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02-16-2003, 04:18 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jun 2001
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The Definitive Best PC Gamer Ever Thread
Okay, I'm going to do a study of the best PC Games of All Time according to FOFC members. To accomplish this I need you to provide a list of your top five PC games of all time. No ties allowed. I will take the top five on each persons list and use that to begin the process of determining the BEST ever. You do not need to list the games in any particular order at this point. Just your top five. Tark's top five:
Diablo StarCraft/Brood War Baldur's Gate Operation Flashpoint Medieval: Total War Tarkus |
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02-16-2003, 04:22 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Dec 2002
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AOK:TC
Nothing even compares
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02-16-2003, 04:24 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jun 2001
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And please don't use any abbreviations.  Thanks.Tarkus |
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02-16-2003, 04:29 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Somerville, MA
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Championship Manager
Unreal Tournament Warcraft 2 Monkey Island 1&2 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Last edited by McSweeny : 02-16-2003 at 04:29 PM. |
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02-16-2003, 04:34 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Ok, sorry Age Of Empires II, The Conquerers Expansion. Better? |
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02-16-2003, 04:35 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA
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Starflight
Civilization 3 Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Deus Ex IL-2 Sturmovik |
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02-16-2003, 04:38 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Yes thanks.  And to make this work we need everyone's input, so let's go folks!  Tarkus |
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02-16-2003, 04:39 PM
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The boy who cried Trout
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: TX
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Civilization
Wizardry 7 Gunship! NHL 2001 Jumpman |
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02-16-2003, 04:41 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Round Rock TX
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Front Office Football 1
Deus Ex Planescape Torment Ultima 5 Half Life |
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02-16-2003, 04:44 PM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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The college years
Worms Armegedon Everquest Railroad Tycoon coaching a dynasty |
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02-16-2003, 04:47 PM
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Dynasty Boy
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Michigan
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Pirates!
Imperialism II Civilization II Colonization Capitalism |
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02-16-2003, 04:50 PM
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Hattrick Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Fort Worthless, Tx
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Lets see.
Quake I. The only one I played because it was simple and I had better reflexes back then. These new ones are just too complicated. Championship Manager 3. It got me hooked on CM. Alpha Centauri. Play that still. APBA for Windows. Just something about that game with Ernie Harwell. It was like listening to a game on the radio, best audio sports commentary of all time. Zork I. The first game I ever played on the computer.
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02-16-2003, 04:53 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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Front Page Sports Football 94
DOOM II Warcraft 2 Hardball 3 OOTP 4 - These may not be the best of all time, but the most memorable to me. As you can tell, most of these games are from the same time period (93-97) when I was 13-17. You know, the time in your life when you can sit back and game for hours, sometimes days on end. The magic of "online" (ie modem) play are the reason why warcraft and doom are on the list. |
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02-16-2003, 04:55 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA
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Pirates! How could I forget Pirates. Can I edit my list?
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02-16-2003, 05:03 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Round Rock TX
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According to gamerankings (which computes an average from all available reviews):
1. Half Life 2. Unreal Tournament 3. Baldur's Gate 2 4. Championship Manager 3 5. Starcraft |
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02-16-2003, 05:31 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Oct 2000
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1. Panzer General 1
2. Steel Panthers 1 3. Master Of Orion 1 4. UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com 1) 5. Minesweeper |
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02-16-2003, 06:05 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: norwich, UK
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morrowind
championship manager 2 fof II x-com apocalypse daggerfall (edited to include a full top 5) Last edited by andy m : 02-17-2003 at 09:33 AM. |
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02-16-2003, 06:37 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Willow Glen, CA
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1) UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com 1)
2) Half-Life 3) Civilization II 4) Front Office Football: The College Years 5) Deus Ex Edited to change things real quick
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02-16-2003, 06:47 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Austin, TX
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1. Starcraft/Brood War
2. Panzer General II 3. Silent Service II (back in the day) 4. Front Page Sports Football (original version...another back in the day) 5. Civilization II
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02-16-2003, 06:50 PM
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Retired
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Fantasyland
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1. UFO: Enemy Unknown - I still play it today
2. Planescape: Torment - Best story ever on the computer 3. Civilization I & II - Most time I ever spent on a 'puter game 4. RollerCoaster Tycoon - Wonderful creativity 5. Championship Manager - By far, the best text-based sim |
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02-16-2003, 06:55 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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1. Warcraft III
2. Sam & Max 3. Diablo 4. Interstate '76 5. Half-Life (In large part due to mods) |
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02-16-2003, 06:56 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkeley
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Civilization 2
Championship Manager 3 Civilization Sim City 2000 Front Office Football 2 Europa Universalis 1 and Railroad Tycoon could easily replace FOF2 or Sim City 2000 if you ask me the same question in a few minutes.... the top 3 are locks, though. |
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02-16-2003, 08:28 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Anglia
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Civ II
Daggerfall Baldur's Gate II Diamond Mind Baseball 8.0 TCY
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02-16-2003, 08:40 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Civilization II
Front Page Sports Football Pro '95 Freedom Force Baseball Mogul 2000 Prince of Persia |
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02-16-2003, 08:47 PM
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Resident Curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Civilization II
Pirates!Gold Imperialism II SimCity Railroad Tycoon Honorable mentions go to: Jack Nicklaus 6 GBC, OOTP4, Pharaoh, Zeus, Medieval, Conquest of the New World and NCAA 99. |
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02-16-2003, 08:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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The Definitive Best PC Gamer Ever Thread
I think the best PC Gamer ever was when they reviewed Black Bass in the August 2000 magazine. |
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02-16-2003, 09:25 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Round Rock TX
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No, the issue they reviewed "A Fork in the Tale". The article's headline was: "Forking Awful"! |
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02-16-2003, 09:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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I dunno, I like me some Black bAss.
Oh, and CM97/98, FOF:TCY, Sim City 2000, Football Fanatic and Doom 2 were the top 5. |
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02-16-2003, 09:47 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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FPS Baseball '96
FPS Football '97 High Heat Baseball 2000 Medal of Honor: Allied Assault C&C Red Alert 2 Damn, that is a hard thing to do... I have about 3-5 more I could list as well. |
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02-16-2003, 09:49 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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Civilization 3
Ghost Recon Grand Theft Auto 3 Medieval: Total War Age of Mythology Last edited by tucker342 : 02-16-2003 at 09:49 PM. |
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02-16-2003, 09:54 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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FPS Football Pro (aka FPS: Football 94)
Wolfenstein 3D IndyCar Racing Doom Panzer General (1) I love games. I play a lot of modern games. But nothing compares to the feelings that I got while playing the above. And judging by some of the lists, I'm more old-school than a lot of you. |
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02-16-2003, 10:05 PM
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Retired
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Fantasyland
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Sabotai, a lot of yours would end up on my top 20 list. Just mine ended up being a bit newer except for X-Com and Civ.
IndyCar, FPS Football Pro and Panzer General ended up with a lot of my time, as did SimCity (1 and 2000), Moria640, Ultima (4&7), Diablo, MOO, MOM, JNSE, JN6, Links and Wizardry. And those are just the older titles. |
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02-16-2003, 10:07 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Okay, this is good so far. Keep 'em coming! And thanks for participating!
Tarkus |
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02-16-2003, 10:12 PM
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Retired
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Fantasyland
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Yea, we've actually managed to stay on topic for once.
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02-16-2003, 10:12 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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I know what you're saying Blackie. I guess with this poll, I went with pure emotion and the feelings I got when playing these. If you asked me the same question next week, I might pick the 5 games I played most, or the 5 games I thought looked and played the best, regardless of hours spent on them....
Asking for top 5 games from a lifetime gamer is a cruel thing to do. |
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02-16-2003, 10:27 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Round Rock TX
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No, not just your favorite games from 2002... |
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02-16-2003, 10:42 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Civilization 2
Masters of Orion 2 FOF 2 Championship Manager Dungeon Keeper 2
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02-16-2003, 10:53 PM
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Resident Curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Civilization 3
And not Civ2? Fascinating. |
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02-17-2003, 04:13 AM
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SI Games
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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(avoiding voting for my own games which would be somewhat tacky
 )1. Civilisation (various versions) 2. Warlords (various versions) 3. FOF 4. EHM 5. OOTP (if I could sneak another in it'd probably be Age of Wonders) |
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02-17-2003, 04:16 AM
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Hockey Boy
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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Championship Manager
X-Com Doom II Front Office Football II Ultima V Bards Tale III Pools of Radiance (the first one) Master of Orion II Civ II Wing Commander III Warcraft II Though Championship Manager and X-Com are the top of list. None higher, I reckon.
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02-17-2003, 05:06 AM
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"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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In terms of total time played and fun factor combined.
1. Grand Prix Legends 2. Steel Panthers 3. Civilization 4. FPS Football Pro 5. Baldur's Gate |
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02-17-2003, 05:42 AM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Seattle WA
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Civ 2
Front office football 2001 Half life Madden Never winter nights
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02-17-2003, 06:20 AM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Edmonton
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CM 3
Master of Magic Master of Orion 2 Civ 2 Baldur's Gate |
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02-17-2003, 06:48 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Calgary
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Wayne Gretsky Hockey
Earl Weaver Baseball Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '98 Civilization 2 Spycraft: The Great Game |
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02-17-2003, 06:50 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sweden
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The top 3 (in no order):
------------- Civ 2 X-COM Championship Manager If I absolutely have to extend the list, then you could pick any two of: Half-life, Transport Tycoon Deluxe, Warcraft 2 or Alpha Centauri.
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02-17-2003, 07:11 AM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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I'm not sure how productive it is to try to identify the specific links in a series when there weren't overwhelming difference among them (in particular the FPS Football series). I'd hate to see such a worthy entry lose out because one person voted for the 95 version, another for the 94 version, etc. I personally got hooked on the original version, and (fairly obviously) enjoyed each upgrade... but which year's version was the "best" is hard to say.
So, with that caveat: Front Page Sports Football ('97 may have been the best release) Wizardry! (the original, if you must) Front Office Football (FOF 2001 gave me the most play) Championship Manager (00/01 so far) Bard's Tale |
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02-17-2003, 07:13 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
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On Topic
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Yeah! But while we're talking about games I'd like to see some more diversity among the picks. As much as people like Elder Scrolls-- nobody picked Redguard. Redguard just happens to be the only major PC game with a black lead character and cast. Have you people even given it fair consideration? And just to show what a nice guy I am, I am gonna teach you all how to mack dem 'ho's in while online gaming... Last edited by oykib : 02-17-2003 at 07:14 AM. |
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02-17-2003, 07:17 AM
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lolzcat
Join Date: May 2001
Location: williamsburg, va
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Warcraft II
Counter-Strike Family Feud (The old OLD OLD version with 4 colors) Pharaoh Quake
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02-17-2003, 07:19 AM
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High School JV
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Nova Scotia
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Out of the Park Baseball
Links Eastside Hockey Pursue the Pennant Tetris I never found shooters or wizard style games to be even remotely interesting. Usually bored by them within 5 minutes.
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02-17-2003, 07:45 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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System Shock 2
Railroad Tycoon 2 Microleague Baseball (for Apple II) Max Payne Alpha Centauri I think Morrowind will make this list, but I haven't finished it yet. Talk to me in 6 months.
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