Name your favorite "classic" PC game ...

[dfuze]

Toss up between original Bard's Tale series and Diablo.

 

[Childs]

DOOM! Nothing beat getting a 9600 modem so you could dial up BBSs that were listed in the back of Computer Currents to download wads. Or hitting the Robert Austin show and buying a disc full of wads. Using serial cables for multiplayer. Good times!

As good as games can be these days nothing will beat that experience. Must seem like old people talking about kick the can to all the youngsters.

 

[shortylickens]

:Shortylickens gets depressed:

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Bane of the Cosmic Forge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizardry_VI:_Bane_of_the_Cosmic_Forge

either that, or Battlehawks 1942

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlehawks_1942

Take that youngins!

/thread

 

[Schadenfreude]

Truly classic:
- Might and Magic World of Xeen
Somewhat classic:
- Fallout 1
Op's definition of classic:
- Silent Storm

 

[TwinsenTacquito]

I was addicted to Diablo II.

Was! They just reset ladder and patched it. Although it's now World of Diablocraft 2. They added infinite respeccing. Where is your god now? D2 is forever dead.

 

[zerogear]

Wing Commander series, Privateer

 

[Tifosi248F1]

Empire Earth
Wing Commander I, III, and Prophecy
Might & Magic II
Heroes of Might & Magic II, III and IV
Myst
Loads of Sierra/Lucas Arts point & click games

 

[acheron]

Easy- Minus SC2 because it's actually a port-

SC2 was a PC game. It was ported from the PC (DOS) to the 3DO, then the open source version was ported back from the 3DO. But it was originally PC.

Anyway, my answer is Civ.

 

[Wyndru]

Phantasmagoria (just kidding)

For me Diablo II was the biggest time sink of my last 10 years.

 

[cplpro]

Archimedean Dynasty (predecessor of AquaNox).
Was great.

 

[happy medium]

Battlezone online and Half-life 2

 

[CKent]

Everquest

 

[Locut0s]

There are a number of old classic adventure games that I could list as my favourite, none of them pop up in my mind as THE favourite though.

Conquests of Camelot (really old graphical adventure game from Sierra)
Lost Secrets of the Rainfoest
Castle and Island of Dr Brain
Grim Fandango
Riven
Myst

Many others.

 

[Miklebud]

Counter Strike 1.6

 

[Ipreferspam]

Master of Orion (I'm surprised nobody else has voted for this)

 

[Via]

How could I have forgotten to list LotrR 2?

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Starcraft, Homeworld, and Tie Fighter.

 

[SniperWulf]

... classic being defined as the game has been out at least 5 years. The game can be from any genre ... RTS, FPS, etc.

I'm curious.

Freespace + Silent Threat
Freespace 2
MDK
MDK 2
Giants

just to name a few

 

[Sacraster]

definitely quake.

agree. quake

 

[Mide]

Privateer

 

[manimal]

Quake 3 arena!

or...

Rogue spear! Played years of multiplayer on those

 

[biostud]

Civ

 

[AstroGuardian]

Nox

 

[Adrenaline]

Diablo 2