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final fantasy 3
Final fantasy tatics.
Final Fantasy 7.

Im a RPG whore.. :X
 
I loved the Wing Commander series. I was young enough when I played 3 & 4 that the crappy acting and dialogue didn't bug me.
 
Karateka
Prince of Persia
Wing Commander 1 and 2
Doom 1 and 2
Wolf3d
Warcraft 2
Red Alert
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and 3
Might and Magic 6, 7, and 8
 
In no particular order:

Homeworld
Empire Earth (original)
M.U.L.E. (Atari 800!)



As far as games/games technology has progressed ... it seems (to me) that publishing houses have forgotten how to release a quality game. (MHO)
 
A-10 Attack! I remember thinking how awesome the graphics were... I mean, holy hell, the mountains had almost 10 whole polygons. Madness!
 
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Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
Age of Empires 2
 
The original Syndicate, for some reason I thought that was the bee's knees. Same with the original GTA, I'll always have a place in my heart for monks walking in a line.
 
Darklands - old RPG game set in mythological Germany

Loved that game, and think a remake would be awesome.
 
Tornado, the Digital Integrations campaign sim.

Also, Eamon Adventures back on the apple(all text games).

And some Sky...Skyfox(?) game where you shoot alien tanks with your jet as you fly low and alien fighters if you fly above the clouds.

And then there's King's Quest VI, Leisure Suit Larry...etc.
 
Full Throttle
Wolf 3d
Doom
Rogue Spear (this is where I probably started playing games too much)
COD (definately started ignoring real life to play this)
cod UO: loved this game so much
 
Unreal Tournament 99 - First map I played was Coret Facility
Day of Defeat - played this from 2.0b to official release. I very much dislike DOD Source
 
I remember buying computers and using them for 30 days to play Doom then returning them because I couldnt afford to actually keep them. I used to get Computer Currents and Microtimes to see the classifieds so I could find BBSs to get Doom wads.

Quake 2 with all the custom models and mods. It was like a new game every time you played it because there was always some crazy model running around that you were amazed that someone thought to create. I used to play Rocket Arena over a dial up modem, and eventually got DSL to play against more than 1 person. 😛
 
aigomorla said:
final fantasy 3
Final fantasy tatics.
Final Fantasy 7.
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Not that I disagree, but only one of those is on PC. 😛

MechWarrior 2 - including Ghost Bear's Legacy and Mercenaries. I must've played through each campaign at least six times.
Wing Commander 3 & 5 - Price of Freedom passed me by. Say what you will about the acting in the games, it was all better than the god-awful WC movie.
Civilization 2
Allied General
EDIT:
Descent 1 & 2
 
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Ultima 8 - Many Ultima fans disliked this in the series as it didn't follow on elements from prior games. But I, having no experience in earlier games & thus no expectations, found it thoroughly enjoyable & absorbing. The story was quite entertaining, what with the old deieties & strange monsters. The open-world experience was new to me, and opened my mind to the idea of a virtual world. I loved the unexpected interactivity of many items within the game, as well as the little puzzles found throughout the seemingly gigantic map. These elements combined with the open-world aspect was something I've always wanted to recreate & relive... in some form, in my very own interpretation & storyline. Today I have the ability to create graphics that at least partially achieves my objective. I believe that one day I will accomplish this feat.

Ultima Online - Using the same engine as Ultima 8, I found it really easy to get into. This was the game that changed my life. Played it for 4-5 years or so I think. During the final two years, I strived to earn all that I ever wanted from the game before finally letting it go. I trained one of my characters to have one of the most powerful skills in the game (at the time), I single-handedly earned enough gold to purchase the third largest player-owned structure in the game (despite the hyper-inflation going on), and I came full circle with my guildmates (where previously I would die from their 'unexpected' sparring, towards the end I repeatedly rescued them from their clumsy gameplay). But those were just things anyone would be expected to do and achieve for being in the game for so long. They weren't as important as the lessons I learnt from playing the game, lessons I would probably remember for the rest of my life.

There were other games too that game me nostalgic feelings, like Doom 1 & 2, Wolf3D, Chaos Engine, heck even those old QBasic games like Nibbles & Gorillas. But I don't fondly remember those as well as the above two games.
 
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