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For me, it was the game Rocket Jockey released by Sega Soft in '96. It was perfect. The game featured a surf rock soundtrack by Dick Dale. The entire premise of the game was to ride around on rockets and using long cables to yank your opponents off theirs. Referees were also fair play. I don't think I've met anyone else who has played the game, so if you have, let me know!

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Jazz Jackrabbit, and all of its versions and the sequel. Banging soundtrack too

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Also monster bash

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Jazz is the DOS Game Club game of the month in August, which is exciting! Been waiting for them to cover it ever since it launched.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I was a big LucasArts graphic adventure game fan. Maniac mansion, Zak McKracken, Indiana Jones, Loom, Monkey Island Then all the Sierra games: leisure Suits Larry, Police Quest, King’s Quest, Camelot…. Good times.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

ahem you forgot to mention full throttle ;)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I really loved Tie Fighter from 1994. The music was pretty cool because it changed based on the state of the mission you were on and star wars music was a cheat code to my feelings.

I also thought it was so cool when you'd complete secret objectives and they'd bring you in to the emperor's secret order and tattoo your arm. I thought that was just fucking great. Those cut scenes were so cool.

Also thanks to all of you who posted cool older games im going to try some of these. I'm thinking about trying fallout I've never played any in that series.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Lucas arts was so strong at that time. I loved dark forces(?) the FPS

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly Lucasarts of the early-90’s to mid 2000’s had such a high batting average.

Tie Fighter really captured the feel of the original trilogy that only a few games have actually done, Dark Forces and Jedi Knight both did the same.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wait, you forgot to mention that he tattoes your arm with FORCE LIGHTNING.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
  • one must fall
  • anything from apogee
  • Ultima underworld
  • wolf 3d / doom
[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Doom, total classic. In that same vein, did you ever play Hexen? I recall it being a pretty cool medieval/ magic Doom.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And of course, unreal tournament. Although that was later. It had a Linux port which is why I played it.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Star Control 2 is the one I still come back to every now and then.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Fallout. Astonishing bit of work. I wish there were more isometric RPGs of that style.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Theme Hospital I still go back to on occasion. I’ve seen Two Point but it’s not the same.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Have you tried corsix th? It lets you play the original theme hospital on modern systems.

https://corsixth.com/

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh this looks amazing. Thank you!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The Commander Keen series.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Unreal Tournament '99!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Scorched Earth Worms UT2K Quake 3 Arena Tribes Descent Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries You Don’t Know Jack Where in the World is Carmen San Diego

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

MechWarrior 3 was where I got into the franchise. Those were awesome games.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

When you load into a mission and the mech boots up… titanfall really scratched that itch

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

ID games of course (Keen/Wolf3d/Doom), Sim City series. Raptor, Warcraft I&II, LucasArts games.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I always go back to Castle Adventure as my warm-fuzzy nostalga hit. Was the first game I played on PC, and yes, I know I'm old.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Does Bubble Bobble through an emulator count?

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Star Control 2 Starflight Civilization Railroad Tycoon SimCity Pirates! King’s Quest Space Quest Telengard Lemmings

My childhood! :-)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I loved Lemmings but man, oh man did I send a lot of those poor things to their death by mistake.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I played the shit out of Rocket Jockey. We only played it once together at a Lan party because I kept tying my friends together. Fun for me, not for them!

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The Moraff adventure games. Moraffs World and Moraffs Dungeons of the Unforgiven.

Also Castle of the Winds.

It's either tough or impossible to get purchased copies of any of them now, but that means there are sites willing to host the full unlocked versions of them now. As far as I know, the creators of both are still alive though. So I suppose if you tried really hard you might still be able to get money to them.

In both cases they were games I played when I was a kid and they stood out as games I wanted to come back to when I was less bad at stuff. And in both cases I did, and little me was right.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Rebel Assault 1 and 2 -- they're total crap, but if you were a Star Wars fan at the time, they were epic. FMV in RA2 was so good, and introduced story unique to the game.

Descent is really hard to beat for me. I put it above Doom/Quake in terms of actual gameplay. It felt so nice to rush to the exit when you're really good. Only Majora's Mask 3-days mechanic has rivaled the anxiety factor of Descent.

Heavy Gear > Mechwarrior.

Starcraft/Warcraft.

Heroes of Might and Magic 1-3.

A shit ton of flash games I can't remember now.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Me and my sister were crazy about Zoo Tycoon, but we weren't super good at it. We would run the zoo into the ground and then release the T. Rex.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Releasing the T. rex and plopping guests into the shark tank and removing the ladder were important parts of a successful zoo. I wish the Zoo Tycoon series kept the same level of freedom the original has, the new one was depressing to play.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I didnt know there was a new one. We played the 1st and 2nd ones.

I feel like anything new would lack the magic from back then.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The original "Master of Orion" was great, and I also spent countless hours playing "Archipelago"

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I keep playing Total Annihilation. I play it at least once a day.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh heck yeah, nothing beats the original Total Annihilation. My dad would play LAN against each other and online. We would absolutely destroyed cause we sucked, but it was fun! Nothing beats picking off the enemy command with a Big Bertha!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I remember having a blast with Rocket Jockey - I think we had it on a demo disc? Otherwise I always loved Sim Copter.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So Im a Star Wars nut, but here goes:

Episode 1 Racer

Dark Forces 2 Jedi Knight

A couple other Lucasarts games:

The Curse of Monkey Island

Grim Fandango

There are so many more, but those are my choices for least talked about entries

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Does Simcity 4 count as retro? It’s ridiculously good.

Also Doom, of course.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rollercoaster Tycoon

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

SimAnt holds deep reverence with me since I remember playing it at my friends house all the time as a kid.

Lands of Lore, Ultima Underworld, Wing Commander, and Master of Orion, because I played them with my brother all of the time.

And Police Quest and Number/Word Munchers because they were some of the first I played in school.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Arcanum

I was totally sucked into the world when I first played it as a kid. The balance and trade offs between tech and magic are awesome and the incredible dialogue and (OK from what I remember) story makes this one I come back to every once in a while.

I don't think I ever actually have beaten the game though -- but I do that with nearly every game.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Digger.

I found a Win version the other day... and it still kicks my ass - just like it did when I was thirteen.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

FX Fighter, Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche vs. KA-52 Hokum, Sim City 3000, Descent, and Carnivores 2. Just love the janky 3D, complicated keyboard bindings, goofy UIs, and crunchy textures.

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