Best game(s) ever?

[Titan]

I'd DEFENETLY have to say this is my top 3:

Colonization
Civilization
Ufo: Enemy Unknown

Had them all on Amiga 500 and 600, and now have them (originals) for PC also :)

ROXX!!!

[muaddib]

Best games ever are

Quest for Glory Series
Dune 1 & 2
Baldur's Gate 2

[mika]

I spent plenty of time playing Ultima IV. Also have fond memories of commander keen :)

[JoM]

One that I just had an impulse to download was The Settlers 2 Gold Edition.
I love that game, I sit up for ages trying to complete the world campaign.

It's so huge, and complex. It took me 10 hours just to conquer europe. Bit shorter than the Romans in real life though. :P

[The Niles]

From before the win 95 scene I would say civilization and colonization score high on my list. Master of Orion and Master of Magic are also a good pair.

A little further back then even those is Airborne ranger. A very nice game for the time.
There are a ton of good classic games. Trouble is only a few remain worth playing since their are so many much better modern games that have the same set up but deliver much more. Civ3 compared to civ for instance. Colonization and Master of Magic are exceptions since they have no real modern competitors.

[Anonymous]

Well i love adventure games, and especially The sierra Quest ones. The space quest series would have to be my favoutite, with SQIII being the best out of them.

I love strategy games such as Civilisation, and i also love the lemmings games as well as the keen games. There are so many old games i love, its hard to say them all.

[auhsor]

That last one was me. I forgot to log on.

[Danny252]

YEY SC2!!! now Ive got SC2,3 and 4!! now WHERE THE HECK IS MY OLD SC1!

[Titan]

it's on the server.. i've uploaded it... it'll be put up as soon as Kosta has it ready..

[Danny252]

aah.. SC1.. SC2.. SC3.. SC4.. played them all.. SC4 is soooooo hard.. SC1 writing shows a junk.. SC3 is complicated too.. SC2 is just right.. Now for simtower.. or yoot Tower if you can find it.

[Anonymous]

Man remember The Terminator?? that was a good one.
For me its X-COM, tha best game ever.

I remember a game called Jump Joe, that was really cool, really really old, prolly around 1980 or before.

Beer tapper :D

[Octane]

Errrrr..... that was me from last post. I just registered.

Ohhh and i forgot to say that i have The Terminator game right here. I can upload if you want

[bobosama]

Best/Most Revolutionary Game Ever: Doom

Best RTS Game: Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Expansion

Personal Favorite: Duke Nukem 3D

[Anonymous]

Ive gotto agree woth this guy, Ufo and colinization are the best tho i havent trie civilization yet, but my third best game has to be Bloodstone. with isnt on abandonia.

[TonyG]

hmmmm,

New Games: Civ 3, MoH Spearhead, EU2

Abandoned Games: Colonization, Megatraveller, Monkey Island

and reeeeeeeely old games, C64: Great Escape, Treasure Island Dizzy

Amstrad CPC 464: Multyplayer Soccer manager,

[Kosta]

Megatraveller? Sounds interesting! Could you give me a hint as to where to acquire it? Do you think I should include it on Abandonia?

[mika]

Did I say Ultima IV (all the way at the top)... damn - I meant VI; also VII was also brilliant. Any other RPG lovers here?

[Kosta]

Mika otkrio si se ;)
So you're an RPG fan, huh? Well, did I say I was looking for an RPG person to post an update every now and then (for the new RPG section)? :)

[Danny252]

That remind me Kosta, what happened to me uploading games? I cant get into admin.. what did you do?

[Anonymous]

MegaTraveller is an RPG set in space, you can find it on quite a few sites.

I have a review for it here somewhere if you ever upload it and need a Review, i can just E-Mail it to you.

there is also MegaTraveller 2 but i aint played it much.

[TonyG]

hmmm the above post was me, damn Forum Logged me out!!

[mika]

E bas sam se zajebao ;)

Sure Kosta - I'll start playing and writing asap. Although there'll probably be more playing than writing! :shock:

Maybe I could even write about Eye of the beholder 1, 2 & 3? Also loved those...

Although I'm famous for taking my time (also known as procrastinating) so please be patient

[Anonymous]

I have to say that i love deadly games -jaged aliance but i also love racing games like cc3 and lamborginy

[cosmogreen32]

I noticed most of you mentioned Civilization and Ufo. Anyone remember North & South? Pretty bad graphics, even back then (I've never seen the Amiga version), but gameplay was really something.
And Whacky Wheels? There's another great multiplayer game. The race mode sucked, but the splitscreen duel was really furious. You had to collect ammunition, and often you would ran out of it in the middle of the chase and you would still run after your opponent so he wouldn't figure out he can shoot you whenever he pleases. And Scorched Earth (The mother of all games! :) ) ... I could talk about that one for hours.
My favorite games back then where all multiplayer games. I prefer other kinds of games now, but great games never become old.

[Danny252]

Try flying tigers 2.. thats cool..
rule 1 of DoSboxing... NEVER, EVER, listen to not compatible with win XP warnings...

[Jwh D'Ar]

Pirates!
Civilization
OMF 2097

P.S. I don't see Pirates! for download. Is this possible?

[Prox]

I'm a little more of a strategy guy so the abandonware games i like most are Civilization, Caesar, and of course DUNE 2, Dune 1 is great too, I finished it about 6 or 7 times, my curent record is 'bout 75 days. And the best adventure game ever is Star trek: the 25th anniversarry. :lol:

[Icemant90]

My top three:

1. StarCraft
2. CivNet
3. SimCity





Is StarCraft still copyrighted (is that a word?), because I would love to download it in a netcafe and play it :DI think the other 2 are abandonware, are they?

[Omuletzu]

Hey ice, simcity 2000 is available for download right here!


"Favorite oldies" wow, now there's a topic :mrgreen:

Strategy:
C&C
MOO(i think it's strategy but it might be some sort of simulation)
Heroes 1&2(these RULE)
Warcraft 1
Dune2
Civilisation

RPG:
Diablo I
Nox(it ain't that old but it's a damn good game and it deserves it's place)

Other great games:
X-com 1
X-com 2
Doom 2
Any tycoon :)
Street fighter 2
Warcraft 2
Centurion
The lost vikings

And the list could go on for ever :wink:

[Ioncannon]

My fave were

FPS: Duke3d, Wolfenstein3d, Doom 1, ROTT, Nitemare 3D
Strat: C&C and Sett2
Sim: Simcity 2000 and Chuck Yeagers Flight Combat
Misc: Jetpack, Monster Bash, Jill of the Jungle, Overkill.

[Stroggy]

my favorite oldie?
hmmm
Red Alert (never played the original C&C... only the few fan-made remade C&C missions for C&C generals)

I also liked the short part I played of planescape torment (I'm trying to play it again but it seems I lost CD 3)

another great oldie (IMO) is Broken Sword

[The Niles]

Some worthwile games that I know are abandonware,

- Master of Magic
- Master of Orion
- Mechwarrior 2


lots of others no doubt but these are the ones I can think of at short notice. I plan on doing a review for Master of Magic once I am done with the civ2 review.

[Stroggy]

hmmm
Grim Fandango also springs to mind
not THAT old (compared to red alert)
shame that it never got as widely known as Monkey Island
In my opinion Grim fandango was an excellent mix between humor and a story... well it had a better story than Monkey island!
I mean think about it, stealing soules, communist demon-bee dockmasters!

[Omuletzu]

MOO( :lol: ) is a great game too bad it is not available for download on this site :roll:

[Anonymous]

Here my votes:

1. Puzzle: Tetris
Being nearly as old as the computer itself, Tetris is a forever legend that still lives to this day. I still play around 10 mins of this game nearly every day, just to warm up to other things! Tetris is programmed in EVERY platform I have come across, thanks to its simplicity, and is enormous popular, thanks to its elegance. All I have said is perhaps unecessary, because if you do not know Tetris, you are probably not a gamer. To an extent, the world economy in 80's and 90' still see Tetris as culprit for global decrease in productions, as people in most office is more interested in playing it than their work...

2. FPS: Doom
A pioneer in 3D FPS, Doom is holding a lot of people at my office staying up all night and fight for their, uh,... freedom. Doom is true channels for our natural aggressiveness, and it's 3D reality is quite amazing, with extremely fast speed at the time it was released.

3. Strategy : Xcom 1 UFO Enemy Unknown
This game is the best game in 1994, and I am sure this game is also top 10 of the best game ever. The game is a mix of strategic thinking and turn-based squad battle, and it's unpredictable enough to keep you interested. The sound will generate terror if you play the game at night, and the feelings you have when facing aliens with not enough TU's is quite unforgettable! Now a lot of utilities is made that make the game more challenging and exciting, so the replayability is limitless.
There are a lot of sequels after this game, but no games lives up to the predecessor, and it's proving again that the simplest is the best.

[Anonymous]

Starcraft isn't downloadable yet

top games I've played
Starcraft/Brood War
Civilization 2
Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
Warlords 3: Reign of Heros
Fallout 1 & 2

[dadaas]

E bas sam se zajebao ;)

Sure Kosta-del-sol - I'll start playing and writing asap. Although there'll probably be more playing than writing! *:shock:

Maybe I could even write about Eye of the beholder 1, 2 & 3? Also loved those...

Although I'm famous for taking my time (also known as procrastinating) so please be patient

(yo ja sam isto iz hrvatske)
BTW AWSOME game exe of beholder 2 i didnt have oportunyti to play 1 and 3 :(

Anyways i just remembered 1 old game but i cant rememeber the name.

All i know u where in 1 building and that building was Television company so u was buying series films etc and broadcasting on your TV ,if my mind can remeber i think game was called MAD TV

[Kosta]

Yes, Mad TV... this game caused many frustrations for me. First version I ever obtained (around 8 years ago) had a virus and wiped my HDD clean. Second version I obtained kept freezing my computer. Third version I obtained worked, but I couldn't figure it out. Recently I started playing it again, just to check if I was maybe too young and didn't get it, but still no luck :?

I hate it :evil: But if you like it, hey, add it, and be sure to include the manual :P

[NeVeR]

Doom 2 (I was rather good in it as a kid(In MPof course) :D )
Fate of Atlantis
Monkey Island
UFO:Enemy Unknown
Sensible world of soccer
Micro Machines
Etc...

[dadaas]

Before i dono hmmm 10 years i played MAD TV and i know i was pretty good becuse i was broadcasting trugh Satelite.
Well i dont have MAD tv anymore :(

[Omuletzu]

Some worthwile games that I know are abandonware,

- Master of Magic
- Master of Orion
- Mechwarrior 2


lots of others no doubt but these are the ones I can think of at short notice. I plan on doing a review for Master of Magic once I am done with the civ2 review.
How about Master of Magic? Can we expect it in the near future(i know it's abw but can smb upload it)? I don't have the archive sadly... :?

[Maikel]

best games...hmmm

Golden Axe (hehe)
Monkey Island 1 and 3
Fate of Atlantis
Warcraft series
Deus ex series
The Thief Series

lot of series... :D

[FreeFreddy]

Master of Magic? No problem, I have it, but I'll warn you - the game is even in it's last patched version somewhat buggy, probably it will not run in DosBox (I played it all the time under Windows 98 ).
So I can upload it if it is ok with the place on the site now...

[NegaFlare]

Do upload it i loved that game back in the day.

[FreeFreddy]

Ok, now all I need then is the "go ahead" from Kosta, since I don't know if there's again space on the site available.

[Kreepah]

civ 2 and 3 (heard fantastic worlds add on for no. 2 is good)
monkey island 1 and 2
lad
Space quest Series
Kings Quest Series
Quest for Glory Series
Legend of Kyrandia Series
Settlers 2/4
Crystal Caves 1,2,3,
Secret Agents 1,2,3,

[Omuletzu]

Why don't we have fantastic worlds add on??I heard it's great

[Gecko]

Prvo pozz od komsije!!! warm greetings from Bosnia!!!

My all time favorite is def. Pirates! played it on c64 for a long time before i found a dos version of it!!! ancient but extremly playable and fun!!!

[wendymaree]

My favourite is Kyrandia - the first in the series. I use to dream about this game. I still wish I could live on a beautiful, peaceful island filled with forests and waterfalls, and talking trees that you can live in and be lifted up into their branches by their roots, and cute, quirky characters. Perhaps it's just a dimension away...only need to find the portal.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Zork Nemesis. The music and 3D graphics were awesome, and the writing=dialogue, characters and plotting were the best ever. I felt as if I was learning the secrets of the universe while I was playing as there was so much occult philosophy contained in it as you searched for the quintessence - the secret of immortality. This game was deep and unforgetable.

Atlantis...was it called The Lost Tales? I wish I'd kept the CD as the music and graphics were fantastic and the island surrounded by sapphire seas and with the huge palace grounds were serious pieces of real estate that I could easily live in.

.

[FreeFreddy]

My *favourite is Kyrandia - the first in the series. *I use to dream about this game. *I still wish I could live on a beautiful, peaceful island filled with forests and waterfalls, and talking trees that you can live in and be lifted up into their branches by their roots, and cute, quirky characters. *Perhaps it's just a dimension away...only need to find the portal.
Know what you mean. :wink:
My first game was Kyrandia 2 - Hand of Fate though, but I immediately got stuck to Legend of Kyrandia too, when I got it. By all means the best adventure games for me at all.

[unclefester]

Fallout is definitely my fav game next are Dark Reign & Earth 2150 number 3 are Max Payne,Pacman and Dark Reign

BTW is Dark Reign abandonware i would like to upload it

[Durak]

I think I have Dark Reign too, never played it for some reason...

[Malchior]

The first game I played seriously (and the best game I've ever played) was Fire King! A tiny little game from an unknown Aussie company for the Commodore 64.

I ended up playing it so much that I had to get replacement disks! Ahhh :mrgreen: those were the days!

[Petter1979]

The game i have spend most time ever playing is: UFO: ENEMY UNKNOWN.


fav old games:
Ufo enemy unknown
Colonization
Master of magic
Master of Orion
Dungeon Keeper 1-2
Settlers 2
Might & Magic 6, (have just ordered M&M 7, got M&M 9 playing it atm)
Supremacy (old fun simple space simulation game terraform planets, build refinarys, space farms, solar satelites, build troops, ships, conquer)
Warlords 2
Cavewars
Heroes of might & magic 1-2-3
Cannon Fodder
Star wars Rebellion
Eye of the beholder 2

New games:

Baldur´s gate 2
Gothic 2
Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat
heh I am embarassed, cant remember more newer games atm, since im playing much of the old games :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol:

[FreeFreddy]

Might & Magic 6, (have just ordered M&M 7, got M&M 9 playing it atm)
After Might & Magic 6, all following series aren't that good anymore.

[xndr2181]

Ok, I've been trying to avoid this topic cause I know its gonna take me a lot of time, but here goes,
Fav. Old Games:
Kyrandia(All)
Willy Beamish
Quest For Glory 1 VGA
King's Quest 5
Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis

Fav. New Games
Suikoden
FF7
Metal Gear Solid
Splinter Cell
Baldurs Gate(All)
Planescape Torment
Knights of the Old Republic

[FreeFreddy]

Now there come my favourites, best of them at place nr. 1 and 2:
1. Gothic 1
2. Gothic 2
3. Kyrandia 2 - Hand of Fate (was my first game, I still love it now)
4. Legend of Kyrandia (almost same good, but without the speech, so...)
5. Baldur's Gate II + Addon
6. Dungeon Keeper 1
7. Diablo II
8. Realms of Arkannia - all three parts (because the all are connected to each other in the form of story and savegames)
All the rest I have. :wink:

[xndr2181]

Freefreddy you ever play kyrandia 3 malcolm's revenge? That game was amazin!!
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

Yes, I know it's great. I always wanted to play it, there's even one available for download at http://www.the-underdogs.org
But as it's without the speech (I believe it's only without the speech 'cause it's a cd-rip version), and I would like to have the game for a collection, I didn't try it out. Sometime in the next month I'll buy it at E-bay... :wink:

[xndr2181]

Yea, the speech is really necessary. It's a great game, maybe one day someone will upload it...You actually might want to talk to wendee I think she may have it, :D .
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

It might be little too big for an E-mail :wink: , and I don't use MSN or ICQ or whatever things exist there yet, so I don't think I could get it from her...

[xndr2181]

It might be little too big for an E-mail :wink: , and I don't use MSN or ICQ or whatever things exist there yet, so I don't think I could get it from her...
You should look into getting MSN if messanger is she has it, it makes it very easy to trade games without too much trouble. When I get to college in three weeks, and if you do get msn messanger, I can give you all kinds of fun adventure games!!
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

Is this MSN Messenger already implemented in Windows XP? Cause I have two of them in the start-menu: MSN Messenger 6.0 and MSN Explorer...

[xndr2181]

Not sure, if it is, give it a try...you probably need to set up an account but it's free! My sn is xndr2181 surprise surprise
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

I registered there some time ago, 10 months or like that, just to see what makes it that popular that others use it often, but gave up for sometime later. I guess I'll try it out now in full detail. :wink:

[xndr2181]

I registered there some time ago, 10 months or like that, just to see what makes it that popular that others use it often, but gave up for sometime later. I guess I'll try it out now in full detail. :wink:
excellent, let me know when you finish...I'll PM you with more info so this post doesn't become a dialogue between just you and me, hehe, :D
-Sean

[Durak]

FF, Windows messenger has come with Windows since Windows 98(As far as I know, probably earlier) and now most use MSN Messenger. Therefore usually two are installed.

[wendymaree]

Sorry, FreeFreddy, I don't have Malcolm's Revenge. I'm a big fan of Kyrandia, but not of Malcolm, so I never got this game. :?

[xndr2181]

Sorry, FreeFreddy, I don't have Malcolm's Revenge. *I'm a big fan of Kyrandia, but not of Malcolm, so I never got this game. *:?
Wendy you're kidding me? You should really try it out it's great! And it adds a whole new twist to the Kyrandia mythos. Even though Malcolm is anoying in the first one, he becomes more of a hero in the third one, but I don't want to spoil anything for you :D . Seriously though, you need to try it out!!
-Sean

[wendymaree]

I played it a few years ago on a hire CD, and it was kind of fun. But didn't like it as much as the first two. Remember Malcolm's mood meter? You could make him mean or nice by changing the settings. It was interesting how they explained away Malcolm supposedly killing the King and Queen by saying he was only trying to stop the 'enchanted knife'. :)

[xndr2181]

Oh, ok then I guess you have played it. I guess it's your call then, I don't know I love the game myself. I think that's mainly due to the memories associated with it, I use to play this game non-stop after school when my dad had to go to teacher meetings and I was stuck in his art room. It rocked!
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

Well, some people like some games, others not.
Like me - I simply love Dungeon Keeper 1, but hate Dungeon Keeper 2 because it's mostly not the same like Dungeon Keeper 1: for it's time, the graphics aren't as good as in Part 1, nor are the sounds, and the ability to look monster statistics, like their damage, armor, strength and like was removed from the second part, which, I think is mean. Still, some people seem to love it too, even if they played Dungeon Keeper 1... :roll:

[xndr2181]

What's dungeon keeper like? I've never heard of it...
-Sean

[The Niles]

Dungoen keeper is a comedy. You are the dungeon keeper and have to build the badest coolest and darkest dungeon you can. Good guys come and rob form you but you can catch them and torture them. Very funny.

[FreeFreddy]

And that game catches you for weeks... :D
It's a simulation-strategy-action-25% PRG mix. Unserious, funny one. :wink:

[xndr2181]

Hahaha, that sounds like all kinds of fun, I'll have to see what it's like!
-Sean

[Durak]

Dungeon Keeper is a very fun game. I never tried Dungeon Keeper 2 though, might some day.

[Tom Henrik]

Yeah.. me too.

All this anti-DK2 propaganda from FreeFreddy has made me curious 8)

[FreeFreddy]

Just make sure that you play Dungeon Keeper 1 entirely through and try Deeper Dungeons (addon) out, too. Then, when you get Dungeon Keeper 2, you'll probably see what I meant... (I guess it depends more on people playing it that on the game... :roll: )

[Tom Henrik]

I already have played through Dungeon Keeper 1 and the add-ons.

I can't wait to try out Dungeon Keeper 2.

[rallier]

Modern
Favourite Driving simulation game : Colin Mcrae 4
Favourite Driving game (not SIM) : NFS underground
Action games: Jedi knights: outcast & academy, Prince of persia: sands of time, Blood Omen 2: legacy of Kain
Favourite RPG: 1. star wars: Knight of the old republic, 2. Divine Divinity
Fav. mix action drive: Mafia, GTA: vice city
Stealth games: Hitman 2, Thief 3
War: Medal of Honour Allied assault
Adventure: this section stand alone is quite extinct
Strategy: Warcraft 3
Multiplayer: Battlefield Vietnam
Flight: Crimson Skies

Oldies
Driving simulation games: Grand Turismo
Driving games : grand prix, Test drive 2 (both by Accolade)
Action : Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Duke Nukem
Flight: Red Baron, F117
RPG: Betrayal at Krondor, Blood Omen 1: legacy of Kain
Strategy: Red Alert 2
adventure : most of the sierra lines & lucas art, Monkey islands, diskworld, Tex Murphy.

Wells those are the one's i can really think of ;) Though i like many games ;)

[Stroggy]

Modern

Action games: Prince of persia Sands of Time
Favourite RPG: 1. star wars: Knight of the old republic, 2. Morrowind
Fav. mix action drive: Mafia, GTA: vice city
Stealth games: Thief 3, Beyond Good & Evil
War: Medal of Honour Allied assault, Call of Duty
Adventure: Broken Sword 3
Strategy: C&C Generals
Multiplayer: Battlefield Vietnam


Oldies

Action : Duke Nukem
Strategy: C&C red alert, C&C Tiberian Sun
adventure : Monkey Island games, Discworld Noir, Broken Sword 1[/u]

[Durak]

You liked Tiberian Sun? It was a let down for me since Red Alert was awesome. (Including expansions such as Aftermath)

[Stroggy]

It was the last real C&C game (with kane and all)
It had a great feeling of dread
as if the war you are fighting is already lost.
Earth is already in ruins. All the terrible wars before (Red Alert and C&C) were futile.

[Durak]

In my opinion Red Alert 2 wasn't nearly as good as 1.

[xndr2181]

Anyone ever play Solstice for Nintendo, that game ruled. I could sit down and play that game for like 2 hours straight, non stop. I was like a machine!! Anyone else enjoy this game as much as me? :D
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

I don't know this game...
But for my part I like these Nintendo games: Galaxy 5000 (2D racing action), Wizards & Warriors 2+3 (fantasy jump'n'run), Double Dragon 2, Metroid.

[Stroggy]

In my opinion Red Alert 2 wasn't nearly as good as 1.
heh, thats the opinion of every c&c fan.
According to them (and me) Red Alert 2 and C&C:generals aren't worthy of the title C&C.
A rather famous member of the C&C fan-network called Cypher once said "Red Alert 2 is the dumbed down comicbook-version of Red Alert"
And I agree. The Soviets in the original red Alert were much more fearsome (in the first cutscene of the soviets in the original red alert, for example, they're talking about the effects of a new toxic gass and its effects on men, women and children. Much more evil than some guy with wires sticking out of his head)

Tiberian Sun was beginning to decrease in quality. But it still had some rather gruesome moments (like when they slit Hassan's throat... if you remember that)

[Maikel]

I forgot:

Beyond good & evil. It's a true gem.

very old school feel and a great story. Great controls etc etc.

this game definetly did not get the praise or sales it deserverd, and because of that the sequal has been cancelled :cry:

[Stroggy]

yep
i mentioned beyond good & evil in the stealth game category.
its a true gem.
Too bad I couldn't finish the last boss (didn't collect all the hearts during the game :( )

[mika]

One of my biggest favourites is Clive Barker's Undying. Man what a game, and pretty damn scary! :shock:

[Maikel]

yeah for sure!! undying is superb!

damn that game was scary! :shock:

[xndr2181]

I don't know this game...
But for my part I like these Nintendo games: Galaxy 5000 (2D racing action), Wizards & Warriors 2+3 (fantasy jump'n'run), Double Dragon 2, Metroid.
Metroid was great, wizards and warriors was a lot of fun, but got confusing very quickly! :wink: If you have a nintendo emulator, you should look into getting solstice, that game ruled. You played this little wizard who was in this huge maze with creatures everywhere. The catch was that you couldn't fight the creatures you had to avoid them or use potions against them. Your main goal was to find the four keys as well as all 8 pieces of the magic staff to beat the game. What a great game!! They don't make games like this anymore!!
-Sean

[Durak]

Just incase anyone wanted to know, Gauntlet 4 for sega gensis was pretty darn fun, especially multiplayer.

[xndr2181]

Hmm, interesting...I heard it was pretty bad, :D
-Sean

[Durak]

It was hours of fun, especially with four controllers.

[Tom Henrik]

PRINCESS MAKER 2!

It is impossible to describe the excellency of this game enough! Everything about the game is awesome and it is extremelly addictive!

[Durak]

Really? Well I'm going to have to look into it after I beat Liberation Army. A pretty good game actually.

[xndr2181]

I agree with Durak, I have many games to still complete, but trust me once those games are off the list, Princess Maker 2 will be the next game to play, :D
-Sean

[Durak]

It seems my lists of games never ends...Hurrah? :)

[FreeFreddy]

You are not alone with that :D

[Stroggy]

PRINCESS MAKER 2!

It is impossible to describe the excellency of this game enough! Everything about the game is awesome and it is extremelly addictive!
really?
its quite boring, I thought.
I finished it once just to hear my daughter founded a fighter accademy... but due to low charisma was forced to close it.
She did have a happy wedding.

I'll try it one other time... this time my little baby will become the greatest ***** ever generated (I can't believe that is indeed a possible outcome :? )

[xndr2181]

It seems my lists of games never ends...Hurrah? :)
Kind of a double edged sword huh? :wink: Anyone ever play that titanic game, I think it was called Titanic lost in time or something. You were sent back in time to the titanic to stop Hitler from taking over the world, something really crazy like that. It was made in the middle 90's I wanna say, it was a great game, but alas I don't think it's aboneware...
-Sean

[Stroggy]

I remember reading about it in a magazine and wishing I could buy it (my brother wouldn't let me)

[xndr2181]

hehe, well hopefully the game will be released as abandonware soon, cause I'd love to get my hands on it!!
-Sean

[TheVoid]

My Top5:

Prince of Persia
Alone in the Dark 1(damn scaaary! at his time)
The Secret of Monkey Island
Diablo
Blade Runner (Best Adventure Ever? I haven't yet tried the Longest Journey...)

[Stroggy]

I tried Blade Runner.
Its quite slow...
I only finished 3 of the 7 endings (actually 4, which is the ending in which that female-blade runner helps you. I forgot to tell her about the tripwire bomb)

[rallier]

oh yes undying was a fine game!!!!!!!!!!! but i have a vampiric soul....Blood Omen 2: the legacy of Kain :evil: when will humans understand the value of blood :PPPPPPPPP

[FreeFreddy]

When there are no humans with blood in them anymore... :D

[rallier]

True True..........u only realize value when it's a loss...... believe me i know that feeling :?
about alone in the dark........well i was never able to play it....graphics are so bad :roll: and the movement oh my god...even worse........
I love colin mcrae 4 and i posted my times on......but it seems there are a lot of cheaters that ruin the competition and the fun....
For example i had my best time with an Audi Quattro (550 BHP) on a certain special stage and i was really flying......i post my time on the web just to find out that there is a Saxo (1.6L FWD) one minute faster than me.....that's just impossible :P

[FreeFreddy]

For example i had my best time with an Audi Quattro (550 BHP) on a certain special stage and i was really flying......i post my time on the web just to find out that there is a Saxo (1.6L FWD) one minute faster than me.....that's just impossible :P
Well, sometimes it's still possible, with hard try and, perhaps, some tricks (abbreviation or like, I don't know the game, but I think of similar other games I played). And 1 minute is not that much more to be cheated, I guess...

[rallier]

For example i had my best time with an Audi Quattro (550 BHP) on a certain special stage and i was really flying......i post my time on the web just to find out that there is a Saxo (1.6L FWD) one minute faster than me.....that's just impossible :P
Well, sometimes it's still possible, with hard try and, perhaps, some tricks (abbreviation or like, I don't know the game, but I think of similar other games I played). And 1 minute is not that much more to be cheated, I guess...

Really if you play the game u will understand :) in a Special stage of around 2 min. and 23 seconds with the fastest car (for that stage at least) versus a seriously weaker car, while flying over the stage, getting beaten or even beat it with a small difference is to be considered as cheating.....not loosing by one minute...... it means that when he finished the stage i was still halfway in...... just to test my curiocity i drove the same car the cheater used......well i was around 30 seconds slower than my best time hehehe so i went to the next step.... i calculated his average speed and it was around 180km/h and remember over a twisty, narrow gravel stage, while the car's top speed even with the long gear ratio gearbox (which is not the best suited) is around 180 km/h.......it's impossible to just drive flat out on 6th gear alone, let alone that there a lot of 180 degrees turns taken with 2nd gear and around 50km/h if u r good with a good car....
i am not saying nobody can best my time.......surely that can happen but i guess it would be no more than one or two seconds....
running one special stage all the time until u get it perfectly is like Formula 1 qualifyings, just tenths of a second seperate the first few cars, and only a couple up to 4 seconds the first from the last car....u will never see double times....
to put it in other words :)
imagine u have a Ferrari and an other guy has standard 1.3L saloon car
and u decide to drag race him and you do perfect shifts everything perfect and still beats you by far....... is it possible??? (no unless u had no wheels) that's the difference between the cars we had hehe.....

[FreeFreddy]

Well, cheaters seem to appear in all games today - Diablo II, Warcraft III, Neverwinter Nights and so on. Seems like the people get globally too lazy to play it the fun way... :roll:
Btw., do you or anyone else know Re-Volt? It's a racing game from 1999-2000, but from a perspective of a toy-car. The levels in the game are because of that really interesting looking and very fun making and the graphics in the game are very modern and good (with 800x600 or higher) and steering the cars is also not a big deal. Because of that this is one of my more favourite games, although I don't like any other racing games that much.

[Woodlander]

Yeah, Cheaters and 13373rs. I dunno which is worse.

But back on topic for me. Who here remembers one of the best RPG's ever? Excelsior Phase One: Lysandia.
Loved that game, still do. It should be Abandonware by now too shouldn't it? :wink:

Also it had a sequel which seemed less likeable, but anyways, thats me ^_^

[FreeFreddy]

Yes, it's abandoned now. The second part of it, the sequel, isn't looking that good at all, so I didn't keep it (downloaded both from somewhere once...), but the first part I still have on my HD. :wink:
And yes, this is a nice game... Only I could never finish at the end that last tower in the game, didn't know what to begin with the clock... :?

[FreeFreddy]

Do you remember Jetpack? Not the one classical from Atari and the like, but the one from Impulse, released somewhere in 1993. It's abandoned full version now and it runs well under DosBox.
I could upload it too, it's only 640 KB small. Interested?

[gitaarman]

best games ever? let me think

monkey island 1------> legendary humour!and good story
king quest 5-----> very nice graphics and nice characters
alone in the dark----> the first survival horror game i played
beneath a steel sky----> nice graphics and a great story
:ok:

[Chef Boyardee]

My top five:

1. Das Schwarze Auge/Realms of Arkania II - Star Trail
2. Fallout 2
3. The Elder Scrolls II - Daggerfall
4. Stonekeep
5. Age of Wonders

Honorable mention goes to Soldat =P

[FreeFreddy]

Well, my are:
Kyrandia 2 - Hand of Fate
Legend of Kyrandia
Dungeon Keeper 1 + Deeper Dungeons-addon
Realms of Arkannia 2 and 3
Blood & Magic
B)

[Chef Boyardee]

Originally posted by FreeFreddy@Sep 3 2004, 07:15 PM
Realms of Arkannia 2 and 3
I love you <3

[FreeFreddy]

Well, umm, I feel honored... :blink: :P

[Tom Henrik]

Good thing I uploaded those Arkania games then :D

[FreeFreddy]

Yep, good work! :D
It's just that the 3rd part is still too big to be available on this site... Probably sometime later... :(

[Chef Boyardee]

I uploaded Realms of Arkania III recently but it's like 50 MB so it's too big and I have to get it smaller but I can't do that without winrar =(

[Havell]

Use Powerarchiever.

[Unknown Hero]

My best adventure point n' click game is The Black Mirror. Anyone played it?

[Chef Boyardee]

Originally posted by R Havell@Sep 4 2004, 02:53 PM
Use Powerarchiever.
What is Powerarchiver?

[Havell]

It's an archiving program that will do both .zip and .rar files, it is better than Winzip and Winrar. It is in the "Friends" section of this website to download.

[Chef Boyardee]

Okay, I downloaded it but I can't compress it any smaller, what do I do now?

[TheVoid]

Try WinAce, compress to .ace the .rar archive. Most abandonware sites do this.

[Tom Henrik]

But not us. We use ONLY .zip :P

[Shifter]

Whoa, hard to say.

For adventure..I'd easily go with the Quest Series..any of them.

Hm. Strategy, easily the X-Com/UFO games...man I love and still love those.

Wow, I can't even think right now.

For RPG's there have been many. FF7 (yeah I know its console) sticks out as one of the jaw dropping games for me..as did all the SNES FF's. Also Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 and the other games by Black Isle or bioware or whoever it was..such as Planescape etc..all amazing.

Hrm..thats all I can think of right now.

[GuybrushThreepwood]

monkey island 2, best game EVER

[Unknown Hero]

If you say so! I have just finished playing The Black Mirror. It's new adventure and I can tell you it's excelent. I didn't expect such a good game (since it's new :D)!

[TheVoid]

I don't think I can expect to play that game on my PC <_<
So for now my favourite adventure is Blade Runner!!

[Unknown Hero]

Why not. It doesn't require a "machine". Collect some information around.

[TheVoid]

You're right, yellow pissing pal ;) :P
PII 200Mhz, 64 Mb RAM, 4MB truecolor compatible video card, 16x CD ROM, Windows compatible sound card, enough space on your hardisk for game installation and of course Direct X installed. Recommended hardware configuration: PII 400Mhz, 128 Mb RAM and 16 MB truecolor compatible video card.

Wow! Now I just have to get it, and have time to play it.... :sneaky:


Adventures rock!

[aaberg]

The games I have played the most, are UFO - Enemy Unknown and Dune 2. I used half of my childhood on those games. Great games :ok:

[Iron_Scarecrow]

This is probably getting ahead of everyone else. But I spent most of last year playing Unreal Tournament 2003. I absolutly love that game, played it non-stop, night and day, but I lent the CD's to someone and I have no idea who. :(
I want to get 2004 but I havent gotten around to buying it yet, played it once in a internet cafe and it was even better than 2003.

But I grew up playing the Hugo's House of Horrors series, Sapce Quest series, Police Quest series, Monkey Island series, Quest for Glory series and so on. So they will always have a special place in my heart. :wub:

[Ababo]

Talking about Quest for Glory, I've been wanting to play that game again for aaaaaages. I found a download somewhere, but it's a bunch of folders with the installation files and, for some reason, I can't get it installed at all! Even copying the files in each folder to a floppy disk. Anyone know where I can get a copy of the installed files for this great game? Or is it still not abandonware? :unsure:

[TheVoid]

:blink:

Tried on www.abandonia.com? it's a nice site :P

You find it here (http://www.abandonia.com/genre.php?genre=adventure&page=3)

[FreeFreddy]

Originally posted by TheVoid@Sep 22 2004, 02:58 PM
:blink:

Tried on www.abandonia.com? it's a nice site :P

You find it here (http://www.abandonia.com/genre.php?genre=adventure&page=3)
How can one enter the forum here and oversee the games that are available for download... :rolleyes:

[Ababo]

Whoops! In my hastiness, I forgot to include the 4. That is, it was Quest for Glory 4:Shadows of Darkness that I'm after. Sorry about that. I had indeed checked the site for it. :P

[aaberg]

Originally posted by Ababo@Sep 22 2004, 09:44 PM
Whoops! In my hastiness, I forgot to include the 4. That is, it was Quest for Glory 4:Shadows of Darkness that I'm after. Sorry about that. I had indeed checked the site for it.* :P
Shit happens :D

But you are right. Quest for Glory is a great serie of games. I haven't played number 4 though, only 1, 2 and 3. :D

[Ababo]

Originally posted by aaberg@Sep 22 2004, 09:52 PM
Shit happens :D

But you are right. Quest for Glory is a great serie of games. I haven't played number 4 though, only 1, 2 and 3. :D
Truth be told, I've only ever played the 4th one. :unsure: I should probably give the others a whack as well. :)

[NewSchool87]

HI! :bye:
My favorite games ever....let me think...I think UFO:Enemy Unknown is ON THE TOP of my list. I can't even remember how many hours I spent playing that game! :D
My second favorite is probably Fallout 2, great game...i'm curious about the next fallout game.
My third choice is Contra from my nes!... I still play it on my ngage :bleh:
Anyway..i just want to say...that this site... :Brain: !!IS THE BEST ABANDONWARE SITE!! :Brain: serious...keep up the good work :D

[&#036;&#33;gma]

ALL THE MONKEY ISLANDS!!!! THEY ROCK!!!!


And Hi-octane, C&C (you must know what C&C is, right?), MDK, lemmings, blah, blah, blah.. mostly stuff I recall playing back in '93-'97 when I was 3 years old to seven years old :)

[wormpaul]

@ NEwschool:

Funny atavar :w00t:

[NewSchool87]

hehehe thx :bleh:

[Lars J]

Best games ever:

C&C Operation: Tiberian Sun

Blade Runner

Wing Commander 1

:rifle: all other games :whistle:

[Scarface]

Some of the best games ever :

Metal Gear Solid :ph34r:

Silent Hill :twisted:

GTA Vice City :guns:

Call Of Duty (best WWII FPS I've played) :rifle:

[bohor]

Fallout 1&2

Morrowind

Baldur's Gate 2

Half-Life

...and there is more for sure, but I can't remember!!

[xcom freak]

Don't hate me for that, but i have to say:

Romance of the three kingdoms
the final fantasy series
pro evo soccer

[wormpaul]

I must commit:

Got now Pro evolution soccer 4 (winning eleven for japanese) and it`s so much better (and more difficult) then FIFA...

Just hate it now that i played all that FIFA games in the past (euro 200 was the last one)

[Borodin]

Originally posted by xcom freak@Jan 17 2005, 08:49 PM
Don't hate me for that, but i have to say:

Romance of the three kingdoms
the final fantasy series
pro evo soccer
Why would anyone hate you for RoTK? It's a fine series. Arguably King of Dragon Pass does far more with the same kind of interface, but I have fond memories of playing several KOEI titles when they were newly released on the PC. Would they'd never stopped! :)

[xcom freak]

I can never get enough of Koei titles they exploit every single aspect of the same story my favorite is Rotk but dinasty tactics and warriors are also both great games!!its a shame u can't pirate ps2s in montreal!!

[Borodin]

Originally posted by xcom freak@Jan 17 2005, 10:40 PM
I can never get enough of Koei titles they exploit every single aspect of the same story my favorite is Rotk but dinasty tactics and warriors are also both great games!!its a shame u can't pirate ps2s in montreal!!
Actually, there's a way around that. It's called--stop me if you've heard it before--"Supporting the developers by buying their product."

[xcom freak]

Beleive me i proffited enough developpers in my life in fact i am one of the guys that most profitted developers in the history of the gaming industry(sony sega microsoft nintendo) in all modesty :ok: .Another thing developpers know that their stuff are being pirated and i am sure that they can easily put an efficient anti-copy thingie on their materia but they don't coz u need the original to pirate and this fact increases greatly their sales specialy in Asian countries .still :cheers: thx for the advice

[mahahelel]

Favorite games...

Stratagy - Civ2, Civ3 just wasn't as good for some reason
RTS - Starcraft, played all the C&C games but starcraft stands out
RPG - Diablo 2
Shooter - Crusader series
Adventure - Pirates!

I unfortunatly didn't get a chance to play x-com or its related titles in my youth a situation that i am currently rectifing if its as good as everyone says i may have to change my picks.

[Omuletzu]

X-com is good and ufo is better, and you should play them both.In regards to your strategy picks, have you tried the first civ?Or even better, colonization?

[Balvan]

Hmm not an easy question,but
i gotta say
grim fandango...just brilliant and
beyond good and evil...not as popular as pop:sand of time,but AWSOME game.

[mahahelel]

couldn't get into the first civ and i have played colonization ... its very good but i liked civ 2 better.

[cheesegrater]

Originally posted by wormpaul@Jan 17 2005, 04:42 PM
I must commit:

Got now Pro evolution soccer 4 (winning eleven for japanese) and it`s so much better (and more difficult) then FIFA...

Just hate it now that i played all that FIFA games in the past (euro 200 was the last one)
I absolutely agree. FIFA games are an insult to footy fans.

[taikara]

*chucks in her two cents*

Wishbringer (My first pc game ever!)

All Early Sierra Games, Period. (That is, up until about Phantasmagoria, which was still pretty nifty. I wanted to lay siege to the studios when they started coming out with tripe such as KQ7 (travesty!!) and Shivers (although I still enjoyed Rama in deference to Arthur C. Clark.)

Zak McKraken & the Alien Mindbenders + Maniac Mansion. (Irreverence is fun, and so is getting suspended in third grade for tracing women in bikinis from game inserts & showing them to my innocent classmates, buahaha.)

[Mats]

I actually like Deus Ex the most, I think it has a great mix of the elements that I want to make a game feel fun to play. First: you are superior, I would like to have a little more adminstrating power but just the fact that you are a super soldier is relly good when you hear enemies say stuff like "They say these guys can disappear whenever they want to" when you hide from thier view.

And it also has some places where you can feel safe for a while, not like the Max Payne games(mostley the first), where you always are high tuned and ready to spring on any movement, I can tell that after 2 hours of: getting shot, reload, do bullet time, save, get shoot, reload (OK, I may not be the best on Max Payne) but after a while I lost the game becuse of this. Deus Ex has places like bases, cities, shops that there are no enemies.

Also adding a small but interesting RPG stylish chance to customize your characthers weapons, skills, nano-techs.

Not to mention that your JC (the main characther) is very smart and has a lot of knownledge about the world he lives in, so that you can choose dialog options that are very smart.


///MJ

[FreeFreddy]

Best games ever? Well, before I bought Gothic 1 and Gothic 2 + addon, it were Heroes of Might & Magic 2, Lords of Magic Special Edition, Baldur's Gate II and Planescape - Torment.
Then came Gothic 1+2. And I never played a greater game than these two before. ;)

[Astral]

I think it's TETRIS, neverendless story and all-time classic :ok:

[Borodin]

Originally posted by Astral@Jan 21 2005, 01:20 PM
I think it's TETRIS, neverendless story and all-time classic :ok:
Alexei Pajitnov would agree with you. ;) He's the creator, though he never saw a ruble (or dollar, or euro) for it. If you like his games, though, you might try his puzzle collection for Microsoft, Pandora's Box. It's not a timed puzzle, but a series of roughly 8 or 9 different puzzle types, with increasing difficulty levels, and a nominal plot. Very nicely done, and with good graphics. Most definitely not abandonware, but I've seen it going cheaply secondhand on Amazon and eBay.

[LuckyLlama]

Tetris is definately up there... the best game I encountered is Fallout.

[Dino]

I've got myself bit of a hard decision here!
Well i guess the list would be:
Prince of persia 1 (die Jaffar!!)
Heroes of might and magic 2
Dune 2
C&C (first one!)
UFO: Enemy unknown and Terror from the deep
CIV 1 & 2
....
I could go on whole night like this :D

[cheesegrater]

System Shock 2

[MadMax_FMM]

Semi old games

1.) Monkey Island 2 (although it's really old :D)
2.) Baldur's Gate 2
3.) Fallout 2
4.) Master of Orion 2
5.) Duke Nukem 3D


Old games


1.) Another World
2.) Commander Keen Series
3.) Giana Sisters (C64)
4.) Tyrian (although it's not as old as Monkey Island ^^)
5.) Hawks Eye (C64)

:cheers:

[Ferna182]

Best Games Ever???

Gabriel Knight 1 : Sins of the fathers
Sonic The Hedgeogh (for sega genesis)
Space Quest
Leisure Suit Larry
Street Rod
Sim City
Monkey Island
Tetris
Pac Man
and i don't know i like a lot more games... i can't think now :P

[Meridion]

hmmm hard one..

depends..

X-Com Saga rlz..

Adventure/Role

Quest for glory (Second is my fauvorite)
Baldurs Gate II

Adventure only

Monkey's
Indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis
Day of the tentacle
Kyrandia's

Strategy

STARCRAFT (dun care if it is abandon or not LOL!)
Red Alert
Simcity 2000


GOLDEN AXE OMFG can't believe i'va had forgotten until i read someones' post

and duno, surelly i've forgotten a lot :P

Duke Nukem :D first game i ever played multiplayer, i made my LAN because of that GAME!!