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[aedren]

The first games I played where: Myst, Age of Empires (the first one) and the first rollercoaster tycoon. After a while, Zeus: Master of Olympus and Enemy Nations came along.

Later on, Morrowind came in and RuneScape came in.
I've enjoyed all of them. Now, it's mostly RuneScape and once in a while Zeus: Matser of Olympus and Rollercoaster Tycoon.

[Floyd5642]

I grew up with Oregan Trail and Number Munchers.

Then we got newer computers and we had super word muncher and Math Blaster. All of these were at my school as you might have noticed from the theme, though I did have a Commodore 64 computer and some pretty good games that I couldn't figure out there. The only one from that batch I remember is Maniac Mansion.

[MCFghost]

oregon trail, some random games ive forgotten, starcraft, and starseige tribes (personal favorite)

[weirdguy]

The game that has never died with me is Simtower, even with more updated versions, they never really match the cleanliness of the design (given that the original design does have a bunch of glaring flaws in system balancing).

[Knight1122]

Journeyman Project Turbo and Star Trek: Judgement Rites...my two favorite classic PC games.

 

Here's a summary of Journeyman Project Turbo, one of my favorite classic PC games. The game was made in the mid-90's, but it was incredibly well-done and featured stunning hi-res 3D graphics (It was praised for its graphics, music, interactive interface, and storyline. The game was made by Presto Studios and Sanctuary Woods.)

You play as Gage Blackwood, Agent 5 of the TSA (Temporal Security Annex), whose mission is to prevent disruptions of the flow of time, since time travel is a reality in the game. Agent Blackwood is referred to as Agent 5 throughout the game, but his name is revealed in the instructions that tell the story of the game. The game starts with you waking up in your apartment on the flying metropolis of Caldoria in the year 2318. After listening to the morning news on your radio, you must go to the Global Transporter and report to work at the TSA. After you arrive at work, you go to your station and begin monitoring the time flow for signs of trouble. Soon, you spot a disturbance, and you head to the bio-suit generator to don your temporal armor, which will protect you from the stresses of time travel. After that, you head 65 million years into the past to retrieve the TSA log disk, which was placed there to prevent it from being messed up by temporal anomalies. Once you find out what's going on, you must put a stop to it. After checking out the problem at the TSA, you must once again head through time. First stop, the Mars Morimoto Colony in 2185, where you must stop an enemy robot called Ares from destroying a scout ship sent by the Cyrollans, a peaceful alien race of the Symbiotry of Peaceful Beings. Next stop is the World peace conference in Sydney, Australia in 2310, where you must stop a robot called Mercury from killing Enrique Castille, a scientist who eventually persuades Earth's leaders to agree to allow the Cyrollans to visit them and invite them to join the Symbiotry of Peaceful Beings. Next, its off to an undersea NORAD base in the year 2112 to stop a robot named Poseidon from launching a nuclear missile and detonating it over Gorbestan, Russia, thus provoking WWIII. After all is said and done, you must head back to Caldoria, head to the Rooftop observatory, use the card bomb you got on the Mars Colony to blow open the locked door, then use the Stun Gun that you got after stopping Mercury to stop Elliot Sinclair from killing the Cyrollan Ambassador. After you stop him, Sinclair is arrested, Earth is inducted into the Symbiotry of Peaceful Beings, and Agent Blackwood is promoted, and he goes to await his next mission.

Here's a Youtube vid of gameplay footage:

 

I also remember Oregon Trail, Math Blasters, and Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego.

Edited by Knight1122, 07 December 2012 - 03:33 PM.

[WinterNut]

Ever played MDK, Bedlam, Caesar 2 and Tempest 2000?

I've recently recovered them all. Fun, fun nostalgic times ahead.

[deeluna]

I wonder if anybody knows of these, Adventure, Digger, seek sink, Empire, Carrier Command, Sopwith, Dark Chambers. there are more but I don't care to list them all.

[jrainbowfist]

I liked the Trackmania games that I played. Had a lot of fun racing with my cousin.

[Lucky_Lungs]

I don't actually remember what the first PC game I played was, but looking back I can remember Jazz Jackrabbit 2, that was a great little platformer. Diablo II also, although I think I only ever had the demo of that. Obviously the Monkey Island games - anyone who hasn't experienced these really ought to!

 

Of course, there were crappy games I played as well - I had Disney's 101 Dalmations or something along those lines, as well as Catz/Dogz I think!

 

I kind of lost grip with PC gaming for a long time, I only used it for emulation - I remember playing VERY early English patches of Pokemon Gold/Silver when they were released in Japan

[didgeball]

Yay DOS games!

 

Tank Wars (set ten computer players to "Mr. Stupid" for a comedy show)

Duke Nukem 1, especially episode 1 because I had trouble installing episodes 2 and 3.  Or, should I say, "Duke Nukum", because it was spelled that way.

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

Castle of Dr. Brain

Island of Dr. Brain

EcoQuest: the Search for Cetus

The Even More Incredible Machine

Dark Ages

Midnight Rescue

Math Rabbit, Reader Rabbit, and Math Blaster

Commander Keen (pretty much the entire series; had trouble getting Keen Dreams to install right though)

Edited by didgeball, 03 March 2013 - 12:06 PM.