[dogscoff]

Hmm. Showing my age here... These are nearly all Amiga games from 1995 or earlier. They are all still as good to play now as ever though.

Best 5 (in order)

1> SEIV. Obviously. Not for what it is (an absorbing and challenging game) but for what it might yet be (an all- consuming substitute for real life)

2>Bullfrog God sims, ie Powermonger / populous: For the attention to detail and "real world" atmosphere. And that heartbeat that set your own pulse racing... Boomboom... boomboom.. boomboomboomboom... boomboomboomboom...

3> Llamatron 2112: Old (1990? 1991?) Amiga freeware game. With non-stop action, surreal sound effects and hypnotic strobing graphics to make you eyes bleed, playing this at night after a few beers is like some kind of mind altering drugs experience. Very addictive, especially in 2 plyr mode.

4>Speedball II, brutal deluxe. Just for the sheer style and quality of it. The ultra violence and the (literally) palm- blistering gamplay help as well=-) Doesn't matter how many times I complete it I still want to play again.

5>Wipeout 2097, For the speed, the music and the cool. It was historically groundbreaking in terms of changing attitudes towards gaming.

Further down the list would be

> Alien Breed series: Really atmospheric games- just like being in one of the aliens films, but without violating any of the copyrights=-)
>Elite/Frontier (For years these were unsurpassed in terms of absorbing the player)
>Worms (For those 4 people crowded around one monitor moments),
>Datastorm (little known defender clone on the amiga. One of the fastest games I've ever played.)
> Columns (you know that Tetris meets connect 4 thing - just for chilling out with, excellent thumb candy)
>Duke Nukem 3D (nostalgic reasons)
>and ooh... loads of others.


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