Alternative top 100 list

IggyStooge · 1 Sep 2014 at 20:06

01. GTA San Andreas
02. Half-Life 2
03. Medal of Honour Allied Assault
04. Fallout 3
05. Far Cry
06. Max Payne 2
07. GTA Vice City
08. Call of Duty
09. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
10. Mafia

TALON1973 · 1 Sep 2014 at 20:14

The problem with many lists normally comes down to age. if you start a pc top 10 of all time , how many people are going to have even been around playing on pcs going back pre half life 1 era ? I got started on a Pentium 2 233 , so that puts me as far back as 1997.

Hades · 1 Sep 2014 at 20:32

Quake 2 CTF online > all

Go quad amp railgun or go home.

m4cc45 · 1 Sep 2014 at 20:42

TALON1973 said:
The problem with many lists normally comes down to age. if you start a pc top 10 of all time , how many people are going to have even been around playing on pcs going back pre half life 1 era ? I got started on a Pentium 2 233 , so that puts me as far back as 1997.

Got started on a DX4-100 as my main PC and had been using them for a lot longer before I finally managed to buy one.

I can probably go back a little bit further than you. My list changes all the time and it's subjective to how I feel. If I'm feeling nostalgic then I'd put in Doom, etc. if it was all formats then my list would be mainly C64 and Amiga games.

M.

TALON1973 · 1 Sep 2014 at 20:48

m4cc45 said:
I can probably go back a little bit further than you. My list changes all the time and it's subjective to how I feel. If I'm feeling nostalgic then I'd put in Doom, etc. if it was all formats then my list would be mainly C64 and Amiga games.

M.

lol If your going that far back , I had a bbc model b

Warbie · 1 Sep 2014 at 20:58

TALON1973 said:
The problem with many lists normally comes down to age. if you start a pc top 10 of all time , how many people are going to have even been around playing on pcs going back pre half life 1 era ? I got started on a Pentium 2 233 , so that puts me as far back as 1997.

Agreed. My first fps was Wolfenstein 3D back in 92! And what does determine a great game - how much fun it is now, the impact it had at the time, what it brought to the genre? All of the above? One thing's for sure - if you missed out on PC fps, especially multiplayer, in the 90s and early 2000s, you missed out on the golden age of the PC fps and arguably the golden age of PC gaming fullstop. This isn't simply nostalgia speaking - what we have today sucks in every possible way bar graphics in comparison. Quake, Action Quake, Jail Break, Unreal, UT, HL, CS, DoD, RTCW, ET, SoF2, TF, TFC - it just goes on and on. So many diverse and great shooters built around a mouse and keyboard that thrived on fast, fluid gameplay and user made content. It honestly pains me at how utterly, utterly ****e the PC fps scene is these days! :mad:

m4cc45 · 1 Sep 2014 at 21:02

TALON1973 said:
lol If your going that far back , I had a bbc model b

Binotone was my first games console

M.

Ninco! · 1 Sep 2014 at 21:45

Warbie said:
Agreed. My first fps was Wolfenstein 3D back in 92! And what does determine a great game - how much fun it is now, the impact it had at the time, what it brought to the genre? All of the above? One thing's for sure - if you missed out on PC fps, especially multiplayer, in the 90s and early 2000s, you missed out on the golden age of the PC fps and arguably the golden age of PC gaming fullstop. This isn't simply nostalgia speaking - what we have today sucks in every possible way bar graphics in comparison. Quake, Action Quake, Jail Break, Unreal, UT, HL, CS, DoD, RTCW, ET, SoF2, TF, TFC - it just goes on and on. So many diverse and great shooters built around a mouse and keyboard that thrived on fast, fluid gameplay and user made content. It honestly pains me at how utterly, utterly ****e the PC fps scene is these days!

I totally agree, a great time for multiplayer gaming. The original TF2 and DOD circa 1999/2000 were amazing. The original DOD, with its Saving Private Ryan sounds and non PC propaganda really set the scene. The ludicrous beach landing map - You spawn and get mowed down by an MG42, respawn die again! Finely after 50 attempts when you finely make it to the axis trench you get blown up by a friendly grenade...

TALON1973 · 1 Sep 2014 at 21:47

m4cc45 said:
Binotone was my first games console

M.

Vectrex

wnb · 2 Sep 2014 at 00:09

Hades said:
Quake 2 CTF online > all

Go quad amp railgun or go home.

Just Awesome, could not wait until the weekend to play Q2 CTF. Internet was virtually free at the weekend on BT dialup.

varkanoid · 2 Sep 2014 at 14:11

m4cc45 said:
Got started on a DX4-100 as my main PC and had been using them for a lot longer before I finally managed to buy one.

I can probably go back a little bit further than you. My list changes all the time and it's subjective to how I feel. If I'm feeling nostalgic then I'd put in Doom, etc. if it was all formats then my list would be mainly C64 and Amiga games.

M.

First for me was ZX80 (wish I still had it must be worth a mint) and Invaders but my first PC was DX2-66 CPU and Zork I think. (I went ZX80 > ZX81 ?> Vic 20 > CBM 64 > Amiga > PC)
Thing is it doesnt matter how long you have been gaming on a PC you can still play any game from any year.
No list is going to suit everyone but the one here based on top 10 would be interesting and better than the PC Gippy's one.

Will have to think about a top ten.

(just had a quick look on the bay and they are going for £500! and oh wow you can buy a replica ZX80 in KIT form for £90!)