Games you love! (not necessarely linux games)

Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:25 pm Post subject:

Quake III -> 'Weapons Factory Arena' and ofcourse everything made with 'SCUMM'.

chino_ · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject:

Q3A | cpm
Diablo II

MIT_Service · Guru Joined: 29 Nov 2002 Posts: 355

Gothic I/II - the only thing I consider booting windows for

bengi · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:04 pm Post subject:

Doom. Nuff said.

skunkworx · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:14 pm Post subject:

Give me MAME, or give me death!

Pac-Man, Centipede, Asteroids, Pole Position, Dig-Dug, Galaga, Marble Madness, Paperboy, Rampage, Joust, Defender, KLAX, Gyruss.. and that's not counting the ton of good games that were only released for the home consoles of yore.

Someone in Slashdot, responding to a post that said the old games are better, asked if that person actually does spend more time playing older games. I do, in fact, spend more time playing older games.

Still, there are a handful of newer games that I like. I've got Gran Turismo 3, Tekken 4, and ATV Off-Road Fury for the PlayStation2, and all three of the Descent series for the PC (I said "newer," not "new").
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psyfer · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:28 am Post subject:

UT2K4!!!!!

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Coign · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 46 Location: Vail CO

Mikessu · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:55 pm Post subject:

I have always liked Heroes of Might and Magic -games and I also like playing games made by Blizzard and of course ID Software's games.

My list would be:

Heroes of Might and Magic games
Warcraft 3 + Expansions (works well with winex)
Diablo 2 + Expansion (also works perfectly with winex)
Enemy Territory

eean · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:27 am Post subject:

I guess my 'all time favorite' would go to Civilization II (Civ3 is almost the same game, but I've played Civ2 a lot more).

Lemmings the Tribes 2 was my favorite game on the Amiga, followed closely by Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge. Wizardry 6 was nice in that it's not as complicated as Wizardry 7, but has more character then Wizardry 8 (and most modern games). I wish games like Neverwinter would have more fun and humor like Wizardry did. I think this is the important difference between older games and the current ones. That and the poor graphics but descriptive texts of games like Wizardry 6 let you use your imagination a lot more.

Also an Amiga game called Future Classics was fun... 6 different games, the majority well done.

Though I have to say that Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is freakin' beautiful and quite fun. It gave me a reason to boot up Windows for the first time in months (and install new antivirus software and apply ~30 critical updates, ain't windows great?

). The original Prince of Persia was really hard and frustrating... I never got beyond level 4 or 5. Granted, I was like 10.

chINeSe mIDgEts · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:47 am Post subject:

[quoteim gonna start with my all time favorite "Morrowind", the best game ive ever played,[/quote]

TRUE THAT
TRUE THAT

i really like starcraft(yes after all these years) too.
Halo: i love halo (can't wait till winex supports directx 9!)
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yosi · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:52 am Post subject:

It's pretty easy for me, Space Federation ofcourse!
It's a 2player basic strategy-spacegame, very old, very nice.

Transport Tycoon is not that bad either btw

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RagManX · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:29 pm Post subject:

Hmmm, so many games I enjoy playing. Lately, I've really gotten hooked on Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. But, since I rarely boot up into Windows any more, I'm mostly playing UT2K4 and Neverwinter Night. My favorite games, ever, though are all the Descent games, and both Thief games.

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neurosis · Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 8:35 pm Post subject: Operation Flashpoint

I know its an older game, but I've just discovered Operation Flashpoint (GOTY) and I love it! Unfortunately, it doesn't run properly for me in Linux - most of the textures are screwed/missing.

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dirtboy · Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:48 pm Post subject:

Enemy Territory
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Savage <----- most underrated FPS and runs in Linux
Tropico2: Pirate's Cove
Civ2&3
Sid Mier's Pirates!
Half Life

and with a good crowd.....President's and A**holes (chug)
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Arker · Apprentice Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 205

Hands down for me would be Quake II: LMCTF. Quake III: Threewave Capturstrike would be second.

~djc

alec78 · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 57

1. System Shock
2. X-Com: UFO Defence
3. System Shock 2
4. Bubble Bobble
5. Unreal Tournament
6. Dungeon Master (bought on a single 5.25" disc!)
7. Fury of the Furries
8. Lost Vikings
9. Speedball 2
10. Mech Warrior 3 (still don't know why I enjoy this one!)

Hmm....so many wasted hours!!

Interesting to see all the interest in the X-Com games - those guys obviously got something right! wolf31o2 mentioned UFO-AI in a previous post - there's also UFO2000. (I've been looking at both recently!)

Moofed · Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject:

Most of mine have been said already but...

Top Favorites:

Warlords (cocktail cabinet)
Joust
Asteroids (and various clones)
Tetris (Attack)
Bust A Move 2
River Raid
Wizardry 6/7/8
Xcom
Gloom (Q2 mod)
GTA2
CivIII:Conquests
Savage
ut2k4
BF1942
Enemy Territory
Total Annihilation

Games I like but haven't had enough time to explore completely:

System Shock 2
Sub Command
Operation Flashpoint (great teamplay for lan parties (wish it would well run in wine))
Freespace 2

The list goes on...

Aruviel · n00b Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Finland

Medieval: Total War is still something what I really would like to play, if it still worked. I'm little bitter about the fact that it doesn't work with DX9.*/8.* + my computer. It's so damn good game.

On Linux-only -side I like really much from the Battle for Wesnoth and from roguelikes. Nethack is superb.

There's other games too. Baldur's Gate 2 + ToB is an amazing game. Too bad that I can't get BG2's sounds working in linux (with wine, of course).

dr_strange · Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:30 pm Post subject:

the games I played most:

Jack Attack (on C16 ! if I could find it for linux...)
Impossible Mission (C64)
Archon (C64)
Elite (C64)
XCOM: Terror form the Deep
Doom2
DukeNukem3D
Civ2
Thief
Quake3
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Letar · n00b Joined: 25 Jul 2003 Posts: 21 Location: Finland

Granini · n00b Joined: 08 May 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Germany

Counter Strike
Populous1&2

Freeciv

mirko_3 · l33t Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 605 Location: Birreria

I have to say, really, I'm surprised Baldur's Gate hasn't been mentioned more....

Baldur's (I & II, especially II though) and Starcraft are the best games ever... imho of course

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gwlinden · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 12:32 pm Post subject:

Myst, Riven, and Myst III. And Tux racer, obviously.
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Stolz · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject:

My all time favorite: "Rainbow Six: Raven Shield", the best game I've ever played

Anior · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject:

Doom!
There is no other.

Actually I still play doom, I really like the legacy rewrite (emerge doomlegacy. start with llxdoom -opengl). They are currently porting it all to c++, looks promissing.