Go Back   oOple.com Forums > General > The PlayGround > Gaming Chat

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 12-11-2009
jimmy's Avatar
jimmy jimmy is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Huddersfield
Posts: 10,047
Blog Entries: 6
Default New Gaming Section

Hey guys - as some people might know in real life away from toy cars I'm a game developer and have been since 1994. So it's about time we had a gaming section in the oople forum I think.
I'm not a big gamer but I do play PC games (I'm not a Console guy - tho I only work on console games these days).
At the moment we're playing a lot of Left 4 Dead 2 demo at work - and will no doubt carry on when the full game is released next week. I also do a bit of racing on Live For Speed - I have other racing 'games' but they are all crap compared to LFS.

I'm a big fan of Starcraft - shame I only really discovered it 10 years after it was released. Has to be one of the best games ever made.

Anyway - feel free to post your 'gaming history' or what games you like - or even what your fave / current hardware is in here. And of course feel free to post gaming-related threads in this sub-forum!
__________________
If your PM doesn't at first succeed - try, try again. I'll reply in the end, honest.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 12-11-2009
PaulRotheram's Avatar
PaulRotheram PaulRotheram is offline
Supah doOpah
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,863
Send a message via MSN to PaulRotheram
Default

Been a 'gamer' pretty much all my life, started out with the mega drives, game boys, up to the playstation 1, then found pc gaming!

Half life 1 was the 'real' start of it all! playing co-op, TFC, counterstrike ( pre steam ) and day of defeat.
Still play the current versions of the above on the source engine when time allows.

Also have LFS with a Logitech driving force wheel

Past year xbox 360 has taken over abit, got alot of the current games at the mo, DJ hero, forza 3, batman arkham, guitar heros, CODMW1, soon to be 2 and will be going live soon!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 12-11-2009
GRIFF55 GRIFF55 is offline
Spends too long on oOple ...
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Sunny South West Wales
Posts: 4,875
Default

For me i've had all the playstations (and still do). Favourite games have always been mx or other bike racing games. So far on the ps3 it has to be dirt 2, just awesome. Splatterhouse and chuck rock on the megadrive were quite cool too. Gone are the days of the zx81 and comodoore 64 waiting to load only to find the games crashed
never been on or tried pc gaming


ooooh, outrun, i loved that too
__________________
~ICON-RC~ATOMIC CARBON~LMR~TONISPORT~NUCLEAR RC~
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 12-11-2009
jimmy's Avatar
jimmy jimmy is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Huddersfield
Posts: 10,047
Blog Entries: 6
Default

Good Skills paul! We'll have to have a race sometime. My favorite is the LX4 on a rallyX track! I love it - sadly no one seems to race the LX4's online, and certainly not on a rallyX track. Get practicing!

Team Fortress Classic! never played it myself but I worked for Valve freelance stylee on a level for TFC in about 1999 or 2000.

Get yourself that Left 4 Dead 2 demo downloaded paul - its ace. It makes you wish there were such things as Zombies in real life.
__________________
If your PM doesn't at first succeed - try, try again. I'll reply in the end, honest.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 12-11-2009
Rich D's Avatar
Rich D Rich D is offline
*SuPeRsTaR mEmBeR*
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 2,448
Default

Nice Paul - i was a hardcore CSS gamer with about 1800 hours on XFire

Moved on to Live For speed and then RFactor on the G25

Retired from gaming after i overcame the addiction
__________________
Richard Drury

See My Feedback

Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 12-11-2009
dave g's Avatar
dave g dave g is offline
Mad Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: wakefield west yorkshire
Posts: 1,393
Send a message via MSN to dave g
Default

i play and race rfactor online once or twice a week,thats about it...rfactor is a fine game
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 12-11-2009
PaulRotheram's Avatar
PaulRotheram PaulRotheram is offline
Supah doOpah
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,863
Send a message via MSN to PaulRotheram
Default

I used to love lx4 on rx, same with the Rb4. Are there still 'stunt' servers? they used to be mad with all jumps and proper RX tracks designed!

Ive heard the new scirocco is on the horizon, been waiting a long time for updates tho! definatly let me know and i'll see if I can still keep it on track!

Will look for the LFD2, heard good things about the first one but as said the xbox took over abit recently, will get the demo installed over the weekend and give it a bash! TFC2 is good but a little it of a let down after the original TFC lasted so long standing solely on its gameplay.

Back in the day I used to be a hardcore CS gamer, used to play with a few of the best in the UK ( didnt know that at the time ) few years after loosing contact I heard they were in those elite competitions fighting it out for 20k+!!

Have been to jimmys HQ team 17 and seen some of the designers at it, and a real life lemming, some crazy stuff i'd love to of gotten in to!
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 13-11-2009
ashleyb4's Avatar
ashleyb4 ashleyb4 is offline
Spends too long on oOple ...
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oswestry
Posts: 6,141
Default

Paul the scirocco is on the way. Along with another new car and rockingham race way.

I stumbled over LFS after i saw Chris Doughty mension it on his forum.

Built a new PC just to play LFS in higher quality love the game.

A
__________________
Ashley Williams

I always thought by 2013 we would have flying cars, but we have got blankets with sleeves!

Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 13-11-2009
°°.°°sicotange°°.°°'s Avatar
°°.°°sicotange°°.°° °°.°°sicotange°°.°° is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 28
Default

I see I'm not the only LFS fan out there I remember asking Ashley on LFS if he was that guy from the Oople forum a few years ago

Please don't laugh but my all time favourite is the UF1 (no kidding) although I have done quite a bit of cruising with the XRR.

I'm currently managing a small LFS team called WS (www.windstyle.eu)
It would be fun to organise an Oople race on LFS sometime
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 13-11-2009
qatmix's Avatar
qatmix qatmix is offline
Mad Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Manchester
Posts: 1,209
Default

Always been an arcade addict,and am also one of a few other console developers on this forum.

I dont play PC games, however like playing lots of import Japanese shooters, Racing games and pretty much most games other than FPS.
__________________
http://www.thercracer.com/
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 13-11-2009
showtime's Avatar
showtime showtime is offline
Mad Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Daahhhn Saahhhff
Posts: 1,295
Default

i'm strictly old school with my gaming, i'm still rolling Dreamcast
must have over 100 games for it, not even tried some of them!
i like the DC as quite a few of the titles are DC exclusive & have a Japanesey type feel to them plus although its over 10 years old now some of the games still stand up pretty well
i also use gamecube which was a real surprise for me. i was always into playstations before the DC & was always left cold by the kiddy loking graphics of the Nintendo stuff. however once i tried the cube i had to have one (or two) & have found some of the best gameplay i've ever stumbled across. yes modern machines have jaw droppingly awesome graphics but the simple fun of enjoyable playable games is what keeps me coming back. actually if you think the cube can't do graphics you should check out resident evil4
another good thing is the price, cubes sell for next to nothing nowadays & if you bought some rated titles you would have weeks of gaming for not a lot of money
there is a bit of a revival going on with some dedicated sites like racketboy - http://www.racketboy.com/

check out some of his games lists & rediscover some gems
__________________
JQ Racing - Ultimate Racing - SMD - Nitrolux Fuel - J Concepts - Nuclear-RC - Sandy Point Clothing -
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 13-11-2009
Chris Doughty Chris Doughty is offline
*SuPeRsTaR mEmBeR*
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,693
Default

we should bring back the LFS racing league, that was ace!
__________________
Chris Doughty
Team Durango
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 13-11-2009
jim76 jim76 is offline
*SuPeRsTaR mEmBeR*
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: ruislip
Posts: 2,890
Default

I started out in the early 80's with a BBC micro! Classics such as Chuckie Egg and Revs.
Moved onto a PC in the mid 90's with the likes of Tie Fighter, the X-COM series, and of course the excellent F1 by Geoff Crammond. Dungen Keeper was also a classic - Peter Molyneux is a LegEnd!
Moved onto RTS and FPS as the hardware improved, with favourites being Half Life, Deus EX and Total Annihilation.
Also had an original Xbox with obligatory Halo 1 & 2. But spent most of my time on Tiger Woods!

My main PC died about 18 months back so i haven't played any of the new breed of games, and i'm yet to join the latest console generation either. Probably getting a Wii for the little boy for Xmas though, so online MarioKart here i come!
__________________
4wd - X4TE
2wd - X2C (Mad Rat passed down to son!)

Ansmann Racing UK


RIP - MicroTech Racing

Trader Feedback
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 13-11-2009
DCM's Avatar
DCM DCM is offline
Spends too long on oOple ...
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Marvelous South Wales!!
Posts: 8,896
Default

I have been playing games for far to long, and must admit, I do love a good racing game, but as yet, have found it hard to find a game that is as good as Papyrus Indycar Racing, the handling dynamics were ace, even down to the fact that you can slipstream and get an effect from it.

Currently got GTR Evolution to play with, and it is good, but still, the car dynamics aren't right, and, like a lot of games, more has been put into the shinny bits rather than the meat and bones of the game.

Not a great fan of RPG and FPS though, but am loving the whacky games that you can buy for the Wii...
__________________
dragon paints : team tekin : fusion hobbies :SCHUMACHER RACING : Nuclear R/C for all my sticky and slippery stuff - if it needs gluing or lubing, Nuclear RC is the man!
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 13-11-2009
blue_pinky's Avatar
blue_pinky blue_pinky is offline
Mad Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Weston-super-Mare
Posts: 1,625
Default

I'm with Jim76...Tie fighter...Geof Crammonds F1...spent MANY hours/days/weeks on those, Quake, Doom, then Halflife...network/serial play accross a couple of PC's rocked!

Started on Spectrum 48k though, commando...the ridiculously hard Airwolf...hard driving...stunt car racer (or was that on C64?)

My Brother had a C64...destroyed many joysticks playing Speedball on that...

Played a lot of Bomberman at uni on a an SNES...probably the most fun I've ever had on a game! Totally addicted to the poiint of dreaming about it...waking up in a cold sweat cos there's a bomb been thrown over a wall at me.....hehe!!

Then got PS1...GT...PS2 GT...and just got a PS3 in time for...GT!!!

Don't get a lot of time for games these days and only have Dirt2, GT5 prologue and Fifa 10 on PS3...all seem good but not spent a alot of time on it yet....oh and I did donwload a copy of bomberman for it too...looking forward to getting into that again!!!
__________________
AKA: Andy Nancollis
1/10th drives: Yokomo BMax2MR & BMax4
1/16th drive: Carisma GTB
Racing in South West: http://www.mendiprcraceway.co.uk/
Racing in Wales: www.caldicotrcracers.co.uk
Kept running by: Yokomo via MB Models & www.tracksidespares.co.uk
Shells by Square Crabs
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 13-11-2009
Chris Doughty Chris Doughty is offline
*SuPeRsTaR mEmBeR*
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,693
Default

BomberMan!!! OMG what a classic!

me and 4 friends from school spent hours playing that 4-way on the SNES

Steve - check out www.iracing.com
if you like the look of it, register for a free 30 day trial at http://www.radicalmotorsport.com/racing/virtual-racing and you get to play in the Radical SR8
__________________
Chris Doughty
Team Durango
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 13-11-2009
DCM's Avatar
DCM DCM is offline
Spends too long on oOple ...
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Marvelous South Wales!!
Posts: 8,896
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DoughtyUK.net View Post
BomberMan!!! OMG what a classic!

me and 4 friends from school spent hours playing that 4-way on the SNES

Steve - check out www.iracing.com
if you like the look of it, register for a free 30 day trial at http://www.radicalmotorsport.com/racing/virtual-racing and you get to play in the Radical SR8
Is there an off-line racing on there, or just practice?
__________________
dragon paints : team tekin : fusion hobbies :SCHUMACHER RACING : Nuclear R/C for all my sticky and slippery stuff - if it needs gluing or lubing, Nuclear RC is the man!
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 13-11-2009
blue_pinky's Avatar
blue_pinky blue_pinky is offline
Mad Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Weston-super-Mare
Posts: 1,625
Default

Mmmmm 4 way bomberman!!! The version on PS3 has online mode...haven't tried it yet though...think it's 8 way...I'll probably get slaughtered!
__________________
AKA: Andy Nancollis
1/10th drives: Yokomo BMax2MR & BMax4
1/16th drive: Carisma GTB
Racing in South West: http://www.mendiprcraceway.co.uk/
Racing in Wales: www.caldicotrcracers.co.uk
Kept running by: Yokomo via MB Models & www.tracksidespares.co.uk
Shells by Square Crabs
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 13-11-2009
poopers's Avatar
poopers poopers is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 355
Default

Awesomesauce!

I started gaming with a Sinclair ZX Spectrum playing stuff like Paperboy and Scalextric. Then got an Amiga 500 and loved stuff like Indianapolis 500, Grand Prix, Stunt Car Racer and, weirdly, Zool.

Had a couple of consoles as a kid, but can’t remember playing anything other than Mario Kart on the SNES, and being glued to the first version of Need for Speed on the PS1.

Moved to PCs for last 8 or 9 years. Currently play Nascar 2003, rFactor with HistoriX and Endurance mods, Live for Speed and GTR2, oh, and can’t beat a bit of GTA:SA.

Currently thinking of getting an xbox and Forza 3 as it’s just much easier than messing with drivers, patches, mods, GFX cards and coolers etc.
__________________
RaceCarBuzz.com
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 13-11-2009
budgio's Avatar
budgio budgio is offline
Mad Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: bicester
Posts: 1,017
Default

Nice to see this section
I have been gaming since i was 10 (37 now) and have owned probably every mainstream console there is.
I still play Cod2 clan matches on PC but nowhere near as much as i used to.Still have a Cod2 server with Ventrilo voice coms up and running too if anyone wants to join in...always looking for new recruits
Battlefield 2 on 360 is my current fave along with Mario Kart wii.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:29 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
oOple.com