Off topic List your top/favorite 5-10 comp games

[mac5732]

We've seen how old everyone is and what we all like to read, so how about everyone listing their 5-10 top or favorite computer games. rate 1 being highest

1 SEIV
2 Shogun
3 PacWar (by Grigsby)
4 the old Empire/Empire Deluxe game
5 the original Imperium Galactim by SSI
6 Gettysburg by Talonsoft
7 Civ II
8 War in Russia (SSI)
9 Moo & Moo2

My #10 is a toss up, unable to make up my mine yet

just some ideas Mac

[This message has been edited by mac5732 (edited 03 May 2001).]

[nerfman]

1. SE IV
2. AoA WDK 2K
3. Imperialism II
4. Steel Panthers World at War (free on www.thegamers.net) (http://www.thegamers.net))
5. Civ II
6. Pirates (A true classic)
7. Coloniztion (Great economic system)
8. Steel Panthers II
9. Talosoft's Eastern Front II
10. The Lost Admiral (Cheesy but fun)

[chewy027]

isn't there already a thread like this?

[Nitram Draw]

In no particular order except #1.
1. SE4
2. X-Com Apoc.
3. Civ. II / Alpha
4. Doom
5. Wizardry I /Bards Tale
6. Kampfgruppe
7. Panzer General
8. Fallout II
9. Talonsoft Civil War / Napoleon series
10.Empire Deluxe

[LANlord]

These games stay on my hard drive:
1. Civ2
2. SEIV
3. MOO2
4. Jagged Alliance 2
5. Fallout2
6. Imp2
7. RRTycoon (Sid Meier's original, have to downclock my pentium to play it!)
8. SMAC
9. Shogun
10. Icewind Dale

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[capnq]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>isn't there already a thread like this?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yep. I already answered this back in the thread "Top 5 Games You Play" at:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/Forum23/HTML/002084.html


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[mottlee]

Hmmm lets see
SE3
SE4
EAW
Air Warrior (3 vers)
R/R Tycoon (both)
Delta Force
Tribes
Have more but these are the ones I run the most

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[Devnullicus]

Hard to define the TOP 5 for me, so I won't try. Here's a list of my all-time Favorites in no particular order:

-Master of Orion II: mainly for the multiplayer ability -- though that community has pretty much died out now =(. I LOVED the flexibility of that game. The AI sucked, but the options available in multiplayer when customizing races (especially with some player-created mods)and the major differences in gameplay that various racial abilities gave is so far unequalled by any game I've ever seen except MoM (see below).

-Space Empires IV: mainly because I love rules-tinkering. The AI is frankly pitiful and doesn't provide much of a challenge with any mod that I've found or created. But I keep playing and tinkering, so I must like it =) I just keep hoping that a lot of the underlying problems will be fixed in future patches...or better yet, that Aaron will answer my long-ago email volunteering my time to help write code in the game =)

-Asheron's Call: though I got out of this game a year or so ago due to addiction factor destroying my life =)

-Master of Magic: If this game had multiplayer ability, I would STILL be playing it.

-Alpha Centauri: I still love this game, though the AI could still be better. The multiplayer works...but not very well. *sigh* Relegated to a PBEM game at this point.

-Stars! Eagerly awaiting the sequel

-Might & Magic series and Heroes of Might & Magic: crappy graphics, but I still love 'em . I hope 3DO weathers it's current crisis and makes more of this series.

-Planescape Torment: The engine was decent, but I have never in my life seen a better storyline for a CRPG. Wow. I just wish they'd make expansions for that game (though they might have to use a different character..heh)

-Civilization: the game that began an entire genre (well, Civ I did anyway) deserves a mention in my list of Favorites, even though I hardly ever play it any more (Alpha Centauri and Civ:Call To Power are much better IMO).

There's LOTS more games that I've played, but I'd have to say those are probably my Favorites. Some of them I even still play =)

[Oggy ben Doggy]

1 - SE IV - of course
2 - X-com : the original - fun squad based combat, you can blow everything up
3 - SMAC - a planet based 4X where you can design your own units
4 - MOO2 -
5 - Pirates - an oldie but a goodie.

[Trachmyr]

No particular order:

1) SE4
2) Heroes of Might and Magic III
3) MOO2 (Anticipating MOO3!!!)
4) Civ2 (Waiting for Civ3!)
5) Lords of the Realm (Wishing for #3 http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon9.gif)
6) SmacX

Others: Age of Kings, BOTF, Imperium Galactica 2, Colonization and "Privateer 2 - the Darkening" (Wish they'd make a sequal too)

I'm also anticipating the release of Stars! Supernova Genesis.



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[henk brouwer]

1: Star control II
2: se4
3: MAX I, turn based strategy game, great concept but the AI sucked, been playing it for years though (don't try MAX II it sucks)
4: Scorched Earth (small freeware game)
5: civ I


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[serpwidgets]

1- r0x0r
2- Elite
3- Mail Order Monsters
4- Doom2/Duke3d/UT Deathmatch
5- SeIV/BoTF/MOO2/Civ

[Instar]

Current Favorites:
Diablo II -- It just rocks
SEIV -- no need to explain
USAF -- Good fighter sim, I like it
AoE II -- good game
Somewhat good games
Sim3K -- SimCity 2000 was fun, and this is a good extension of it, but some parts are lacking, and are less then expected
Oldies but goodies:
Sim2K
Any of the X-COM series
Command and Conquer Red Alert
StarCraft -- its old, face it

[CaptSpoogy]

Captain Spoogy's Favourites...

1 Space Empires Series
2 Sim City Series
3 Empire Series
4 Masters of Orion 2
5 Earl Weaver Baseball

I have also enjoyed playing at some point or another; Deadlock, Transport/Rail Tycoon, NHL 2000, Homeworld, Outpost...

I seem to play different games in phases - it's just that the latest SE IV phase has Lasted a long time!

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[Sultan]

1. SE4
2. TFC
3. SFC2
4. FOF
5. SPWAW
6. SMAC
I dont play these anymore but used to alot.

7.AW3,2,AW
8.Duke3D
9.SFC
10. Red Barron II

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[Phoenix-D]

henk brouwer: If you like Scorched Earth, check out Worms. That game just rocks http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

For me:
MW series
SE series
Worms series (Armeggedon being the only one I've played, but the others- II and World Party- are similar)
Mechcommander
Fighter's Anthology- I *really* wanted to like USAF, but I could never get it running right, stick didn't want to work. Not only that, it had problems at low altitudes, and guess which plane I used. Yup, the A-10.
Freespace 2

Phoenix-D

[Erhardt]

If I could ever figure out how to get 'Master Of Magic' to work on WIn2k that would still be on my list:

Space Empires 4
Alpha Centuari
Hong Kong Mah Jhong

[dogscoff]

Hmm. Showing my age here... These are nearly all Amiga games from 1995 or earlier. They are all still as good to play now as ever though.

Best 5 (in order)

1&gt; SEIV. Obviously. Not for what it is (an absorbing and challenging game) but for what it might yet be (an all- consuming substitute for real life)

2&gt;Bullfrog God sims, ie Powermonger / populous: For the attention to detail and "real world" atmosphere. And that heartbeat that set your own pulse racing... Boomboom... boomboom.. boomboomboomboom... boomboomboomboom...

3&gt; Llamatron 2112: Old (1990? 1991?) Amiga freeware game. With non-stop action, surreal sound effects and hypnotic strobing graphics to make you eyes bleed, playing this at night after a few beers is like some kind of mind altering drugs experience. Very addictive, especially in 2 plyr mode.

4&gt;Speedball II, brutal deluxe. Just for the sheer style and quality of it. The ultra violence and the (literally) palm- blistering gamplay help as well=-) Doesn't matter how many times I complete it I still want to play again.

5&gt;Wipeout 2097, For the speed, the music and the cool. It was historically groundbreaking in terms of changing attitudes towards gaming.

Further down the list would be

&gt; Alien Breed series: Really atmospheric games- just like being in one of the aliens films, but without violating any of the copyrights=-)
&gt;Elite/Frontier (For years these were unsurpassed in terms of absorbing the player)
&gt;Worms (For those 4 people crowded around one monitor moments),
&gt;Datastorm (little known defender clone on the amiga. One of the fastest games I've ever played.)
&gt; Columns (you know that Tetris meets connect 4 thing - just for chilling out with, excellent thumb candy)
&gt;Duke Nukem 3D (nostalgic reasons)
&gt;and ooh... loads of others.


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[Puke]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KiloOhm:
Wow! I loved Mail order monsters too! I can't believe someone else besides me remembers that game. What a bLast it was (although it's hard rememering much of it... http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif )

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oh yea, MOM was one of the best games ever made, i used to play it on the c64. there are some modern console games that are cheap knock offs with spiffy graphics but no comparison on the content.

[Leoric]

My top 5

1) Bloodwitch (amiga), I think it was called. A rpg that you could play 2 players at one screen.

2) Ports of Call. You transported and sold cargo all over the world. Brilliant game. (amiga)

3) Diablo 1 & 2.

4) Space Empires 4.

5) Boulder dash (c64) A realy addictive game. One of the first computer games I played.

Games that didn´t make it to top 5:

Defender of the crown(c64),Eye of the beholder 1 & 2, command and conquer 1, civ, Homm 3 and imperialism 2(multiplayer only).

I have probably forgot to mention allot of good games.

Leoric

[Sultan]

Ports of Call. Dang now that brings back memories. Thats was a great game. We used to have a shop here where you could rent software and one weekend I gave that a try. Ended up buying it. Great game.

[Deathstalker]

Favorite games eh? Well let me walk down memory lane..

1) Space Empires IV (current champ)
2) Master of Orion II
3) Ultimate Civilization (the one you could mod http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif )
4) Diablo I/II (II needs better graphics/dungeons though, they were better in I)
5) Alpha Centauri
6) Baldurs Gate I/II/Icewind Dale etc.
7) Raid on Bungling Bay (c-64 http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif )
8) Curse of the Azure Bonds (c-64)
9) Bards Tale I/II
10) Sinistar !!!!!(I LIVE! I HUNGER! RUN RUN!) http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif

Ones that didn't make it but are still damn good: Birth of the Federation (too easy, Borg to damn hard), Master of Orion I (fond memories!), Civ I(the classic), Warlords II, Bandit Kingdoms of Ancient China (Nintendo), Romance of The Three Kingdoms IV (PS), and Ultima IV. oh yeah and Phantasy I, II, III for the C-64.

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[KiloOhm]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by serpwidgets:
1- r0x0r
2- Elite
3- Mail Order Monsters
4- Doom2/Duke3d/UT Deathmatch
5- SeIV/BoTF/MOO2/Civ<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Wow! I loved Mail order monsters too! I can't believe someone else besides me remembers that game. What a bLast it was (although it's hard rememering much of it... http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif )

For me it's (in no particular order)

MOM
HOMMIII
Half-Life / Counter-Strike
Civilization
Steel Panthers

I love SEIV, but it just doesn't make my top 5 list... please don't hurt me! http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif

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[dogscoff]

Leoric - I remember Defender OT Crown on the Amiga... brilliant game. Glorious graphics (at the time, anyway.)

I didn't realise we were going all the way back to the C64... anyone remember these:

Hades Nebula - perfectly balanced scrolling shoot 'em up.

RimRunner (I think) Something about giant lizards and ant people. Remember it being very very good.

Alien (C64 Version) - The game of the film - So scary I was afraid to play it on my own. (I was only a kid http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif)

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[Leoric]

I can´t say that I have played that Version of ALIEN.

The reason why I´m going back to C64 and AMIGA is that there were more dept in the games than it is now.

Now days they are going for grafics only. It is a waste of my time and money.

Leoric

[ColdSteel]

In no particular order:

Age of Wonders
Heroes of Might and Magic series
Might & Magic series
Wasteland/Fallout I/II
Conquered Kingdoms
The Grandest Fleet
Duke Nukem 3D/Quakes/Unreal Tournament
Master of Orion series
Panzer General/Fantasy General
Starflight I/II
Tread Marks

[sogard]

Top Three computer games:

1. TOTAL ANNIHILATION (CaveDog)

2. KOHAN: IMMORTAL SOVEREIGNS (TimeGate)

3. SPACE EMPIRES IV

Anyone who looks at that list ought to figure out very quickly why I think tcp/ip play for SE4 ought to be the first priority.

[Atrocities]

1. Tribes (Starseige)
2. SEIV
3. Soldier of Fortune
4. Star Trek Elite Force
5. (Tie) Rebellion (star wars) & SimCity3000