The definitive list of (older) PC games to keep

[eadgbe]

I thought this might be a good idea, to create a list of PC games that are older but still worthy of a place on your hard drive. These games are also great if you don't have the best video card or the hugest hard drive, since they are generally small and easy to run.

Some obvious ones:

Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom
Duke Nukem 3d
Sim City 2000
Quake 1, 2, 3
Half-Life
Max Payne
Jedi Knight 1 + 2

Older ones:

Duke Nukem 1, 2, 3
Jazz Jackrabbit
Prince of Persia
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

EDIT: Starcraft, Warcraft II, Diablo 2 (duh)

[RikRikRikRIk]

nice list, i add

Red Alert Tiberian Sun/Generals/all of them
Command and Conquer
Age of Empires 1
Worms
Driver
GTA
Wolfenstein
Rednecks Rampage (lol that game was funny back in the days, anyone remember)

[MooCowzRock]

Age of Empires and the sequels/expansions. Those were some awesome games before III came out...

[ConanTL]

Civilzation
Kings Quest 6
Quake 3
Final Fantasy 7
Metal Gear Solid

[clutch-monkey]

Deus Ex and the first call of Duty

[wrathchild]

Theres a Duke Nukem 3? I thought it only went 1, 2, 3D.

also; Wolfenstein 3D
Heretic
Hexen1, 2
GTA, GTA2, London
Final Doom
Delta Force
Carmageddon 1, 2, TDR 2000
Secret Agent
Lemmings
Red Alert 2 (I havn't played RA1, but I heard its good)

[Fibblewith]

The Monkey Island series.

Grim Fandango.

Both good point and click games, although the SCUMM engine took a while to get used to after The Curse of Monkey Island.

[Canty]

Mafia for crying out loud.

[IGneois]

Heroes of might and magic

[refoops]

The Monkey Island series.

Grim Fandango.

Both good point and click games, although the SCUMM engine took a while to get used to after The Curse of Monkey Island.

I've got the Whole Monkey Island Series, Grim Fandango, And all the Lucas Arts games like Day of the Tentacle, Full throttle, The Dig. Etc. All full cd's with voice.

[AsHopeDies]

Wing Commander FTW

[pacaveli]

dungeon keeper 2...

[refoops]

Worms World Party, Worms Armageddon.

[PsiRedEye22]

Sam and Max.

[evilmittens]

Civ II
Tie Fighter
Elder Scrolls series.

[silverspade14]

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

[Chocotaco]

The Monkey Island series.

Grim Fandango.

Both good point and click games, although the SCUMM engine took a while to get used to after The Curse of Monkey Island.

Exactly what I was going to say.

There are rumors going around the Tim Burton might make a Grim Fandango film.

[Bidwell]

The original Oregon Trail (http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/otrail.shtml) shall henceforth and forever dominate this thread.

[Fibblewith]

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
I bought Allied Assault: Deluxe a while ago and it turns out it doesn't work on my four year old desktop computer because it's incompatible with my video card. And yet, I can play Half Life 2 on it fine.

Oh, well. It was only £5, so it's not like it's going to devalue any more before I get a new computer. I've been saying I'm getting a new computer since November.

I could install it on my laptop, but I can't be bothered swapping the mouse from my desktop to the laptop and back again.

[FsB_BeN]

Starcraft, Broodwars, Quake series, The Sims, Diablo2

[silverspade14]

I bought Allied Assault: Deluxe a while ago and it turns out it doesn't work on my four year old desktop computer because it's incompatible with my video card. And yet, I can play Half Life 2 on it fine.

Oh, well. It was only £5, so it's not like it's going to devalue any more before I get a new computer. I've been saying I'm getting a new computer since November.

I could install it on my laptop, but I can't be bothered swapping the mouse from my desktop to the laptop and back again.
O. Its the original cinematic WW2 game. I played online in a clan for like 2 years.

[navid]

max payne baby,
elder scrolls was great.
fifa 99 was SO FUN!

[ahaga]

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

yeah that game is great, I've played it since it came out and there are still alot of peeps playing online still

[BFIGHTER]

HALO!!!!!
HALO 1 is the best game known to man.

[TriggerOfDemise]

damn it... you guys already listed most of em. i guess you can consider Half Life/Counter Strike an "old" PC game. hell, that things been around since '98/99, about 8 yrs ago!



damn, i miss my college yrs...





oh yeah... terrorist wins.

[Frosty]

Going to add Tomb Raider II into this. Why? Because it outperformed the original, III, IV, and Chronicles and even Legend. Giving birth to a major female heroine who you could actually see most of the game (note: trying to exclude Samus, who was in a suit during almost all of her series). It was a great platformer and action game and produced countless spawns (starring both female and male characters, many of which failed to be as good and productive as Tomb Raider II).

Many of the ones I would've added were said though...

But I'm going to repeat Starcraft anyway, because it owned that much. Not even the actual playing of the game, but the UMS games were amazing.

[bsquared977]

wolfenstein 3D!

I felt like such a badass installing that game after my parents went to bed then uninstalling it when i was done so they wouldn't know.

[RikRikRikRIk]

i remember i had so much fun with Commander Keen....
i thinks thats like 12years ago...
http://www.commander-keen.com/screenshots/keen1/6.gif


Roller Coaster Tycoon 1/Theme park
and Syphon Filter (or was that ps1?)

[clutch-monkey]

and Syphon Filter (or was that ps1?)
yes. still a fun game though.

[A_D0G79]

Diablo 2, the multiplayer is badass.

[used_me]

Operation Flashpoint

Duke Nukem Manhatten Project was a blast.

[burningcow422]

Wolfenstein 3d
Hocus Pocus (same company)
Jill of the Jungle (you probably don't know it)
Anything Commander Keen
Blake Stone


haha basically any old DOS game I grew up with. Apogee series games STILL own.

[pacaveli]

But I'm going to repeat Starcraft anyway, because it owned that much. Not even the actual playing of the game, but the UMS games were amazing.


they still are!:raiseeyeb

[Sharky]

Dune 2 an oldy but a goody

[NYG 5]

sw rebellion.....if you layed it, u know whaty im talkin about

[Stanky105]

Kings Quest 6: Heir today, gone tomorrow.

The best adventure game IMO, back when the genre still existed.

[skater910]

Command and Conquer: Renegade. EA bought Westwood and stopped supporting it, so the community released a homemade anti-cheat (Renguard) and patch (CP1). It's neat how game communities have dedication to a game.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 1/2. Got addicted to the original and it totally took over my life.

Half-life, especially for the mods. Counter-strike, Sven Co-op, The Specialists, and so many more.

The C&C RTS games. Nearly the only RTS games I ever played (except for Starcraft [barely] and AOE 2/3).

[Natedawg1848]

scorched earth

my other suggestions have already been listed

[wrathchild]

Blake Stone


haha basically any old DOS game I grew up with. Apogee series games STILL own.
Fuck yeah. Blake Stone > most things

Apogee? You mean games like:
Monster Bash
Secret Agent
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Bio Menace

Apogee owned my life many years ago.