Centurion the Defender of Rome

[malkindav]

Today, slightly bored I found a website which revives old (very old) PC games and making them playable in browsers.
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2
One of the games that I found there was Centurion the defender of rome. I remmeber playing it as a kid and having tons of fun with that. I was always wandering why nobody made a new game based on the same principles until I found RTW1.
Just out of curiosity I would like to know how many of current RTW2 and TW series players have played Centurion back in the prehistoric era.

[MANWHATADONGA]

Before my time digger

[Varmint]

Some great ones there, man. Don't specifically recall playing that game.
But did see a few SSG games there that I spent way too much time on - that look very similar.

[malkindav]

Originally posted by donaldclarke1:

Before my time digger

I guess that I am among the oldest geezers in this forum, sad, very sad.

[Lt.Colonel Johnny Frost]

first strategy game i played was rebel star raiders on zx spectrum lol

[Black Hammer]

I still have it running on an old 386 I keep for that and the old MPS games (Sword of the Samurai, Pirates, Darklands). Great game.

[Varmint]

Originally posted by Black Hammer:

I still have it running on an old 386 I keep for that and the old MPS games (Sword of the Samurai, Pirates, Darklands). Great game.

whoa! yeah, Darklands - the most ahead of its time game - ever! incredible features to that game - and would be unique still - even today.
Sword of the Samurai and Pirates and that spy game - can't remember? Sid stuff was fun even then!

[malkindav]

I loved Lords of The Realm 2.

During the 90s Sid was great and ahead of its time.

[Hannibal Barca]

in 1990 my mom did let me install games on her ms-dos she had like 20mb hdd most of it for tetris :(
LOOK AT ME NOW MA! 2 TB's BEEOOTCH!

[kennie_36]

I played it and basically its total war before total war. Loved it. lol

[Varmint]

There was another game like Shogun - but years earlier.
It featured battles oriented top-bottom/defender-attacker - 2dish. Probably allowed for about 200 total individuals to clash. The Player was prompted to attack in pre-fab formations. Anyone recall that game?

[Hannibal Barca]

takeda?

Originally posted by appanugu:

There was another game like Shogun - but years earlier.
It featured battles oriented top-bottom/defender-attacker - 2dish. Probably allowed for about 200 total individuals to clash. The Player was prompted to attack in pre-fab formations. Anyone recall that game?

http://i1-games.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Takeda_5.jpg

[Lt.Colonel Johnny Frost]

Was that spy game called covert action?

[Varmint]

Originally posted by Lt.Colonel Johnny Frost:

Was that spy game called covert action?

yes! fun stuff. Even had terrorist cells in it back then!

[Varmint]

Originally posted by DeathMarch:

takeda?

Originally posted by appanugu:

There was another game like Shogun - but years earlier.
It featured battles oriented top-bottom/defender-attacker - 2dish. Probably allowed for about 200 total individuals to clash. The Player was prompted to attack in pre-fab formations. Anyone recall that game?

http://i1-games.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Takeda_5.jpg

That game also looks familiar - but pretty sure this one was fairly uniquiely arranged top/bottom. And the soldiers were drawn a bit larger and tighter together- but with a similar 3/4? view. The formation toolbar such as Flying Tiger and Swooping Crane was featured promienently on the right side - just trying to remember. Sad to forget ( but was such a blast at the time. The "units" of men were more "clumpish" than rectangular, too.
Come to think of it - in that game - all you could do was build the force - and choose the formation and start battle - possibly retreat? or maybe push a route? Don't think one even had control of the "units" at all. Starting to jog memory a bit now. Maybe pre-battle planned moves?

[Lt.Colonel Johnny Frost]

you can get covert action on steam along with lots of other microprose classics like silent service 2 etc.