PC Games of the Ages.

[floopdawoop]

Serious sam series. very vibrant games and enemies that are stuck in my head forever (I hear a constant suicide bomber screaming in the distance).

 

[drakythe]

I've been waiting for steam to re-release it because I want it again

MoO 2? I know its not steam but http://impulsedriven.com/masteroforionii

You can install impulse, install MoO2, then uninstall Impulse and link MoO2 shortcut to your steam so you can launch it from there. its $6 and you get MoO 1 with it.

 

[Amorphisbob]

Freelancer. Granted that usually when i reinstall now, it's to try out a new mod, but the core game has outlasted any other that I know of.

 

[matell]

System Shock 2 (It's like Bioshock but better, and Bioshock is already awesome)

Deus Ex

Planescape Torment

Yes, Yes and Yes.
Also: the Legacy of Kain series, and Mechwarrior 4

 

[So_So_Man]

Age of Empires I and II (but not III)
Civ 3 and 4
Rogue Squadron

 

[Madman123456]

Dune 2. Yes, i am that old. Although, i did play it on the Amiga. Doesn't count, does it? I came fairly late to the PC, with Starcraft. That was the first PC game i got hooked on.

 

[tODDly]

I was a Commodore kid. That being said I would like to add the following and install and re-love some of the selections you all have added


Warlords 3
Dungeon Master
Ports of Call
Genghis Kahn
Their Finest Hour: Battle of Britain

 

[Kilgengoor]

Heart of Darkness was an incredible game and caught me totally by surprise. Other than that, I have really fond memories of Fury 3, the Apache vs Havoc games and SimCity 3000.

And finally,
-Pharaoh Screencap-

You sir are very, very right.

 

[teqrevisited]

Theme Hospital. Fuck yeah.

Alongside all the other obvious ones of course, the likes of C&C, AoE and Doom.

Not alot of people seem to remember TH though.

 

[TJ rock 101]

+1 to Age of Empires 2, Duke Nukem 3D and Starcraft, so much time of my childhood put into those awesome games!

 

[veloper]

Master of Orion 2

 

[Xerosch]

Thief 1 & 2
System Shock 2 (It's like Bioshock but better, and Bioshock is already awesome)
Deus Ex
Planescape Torment
Crusader: No Remorse
No One Lives Forever (the sequel is also excellent but I have difficulty thinking of it as "old")

Wow, this is a perfect carbon copy of what I consider as great PC games. I'd like to add 'Anachronox' and 'Realms of the Haunting' to the mix. Cudos, sir, I tip my hat in appreciation of your great taste!

 

[Jeyal]

SkiFree, yo.

 

[the_maestro_sartori]

Freelancer. Granted that usually when i reinstall now, it's to try out a new mod, but the core game has outlasted any other that I know of.

^
This. Truly stood the test of time for an "old" game, some servers have got communities still playing from yeeeeeeears ago

 

[DSK-]

Total Annihilation. RTS with robots! When you were 10, there was no better thing in the universe!

YES! First game (or demo, if we go into technicalities) I ever played on PC, I believe it was 1996/97. I bought the full game as soon as it came out.

Great to see a fellow lover of the game. I'm actually about to play it over LAN with my little brother

OT: I have many games I look on with nostalgia:

Total Annihilation
Quake
Shogun: Total War
UT99
Operation Flashpoint
Dungeon Siege
Homeworld
Max Payne
C&C95
C&C RA95
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Civ 2
Call to Power 2
Alpha Centauri
Starcraft
Caesar 3
Black & White
Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2
Freelancer

 

[Tiger Sora]

Total Annihilation. RTS with robots! When you were 10, there was no better thing in the universe!

Yes I'm glad someone mentioned this. Greatest RTS game of all time. I want to get TA Spring but it's PC only, I'm Mac. It's 2011 can't we make everything compatible for both or are we gona have a Coke / Pepsi situation forever.

 

[Iori Branford]

No old PC game thread is complete without
http://gog.com

 

[Soods]

Starcraft was so awesome. Still is.

 

[franconbean]

X-com. Ok, so the game is as old as I am, but i love it. Its like total war in reverse (realtime overmap with turn based battles)

Eh, Painkiller was 2004, I don't call that really old.
Of course Half Life is awesome, so is Deus Ex.
I love XCOM most of all though, that game was damned hardcore.

Seriously? Only one other person mentions X-com? You can pick it up on steam for next to nothing: try it out!

 

[Enrathi]

Ah, the good old days. F15 Strike Eagle.

1985 and the first PC game I remember playing.