5 old games you forgot existed but probably played (Column)

Jeez, this takes me back. The first game I had was actually a demo for Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter.. Such a great game. For so long, the word aliens was the one that I could type fastest, as it was the exe's name :)
 
Wow yes, I remember Commander Keen, I never played any of the others though. I think the 5 games I remember are:

1. Contra
2. Jungle Strike
3. The Dig
4. Neverhood
5. G-Police

They're not all that old but if I think back to my younger gaming years these are some of the titles that stand out as the ones that had me on the edge of my seat.
 
i remember jamming the side scrolling duke nukem on my old dos pc.

max payne was the first game i ever got "hooked" on though. i remember i would be late for stuff cuz i was jamming max payne

so bad yet so good!!
 
I can remember playing commander keen and battlechess. Although I might have played a later version - battlechess 2000 or something like that.

Some fond memories of ooold games are:

Ghettoblaster, pole position, Olympics (gymnastics vault, diving, running etc) on the commodore 64.

On the 286 playing Iceman (I still have that cheesy intro music in my head! with the guy coming out the submarine, in fact I remember so much about this game felt like played it yesterday), Hugo (name is fuzzy but it was a detective game where you had to type actions, I just remember being stuck in a garden hedge maze for what felt like an eternity) and lastly Spy vs Spy (top view car game where you could take different cars/boats, some could shoot and it had that very catchy theme song playing the whole time

These were among the first games ever played. Later came things like DOTT, space quest, Kings quest etc - the usual suspects of classics.
 
steaksauce said:
Wow yes, I remember Commander Keen, I never played any of the others though. I think the 5 games I remember are:

1. Contra
2. Jungle Strike
3. The Dig
4. Neverhood
5. G-Police

They're not all that old but if I think back to my younger gaming years these are some of the titles that stand out as the ones that had me on the edge of my seat.
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Neverhood FTW!

Was the first PC game i bought! R300 was soooo much money back then!
 
Old games that I grew up with:
Master of Magic
Wasteland
Angband / Zangband
Double Dragon
Golden Axe

Good memories :)
 
Wow cant believe i actually played all those games. Man thos were good time. Pity GUNDECK wasnt in the list
 
nothing beats Jill of the Jungle :D


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she was the lara of her time
 
These games will always be fondly remembered

Ultime VII & Ultima Online (recently re-bought the ultima 7 series off gog.com)
Another World (recently bought the 15th year anniversary edition)
Quake 1
Eye of the beholder 1 & 2
Dune
Heroes Of Might & Magic 3 (bought again off gog.com)

Can't help but still go back to these games :)
 
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MrTallShaw said:
These games will always be fondly remembered

Ultime VII & Ultima Online (recently re-bought the ultima 7 series off gog.com)
Another World (recently bought the 15th year anniversary edition)
Quake 1
Eye of the beholder 1 & 2
Dune
Heroes Of Might & Magic 3 (bought again off gog.com)

Can't help but still go back to these games :)
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I am hoping that you mean Dune 2?
But yay another Heroes of Might and Magic player :)
 
simon said:
I am hoping that you mean Dune 2?
But yay another Heroes of Might and Magic player :)
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I considered adding Dune 2, but Dune 1 had more of a real impact. There was just something magical about nipping from one sietch to the next in an Onithopter. I loved the original David Lynch Dune movie and I think that's why I felt more of an emotional attachment to the first game.

Dune 2 is certainly a solid candidate though.
 
Of that list i only played Keen, i think i might still have it somewhere i think if i looked for it... Played some of the other games mention in the thread such as Contra, Dangerous Dave, and a few others i cant remember without going back in the thread.
 
We used to take Commander Keen to school and load it onto the school network. While the teacher was at her desk we played it until she stood up. Good times

Other classics:
Contra
Golden Axe
Duke Nukem
Stunts
Street Rod
SimAnt
SimFarm
 
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