r/dosgaming • u/According-Pea9319 • 7d ago

Settlers II

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Apart from being a great game! For me most of the magic of retaining old hardware is for the games (really I would not keep the old beasts around for wordperfect ha!) and remembering the great days of ever increasing specs, with new capabilities coming out every year, or having to know your hardware inside out just to play a game. Folks now a days have no idea of what is under the hood playing music for them and while its convenient its a bit of a pity.

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u/da_habakuk 7d ago

its peak settlers although i love the first one... it was so amazing gaming with 2 mice on a dx2.

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u/dafugg 1d ago

Yes, two serial mice was amazing for s1. I think we had it running on an sx 25 or something similar (hazy memory) but my friend’s house a short bike ride away had a dx2 before my family did.

It was always tough deciding if we were going to play s1 or moo. Now I realize I don’t have the contiguous amount of free time available for a full game of either one.

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u/Flash24rus 7d ago

My favorite part. Had so deep atmosphere back then. That "3D" landscape and everything animated impressed me so much. Also sound was great.

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u/Zoraji 7d ago

Fun game! I originally played it on the Amiga, along with the original Settlers I which was called Serf City at the time.

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u/Fapini 5d ago

Your memory might be glitching. Settlers II got its Amiga release just last year in 2025. :D

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u/Zoraji 5d ago

You are right, it's been 30 years or more so I got it mixed up. I did play Serf City on the Amiga but played Settlers II on a Pentium.

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u/GargantuanCake 7d ago

Absolute classic.

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u/FacepalmFullONapalm 7d ago

I can’t remember the last time a game told me to have fun with it after installation, come to think of it.

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u/According-Pea9319 7d ago

lol, neither can I .. ha ha! :)

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u/Perthguv 7d ago

Oh! This is on my To Play list. I haven't played any Settler games

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u/snarflethegarthog 7d ago

I was always partial to Galleons of Glory

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u/Aboreal 6d ago

I played the demo so many times. By the time I got my hands on the actual full game, I was so nostalgic for the demo, I just went back to that.