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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Descent II should at least have an honourable mention

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No Sierra adventure games? Those were awesome in the mid-late 80s. Also no Lucas Arts adventure games. Mean the list isn't awful but none of those really were a staple game type for awhile. You could get your money's worth with some stupid puzzle or figuring out the exact text to type ah fond memories.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Arstechnica had a writeup a few weeks ago about classic Sierra games. I loved them at the time but they don't hold up. There's like 20 minutes of actual game spread with slow walking and impossible puzzles where you were encouraged to call pay per minute game tip phone numbers.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No love for Commander Keen? Aside from Doom, that was my most played.

Got a weird DOS shell "OS" at Walmart for $5, favorite shell of all time. Made icons with the built-in editor of all the Keen beasts!

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

The green guys with the eyestalk? Iconic.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 9 points 1 month ago

Obviously missing The 7th Guest, strangely missing Monkey Island

[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Why both Wolf3d and Doom?

[–] knightcole@retrolemmy.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm seeing a significant lack of System Shock here.

[–] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 month ago

Syndicate (better on PC than Amiga)

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

TIE Fighter and X-Wing. Pretty sure they were DOS... Gotta send some love to Roger Wilco, too.

X-Com gang rise up

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

Crusader No Remorse and No Regret were top tier DOS games.