Favorite games

[sector24]

I loved the Gold Box games. I still have Curse of the Azure Bonds -> Pools of Darkness, complete with crazy copy protection rune wheels, but I can't find Pool of Radiance.

[Taqwus]

Neglected to mention Space Empires IV.

Civ II and SMAC might go on my love-hate list.

Pool of Radiance is probably fairly rare. There still seem to be some Forgotten Realms software collections available used via AMZN.

[DonCorazon]

I just downloaded the old rulebook from Pool of Rad for nostalgia's sake. Pretty funny remembering flipping to the journal to read the clues and rumors or spending time switching the color of beard on my character's sprite.

Why did those games seem so much more fun than most of today's over produced materials?
- Grumpy 36 Year Old

[CUnknown]

Ahh, SMAC was the best of the Civ games, for real. The story, the characters, the voices and movies when you got certain techs.. it was all so well done. A masterpiece.

Pool of Radiance! God that takes me back..

Has anyone mentioned Bane of the Cosmic Forge? (Wizardry 6) That one had a great story, too. I just love the Wizardry games, especially 6 and 7. 8 was good too, but very unbalanced at high levels. Magic either killed you in about 5 seconds or was completely useless due to anti-magic screens.

How about also.. Starflight? Anyone play that one? That was the first computer game I ever played. I got to pretend I was Captain Kirk.

[Lingchih]

Sid Meyers Alpha Centauri was a game by Brian Reynolds, under the Sid name. He was the programmer behind it. Please don't give Sid any credit for it. He may have created Civ, but SMAC was a whole other animal.

[lch]

Lingchih said:
Sid Meyers Alpha Centauri was a game by Brian Reynolds, under the Sid name. He was the programmer behind it. Please don't give Sid any credit for it. He may have created Civ, but SMAC was a whole other animal.

Damn you, first VedalkenBear swears us into naming it Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri on page two, now you say that this still isn't right! Make up your mind!

[capnq]

lch said:

Damn you, first VedalkenBear swears us into naming it Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri on page two, now you say that this still isn't right! Make up your mind!

"Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri" is the official, trademarked name of the game.

Sid Meier is the second person listed in the game's credits, right after Brian Reynolds. I don't know why Lingchih wants to downplay his contribution.

[QXel]

In no particular order of preference :

Dominions 3
Civilization II & IV
Mechwarrior II (The Clans one - need more of it ! since n°3, it is more a shoot'em up than tactical ...)
Alpha Centaury (of course )
Transport tycoon (the old one under DOS )
X-Com / UFO (also the first one - still playing it !! Thanx Undertogs !)
Myst serie (well, until IV, I don't have played the V ...)
Fallout Tactics
Silent Storm (EXCELLENT ! Why no mods ? Why no sequel ??? Bouh !)
Jagged Alliance 2 (soon the n°3 : wait & see)
TIE fighter
Unreal Tournament (the firtst of the name !!!)
Unreal
Half Life (the first too)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Combat mission : Beyond Overlord (the most fantastic tactical wargame !!! The 2WW sequels are also very good. No comment on the last one ...)
Master of Orion I & II
Master of Magic (A classic ...)
Heroes of Might & Magic I, II, III & V (not the IV : pleasant, but not in the spirit)
Pokémon Pearl/Diamond (Heu ... Sorry, just PC games, that's it ? )
Morrowind
General Fantasy
Stars!
Syndicate
Arcanum
Diablo I & II (but especially the 1rst)
Age of rifles (old, but still a ref.)
Stell Panther 2 (the modern warfare - a extremely huge disappointement that Combat Mission: Shock Force is not SP2 w/ the engine of CM ... I want to play the Falklands with the CM system !!!)
Warlods III: Darklords rising (yes ! It was FUN !)
Tekken I, II, II (heu ... sorry again ... )


Well, that's it for the moment. I'm not at home and it is just from memory, but that's the best way to select the games which really leave its mark on us.