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I was reading about the much delayed (what an understatement) Duke Nukem:Forever. This game was first being developed and talked about in the last century I believe around '97 or '98. Which got me to thinking about some old school games I played on my PC back in the day and even before that on the 'ol Commodore.

What are some of your old school favs?

The top 2 for me:

1. Maniac Mansion
2. Duke Nukem 3D

I remember how cool I thought Maniac Mansion was, and how the game changed depending on what characters you used. And even a friend of mine who spread rumors of a "hidden attic" that had some things in it that I can't quite remember. As much as I played it, I never found this secret crap he talked about. He was such a BS'er.

Then Duke Nukem. Dialing up my friend on the computer to play one-on-one till 4 am. That is until someone called his house and disconnected us.

A couple others that I remember spending time playing a lot was games like Command and Conquer, Phantasmagoria, 4th and Inches, Doom, and Myst.

Man, has gaming evolved from the days of playing 4th and Inches to playing Madden '08.

Man, I love Maniac Mansion. I'll still play it every now and then even though I know the game like the back of my hand.

Another one of my favorite old computer games is Sim City (the original). At the time, it was just so freaking innovative. I remember playing that game for hours on end.

I had Sim City for Super Nintendo.

I used to play it for hours as well. Always got mad when my residential areas never grew.......probably because I set them up the same way all the time.

Age of Empires 2, came out in what 1999? but still thats amazing oldschool online would play that for hours

the oregon trail

It matters how old school you are talking about?

Warcraft 1 and 2, Starcraft, Counter-strike (older version) Quest for Glory (entire series) Diablo 2, ULTIMA ONLINE (Pre age of shadows)

I could keep going.

Dune 2000

still a great game to play today..

I guess I'm looking at prior to this decade. 80's and 90's.

summer games on my apple IIe

adventure on my atari 2600

super mario...wasted at ton of time at college with that one.

syphon filter....headshots were so cool

diablo, and the original command and conquer...

The game that made me a hardcore gamer...The Original DOOM!

But I go back to the Odyssey...how many remember that?
I remember when my mom bought our first pc, it was and Atari computer. When you turned it on, it had a blue screen and a blinking cursor, that was the window. I remember writing programs to have fun.

Well since my first computer was a Commodore 64 back in '82, and I had Zork I & II, and a game called Dungeons of Death, which was a character graphic D&D game.

But as for modern PC gaming (like when you didn't just read descriptions, but actually maneuvered a sprite through a virtual world. ) Probably Duke Nukem 3D & Shadow Warrior.

On Playstation I loved Twisted Metal, that must have been mid 90's.

Define "old school"

Circa 1993 - Favorite, hands down, is Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon

Circa 1995-ish - Favorite is Civilation 2, also a Sid Meier game, and Master of Orion.

From 1997 through 2003 - the Myth (NOT Myst) franchise starting with Myth: The Fallen Lords and then Myth II: Soulblighter.

Since then, the Medal of Honor franchise (Allied Assault, Spearhead & Breakthrough).



oh yeah, and on the C-64, my favorites were Spelunker and Space Taxi.
On the TRS-80, my favoite was Bedlam.

Here's a good site to download alot of the mentioned games..

cost 3 bucks through pay pal but after that you have unlimited downloads...

http://noah.hearle.com/downloads/games/

Everquest.. Aka EverCrack..

The game that started them all, best game ever. before I quit the addiction I had about 220 days(real time days) played on my account

I meant started all MMRPG, Divorces, bad parents, loss of significant others, and real friendships.

But I have to say camping Lguk for 6+ hours for Yak or fbss was worth it.

Those were the Good old days, Pre-Luclin.



I quit the game and sold my account for $500, then the guy ruined my good name lol. Then the same guy bought me and my freinds druid (port bot) and ruined its name lol..

I would have to say oregon trail and number munchers

Back in the late '80's, on my Apple IIE, we used to love playing Family Feud, Jeopardy, original Mario Brothers, and Flight Simulator.

Couple Games that stand out to me...

On my Commodore 64, the ones that stick out are Bards Tale and the Zork Series. Aslo a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy done in the same manner as the Zork Games.

As I moved toward IBM compatible PC's, I liked the Kings Quest Games as well as all of the Civilization and Sim City Games. Sid Mier Games are some of my favorites. Populous was also a great PC Game....Nothing like playing God....is there...LOL....

Someone mentioned Railroad Tycoon.....but I much prefered Maxis' game A-Train (later bought up by the makers of the Sid Mier Games.)

One of my absolute favorites in the 90's was Full Throttle by Lucas Arts. Great Game and I always wished they made another. Similar to the Monkey Island series that was awesome as well. And who didn't like Leisure Suit Larry.....

But if you go back to the Atari days...You have the simple but great game Combat and Pitfall was HUGE back then. Tons of Atari 2800 Games

Then you have Arcade Games like Galaga (much better than Galaxians...LOL) Asteroids, Space Invaders, Gorf, Tron, Robotron, Defender, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Q-Bert, 1942, Commando, Spy Hunter, Mat Mania, Sinistar, Journey, and Gyrus....(I am leaving many out I know....LOL)

Dang....I played Video Games a lot more than I ever thought...LOL....

Bards Tale on C64 I forgot about that one, I loved that game.


After EQ, I moved to other MMoRPGS such as Dark Ages of Camelot, then returned to EQ for a bit. Beta'd and played Star Wars Galaxies, Horizons, Vanguard, and Lord of the Rings Online.

Now I mainly play Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4, don't even subscribe to any MMoRPGs anymore, just don't have the time.

how about that old text based game called 'adventure'

that was awesome

I can't believe Commander Keen hasn't been mentioned yet. I used to love that game.

Hmmmm, I don't recall that one.

Anybody else remember playing 4th and Inches for the C64?

how about pong?

i think it was the first you could buy for your tv....

had a blast with that...

PONG

Ah ha....I found it.

Childs Play

Here is the Pong Excerpt.

Pong
Atari • 1975
Atari's home version of its simple ball-and-paddle coin-op became the first smash-hit console and made videogames a new pastime in the swinging '70s.


Niko: Hey—Pong. My parents played this game.

Brian: It takes this whole console just to do Pong?

Kirk: What is this? [Picks up and twists the paddle controller] Am I controlling the volume?

John: I'm just going to do this [twists the paddle controller as rapidly as possible].

Tim: John, don't do that. You'll die.

Andrew: This is a lot like that game. Um, whatchamacallit—air hockey.

Sheldon: Except worse.

Andrew: Blip. Blip. Blip. Blip.

Becky: I don't even see the point of having sound on this.

Andrew: Wow. The score is tied. It's so exhilarating.

Brian: I saw a documentary on this. The game was so popular in arcades that it got jammed up with quarters.

John: In this thing? [Points to the Pong game console]

Tim: I would never pay to play something like this.

John: I'd sooner jump up and down on one foot. By the way, is this supposed to be tennis or Ping-Pong?

Becky: Ping-Pong.

Gordon: It doesn't even go over the net. It goes through it. I don't even think that thing in the middle is a net.

Tim: My line is so beating the heck out of your stupid line. Fear my pink line. You have no chance. I am the undisputed lord of virtual tennis. [Misses ball] Whoops.

John: Tim, how could you miss that? It was going like 1 m.p.h.

Sheldon: Hey, why does it say Sears on the controller?

EGM: Sears sold it for Atari.

Andrew: Isn't Sears, like, a clothing company?

Becky: Sears makes everything. Actually, I've never been in there.

EGM: Guess how much this thing cost when it came out.

Kirk: Twenty bucks?

EGM: Higher.

Brian: $50?

EGM: Higher.

Brian: $100?

EGM: Yep.

Kirk: My God—I could almost buy a PS2 for that. I'm sure when this came out, it was better than whatever else was out. Want to play chess with me, son? No way, Dad.

Brian: I want to play Pong!

Tim: Oh, I'm starting to suck. John, you drained my skill.

John: Yes, I used a power-up.

Tim: What? There's no power-ups in Pong. The concept of a power-up hadn't been invented yet.

Kung Fu
Leisure Suit Larry - Land of Lounge Lizards
Police Quest
Space Quest
Kings Quest
Maniac Mansion

Hmm, judging from the lines in that, I would say they were late teens. I was expecting T'weeners.

LOL.

I've never heard a kid that age say "Exhilarating" or "I'd soon as jump on one foot than.."

I wasted a lot of time on Tyson's Punch out and The original Legend of Zelda

Oh man, I remember playing Space Quest at a friend of mines house all the time. That and some boxing game. We'd each make a boxer and go at it.


Ahhhh, those were the days.

Those kids make me feel real old now!