Favorite classic video game

[roguetoaster]

Anyone play this?

One of my faves.. Mech strategy kinda thing

That's the one where you got to choose to drug your mech pilots or something if they got injured? Hex based IIRC.

Natural lead in to Mechwarrior! Forgot how crappy those graphics were, wow! Stomping on your own almost invisible ground troops was awesome too.

[cormier]

That's the one where you got to choose to drug your mech pilots or something if they got injured? Hex based IIRC.

Natural lead in to Mechwarrior! Forgot how crappy those graphics were, wow! Stomping on your own almost invisible ground troops was awesome too.

Ya that's the one! Great design for that time





Mechwarrior and earthseige were the bees knees for sure. We have them to thank for MWO and Hawken now

[roguetoaster]

One more hex based game. Go figure, I became an American History major.



Something educational (which was pretty darn fun for the genre).



Africa/Amazon/Yukon Trail



This version of Carmen Sandiego. Transitional "graphics" and cool sounds, along with geography information (and no way to cheat (except to read) AFAIK)!

[Aleman]

I played about a trillion hours of Enduro when I was a kid

[Q5Quint]

This thread makes me want to bust out the old emulators.

Making a list and checking it twice, will update later a we go on. Just revisiting my childhood no big deal. I was mostly a computer nerd but had a nes and sega.

old pc-dos:
ultima underworld
wolfpack
oregon trail
sim ant- sim city
Populous
ceaser 2
lemmings
dune
max
magic carpet
lode runner
outrun
need for speed
carmageddon
doom
X-Com
hexen
crusader no remorse
civilization
wing commander
descent
full throttle
day of the tentacle
master of orion
wolfenstien
kings quest



old pc-windows:
command and conquer
total annihilation
Syndicate
Worms Armageddon
tomb raider
quake&q2
gta2
red alert
mass destruction
mech warrior 2
warcraft and starcraft


nes
metal gear
dang mario
duck hunts
contra
zelda
kirby
megaman
1941? the plane game
world cup!
ninja turtles
startropics
tiny toons
castlevania
duck tales
metal storm
willow
bubble bobble
qbert
metal gear
metroid
punch out
bionic commando


snes
street fighter 2 tizzurbo
evo
mariokart
super tennis
pilotwings
secret of mana
megaman x
donkey kang
kirby
bomberman
star fox


sega
zero wing
nba jam
mortal kombat
Gaiares
Jungle strike
Toejam and Earl
Sonic (duh)
Comix Zone
Lost Vikings
flashback
earthworm jim
ecco that bastard dolphin



n64
road rash
mario 64
smash bros
Rogue Squadron
goldeneye
1080 snowboarding
perfect dark

ps1
jet moto
crash bandicoot
Vigilante 8
Abe's Exodus
Parappa the Rapper
Final Fantasy Tactics
tony hawk
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Final Fantasy 7
Metal Gear Solid
resident evil
that game with the mechs that you fly around in? maybe that was ps2

dare I say... dreamcast?
house of the dead
crazy taxi
soul caliber
dead or alive



I think my gaming peaked in about 1997 and then went down from there as I found out more about girls and gasoline.

[Jand3rson]

Did anyone else ever play Day of the Tentacle?

[PFCRayB]

ok so I didn't read through the whole thread but I'm like 88% sure no one has said F&F(Fire & Forget) it was for Dos

[jd_e30]

Favorite classic video game

Zelda - sucked at it

Original Mario bros - turtle tipping ftmfw!!!

Mario bro 3 - being able to fly rocked

Mega man (super jump by holding what, B and arrow left on 2nd player controller?) - best soundtrack award and best bosses

Mario bros 2 for super - who was the best character to be? Luigi for floaty jump?

- Jaws for original - only beat it once!

- penguin land for sega

- outrun for sega

- NBA jam for sega genesis - he's heating up!!

- TMNT for game boy!

- Doom - topless strippers!!! (.)(.)

- power rangers! (Playstation?)

- Mario Cart n64 - red "heat seeking" shells ftw!!

- duck hunt (did anyone else fab up a custom scope using toilet paper roll??)

- resident evil for ps. So scary!

- eagle eye 007 for n64! Best soundtrack runner up

- ghostbusters!

Etc :)

[DER E30]

Need For Speed High Stakes.

[ParsedOut]

- Doom - topless strippers!!! (.)(.)

Topless strippers were in Duke Nukem if memory serves. Good list though!

[jd_e30]

Doh! Your right!

[JinormusJ]

In highest to lowest favorite rank:

Metal Slug - Arcade
Final Fantasy VI ("III") - SNES/GBA
1080 Snowboarding - N64
007: GoldenEye - N64
Super Smash Brothers - N64
Street Fighter II Turbo - SNES
Final Fantasy IX - PS1
Pokemon Crystal Version - GBC
Final Fantasy VII - PS1
Pokemon Yellow Version - GBC
Pokemon TCG Game 1/2 - GBC
Halo: Combat Evolved - Xbox


Funnily enough; I found a GBA/GBC emulator for my iPhone and can play half of these games. It's been a hardcore 2 month session of nostalgia for me. That and that PSN is selling PS1 "Classics" like the FF series.

Even with crappy graphics and poor scripts; old games are infinitely better than new games



Yep. I was a huge nerd growing up.

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start

Ah... The good old Konami code. Helped me like crazy playing through Contra lol
The same code is still used in popular Konami titles today