Steve O'Brien (palesteveo) and I were talking about this, and I was curious to see what everyone else came up with.

So the question is: what are some of your favorite old-school computer games?

Rules (so to speak):
PC games ONLY! No consoles.
I'm talking Doom-era type games, so nothing after say...2000, 2001? Earlier than that (Although I don't know the time-frame as well for PC games. Maybe that's too narrow of a time frame).

I look forward to some of your responses.

As for me, I love the original Doom (at least, what I get from the shareware version ), the original Quake and Unreal games (mostly played deaathmatch with my stepdad, but oh well), and Starcraft. I don't normally like RTS's, but that is one exception.

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Squad Leader, 58th Regt., 2nd Batt., "Morse's Marauders" - U.S.S. Azuera
Primary MOS: Rifleman
Secondary MOS: Combat Demolitions

"When the going gets tough, the tough call on the Colonial Marines."

You call "Doom-era" old-school?

Do you not remember the 70s and 80s? In fact, don't answer that!

I was going to mention "Lunar Lander"...


Used to play that on my Commodore Vic-20.


Kevin

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Well, considering I wasn't born until 1989, yes, I do consider that old-school... Compared to what I would play on my PS2 . And obviously, no I don't remember the 70's and 80's . Wasn't around then, although some of the music from the 80's is really good. But that's a subject for another thread .

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Squad Leader, 58th Regt., 2nd Batt., "Morse's Marauders" - U.S.S. Azuera
Primary MOS: Rifleman
Secondary MOS: Combat Demolitions

"When the going gets tough, the tough call on the Colonial Marines."

Temple of Apshai for the commodore 64
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Apshai

The Hobbit for the commodore 64
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(video_game)

Zork for the commodore 64
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork

Monopoly for the Vic20

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Damn, so many fine games... Here's some of my favourites up to the mid-nineties:

Paradroid.
TFX.
The Way Of The Exploding Fist.
Alien Breed: Tower Assault.
Space Hulk.
Attack Of The Mutant Ninja Rabbits.
Tapper.
Whirlynurd.
Another World.
Wolfenstein.
Hero Quest.
Utopia.
Space Marine.
Sim City.
Duke Nukem 3D.

There's a stack of console games too...

Commander Keen is GOD!!!
First ever game i was addicted to, and soon to be inked on my skin

Dragon's Lair--for the arcade......


From the 90s

Killer Instinct!

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I think these are 90s games;

Thief: The Dark Project
Thief: The Metal Age

The third one kinda killed the franchise off, though.


Beyond that, all my favourites are on Sinclair Spectrum (yes, the 48K with rubber keys. Also had a 128K +3 that ran Gunship 2000).
I still have some old magazines with covertapes, including teh issue where my letter was printed!!!! I was such a happy kiddie

I had Pong, does that count???

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Jungle Strike is my favourite cartridge era game. For floppies, Doom. Casette tapes, Treasure Island Dizzy and Space Invaders duke that out.

However, I will always have a soft spot for Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja.

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Carrier Command - ZX Spectrum / Amiga
Desert Strike / Jungle Strike - Amiga
Rick Dangerous/II - Amiga
Lemmings/II - Amiga
Hired Guns - Amiga
Morph - Amiga
Gods - Amiga
Speedball II - Amiga
Trantor : The Last Stormtrooper - ZX Spectrum
Gauntlet - ZX Spectrum
Jack The Nipper II - ZX Spectrum
Syndicate/II - Amiga
Zool - Amiga
Magic Fly - Amiga
Interphase - Amiga
Wizball - ZX Spectrum
Arkanoid/II - ZX Spectrum
Scumball - ZX Spectrum
Robocop - ZX Spectrum
Batman - ZX Spectrum
Head Over Heels - ZX Spectrum

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Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

Man I forgot about this one- Shadow Warrior.

You play as Lo Wang- basically a ninja version of Duke Nukem. Best part of the game were Lo Wang's quotes:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234704/quotes


Kevin

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No-one's mentioned 'Elite' yet.

Nor "Jetpak". :\

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I loved the shareware era...

My fave was Castle Wolfenstein 3D, I had all 6 chapters.

Commander Keen and Duke Nukem (original not 3D) were great!

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Play the original Zork for free here:

http://www.ifiction.org/games/play.phpz ... &mode=html

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super maze wars

Waxing nostalgic about computer games always lands on the Sierra games for me. I loved Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest (my favorite), Kings Quest, etc.

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POLICE QUEST!

My fondest memory of Police Quest was trying to arrest a naked guy, and if you just try to put the cuffs on him he stabs you and you're like "WTF where did that knife come from?". I think he was at a park somewhere. Ahhh I love those games.

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Wing commander, privateer, and syndicate
I would love to play them all again on my mac.

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the one and only computer game i ever played was the original rainbow six ,otherwise its all console games ,and i started out with pong ,, brand new .. (first kids on the block with an atari .yes i am that old

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Alpha squad. Burton's Bandits

Whirlybird Run - Dragon 32
Buzzard Bait - Dragon 32
Alex Kid - Sega Master System
Dizzy - ZX Spectrum

Ahhhh, those were the days.
Took about 10 minutes for the games to load from the actual cassettes.

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Oh Privateer was fun! As was Wing Commander Academy... although I never played any of the other WC games.

Thinking of all the Sierra type games and rpgs I just remembered that I loved:

Buck Rogers (it was based on the early 90s TSR rpg, they made 2 video games)
The Bard's Tale (although the 2004 version was funnier)
D&D games (Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, etc)

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