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Old 12-04-2006, 08:25 PM   #1
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Default The Ford Simulator

In a perfect world, I could possibly even get away with posting this in the Pub, but I figure it's probably best to leave it here rather than anyone else.

I won't say much, other than I was searching for some old school games (just for something different) and came across this. There's a short description at the bottom, that'll explain moreso.

http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/186

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Old 12-04-2006, 08:37 PM   #2
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That is sooo cool.

Reminds me of my Commodore 64 games!

She gets the speed wobbles up in 5th on the touring route
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Old 12-04-2006, 08:45 PM   #3
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WOW, i had this on my very first desktop!
it was a a TANDY 1000, good game!
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Old 12-04-2006, 08:51 PM   #4
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Brings back the memories......

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Old 12-04-2006, 08:56 PM   #5
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wow doesnt the speedo and steering wheel look like an EA farimont ghia :P
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Old 13-04-2006, 01:55 PM   #6
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Wow...that brings back the memories!! I used to love playing those DOS games...they may have been fairly basic but damn were they entertaining!! I loved the Wing Commander Series, Street Rod, and I used to play that Ford Simulator game all the time!!

I had the following games on my 386..

Commander Keen, 1, 2 and 3
Accolade Grand Prix
Annother game called Gumboots
Cant remember the rest

on the 586 we had
Jazzy Jack Rabbit
Need For Speed SE
Myst
Keen Dreams
Gameboy Emulator with Various games
And other DOS games i downloaded off the Internet
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Old 13-04-2006, 02:19 PM   #7
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ahh yes Ford Simulator :P I had 1, 2 and 3 on my 286 back in grade 5. Thought that was soo cool and yeah the steeringwheel does look like a EA ghia one :P

Reminds me of all my old games, especially the ones from my first pc (8088 if anyone knows what that is)
Teenage mutant ninga turtles, couldnt get pass rocksteady hehe
Test drive 1, woot! that rocked
some other random games that i never remembered there names and ive now long lost
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Old 13-04-2006, 06:16 PM   #8
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Anyone used to have Street Rod ?
I used to love that game
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Anyone used to have Street Rod ?
I used to love that game
that game is a classic, i downloaded a couple of months back
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Used to have Street Rod 1 and 2. Loved them both. This'll test ya's, though. Hotrod Harry, anyone?
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Old 13-04-2006, 08:27 PM   #11
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I still have street rod 2 on my lap top. When did that game come out, does anyone know?
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i just stumbled upon www.streetrod3.com after you guys talking about number 1 and 2.... just downloading it now...

I gotta go drop the girls into town, will play it when i get back..... hope it doesn't dissappoint.
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I loved that game
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just been doing a bit of reading on it... seems it's open source, and very much under development currently....

in one of the forums, they are saying that maybe there will be an aussie version of it, with Mad max's interceptor as one of the 'kings'
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ford test game is the devil i hated it :
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Nah, just Leisure Suit Larry comes to mind, lol
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Nah, just Leisure Suit Larry comes to mind, lol
Haha. I loved the Larry games.

And I've had that Street Rod 3 website in my favourites for a while now, havent downloaded anything though. I should now though, seeing as we're finally off Dial-Up.
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stupid copmputer wont let me run dos programs for some reason. says that a system file is not suitable for it. i hate XP.
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downloaded the street rods 3 game and it is very ford biased, 351 into a gm wtf, and can only drag race that not much fun either, but definetly a step above the original for detail.
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OMG! Street Rods, we used to play this game all the time in high school, so many memories. It was the only game we could get to work on the computers as it could fit onto a disk.
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Hehe these games seem light years away from stuff I'm driving virtually these days. For example, V8 Supercars series or more recently GT Legends are quantum leaps forward. However, I do have a fondness for the older games, they bring back a lot of memories. Men were men and games were rudimentary back then. None of this 3d accelerated, 5.1 digital audio, multiplayer nonsense! : :
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Old 15-04-2006, 03:24 PM   #22
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downloaded the street rods 3 game and it is very ford biased, 351 into a gm wtf, and can only drag race that not much fun either, but definetly a step above the original for detail.
There's only a few cars and parts and things in the game at the minute because it's still in development. The download from the website is only a demo to give you a taste of what's to come.
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