Sid Meier's Gettysburg! and Antietam!

Civil War Generals 2 for me.

I can enjoy these games just as much, if not more, than the modern games.

Back then there was more strategy. Today is more of progressing through a linear story.

What I find really interesting about these games is controlling the individual infantry brigades, cavalry and artillery units and maneuvering them in real time during a set piece battle like they used to have back in the day. What's fun about the Napoleonic games is that the cavalry is still a potent battlefield weapon (unlike in the American Civil War games) that has to be accounted for. If your infantry gets attacked by a combined infantry and cavalry force, they are in trouble if you can't drive off the enemy cavalry, as the infantry have to form "square" to defend themselves against the cavalry charges, but then get shot to pieces by enemy infantry in "line" formation. I know these are just games, but in a small measure they do give you some insight as to what the real-life generals faced on a battlefield in terms of problems, like terrain obstacles, not necessarily knowing where all the enemy force is at the start of a battle and having to be aware of some units which are "green" and "inexperienced" and can be routed easier.

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I'm all about the original Pirates from Meier.

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The second one was pretty fun too.

Thanks, I will look into getting these games. They look like a lot of fun. I wonder if people have pre-owned copies of Sid Meier's Gettysburg and/or Antietam for sell on Amazon or eBay? May be worth a shot.

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I was really happily surprised when my games successfully ran on my computer. I figured there'd be no way they'd be compatible. I have read that sometimes you can download a patch, but I have never done it. A good golf program can be a lot of fun. I remember playing one years ago that was really good but don't know the maker.

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I installed Sim Golf on my pc a few months ago but wouldn't run. Researched it some, and there is aspects of the game files that Win10 no longer supports. The only way to get it running is running it through WinXP or Win7 according to some comments.

I really liked that game. Still holding out hope that they make something close to it.

I've heard of other Golf Tycoon/Sim games but nothing like Sim Golf. One Day..

Yeah, that's unfortunate. I guess I got lucky as my home computer is about 4 or 5 years old and still runs on Windows 7. I'm glad I didn't get rid of it for a new model like I was thinking about doing about six months ago.

I know the CACRC of Baton Rouge sells refurbished computers at pretty low prices sometimes. I'm guessing they might still have some older computers running on Windows 7. Here is the link:

CACRC

I found this link from WalMart showing computers with Windows 7 installed on them. Prices are pretty reasonable too. This might be an option:

Windows 7 desktop computers - WalMart

Thanks for the link. I think I'll dive in and buy both.