Best games of all time...

[Evildead666]

Hmmm, just looked through this, and was shocked by the lack of "old school" games in there, apart from two old "Speccys"...

http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?page=8102&head=0

Personally, i would have had :

Mercenary (8-bit days)-> I loved the speed of the Cheese
Elite (8-bit days) -> Freaking huge and everlasting (i was never allowed to play, just watch)
Jet Set Willy (8-bit days) -> Great music, huge...
The Pawn (Magnetic Scrolls [8-bit days]) -> Any adventure by Magnetic Scrolls is beautiful, be it on CPC, C64 or Amiga/ST. Gorgeous, and very interesting...
Tetris (any) -> THE N°1, everyone has tried it, and knows how to play.

Any comments?
What about your top 5, or "Best 5 for now that i can remember" ?

Jez

[Evildead666]

The Sentinel (The 3D one 8-bit era)
StarGlider (magnetic scrolls ST/Amiga/CPC)
Guild of Thieves (Sort of sequel to The Pawn -Magnetic Scrolls)

Just had to go have a quick look at the boxes
These were some of the best games of their time...I think i have them on my CPC emulator...

[GT98]

Hmmm

Elite
Silent Service (+Squeals on PC)
F-15 Strike Eagle(+Squeals on PC)
Pirates!(+Squeals on PC)
Halflife
Doom
Civiliation(+Squeals)
Railroad Tycoon (+squeals)
Tie Fighter
Wing Commander Series

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch...I just need to see them again to remember them LOL

[Whirl-Secret]

Back after a 3 week business trip! All crecit cards full of expenses, sigh.

My top 5, in terms of personal enjoyment and playtime:

1 Elite (BBC B)
2 Quake / Quakeworld (PC)
3 Subspace (PC)
4 Rome: Total War (PC)
5 Monkey Island 2 (PC)

Bearing in mind that I played Elite when I was 6-8 and the only ones I still play are Rome and Subspace. I've never touched any MMORPG thank goodness. Elite comes top not just for nostalgia, but for the incredible ideas in it (using the Fibonacci sequence to simulate randomness ffs!) , getting it to run in 32k of ram (mobile phones have 32mb + now!) and the enormous step forward for gaming in general.

[Tjalfe]

Hmmm

Elite
Silent Service (+Squeals on PC)
F-15 Strike Eagle(+Squeals on PC)
Pirates!(+Squeals on PC)
Halflife
Doom
Civiliation(+Squeals)
Railroad Tycoon (+squeals)
Tie Fighter
Wing Commander Series

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch...I just need to see them again to remember them LOL

How do you make the games squeal?

[Tjalfe]

Favorites of mine would be

Day of the Tentacle
Captive.. one of the first role playing games I ever played, spent months on completing it
X-Com, enemy unknown/terror from the deep
Dune II
doom has to get honorable mention for technology advancement, but I played the other games more

Of recent games, Farcry and Halflife2 were great

[jms]

The Great Giana Sisters

[GT98]

How do you make the games squeal?

Damn spell check! LOL

Forgot about Xcom myself, though I never beat it

[Admiral]

Dune (the first game)
Reunion
X-Com, enemy unknown/terror from the deep (got to go with Tjalfe on this)
Starcraft (you can throw in Warcraft & Diablo)
Unreal & Quake
Ground Control I
Drakan
Dungeon Keeper 2
American McGees Alice
ST DS9: The Fallen
Soul Reaver & Blood Omen
Gothic I & II

and many more...

[Byock]

Alternate Reality. Best RPG Ever!
Dungeon Master
StarCraft
Karateka
Bruce Lee

Probably missed a ton...

[Dr Mordrid]

KC Munchkin & UFO

[gt40]

Pong

[KRSESQ]

My personal favorites:

Tetris
Weltris
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
Wolfenstein 3D
Ringworld: Revenge Of The Patriarch
Starship Titanic
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

There are a few others whose names escape me at the moment but these are the biggies, the ones I've wasted the most hours on.

Kevin

[Helevitia]

Does anybody remember "The ancient Art of War"? I loved that game. It was the first semi-RTS game. It came out around 1983-84ish, around the same time as the original Flight Simulator. It was made by Broderbund.

[Helevitia]

Ooooh! Wikipedia entry!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ancient_Art_of_War