Favorite games

Taqwus · #1 March 13th, 2008, 09:51 PM

Hmmmmmmmm.

Waaaaaaay back:
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The Ancient Art of War
Incunabula (Avalon Hill oldie)
Archon

Slightly less way back:
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Much of the 'Gold Box' series from SSI
Netrek (bronco, and a little bit of chaos and hockey)
Neuromancer
Wasteland
Xconq
Bolo (The AppleTalk tank game, that is)
Strategic Conquest
Scorched Earth

Mechwarrior II

(subcategory: BBS door games

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Hack and Slash
Legend of the Red Dragon
Usurper
BRE/SRE
Mechwar

More recent
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Dominions III
Jagged Alliance II

Still evaluating
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Empires in Arms (Matrix adaptation; high potential, but currently very buggy)

Love-hate
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Combat Mission:BB
AOE II:AOK

sector24 · #2 March 13th, 2008, 10:14 PM

I loved the Gold Box games. I still have Curse of the Azure Bonds -> Pools of Darkness, complete with crazy copy protection rune wheels, but I can't find Pool of Radiance.

Taqwus · #3 March 13th, 2008, 10:44 PM

Neglected to mention Space Empires IV.

Civ II and SMAC might go on my love-hate list.

Pool of Radiance is probably fairly rare. There still seem to be some Forgotten Realms software collections available used via AMZN.

DonCorazon · #4 March 13th, 2008, 10:54 PM

I just downloaded the old rulebook from Pool of Rad for nostalgia's sake. Pretty funny remembering flipping to the journal to read the clues and rumors or spending time switching the color of beard on my character's sprite.

Why did those games seem so much more fun than most of today's over produced materials?
- Grumpy 36 Year Old

CUnknown · #5 March 14th, 2008, 01:45 AM

Ahh, SMAC was the best of the Civ games, for real. The story, the characters, the voices and movies when you got certain techs.. it was all so well done. A masterpiece.

Pool of Radiance! God that takes me back..

Has anyone mentioned Bane of the Cosmic Forge? (Wizardry 6) That one had a great story, too. I just love the Wizardry games, especially 6 and 7. 8 was good too, but very unbalanced at high levels. Magic either killed you in about 5 seconds or was completely useless due to anti-magic screens.

How about also.. Starflight? Anyone play that one? That was the first computer game I ever played. I got to pretend I was Captain Kirk.

Lingchih · #6 March 14th, 2008, 01:53 AM

Sid Meyers Alpha Centauri was a game by Brian Reynolds, under the Sid name. He was the programmer behind it. Please don't give Sid any credit for it. He may have created Civ, but SMAC was a whole other animal.

lch · #7 March 14th, 2008, 02:41 AM

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Lingchih said:
Sid Meyers Alpha Centauri was a game by Brian Reynolds, under the Sid name. He was the programmer behind it. Please don't give Sid any credit for it. He may have created Civ, but SMAC was a whole other animal.

Damn you, first VedalkenBear swears us into naming it Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri on page two, now you say that this still isn't right! Make up your mind!