I Played EVERY retro Warhammer 40k Game. Even the cursed ones...

[@TabletopTime]

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[@robertopereira9466]

There is a mod for men at war 2 , that is an rts and a pretty realistic combat simulator, and with the mod you can play with chaos, guard, ad mech and a bunch of stuff. Can even deploy titans as imperial guard. Just remember it cause I find it similar (but better obviously) to final liberation

[@freewilly1193]

The tag in the description is wrong. KZbin thought you played starcraft!

[@SimonClark]

Definitely at least do the modern PC games! Would love to see you play Mechanicus (don't skip the intro!)

[@Skellitone]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.

[@lorehammer40k4]

When it comes to current GW games, there are only 5 characters worth talking about. Or 4, doesn't matter.

[@mr.potato2223]

@@Skellitone I craved the strength and certainty of steel

[@godlyoblivion]

Wh40k SM is possibly my favourite game of all time. Actual miracle it’s getting a sequel

[@IatepotatOS]

If I remember correctly, Fire Warrior's background audio is actually broken on modern Windows systems. Something about a legacy driver or a system library that hasn't been supported since the mid 2000's, but can be fixed by installing a mod. It's fair if you don't want to bother touching the game again but I thought it'd be worth pointing it out

[@Velasc]

Yes, I would recommend checking mandaloregaming’s review of it. He explains quite well how to get it to work proper. (If I remember correctly)

[@Sammo212]

Yeah its at least consistent in its awfulness

[@theredtiger325]

IT'S QUIET

[@RoboticPope]

IT'S QUIET

[@herkulesp]

You gedt to fight spacemarins (a few) very late in the game. When you gedt onboard an imperial ship...

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

The thing that made 1993's Space Hulk awesome is that instead of being a clone of the board game, it actally took advantage of the shift in media to give you a totally different gameplay experience. I guess it is probably extra difficult if you don't have the manual.

[@PreceptorGrant]

I'm a bit older, played 1992 Space Crusade and 1993 Space Hulk on the Amiga when I was a teenager. Honestly, both were pretty fun at the time. Space Crusade for multiplayer with a few friends and Space Hulk by myself. Space Hulk 1992 was actually more clever than you realised, I appreciate you couldn't tell what was going on, but it was actually a nice conversion of the board game. It had a freeze time mechanic where you could pause the game to give orders, but in a limited way where the pause bar ran down and would only recharge in realtime play.

[@yellheahtris]

Letsplays are what got me into youtube in the first place - so I would ABSOLUTELY love a second/third installment of this series! Going through these games at a more rapid-fire pace to show off what they were, and what they could have been was really cool! I would personally love to see a longer series letsplay of one of the favorites of these games! Unsurprisingly, Dave makes a great commentator, and this was really fun to watch and sit back, with all the cozy vibes!

[@SilenceTalksGaming]

I love it when you guys go crazy with what you do. The variety really keeps me loyal to the channel. I appreciate what you all do.

[@livpiccolina6823]

Space Crusade actually did have multiplayer local co-op! At least on the Amiga. I have very fond memories of playing it with my two older brothers. It was a really cool game with a campaign mode and you levelled up your team after the missions. It probably haven't aged that well, but still, at the time and for the eleven years old me, playing it with my siblings, it was fantastic!

[@karlnygren]

Also it was one of very few ways to see animated figures from the 40k universe, that added a lot.

[@jb03hf]

Final Liberation and Chaos Gate were amazing at the time. To see the minis actually moving. The FMV in Final Liberation was amazing. As someone who loved Xcom - Chaos gate was linking everything together.

[@redenginner]

Soulstorm has one redeeming quality though. Its the version with the most mod support,and includes mods like Ultimate Apocalypse and Unification. You should definitely give them a look sometime.

[@ZendikarMage42750]

I only just started getting into 40k and I would love to see you look at the rest of the games. It'll be fascinating watching how the progression of computer game arm of the franchise progresses from where you left off

[@adamjackson260]

Thanks for this. Space Hulk was my first game on PC in the 90s. We had to build extra Ram for our IBM at the time. It won game of the year when released. Such a great game at the time with what was possible in the early 90s.

[@karlnygren]

I loved it too! I do feel that it was misrepresented here as an action game, it was truly a strategic horror game with the pause function being limited and the terminators dying rather easily even with lightning claws. It recreated the feel of the board game by adding that stress element.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

Gotta absolutely disagree on Space Hulk. I remember playing this when it came out - it was absolutely terrifying, claustrophobic, atmospheric - clever usage of sound and a sense that you were just away from being wiped out by a much faster enemy, Space Hulk was what started a love of 40K for me.

[@robinmattheussen2395]

I agree, it's a great game.

[@tzadkiel85]

Final Liberation was one of my absolute favorite games (even if a little janky) with all the glorious wacky 2nd ed Ork and imperial weapons. Chaos Gate's squad level up was really fun at the time, especially when you end up with "Brother Bolter" and his Heavy Bolter with enough action points to empty the magazine on a single turn.

[@Dram1984]

Chaos Gate is the best older 40k game hands down. It's also very difficult after about 1/3 of the way through.

[@endersblade]

Chaos Gate was my first taste of 40k. Being a veteran of X-COM by that time, I spent so many hours in it.

[@03dashk64]

For the old games, they really fit the style of Rogue Trader and 2nd edition. Very colorful and over the top

[@andrecook4268]

I was a video game deprived teen that got my hands on firewarrior on sale at Harvey Norman. The anti piracy stopped me from playing it for a couple of months until I learnt about 'cracking' games - I had to crack the game I bought. Then play around with audio drivers. Then, because I had little else to play I got about half way through - I didn't enjoy any of it. Bullet sponge enemies meant going through all your available ammo - then going back to get more just to get through one skirmish. Yeah you couldn't change the bad controls. It was full of glitches and crashed a lot. I finally stopped because it just crashed going to the next section every time. I guess the crashing saved me in the end.

[@overlord_cloudread]

I got into 40k because of Dark Crusade and Soulstorm. Which I played in 2014 while all my friends played GTA5 and FIFA.

[@MrSkerpentine]

I hate that I legit got freaked out remembering that GTA V released a full decade ago

[@sacyhandre901]

please make another one of these videos, I love the variety that this video adds to the channel!

[@GarethDragon]

You do fight Space Marines in Fire Warrior, and they were tough! One on his own was a tricky fight, and then you have to go one-on-one with ten of them! I remember hiding in a gap and just lobbing grenades to get through that.

[@mrchom]

Final Liberation was great, especially with the Land Raider update and the cheat to get Paladins. The soundtrack lives rent free in my head, as do the sounds of all that Guard Artillery I used to soften up Ork hordes before the troops went in. Plus the cutscene when you liberate the capital and your Commissar gives the planetary governor a good slapping? Just great.

[@sirt3abaggins]

Hired gun, definitely makes me think of a Doom clone when I played it. Tho I wish they would've gone with more a deeper story telling aspect with maybe another year or 2 for some of the mechanics especially for on console

[@blakecooper4543]

I remember as a kid at the age of about 12 or 13 playing fire warrior I was facing the dreadnaught I ran out of ammo and i managed to kill it with my knife after 20 minutes of staying right at its chest. One of the only times in my childhood my older bro gave me praise.

[@georgechristensen8920]

Soulstorm may have been jank on release but it’s the one with the dedicated modding scene providing some pretty good and new content even in 2022. Dark crusade is for the campaign, soulstorm is for skirmish’s and multiplayer.

[@iatebambismom]

Space crusade and space hulk were amazing because your friends can't always be there. Not without questions of abduction and other awkwardness. A computer, though, is there forever.

[@lt.branwulfram4794]

The games from the 90s were referencing the garish nature of the art from the 2nd Edition "Red" era codices, so I would expect nothing less. The grim darkness of Rogue Trader didn't return until 3rd Edition later on.

[@george5408]

Thank you Tabletop Time for doing what you do, thanks to you after years I’ve finally got back into the hobby with painting a single space marine. Also, for your space bears, just like space wolves ride large wolves, can the space bears ride large bears?

[@sebishichen8968]

Fire warrior a couple of levels in does get better, you get the bolter and fight chaos marines and space marines, they were pretty solid at the time too.

[@CallumILJ]

The Rail gun and burst cannon add a lot more punch too, I remember disliking the weapons at the beginning until I got to that half way point.

[@adam346]

the original chaos gate was pretty damn good, I loved the idea of taking multiple squads and tanks/rhino into combat against chaos...

[@julianmartinez3048]

I played final liberation (I still got it and play sometimes) and chaos gate. Chaos gate was a liitle difficult until I found one trick. With some movement points you could pass one weapon from a trooper to another. So I put them in a line and the heavy weapon was shot and passed, so I had 5-6 shots with the heavy weapon instead of one. This was unstoppable.

[@7bootzy]

Fire Warrior was such slapped-together shit. That was clear upon launch even back in the day. Now, Final Liberation and Chaos Gate were *chef's kiss*

[@phonesallbroken]

Dawn of War was one of my first exposures to Warhammer, other than my dad's old lead figures (which he still has!). I must have been about 9 when he showed me how to play DoW and I adored it. Still absolutely one of my favourite memories of something we both did. He also got me playing WoW as like a 7 year old; video games have always been our thing. Thanks for the video, it was really nice reliving some stuff, even though I was too young to remember pre-DoW.

[@sirt3abaggins]

TableTopTime alluding to new channel? DeskTopTime? Letsplays and reviews of Digital versions of board games/franchises?

[@ClayHales]

Fire Warrior gave me Halo Combat Evolved vibes, but it looks like it's the alpha version of Halo. The whole crouch to get past bit is straight from Pillars of Autumn. The fact that it came out 2 years after Halo makes me think that it was "inspired" by Halo.

[@anthonypalmer3351]

Would love a series of videos of you guys playing and rating all Warhammer video games

[@yourgoodliness]

The magos demands your full report of the ancient Terra techno-prophecies by tomorrow.

[@caleblunsford4528]

im pretty sure that space marine 2 is coming out soon, i would like to see you play that when it comes out

[@sainstranger]

fire warrior becomes a nice experience when you find a bolter!) + cutscenes are good, especially the exterminatus one!)

[@Dezzasheep]

Space crusade was amazing at the time. Three of us played each mission.

[@Nortic111]

Absolutely would like to see you play the other Warhammer games! Interested to see what you make of Freeblade.

[@gamechanger8908]

The moment this video is about WH 40K games, but KZbin is like "Space Marines? So it's Starcraft"

[@fridaemmamadeleine]

Yes! We want it all! Definitely play all the modern games as well! If you do, you have to do one of those things where you display all the comments asking you to do so! 😁

[@GalianMode]

I have bittersweet memories of Chaos Gate and Rites of War. I really enjoyed playing them, then lent them to a 'friend' and never saw those CDs ever again. At least I still had Shadow of the Horned Rat 😢

[@statusquo3559]

Please explore the complete history of 40k games, I'd love to see it!!!

[@dungeonsanddobbers2683]

"The art...is completely over the top...high colour saturation, and not very grimdark...makes all of it feel very comic-booky" So, exactly what Warhammer was like in the early 90's then? Also, in defence of Fire Warrior, it _was_ built for the PS2 and the PC port was, like most PC ports of that time, kind of just slapped together with no thought towards future proofing (hence the lack of options and sound issues). However, even back then, _and_ playing it on the intended hardware, it wasn't a very good game. They _did_ get bolters right, though, so props to them for that. You do get to fight space marines, but it takes a while to get to that point.

[@barfjavelin]

kinda switched off a bit in the video after he made that statement. old warhammer was absolutely over the top, colourful, almost silly in its presentation. The whole "grimdark" phase came with the cultural media shift towards more gritty grimy things and 40k adapted towards it.

[@CallumILJ]

Man I loved chaos gate and Fire Warrior and Dawn of war and Space Marine. Man they have had some bangers. (Fire Warrior gets better as you go on, more punchy guns, more varied levels and space marines to fight)

[@imperious2427]

My favorite dawn of war was soul storm, but it largely because of the mods

[@danieljvanrensburg]

I don't know why but a custom space bears leviathan tank thing seems very tempting

[@moodswinggaming2972]

9:26 i clicked your video just to see if you played this game... i have not seen this game since i was young... and every Warhammer nut I've spoke to does not remember it... amazing. thanks :)

[@floweryi]

dave with a scruffy beard looks a lot more like rob than i ever thought possible

[@Revi2151]

Pretty certain that between them, Final Liberation and Chaos Gate stole a thousand hours of my life. I’d play Final Liberation again today just for the soundtrack and cutscenes!

[@NicholasBrakespear]

Chaos Gate's soundtrack remains the best 40k soundtrack ever - distinctive and unmistakably 40k in tone. Frankly, the only soundtrack to match it since then - Mechanicus. Fantastic, and just as distinctive; a soundtrack that actually taps into the spirit of the franchise.

[@mantradox]

"they fire way too many weak projectiles"... well, he just described Tau

[@euansmith3699]

Final Liberation's music was great, and Larry Rew was fantastic as Commissar Holt.

[@skanvak]

Final libération is GREAT, that's the tabletop rules ! I played the two older ones which were good at the time.

[@Larissas_random_videos]

Definitely felt the nostalgia watching this. Not of the W40k games specifically, but the graphics and types of games lol

[@emdeo]

Oh I remember not being able to beat Chaos Gate as a kid, but that soundtrack just stirred so many feelings. I only ever had the demo for Rites of War... Wish we could get a real proper T'au game, modern T'au design with modern game design in a modern engine..... I wanna fire a Rail Rifle! Hear a Riptide shoot! What a nice video. I'd love to see you go through more, yeah! Especially Space Marine and Mechanicus.

[@ClarissaMeyer]

I wasn't even aware that there are/were so many pc games around 40K. This was a throwback to the games I played back then... those graphics! I'm absolutely interested in to see all and every other games there are. (And not only because I think playing video games for work is an awesome idea)

[@Fork1]

Final Liberation is like a mix between Battle of Tallarn and the Armageddon-game.

[@Pengi_SMILES]

You do eventually get to fight Space Marines in Fire Warrior (amd then Chaos Space Marines). But it's not worth persevering with to get to that bit.

[@IronDuke_xX]

I had that Blood Angels space hulk game on playstation, so dark!

[@Menhtrol]

Chaos Gate was my intro into Warhammer 40k... The music to me is just so damn perfect 😆

[@CSK_T.]

More? Hell yeah! With Space Marines 2 coming out this year, going back to look at the first one again would be nice ^^

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

Final Liberation is brilliant. Love the cutscenes.

[@josephrigley8974]

Fire warrior was good for the time its closer in gameplay style to something like medal of honour, it wasn't anything special but I finished it and enjoyed it.

[@jamesblake5176]

chaos gate was one of my favorite pc games. pretty sure i got it in a box set with dawn of war, and maybe one other game

[@jarenalfred66]

You and Jazza and 2 others should play Space Hulk 40k deathwing, I like the game a lot and it's 4 person coop

[@MrLokhe]

Am I the only one who find it absolutely hilarious that KZbin thinks this video is about StarCraft and slapped that link on it, rather than any number of the Warhammer games on display :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

[@synthetic240]

If you do make a video on Dawn of War 2, I strongly encourage you to take a look at the DoW2 Elite multiplayer mod. It adds new units, balancing, maps, special skins and models for certain Chapters, and the Grey Knights as a playable faction for multiplayer. And it's quite lore-friendly. DoW2 Elite is still played today and there are several casters here on YT that cover it.

[@T3AMCXMCHUCK]

Part 2 would be great with the more modern games, just maybe not the mobile ones, or maybe as a standalone video.

[@thelonelybolter8245]

Dawn of War 2 got me into painting, would like to see a video on more recent games! 2k points and a medieval army later...

[@johndoe-ld9sm]

chaos gate was my favorite of all GW's games. I always wanted them to remaster or make a newer version.

[@bocarlsson3rd]

Oh my God! I used to play the crap out of the chaos gate demo when I was a wee lad even though I barely comprehended English. But dawn of War will always have my heart. And new fan made content is still coming out. There is one ridiculous mod that takes everything up to 11. You can ever get titans!

[@jonbuq2418]

One of those Ultramarines in Chaos Gate was named Titus! Holy shit it's our boy! When he was a wee baby marine!

[@h1vemind815]

"And I don't think any 40k games would be [revolutionary] like that" Darktide: >:)

[@benmccarroll117]

You should cover where Dawn of War Soul Storm is now with the modding scene, DoW Apocalypse is fantastic

[@abnerdoon4902]

I thought I was still young, then I realized that Dawn of War is now considered a retro 40k game.

[@jasoncreamer5747]

Not a 40k game but warhammer dark omen was probably my favourite game when I was a kid.

[@Mr-Man]

Please do the more games, was nice to see back in time.

[@joshmortimer3433]

loved this vid, i used to play space crusade and had real nostalgia for it until i was reminded of the graphics. would love to see the latest releases

[@dylaren]

We need a part 2. Let Dave play!

[@iiruniaalice1764]

yes please, I want to see dave's rants about modern mobile games

[@Philbrush]

I played up to Dark Crusade in Dawn of War…later games, Space Marine, latest Space Hulk (didn’t like it), and Space Hulk Tactics (which is basically the board game). I want to see more Dave…gives me an idea of what 40k games I might want to check out…I have one or two in mind already!

[@divinuminfernum]

Space Hulk from 93 is one of my faves still!

[@ImJordyYT]

Loved this so much and really want to see you review the space marine game that came out for the Nintendo DS, spent many hours playing that!

[@SSGregory]

Though my memories of playing these games is undoubtably heavily tinged by nostalgia (and the amount of weed I was smoking at the time...) I did enjoy Final Liberation (the end battles against Ork Gargants were nailbiting) and Chaos Gate (which, though I'm no grognard, seemed a fair approximation of the tabletop). Rites of War was a bit frustrating. DOW (yeah, even up to Soulstorm) occupied a ton of my time, and I've found the mods for it to be quite inventive and fun (UA and Unification being favorites)... so much so that I still play it, which is pretty remarkable for a game that's over 20 years old by now.

[@RejectedGalaxy]

Please continue this series

[@feudalfortyk]

Would also be interested in seeing you go over warhammer fantasy games

[@clanpsi]

Soulstorm was phucking amazing, simply because it featured Sisters of Battle.

[@smole321]

"you can be in 40k and relax" never has a less true statement been said by anyone 🤣

[@bluepillaus]

You guys should scratch build some of the more weird and wonderful stuff from the games. Like whatever the hell that leviathan thing was.

[@honestgoblinproductions5663]

You haven't even got to space marine yet. I wanna see you play thay

[@kl1thedominion]

This video hit me in the nostalgia gland. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing coverage of the modern games!

[@yeahnahmate8098]

Firewarrior was the first 40k game i'd played, when i was very young, so i do have a soft spot for it, i have played it recently and my god... It really isn't good. I grew up playing Dawn of War, i love it so much and still play it to this day.

[@aaronharrison3801]

Yea I’d love to see all the games in case I’ve missed a few

[@HuntersOA]

Please please pleas continue with the next games! There are several really good titles in the 40k universe - and there are several good warhammer games too!

[@jhunter1371]

I think you and the team would make an awesome RTS game.

[@bryceneuberger3460]

Really really enjoyed this video! I was sad when the journey stopped! Keep it coming!

[@nidhoggstrike]

"I really feel like they got the scale right" - Well, it can't be 40k then. :D