What do you consider the best computer game ever made?
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It's Total Annihilation by Cavedog!!!
It's Total Annihilation by Cavedog!!!
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@ M4Carbine
If you like sidescrollers you probably know the just recently released game "Solaris 104". Sidescroler with today´s graphics That reminds me - I've got a vertical scroller I never got around to having a serious go @, despite it being the kinda thing I like - Raptor: Call of the Shadows. I know it's a DOS game, but I suppose it's possible it might work [unless someone's already tried it & found out it doesn't work - where's DosFreak when you need him? trying them until I get my Audigy [& I just got hit with a big (for me) phone bill as well ]. :sigh:
<few mins later>
decided to check the compatibility list & apparently Raptor does work, so that's 1 less thing to worry about.
Hey DosFreak: I notice in your list that SimCity 3000 [not the unlimited version] works without any probs in 2K, & someone has added it to the compatibility list with it listed as no probs in XP, but when I tried to get it to work on XP it installs ok, but when you click on the shortcut to run it the only sign that windows gives of even acknowledging the clicking of the link is briefly changing the cursor to the busy/working cursor, for perhaps 1/2 a second. It just won't run - no error messages @ all. Any ideas?
@ M4Carbine
If you like sidescrollers you probably know the just recently released game "Solaris 104". Sidescroler with today´s graphics That reminds me - I've got a vertical scroller I never got around to having a serious go @, despite it being the kinda thing I like - Raptor: Call of the Shadows. I know it's a DOS game, but I suppose it's possible it might work [unless someone's already tried it & found out it doesn't work - where's DosFreak when you need him? trying them until I get my Audigy [& I just got hit with a big (for me) phone bill as well ]. :sigh:
<few mins later>
decided to check the compatibility list & apparently Raptor does work, so that's 1 less thing to worry about.
Hey DosFreak: I notice in your list that SimCity 3000 [not the unlimited version] works without any probs in 2K, & someone has added it to the compatibility list with it listed as no probs in XP, but when I tried to get it to work on XP it installs ok, but when you click on the shortcut to run it the only sign that windows gives of even acknowledging the clicking of the link is briefly changing the cursor to the busy/working cursor, for perhaps 1/2 a second. It just won't run - no error messages @ all. Any ideas?
In no particular order:
Gauntlet/Gauntlet II (original arcade versions)
Street Fighter II (and its many permutations on just as many platforms)
Dungeon Master (Atari ST)
Bard's Tale series
Diablo series
Utopia (Intellivsion )
The Power of He-Man (also Intellivision)
AD&D Treasure of Tarmin/Minotaur (guess what? )
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (the best mix of weapons in the entire series)
The AD&D Gold Box games
There were others, but these were the true time-killers!
Gauntlet/Gauntlet II (original arcade versions)
Street Fighter II (and its many permutations on just as many platforms)
Dungeon Master (Atari ST)
Bard's Tale series
Diablo series
Utopia (Intellivsion )
The Power of He-Man (also Intellivision)
AD&D Treasure of Tarmin/Minotaur (guess what? )
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (the best mix of weapons in the entire series)
The AD&D Gold Box games
There were others, but these were the true time-killers!
Depends on the category. IMHO:
Adventure - Zork, Grim Fandango
1st Person - Halflife, Deus Ex, Jedi Knight 2
3rd Person - Myth 1/2, Diablo 1/2
Strategy - XCOM/Civ 1,2,3/Alpha Centauri/MOO2/JA2
Arcade - Bejeweled
RPG - Balders Gate
Simulation - The Sims, Janes 688i
If I had to pick just one it would probably be XCOM. It had the best combination of strategy and tactics of any game I have ever played. Even though it is over 10 years old and the graphics are cheesy, I still play it.
Jim Smith
Adventure - Zork, Grim Fandango
1st Person - Halflife, Deus Ex, Jedi Knight 2
3rd Person - Myth 1/2, Diablo 1/2
Strategy - XCOM/Civ 1,2,3/Alpha Centauri/MOO2/JA2
Arcade - Bejeweled
RPG - Balders Gate
Simulation - The Sims, Janes 688i
If I had to pick just one it would probably be XCOM. It had the best combination of strategy and tactics of any game I have ever played. Even though it is over 10 years old and the graphics are cheesy, I still play it.
Jim Smith
just never occurred to mention it. since a good majority of this forum seems to think Athlon was the first PC processor
I have one more if we are going that much further.
River Raid
I have it running on an emulator too. It's developer would have been proud. Accross decades and Gigahertz's. When it was made a GB was a more or less future prediction or Sci-Fi Stuff.
I have one more if we are going that much further.
River Raid
I have it running on an emulator too. It's developer would have been proud. Accross decades and Gigahertz's. When it was made a GB was a more or less future prediction or Sci-Fi Stuff.
Want the most bang for your buck?
This game is First-Person, Action, Adventure, Role Playing, Horror, Sci-Fi, and Suspense all in one. It is the single greatest single-player genre-bending game I know (yes, better than "Deus Ex"), and also the only one that has repeatedly scared and startled me. It also plays just fine on W2K and WinXP (just run "setup.exe -LGNTFORCE" to install). Those who haven't listed it in this thread haven't played the game. It's called System Shock 2.
Those who don't like to be frightened need not apply. It's rated mature, so the young ones should not play it. Yes, it's won numerous Game of the Year Awards. Yes, it has multiplayer co-op mode, though you shouldn't use it your first time through. And if anyone knows how to make a multiplayer game play in the "impossible" difficulty level, please let me know.
This game is First-Person, Action, Adventure, Role Playing, Horror, Sci-Fi, and Suspense all in one. It is the single greatest single-player genre-bending game I know (yes, better than "Deus Ex"), and also the only one that has repeatedly scared and startled me. It also plays just fine on W2K and WinXP (just run "setup.exe -LGNTFORCE" to install). Those who haven't listed it in this thread haven't played the game. It's called System Shock 2.
Those who don't like to be frightened need not apply. It's rated mature, so the young ones should not play it. Yes, it's won numerous Game of the Year Awards. Yes, it has multiplayer co-op mode, though you shouldn't use it your first time through. And if anyone knows how to make a multiplayer game play in the "impossible" difficulty level, please let me know.
Adventure/Strategy:
Starcraft and Warcraft (I,II,III) (Blizzard rocks!)
Sports: NHL99 (the one I played the most), Tony Hawk 3, Hardball 5
FPS: The Doom series, Duke3d, The Quake Series, MaxPayne
Simulation: SimCity 2000 without any doubt
Racing: The Need For Speed Serie, IndyCar Racing, Grand Prix 2, Rally Champ 2000
Starcraft and Warcraft (I,II,III) (Blizzard rocks!)
Sports: NHL99 (the one I played the most), Tony Hawk 3, Hardball 5
FPS: The Doom series, Duke3d, The Quake Series, MaxPayne
Simulation: SimCity 2000 without any doubt
Racing: The Need For Speed Serie, IndyCar Racing, Grand Prix 2, Rally Champ 2000
The best game of all time is Lemmings. I especially like
Lemmings 3 (The Chronicles), Lemmings 2 (The Tribes), and Lemmings The Revolution.
Here's some other games I like.
Half Life
Quake II
Unreal Tournament
Descent II Multiplayer
(I used to play that at night, and when I'd lie down I would float around in 3 dimensions[all in my head of course]).
Pandemonium
Nintendo:
California Games
Win 3.1:
Pipe Dream
Rodent's Revenge
Dos Games:
Brix
Eittris (Dos and recently a Windows Freeware game)
Jill of the Jungle (Dos Classic)
Lemmings 3 (The Chronicles), Lemmings 2 (The Tribes), and Lemmings The Revolution.
Here's some other games I like.
Half Life
Quake II
Unreal Tournament
Descent II Multiplayer
(I used to play that at night, and when I'd lie down I would float around in 3 dimensions[all in my head of course]).
Pandemonium
Nintendo:
California Games
Win 3.1:
Pipe Dream
Rodent's Revenge
Dos Games:
Brix
Eittris (Dos and recently a Windows Freeware game)
Jill of the Jungle (Dos Classic)
I've already listed Star Control 2 in a previous post, but there's good news...
The creators of SC2 are remaking it to run in windows! (original ran in DOS) And it's going to be free!
A classic for free. ( gamespot news link - ignore all the SC3 stuff: GS doesn't have an SC2 section and apparently didn't to make one for a news article. SC3 wasn't made by the same people, so don't make any assumptions about SC2 based on what you see listed for SC3)
The creators of SC2 are remaking it to run in windows! (original ran in DOS) And it's going to be free!
A classic for free. ( gamespot news link - ignore all the SC3 stuff: GS doesn't have an SC2 section and apparently didn't to make one for a news article. SC3 wasn't made by the same people, so don't make any assumptions about SC2 based on what you see listed for SC3)
I can't believe it.
- Age of Empires (RoR)/ Age of Kings / AoK The Conquerors
I started playing AoE in 1998 and I am still a big fan of AoK TC! Best RTS game ever, really.
- Lemmings was also an addictive game - but many years ago
- Shadow Warrior and Duke Nukem brings back nice memories, it's the time when I played multiplayer for the first time via phone line
- Unreal/UT are great shooters
- Quake III Arena and Team Arena are evergreens
- Age of Empires (RoR)/ Age of Kings / AoK The Conquerors
I started playing AoE in 1998 and I am still a big fan of AoK TC! Best RTS game ever, really.
- Lemmings was also an addictive game - but many years ago
- Shadow Warrior and Duke Nukem brings back nice memories, it's the time when I played multiplayer for the first time via phone line
- Unreal/UT are great shooters
- Quake III Arena and Team Arena are evergreens
