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Fallout
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Quote: "100% awestruck at the visuals of Road Rash."


Quality game. Loved it. Music was bad ass. Absolute rubbish to play today though!

Quote: "Indianapolis 500 by Papyrus. Loved that game to death."


Yeah, I played that loads too. I'm not a fan of oval racing, but I remember the physics and instant replay feature made that amazing. Couldn't you make your own replays aswell? I can't remember. That could've been NASCAR, but I remember loving indi500.

Most memorable games for me:

-Ultima Underworld 2 - Made me crap my pants, awe inspiring characters and worlds, and really gripping story. Great stuff.

-UFO: Enemy Unknown - Still the greatest game of all time in my opinion. I can still play it now (although it's a bit lame). But anything that old that still retains some playability is a classic.


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HWT
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Posted: 21st Jun 2007 21:45
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Any takers for Tomb Raider (did it change us though?)

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MikeB
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Posted: 21st Jun 2007 22:06
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Well for me.... Dark Forces... My first FPS... Good times.


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Oraculaca
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Posted: 21st Jun 2007 22:56 Edited at: 21st Jun 2007 22:57
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Like Jeku said. Sierra kicked derrier.

also Grim Fandango was amazing.

Oh and Stunt car racer and knights of the sky with the amiga null modem cable was life changing as we would get completly trollyed and take it far too seriously

and also sensi soccer we used to have league nights where about 15 of us would be crammed into my folks utility room, everyone would bring there fav joysticks ( it sounds a bit dodgy I know) but it was such a laugh (wipes away tear) . Ah those were the days.
I still wonder about what brain damage that calor gas fire did to this day.

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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 21st Jun 2007 23:01
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Elite


PlayBasic.com Presents - Ballistic Blasters - Opening May 2007 - Fear Optional!
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zenassem
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Am I the only one who found E.T. entertaining. While I admit that the controls and documentation were utterly frustrating, I found the game playable and not as dissapointing as other titles.

E.T. for the commodore64 was acutually the game I wanted.

The original Pac-Man was more of a dissapointment to me, given the hype and the arcade experience.

I found the Sword Quest games more confusing and unsatisfying, albeit ambitous.

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Some that come to mind...
Early Arcade:
Pac-Man
Moon Patrol
Pole Position
Gauntlet I & II
Galaga
Tron
Punch-Out
Ghosts 'n' Ghoblins
Karate Champ
Street Fighter
Double Dribble
NFL Blitz
Golden Tee II
Kung-Fu
PaperBoy
Rampage

8-bit computer era:
Ultima series
Raid Over Moscow
Qix
Karateka
Kennedy Approach
Mr. Do series
Spy Vs. Spy I
Kings Quest series
Lucas Arts : Eidolin (sp?)
Ghost Busters
Track & Field
Summer Games
King Tut.'s Tomb
Yier ar Kung Fu (sp?)

NES:
Super Mario Bro.s
Kid Icarus
Metroid
Castlevania
MegaMan
Zelda
FF
Wizardy
Tetris

SNES:
Chrono trigger

Sega Genesis:
Sonic
The Immortal
Earth Worm Jim
Toe Jam & Earl

Playstation:
Resident Evil
Tomb Raider
RPG Maker

PC:
Scorched Earth
Space Quest series
Leisure Suit Larry series
Battle Chess
Duke Nukem
Age Of Empires
C & C
Populous
Sim City
Doom, Quake, Heretic, Unreal Tournament

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heartbone
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Every game changed me.

I think that M.U.L.E. changed a lot of minds as to what gaming could be.

And yes Elite and Frontier must be mentioned as being highly influential.

In 1986 I bought (and still have) GRIDIRON and the original MADDEN Football.
To me GRIDIRON was more than 10 times better than MADDEN.

But I think my favorites were STARGLIDER and STARGLIDER 2.

I'm unique, just like everybody else.
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Dared1111
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Bomber man was the first fav game I had.
Quake 3 was the first 3d game i can remember playing
Unrel Tournement was the one that I liked more
Deus ex was a fave for a while
Starcraft taught me how to use rts
Oni taught me WASD and ive prefered it since

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Deathead
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Mine would be street fighter because it got me into the fighting genre.

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zenassem
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2007 01:44
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Oops! While there are many I left out I can't believe I missed these two.

1. Strider
2. Ninja Gaiden

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Jeku
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2007 06:56
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Quote: "also Grim Fandango was amazing."


That one never clicked with me. I played almost all the LucasArts comedy adventure games, and loved so many of them (Sam and Max, DOTT, Full Throttle, The Dig, Monkey Island, etc.). I have Grim Fandango and played through the first half hour--- just didn't like the controls or the storyline.

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tha_rami
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Every game changed me.

That's the best answer, lol.

Deus Ex, Metal Gear Solid 1, Wipeout, Paganitzu, Stunts, One Must Fall 2097, GTA series, Transport Tycoon deluxe, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Starwraith series, Splinter Cell, Age of Empires, Populous, Command and Conquer series, Quake series, Doom series, Chrono Trigger, Zelda series, Mario series, Pokemon, Dragon Monsters, Tetris, Final Fantasy, Metroid series, Megaman series, Kirby series, ...

and so on, and so on.


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HWT
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Just curious - does any one remember Outcast?

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MikeB
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Quote: "Just curious - does any one remember Outcast?"


Sadly not, sorry.

One game I do remember was Sacrifice, absolutely incredible game.


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tha_rami
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Yeah, I remember Outcast. Didn't really like it, so didn't complete it, but I remember it got some awards so it probably was pretty good.


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Chris K
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2007 16:03
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Outcast was brilliant. It was actually done with voxels, not polygons. One of the last games to try it, before all the hardware went the polygon route...

[Michael Caine]Not a lot of people know that[/Michael Caine]

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HWT
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2007 17:39 Edited at: 22nd Jun 2007 17:40
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What is "Sacrifice"?

Oh and let's not forget the Theif series - that was a game that defined a new genre - stealth FPS.

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MikeB
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Quote: "What is "Sacrifice"?"


That's the problem . No-one knows about it but it deserved to sell loads. It had a great story, a gameplay style I've never seen before or since.... google it, I can't be bothered to explain .



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Chris K
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It was a kind of RTS but you were in direct control of the commander on the battlefield and ran around with him... it was good actually, the whole thing was told in flashback.

I think you challenged different gods in turn for each campaign.

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Dared1111
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C+C:Generals:ZH taught me to build on an RTS faster.
Deus Ex was my first RPG also...

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HWT
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2007 21:57
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You know another game that didn't deserve recognition, please do post about it.

Also, ANACHRONOX!!

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Dazzag
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Quote: "Just curious - does any one remember Outcast?"
Yep. Mainly because I tried everything to get it to work and it never did. And I forgot to take it back to the shop. Still here somewhere. Should fire it up sometime...

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
Current fave quote : "She was like a candle in the wind.... unreliable...."
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Code Dragon
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Quote: "Someone's got to list Super Mario 64, as one of the pioneering games of the 3D age. This game showed the industry how to properly design a 3D world and how to give complete control to the player via the analogue stick and in-game camera. Nothing like this had ever been done before."


I hope Super Mario Galaxy will be the same way. With the innovative Wiimote, Nintendo's going to revolutionize the gaming industy...again.

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tha_rami
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Urban Assault was quite fun. Never got much attention because it didn't.

Savage is fun too, BTW - for free nowadays. RTS meets RPG meets FPS meets prehistoric weaponry meets machine guns meets Lord of the Rings. But then rather balanced.


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Definitely Advent Rising, Final Fantasy (VII and X), Gears of War, and Kingdom Hearts. I could play those game any time.

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HWT
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Quote: "Yep. Mainly because I tried everything to get it to work and it never did. And I forgot to take it back to the shop. Still here somewhere. Should fire it up sometime..."


Tried the patch?

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