The Last Express - really great story
Pizza Tycoon - this was such a fantastic management sim, I spent ages playing it back in the day
The Last Express - really great story
Pizza Tycoon - this was such a fantastic management sim, I spent ages playing it back in the day
Age of empires Star wars galactic battlegrounds Deus ex (I think that was pre 2000) Cossacks European wars
Wolfenstein and Hover.
I'm old so a lot but I always mention SSI DnD games like Pool of Radiance. I think the games would be a bit of slog for most people today. All the Ultimas besides 9.
I always go back to the original Age of Empires as a classic.
Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe and Cannon Fodder are must try (there are both Amiga and dos versions for both).
Lemmings is really good. Original Worms. Lost Vikings. Syndicate.
Star Control 2
All challengers can GTFO 🧐
Campers who disagree are silly cows and we will have to dance with them.
Myst is an all-time classic. I'd just wander around exploring the world.
I tried so hard to get anywhere in Magic Carpet but our home computer ran the game too fast. I needed the "turbo button" to slow the game down but we didn't have one.
Also had the PC version of Garfield Caught in the Act (just called Garfield on PC). Played through it over and over again. The Genesis game with improved graphics, an exclusive level and one of the most underrated soundtracks in gaming. Seriously, look up the soundtrack to the PC version, the entire thing jams.
EDIT: Also, Age of Wonders. I actually spent more time in the level editor than in the game itself, building Middle Earth as a map and placing cities, factions and leaders on it as something of an "old school" (for the time) Battle for Middle Earth.
Where do I even start ?
Star Flight
Fairy Tale Adventure
Both from the 80s
Hot damn, I love me some Star Flight!
My guy, we have the technology. You can edit that title to fix the horrible grammar lol.
"What are your favorite pre-2000 video games?"
Quarantine
Amiga:
ZX Spectrum:
Ocarina of time Red Alert .. yeah probably just those two would do me
amiga wings of fury
atari 1040ST outrun (the audio on atari!!!)
c64 zak mckraken
Fate of Atlantis is pretty good
1995ish, Starfighter 3000 - DOS Windows 95
Janky as fuck by today's standards, but that was my gateway drug into PC gaming.
SSI gold box D&D titles and Dungeon master, though both are better on Amiga
Ore Truck Simulator '96
Boy that is tough. There are a few just after 2000 but I was not doing much in the late nineties. I can't think of anything after xwing series that was not after 2k. Doom2. I honestly cannot remember what I was doing computer game wise in the late 90's.
Squarez Deluxe (which is now Freeware!)
It's a thinking man's Tetris and about 100x more rewarding to play
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator
Myth The Fallen Lords and Myth 2 on the Macintosh. This was my favorite multiplayer game I’ve ever played by far.
Other great Mac games from my youth: The Odyssey (1994) by David Larkin Sim City and Sim City 2000 Rogue Sim Ant Prince of Persia The Scarab of Ra Realmz Path Ways into Darkness and Marathon
And my favorites on BBS were Major Mud and Legend of the Red Dragon.
I didn't have a PC, but when I went to friend’s houses I would play the shit out of Doom.
There was this older 90's (I think?) game I loved but I can't figure out the name or find it, despite some googling. You played the part of someone piloting a drone on a space station that had a viral outbreak. The virus alerted the DNA of the victims that the automated security system could no longer identify them as friendlies and so went on a killing spree. You're trying to find video clips from the inhabitants, collecting DNA samples, very point and click adventure with neat animated scenes with FMV. If this rings a bell or if anyone knows it, let me know!
Myst and Obsidian
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