The first "good" old PC games you remember playing.
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Oh man, i really gotta think back... Earthsiege 2, Mechwarrior 3, Heavy Gear, Day of the Tentacle... Age of Empires 2, Freespace (and Freespace 2)... I really was a simulation nut back then. I guess i still am, any game that lets me pilot a big 'Mech, I'm in.
I think my favorites would have to be the XCOM games... Except the one where you're on Mars. But between the first two XCOM games, as well as Star Wars: X-Wing, I forget how much time I lost due to my PC.
I remember partaking in alot of Age of Empires binges, much like most people here. My Dad played alot of Lords of the Realm 2, which is funny to look back upon, but back then that was an interesting game.
Not exactly old, but honorable mentionings go to Mechwarrior, I rocked that when I was younger, I still have nostolgia over that. ;_;
quote="Cobelo" post="9.280997.10995879"]Oh man, i really gotta think back... Earthsiege 2, Mechwarrior 3, Heavy Gear, Day of the Tentacle... Age of Empires 2, Freespace (and Freespace 2)... I really was a simulation nut back then. I guess i still am, any game that lets me pilot a big 'Mech, I'm in.[/quote]
EDIT: Dang, ninja'd.
Not exactly old, but honorable mentionings go to Mechwarrior, I rocked that when I was younger, I still have nostolgia over that. ;_;
quote="Cobelo" post="9.280997.10995879"]Oh man, i really gotta think back... Earthsiege 2, Mechwarrior 3, Heavy Gear, Day of the Tentacle... Age of Empires 2, Freespace (and Freespace 2)... I really was a simulation nut back then. I guess i still am, any game that lets me pilot a big 'Mech, I'm in.[/quote]
EDIT: Dang, ninja'd.
I never had a PC of my own growing up, so my experiences with PC gaming are very socially oriented. 
In this order (chronologically, not favorite-y):
Lemmings!
I freaking loved this game as a kid!
Myst
In middle school, me, my best friend and her older sister spent a few months working on it together. It almost killed us, but was one of the best gaming experiences of my life. We got stuck for a looong time on the final puzzle and my friends sister ended up just buying the walkthrough book so we could see the end. Very disappointed in the final puzzle, but at least we didn't feel bad about 'cheating' at the end. It was obvious we NEVER would have figured it out anyway.
Warcraft
I remember everyone i know going crazy for this game, but i never got into it. Played it a lot because of friends so it still has a place in my heart for that reason. Still can't get into RTS to this day, so no surprise there!
In this order (chronologically, not favorite-y):
Lemmings!
I freaking loved this game as a kid!
Myst
In middle school, me, my best friend and her older sister spent a few months working on it together. It almost killed us, but was one of the best gaming experiences of my life. We got stuck for a looong time on the final puzzle and my friends sister ended up just buying the walkthrough book so we could see the end. Very disappointed in the final puzzle, but at least we didn't feel bad about 'cheating' at the end. It was obvious we NEVER would have figured it out anyway.
Warcraft
I remember everyone i know going crazy for this game, but i never got into it. Played it a lot because of friends so it still has a place in my heart for that reason. Still can't get into RTS to this day, so no surprise there!
I never really had much interest in PC games when I was younger. Anything with more buttons than a PlayStation controller seemed like too much work. I can't remember which PC game was first, but it was either Rollercoaster Tycoon, SimCity 3000, or Red Alert 2 - all of which kicked ass even though I could never figure them out until years later. I could only play them at my cousins' house since we didn't have a PC at the time.
I didn't personally get into PC gaming until I was given a demo copy of Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. (AKA, Age of Empires 2 in Space) Oddly enough, I've never been interested in any of the actual AoE games.
I didn't personally get into PC gaming until I was given a demo copy of Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. (AKA, Age of Empires 2 in Space) Oddly enough, I've never been interested in any of the actual AoE games.
Probably show my age here, but first one I started playing on was Civilization (still enjoy it) and the first good and proper playing (where I knew what I was doing well enough to win, used to faff about mostly in civ) was Wolfenstien 3D (very first one, good challenge back then it was)
Fortress of the Witch King on Commodore 64. The only graphics was a top down map. The rest of the game was text base: "34 dragons breath fire at you..." "Your clerics heal 12 of your men" etc.
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Civilization: Call To Power - started my addiction to the Civ series
Deus Ex - found in a bargain bin in store, was looking out for the ps2 version cause I heard good things, but ended up getting the pc version. The next a few hours of trying to get getting the thing to run on my awful pc was totally worth it : )
Deus Ex - found in a bargain bin in store, was looking out for the ps2 version cause I heard good things, but ended up getting the pc version. The next a few hours of trying to get getting the thing to run on my awful pc was totally worth it : )
