Favorite games

[lch]

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!

[capnq]

lch said:

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!

"Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri" is the official, trademarked name of the game.

Sid Meier is the second person listed in the game's credits, right after Brian Reynolds. I don't know why Lingchih wants to downplay his contribution.

[QXel]

In no particular order of preference :

Dominions 3
Civilization II & IV
Mechwarrior II (The Clans one - need more of it ! since n°3, it is more a shoot'em up than tactical ...)
Alpha Centaury (of course )
Transport tycoon (the old one under DOS )
X-Com / UFO (also the first one - still playing it !! Thanx Undertogs !)
Myst serie (well, until IV, I don't have played the V ...)
Fallout Tactics
Silent Storm (EXCELLENT ! Why no mods ? Why no sequel ??? Bouh !)
Jagged Alliance 2 (soon the n°3 : wait & see)
TIE fighter
Unreal Tournament (the firtst of the name !!!)
Unreal
Half Life (the first too)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Combat mission : Beyond Overlord (the most fantastic tactical wargame !!! The 2WW sequels are also very good. No comment on the last one ...)
Master of Orion I & II
Master of Magic (A classic ...)
Heroes of Might & Magic I, II, III & V (not the IV : pleasant, but not in the spirit)
Pokémon Pearl/Diamond (Heu ... Sorry, just PC games, that's it ? )
Morrowind
General Fantasy
Stars!
Syndicate
Arcanum
Diablo I & II (but especially the 1rst)
Age of rifles (old, but still a ref.)
Stell Panther 2 (the modern warfare - a extremely huge disappointement that Combat Mission: Shock Force is not SP2 w/ the engine of CM ... I want to play the Falklands with the CM system !!!)
Warlods III: Darklords rising (yes ! It was FUN !)
Tekken I, II, II (heu ... sorry again ... )


Well, that's it for the moment. I'm not at home and it is just from memory, but that's the best way to select the games which really leave its mark on us.

[cupido2]

Hmmm I said Star Control... or was it Starflight? or Starcraft? Which one's which? I mean the one where you are looking for this "fuel"-planet, with the "Spemin" and could catch and scan alien lifeforms.
and there's the one, where you conquer planets in a solarsystem and build a fleet and fight 1 vs 1. With the kamikaze-rodent...

[llamabeast]

The first one you describe is neither Star Control nor Starcraft. So maybe it's Starflight.

The second one is Star Control. The kamikaze rodent was the Shufixti. Fear the Ur-Quan Dreadnought!

[Endoperez]

cupido2 said:
Hmmm I said Star Control... or was it Starflight? or Starcraft? Which one's which? I mean the one where you are looking for this "fuel"-planet, with the "Spemin" and could catch and scan alien lifeforms.
and there's the one, where you conquer planets in a solarsystem and build a fleet and fight 1 vs 1. With the kamikaze-rodent...

Fwiffo the cowardly Spathi captain, Earth put under red Ur-Quan Slave Shield, lots of planets to explore? Sounds like Star Control 2. The remake at http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ is made from the original code and graphics, mix&matched from different versions to get best graphics and speech, but due to copyright issues it's called The Ur-Quan Masters.

[Kristoffer O]

I've been playing MoM for two days now. Feels good! Thanks for links and tips.

[llamabeast]

Thanks for the link to the SC2 remake. We've been playing it in the office over lunch!

[WraithLord]

SC2 link is awesome

Forgot all about Archone...
Any idea where can I get Archon/Archon II?

[Ironhawk]

cupido2 said:
Hmmm I said Star Control... or was it Starflight? or Starcraft? Which one's which? I mean the one where you are looking for this "fuel"-planet, with the "Spemin" and could catch and scan alien lifeforms.
and there's the one, where you conquer planets in a solarsystem and build a fleet and fight 1 vs 1. With the kamikaze-rodent...

The first game you refer to is Starflight 1.

The second is likely Star Control 2. Tho really you mine planets rather than conquer them.