The first "good" old PC games you remember playing.

[nukethetuna]

I think it was called Space Bucks? You basically started a trading company IN SPACE, and built up a fleet of trade ships, creating contracts with certain planets, and attempting to stifle rival companies via piracy and buyouts. I remember it being really cool looking.

...Mostly because before that, my PC experience was entirely 3D Dinosaur, 3D Body Adventure, and 3D Undersea Adventure.

 

[blankedboy]

Exile: Escape from the Pit
Flashback: Quest for Identity.

Fuck. I feel old.

Don't worry. I'm 15 and I've played my fair share of the Exile trilogy.

 

[The Apothecarry]

Total Annihilation! Terrans have nothing on my ENDLESS PEEWEE RUSH!

 

[greenitedaze]

Meglamania, i played this on the amiga 500+, it was a civilisation type game, where you could invent weapons like 'sticks' to start with and eventually build plasma weapons etc, or build peaceful technology (tee hee)
The good thing was you could align yourself with other tribes, declare war on them etc, true fun with a touch of advanced wars simplicity

 

[infohippie]

I specifically bought a PC so I could play Mechwarrior 2. Before that, I had Amigas.

 

[MajorDolphin]

Do Commodore64 games count?[/quo

Do Commodore64 games count?

Yea, i named a bunch of them. And i def remember Beach Head too after looking at the vid.

In that case, Top Gun. We hooked two Commie64s together and played against each other. It was my first ever multiplayer network game.

There were a few other games but that one stands out the most.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

I remember it being Doom. I guess I was 8 years old when I played it at my friends house and fell in love with it. Ah, those where the good old days

 

[vxicepickxv]

Zork, Conan The Barbarian, and Oregon Trail, for the Apple 2C.

I also remember the original Pirates for the Apple 2C, which was where I first played games on them, when they were new.

 

[ph0b0s123]

But mainly Wing Commander as it was the first game that only the PC could do (at first until it was scaled down for other platforms), and it made my Amiga and Atari ST friends green with envy....

Why they required expanded rather than the more available extended memory for video ship communications, I never could understand.

 

[EradiusLore]

X-COM: UFO Defense

that game was awesome

have you tried xcom extraterrestrial gold edition? its a good return to form

You know.. I was eying it when it came on Steam a while ago. So is it worth $9.99?

absolutely its not as detailed as the original but its generaly an improvement. it feels a lot like they tried to tweak the first rather then make a brand new game which i think is the right way to go

 

[gyroscopeboy]

Age Of Empires, Cannon Fodder & Commander Keen...haha i was in love with that game as an 8-12 yr old.

 

[Timmehexas]

Monkey Island, probably THE game to start up my love affair with games in general.

 

[Bostur]

I had an Amiga but a friend of mine had a PC, so I saw some good stuff on his machine. A lot of good games got released on PC first then got ported to the Amiga later. This was actually a handy way to preview games.

The first must have been Populous. Other good PC games I remember from the time was Wing Commander, Dune 2 and of course X-COM.

 

[SaltyOrange]

Serious Sam.It was the first game I ever owned and I got it with my first PC as a gift.I loved everything about it,from the CD cover to the easter eggs.

 

[winter2]

X-COM: UFO Defense

that game was awesome

have you tried xcom extraterrestrial gold edition? its a good return to form

You know.. I was eying it when it came on Steam a while ago. So is it worth $9.99?

absolutely its not as detailed as the original but its generaly an improvement. it feels a lot like they tried to tweak the first rather then make a brand new game which i think is the right way to go

Hmmm... I'll give it a go then, but first I gotta play Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword. An absolute amazing game! Really recommend that one. Especially at the price point of $14.99.

 

[Levethian]

Warcraft 2, Doom 2, Daggerfall, Diablo.

 

[EradiusLore]

X-COM: UFO Defense

that game was awesome

have you tried xcom extraterrestrial gold edition? its a good return to form

You know.. I was eying it when it came on Steam a while ago. So is it worth $9.99?

absolutely its not as detailed as the original but its generaly an improvement. it feels a lot like they tried to tweak the first rather then make a brand new game which i think is the right way to go

Hmmm... I'll give it a go then, but first I gotta play Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword. An absolute amazing game! Really recommend that one. Especially at the price point of $14.99.

yeah i pre-ordered off steam a few days ago and have also been playing it, not sure i like the fire arms very much because your only looking at getting maybe 1 or 2 shots off in a battle so it ends up being a bit of a waste. love grenades though

 

[winter2]

X-COM: UFO Defense

that game was awesome

have you tried xcom extraterrestrial gold edition? its a good return to form

You know.. I was eying it when it came on Steam a while ago. So is it worth $9.99?

absolutely its not as detailed as the original but its generaly an improvement. it feels a lot like they tried to tweak the first rather then make a brand new game which i think is the right way to go

Hmmm... I'll give it a go then, but first I gotta play Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword. An absolute amazing game! Really recommend that one. Especially at the price point of $14.99.

yeah i pre-ordered off steam a few days ago and have also been playing it, not sure i like the fire arms very much because your only looking at getting maybe 1 or 2 shots off in a battle so it ends up being a bit of a waste. love grenades though

I love the fire arms. I get my gun out and ride around the battlefield on my horse popping the enemy off.. then high tailing it out of there as I reload...

 

[Dark Sup3rn0va]

Doom was my first and only until Unreal Tournament 99. I fucking loved UT99 and still do.

 

[Xanian]

Captain Keen.

Holla at ya'll.