BioShock CivCity: Rome Civ IV: Warlords Civ IV: Beyond the Sword Freedom Force Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich Prey Railroad Tycoon 3 Railroad Tycoon II Platinum Shattered Union Civ IV: Colonization Civ III Complete Civ IV Sid Meier's Pirates! Sid Meier's Railroads! X-COM: Apocalypse X-COM: Enforcer X-COM: Interceptor X-COM: Terror From the Deep X-COM: UFO Defense
Steam is now offereing 20 great classic games in the 2K Huge Game Pack for $53.99 with %10 discount valid until 7/7/09. There is some of my favorite games in this pack i.e. Civ IV, BioShock, X-COM. Oh the hours I have spent
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how does steam work? these are pretty much old dos-ish games that wouldn't run anymore on any real pc...do they port them to xp? run in a browser window?
Many of these game are newer like BioShock, Civ IV, Pirates! and so on, and they require a decent video card and setup. For the older games like X-COM it has System Requirements: Supported OS: Microsoft® 2000/XP/Vista Processor: 80386 processor or better Memory: 4Mb RAM Sound Cards Supported: AdLib compatible cards, SoundBlaster compatible cards and the Roland LAPC-1.
captainkirk said: how does steam work? these are pretty much old dos-ish games that wouldn't run anymore on any real pc...do they port them to xp? run in a browser window?
You can download the games to any PC from the steam client. The steam client runs in the background.
I was able to run all the Xcom games from Windows 7, no problem at all. I didn't even need Xp Compatibility mode.
hmm...interesting. For example, I played Pirates many years ago, and it was definitely a dos version...but maybe they updated the game in the meantime.
in any case, all these games for $50 is a great deal.
evancg
Thrifty Member
posted: Jul. 2, 2009 @ 7:03p
The Pirates! game included in this pack is from 2004. It's a great game and it got good reviews.
Between Pirates, the Civ IV games, Freedom Force, and a few of the others on there, $54 is a great deal.
Awesome deal. Too bad I already own too many of these games.
ughpaul
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 2, 2009 @ 9:20p
captainkirk said: how does steam work? these are pretty much old dos-ish games that wouldn't run anymore on any real pc...do they port them to xp? run in a browser window? they did not port them, they package them with a freeware dos machine emulator called dosbox.
I love Steam, no hassle installing games, no CDs, no finding patches, just install the steam client, let it download the games, and you're ready to go. This also makes a great gift for your computer gamer.
ionimplant
Member
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 3:32p
I paid $50 for civ4 alone when i just came out...
now that i lost the cds, maybe it's time to buy these again...
smadog
Member
posted: Jul. 4, 2009 @ 4:19p
Wow, wish I could fork out the $ for this right now. Great deal, thanks OP.
Apenance
Member
posted: Jul. 5, 2009 @ 12:38p
Nice grab, tons of great games. Purchased and Rep'd!
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