Favourite Oldschool Games

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I've just been hit with a massive nostalgic moment... It inspired me to start a thread...

Once upon a time, back in the day, I remember playing Duke Nukem 3D on a measly (800x600) 15" monitor. It was almost too awesome to behold! Kicking a load of a**, chewing bubble gum, shootin' pigs and saving babes... And it left a massive imprint on my memory. That excellent, haunting, exhilarating, symphonic, beautiful and melodic theme tune will haunt me for the rest of my life!​

What were your favourite oldschool PC/Console games?

Edit 1 - I've made a PC/Console split, since some people put some awesome 'home computer' games!

Edit 2 - I've included an 'Arcade' section, considering a lot of these games started on arcade machines, or you just enjoyed them better than the home versions!

It's looking like a darn good list of games now :D

Posted Games

PC
  • Duke Nukem 1, 2 & 3D.
  • Doom.
  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.
  • Championship Manager 2.
  • X-Com (UFO: Enemy Unknown).
  • Quake 2/3.
  • Carmageddon.
  • Cannon Fodder.
  • Grand Prix 2.
  • Z (Prounounced, 'Zed') ;) - Yeah, I remember it!
  • Broken Sword 1 & 2.
  • Inca II.
  • Discworld 1 & 2.
  • Castle Wolfenstein (also a 'Home Computer' game).
  • Wolfenstein 3D.
  • Lemmings.
  • Afterburner.
  • Little Big Adventure 1 & 2.
  • Civilisation 1 & 2.
  • Hogs of War.
  • Discworld 1 & 2.
  • Uplink.
  • Grim Fandango.
  • Stronghold.
  • Tactical Ops [Mod & Retail]
  • Unreal 1 & 2.
  • Unreal Tournament ('99)
  • Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle.
  • Tie Fighter.
  • Syndicate.
  • Half Life.
  • Loom.
  • Outcast.
  • Terminal Velocity.
  • Another World.
  • System Shock 2.
  • Speedball 2.
  • Highway Hunter.
  • Return Fire.
  • Harpoon.
  • Elite.
  • Quake.
  • Pizza tycoon
  • Gangsters
  • Prince of Persia (1989 original).
  • Tomb Raider.

Home Computers & Consoles
  • Amiga - Sensible Soccer, Beneath a Steel Sky, Wings, Worms, Alien Breed!, Xenon 2 Megablast, Super Cars 2, Blood Money, James Pond 2: Robocod , Settlers, Pacman, Asteroids, Super Breakout
  • Binatone - Pong (Those computers are actually in museums.. I think we have an 'oldschool' winner here!)
  • C64 - Pandadroid, Lords of Midnight.
  • Mega Drive - Sonic (1, 2, 3 & Sonic and Knuckles + Combos!), Gunstar Heroes, Desert Strike, Streets of Rage, Road Rash.
  • N64 - Diddy Kong Racing, Golden Eye.
  • (S)NES - Starwing, Super Mario 3, Micro Machines, Mario Kart, Street Fighter, Smash TV, Super Metroid
  • Playstation - Resident Evil 1, 2 & 3, Tomb Raider, Gran Turismo
  • Spectrum 48k - 3D Starstrike, Cyclone, Daley Thompsons Decathlon

Arcade
  • Gauntlet.
  • Super Sprint.
  • Outzone.
  • Street Fighter (Since no one else piped up ;)).
  • Bubble Bobble.
  • Outrun.
  • Ridge Racer.
  • Operation Wolf.
  • After Burner (The big seated edition)
  • Xevious.
  • Super Harrier.
  • 720°
  • Splatterhoose
  • Commando
  • Hard Drivin'

Handheld
  • Game Gear - Shinobi.
  • Game Gear - Road Rash (Has anyone else actually played this version? :)).
 
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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (but you have to play The Secret of Monkey Island first).

I believe they've released modernised versions with full voice acting and modern graphics.
 
Far to many games over the years but the one I keep going back to is the original X-Com or UFO: Enemy Unknown as it was known in the UK at the time :D
 
DisrupTor75 said:
Deutros, used to love that game. Wish there was something similar around now :(
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For the Amiga? (Or Spectrum?)

Now that is oldschool!

Grey M@a said:
Far to many games over the years but the one I keep going back to is the original X-Com or UFO: Enemy Unknown as it was known in the UK at the time :D
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Awesome game. I remember playing that, a little vaguely now though! Sort of gets jumbled in with another couple of RTS style games.. But I remember some specific monsters.
 
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Please please please do not call the Amiga a console. It was a home computer, the CD32 was the console.

I still own an upgraded A1200 with a huge HDD full of whdload games :) Used at least 2-3 times a week for gaming.
 
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Dizzy
Commander Keen
Wolfenstein
Worms
Lemmings
Jazz Jackrabbit
Micro Machines
Prehistorik (now on the iPhone)
Afterburner (a game about a robot that transforms into a plane)
 
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