I'm praying every day that EA deemed the remaster successful enough to greenlight one for Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2. Especially Tiberian Sun, honestly. I'm not sure what else I did in my final year of primary school other than playing Tiberian Sun.
Gaming 90s PC/Mac games nostaglia
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My city always burned down. It was fecking impossible to keep the denizens happy. Particularly after the city burned down.I'm sure it's mentioned here already, but Caesar III is one of the games I enjoyed playing a lot on PC. Surprisingly, I found out it's still going strong and has community support.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/517790/Caesar_3/
Another one I enjoyed:
G-Police (1997)
G-Police (1997)
Oh yeah, I really want one for Tib Sun. Amazing game.
This one had a good techno ost. Played the PSX version, which then was a sweetener, because Psx didn't had Starcraft and KKND was fairly good sci-fi on it's own. Adding robotic race made the sequel way better imo.
KKND2 and Dune 2000 was a truly solid RTS package for a console, even when playing with gamepad...
Another one I enjoyed:
G-Police (1997)
Great shout. What a game that was technically for the time too.
Though it also reminds me of Descent which was a great series.
Also Urban Chaos, which I think was late 90's.
Such a brilliant game that was earlier and better than GTA3 by miles in terms of gameplay and atmosphere.
Such a brilliant game that was earlier and better than GTA3 by miles in terms of gameplay and atmosphere.
I tried that but early teen me was NOT up to the 3d controls
Watching other people play it, the game always looked fun but when I played it it looked like crashing into walls all the time.I know people think the likes of Populous/Syndicate/DK/etc when it comes to Bullfrog, but does anyone remember Hi-Octane? It was shite on consoles and it was made within about 4 months because they were under pressure (EA were cnuts even back then) but it had a lot of charm and was a fun on PC.
I tried that but early teen me was NOT up to the 3d controls
Yeah it was a mind-feck at first, but they were really cool games if you could get into them.
I think of Theme Hospital when it comes to Bullfrog! Though it took me about a decade to realise how many of the disease puns flew completely over my head as a kid.
Tournament has been mentioned, but Unreal 1 was a game and a half when it came to the engine and scripting in games.
Yeah, looking back their games had a lot of stuff like that we must have missed
Yeah, looking back their games had a lot of stuff like that we must have missed
Did you play Two Point Hospital, their... I don't know, spiritual sequel I guess? It's basically just more Theme Hospital, a bit more modernized.
Whoever just deleted your post about Desert Strike, yes that counts and was a decent game.
I worked with someone who originally worked on that game, if I'm right it came out on the Genesis first but was actually mostly ripped from another game. Then, because of the shite resolution it ran at, they did an Amiga version that smashed it out of the park (I still have it). I think it was even eventually on the AGB, which I have too. I vaguely remember it going 3D too but then turning into another game?
I worked with someone who originally worked on that game, if I'm right it came out on the Genesis first but was actually mostly ripped from another game. Then, because of the shite resolution it ran at, they did an Amiga version that smashed it out of the park (I still have it). I think it was even eventually on the AGB, which I have too. I vaguely remember it going 3D too but then turning into another game?
Was me didn't think it met the criteria of the original post's platforms. The first 3 or so were brilliant and must buys.
If your park went bankrupt in Theme Park, you got a nice little animation of your character jumping off a building and killing himself. As a kid I thought nothing of it - which says a lot about me I suppose - but now, looking back at it, it feels incredibly fecked up. So dark, just a jarring tonal shift from the game.Yeah, looking back their games had a lot of stuff like that we must have missed
They do, and they were big deals at the time too. I was young then, but I do remember a lot of hype for the first two at least.
Yes, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though it should be called Building GPs Offices: The Game. You can never have enough of them. I swear some patients just come to the hospital to queue in front of them, without ever going anywhere else.
Here it is, in all its glory - but I only just now realise that he actually survives:You are right, I forgot about that
Mental!
Nostalgia obviously plays a big role, but to me what was awesome in 90s gaming (well, for me personally: late 80s up to early 2000s), is how you could really see the technology advance: from CGA to EGA to VGA (and then the full videos in Command & Conquer!), from bleeps to soundblaster and full midi support (I heard voices for the first time in Dune 2), and the new forms of gameplay, better AI, better level building (2D maps in Wolfenstein, pseudo-3D in Duke Nukem, full 3D in Quake), and so and so on.
I don't know if that's still true for today's gaming experience: I largely stopped for about 15 years and have no idea what's top of the line now or special now. But it was definitely really cool in 90s gaming.
But yes, there are definitely also a ton of games I remember fondly that weren't special at all in terms of technology, and that I'd probably rather not try again, not to ruin the memory.
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Nostalgia obviously plays a big role, but to me what was awesome in 90s gaming (well, for me personally: late 80s up to early 2000s), is how you could really see the technology advance: from CGA to EGA to VGA (and then the full videos in Command & Conquer!), from bleeps to soundblaster and full midi support (I heard voices for the full time on Dune 2), and the new forms of gameplay, better AI, better level building (2D maps in Wolfenstein, pseudo-3D in Duke Nukem, full 3D in Quake), and so and so on.
I don't know if that's still true for today's gaming experience: I largely stopped for about 15 years and have no idea what's top of the line now or special now. But it was definitely really cool in 90s gaming.
But yes, there are definitely also a ton of games I remember fondly that weren't special at all in terms of technology, and that I'd probably rather not try again, not to ruin the memory.
Well said. I mean you could experience the clumsy advances of point n click till its very pinnacle and near extinction almost within that timeframe or with FPS like you said including the 3d revolution and I might only add the subsequent introduction of online gaming turning everything upside down once more - eventually rising to Counter Strike sitting on top of that throne for decades.
I still play this one now and againI'm sure it's mentioned here already, but Caesar III is one of the games I enjoyed playing a lot on PC. Surprisingly, I found out it's still going strong and has community support.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/517790/Caesar_3/
Well I think we were all a bit less PC in those days as wellYou are right, I forgot about that
Mental!
It was. It’s bizarre that the series has been pretty much shunned and buried by Epic. A new UT would be brilliant to see.
Tail-end of the 80s but I'm slipping him in:
If we could put Spectrum games in I'd pick Skool Daze - I still play it.
Tail-end of the 80s but I'm slipping him in:
Strider is one of my favourites of that era. There was a game called Ninja Spirits around that time which was amazing too. I don't think I've ever seen that one mentioned, but it's just such a gem.
We've been putting them in, just so many top ones!
I loved this!!Tail-end of the 80s but I'm slipping him in:
Maybe this was just Norway, but we played this so much in school.
Also it's not the 90s, but it's got that late 90s feel.
Was Eddie the Eagle in it?
If you wanted him to be, sure. It was a game of endless possibilities, as long as what you wanted to do was do a ski jump tournament with your mates.
Starting with text adventures actually! Although that was before my time. But I remember watching my cousins play one of the early Kings Quest games while we had an MSX at home. And yes, online gaming was another big development, although that largely passed me by personally, as I never gamed online. (I tried Quake 3 once after it had already been out for a while. After getting fragged a couple of times within a minute after spawning, I gave up.
)Wing Commander: Privateer was pretty fun
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List 2 wins. Games that I really like out of those in bold.
Fallen Order and Mafia were good both not exceptional. On games like Mafia it’s nice to play the remake and reminisce but I believe the original was rough around the edges - always a great story but the package lacked a lot of things.
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Interesting. Sekiro made me more satisfied than Dark Souls sequels. With that I can't argue. One of the best games, when it comes to tight controls that actually could save life in battle.
In original Mafia though, you could travel in a tram lines to avoid police, as there were whole communication system built inside the city. It's also probably one of first games, you could bribe the officers for speeding and other traffic violations. It had content GTA Vice City didn't had. The problem with that game was it was made by not so huge studio at a time, but the fact they've made in some aspects better than GTA, just shows how standards were in that time.
I could easily extend 2002 list by another 10 games, as it packs even more games previously not mentioned like Hitman 2: Silent Assassin which was inspiration for the whole Assassin's Creed franchise but anyways, with different tastes, I won't argue.
EDIT: Disco Elysium definitely deserves more attention from the mainstream gaming, just as much as when first Fallout game was released in 1997. There are some truly underrated gems in 2019.