Favourite game from back then

Post by **Chroelle** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:41

Well what was your favourite game back then.

I can't decide between two myself.

Pirates! Gold
or
Syndicate

I loved those two games, even though I had a hard time doing great in Pirates. I think it was rather hard.
And the jump in difficulty from the last two three missions to the very last mission in Syndicate was insane. I was unstoppable in all missions until I got to the last one. Took me about 50 tries just to get a foothold before dying.

FogToo · Post by **FogToo** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:22

I didn't fancy either one of those..
Civilization has always been my favorite.. The only problem, is the faster your computer is, the slower the game runs.. Even though I still play the game with the lag.. None of the newer versions of the game come close to it..
Turnbased strategy games is my favorite.. Newer games still needs the excitement that the old ones had.. Diplomacy was high on the list to, but it needs the advancement that civilization had..

Post by **Chroelle** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:15

Granted Civilization was a great game. I have the same issues with the newer versions and trying to play the old version on my PC.

I was so glad when I found it again, and pretty disappointed when I ran it, and everything was so slow that it was unbearable....

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 21:48

You considered Pirates hard? Maybe I didn't play it on the highest difficulty, as I should have, but I thought it was actually rather easy, once you got the hang of it.

While Pirates was certainly a great game, as was Civ, my favorite game, in the very early days, was without a doubt Elite. I spent hundreds, if not thousands, of hours docking my ship, exploring the galaxies, and fighting space pirates. I kept a separate cassette tape for my C64 exclusively for Elite save games, and it was almost full by the time I exchanged my C64 for an Amiga.

This was long before Elite Plus, Frontiers and First Encounters, mind you, which were great games/expansions, but never enthralled me the way the original did. (Which is to say, I probably only spent a couple hundred hours on those...)

Prideth · Post by **Prideth** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 0:33

My favorite old games were two I played on my C64.

They are Tau Ceti, a space oriented one and Impossible Mission. Both these games kept me busy for hours and the satisfaction I felt when I finally beat them was better than what I've ever felt for any newer games.

Both these games were pretty sophisticated for the C64 and had nice colours, graphics ect. They look very old and clunky compared to newer games though of course

.

Dizi · Post by **Dizi** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 17:24

back when?? well back about 5 minutes ago my favourite game was ...nah just kidding

My favourite games were Sanfu on the intellivision or Kings Quest 5 on the PC ohhh and monkey island

Sanfu because it is highly adictive, kings quest 5 because I liked the story

and monkey island because it is monkey island

Pitkin · Post by **Pitkin** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 16:01

Shucks, I once made a comprehensive list of my favourite games, of which most are oldies, but I've lost it somewhere by now. v_v

So, I'll just name a few of my all-time favourites:

1st place. Commodore 64; The Last Ninja 2: Back with Vengeance. Absolutely my all-time table-topping game. Good old medieval ninja Armakuni is cruelly woken up from his prayers, and when the game starts he finds himself in the middle of New York of the 1980s. Adventuring through the seven totally awesome and colourful levels, often engaging in a fight with the bad guys patrolling on the streets / in the sewers / etc, Armakuni must find his way to his arch-nemesis Kunitoki's hideout and deal with his antiquities before being able to return home. The game music is the best I've ever heard, Matt Gray having done an extraordinary work with the C64 SIDs. I just cannot help it, I love this game more than anything else ever created for playing.

The rest will go without further introduction:

4d (Sports) Boxing (Amiga/PC)
Another World (Amiga)
Anticipation (NES)
Bubble Bobble (C64)
Command & Conquer (PC)
Command & Conquer - Red Alert (PC)
the Great Giana Sisters (C64)
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (Amiga/PC)
Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis (Amiga/PC)
the Manager (Amiga/PC)
Moonstone: a Hard Day's Knight (Amiga/PC)
Pinball Fantasies (Amiga/PC)
Prince of Persia (Amiga/PC)
Princess Maker 2 (PC)
the Secret of Monkey Island (Amiga/PC)
the Secret of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (Amiga/PC)
Sensible World of Soccer (Amiga/PC)
the Settlers (Amiga/PC)
Sotsugyoo; Graduation (PC) (haven't played this 1997 publication nearly as much as the others, as I got to know with this only last year; made an immediate impact, though)
Summer Games I & II (C64)
Syndicate (Amiga/PC)
Transport Tycoon (PC)
Wings of Fury (Amiga)
Winter Games (C64)

I'm bound to have forgotten some totally awesome games, and I'll add them to the list as soon as they pop into my mind. ^^;

Parvini · Post by **Parvini** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 20:26

Since my website is still down... I'll just alert you to some more well known games that people remarkably haven't mentioned so far...

The Dizzy Games for ZX Sepctrum circa 1987-1992

Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3 & Super Mario World & Super Mario Kart

(Super) Street Fighter 2 (Turbo/ Alpha 1/2/3)

The Legend of Zelda 3

Megaman 1, 2, 3, 4 (and arguably 5 and 6)

Super Punch Out

Hang on... is this PC only... umm...

In that case, I'll mention some obscure titles:

Omikron: The Nomad Soul - fantastic dystopian game that prefigures Deux Ex, let down by hybritity but featuring David Bowie.

Constructor - fast paced and very humourous Landlord sim

Covert Action - one of Sid Meier's best in my view. I love it, so much to do - a modern remake would be so so wonderful.

Colonization - the little and oft overlooked brother of Civ - brilliant trading sim, superior in my view to Machiavelli: The Prince.

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 0:28

Just to mention this.
I actually thought a lot of Colonization when working on the ranks. You should notice titles like...
Endentured servant
Statesman...

I was thinking of doing the ranksystem from the game to the point, but then realized that there were some things that needed to be placed in then, and that left a ranking system with flaws, so only kept a few.

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:44

Parvini, your "obscure" games aren't that bad. Then of course it could be argued that if anybody should know "obscure" titles, it would be us... I remember I once made a complete list of "playable" characters in Nomad Soul, and the favorite was a thief you could get to play if you went and lost a crucial battle.

Fun game, that, if severely hampered by too simplistic mini-games. I wonder what I did with that character list...

In any case, I've never heard of Constructor, but have played the others extensively. Comparing Colonization to Machiavelli?! That's unreasonable, Machi isn't much of a trading "sim." (It is kind of fun in multi-player though.)

And no worries, you can put as many console games in there as you want. As long as it's old stuff, anything goes.

...and Chrølle, shouldn't that be "Indentured Servant"?

Post by **Chroelle** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 13:37

It should yes. Did I make a typo ...

Heimnar · Post by **Heimnar** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:59

I remember some really amazing games from the times of ZX-Spectrum. To name only few:
Jet Pac - wonderful arcade game
Knight Lore - ...arcade/RPG/adventure... a sort of. Very good!
Dragontorc - ...RPG/Adventure. Fantastic and difficult as hell

From PC games:
Command and Conquer - Tiberian Dawn
Civilization
Dune II

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 14:30

I loved Cryos 'Dune' a certainly underestimated game, and of course Lucas Arts Classic adventure games like Monkey Island. Yesterday I completed the hard level in just 55 minutes. Even when I'll be

I'll love it.

I spent also a lot of time playing 'The Manager' or 'Civilization'. 'Red Baron' was also very entertaining.

Pager · Post by **Pager** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 0:17

[quote="Parvini"]
Omikron: The Nomad Soul - fantastic dystopian game that prefigures Deux Ex, let down by hybritity but featuring David Bowie.
[quote]

Oh man, I think I'm gonna load this up tonight and play it again...think you've sparked something Parvini!

As for mine...

BioForge
Xevious (Atari 7800 version)
Dig Dug (Atari 7800 version)
Space Quest 3 <- this was the best one...close second would be number 5...

OSH · Post by **OSH** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 16:50

I love space simulators like ELITE, FRONTIER or X-WING. But also a realistic strategy like Harpoon. One of my beloved games is UFO ENEMY UNKNOWN. On C-64 I've played (and play today) LaserSquad, LastNinja. I have over 16 thousand games for C-64 and my only trouble is totally lack of free time

icarus · Post by **icarus** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 22:15

If you know me the most, you should´ve known I´m gonna Said the best IS Ultima 7 Part I & II... but I want to post another games that entertained me the most (in no special order):

- PC:
. X-Com 1, 2 & 3
. Civilization
. Stronghold (the first one)
. Dune
. The Horde
. Syndicate
. QUAKE
. Blood
. Lucas and Sierra Adv. Games (almost all)

- Console:
. Assault Suit Leynos
. Final Fantasy Series
. Fantasy Star 4
. Castlevania series
. Breath of Fire 2
. Chrono Trigger
. Mega Man series
. Actraiser
. Contra
. Konami Adventure 1
. Mario series

did I mention too much? well, there are dozens of games I didn´t mention

Manimal · Post by **Manimal** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 18:28

None has played Double Dragon on Atari 520STx? (replace x with E or F ^_^ )
I've spent time on Nebulus... those towers are so cool.

far before there was Karate and Donkey Kong on Apple IIe...

If I'd post the list here this would be too long and boring to read !

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 19:17

No, not on the atari, but on the NES and Gameboy

My list would include: (PC)

RPG's:
Realms of Arkania - Blade of Destiny (God, I spent months with this one)
Relams of Arkania II - Startrail
Realms of Arkania III - Shadows over Riva

Sims:
Civilization
Zeppelin - Giants of the Sky

Adventures:
Dune
Space Quest III
Indiana Jones IV - Fate of Atlantis
Monkey Island II
Police Quest II
Simon the Sorcerer
Der Schatz am Silbersee (German adventure made by Software 2000 and the reason I came to OG four years ago)

Action:
Doom 2
Red Baron

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 19:37

I simply can never forget master of orion 1. I really loved that game. I wonder if anyone else ever enjoyed it, but for me it was the game back then.. Favourite races? Well, most of you probably know it by now.. But truth is i had another favourite too... Can anyone guess it?

Chillum · Post by **Chillum** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 20:30

I don't know if it's from "back then", in the way you mean... I'm not that old, you know

But one of the games which've entertained me (and my father) most "back then", is Final Doom... The first game I got for my playstation

:D
Unfortunately I've sold it now

But this screeshot brings back memories ^_^