Favorite computer game that required a 386 or lower..

[elektrolokomotive]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
A10 Tank Killer was pretty cool on a 386 with a sound card.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Oh my God, Commander Keen. <3 Hocus Pocus, Wolfenstein 3D, Sim City, Warcraft.

 

[d3n]

Silent Service II was pretty old school too. It had a bit more leg to run on. Looked good for the time.

 

[Riverhound777]

Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero? was first released under the series title of Hero's Quest by Sierra Online in 1989. Implemented using Sierra's SCI game interpreter engine, it featured a 16 color EGA graphics and a text-based parser interface. Later, due to legal reasons, the series title was changed to Quest for Glory (the name was too similar to a board game 'Hero Quest' being developed by Milton Bradley).

Great game as well.

 

[Ramma2]

Corncob flight simulator

 

[brikis98]

i don't remember the requirements for them, but the best games of old that i played were the original civilization and the original red baron (the latter likely needs > 386, but i'm not sure)...

 

[WannaFly]

ZZT by far!

Else, Commander Keen.

 

[Hoober]

The Dynamix flight sims were the best.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Best game of all time: http://www.commander-keen.com/

That was the first game that came into my mind.

 

[uhohs]

wait, no one's said civilization yet?

you all fail.

 

[Suture]

I absolutely loved any Sierra, Lucasarts, or SSI (gold box) games. But I'd have to give my vote to the original X-Wing. It's the reason I saved FOREVER to upgrade from an 8088/8MHz to a 386DX/33MHz.

 

[Linflas]

The standalone Ultima's.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

were any of the Worms series that old?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: newb111
oregon trail!

That was awesome, but I would have to say Scorched earth if you have more then 1 person.

:thumbsup:

those early sierra games too: space quest, king's quest...

 

[JujuFish]

My first PC game: The Lost Vikings.

 

[Malladine]

Ultima7 - Populous - LucasArts adventures like Indiana Jones and Loom
was Syndicate that old? Maybe not...but i shall mention it anyway because it ROCKKKKKED

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
were any of the Worms series that old?

Not sure about Worms, but Lemmings was released back in the 386 era.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Pirates!
Gold Box Games
Scorched Earth

Sooo many hours invested in each of those. I still ran all 3 on my POS P60 & Cyrix 166MX "hotplate", though they didnt run correctly (even with mo'slo). Combat in the gold box games was so fast that you couldn't see what happened.

Honorable Mention: Warcraft & Lost Vikings

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
MOO or MOO2

MOO2 is DOS/Win95

But it farking rawks nonetheless.

 

[GRHawk]

Lemmings
Comander Keen
Wolfenstein 3D


GRHawk

 

[CP5670]

I would also say Lemmings, but I played the Mac version back then (which had far superior graphics and music). Leaving that aside, I would go for Descent if it ran on a 386 (not sure, it may have needed a 486) and Fate of Atlantis otherwise.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
X-Com: UFO Defense

 

[Rangoric]

X-Com
Gold Box Games

 

[QueBert]

Alley Cat was CGA goodness!

Sopwith was fun, maybe because I was 12 when it came out, but the damn game kept me playing endless hours.

did Death Track run on a 386? that game sucked up so much of my young life. I'm almost sure I had my 386 for that game, but it could have been when I had a 486 I'm not talking about the game released in 2000. this one was by I believe Activision where you raced in the future and could buy rockets and guns and you tried to blow up every other car and win the race - freaking awesome game.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos. One of the best games ever made.