After all the console gaming it was time to get on to something more serious. Big and clunky good old PC with bucket like monitor and old mouse. Kids today will never know the joy of rolling the ball from the mouse around like we used to. My first PC had 266Mhz, 16Mb of Ram, integrated graphic card that I upgraded for Voodoo 3, Hard Disk had 2Gb and OS was Windows 95. Fucking machine! That was some serious hardware back in 1998. All that so I could run some great evergreen games that I will mention soon.
Command&Conquer Red Alert
Who can forget this game. Building a base was so satisfying in Command&Conquer games, user interface was always great fun in any of C&C games. In this one we had two factions in alternate timeline, Soviet and Allies with some advanced tech from time to time like Tesla turrets or Iron Curtain special ability. Action was fast and I think that game started using term Tank Rush.
Starcraft
This was my favorite game for many years. I played so many multiplayer games with my friends in gaming clubs and after that would come home and play the single player campaign. 3 different SF races captured my imagination for many years to come, and today Starcraft 2 is among my most played games.
Septerra Core
This was great looking had drawn turn based RPG game with point and click adventure elements, deep world filled with unknown and a lot of interesting characters. World of Septerra Core had 7 layers or husks, each one with different look and culture where you would spend time adventuring and gathering new companions, weapons and upgrades.
Diablo
This game must be mentioned again and again. Diablo jump started the whole new genre called Action Role Playing Games or ARPG. Dark atmosphere and music, mixed with environmental sounds was immersive as no game before. There is something about that loot finding and endless grinding that makes Diablo the best ever.
Half Life
Got to mention this First Person Shooter that started an avalanche of great mods that ended up being most played Esports today like Counter Strike GO. Half Life also had an amazing single player campaign and great and addictive multiplayer.
Duke Nukem! Wolfenstien 3D!
That reminds me that I still must play new Wolfenstien, got decent reviews.
Kids will never know what an amiga is.
lemmings!!
Larry!!
Microsoccer!!
Haha Leisure Suit Larry! Good times. I loved Lemmings, I had the holiday edition remake in the late 90's.
That game was like... WOW you can have.... sex in the game??
As a young teen, that was the only thing on my mind back then lol
They have the game in IOS and probably android. I bought it but couldn't get past the first part, I lost interest. I guess real sex is better now. LOL
haha lol hell yeah!!!
HAHA, yes. It was a great adventure!
I almost forgot about Larry !
Good old Larry!
And Doom!!
Quake, Unreal Tournament, Need For Speed, Heroes...
Good times.
Need for Speed!
Fallout, Morrowid, so many.. Hard to count :)
Excellent list, i am loving it.
Great times.
Yes indeed.
As far as old PC games go, for me it's point and click adventure games, Deus Ex and Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight.
A lot of others, too, but those were the big ones for me. :)
I also had that Star Wars simulator where you flew one of the ships, I think it was the enemy ship, the TIE bomber.
I was already a bit older, but the comic book RPG game Freedom Force was a big part of my childhood, as well. It wasn't quite as good as it could have been, but it was still really fun.
Deus Ex is one of my favorite franchises, I'm playing Mankind Divided atm, holy cow how hardware hungry this game is.
Hah, I can imagine. I only have the first Deus Ex. My machine would probably not even run Mankind Divided.
And hey, Age of Empires 2 deserves a mention! And Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.
For sure, I could of counted 30 games from that era easy, or I can just make a series one day, I plan to stay on steemit until bitter end or highest high :)
Who could indeed forget Red Alert? Though I liked the main C&C series more up to Kane's Wrath, it's still a great game with amazing music. Easily one of the most memorable RTS games I've played.
Dune 2000 was also pretty dope at the time.
I plan to write about C&C series, I played almost every game from the series, only missed first C&C.
Dune 2000 or "Fremen ready game" , great Dune setting for C&C game.
Soldier of Fortune, Take No Prisoners, Moto Racer 1 and 2, Powerslide, Need For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit and Return To Castle Wolfenstein!! True classics!!
I remember playing a demo of Need for Speed Hot Pursuit for days, one highly addictive track in lambo. Fun times :) Also who plays demos these days, no more demos around.
Starcraft, Diablo big love for those games <3