I thought this might be fun.
Please post links where available, or describe the game... if it is one that others may not know about.


My favorite PC games (before 3D acceleration and before win9x) are:
Cyber Empires http://www.abandonia.com/games/206/CyberEmpires
Doom
Acid Tetris http://www.acid-play.com/download/acid-tetris/
Raptor: Call of the Shadows http://www.3drealms.com/raptor/
XCOM: UFO Defense http://www.xcomufo.com/
Quake 1
Scorched Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_(computer_game)
Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Kee...bye_Galaxy.21
So what are your favorite classic PC games?

I had other games too - including some I remember enjoying - but I only listed the ones I would recommend.

Wolfenstein 3D - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D
Tyrian - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_%28computer_game%29
Duke Nukem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_%28computer_game%29
Raptor: Call of the Shadows - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor:_Call_of_the_Shadows
688 Attack Sub - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/688_Attack_Sub
Jazz Jackrabbit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Jackrabb...omputer_game%29
Descent - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_%28computer_game%29
Battle Chess - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Chess
Lemmings - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_%28video_game%29
Commander Keen series - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen_series

Nice lineup! I never played descent, but I played terminal velocity. I actually got Descent3 from a vidcard purchase long ago but never tried it.
Which duke nukem was your favorite? I loved 2 but 3D was a bit...nasty at times. (can you imagine a woman playing that game? I did and liked...most of it, just parts made me wanna hurl.)

hey jaqie it's nice topic

did you remembar maruo that man who Fights to get the woman

but I wanna ask you about volleball game , I search about it before but I couldn't found..

I think I know what you are talking about. I saw it in passing once on a client's system way back when DOS was king. It was named "summer games" or something similar.

OMG... Scorched Earth... I remember wasting countless hours on that game!! Hah, I must fine a download of it and play it again, lol. But yes, nice lineup and a nice topic!

Ringfinger: google scorched3d. modern graphics version. After you play it you don't want the original scorched earth anymore (*GASP!*)

That's what I call games !!!.
For me... Civ1, Sim city 4, GTA 1, LBA, C&C... wait, I've already mentionned these in an other thread !!!

Ok then...for the real oldies:
Wacky wheels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_wheels
Jagged Alliance 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagged_Alliance
Sam and Max Hit the Road http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_%26_Max_Hit_the_Road (and other Lucas art but the list would be long)
Quatantine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine_%28game%29
The incredible machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine

Nearly all LucasArts games! Starting from MI1:

Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey Island 3
Full Throttle
Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis
The Dig
Sam & Max Hit the Road

One exception: Zak McKracken and The Alien Mindbenders

Now for some non-LucasArts game... MicroProse games!

XCOM: Ufo Defense
F-15 Strike Eagle II
F-15 Strike Eagle III
RailRoad Tycoon Deluxe
Red Storm Rising
F-19 Stealth Fighter
F-117 Stealth Fighter
Colonization

Other than those... uhhh, I'm hard-pressed to remember...

What about those actually-old games that are runnable using ScummVM? A lot of them I discovered in WinXP days after I found ScummVM...

Original Tetris, and welltris, I think I developed carpal tunnel playing Tetris.

Dune
Dune II
Castles II

Actually haven't played many since. My hardware budget couldn't keep up with the gaming requirements.

I liked this games ling time ago
The monky island game.
Hybris
turican
gods
raid over moscow (a 64c game)
Mortal combat
did dug
lands of lore 1
Lost eden

and many more
I did play these in win 98 ore and on c64 and a amiga 500.
later i did emulate the old games

Yeah, for emulation I tend to use DosBOX. it's free and works well.

Transport Tycoon
Syndicate
Warcraft 2
Worms
Death Rally
Big Red Racing
C&C-series
Dune 2
Sim City 2000
Lemmings
Liero
Molez
Doom

I cannot remember more at the moment...

DOSbox runs all my MicroProse games real well. Even got Roland MT-32 emulation (after copying the MT-32 ROM files). But for LucasArts games (plus some others), better to run using ScummVM.

Hey, ScummVM's site will even point you to a free SCUMM-based game!

Hi All,

Just adding my two cents worth:

Crusader: No Remorse - Wikipedia - Crusader: No Remorse I spent a lot of time getting this one working in DOS....

Ultima VI: The False Prophet - Wikipedia - Ultima VI: The False Prophet Made good use of my new Adlib card...

Mario
DAVE

You may not believe this, but I actually have and AdLib card sitting around right now...
I remember playing wolfenstein 3D with it, what a riot!

Yes !!! I remember that. It had really cool long cinematic sequences. Indeed, that game was almost a film !

way back windows 3.11, i guess that would be the original Taipei by David Norris © 1988, 1989, 1990

OMG THERE ARE TOO MANY TO SAY... *cries* Where has all my time gone... Oh yeah thats right, pretty much playing all those games

But right above every single list, you have to include Sierra... All those *Quest games...

But especially Police Quest 2... I still play it over and over and over

I want games like that to come out still... There are too many FPS games out

Monkey Island I,II
LBA
Keen
Secret Agent
Crystal Caves
Duke Nukem
Warcraft II
Sim City 2000
Lemmings
Gorrillas

family feud and wheel of fortune deluxe for dos

Wow... looks way diff obviously, but still pretty cool! Thanks for the link. I wanna go full screen though, freakin box is tiny.. gettin like ~450 FPS though

My favourite:
Formula 1 Grand Prix, by Microprose



Still playing it, using DOSBox.

Keen, Wolfenstein, Doom2

Many many hours spent playing those games. They're still awesome!

The Terminator: Future Shock
The Terminator: SkyNET

Bethesda are Lords of gaming, and the 1995 Terminator games were Bethesda at their absolute finest. While everyone else was playing network Doom, with its 2-frame animation and poor level design, I was driving a Jeep through a ruined city taking pot shots at HK aircraft. Those two games made me into a gamer, and are far more deserving of the "revolutionary" title than anything since.

</slight fanatic>

I remember this game fondly and the thick manual that came with the game.

i like jazz jackrabbit andmost apogee titles.

apogee titles were the best during the DOS era. My fav was wolfenstein 3d.

OMG Monkey Island!!

What a game that was/ still is! Ah, guybrush... the worst "pirate" in the world, all he wanted was to get into the governers pants!

GOt it if you want it.......Wendell Hicken's v1.50 REGISTERED VERSION

Also have 8GB of DOS Games from back in the day including even Maxis' A-Train from PirateBay.org

Sensible Soccer (the first PC release, not world of or anything)
Mad Dog Mcgree
UFO: Enemey Unknown
Jazz Jackrabbit
Battlechess
Duke Nukem 3D
Indianna Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

had too poke in since many of these games bring back memories.

I'd have too say...
1. Doom series... Doom 1, 2, Lost episodes of Doom, Ultimate Doom, Final Doom, and Master Levels of Doom2.. Many good times playing against friends using Dial-Up Modems.
2. Duke Series.. Duke 1, 2, 3D, Duke it out in DC, and Duke Extreme(make your own levels).
3. Heretic
4. Hexen
5. Bio-Menace
6. Wolfenstein3D
7. Wolfenstein: Spear of Destiny
8. Rise of the Triad: Dark War
9. Terminal Velocity
10. Hocus Pocus
11. Quake
12. Raptor - Call of the Shadow

so yea.. can say i love my classic FPS games.

I used this recently to play Wolf 3D, in... 3D! You can also download high-resolution texture packs for it. The best feature imo is the map overlay. Try it out



http://sourceforge.net/projects/newwolf/
http://newwolf.sourceforge.net/

Look behind you ! a three headed Monkey!

I'd have to say Doom (all classic versions). End of story!
Quake comes close though...

OK, how about some others that I've spent many hours playing back in the day:

• Leisure Suit Larry
• California Games
• Wing Commander
• 688 Attack Sub
• Harpoon
• Battle Chess
• Pool of Radiance
• Gunship 2000
• Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf
• Falcon 3.0
• Aces of The Pacific
• Populous II
• Wizardry series

fallout 1
fallout 2
fallout tactics

Wheee! I've got Fury3 and Hellbender to complete the set.

Anyone remembers Gender Wars? It's the same era of Doom, Tyrian, Deadline (anyone remember that too? you had 8 soldiers and you had to take down the terrorists), Nemesis II: Return of Dragon force

what about Syndicate?

That was one of the great games