Timeless Classics
polycounter lvl 18
Well over this past weekend I was rummaging through my pc games and I happened apon Fallout 1, 2, and tactics. After installing Tactics and playing it through the entire weekend I realized I could never become tired of this series.
Only a few other games like x-com apocalypse have ever done this for me.
Do you guys have any favorites like this?
Only a few other games like x-com apocalypse have ever done this for me.
Do you guys have any favorites like this?
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Another one, although not really too old, is Vice City, something about that game just doesn't get old to me.
Any old FPS is also a classic to me, I can play them whenever, and usually beat them in a day.
just the theme music makes me happy. takes me back to a time when I was a young lad spending my days at the local arcade.
pong
can always be reinvented. and no one will ever admit they're playing a tennis simulator
mario 3
best of the best
joust
probably the first game I ever played back on the atari. it's still kicking my ass.
megaman2
the best bad guys...ever!
Scott
I have NO idea why but this game, although extremely linear, has burned a spot in my brain as an ever lasting memory of gaming goodness. The story, the sound, the overall atmosphere of a postapocalyptic (sp?) world done with the Lucas touch really appealled to me. It's unfortunate the sequel was cancelled.
And of course it never stops at one game
I even went as far as buying one but still if I'm out and I see one I must play
joust
probably the first game I ever played back on the atari. it's still kicking my ass.
megaman2
the best bad guys...ever!
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Fuck yeah!
It's all about Joust for the Atari. It's all about bustin out the old Atari for a good time.
DKC 1 and 2
any 2d megaman
I wish I could get System Shock (1) working on modern systems. I need to hear more of Shodan's lovely voice
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DOSbox it. Worked for me!
(Yeah it did work for me, but it was quite slow - Pentium rec'd games on a athlon 950 isn't fast.)
I still haven't seen every route the game offers
I looked Millennium up a couple of weeks ago because it was something that I remembered as being fun 10 (15?) years ago, but I'll be buggered if I can figure out how to use it again.
the girlfriend and i are just playing through Doom 1 coop , i had forgoten how great it is , better than doom 2 i think ....
i quite like darius 2 on the saturn , it was a almost perfect arcade conversion ... how on earth i used to complete it tho i dont know ...
anyone liked Paradroid? on the C64
Ooh , i just remembered , Xcom apocalipse, ufo series , and laser squad on the amiga ...
Recently I picked up a miniature Sega Genesis with 6 games built into it. 3 of them being Altered Beast, Golden Axe, and Sonic The Hedgehog. Been playing those a lot over the last couple of weeks. Fun stuff. I miss the old consoles. Played the hell out of those games in my teen years.
Also, I have a copy of Dragon's Lair on DVD that you can play on any DVD player with the remote. That game just never gets old.
Skyfox for Commadore64, as well as PCpenpals, which was
quite an advanced sims-esque game for the time.
Mortal Kombat 2 (best version evah!)
The original Wipeout, Twisted Metal, and Destruction Derby on PS1.
IQ - a twisted puzzle game on PS1. Wasn't very popular, but it kicked ass!
Mafia is one I don't actually own -- played it from the game library here at work -- but totally love and will play again sometime. I've been thinking about it lately. Fuck it! Buying my own copy tonight!
Fallout 1, 2. X-Com. X-Wing and Tie Fighter, the best space sims then or really now...
in adventure there'd be the Space Quest games, Sam and Max, and Full Throttle.
Dungeon Keeper 2, I will never be tired of that game.
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2?
No way! 2 was pretty bland compared to DK1. Coincidentally, i just re-installed dk1 this weekend, and i have played for so long, my eyes started to hurt.
I never played Fallout, but i've always wanted to. Is there a demo?
i'm pretty sure i could get into it, it always seemed like an amazing game to me.
the first Civilization. I could play that game for days without stopping.
Seriously some of the best team gameplay ever. Installed it the first time in about 99, and was so hooked I had to uninstall it because my wife was about to divorce me. Installed it the next summer, same problem. Forgot about it for about 2 years, then did it again. I've mastered every player class, and can even dominate a round going as a pyro. (And for any of you who have played it, this ought to tell you something
Even though the graphics are crap, but it just has such fun gameplay that I can't resist it now and then.
Contra 1...im not so hot at anymore..
My old skool fav has to be 1943 or Gradius. Lifeforce for NES was badass too. OHHHH yeah baybee.
then came street fighter , and for 2 years i played it every day .. eek
Team Fortress Classic.
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no way. its all about the quake teamfortress, well ok mega tf. i played that for years
i still love mario 64, deus ex, adn zelda 3
i cant beleive that no one has said anything about goldeneye. ive spent whole summers in the complex gunning poeple down with - 4 health and turbo mode
I think theres a demo for Fallout 1 somewhere, but both the company that made it and the company that published it are out of business... so u might have a hard time finding it... hell the retail copies are hard to find... just about the only place to get it is ebay.
Herzog Zwei (Genesis)
Mortal Kombat 2 (Arcade)
X-Men Arcade Game (2 Screen Version)
Donkey Kong (Coleco Version)
Wonderboy in Monster Land (Sega Master System)
Super Mario Bros 1 and 3 (Nes)
Streets of Rage 2(Genesis)
Golden Axe 3 (Arcade)
RBI Baseball (Nes)
Final Fantasy 7 (PS1)
Suikoden (PS1)
Resident Evil 1 (PS1)
Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 (Genesis)
Zaxxon (Coleco)
Popeye (Coleco)
Those have to be my all time favorites.
I could beat Aliens all the way through with one quarter and as for the other 3, I love em for the fact that they had so much to gather and explore. You could beat those games by the skin of your teeth, or you could gather everything up and totally trounce the boss baddies at the end (mario wasn't really like that, but it had a vast and colorful world)
Frontier - Graphics have ages terribly, but it's still an impressive game, and officially shareware now too!
Maniac Mansion - an imressive amount of gameplay for such a small environment, plus you can play it through again with different characters and get different puzzles - genius!
System Shock 2 - Scariest game ever made in a give you chills 3 days after you finished it kinda way - Doom 3, res evil, silent hill and such are damn scary, but not *after the fact
dammit!
Monkey Island 1 & 2 - Just as funny now as they were then.
The Ultimate Doom - Urm, hello, it's fucking *Doom!
Duke Nukem3D - Exceptional level design even by todays standards... actually, better than a lot of todays ones, and a lot more interactivity than you'll usually see. Yeah, Duke is Top - wish I could still run it.
Descent - Nothing like it before or since, mind fuckingly twisty, and great to play once you got your head around the controls.
Mercenary (and sequels) - the first 3D "open world" games (as opposed to "open space") I think. Blow up anything, go anywhere, destroy the Playar Commander Brother-in-laws life, and all while solving basically one big puzzle. Or 12 big puzzles in Damocles I guess... Oh, and this one's FREE! ( http://mercenarysite.free.fr/mddclone.htm )
Urm, yeah, that's not all of them IMO, but it's all I have time to write...