Are they the ‘epics’ of their time, or some things that are less well known?
Rayman’s saga Especially Rayman 3 and Rayman 2, I am so excited for the upcomming fan-remake Rayman 2: Redreamed
Age of Empires
Age of Mythology too <3
Rogue, Hack, Nethack. Basically nethack, but it built on those before it. Occaisonally Larn. Amiga Larn.
Angband was my jam for a while, and of course that parlayed directly into Dwarf Fortress
Fallout 1 & 2, Final Fantasy 9, Elite
I’ll still crack open any one of the Age of Empires series from time to time.
You just reminded me I have the first version of that game around somewhere, I might dig it back out one of these days soon.
The original and Rise of Rome are great. If you don’t have Rise of Rome it’s almost mandatory, it runs a lot better and has a lot of quality of life improvements, like a higher population cap.
Here goes:
pc:
- duke nukem 3d pc version
- blood
- redneck rampage (so funny!)
- cannon fodder
- day of the tentacle
megadrive:
- streets of rage 2
- road rash 2
- ea hockey 2
Wow Cannon Fodder. I felt so bad for the guys that got wounded and just stayed there suffering.
I actually felt real sadness when I’d been progressing with a name for several levels and then they get blown up by my own doing. When their name appears in the roll of honour!
Wow Cannon Fodder. I felt so bad for the guys that got wounded and just stayed there suffering.
You can shoot them, and shoot them, and shoot them and their body bounces around!
What’s special about EA hockey 2?
Guild wars 1. I don’t play it often but every once in a while I get the itch. It’s honestly still really compelling.
Wasn’t that all online? How is that still going? Ya, I spent a lot of time in guild wars back in the day. Running people to the next stop.
Because they have ai controlled party members (and have since the beginning), it’s actually completely playable solo to this day.
You might be surprised how many people still play though.
That was a pre-steam purchase. One of the few old games I no longer have. I could see playing it again.
I kept one chacter in the intro area and leveled him way beyond normal by letting the monsters kill me, which I guess leveled them up, so I could get poinst from killing them again. Dood was like level 17 in the intro map.I remember people doing that! I never did it myself (way too grindy for me), but it’s pretty crazy the game let you do it
Oh yeah. That was grinding for the sake of grinding. No point, other than bending the game. Its not like the extra levels helped all that much. But I was king of the newbs.
17 is impressive. I think the furthest i got was 14.
I had a buddy who got to 20, before there was a title iirc
I was in a phase. A stay home and drink and play video games till I pass out phase. Plus, I like breaking stuff. That motivates me.
Fired it back up recently and went to one of the main hubs. There was a few other people running around, but it was pretty dead.
But yeah, the pre-cataclysm area was gorgeous at the time. The soundtrack is AMAZING. One of my favorite gaming experiences.
I sunk hours into NetHack, and I still occasionally dive into the dungeons. I also have a NES emulator on my phone, but it’s just not the same. I’ll play Zelda or Metroid for the nostalgia, but it’s not the same as sitting on the couch with friends.
not the same as sitting on the couch with friends.
That’s the biggie that the young kids of today just will never experience!
I bloody loved Harry The Handsome Executive. It was an Ambrosia Software shareware game from the 90s and was surprisingly underrated. Will probably run on Infinite Mac but it never got an OS X port or anything
I have an old iBook which it still runs great on
shareware gave rise to some truly original and awe-inspiring games, some like this: https://mattyongames.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/grandad-quest/
Yes! And that’s amazingly similar to Harry (but also completely different) - Harry goes around the various offices on his swivel chair (backwards, because kicking off things is of course easier) and fires staples at malfunctioning robots
I still find Civil War Generals 2 to be a really fun and challenging game. The visuals are still perfectly readable and charming.
The original Legend of Zelda. I still have it on cartridge and every once in a while I’ll just steamroll the entire game and whoop Ganon’s ass. I can usually do it in about 4 hours.
I don’t use any glitches or speedrun optimizations, I just know where everything is and what order to do things in.
I have been considering a second quest play lately. All these years I have never played the second quest.
I had a small binder full of hand drawn maps of both overworlds and all the dungeons. I wish i still had that. It got pretty ragged from many friends borrowing it. What a great unlocked memory from my childhood.
I started recently. I’m keen to finish it.
Major mix of eras and platforms, but here is my list.
AoE2
NFSU2
Halo MCC
Sim City 2000
Streets of Sim City
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Mario Kart 64
Perfect Dark
Goldeneye
Battlefield 3
Super Mario Bros Deluxe
Mario 64
Overwatch
Half Life 2 +eps
Gary’s Mod
Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour
Fallout New Vegas
I forgot simcity 2000 - that is one hell of a classic! hl2 is good until you get to the part where you have to set the turrets up and you just die and die and die. I got it when it was free on the steam weekender a few months back but totally forgot about that part. I’ve just given up now as the fun has gone from it.
I’ve been on a Doom kick for a bit, although it’s modified to retain some more current gen flair. Just finished Going Down Turbo with Project Brutality. Is it faithful to the OG? Not quite, but it’s truly amazing how far the the engine has come despite being heavily modified in its own right.
I have replayed Baldur’s Gate 2 more than any other narrative game, and will probably do another playthrough in the coming years. So it’s most likely that. Oh, and Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven multiplayer on the PS2 whenever I am over at one specific friend’s place. That was our go-to couch game growing up and it’s still nostalgic.
Syndicate Wars. I honestly haven’t seen anyone emulate that gameplay as well as SW did it since then.
