Your choices for games that everyone should have

[bernse]

Rise of Nations

Battlezone (circa 1997.. not the original one)

Rome: Total War

Operation: Flashpoint Gold

IL2: Forgotten Battles/Pacific Fighters

Silent Hunter 3

Sierra/Papyrus NASCAR 2003 (although supposedly the new EA one is quite good too)

LOMAC (Lock-On Modern Air Combat)

FS:2004 COF - if non-shoot 'em up flight sims are your thang

No One Lives Forever 1 AND 2

 

[Anubis]

Final Fantasy 6 (US 3)
Final Fantasy 9
Secret of Mana
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Mario Kart
Ratchet & Clank 1-3
Jack 1-3
Halo 1-2
Tribes
Diablo 2
Starcraft
Zelda: link to the past
Super Metroid

 

[biostud]

Heroes of Might and Magic III complete

 

[MisterJackson]

Chess and or Checkers

 

[IronWing]

Doom 1

 

[Cal166]

WarCraft II + Expansion

 

[VoteQuimby]

Battlefield 2 (next week)
IL2: Forgotten Battles/Pacific Fighters
Silent Hunter 3
UT2004/Red Orchestra

 

[shud]

Xenogears
Final Fantasy Tactics, 6, 7, 10
Half-Life 2
Front Mission 3
Starcraft

 

[bernse]

I was wondering if anyone would choose HL2. I think it was a really good game (decent physics model, etc) but I am not sure yet if it'll be looked as a must-have 2 years from now. Maybe.

 

[Kenazo]

Civilization II
AOE2
BF1942
CoD
X-Wing
SimCity 2000

There ya go, that covers almost every genre.

 

[amoeba]

pacman

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
Civilization II
AOE2
BF1942
CoD
X-Wing
SimCity 2000

There ya go, that covers almost every genre.

Civ4 and AOE3 come out in November.

There goes November.

 

[everman]

Final Fantasy 5-10. Chrono trigger/cross. FF Tactics (lets just say all of the retro RPGs)
Metal Slug series (needs mame...)
Thief 2&3
System Shock 2 (One of the most underrated games of all time)
Zelda series
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3

 

[Qwest]

Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Xbox Ninja Gaiden
Halo 2
GoldenEye 007
NES The Legend of Zelda
KOTOR I
Warcraft III

 

[purbeast0]

Super Mario Kart SNES > *

Street Fighter 2 Turbo Edition
Killer Instinct 1
Super Mario Brothers (any 2D verions)
Super Mario 64
Legend of Zelda (all of them except wind waker and part 2 on NES)
Metroid Prime
Halo 2 (online gaming on it is not even matched by any other game on any other console)

 

[acemcmac]

Deus Ex 1
Starcraft + Broodwars
Unreal Tournament Classic
Quake 3 + Team Arena
Marathon 2
Goldeneye N64
Need for Speed Hot Persuit 2
Civ 2
BF1942C with a good joystick

 

[Spike]

Starcraft
Warcraft 2
X-wing
Tie Fighter
Half Life
Command and Conquer
BF 1942 w/ DC
UT 2004
Morrowind
Zelda games (excluding GBA titles)
Mario 64
Rome: Total War
Dues Ex: Invisible War

-spike

 

[nakedfrog]

No love for puzzle games?
How about:
Tetris
Qix
Money Puzzle/Idol Exchanger

 

[SaturnX]

Quest for Glory Series

 

[Nimloth]

Fallout
Fallout 2

 

[KingPhil]

Mario Brothers
Duck Hunt
Frogger
Pong
Chutes & Ladders
Candy Land
Hungry Hungry Hippos

oh

and

VIRTUAL VALLERIE!

 

[BurnItDwn]

Total Annihilation + Core Contingency + Absolute Annihilation
Quake & Quake2
Carmageddon, Carmageddon 2 (Wasn't too big a fan of 3 though)
Transport Tycoon Deluxe (with mods)
Battlefield 1942 + DC
Empire Earth
Half Life w/ TFC mod
Duke Nukem 3d
Grand Theft Auto (The original and part two due to the massivly fun multiplayer)

 

[So]

Wolf3D
Doom (1 or 2)
Sim City (classic or 2000 preferably 2k)
Quake (3)
Half Life 1
Battlefield (any of the three)
Civ (2 or 3 w/ Conquests)
Rome:TW
Diablo (1 or 2)
Warcraft 2 or Starcraft
TIE Fighter

 

[Spike]

Those old sim city games were alot of fun. I loved all the llama references in 2k, reminded my of monty python. I might have to get whatever the latest one is and give it a try...

-spke

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Spike
Those old sim city games were alot of fun. I loved all the llama references in 2k, reminded my of monty python. I might have to get whatever the latest one is and give it a try...

-spke

3000 and 4 were, IMO, 'meh' at best. I still have very fond memories of 2k though.