PC Classic Games

Anubis · 10 October 2006, 14:56

Yes I know, this is amiga community, but eventually all of us moved to PC or Mac. This topic should be simillar to mame tread where you suggest PC games that you think are worth checking or that have 'classic' status.

Also if game was released on Amiga, write which version you find better.

Here is my start of the list:

UFO - Enemy Unknown (aka X-Com)

I liked amiga version of this game enough that this was first PC game that I got. I still prefer Amiga version even I did not find much difference...

Total Annihilation

One of most underrated PC titles. Not sure why as it looks and plays much better then any RTS of its time.

... (just like matrix - to be contued

)

blade002 · 10 October 2006, 15:16

Some favourites for me were

Hitman 1

Rune

Dark Reign 2

Deus Ex

The Longest Journey

Serious Sam

Blade Runner

Painkiller

Magic Carpet

Heretic II

Unreal Tournament

s2325 · 10 October 2006, 16:00

old, small & good:
Quadnet (arcade shooter)

Yoda Stories (adventure+arcade elements)
Indiana Jones Desktop Adventures
Sensible Golf
Abuse (platform game)
Electrobody/Electroman (platform game)
Pac in Time (platform game)
Epic Pinball
Silverball (pinball)
Fox Ranger

Beetle Juice (arcade)

sarek2k · 10 October 2006, 16:34

Warcraft 1 & 2
Little Big Adventure 1 & 2
Lost Eden (Cryo)
Fade to black
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Daggerfall
Pirates (but way preferd the Amiga version better graphics by miles)

Spent many years playing all of these

a load more too just these spring to mind as the best

coze · 10 October 2006, 16:34

some of my personal favorites are jagged alliance which was somewhat in the vein of x-com and imperialism which was a resource management - strategy game.

Muzkat · 11 October 2006, 13:02

Nice thread.

Abuse
Amok
Carmageddon 1 & 2 & TDR
DethKarz
Death Rally
Doom series
Duke Nukem 3d
Dungeon Keeper II
Hexen / Heretic
Hyperblade
Jagged Alliance
Jazz Jackrabbit 1 & II
Magic Carpet II
Mechwarror series
Quake series
Raptor
Road Rash
Screamer II
Shattered Steel
Starcraft
Thief II: The Metal Age
Tyrian

keropi · 11 October 2006, 13:05

eob's
Lands of Lore
Alone in the Dark 1 , 2
Litil Divil
Goblins 1,2,3
Shadow of the Comet
Dangerous Dave 1,2,3
Jazz Jackrabbit
Ultima Underworld 1,2
Ultima VIII
Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Shadow Warrior
Blood 1,2

gonna think more!

Macca · 11 October 2006, 13:28

First game I played on the PC was doom... which was very good especially as it was the first FPS and mutiplayer shooter I'd ever played...

Shortly after that it was a game I loved... System Shock.. superb game...

In between theres been (classic wise):

Little Big Adventure Series (LBA)
System Shock 1 / 2
Doom / Quake
Command & Conqueor

And I suppose the game that I've spend literally months playing:

Asherons Call - first MMOPRG I've ever played way back around 7/8 years ago and still play today... I've played / beta'd pretty much every MMORPG games since and nothing has suppased it yet..

Zetr0 · 11 October 2006, 14:52

DCC: (Dungeon Crawler Clones)
EOB series
Legend of Kyranda

RTS: (Real Time Stratagy)
Commandos
Syndicate
Syndicate Wars
C&C series
Dungeon Keeper
Diabalo(s)
Battle Tech Commander
Force Commander
Dark Reign(s)

FPS: (First Person Shooter)
Quake(s)
Rise of the Triad
Doom(s)
DukeNukem(s)
Heratic(s)
Hexen
System Shock
Thief

TPS: (Third Person Stratagy)
Space Hulk: Vengeanceof the Blood Angels
Blood Rayne
Tomb Raider(s)
Spyro
MDK

VRG: (Vehicle Racing Game)
Carmagedon(s)
Destruction Derby(s)
Wipeout
Need for Speed(s)

SFS: (Space/Fligh Sims)
Wing Commander: Kilarthi Saga
Wing Commander: Acedemy
Wing Commander: Privatieer
Wing Commander: Prophecy
Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger
FreeSpace
Tacyon the Fringe
Elite
Elite Frontiers

theres probly a tone or so more but just can not remeber at present

EmuChicken · 11 October 2006, 15:02

Total Annhilation - "One of most underrated PC titles. Not sure why as it looks and plays much better then any RTS of its time."

Erm, you may find that it was quite OVERRATED! - I remembered it topping the PC Zone RTS list for ages at 96% ... Red alert kicked its ass and you know it (spray painting to create buildings- wtf!?)

UFO : Enemy unknown was the first game I bought for my pc (even though I got a P166mmx)... best game ever for the pc too heh... bought it alongside colonization (too slow on my amiga) and some other cheap game, uh, .... cant remember but I got gobliins 2 with day of the tentacle shortly after

Back to topic

my favs

UFO (prefered PC vers - had a hard drive!)
Raptor
Fuzzys world of minature golf
gobliins 2 (amiga version was prolly better)
Solar Winds (overtop space exploration / arcade- awesome!)
Elite 2 / 3 (I played 2 on the amiga , 3 on the pc... unsure which I prefer heh)
Wing commander 1 + 2 (dont mind which version)
Pirates Gold!
Civilization (amiga ftw!)
Settlers (Amiga!!!! DEFINATELY!)
Command and Conquer - best for me was Red Alert- my TC mod rocked your balls!

Anubis · 11 October 2006, 16:02

Red Alert is in my opinion overrated. I disliked movie sequences and units looked not so nice as TA!

And btw it was not paint but energy/minerals that Commander was spreading. :P

I rescently finished Homeworld, and this one deserves classic status. First RTS with 3D space. Great gameplay too.

Warcraft II was also great at the time it came out. Same goes for DukeNukem 3D. Loved that game and was much better then any Doom game. (it was newer, which means I missed Doom games)

As I had HD on my Amiga 500+, there was no problems with X-Com.

killergorilla · 11 October 2006, 16:17

I thought TA was fecking awesome.

Muzkat · 11 October 2006, 16:27

How could I forget Rise of the Triad. What a riot! Drunk missiles rock.

Sune Salminen · 11 October 2006, 16:44

Doom
Duke Nukem 3D
Warcraft II
Magic Carpet II (my flatmate and I LAN-played this to death, what fun)
Theme Hospital
Quake, II, III Arena (I still had a 16MB TNT 1 when Q3A came out)
Dungeon Keeper
Carmageddon II
Dethkarz
Hexen, Hexen II, Heretic

jmmijo · 11 October 2006, 16:44

How about "Redneck Rampage" loved the CD audio soundtrack like, "My Baby's All Liquored Up."

Anubis · 11 October 2006, 18:27

Got to love that front cover with your and Fred's picture on it.

Outlaws by Lucas Arts came about the same time. Somethin' like Dark Froce's clone set in wild west time.

Full Throttle
The Dig
rest of LA adventures

One game that sucked on PC was Defender of the Crown. Amiga version was way better.

keropi · 11 October 2006, 20:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by EmuChicken

gobliins 2 (amiga version was prolly better)

why do you say this? the pc version is 256colors, the 64color amiga version looks worst... does it have better sound? I have only played with the pc-version, and the amiga screenshots don't look as good...

TheBoss · 11 October 2006, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by keropi

why do you say this? the pc version is 256colors, the 64color amiga version looks worst... does it have better sound? I have only played with the pc-version, and the amiga screenshots don't look as good...

Not to mention the PC CD version has Digital Speech and CD Audio

keropi · 11 October 2006, 20:49

yeah, I have the cd versions of gobliiins and gobliins... but I don't like the cd audio, too HQ

I got the disk versions too, synthesized sounds are more "goblin" like lol

sarek2k · 12 October 2006, 02:13

Quote:

(From Zetro)
TPS: (Third Person Stratagy)
Spyro (Wasn't this PSX (and other formats don't recall seeing a pc verison)
MDK (Yes Very good alternative kind of game!)

VRG: (Vehicle Racing Game)
Carmagedon(s) (How the hell could i forget this AWESOME game)
Destruction Derby(s) (This was good too but missed out on better graphics later!)
Need for Speed(s) (Awesome too specially II, III was the pinnacle!)
(up n till the recent trash NFS underground etc aren't my cup of tea neither was porsche challenge!)

Current fave : CNC Generals, Zero Hour (specially with mods keep comming back for more and more

)

10 October 2006, 14:56	#1
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,059	PC Classic Games Yes I know, this is amiga community, but eventually all of us moved to PC or Mac. This topic should be simillar to mame tread where you suggest PC games that you think are worth checking or that have 'classic' status. Also if game was released on Amiga, write which version you find better. Here is my start of the list: UFO - Enemy Unknown (aka X-Com) I liked amiga version of this game enough that this was first PC game that I got. I still prefer Amiga version even I did not find much difference... Total Annihilation One of most underrated PC titles. Not sure why as it looks and plays much better then any RTS of its time. ... (just like matrix - to be contued )

11 October 2006, 13:02	#6
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,427	Nice thread. Abuse Amok Carmageddon 1 & 2 & TDR DethKarz Death Rally Doom series Duke Nukem 3d Dungeon Keeper II Hexen / Heretic Hyperblade Jagged Alliance Jazz Jackrabbit 1 & II Magic Carpet II Mechwarror series Quake series Raptor Road Rash Screamer II Shattered Steel Starcraft Thief II: The Metal Age Tyrian Last edited by Muzkat; 12 October 2006 at 01:35.

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10 October 2006, 15:16	#2
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	Some favourites for me were Hitman 1 Rune Dark Reign 2 Deus Ex The Longest Journey Serious Sam Blade Runner Painkiller Magic Carpet Heretic II Unreal Tournament

10 October 2006, 16:00	#3
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	old, small & good: Quadnet (arcade shooter) Yoda Stories (adventure+arcade elements) Indiana Jones Desktop Adventures Sensible Golf Abuse (platform game) Electrobody/Electroman (platform game) Pac in Time (platform game) Epic Pinball Silverball (pinball) Fox Ranger Beetle Juice (arcade)

10 October 2006, 16:34	#4
sarek2k E.A.B Addict and Proud Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 56 Posts: 543	Warcraft 1 & 2 Little Big Adventure 1 & 2 Lost Eden (Cryo) Fade to black Transport Tycoon Deluxe Daggerfall Pirates (but way preferd the Amiga version better graphics by miles) Spent many years playing all of these a load more too just these spring to mind as the best

10 October 2006, 16:34	#5
coze hastala vista winny vista Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mt fuji Age: 46 Posts: 1,335	some of my personal favorites are jagged alliance which was somewhat in the vein of x-com and imperialism which was a resource management - strategy game.

11 October 2006, 13:05	#7
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	eob's Lands of Lore Alone in the Dark 1 , 2 Litil Divil Goblins 1,2,3 Shadow of the Comet Dangerous Dave 1,2,3 Jazz Jackrabbit Ultima Underworld 1,2 Ultima VIII Quake Duke Nukem 3D Shadow Warrior Blood 1,2 gonna think more!

11 October 2006, 13:28	#8
Macca Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Gloucester Posts: 697	First game I played on the PC was doom... which was very good especially as it was the first FPS and mutiplayer shooter I'd ever played... Shortly after that it was a game I loved... System Shock.. superb game... In between theres been (classic wise): Little Big Adventure Series (LBA) System Shock 1 / 2 Doom / Quake Command & Conqueor And I suppose the game that I've spend literally months playing: Asherons Call - first MMOPRG I've ever played way back around 7/8 years ago and still play today... I've played / beta'd pretty much every MMORPG games since and nothing has suppased it yet..

11 October 2006, 14:52	#9
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	DCC: (Dungeon Crawler Clones) EOB series Legend of Kyranda RTS: (Real Time Stratagy) Commandos Syndicate Syndicate Wars C&C series Dungeon Keeper Diabalo(s) Battle Tech Commander Force Commander Dark Reign(s) FPS: (First Person Shooter) Quake(s) Rise of the Triad Doom(s) DukeNukem(s) Heratic(s) Hexen System Shock Thief TPS: (Third Person Stratagy) Space Hulk: Vengeanceof the Blood Angels Blood Rayne Tomb Raider(s) Spyro MDK VRG: (Vehicle Racing Game) Carmagedon(s) Destruction Derby(s) Wipeout Need for Speed(s) SFS: (Space/Fligh Sims) Wing Commander: Kilarthi Saga Wing Commander: Acedemy Wing Commander: Privatieer Wing Commander: Prophecy Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger FreeSpace Tacyon the Fringe Elite Elite Frontiers theres probly a tone or so more but just can not remeber at present

11 October 2006, 15:02	#10
EmuChicken Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nagoya, Japan (moved!) Age: 41 Posts: 746	Total Annhilation - "One of most underrated PC titles. Not sure why as it looks and plays much better then any RTS of its time." Erm, you may find that it was quite OVERRATED! - I remembered it topping the PC Zone RTS list for ages at 96% ... Red alert kicked its ass and you know it (spray painting to create buildings- wtf!?) UFO : Enemy unknown was the first game I bought for my pc (even though I got a P166mmx)... best game ever for the pc too heh... bought it alongside colonization (too slow on my amiga) and some other cheap game, uh, .... cant remember but I got gobliins 2 with day of the tentacle shortly after Back to topic my favs UFO (prefered PC vers - had a hard drive!) Raptor Fuzzys world of minature golf gobliins 2 (amiga version was prolly better) Solar Winds (overtop space exploration / arcade- awesome!) Elite 2 / 3 (I played 2 on the amiga , 3 on the pc... unsure which I prefer heh) Wing commander 1 + 2 (dont mind which version) Pirates Gold! Civilization (amiga ftw!) Settlers (Amiga!!!! DEFINATELY!) Command and Conquer - best for me was Red Alert- my TC mod rocked your balls!

11 October 2006, 16:02	#11
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,059	Red Alert is in my opinion overrated. I disliked movie sequences and units looked not so nice as TA! And btw it was not paint but energy/minerals that Commander was spreading. :P I rescently finished Homeworld, and this one deserves classic status. First RTS with 3D space. Great gameplay too. Warcraft II was also great at the time it came out. Same goes for DukeNukem 3D. Loved that game and was much better then any Doom game. (it was newer, which means I missed Doom games) As I had HD on my Amiga 500+, there was no problems with X-Com.

11 October 2006, 16:17	#12
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	I thought TA was fecking awesome.

11 October 2006, 16:27	#13
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,427	How could I forget Rise of the Triad. What a riot! Drunk missiles rock.

11 October 2006, 16:44	#14
Sune Salminen Dinamáquina Join Date: May 2002 Location: BH/Brasil Age: 49 Posts: 370	Doom Duke Nukem 3D Warcraft II Magic Carpet II (my flatmate and I LAN-played this to death, what fun) Theme Hospital Quake, II, III Arena (I still had a 16MB TNT 1 when Q3A came out) Dungeon Keeper Carmageddon II Dethkarz Hexen, Hexen II, Heretic

11 October 2006, 16:44	#15
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,395	How about "Redneck Rampage" loved the CD audio soundtrack like, "My Baby's All Liquored Up."

11 October 2006, 18:27	#16
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,059	Got to love that front cover with your and Fred's picture on it. Outlaws by Lucas Arts came about the same time. Somethin' like Dark Froce's clone set in wild west time. Full Throttle The Dig rest of LA adventures One game that sucked on PC was Defender of the Crown. Amiga version was way better.

11 October 2006, 20:49	#19
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	yeah, I have the cd versions of gobliiins and gobliins... but I don't like the cd audio, too HQ I got the disk versions too, synthesized sounds are more "goblin" like lol

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