
Congratulations, soldier: you survived another week. It's Friday afternoon, and instead of going out partying with your friends, you're anxious to get home, sit down at your computer, and play some new games. Sounds fun! Too bad you're broke. Lucky for you, PC gaming has an impressive library of classic games that are available online for cheap. Hang out with us every Friday so we can take you on a guided tour of some of the greatest bargains available throughout the many tubes of the Internet.
Welcome to Virtual Bargain Bin, the cure for your weekend gaming woes. This week's classics: The id Super Pack, and X-COM: The Complete Pack
id Super Pack
Price: $69.99
Availability: Steam
Contents: Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Master Levels for Doom 2, Final Doom, Doom 3, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, Wolfenstein 3-D, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Spear of Destiny, Commander Keen, QUAKE, QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon, QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity, QUAKE II, QUAKE II Mission Pack: Ground Zero, QUAKE II Mission Pack: The Reckoning, QUAKE III, Quake III: Team Arena, Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, HeXen, HeXen II
If there's a better gaming deal on the Internet today, we dare you to point it out. The id Super Pack collects every contribution from the company arguably most responsible for the proliferation of the FPS genre (and Commander Keen, too!). For only $70, you receive every Doom, every installment of Quake, Quake II, and Quake III, the entire Wolfenstein saga, and the oft-overlooked Heretic and Hexen games.
This one's a no-brainer. If you don't already own each and every one of these ground-breaking titles, what are you waiting for? Buy without hesitation; it's the best gaming bargain you're likely to find for quite some time.
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X-COM: Complete Pack
Price: $14.99
Availability: Steam
Contents: X-COM: Apocalypse, X-COM: Enforcer, X-COM: Interceptor: X-COM: Terror From the Deep, X-COM: UFO Defense
Perhaps we spoke too soon! Though the id Super Pack and the X-COM: Complete Pack are certainly aimed at different types of gamers, good games are good games. What Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake did for FPS, many feel X-COM did for the strategy genre. Haunting atmosphere, strategic thinking, and plenty of crucial decisions can all be yours for only $15.
Price: $69.99
Availability: Steam
Contents: Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Master Levels for Doom 2, Final Doom, Doom 3, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, Wolfenstein 3-D, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Spear of Destiny, Commander Keen, QUAKE, QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon, QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity, QUAKE II, QUAKE II Mission Pack: Ground Zero, QUAKE II Mission Pack: The Reckoning, QUAKE III, Quake III: Team Arena, Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, HeXen, HeXen II
If there's a better gaming deal on the Internet today, we dare you to point it out. The id Super Pack collects every contribution from the company arguably most responsible for the proliferation of the FPS genre (and Commander Keen, too!). For only $70, you receive every Doom, every installment of Quake, Quake II, and Quake III, the entire Wolfenstein saga, and the oft-overlooked Heretic and Hexen games.
This one's a no-brainer. If you don't already own each and every one of these ground-breaking titles, what are you waiting for? Buy without hesitation; it's the best gaming bargain you're likely to find for quite some time.
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X-COM: Complete Pack
Price: $14.99
Availability: Steam
Contents: X-COM: Apocalypse, X-COM: Enforcer, X-COM: Interceptor: X-COM: Terror From the Deep, X-COM: UFO Defense
Perhaps we spoke too soon! Though the id Super Pack and the X-COM: Complete Pack are certainly aimed at different types of gamers, good games are good games. What Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake did for FPS, many feel X-COM did for the strategy genre. Haunting atmosphere, strategic thinking, and plenty of crucial decisions can all be yours for only $15.



