Games you loved when you were young that still ROCK!!!!

[bazizten]

I have to say Dungeon Master and all the sequels. They are as good as when they were released. Oh my lord.....

Me and my childhood friend just played through Chaos strikes back. I can really understand why we gave up 20 years ago hahaha. But this time we drew all the maps as we crawled through the tunnels.

Todays games sucks compared to these games. Nice graphics me **s!!! The graphics doesn't matter when the games are this good

[diablothe2nd]

if you like that then you might like this:
http://www.grimrock.net/

I'm trying hard to think which game I played and loved the most as a kid. there were so many! but as i got older I became more hooked on applications like Real3D and Deluxe Paint III.

Aha! a game I loved and still rocks:

Worms and Worms Directors cut... I still play that on my miggy and on PC even now. hours of fun!

[DDNI]

Need you ask?? Mercenary....!

[Coagulus]

Turricans, Battle Squadron, Flashback, Pinball Dreams (and sequels), Cannon Fodder, Stunt Car Racer, Deluxe Galaga and Megalomania are all still great. There are no doubt many more!

[frank_b]

Originally Posted by Coagulus

Turricans, Battle Squadron, Flashback, Pinball Dreams (and sequels), Cannon Fodder, Stunt Car Racer, Deluxe Galaga and Megalomania are all still great. There are no doubt many more!

Speedball II and Prince of Persia.

[Bamiga2002]

Super Cars 2, SWIV, Sidewinder...and of course the AD&D games

[roy bates]

dungeon master is awsome.


frontier
ufo enemy unknown
battle squadron
stuntcar racer
indiana jones fate of atlantis
monkey island
monkey island lechucks revenge
de ja vu and the sequel
another world
flashback
syndicate
castle master and the sequel
infestation

and many many others

[Gibbersan]

Alternate Reality. Still fun.

Would have to agree with Flashback and Dungeon Master, also.

[Christian]

Some through remakes;

Battle Squadron
Another World
Prince of Persia
North & South
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Lotus Turbo Challenge 1&2
Hired Guns
Day of the Tentacle (PC)
Outrun (Arcade)

Civilisation
Railroad Tycoon
Frontier
Frontier, First Encounters (PC)
UFO, Enemy Unknown (PC)
Eye of the Beholder 1&2

[Leffmann]

I still like Emerald Mine. There are always more levels to complete!

[Photon]

I'd say Gravity-Force and none of the sequels!!

So ugly. So ace. Play it with a friend. Become enemies for life.

Silkworm is still arcade quality and the sound... PFWOOOM! Exile. Go into another world for a long time and get a new pet Worms, Lemmings, Pinball xx all get played regularly actually!

Bit boring post with all the famous game namedropping but oh well.

[Paul_s]

Cannon Fodder (played 2nd part a couple of years ago again and finished it (again!))
Lotus 2
Premiere
Superfrog (easy, can still remember where everything is!)
Turrican 2
Supercars
Indy Heat
Agony (still not good at this but enjoyable)
Tearaway Thomas - nuts
Wiz n' Liz - nuts
Pinball Dreams
F-19 Stealth Fighter - always loved this game.

[magnetic]

You guys have some good ones listed. i agree and i'll make a list of a little more obscure ones

Hostages
Persian Gulf Inferno
Nuclear War
Lords of the Rising Sun
Centurion
New York Warriors
Hacker
Spy Vs Spy
Another World

[Geraldine]

Nice to see mentions for Frontier
I would also add to the Miggy games

Subwar 2050
Walker
Project X
Colonization
Millennium 2.2
Elite
Wing Commander
Oblivion (Defender Clone)
Overkill
Roadkill
Skid Marks
Blackcrypt
K240 & Utopia

All of these are as fresh today as they were back in the day!

Hey, any of you guys on Amibay? If so have a look at the retro reviews section here http://www.amibay.com/forumdisplay.php?f=181

[robinsonb5]

C64:
Nebulus
Wizball

Amiga:
Deflektor
Vaxine

[Predseda]

Tons. Amiga is still awesome machine and those games rock all.

[Dunny]

Hmmm. Let's see:

3D Monster Maze! God, that was awesome and sooooo scary!
Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy - still just as playable as it always was.
Cybernoid and Cybernoid 2 - the 128k music rocked, the graphics were explosive and full of colour, and it was so playable it hurt. A Cecco classic.

Many others too, but nothing on later platforms (including the Amiga) stands out as much as the Spectrum classics did.

D.

[ennio]

Buggy Boy (always my go-to game)
Speedball 2 (a few months ago I started playing this and got addicted all over again)
Another World
Lemmings
Hybris

[bazizten]

Originally Posted by diablothe2nd

if you like that then you might like this:
http://www.grimrock.net/

I'm trying hard to think which game I played and loved the most as a kid. there were so many! but as i got older I became more hooked on applications like Real3D and Deluxe Paint III.

Aha! a game I loved and still rocks:

Worms and Worms Directors cut... I still play that on my miggy and on PC even now. hours of fun!

Oh yeah ! Grimrock is awsome!!!

[Coltch]

Manic Miner on the Speccy is still brilliant (still play it on my +2 and Phone).
Last Ninja/Wizball/Uridium & Ultima III on C64 - stunning games

and Sensi Soccer and Cannon Fodder on Amiga - two of the best games ever made!

[MazinKaesar]

Golden Axe on any platform! ;D

[Dastardly]

Rainbow Islands (and loads of others).

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by Leffmann

I still like Emerald Mine. There are always more levels to complete!

But are there more hairs left to pull?

[ptyerman]

Armageddon I and II. A mate and I spent weeks playing them on 2 miggys serial linked. Also Eye of the Beholder 1 and 2, played them both again recently. And never forgetting Deuteros, what a game that is, and there has never been a remake which is a shame!

[ubermick]

I loved all the old platforms and shoot em ups. Modern games might look absolutely sexy, but while the appearance has improved, the gameplay has completely gone to pot. Comparing my Kick Off 2 sessions, FIFA 12 on the PS3 feels like you need four hands with 8 fingers on each one to be able to play it.

Of all of them? The one I think that could still stand up to any modern game is Frontier: Elite 2. The hours I spent on that game, the way I got absolutely immersed in it... I'm still amazed (and a bit sad) that an updated MMORPG version of it hasn't appeared. (I know some lads are working on a remake of Frontier called Pioneer, but I think it'll be many years before we see a proper release of it)

[PowerPie5000]

Monkey Island games... I've finshsed them so many times but still enjoy them

...There are loads of other cool games too such as Worms, Cannon Fodder etc. (too many to list ).

[moijk]

I don't think there is any game i played as a young which today isn't as fun. Some I thought back then had awesome graphics, and today is a bit dated. but thats beside the point.

I however miss having my second player around (my little brother)

[Gouldin]

R-Type and best Amiga shooter still for me is Z-Out. Mostly due to the music from these games admittedly

Others that still rock: Rodland, Turrican Trilogy, Stunt Car Racer, Quik & Silva, Hybris, James Pond, Lemmings 1 & 2. Lemmings 3 sucks though.

[BrooksterMax]

Canon Fodder and Mega lo Mania are games I will always reload

[Mendel]

Originally Posted by Christian

Eye of the Beholder 1&2

This is a series I just didn´t get as a child. I tried playing but I wouldn´t understand them and could not appreciate them. Got stuck in some silly puzzle very early on in the game and I probably had wrong kind of party too.

Now though... I have started eotb1 a couple days ago and I like it a lot. I guess this will be my go-to game for a while! Much better than Diablo 3. There really needs to be more than hack and slash for me. The puzzles create the much needed pacing for the game. Oh and the graphics have aged with dignity.

[commodorejohn]

Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom. Hands-down the best vertical shmup I've played on a PC, it gives a lot of arcade games a run for their money. Also, the music is catchy as hell. Works fine on DOSBox, too (though it sounds best on a real OPL2/OPL3 sound card.) (Just make sure you find v2.3, that's the last one with the full shareware episode.)

Also, I recently played through the Jill of the Jungle trilogy for the first time in years, and I was surprised how well that's held up. A pretty good blend of puzzles and action and an absolutely terrific soundtrack (why Dan Froelich didn't go on to do a lot more games than just early Epic shareware titles is beyond me.) The graphics are dated, but pretty charming nonetheless.

[Obliterator]

Gods is still a awesome game as well as Speed Ball 2 plus Cannon Fodder and SWOS and tons more

[desiv]

Yes, it's not commercial, but..
MegaBall (and MegaBallAGA)

That's still great fun.. ;-)

desiv

[keitha1200]

Originally Posted by magnetic

Persian Gulf Inferno

The very first game I played on my Amiga

My best of the best games:

UFO Enemy Unknown
Ashes of Empire (still can't find an original)
Sensible Soccer
Lords of the Realm
Wings

[commodorejohn]

Oh, forgot this one: Spin Doctor. The Mac original, not the subsequent commercialware-ing up from Expert Software. (Though the Windows version of that is worthwhile just for the MIDIs.) The original version's got beautifully simple visuals and audio as compared to the later revamp, though both have incredibly addictive gameplay. Good stuff. If you've got SheepShaver and 256 colors on your Amiga, you need this.

[jamotide]

Originally Posted by bazizten

I have to say Dungeon Master and all the sequels. They are as good as when they were released. Oh my lord.....

Agreed, actually it was the Grimrock hype that recently made me want to play again, and I went through all of them in a week, I mean DM1,CSB and DM2. Awesome games.
I really like the premise of this thread, so often people list their favourite games and when you ask how often they play it turns out they only like played it once 15 years ago. Well, if the game is so great, why dont you play it all the time!

Other Amiga games I often play are

1869 - Beautiful music and graphics
MadTV! - Never gets old really
Pizza Connection - just great all around
Speedball2 - surprisingly fun even with a keyboard
UFO - Everyone loves that
Frontier - the scope of it is just amazing

[stevsurv]

DM,CSB, DM2 and some SSI goldbox games. Addictive classics that I still play regularly. Been playing Frontier a lot lately tho. The gameworld is soooooo vaaaaaast!

[Muzkat]

On the Amiga:

Gods
Speedball 2
Crazy Cars 3
Backlash
Interphase
Road Rash

On other systems:

Streets of Rage 2
DOOM

[amiga_Forever]

Last Action Hero

Lotus 3. ( not really for the racing, although that's still great, but I loved listening to some of music you can select)

Chuck Rock

[Adropac2]

Space Ranger. Saw this in Dixons and it was the first game I saw running on Amiga. Simple but fun and great example of a pick up and play. I never see it mentioned. Nice memorable tunes too