Best ancient game?

Sandok · Nov 20, 2004, 10:04 PM

As the title says, what's ur fav classic on ANYthing... From Commodore to PC which still isn't matched today...

I find that star wars TIE FIGHTER on old MSDOS was the best game in HISTORY... Nothing I've played even comes CLOSE to it... OMG the memories... I was soo young but it's great! It needs a serious remake!!!

riles9262 · Nov 20, 2004, 10:11 PM

For consoles...super mario 3; that game ruled.
for pc...warcraft 2. I logged so many dial up hours with my buddies on that game

oh ya, and real old...missile command on atari.

technonerd · Nov 20, 2004, 10:15 PM

I love Tie Fighter, that was a great game I've played. First Time I got addiction to, even on old Xwing and B-wing addon WOW.

rjpogi · Nov 21, 2004, 12:39 AM

X-COM handsdown!

nauticus · Nov 22, 2004, 12:09 AM

The CD version of System Shock (Looking Glass Studios, 1995, DOS)

Oh. My. God.

HawgsHead · Nov 22, 2004, 12:28 AM

PONG....The origional video game.I got 1 when I was 12,32 years ago.EVERY kid in the neighborhood just sat there with there mouths open.I ended up charging a quarter per game to play.And I made $$$ hand over fist.My dad thought it was great.Aint capitolism GRAND!!!

**dj_stick** · Nov 22, 2004, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nauticus

The CD version of System Shock (Looking Glass Studios, 1995, DOS)

Oh. My. God.

i second that

rjpogi · Nov 22, 2004, 06:22 AM

Colonization is also a nice game, check out www.abandonia.com for legal abandonare oldies! =)

TJ- · Nov 22, 2004, 06:33 AM

original mario bros on nintendo

BlueMak · Nov 22, 2004, 07:00 AM

Colonial Conquest (v1.1) for the ST (and current st emulators). It is the only game that I keep playing 16 years after I first got it. (released 1987) Never one game managed to think it can replace it from the top of my list.

UMS, Starflight, Sensible Soccer, Ambermoon, Ascenancy, Carrier Command, Gunship, North and South (Infogrames), M1A1 Tank Platoon, Silent Service, Panzer General, XCom, Battlehawks 1942, Plutos, Test Drive the list goes on.

Trunks0 · Nov 22, 2004, 07:31 AM

Oldest would have to be Dark Castle for my dads MacSE. I loved that game

Newer than that though and I would say Mario on NES. Played that game allot, and of course duck hunt

Judas · Nov 22, 2004, 06:25 PM

probably the most fun i ever had was Double Dragon 2 on the NES...... 2 players with the ability to hurt each other..... most halarious and entertaiment.... even today, via Emulator or the orginal.... love it....

pr0digal jenius · Nov 22, 2004, 06:35 PM

Tetris

YAYitsAndrew · Nov 22, 2004, 06:56 PM

consoles would be earthbound on the snes
pc would be day of the tentacle (sequel to maniac mansion)
multiplayer would be terris, an old MUD I played.

All three of those categories change if we were to consider the current generation of games, but this is an ancient game topic

Vikingod · Nov 22, 2004, 07:01 PM

NES: River city ransom
SNES and PS: Ogre Battle: the march of the black queen
PC: Dungeon Keeper

Those are some of the best games ever made.

Senor_Mota · Nov 22, 2004, 10:08 PM

There used be a game for NES called Sweet Home that was released by Capcom. It was one of the first(if not the very first) Survival Horror games ever released. It was so cool that I had a notebook full of drawings I had done about it(I was in First Grade

). Does anyone remember Bionic Commando? Or Warzard? Those were all great Capcom games...the memories...*sniff

Then there were games like Star Control 2, Master of Orion, and Zork(any release) for PC. God, games used to have so much more to offer than they do now...graphics don't mean sh*t, it's all about the gameplay!

GutterPunk · Nov 22, 2004, 11:03 PM

The dos game where the skiier is chased down the moutain by a snowman lol thats the best game ever

Typhoon 01 · Nov 22, 2004, 11:31 PM

Dreagon Force and Rayman for Saturn, brings back good memories.

TheOpposition · Nov 23, 2004, 03:07 AM

Land Stalker for the Sega Genisis... Only game i would want to play that i consider to be ancient.

Geminiwave · Nov 23, 2004, 05:01 AM

Centurion! ohhhh yeahhh!

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Nov 23, 2004, 05:19 AM

Sonic!!!!!!!!!

Senor_Mota · Nov 23, 2004, 07:31 PM

King's Bounty on the Sega Genesis...I'm playing it right now.

fireball · Nov 23, 2004, 07:35 PM

The Mega Man series was a classic...Mario of course too...Mario Kart And also the Original Unreal Tournament...I have alot more but those are a few of my personal favourites.

PolygonParadox · Nov 24, 2004, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YAYitsAndrew

consoles would be earthbound on the snes
pc would be day of the tentacle (sequel to maniac mansion)
multiplayer would be terris, an old MUD I played.

All three of those categories change if we were to consider the current generation of games, but this is an ancient game topic

Day of the Tentacle is written by Stephen King, who had nothing to do with Maniac Mansion.

Warpy · Nov 24, 2004, 03:01 AM

Sensible Soccer

10 years on and the Sensible Soccer series is still widely regarded as the best soccer (or football for us non-US guys Wink) ever. Tiny players, a large view area and ultra high speed action led to serious addiction. The series was refined over the years and better team management options were added and the end result was "Sensible World of Soccer".

Flashback

From the same company as Another World. This is the sequel to Another World, and it's amazing too! Tense action packed romp in a strange future world.

SirRoxen · Nov 24, 2004, 05:16 AM

I don't know if this is ancient..but duke nukem 3d. Loved that game. I had an old atari computer that had sweet games like bubble bobble and "oh no more lemmings" oh those were the days. And it had a joystick one button setup

classic.

ferret2004 · Nov 24, 2004, 06:16 AM

The Ghosts 'n Goblins/Ghouls and Ghosts series! Definitely my all time favorite

deadite66 · Nov 24, 2004, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senor_Mota

King's Bounty on the Sega Genesis...I'm playing it right now.

yeah good game but their is a quick way to win.
first buy a boat then get rid of all troops except for some peasants then sail round the edge of the islands/continents and most likely will find treasure and more importantly the map to the next island, repeat untill you get to the last island where you can buy dragons or vampires and then you can fly around everywhere and with all the money you saved not buying troops you can buy a kick arse army of vampires and dragons and win the game.

^^
all from memory but i think its mostly correct.

another great game is 'Crusader no regret' on Dos, great death anims

MythicaL · Nov 24, 2004, 08:16 AM

The first Leisure Suit Larry

BWX · Nov 24, 2004, 01:12 PM

Zaxxon

Nov 20, 2004, 10:04 PM	#1
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	Best ancient game? As the title says, what's ur fav classic on ANYthing... From Commodore to PC which still isn't matched today... I find that star wars TIE FIGHTER on old MSDOS was the best game in HISTORY... Nothing I've played even comes CLOSE to it... OMG the memories... I was soo young but it's great! It needs a serious remake!!!

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riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	For consoles...super mario 3; that game ruled. for pc...warcraft 2. I logged so many dial up hours with my buddies on that game oh ya, and real old...missile command on atari. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

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HawgsHead Rest In Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danville Virginia.The United States of America"In the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob We Trust" Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	PONG....The origional video game.I got 1 when I was 12,32 years ago.EVERY kid in the neighborhood just sat there with there mouths open.I ended up charging a quarter per game to play.And I made $$$ hand over fist.My dad thought it was great.Aint capitolism GRAND!!! __________________ Rig specs to the left in the boxes....X-Box 360 w/Hitachi 42" HDTV....If Darwins theory of evolution is true then why are monkeys still monkeys?It takes much more faith to believe in Darwin's theory over the Genesis account of creation.

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