[Technology] Favourite computer/video games (whatever) ?

[ElectricNaz]

I'm not sure I've ever met another Intelivision owner!! Burger time, buzz bombers, Dungeons and Dragons, lock n chase, sea battle were all great!

B-17 Bomber was the only one I remember, loved it though!

 

[1066familyman]

At the amusements:

Track and Field
Paperboy
Defender
Tron.

 

[Let's Have A Winner!]

Some which jump to mind over the last 40 years or so...!

Speccy:
Football Manager
Skool Daze
The Great Escape
Match Day 2
Daley Thompson's Decathlon

Amiga:
Speedball 2
Cannon Fodder
Lemmings
Kick Off 2
Sensible Soccer
Monkey Island 2
Champ Man 93/94
The Settlers
Theme Park
Formula One Grand Prix

PS1-4:
Skyrim and Oblivion
GTA series
Gran Turismo series
Uncharted series
PES in the 2000's
Red Dead Redemption 2
Metal Gear Solid
Fallout 4
Medal of Honor/COD

Plus Star Wars Galaxies on the PC for good measure!

 

[Thimble Keegan]

What a thread.

It all started for me with the Star Wars cabinet arcade game, then I moved onto Kung-Fu Master and Double Dragon. After this it was all about the Amstrad CPC & Commodore Amiga and I sort of lost interest in gaming for a good while.

My interest in gaming was rekindled though by playing Tomb Raider 1 & 2 and this prompted me into buying a PS1. From here my favourites have been:

The Rogue Squadron Series (following on from my love of the Star Wars arcade game)
X-Men: Legends 1 & 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum & Arkham City
The Last Of Us

Eventually my brother introduced me to Skyrim which now has the honour of being my favourite game ever and I have currently paused my latest playthrough to allow me to create this post.

Albion, England & Skyrim forever.

Thimble Keegan
Rustington BHA

 

[chickens]

Stronghold on PC been playing for many years my go to when life is shit i just drift intlo Stronghold Crusader world and stay for hours.

Assuming you’re looking forward to this then?

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition announced for PC

Firefly Studios has announced real-time strategy game remaster Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition for PC. It will launch via Steam on July 15. A demo will be available starting today at 9:00 a…

www.gematsu.com

 

[babbelquack]

Far too many to list console wise but Arcade (for younger people this was a place you went to play video games, hang out with mates and hopefully didn't die at the hands of a older kid who wanted either some money from you or your last life, before he threatened to cave your head in)

Paperboy
Tapper
Tron
Kung Fu Master
Double Dragon
Space Harrier
Out Run
Super Side Kicks Soccer

If you guys are ever up north and have time to kill check out Arcade Club, especially the one in Bury

Arcade Club - Europe's Largest Free Play Video & Pinball Arcade in Bury, Leeds & Blackpool. More than 1000 modern and classic arcades.

Arcade Club is Europe’s largest free play video and pinball arcade. More than 1000 well maintained classic arcade machines in our ever expanding library. Three exciting locations: Bury in Manchester, Leeds and Blackpool, all with modern and classic games to explore. Once inside all games are...

www.arcadeclub.co.uk

 

[hart's shirt]

I can't wait. Very exciting. I played Oblivion a lot, and loved it.

 

[Barryseagulls]

The very first game I ever played & still my favourite. The original Space Invaders set inside a see through glass coffee table so you sat down to play - at my local squash club.

Fun times before mobile phones !

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Age of Empires
Mario Cart
Wii Sports
Resident Evil
Plus six million other games I've played since pong, space invaders and Asteroids

 

[herecomesaregular]

There are literally thousands of ways of doing it these days - your PC would probably be fine for the older stuff. You can get bootable images of Batocera so you can boot off a memory stick and not have to fanny around with installing emulators on Mint.

batocera.linux

Only Cores That Matter

batocera.org

Raspberry Pi will work fine if you are happy fiddling to set it up - no need for more than a Pi2 or 3 for the systems you specify.

If you just want a quick fix then there are emulators you can run in your browser

C64 Online - Play classic C64 games online! - c64online.com

Play 7000+ classic C64 games online for free on C64online.com! Online emulation of retro games for Commodore 64 and more.

c64online.com

100's of Spectrum games to play for free

Play over 200 old ZX Spectrum games online - Arcadia, Football Manager, Space raiders, Manic Miner, Horace goes skiing, Jet set willy,TT racer, Green beret, Airwolf, Galaxians, Ant attack, Pogo, Ms Packman and many more.

www.onsite-computers.co.uk

ZX Spectrum games – Qaop/JS

torinak.com

https://megadrive-emulator.com/ (Needs an extension so at your own risk)

Play Super Nintendo Games Online at SNESLive.com

SNESLive is a cool place to play Super Nintendo games online! Enjoy playing SNES games online in your browser with our flash emulator using the best SNES Roms.

sneslive.com

That's an amazing amount of helpful info, thank you! Will delve into it at the weekend.

 

[herecomesaregular]

Far too many to list console wise but Arcade (for younger people this was a place you went to play video games, hang out with mates and hopefully didn't die at the hands of a older kid who wanted either some money from you or your last life, before he threatened to cave your head in)

Paperboy
Tapper
Tron
Kung Fu Master
Double Dragon
Space Harrier
Out Run
Super Side Kicks Soccer

If you guys are ever up north and have time to kill check out Arcade Club, especially the one in Bury

Arcade Club - Europe's Largest Free Play Video & Pinball Arcade in Bury, Leeds & Blackpool. More than 1000 modern and classic arcades.

Arcade Club is Europe’s largest free play video and pinball arcade. More than 1000 well maintained classic arcade machines in our ever expanding library. Three exciting locations: Bury in Manchester, Leeds and Blackpool, all with modern and classic games to explore. Once inside all games are...

www.arcadeclub.co.uk

How irritating there isn't one of these down South!

 

[Hendrax]

Goldeneye
Splinter cell
Everquest II
Chivalry: Medieval warfare
Witcher 3
Elden ring
Bloodborne
Lies of P
No rest for the wicked

 

[jcdenton08]

I was just thinking, how has no one mentioned Skyrim? I could also play that game forever. I think it's my all time favorite game. It set the bar for RPG Openworld games. For me it was genre defining.
I played Oblivion and New Vegas before, and loved them. But when Skyrim came out its was, holy s*** what have they gone and done. It really was incredible. Fallout 4 built on it, and is equally impressive. But it was Skyrim that came along first and changed things.
There was a headline in a review when it first came out that i thought was perfect, "Skyrim - undeniably better than real life."

I mentioned Skyrim

 

[jcdenton08]

What a thread.

It all started for me with the Star Wars cabinet arcade game, then I moved onto Kung-Fu Master and Double Dragon. After this it was all about the Amstrad CPC & Commodore Amiga and I sort of lost interest in gaming for a good while.

My interest in gaming was rekindled though by playing Tomb Raider 1 & 2 and this prompted me into buying a PS1. From here my favourites have been:

The Rogue Squadron Series (following on from my love of the Star Wars arcade game)
X-Men: Legends 1 & 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum & Arkham City
The Last Of Us

Eventually my brother introduced me to Skyrim which now has the honour of being my favourite game ever and I have currently paused my latest playthrough to allow me to create this post.

Albion, England & Skyrim forever.

Thimble Keegan
Rustington BHA

Skyrim for the Nords! Death to the Thalmor! (No seriously, my favourite pastime in Skyrim is hunting and beheading those Nazi bastards)

 

[Reddleman]

Goldeneye on N64
Mario Kart on SNES
Steer Fighter 2 on SNES
PGA Golf 2 on Megadrive
Desert Strike on Megadrive.

 

[phoenix]

Assuming you’re looking forward to this then?

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition announced for PC

Firefly Studios has announced real-time strategy game remaster Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition for PC. It will launch via Steam on July 15. A demo will be available starting today at 9:00 a…

www.gematsu.com

I Most certainly am Thanks for the reminder iv'e played every mission of every Stronghold game (many times) . Currently playing mission 80 but its all consuming. Have you played it?

 

[Whoislloydy]

Skyrim
Red Dead Redemption 2

 

[Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper]

So this will be a long list, mainly due to
listing via all the consoles I've played in the nearly 30 years I've been gaming:

- PS1: Crash Bandicoot, the first game I ever owned, a classic. Crash 2-3 and Team Racing also superb.
- Nintendo Handheld: Pokemon (Yellow, Silver, Ruby and Diamond).
- Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64, Pokemon Snap
- PS2: The original God of War 1&2 - probably my favourite single player game series of all time, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Spiderman 2, GTA San Andreas, WWE: Here Comes The Pain.
- Nintendo GameCube: Super Smash Bros Melee, Mario Kart Double Dash.
- Xbox 360: Fallout 3, Red Dead Redemption, Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Guitar Hero, also the era I played a lot of FIFA (09-12) while at University.
- Nintendo Wii: Super Mario Galaxy 1&2, Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros Brawl.
- PS4: Norse-era God Of War and Ragnarok, Batman Arkham Series, Hitman "World of Assination" trilogy, Watchdogs 2, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, both of the South Park RPGs, Marvel's Spiderman, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Red Dead Redemption 2, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 remake.
- PS5: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, currently loving Assassin's Creed: Shadows.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

 

[maffew]

The very first game I ever played & still my favourite. The original Space Invaders set inside a see through glass coffee table so you sat down to play - at my local squash club.

Fun times before mobile phones

1980s Space Invaders Cocktail Table

Wondering how to add more fun to your home decor or office space? Look no further! View our top quality Original Taito Space Invaders Cocktail Table.

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4k!
I bet there's a fair few of these gathering dust in the cellars of working men's clubs

I never liked cocktail tables, the joysticks 🕹 were at a funny position/angle, felt weird