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Top Six Dos Games?

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acheron

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May 27, 2008
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This is not my definitive list, it's just what I came up with at the moment.

Star Control 2
Civilization
Red Storm Rising
Warcraft 2
Simcity 2000
Caesar II


I feel bad there is no Apogee game there, but I can't pick just one. Keen 4, maybe.
 

Born2bwire

Diamond Member
Oct 28, 2005
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Sam and Max Hit the Road
Tie Fighter
Doom
Day of the Tentacle
Fallout
Sim City 2000 (Really the original Sim City but I have to admit that the 2000 version was deeper and a lot more fun).
 

SunnyD

Belgian Waffler
Jan 2, 2001
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1) Ultima 7 (Parts 1 & 2)
2) Star Control 2
3) Wing Commander 2 (1 was excellent, 3 was okay)
4) Privateer
5) Civilization
6) Railroad Tycoon
 

wanderer27

Platinum Member
Aug 6, 2005
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1) StarFlight (awesome game)
2) SimCity
3) Civilization
4) Zork (Series)
5) Serf City (basically Settlers I)
6) Harpoon
 

KIAman

Diamond Member
Mar 7, 2001
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1) Quest for Glory
2) Wing Commander 2
3) Wing Commander 1
4) Wing Commander: Privateer
5) Master of Orion
6) Ultima 6 (I played them all and liked 6 the best)
 

AdamK47

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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There are a ton of great DOS games I could list, but these are the top ones for me.

1.) Doom
2.) Wolfenstein 3D
3.) Duke Nukem 3D
4.) X-Wing
5.) X-Com
6.) MechWarrior 2
 

Linflas

Lifer
Jan 30, 2001
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Ultima 6
Ultima 7 parts 1 and 2
Daggerfall: TES
Nethack
Zork 1
Leather Goddesses of Phoebos
 

spittledip

Diamond Member
Apr 23, 2005
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Wasteland
Warcraft
Prince of Persia
Lode Runner
Scorched Earth

others I can't remember right now ...
 

HamburgerBoy

Lifer
Apr 12, 2004
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1. Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny
2. Crusader: No Remorse
3. System Shock
4. Tyrian 2000
5. Crusader: No Regret
6. Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos
 

KeypoX

Diamond Member
Aug 31, 2003
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1. Duke 3d
2. Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
3. Warcraft II
3. Doom
3. Simcity 2000
4. NES emulator :)
5. Simfarm
6. Descent
7 Descent II


Sorry all my old favs are coming back to me now.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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1. Full Throttle (own it)
2. Master of Orion 2 (still own)
3. Doom (own Doom 95 and Final Doom)
4. Duke3D (own, and play with a Win32 executable)
5. TIE Fighter (lost it, but replaced with X-Wing Alliance, which is better)
6. Warcraft (lost, dont care. Still have warcraft 2 Battle.Net)
 

Qbah

Diamond Member
Oct 18, 2005
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1. UFO: Enemy Unknown (first X-COM)
2. Fallout
3. Heroes of Might and Magic 2
4. System Shock
5. Crusader: No Remorse
6. The Secret of Monkey Island (both! :D)

No particular order though. Enjoyed all those games equally. Obviously I can add so many more... :p
 

Martimus

Diamond Member
Apr 24, 2007
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Originally posted by: sandorski
Civilization
Duke3D
Transport Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon
Mechwarrior
CommandHQ

I honestly didn't really like Mechwarrior that much. Mechwarrior 2 was awesome though.
 

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: Martimus
Originally posted by: sandorski
Civilization
Duke3D
Transport Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon
Mechwarrior
CommandHQ

I honestly didn't really like Mechwarrior that much. Mechwarrior 2 was awesome though.

I loved it. Locust was the best Mech. Me and a friend spent hours doing Missions taking out everything with the Locust. :laugh:
 

Martimus

Diamond Member
Apr 24, 2007
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Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Martimus
Originally posted by: sandorski
Civilization
Duke3D
Transport Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon
Mechwarrior
CommandHQ

I honestly didn't really like Mechwarrior that much. Mechwarrior 2 was awesome though.

I loved it. Locust was the best Mech. Me and a friend spent hours doing Missions taking out everything with the Locust. :laugh:

The part of the game that I remember was the stock portion. If you kept all your money in medium risk stocks, it would always trend upwards, while high risk really was a crap shoot.

I remember that the game had little to do with Battletech, which is probably why I didn't enjoy it that much. If I didn't know how to play the board game before playing the computer game, I probably would have had more fun. MW2 was suprisingly faithful to the gameplay of the boardgame, however.
 

Lorne

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Feb 5, 2001
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1. Mechwarrior 1,2
2. Syndicate
3. Decent 1,2
4. Civilization
5. Duke Nukem
6. Eye of the Beholder and Pool of Radiance series
 

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: Martimus
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Martimus
Originally posted by: sandorski
Civilization
Duke3D
Transport Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon
Mechwarrior
CommandHQ

I honestly didn't really like Mechwarrior that much. Mechwarrior 2 was awesome though.

I loved it. Locust was the best Mech. Me and a friend spent hours doing Missions taking out everything with the Locust. :laugh:

The part of the game that I remember was the stock portion. If you kept all your money in medium risk stocks, it would always trend upwards, while high risk really was a crap shoot.

I remember that the game had little to do with Battletech, which is probably why I didn't enjoy it that much. If I didn't know how to play the board game before playing the computer game, I probably would have had more fun. MW2 was suprisingly faithful to the gameplay of the boardgame, however.

Never played the Board Game and didn't(IIRC) buy Stocks. Just took Missions.
 

Dacalo

Diamond Member
Mar 31, 2000
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Stunts
Future Wars
X-Wing
Tie Fighter
Gabriel Knight: Sins of Fathers
Dune II