Best PC Games

[RedRed]

Ive almost finished morrowind.... it is simply a brilliant single player adventure game....

there is so much detail in it - such a rich history......

and there is a sequel too!

due out any time, I think...... It bummed out of the charts here in no time the last time

Regards
RedRed

[Tempest]

Originally posted by thop
also wanted to add CannonFodder to my list, it was really great. the intro screen music stuck in my head for days back then.

Oh yes... The intro music that Amiga (and maybe Atari?) owners could enjoy... The PC version, although equipped with SoundBlaster sound effects, only had crappy AdLib/Roland MIDI music

For those that do not know, Cannon Fodder's intro song created quite a lot of controversy in it's time, although in the manual owners of the original version could read that this was only Sensible Software's way of criticizing this crazy world we're living in... The piece itself is a catchy reggae tune with lyrics that go (shortened version) something like this:

War! Never been so much fun!

Go up to your brother
Kill him with your gun
Leave him lying in his uniform
Dying in the sun

War! Never been so much fun!

K-K-Kill him
K-K-Kill him
Kill him with your gun
War - So much fun!

G-G-G-Go up to your brother
Kill him with your gun
Go up to your brother
Kill him with your gun
Dying in the sun
Kill him with your gun
Dying in the sun
So much fun!

War - Never been so much fun!

War!

[Rakido]

- All Ultimas up to IV
- Gods
- Sword of Sodan


Rakido

[VJ]

In random order (all PC games) :

Descent
Tombraider
Lemmings
Syndicate
Revolt
Oni (too bad the software wasn't nicely finished)
Soldier of Fortune
Day of the Tentacle
Indiana Jones (fate of Atlantis)
Monkey Island
Discworld
Titan

And on a much smaller scale: bridgebuilder !

Jörg

[Byock]

How could I forget Archon, and Adept??

Man, that takes me back....

[Tomasz]

Here's my list, going way back to the Apple II:

The Longest Journey (PC)
Massive adventure...not perfect, but close

Syberia (PC)
An absolute work of art... perhaps the puzzles are a bit too easy...

Karateka (Apple IIe)

http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/karateka.shtml

Mechner's precursor to Prince of Persia

Wings of Fury (Apple IIe)

http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/wof.shtml

An incredible game for its time

Grim Fandango (PC)
Quite possibly the best adventure game ever

Doom (PC)
It was a tough choice between Wolfenstein 3D and Doom...

Zany Golf (Apple IIgs)

http://www.inwards.com/~fairway/game_pages/zany_golf.html

Incredibly fun, with spot-on controls

Alien Mind (Apple IIgs)
This game blew me away in the late 80's

http://www.inwards.com/~fairway/game_pages/alien_mind.html

System Shock 1 and 2 (PC)
The atmosphere is incredible in these games. Part 2 is one of the few games to ever evoke fear in me.

The Last Express (PC)
Jordan Mechner's masterpiece


Honorable Mentions:
Monkey Island series (PC)
Loom (PC)
MDK 2 (PC)
High Heat Baseball series (PC)
It Came from the Desert (Amiga)
Turrican (Amiga)
Wolfenstein 3D (PC)

PC games that are really console games:
Madden Football series
NHL series
FIFA series
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, and 3
Metal Gear Solid
Bomberman series (there was a crappy version put out for the PC)
(Although these games have appeared on the pc, I still primarily consider them to be console games so I did not consider them for the main list)

[Indiana]

1. Maniac Mansion (C=64 / Amiga)
2. Great Giana Sisters (C=64 / Amiga)
3. Space Quest (Amiga / PC)
4. Secret of Monkey Island (Amiga)
5. Ghosts & Goblins (Amiga)
6. Quake I (PC)
7. Who dares wins series (C=64)
8. Superfrog (Amiga)
9. Super Stardust (Amiga / CD32)
10. NFS 5 (PC)

In no particular order. And there are surely much more like Commando, Gyruss (C=64), Sidewinder, Shadow of the Beast I (Amiga), most if not all Lucasfilm adventures, ...

[The_King]

Dune 2
AOK:Conquerors
Diablo II
And all the platform games on the Atari ST !!

[Paddy]

in no order...

C&C (original) / RA
Monkey Island 1+2
DOTT
Cannon Fodder
Lemmings
Wolfenstein 3D
Flashback
Mortal Kombat 2 (although the PC ver is shit)
Tie Fighter

[ZokesPro]

Am I the only one in the world who can't stand Diablo II?

[bsdgeek]

Yes.

[Novdid]

Zokes, you do have a few twisted followers.

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by Novdid
Zokes, you do have a few twisted followers.

Twisted? Hmm, never heard that one before!

[Wombat]

Dude! Don't twist them! That just ruins them, and pisses her off!

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by Wombat
Dude! Don't twist them! That just ruins them, and pisses her off!

LOL

I treat them with great care on the other hand, she hasn't complained yet!