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Re: Favorite Games of all time?

jamie_tickner — Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:54 pm

Author: jamie_tickner

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:54 pm

Zelda for the snes
Mortal Kombat 2 (any platform)
Command and Conquer (pc)
Killer Instinct (snes)
Deus Ex (pc)
Vampire Bloodlines (pc)
Syndicate (amiga)
Chaos Engine (amiga)

I have a 360, ps3 and a wii but to be honest I play emulated old games more than the new consoles!!

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

heiowge — Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:34 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:34 pm

Legacy of Kain series (even though blood omen 2 was weak by comparison)
Resident Evil Series (especially 1, 1 DC, 2, 4 and code veronica X). Not played 5 (no ps3) and have got outbreak 1+2 but not played yet
Silent hill (especially the first one).
Tomb Raider 1-3 (rest were weak).
Grand Theft Auto (1 and 3)
Lego Star Wars games
Lego Batman
(to a lesser extent) Lego Indiana Jones
XIII
Sonic the Hedgehog (1 & 2)
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Wonder Boy III
Shoot n Run (comex 35 - played it all the time as a kid!)
Elite (BBC)
Worms (the original PS1)
Medal of Honor - Frontline
The Suffering
Max Payne

There's probably more...

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

LeeNukes — Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:04 pm

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:04 pm

And the Broken Sword series. Well 1 and 2.

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

Captain_Tux — Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:20 pm

Author: Captain_Tux

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:20 pm

Centipede, Galaga, Frogger and Pit Fall... recognize!

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

1slipperyfish — Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:16 pm

Author: 1slipperyfish

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:16 pm

also the first tony hawks and first dave mirra on ps1 they were never as good on ps2
paul

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

LeeNukes — Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:52 pm

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:52 pm

Amiga:

Championship Manager 2
Stunt Car Racer
Speedball 2
F18 Interceptor
Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
The Settlers

Spectrum:

Daley Thompson's Decathlon
Werewolves of London
Outlaw

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Re: Favorite Games of all time?

leke — Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:27 pm

Author: leke

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:27 pm

The only games i've been addicted to are on the Amiga (ok, and DOS too):

In that order.

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

1slipperyfish — Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:01 pm

Author: 1slipperyfish

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:01 pm

i'm with linuxgirlie sonic the hedgehog on smd was ace also aladin on smd
paul

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

jarlath — Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:34 pm

Author: jarlath

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:34 pm

There's a game my father has on his XP machine that I'm getting addicted to. It's called WinMine. Basically, there's a grid of tiles and you have to uncover ... okay, joking!

I loved blackbox (not the kde version) great music too, just like the oldies.
http://www.linux-games.com/black-box/

Spectrum - Jetpac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac

C64 - Spy vs Spy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_vs._Spy_%28video_game%29

Amiga - Frontier Elite II
Uridium II

PC - Prince of Persia
Flashback
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Re: Favorite Games of all time?

Civillian — Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:35 pm

Author: Civillian

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:35 pm

only one game I've played consistently over and over again is Deus Ex. First played when I was about 10 :3 still playing it a decade on! And it works great in wine too. So much goodness :3

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

linuxgirlie — Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:49 am

Author: linuxgirlie

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:49 am

Sega Master System (my first game console - with gun...woah!)

Sonic the hedgehog
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (it was the MJ special edition version ) You killed people with your dance moves and hat...need I say more!

PC(old):

Duke Nukem
Wolfenstein
Quake
Carmegeddon
GTA 1, 2 and London (none of this 3d tosh...)
Doom
Half Life 1 (not 2)
Eternal Lands
Shadow Warrior (Ha ha, You no mess with Lo Wang! )
Rainbow Six
Jazz Jackrabbit
The Sims (one of the first Linux I owned, Mandrake Gaming Edition with The Sims 1, I thought it was awesome)

PC(now)

World of Warcraft...... (as you can see it kinda takes over your life....)

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

Bazza — Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:44 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:44 pm

Warlocks Of Firetop Mountain - SPECCY...

F1GP Tandy graphics PC AND AMIGA using
the KCS Power PC Board for the A500 and
emulating Tandy graphics...

Mmmm, eating some Tyrrell's - Sweet Chilli
& Red Pepper hand cooked crisps.... Delicious... )

Re: Favorite Games of all time?

jackyboy633 — Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:36 pm

Author: jackyboy633

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:36 pm

My favourite games are:
Xbox
All Splinter Cell games released on Xbox
Sonic Heroes
PGR2

Nintendo DS
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
42 All-Time Classics
MarioKart DS

Xbox 360
A Kingdom for Keflings*
Grand Theft Auto 4
Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Wii
Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City
Wii Play
Wii Sports Resort

PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4
LittleBigPlanet
Burnout Paradise

PSP
Grand Theft Auto games on PSP
Sega Mega Drive Collection
FIFA 09

*Xbox Live Arcade game

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Favorite Games of all time?

spaceyhase — Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:06 pm

Author: spaceyhase

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:06 pm

Yay lists FTW

Rez
Chaos
3D Deathchase
Super Metroid
Daytona USA
Steel Battalion
Disgaea
Starfox
F-Zero X
Elite
TIE Fighter
Starfox '64
R-Type
Metal Slug 2

...amongst many, many others. I could go on all night to be honest so I'll stop there

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Favorite Games of all time?

ollie — Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:56 am

Author: ollie

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:56 am

They say that's the only profitable side :nudge: :nudge: