Chupacabra Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 While I'm thinking about it - Karateka Prince of Persia Civ 1-2 ------------------ Grand Poobah of the fresh fire of Heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azuth Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 Dang! I started my gaming career right after Elite. Too bad I missed that one. Anyway, here's my classics list: X-Com(easily #1) Ultima Underworld(set the standard for 3D graphics, story, and immersion) Master of Orion Warcraft(the first one) Privateer Mindrover(if you haven't heard of it, you need to check it out http://www.mindrover.com ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumrox Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 Here's my short list: Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 Starcraft Half-life & Counterstrike Warcraft II Duke Nukem 3D Aces Over the Pacific Tony Larussa Baseball II Doom Empire XOR NFL Challenge (little X's and O's ran the plays: classic) Indianapolis 500 and lastly... Adventure for the Atari 2600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juardis Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 I was thinking of starting a seperate thread, but it'll work here. CMBO is now the longest lived computer game ever to stay on my computer. Before this, the previous records went to: 1. The Lost Admiral (played for months and months. Old classic by QQP, not many people have heard of it I bet) 2. Civilization I (played for months) 3. X-Com, UFO Defense (played it twice) ------------------ Jeff Abbott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Khann Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 Wow, lots of memories... In no particular order: - Combat Mission - XCom: UFO Defense - Starcraft (this one was almost a religion for me) - Clash of Steel - GemStoneIII (see Starcraft comments, above) - Falcon (Amiga) - Sim City (Amiga) - Silent Service (C-64) - Archon (C-64) Papa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hans: Jarmo Strategic Conquest...was that the one... B/W screen..started with one infantry unit on a black screen then found cities, had armor, transports and bomber units that self destructed in a nuke???? Know where I can find that???<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's the one. The version I played had color. It's been updated every now and then. Version 4 can be found from: http://www.DeltaTao.com/products.html Or from where everything can always be found: http://www.versiontracker.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrido Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 Zork TRASH-80! M.U.L.E. C-64 and Apple Ultima See above! Red Storm Rising X-Com System Shock Empire Empire Deluxe Perfect General and Admerial Warcraft I & II Homeworld Original Air Warrier on GENie Falcon Harpoon Anyone remember Empire? Horrido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfLord Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 My top ten in no particular order: Ultima VII Fallout 1 and 2 Planescape Torment Civ 2 Alpha Centauri Combat Mission Thief I and II Deus Ex Doom 1 X-Com (1st one of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman7w Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 Hah!! Yes, I remember Empire. It was pretty cool, but didn't quite crack my top list. Man, what memories... 1 - Warlords - Atari 2600 (as someone said about Mule: Screw your friends) 2 - Gateway to Apshai - Coleco Adam (remember those Black Mambas?) 3 - Archon - Atari 800xl 4 - Planetfall (played over a Summer with a buddy of mine.) 5 - F-15 Strike Eagle - Atari 800xl 6 - Falcon - Atari ST 7 - Dungeon Master - Atari ST 8 - Ultima III 9 - ATF, Longbow - PC 10 - Baldur's Gate "I can but try" 11 - Civ II (curse those damn Mongols!) Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Horrido: Anyone remember Empire?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Empire Deluxe and Perfect General (not in that order) would be my whole "short" list. Perfect General was ahead of its time... a real classic in many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compassion Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mord: P.S when you spoke of Ambush Compassion, were you talking about Computer Ambush from SSI? That was one of my brother's all time favorites!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The very one... That was the game that sucked me in... that and Cosmic Balance and Ultima. Started my Wargaming career with Sniper. When I saw Ambush it was love at first sight "how could things get any better?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disaster@work Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 Civilization 2 Gettysburg Half Life: Counterstrike Pirates Masters of Orion Doom Quake Ultima IV X-Com Close Combat Colonization Myth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborat Posted December 1, 2000 Share Posted December 1, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Horrido: Anyone remember Empire? Horrido<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Are you kidding, I still play it, classic basic wargame. It is the only game I played cross platform. Had it on the Amiga, then when I bowed to reality and transferred to PC, went out and found a PC copy of Empire, later upgraded to Empire Deluxe and tried Empire II (not nearly as good). Also loved the original Falcon on Amiga (actually finished the campaign on the hardest level) and 3.0 on PC. Haven't seen Tie Fighter mentioned too often, I consider it a top ten classic, regardless of genre. I went out and bought the win95 copy when the original wouldn't run after an upgrade. ------------------ "With cat-like tread, Upon our prey we steal; In silence dread, Our cautious way we feel." -G&S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Vance Astrovich Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 Well, I just got to ad my 2 cents worth. And to date myself, the first game I played that was a true obsession was on the Atari 2600: Breakout, and the sequel, Super Breakout Then came the Atari computer: Silent Service Castle Wolfenstien Then came the best game platform of the time, the Commodore 64: Pool Of Radiance Airborne Ranger Leader Board Golf PC: Doom and Doom II X-Com 1 Civ 1 Panzer General Indy Car Racing 2 Warcraft II Sim City 2000/3000 Daggerfall Command & Conquer: Red Alert Steel Panthers Starcraft Nascar 3 Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord And yes, time will tell how high CM will climb on this list, but I doubt any game will beat the #1 of all time. I agree with Mord, and so many others. No game has been a greater obsession than Doom and Doom II. God, even if there was only the 1 episode shareware game ever produced, it would have been the greatest game! It was the finest game experience I have ever had, those 6 or 8 months of total immersion in a terrifying and alien world. I still can hear that mancubus bubbling growl break the silence. ------------------ Capt. Vance Astrovich [This message has been edited by Capt. Vance Astrovich (edited 12-01-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samhain Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 A few: Scott Adams and Infocom Games (esp. Zork I) on the TRS-80 Spy Hunter (Colecovision) Karateka (Apple II) Gauntlet (arcade) Miner 2049'er (Atari 400) Dark Castle, Shadowgate, Crystal Quest (early Mac--i.e., black and white) Wolfenstein 3D (PC, my first shooter--I never recovered ) Doom (PC, my first "online" game experience--I never recovered from that either) ------------------ Hope you got your things together, Hope you are quite prepared to die. --CCR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 Into the wayback machine Mr. Peabody. Ancient Art of War X-Com Master of Orion Secret Weapons of the Lufwaffe Doom Red Baron Wasteland Harpoon (various iterations) Steel Panthers Myth [This message has been edited by Marlow (edited 12-01-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kking199 Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 Though it's time may have passed... In response to the original question of "classic" games... Civilization I & II (what needs to be said) Doom (not the original but the son) SimCity Mac(I was addicted for months) Games I loved! Wolfenstein 3D (shareware, bought the full version, the Father of all FPS's) Harpoon (does anyone remember or like this one?) Outlaws (First FPS to have a "Zoomed" sniper weapon) Dark Forces (what has happended to LucasArts, use to produce consistenly good titles) Command & Conquer (my first head to head game ever played, kick started the RTS craze) Half-Life (I debated about this being a classic, love the 1st person game, played TFC for 6+ months, have been playing Counter-Strike for 6+ months, best gaming dollar I ever spent, nothing comes close!) Close Combat II - possible classic as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Adder Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 ELITE must be the definite, all-time favorite game. Doesn't pictures like this take you right back? Those were the days! The Adder CM-OKW ------------------ "The Germans are such a cruel and inhuman race; they have no word for fluffy" [This message has been edited by The Adder (edited 12-02-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 Hi all well being a relative PC newbie (1998 vintage) I have not heard of most of the titles named in this thread nor indeed many of the 'platforms/machines' they were designed for ! But my own (exculsively PC) list of favs are in no particular order Eastern Front (actually reason I bought a PC) Western Front and surprise surprise : Rising Sun Steel Panthers Over The Reich European Air War Age Of Empires Close Combat : A Bridge Too Far Panzer Commander Caesar III SM Gettysburg All the Battleground Titles and Blade Runner (played this one to death) Cheers ------------------ Sgt Steiner Belfast NI UK [This message has been edited by Sgt Steiner (edited 12-02-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-E Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 I can't believe I didn't see Kampfgruppe mentioned up there! (or did I miss it? *grin*) I'm back with Compassion's list... Do I remember Computer Ambush? I still play it occasionally! In fact CM is very reminiscent of CA when you've stacked your orders. Padooka, go get 'em! Or... one of my all time faves was Operation Market Garden for the IIe. Although a bit off the subject matter, my absolute alltime favorite was Fighter Command for the IIe... Note: all of the above are still playable using A2 emulators which are available for PC's & Macs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Bates Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 I played Sensible Soccer and the original B-17 Flying Fortress a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darstand Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 I played these games until my eyes bled. Master of Orion Master of Orion II Starcraft Chain of Command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 Wow! There are some of the ancient ones on this tread (including yours truly!) My Most Memorable: Asteroids - (in the arcade) I won't tell you how many quarters went into those machines, but I met my best friend and first love there and she's still my best friend after 20+ years and the only person that I know that scored over 300,000 on Asteroids II) The First three in the X-COM series - Who can forget the eerie music and shock the very first time you came up on a UFO in X-COM? I still remember that to this day. Pacific Air War Falcon 4.0 Steel Panthers I and II Jane's F-15 Strike Eagle Harpoon (Amiga) Hero's of Might and Magic II and III Baldur's Gate I and II Master of Orion II Pool of Radiance (Amiga) Rogue Spear Homeworld and Homeworld Cataclysm Empire (Amiga) Civ I and II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 Wow! There are some of the ancient ones on this tread (including yours truly!) My Most Memorable: Asteroids - (in the arcade) I won't tell you how many quarters went into those machines, but I met my best friend and first love there and she's still my best friend after 20+ years and the only person that I know that scored over 300,000 on Asteroids II) The first three in the X-COM series - Who can forget the eerie music and shock the very first time you came up on a UFO in X-COM: UFO Defense? I still remember that to this day. Pacific Air War Falcon 4.0 Steel Panthers I and II Jane's F-15 Strike Eagle Harpoon (Amiga) Hero's of Might and Magic II and III Baldur's Gate I and II Master of Orion II Pool of Radiance (Amiga) Rogue Spear Homeworld and Homeworld Cataclysm Empire (Amiga) Civ I and II And of course CM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 I can believe no one has mentioned the classic: M1 Tank Platoon by Microprose. That was my very first PC game back in '91. (Required a 5.25" floppy to be in the drive at boot-up.) Played that thing silly. Loved brewing up hull down BMPs along crest lines. Also in the same lines, Gunship 2000. No, not the new one that is a piece of ****, but the one that came out in '92 I bvelieve. It had a huge database of Warsaw Pact vehicles. Shame 3D accelaration wasn't around then to supply textures on the 3D models. Also Stealth Fighter 2.0 was good. Again, one of those first 3D polygon flight sims that had bare textures. But it played great though. Loved flying over Baghdad and taking out their Air Defense Building with a LGB. Red Baron, Aces of the Pacific and Aces Over Europe were good also, liked AotP better though. Didn't understand the gun fire convergement in AOE. What I kept saying about those games though was, "How many times can you shoot down the same Ace???" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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