The Definitive Best PC Gamer Ever Thread

[Tarkus]

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

[astralhaze]

AOK:TC

Nothing even compares

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by astralhaze
AOK:TC

Nothing even compares
And please don't use any abbreviations. :D Thanks.

Tarkus

[McSweeny]

Championship Manager
Unreal Tournament
Warcraft 2
Monkey Island 1&2
Heroes of Might and Magic 3

[astralhaze]

Originally posted by Tarkus
And please don't use any abbreviations. :D Thanks.

Tarkus

Ok, sorry Age Of Empires II, The Conquerers Expansion.

Better? :D

[EagleFan]

Starflight
Civilization 3
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Deus Ex
IL-2 Sturmovik

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by astralhaze
Ok, sorry Age Of Empires II, The Conquerers Expansion.

Better? :D
Yes thanks. :)

And to make this work we need everyone's input, so let's go folks! :cool:

Tarkus

[sachmo71]

Civilization
Wizardry 7
Gunship!
NHL 2001
Jumpman

[wbonnell]

Front Office Football 1
Deus Ex
Planescape Torment
Ultima 5
Half Life

[Lathum]

The college years
Worms Armegedon
Everquest
Railroad Tycoon
coaching a dynasty

[Honolulu Blue]

Pirates!
Imperialism II
Civilization II
Colonization
Capitalism

[HornedFrog Purple]

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.

[Philliesfan980]

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.

[EagleFan]

Pirates! How could I forget Pirates. Can I edit my list?

[wbonnell]

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

[Buddy Grant]

1. Panzer General 1
2. Steel Panthers 1
3. Master Of Orion 1
4. UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com 1)
5. Minesweeper

[andy m]

morrowind
championship manager 2
fof II
x-com apocalypse
daggerfall

(edited to include a full top 5)

[Vince]

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 :)

[ACStrider]

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

[Blackadar]

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

[mckerney]

1. Warcraft III
2. Sam & Max
3. Diablo
4. Interstate '76
5. Half-Life (In large part due to mods)

[Daimyo]

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.

[Leonidas]

Civ II
Daggerfall
Baldur's Gate II
Diamond Mind Baseball 8.0
TCY

[oykib]

Civilization II
Front Page Sports Football Pro '95
Freedom Force
Baseball Mogul 2000
Prince of Persia

[Anrhydeddu]

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.

[Easy Mac]

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.

[wbonnell]

Originally posted by Easy Mac
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.

No, the issue they reviewed "A Fork in the Tale". The article's headline was: "Forking Awful"!

[Easy Mac]

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.

[MizzouRah]

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.

[tucker342]

Civilization 3
Ghost Recon
Grand Theft Auto 3
Medieval: Total War
Age of Mythology

[sabotai]

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. :)

[Blackadar]

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.

[Tarkus]

Okay, this is good so far. Keep 'em coming! And thanks for participating! :)

Tarkus

[Blackadar]

Yea, we've actually managed to stay on topic for once.

[sabotai]

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. :)

[wbonnell]

Originally posted by tucker342
Civilization 3
Ghost Recon
Grand Theft Auto 3
Medieval: Total War
Age of Mythology

No, not just your favorite games from 2002...

[NevStar]

Civilization 2
Masters of Orion 2
FOF 2
Championship Manager
Dungeon Keeper 2

[Anrhydeddu]

Civilization 3

And not Civ2? Fascinating.

[Marc Vaughan]

(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)

[Honolulu_Blue]

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.

[Dutch]

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

[stkelly52]

Civ 2
Front office football 2001
Half life
Madden
Never winter nights

[klayman]

CM 3
Master of Magic
Master of Orion 2
Civ 2
Baldur's Gate

[Karim]

Wayne Gretsky Hockey
Earl Weaver Baseball
Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '98
Civilization 2
Spycraft: The Great Game

[3ric]

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.

[QuikSand]

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

[oykib]

Originally posted by Blackadar
Yea, we've actually managed to stay on topic for once.

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... ;)

[wade moore]

Warcraft II
Counter-Strike
Family Feud (The old OLD OLD version with 4 colors)
Pharaoh
Quake

[Kevin]

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.

[Draft Dodger]

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.

[KWhit]

Half Life
Alpha Centauri
Freedom Force
OOTP4
Morrowind (although I haven't finished it yet)

I hate it that these are all so recent, but I believe games are just so much better today than in the past. However, my old-school list would have to include Micro-League Baseball. If I would have spent as much time studying as I did on this game, I could have been the next Einstein.

[ColtCrazy]

Championship Manager (series in general)
Civ II
Railroad Tycoon II
Europa Universalis 2
Cossacks (and Art of War expansion)

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by Honolulu_Blue
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.
Unless these are in order please pick five (5). Thanks. And keep 'em coming. Let's give it another day or two and then we move on to the next step! Everyone chip in on this one please! :)

Tarkus

[Craptacular]

Jack Nicklaus - Signature Edition
Links (heck, pick 2001 if you have to)
Front Page Sports: Football (Pro)
Front Office Football: The College Years
Sim City 2000

However, I must show some love for a group of the best computer (technically not PC) games of all-time:

Summer Games I/II and Winter Games for the C64

Ahh, the sound of a "hot dog" skier attempting 3 consecutive backflips to get a perfect 10.0. Or going for the best intentional belly-flop off the high diving platform. Good times. Good times. :)

[Fonzie]

Wizardry! (the original)
Planescape Torment
Civilization 2
Master of Orion 2
Fallout

[Honolulu_Blue]

Sorry...

1. Championship Manager
2. X-Com
3. Ultima V
4. Front Office Football II
5. War Craft II

[Anrhydeddu]

Originally posted by wade moore
Pharaoh

I love you man, finally someone else sees the greatness of this game/series.

[Maple Leafs]

Did anybody here own a computer prior to 2001?

1. Earl Weaver Baseball - the best sports game of all time. I will not argue about this.
2. Dungeon Master - the father of first-person, real-time RPGs. Truly changed an entire genre.
3. Hockey League Simulator - ahead of its time.
4. Sim City - one of two games that created a new genre, the "god sim", that's arguably still the most popular in the world. The other game being...
5. Populous - didn't spawn the sort of franchise that Sim City did, but still very important for it's time.

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by Maple Leafs
Did anybody here own a computer prior to 2001?


The 5 games on my list were released in 1992, 2000, 1994(?), 2001, and 1993, not to mention the C64 games from the middle 80's. As Noop told me in the "5 CDs" thread, I'm "old school". :)

[Airhog]

Quake 3 <---The hundred of hourse I spent playing this game made the purchase worth it.

And thats the only game worth of my list :)

[Anrhydeddu]

Crap: My list runs 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1998

[vtbub]

Microleague Baseball(Apple II)
Jack Nicklaus series
Champ Man
Railroad Tycoon II
Trainz

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
Crap: My list runs 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1998

a.k.a. the good ol' days

[Draft Dodger]

I think 4 of my 5 choices were pre-2001.

[Scarecrow]

1. Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator (http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=225) (1990) - The first (and as far as I know, only) political sim.

2. Sim City (1990). The original. Nothing more, nothing less; just the best.

3. FOF: The Fourth Edition (2002). The tightest sport sim out there.

4. OOTP4 (2002). Only reason it makes the list - its multiplayer and reporting abilities.

5. NHL'99 (1998). For when you need to beat the shit out of the computer. So many unstopable ways to score makes the game fun to see how many goals you can score.

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by Craptacular
a.k.a. the good ol' days No kidding. If these people were making a list of the greatest albums ever, would they leave off everything by the Beatles, Stones, etc.? Sure, games back then didn't have 3D graphic models of everything. But they were more fun, dammit.

(OK, I'm officially 1,000 years old.)

[sabotai]

Mail Order Monster, The Great American Cross-Country Race (or something like that), Kickstart II and Shogun (all for the C64) are some of my all-time favorite games.

[WebEwbank]

Civilization 2
Front Office Football 2
Baseball Mogul 2000
Panzer General II
Master of Magic

[Schmidty]

Baldur's Gate 2

Morrowind

OOTP4

Team Fortress Classic

Sea Dogs

[Gwalyn]

Everquest
Ultima 5
Fallout
Medal of Honor
Curse of Monkey Island

[Anrhydeddu]

Sea Dogs

Schmidty, you have been called a moron for some reasons unknown, now I know why! j/k :)

[Masked]

Wizardry 7
Might and Magic 3
High Heat 2001
Civ II
SimCity

[wbonnell]

According to IGN:

1. XCom: UFO Defense
2. Dune 2
3. Pirates!
4. Civilization
5. Ultima Underworld

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by sabotai
Mail Order Monster, The Great American Cross-Country Race (or something like that), Kickstart II and Shogun (all for the C64) are some of my all-time favorite games.
Um, do you have any for the PC since this is a PC study? :)

Tarkus

[Blackadar]

<b>Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator (1990) - The first (and as far as I know, only) political sim.</b>

Balance of Power. :)

[Fonzie]

Originally posted by Blackadar
<b>Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator (1990) - The first (and as far as I know, only) political sim.</b>

Balance of Power. :)

I believe there was also a game from the early 90's called "Shadow President," or something like that. Not bad, as I recall.

[Craptacular]

I played a game called "Power Politics" that was a Presidential election simulation.

[sabotai]

The Underdogs have a few political sims...I can't say any of the ones I tried were any good, though.

[Tarkus]

Come on guys, great response so far but all regs need to post! Thanks a lot for your cooperation! :)

Tarkus

[Easy Mac]

Forgot a game. Movie Mogul, old DOS game from the early-mid 80's. Back during the 5" floppy days.

[Markus Heinsohn]

1) Wing Commander 2
2) Sim City 1
3) Civilization
4) Populous
5) Maniac Mansion

[McSweeny]

what no OOTP Markus? ;)

[Bad-example]

Rollercoaster Tycoon
Sim City 2000
Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey
Might and Magic
FOF4

[sterlingice]

Wow- narrowing this down to 5 is hard. At least for console, I can narrow it down to 2 amazing games and then about a list of 20 hugely influential ones.

5. Civilization II - While not the first in the series, it really spawned a genre all it's own and was hugely addictive.

4. Starcraft - This was the toughest one in the sense that it was a coin flipper between SC and WC2. The latter essentially created the genre but the former pefected it so I have to give the nod to Starcraft.

3. Quake - Created. Online. Gaming. Period.
Ok, not in the sense that it was the first but it made online gaming explode and is the reason why online gaming is what it is today. Also, was the first game to really deck itself out with all kinds of dev tools so mods of all type could be made.

2. Sim City 2000 - Almost as tough as SC vs WC2, the decider was the wow factor. The amazing realism, the unparalleled control, the sheer feel that you were god over an amazingly detailed city were just some of the things this game had to offer. However, the interface and play were light years ahead of SimCity and that's why it gets the nod.

1. Wolfenstein 3D - I remember getting a headache from playing this the first time but once you got used to the game, it felt real. There were lots of video games, but you didn't feel like you were *in* the game. In this one, you were in the game shooting Nazi's and their weird creations. And things only got better as Doom, Doom II, and Quake all set the standards for gaming in leaps and bounds. This game defined computer gaming forever.

SI

[Karim]

Maple Leafs wrote:
3. Hockey League Simulator - ahead of its time.

Absolutely! The only reason I left it off was that it produced unrealistic results and I used it in conjunction with Wayne Gretsky Hockey.

What year were those games produced? Until EHM came along, there wasn't a better hockey sim around.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally posted by McSweeny
what no OOTP Markus? ;)

As Mark pointed out, self-coded games do not count ;)

[Anrhydeddu]

Sterlingice: I seriously considered putting Wolfenstein 3D up on my top 5 list but purposely left off FPS games for some reason. Even though it has been more than 10 years, I still get shivers when thinking about running down that maze with the creepy purple wall and turning the corner into a room full of gestapos. That, and having one of those big bad bosses chasing you to where you were very, very afraid to turn around.

[wbonnell]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
Sterlingice: I seriously considered putting Wolfenstein 3D up on my top 5 list but purposely left off FPS games for some reason. Even though it has been more than 10 years, I still get shivers when thinking about running down that maze with the creepy purple wall and turning the corner into a room full of gestapos. That, and having one of those big bad bosses chasing you to where you were very, very afraid to turn around.

I have been playing Undying lately. It is the first game since Wolf3D to evoke emotions- mostly fear!- that strong.

[WSUCougar]

Imperialism II
Heroes of Might & Magic III
Combat Mission
F-19
TCY

That was harder than I thought. The first two are classic examples of ultimate "just one more turn" games. So many nights/mornings playing those games I looked up at the clock and was shocked. Combat Mission is simply an awesome game, and revolutionary for the wargame genre. I had to put F-19 in there simply because it was one of the most fun gaming experiences I can recall. A palm-sweating, joystick-yanking blast almost every mission. Finally, TCY is totally immersive to me. I spend hours and hours with the recruiting process. Sure, it's by no means a perfect game, but for my tastes, it is addictive.

Honorable mention:

Silent Hunter
Panzer General
Fantasy General
Civilization II
Masters of Orion II
Gunship
FOF2

[fantastic flying froggies]

Civilization
Starcraft
X-wing
X Com
OOTP baseball

[Marmel]

In no particular order:

FOF2001 was the most played of the series for me.
Heroes 3 (and the many expansion packs)
The Bard's Tale Trilogy
King's Quest I, II, III - lost interest after III or IV
Space Quest Series - at least the first couple.


I still have not found games I play as much as I played those old Sierra games, or the Bard's Tale. Whether that is because I had more time to play games back then, or they were just better games, I am not sure.

[Anrhydeddu]

King's Quest I, II, III - lost interest after III or IV

That's interesting, KQV was my first exposure to graphics adventure gaming and it truly was a phenomenal experience. I remember then buying I-IV in a set but since I played with the great graphics of V (revolutionary for its time), I couldn't go backwards. By the way, I thought VI was very good, VII really sucked but VIII was superb, albeit a different genre (RPG/Adventure).

[sabotai]

"I have been playing Undying lately. It is the first game since Wolf3D to evoke emotions- mostly fear!- that strong."

Wolf3D was the first game I ever played that made me jump out of my chair on a regular basis. Sometimes when playing other games, I'll jump a little, but nothing since has made me jump like Wolf3D did.

Maybe I should check out Undying. :)

[GrantDawg]

Champman 01/02
Champman 00/01
Champman 99/00
Ultimate Soccer Manager
FPS Football 98


The first three way out in front, the fourth I played for months untill I figured out the first three, and the fifth is by far the best American sports game ever made. NCAA 2003 for the Xbox tops it, though.

[Tarkus]

Any more input here? I'll keep it going until it goes off the front page again and then move on to step 2. Thanks again for the inputs. :)

Tarkus

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by Karim
Absolutely! The only reason I left it off was that it produced unrealistic results and I used it in conjunction with Wayne Gretsky Hockey.

What year were those games produced? Until EHM came along, there wasn't a better hockey sim around. I think HLS and WGH came out in the late 80s. I'm pretty sure HLS came with the 87/88 rosters, give or take a year.

It's stange how Hockey League Simulator and Earl Weaver Baseball both allowed easy player editing, when so many of today's sports sims still don't.

[BishopMVP]

Civilization II
FOF 4
FOF: The College Years
Tony La Russa Baseball - First computer game I ever played. Never played Earl Weaver, can't compare the two.
Madden 2002

For my 5th, I would put Medal of Honor over Madden, but I played it on PlayStation, not the computer.

[wbonnell]

Originally posted by sabotai
"I have been playing Undying lately. It is the first game since Wolf3D to evoke emotions- mostly fear!- that strong."

Wolf3D was the first game I ever played that made me jump out of my chair on a regular basis. Sometimes when playing other games, I'll jump a little, but nothing since has made me jump like Wolf3D did.

Maybe I should check out Undying. :)

Yes you should. It has been a pleasant surprise...

[vex]

C&C Tiberian Sun
Civilization 2
SimCity 3000
The College Years
Hattrick

[Dargone]

Starflight
Pirates!
Civilization 2
Doom
Quake
Command and Conquer
Warcraft II
Simcity
Diablo
Elder Scrolls:Arena
Baldur's Gate

[Schmidty]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
Schmidty, you have been called a moron for some reasons unknown, now I know why! j/k :)

Hey man, I'm a sucker for pirates. :)

(Can't wait for Sea Dogs 2)

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by Dargone
Starflight
Pirates!
Civilization 2
Doom
Quake
Command and Conquer
Warcraft II
Simcity
Diablo
Elder Scrolls:Arena
Baldur's Gate
Are these in order? Otherwise I need your top five. Thanks. :)

Tarkus

[GoldenEagle]

Civ II
Colonaztion
Championship Mananger 01/02
FOF 2
FOF: TCY

[BFleming]

In no particular order:

Diablo II- playing multiplayer ip to ip, like 6 people all using battle.com or gamevoice-- tons of fun

FOF 2- the game that got me into text sims in general

NCAA Football '99- played forever in college, easy, yet still quite fun

High Heat Baseball 1- yes, the sequels were more advanced, but for a game that I heard nothing about prior to seeing it for like $20, it totally blew me away

Worms 2- holy hand grenade & concrete donkey. enough said

[G-Man]

Starcraft-Brood Wars
Diablo2
Star Trek Armada2
Diamond Mind Baseball 8.0
Age of Empires-Age of Kings-The Conquerors

[Radii]

Championship Manager
Civ II
Starcraft
Warcraft Series
Everquest

[Go-Buckeyes]

FOF The College Years
Capitalism
Civ 2
Railroad Tycoon
Heroes of Might and Magic 3

[Jets80]

FPS BBPro 98
Asheron's Call
War Craft 2
Star Craft
OOTP4

[TZone]

In no particular order:

X-Wing
X-Com (the first one)
Baldur's Gate (again, the first one)
Wizardry 1
Planescape - Torment

[sterlingice]

Sterlingice: I seriously considered putting Wolfenstein 3D up on my top 5 list but purposely left off FPS games for some reason. Even though it has been more than 10 years, I still get shivers when thinking about running down that maze with the creepy purple wall and turning the corner into a room full of gestapos. That, and having one of those big bad bosses chasing you to where you were very, very afraid to turn around.

Damn fine game and so great. It's one of those games that does show its age, tho. In twenty years, some snot nosed punk is going to tell me how crappy it is and I'm going to have to punch SI Jr (just kidding, obviously). But on the serious side of things, it's just like what happened with RPG sentiment. It went from games like DW1-4, FF2, FF3, and CT that "old schoolers" love to flashy, story-deprived neo-playstation RPGs and if you show one of those psx fans, for instance, the masterpiece that is Chrono Trigger, they'll turn their nose up at it and not understand what was so mind-blowingly cool about it.

SI

[thesloppy]

Excuse A terminal lurker who had to register just to get in on this topic.

In no particular order:

Civilization
Jagged Alliance
Ancient Domains of Mystery
Front Page Sports Football '95
M.U.L.E. (the C64 was a 'personal computer', was it not?)

Now, back under my rock!

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by thesloppy
Excuse A terminal lurker who had to register just to get in on this topic.

In no particular order:

Civilization
Jagged Alliance
Ancient Domains of Mystery
Front Page Sports Football '95
M.U.L.E. (the C64 was a 'personal computer', was it not?)

Now, back under my rock!
Congrats on your first post and welcome. :)

Tarkus