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

[jcdenton08]

Out Run

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I can hear it

 

[anygivensunday]

As a kid in the 90s -The Marios, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom
As a teenager- GTA Vice City/ S.A, Pro Evolution soccer
As an adult-RDR2 basically ruined all other games for me it was so good.

 

[chickens]

Spectrum:

Jumping Jack
Stonkers
Quazatron
Head over Heels
Manic Miner
Jet Set Willy

C64:

Paradroid
Uridium
Gribbly’s Day Out
Wizball
Creatures
Leaderboard Golf
Bubble Bobble

Amiga:

Robocod
Wings
Megalomania
Powermonger
Hunter
Rainbow Islands
Kick Off 2
Sensible Soccer
Player Manager

PC:

Civilization 5
Disco Elysium
What Remains of Edith Finch
Subnautica

PS5: (my son’s choices)

Astro Bot/Astro’s Playroom
Minecraft
Lego Marvel Superheroes

The Astro Bot games are fun platformers, Minecraft is (I suspect) well known to all parents, and has replaced Lego, with the added advantage of not having to tread on a Minecraft brick in bare feet.

 

[matt]

The original Championship Manager and Medal of Honor (PC)

 

[Braggfan]

All my favourites bar one or two have been mentioned. Skyrim I could play forever, smashed both of the Horizon's over Christmas and new year, Red Alert (many a fun hour editing the rules.ini file and changing the attacks of the dogs to be Tesla Coils at short range and Cruiser rounds at long range.) and Goldeneye (no Oddjobs).

Two that I haven't seen, or may have missed. Total Annihilation and Diablo 2/3 (can't decide between the two).

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."

 

[Brighthelmstone]

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."

Expectation of a Oblivion remake/remaster announcement tomorrow, possibly even coming out very very soon

 

[Braggfan]

Expectation of a Oblivion remake/remaster announcement tomorrow, possibly even coming out very very soon

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

 

[Uh_huh_him]

MAGMAX

Arcade game they had in the burger place opposite the thieves kitchen Worthing in the mid 80s.

Never seen it anywhere else.

 

[maffew]

NSC showings it's demographic, lots of speccy and Amiga games/owners and little in the way of PS5s/xboxes! (Probably a few Atari ST owners on here too I reckon keeping quiet cos other than it's Midi capabilities Amiga kicked it arse, what a marvellous computer the amiga 500 was)

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Track and Field. The PS2 version was great
PES blew my mind. Still dream of Adriano and Roberto Carlos free kicks
Lived off (and got worryingly good at) Guitar Hero at uni
Champ man of course
Golden Axe
Lemmings
Worms
Geoff Crammonds Grand Prix 3

 

[hart's shirt]

So many great games mentioned already. Lovely to see Bubble Bobble get a mention. I'll add Rainbow Islands here too as its sequel.

David Brabin's Elite and vector graphics changed my 80s world. Once the docking computer was bought and the Blue Danube played, it was perfect.

I played Civilisation all night at college. Heroes and Might and Magic 3 got 2 and half days non-stop with eating and sleeping breaks. One more turn...

Skyrim is peerless. The music, the lore, the shouts, the side quests, the dragons. I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.

As for in-game cut scenes, the one that dropped my jaw was from the original Command and Conquer with Kane (Joseph Kucan) freeing up Seth's role.

Peace through power!

 

[Madafwo]

Honourable mention to Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament on Sega Mega Drive. Some great nights playing that back in secondary school with a few mates.

 

[phoenix]

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.

 

[P.C. Beard]

For coin-op I'd say:

Mexico 86
Pac land
Wonder Boy
Kung-fu Master
Double Dragon
Ghosts n Goblins
Rampage
Ridge Racer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Gauntlet
Chase HQ
Outrun (sit-in version)
Track and Field
Time Crisis 2
Street Fighter 2

 

[herecomesaregular]

V fond memories of Impossible Mission, Emlyn Hughes International Soccer, International Karate, Bruce Lee.and Daley Thompson's Decathlon on the Commodore 64.

Then Micro Machines , Desert Strike and EA Hockey (possibly the greatest multi player game of all time) on the mega drive.

After that I never really gamed.

 

[herecomesaregular]

Just out of interest..... I don't have a desktop and my laptop is just a cheap Acer I run aversion of Cinnamon Mint on.

What's the best way to do some decent retro gaming for nostalgia? One of those Raspberry Pi things? Just looking for Spectrum, C64, Megadrive, SNES really....

 

[maffew]

Tron deadly discs - Matel Intelivision

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!

 

[ElectricNaz]

Megadrive:
Mercs
Speedball 2
Dino Dini's soccer
NHL 95
Super Hang On
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2
Desert Strike
M-1 Abrams Battle Tank

Others-
PES 6 / PES 2013
LMA Manager 2006 (?ish)
Civilization (whole series including 7)
Cities Skylines
Gran Turismo 2 & Gran Turismo 7
Assassins Creed Black Flag
The Last of Us 1 & 2

 

[zeemeeuw]

Never been a massive gamer but these are the ones that pulled me in over the years:

Moon Cresta
Doom
Lemmings
Monkey Island
Tetris
Tomb Raider
Last Of Us

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Just out of interest..... I don't have a desktop and my laptop is just a cheap Acer I run aversion of Cinnamon Mint on.

What's the best way to do some decent retro gaming for nostalgia? One of those Raspberry Pi things? Just looking for Spectrum, C64, Megadrive, SNES really....

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

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ZX Spectrum games – Qaop/JS

torinak.com

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

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