I’m setting up my MiSTer FPGA and want to prioritize a bit. I currently have DOS and Win 95 running, but plan to setup Macintosh and any other worthwhile computer platforms. Any computer platform welcome (I already have the consoles figured out). What are your “must try” game suggestions?

Edit: I just got back to this post and am pleasantly surprised by the response. I’ll probably be adding most if not all of these to test since I have the space. Thank you to everyone who commented.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•6 months ago

        Edit: oh shit. Wikipedia claims 2001 indeed… Now makes me want to check what exactly we played or whether I manufactured that memory…

        ~~Nope. G1 is from 98, G2 is from 01.

        I played them in Germany in German back in the day maybe the English release was later?~~

        • @[email protected]English
          3•6 months ago

          Where did you get that info? Checked Mobygames after Wikipedia. They also date G1 to 2001. G2 is from 2002. I was sure about the date, because I heard the Gothic episode from the amazing german podcast Stay Forever a few days ago and am now playing the first game. 😁

          Edit: worldofgothic also lists the 15.03.01 as the release date for the german version.

          Edit 2: my Lemmy app doesn’t show the strikethrough and I am a bit too hungover to understand your edit without reading it four times.

  • SuzyQEnglish
    7•6 months ago

    Kings Quest 5, 6, & 7

    Jill of the Jungle trilogy (free on GOG!)

    Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth

    Torin’s Passage

    … Can you tell my dad was a Sierra Online fan? ^^’

  • Capt. WolfEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    X-Com - UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep (I remember hacking my demo copy of UFO Defense and bypassing the shareware check. Still my all time favorite strategy game)

    Doom

    Duke Nukem 1, 2, and 3D

    Wolfenstein 3D

    Jetpack

    Commander Keen

    Raptor: Call of the Shadows

    Rise of the Triad

    Monster Bash (Just pretty much anything 3D Realms or Apogee related was gold)

    Moraff’s Dungeons of the Unforgiven(Only ever had the shareware version as a kid, but I played it over and over)

  • @[email protected]English
    7•6 months ago

    Jazz Jackrabbit Epic Pinball Elder Scrolls Daggerfall Monkey Island 1, 2 and 3 Heretic and Hexen

  • @[email protected]English
    3•6 months ago

    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.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•6 months ago

    My mom got us this “Kids Cube” game collection in CompUSA when I was a kid and there were some gems in there. I’ve been looking for years to try and find the list of games but it’s one of those cheap dollar bin software collections. Anywho, some of the games I loved from that included:

    Battle Bugs Jetpack Mice Movers Loader Larry

    Non Kids Cube games: Doom (duh) Hero’s of might and Magic 3 Kings Quest VI Return to Zork Raptor: Call of the Shadows Battle Chess Jazz Jackrabbit Prince of Persia (the classic DOS 2D) Duke Nukem 2D

    Did a quick search and thank you Archive! Found the Kids Cube! There’s a lot of weird stuff on there but I would spend hours just trying stuff out. https://archive.org/details/aztech_kids_cube

    • massive_bereavement
      4•6 months ago

      My highlight in Civ II was losing against a mega empire and then half of it seceded and started a war, so I eventually got the upperhand.

      For X-COM, I remember the sheer terror of boarding a ship with my puny squad.

      • slingstoneEnglish
        2•6 months ago

        One time, in Civ I, I was living my best life as Rome on a big island until the Chinese sent a battleship to my shores and started destroying my triremes. Somehow, I used a diplomat to take over one of their cities and production was stuck on mobile infantry (must have been a bug), which gave me the ability to make units that could defend against their tech. Then I sent more diplomats to steal tech. The list of tech ran off the screen, but it allowed me to still select tech I couldn’t see. So I started scrolling beyond the visible point and blindly stealing tech. When I accidentally stole nuclear weapons, I built one, loaded it on a trireme, and sent it to Beijing. Their empire instantly split, and I was able to survive. It’s still my best memory from any Civilization game.

  • macnielEnglish
    3•6 months ago
    • Turrican 1-3 [Amiga]
    • Command and Conquer
    • Monkey Island 1 [Amiga]
    • Sim City 2000 (Network edition)
    • Unreal Tournament
    • Super Metroid [Super Nintendo]
    • Metal Slug [Neo Geo/Arcade]
    • Pinball Dreams/Illusions (made by DICE before they renamed themselves)