era, and it set the tone for the dialogue-heavy action-adventure and role-playing games that would rise to popularity in the mid-2000s. Want to play The Longest Journey today? Buy it at on GOG (DRM-free): www.gog.com/en/game/the_longest_journey Download the HD mod: tljhd.github.io/
MechCommander: Battletech's Most Under-Rated PC Game
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MechCommander is often overshadowed by the more popular MechWarrior series, but it set a high standard for real-time tactical combat. The intro cutscene was pretty rad, too. Want to play MechCommander? Follow this install guide: www.reddit.com/r/OutreachHPG/comments/uvjf05/guide_to_playing_mechcommander_1_and_2_on_modern/ Want to see my writing on the web? Visit me at: mattontech.me Video sourc...
Dark Age of Camelot: Mythic’s MMO wasn’t what you think
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Mythic Entertainment’s Dark Age of Camelot set the standard for realm-versus-realm combat, a standard that most MMOs with structured player-versus-player modes continue to follow today. But keep sieges were just one aspect of a game that had equal appeal to PvP fanatics and casual soloists. Fan severs: Broadsword Online: www.mythicentertainment.com/ Eden: eden-daoc.net/home Uthgard: www2.uthgar...
Baldur’s Gate II: BioWare's Best RPG?
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) was a massive game for BioWare - in more ways that one. Baldur's Gate 2 set a new standard for the complexity, depth, and scope players could expect from CRPGs. It set set the tone for upcoming BioWare console hits like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect. And it established the careers of key developers who remain a massive influence t...
The DEATH of RTS Games...What Killed The Genre?
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The real-time strategy (RTS) genre broke out in the mid 1990s and dominate sales charts for the latter half of the decade. Fast forward today, and you can count the number of new RTS games released each year on one hand. What happened? Join Computer Gaming Yesterday on Patreon: www.patreon.com/computergamingyesterday Read Age of Empires IV and Real-Time Strategy Games' Rocky History on Wired: w...
This Babylon 5 Game Almost Changed PC Gaming
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Babylon 5: Into the Fire was much-hyped space combat game set for release in 1999 or 2000, but it was cancelled just months before it was set to ship. It was a huge blow to both the space combat genre and the Babylon 5 franchise. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/computergamingyesterday Follow on Twitter: GamingYesterday Download Babylon 5: I've Found Her - Danger and Opportunity ...
The Best PC Games of 1999
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Join the Patreon! www.patreon.com/computergamingyesterday Follow me on Twitter at: GamingYesterday Want more of the best PC games of 1999? Check out these videos: Everquest ua-cam.com/video/OZsr689mN48/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/mNlB1f0VgxE/v-deo.html&t ua-cam.com/video/-eoAVPFHPzk/v-deo.html&t ua-cam.com/video/2F6l75PI_HA/v-deo.html&t Unreal Tournament ua-cam.com/video/4vHZcZJTegQ...
Dark Reign: Have You Played This Hidden Gem?
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Dark Reign: Have You Played This Hidden Gem?
A History of Asheron’s Call: The First Massive MMO
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A History of Asheron’s Call: The First Massive MMO
Age of Empires: A Franchise Retrospective
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Age of Empires: A Franchise Retrospective
Ultima Online's Most Infamous Murder
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Ultima Online's Most Infamous Murder
Death by EverQuest? The MMO Addiction Panic
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Death by EverQuest? The MMO Addiction Panic
5 MMOs You've NEVER Heard Of (But Should Know!)
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5 MMOs You've NEVER Heard Of (But Should Know!)
Starcraft vs. Command & Conquer: History of RTS #2
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Starcraft vs. Command & Conquer: History of RTS #2
Baldur's Gate Retrospective: How Bioware Saved CRPGs
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Baldur's Gate Retrospective: How Bioware Saved CRPGs
The first RTS game isn't what you think! History of RTS #1
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The first RTS game isn't what you think! History of RTS #1
A History of EverQuest - The MMO That Made The Genre
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A History of EverQuest - The MMO That Made The Genre
Beyond X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter: Star Wars starfighter games
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Beyond X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter: Star Wars starfighter games

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  • @USA4thewin
    @USA4thewin День тому

    Eve Online

  • @why_so_seriousssssss
    @why_so_seriousssssss День тому

    I have a problem with this video btw... he forgets to add after saying things like "the game shifted towards magic based characters, especially in pvp..." he fails to mention that it wasnt long before they added Hollow and Ravenous weapons which ignored buffed armor (by using the Item Enchantment skill to buff the armor with) and would only acknowledge the armor you were wearing base stats... making Melee and Archers absolutely relevant and dangerous in pvp. The game was amazing, absolutely L E G E N D A R Y and i feel kinda bad if you never got to experience it. It took Skill/Luck/Teamwork/Some more skill and then some. You could solo PK multiple other players if you were good enough. The Monsters were challenging and you would get absolutely destroyed and sent back to your lifestone real quick if your not careful. Not only that, alot of times when you died your items you left on your corpse when you died were unretreivable just because theres too many monsters in the area for you to deal with or you got PK'd and looted. It was truly a experience to behold and the Darktide server (the only server that was PK 100% of the time) was on another level all together. That was the definition of survival of the fittest.

  • @seb.in.a.box.101
    @seb.in.a.box.101 День тому

    Cough cough... Simcity 2013

  • @why_so_seriousssssss
    @why_so_seriousssssss 2 дні тому

    7:01 have a read of that letter... amazing... you most likely will never see something like that again. People, social media, twitch, youtube, streamers, lack of innovation and just pure down-right lack of skill/talent to create a Masterpiece MMORPG these days. As a matter of fact, theres alot of genres that are so terrible it should be illegal to serve it to the public, lol. Gaming just aint the same. R.I.P.

  • @why_so_seriousssssss
    @why_so_seriousssssss 2 дні тому

    Not here to shit on EQ but imo Asherons Call is the best MMORPG of all time. Handsdown. Only those who know/played it will know and you never mentioned it so i guess you dont know... AC released 31 October 1999. Ive played a bucket load of mmo's in my time and nothing has eclipsed AC. AC was due to release before EQ but it got held back for whatever reasons. AC had it all. It had everything you could want in a mmorpg and more. Heres a link to check it out. ua-cam.com/video/7WQCpzY8Yis/v-deo.htmlsi=_w25b0IHc62NEtYb

  • @why_so_seriousssssss
    @why_so_seriousssssss 2 дні тому

    you can add twitch to the list of reasons too... streamers 🙄

  • @Loco4Waffles
    @Loco4Waffles 2 дні тому

    I still have the yellow t-shirt that was given out to the early customers who bought the game.

  • @Shadowl
    @Shadowl 3 дні тому

    The most important reason is......esports killed RTS games.

  • @Satire-Gaming
    @Satire-Gaming 4 дні тому

    He did not accept the ban and move on, he went to the free shards that are privately ran and kept being a douche for years lol.

  • @Satire-Gaming
    @Satire-Gaming 4 дні тому

    I remember when this happened, I was not there but my roommate was lol. The murderer was a total douche all the time. He constantly would hunt down and grief newbies in our clan and stuff. Even when we went to free shards, he was still around and being a jerk constantly.

  • @christopherappleby7453
    @christopherappleby7453 4 дні тому

    Bro was that meridian59

  • @LuckyGhost
    @LuckyGhost 5 днів тому

    This was a great video. Thank you!

  • @guysmiley4830
    @guysmiley4830 6 днів тому

    35k hours played. Yeah, you could say it's my favorite game of all time

  • @RohanGillett
    @RohanGillett 7 днів тому

    I'm glad this video popped up in my feed. It brought back so many memories. When I got EQ, I got badly hooked. I took the next two days off work to play it!! Countless CRs. Using whole afternoons to move my character from one zone to another to get ready for my night session. Forgetting to jump off a ship because I was chatting and had to go back! When they made things easier for travel and CR ... I wish they hadn't done that. Maybe I should go back and have another look!

  • @o_positive_
    @o_positive_ 8 днів тому

    Out of all the trash remasters that are done today, how has this game not been remade with a facelift? Pre-shadow spired Arwic and spell research period was my fave. I wish the emulator servers could resurrect the feeling of everyone hanging out in towns.

  • @czcrossman
    @czcrossman 9 днів тому

    As a kid around 13-14 I remember sitting in my Dad’s office until 5am on weekends, watching him & my Uncle play with their guild, fighting Grave Goblins & Wights in Stonehenge Barrows 😅 Damn man, good times…

  • @NickSchoenfeld
    @NickSchoenfeld 9 днів тому

    Was anyone else really excited for Brad McQuaid’s spiritual follow-up to EQ - Vanguard Saga of Heroes? Only to be disappointed when the game shut down two years after launch? Was depressing. Vanguard had such potential. Unlike No Man’s Sky and FF14, there was no comeback because there was no money left.

  • @creole888
    @creole888 10 днів тому

    Can we get the exact Sim City 4 with 2024+ graphics

  • @creole888
    @creole888 10 днів тому

    SimCity 4 is da GOAT of all city simulation games......No comparison

  • @zoeygraverson6284
    @zoeygraverson6284 13 днів тому

    naw, SC4 is better than skylines. Love both games, but the fact that both of them need mods to make certain parts of the game function properly is much more excusable for a game that came out in 2004, as rolling out patches en mass was much more difficult back then. All of Cities Skylines issues could be fixed by the devs, but they refuse to do it and would rather make paid content. At the end of the day you can make much more impressive cities in SC4 than in CS

  • @josephwest2029
    @josephwest2029 14 днів тому

    I was able to play dark reign online multiplayer. I remember countless hours of game play. also, the chat service was not too bad, and I made a friend or two. short term relations that didn't really last. however, I did meet one of them in real life. I think the game had its time in the sun until star craft launched. it was a better version of command and conquer. now days I play games like Ark ascended and Roblox games like Deep woken, so the game is just getting pushed farther into the past. it was defiantly a that generation only game that died and will stay dead with only people from that time frame to remember it. GG It was fun while it lasted.

  • @AnahataMaryjane
    @AnahataMaryjane 14 днів тому

    everquest was during an important time in my life. i was pretty addicted though! good times.

  • @lassenlautta
    @lassenlautta 15 днів тому

    leveling up a thief not using any points to get few free points as minimums for level raises ... good times

  • @deadalnix
    @deadalnix 15 днів тому

    How do you only have 4.46k subscriber? This is sad? Anyways, great great great channel!

  • @charlesshook5834
    @charlesshook5834 15 днів тому

    nope it was not ultima online was sep 24 1997

  • @TheFalseDragon
    @TheFalseDragon 16 днів тому

    the death of genuine videos that are accruate. the rise of clickbaiters who make up stuff for clicks, like that RTS is dead and planty of new RTS keep releasing every year

  • @deadalnix
    @deadalnix 16 днів тому

    I did play Dark Reign in 1997, and I'm kinda sad this is a forgotten title. It was great.

  • @shocker98
    @shocker98 17 днів тому

    I was a little Main female gnome war of a big guild, with 2 others war to help for raids... best online game ever

  • @TheSmongo
    @TheSmongo 22 дні тому

    Playing it today. XD Eden Freeshard made DAoC come to life again

  • @DonnieToys
    @DonnieToys 22 дні тому

    For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:13-14) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)

  • @arikako897
    @arikako897 24 дні тому

    In SC Buses don't need a stop at the end point. Sims simply get off at their desired destination. Prima's guide on SC4 and 3K states that you don't bis stops at industrial areas

  • @PepekBezlepek
    @PepekBezlepek Місяць тому

    I just found this game in my old folders, the original executable file from 1996 and it runs perfectly on my win11 machine. This is creating feelings I didn't know existed. the music, the polygons, the announcer

  • @snake3276120
    @snake3276120 Місяць тому

    I really hope they make a remastered version or a new generation. I really enjoyed both 1 and 2

  • @xatov2138
    @xatov2138 Місяць тому

    You done great history video ! ❤

  • @Bigbadwolfanderson
    @Bigbadwolfanderson Місяць тому

    Can’t find the GSA comment but I was gonna say was it pre patch or not ?! 😂❤

  • @Bigbadwolfanderson
    @Bigbadwolfanderson Місяць тому

    I played on TD such an epic time !

  • @michaelmorton6566
    @michaelmorton6566 Місяць тому

    I was a phase three beta tester wish i had kept the letter from Brad RIP thanks for the good memories

  • @ElPolloDiabloCH
    @ElPolloDiabloCH Місяць тому

    Aah, fun times. Or shall I say... hammer times!

  • @JustAMindlessDrone
    @JustAMindlessDrone Місяць тому

    Remember how crazy it was waking up logging into AC Sept.11 morning as it was happening. Everyone at subway doing tributes. Whole town was spammed to death running at slide show speeds. Selling matty coats and such on ebay. Western Union transfers. good times. Almost made $10k USD off that game. Ariel being the 1st 100, then selling her account. Miss the good times on Leafcull. Balsac/Ryina/Gwano

  • @Sctn187
    @Sctn187 Місяць тому

    Best td games I never played were star craft custom games and even Warcraft 3

  • @curveofsound
    @curveofsound Місяць тому

    Nothing even comes close to this game, even after all these years.

  • @williamnurse2541
    @williamnurse2541 Місяць тому

    I could genuinely watch retrospectives and video essays about DAoC until the end of time, just hearing the ambient music makes me so incredibly happy. I've not played a game since that's given me the same feeling as Camelot did back in the day, probably helped by being barely a teenager at the time, but the amount of time I spent on this and the friends I made, that I still speak to now, is amazing.

  • @Texas_Red_01
    @Texas_Red_01 Місяць тому

    I'm surprised that you didn't mention Battletech, from Hairbrained Schemes. It's a turn-based mech commander-type game, set in the Battletech milieu. Great game, with lots of great mods.

    • @computergamingyesterday
      @computergamingyesterday 28 днів тому

      You know what? I had only barely played it before making this video. But recently got very into it and have played it a ton. It’s not real time so not quite the same experience, but it is a great game.

  • @Peaches-i2i
    @Peaches-i2i Місяць тому

    Every RTS and their scion MOBA communities are smug elitists who thing they're super geniuses. How many times have you seen a mad player quit after a single setback early in the game? Kick players for imperfect stats? Get mad because you didn't pick their meta? There's a reason why MOBAs are considered to have the most toxic communities and RTS is not far behind.

  • @Fingerknee
    @Fingerknee Місяць тому

    $20 an hour is insane

  • @MrDoenyon
    @MrDoenyon Місяць тому

    That was a game I played when it launched, did not have the time to really get into it, and I now remember with regret how I missed it's prime.

  • @geoffok
    @geoffok Місяць тому

    When it first came out I played for 20 minutes, quit, never went back. I have thousands and thousands of hours in World of Warcraft.

  • @jaybee9716
    @jaybee9716 Місяць тому

    What am I looking at? Hobo Frodo?

  • @kephryccephryc863
    @kephryccephryc863 Місяць тому

    man what copium are you on

  • @ericarezzo6675
    @ericarezzo6675 Місяць тому

    Not talking about emulators is bitch