Spectrum
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Jet Set Willy II
Halls Of The Things
Fred

Atari ST
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Sim City
Dungeon Master
Populous 2
Pacific Islands
International Karate

PC (Not retro)
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Magic Carpet
Open TTDX
Diablo I & II

Some true classic games for various consoles/computers include (in my opinion):

Amiga 600-

Another World

Street Fighter series

Mortal Combat series

Gameboy-

Tetris

Super Mario Brothers

PC-

Doom

Sims

Playstation/Playstation 2-

GTA (3-5)

Resident Evil series

Silent Hill series

Hitman series

Smackdown (vs Raw) series

Tekken series

Crash Bandicoot series

Fighting Force

Tomb Raider series

My particular favorite is GTA, especially no. 5 due to the sheer enormity of the game plus the variety of things to do within it

It's one of those games that you can play all-year-round and still find new things to do

The retro game i played the most was on the atari and called 'dodge-em' it was a bit similar to pacman, drive a car around a grid driving over dots, there was 2 computer cars driving the opposite way to you.

another oldie game was pitstop 2 on the commodore 64, you needed to stop in the pits to change tyres and add fuel. it was so advanced for its time.

yes gta 5 san andreas is brilliant, i keep looking for news of a gta6, the liberty city stories was such a disappointment.

PC games i currently play total war a lot, shogun, medieval and rome. cant wait for medieval 2 to come out.

Used to play americas army. aint played for nearly 2 years now but im still ranked 3rd in the world. http://aaotracker.com/userranklist.php. and i still get emails from people asking me to join their clan, if only i had time.

I loved Operation Wolf too. Last year I downloaded a torrent containing a SNES emulator and about a meeeellion games (or roms as they're called.) Operation Wolf is one of them.

My favourite game of all time is Elite, which I played for years, literally, in the 1980s.

I also loved:

Dune 2
Wolfenstein 3D
Duke Nukem
Syndicate

My favourite recent games are:

Farcry
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Flight Simulator 2002
Hitman: Codename 48
Hitman: Contracts

i'm re-playing Fallout 2 on PC and

I'm playing tons of games on Playstation 2 right now...

LOL

GTA vice city
GTA san andreas
DBZ budokai tenkaichi 2
DBZ budokai tenkaichi 3
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Turok Evolution
Half Life
ManHunt

and more !

There's lots of old classic games worth playing like:

PC:
Dune 2 (stategy)
Fallout 1, 2 (RPG)
Baldur's Gate series (RPG)
Monkey Island series (adventure)
Full Throttle (adventure)
The Dig (RPG)
Indiana Jones (RPG)
Homeworld series (strategy)
X Wing VS Tie Fighter (space flight simulator)
Freelancer (space flight simulator)
Freespace series (space flight simulator)

I've FINALLY got GTA IV working on my PC, I'm really enjoying that at the moment.
I've just started playing Chinatown Wars on the DS (Emulator), that's looking quite good too.

Compiling a list is hard, there are games I won't miss, like Final Fantasy, 8 being my favourite of those, Hitman as well, I love that series.

Best story and soundtrack go to GTA Vice City, I absolutely love the style of that game.

Can't believe I saw Halls Of The Things mentioned on this thread, I loved that, well, loved watching my dad play it, it was a great game, different every time you played it, so simple an idea as well, I'm surprised it hasn't been updated/remade.
I loved Chuckie Egg from the Speccie as well.

Pro Evolution Soccer is a winner too, it doesn't have the polish that FIFA has, but I prefer gameplay over graphics, so I always go with Pro Evo.

I recently got Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, a follow up to the first Puzzle Quest, it's basically Bejewelled in RPG form, but it's highly addictive, just like Peggle, another addictive classic.

Far Cry 2 is amazing, you get to do most missions as you please with no stupid time limits, it's an amazing game.

I play that many, I could never pick a favourite, maybe a favourite from a genre, but not an overall favourite.

And then there's Bioshock, a game that caused nothing but problems for me when I had Vista, but when I eventually got it working, it was great, full of great ideas and varied gameplay, and it has the greatest twist I've ever witnessed in anything, including books and movies, but I won't be giving it away here.

Another that gets a lot of my time, is Frets On Fire, it's a PC clone of Guitar Hero/Rock Band, and you can play all the songs from all those games on it, and you can make your own songs for it, I've made over 50 so far, it's great fun, I would recommend that game over all others simply because it's free and has unlimited gameplay, you'll never run out of songs to play on it as people are always uploading their songs they've made themselves on the FOF website.

Ah videogames, you've just got to love them.

williams defender!

Quote from Billy

In the days of my youth I could turn this game over to zeros a few times.

Never mastered Defender II


Aces High anyone? Online combat sim


Call of duty
Crysis - incredible graphix

I recently built 3 Phenom II systems that can handle those games on full graphix.

I never played defender 2, but I have a cocktail table defender in my house, pity its blown the rom and needs fixing now!! 30 years old and still going strong!

Bestes Games....those are always hard to figure out as I own a lot of games but let me dwelve in memories and think about it...

Street Fighter 2 - One of the first SNES games I got. I remember learning to do a dragon punch or fighting the 4 endbosses the first time. "Wow Vega can climb on that fence"....

Super Street Fighter 2 - I was a skilled fighter and dominating my friends when my cousin came in and asked if she could try it. I gave her the controller and she beat me stringing 3-5 hit combos together (she had Camy I had Ken of course) I still can not believe it and somehow think she lied when she said she hasn´t played it before.

Street Fighter Alpha 2 - It still runs on the SNES but you could see that the good ol SNES was aging. Countless duels with friends, raging demons, eating packages of corn flakes (no kidding) during the idle time after selecting players, it was great.

Mortal Kombat 2 - We had a MK2 drink tournament once. Lose one drink one. I was at the loosing end a lot at that evening and still was able to figure the Rayden teleport tactics of a friend out and finally impale him (back, forward, down, forward + B) with Baraka.

Super Mario 64 - Wow, just wow. The first game on the N64 was so well designed, I was just playing it with an open mouth. Earning all the stars really was fun.

Super Mario Galaxy - Better than 64. Unbelieveable great gameplay.

ISSD - Or International Superstar Soccer.....DELUXE. That is what later became Pro EVO. Played tournaments with friends. Just Brilliant...

ISS64 - ... was even better. Defending was harder than shooting goals. I could play the hardest level China vs Brazil and still win with a 5 goal lead.

Yoshis Island - Uber design. Superp Graphics, MEGA GAMEPLAY. I unlocked all secret levels, than my module resetted itself...much like ISS64 - I hate that.

Perfect Dark - 4 Player shootout with bots on your 64? Yup Perfect Dark had it all. I loved the creative weapons. Nothing beats shooting your opponent on the other side of the level with your x-ray gun. Or watching your video controlled missile snatch that pesky opponent.

Conkers Bad Fur Day - Holy mother did I laugh. You really have to see the "Saving private Ryan" and "Matrix" spoofs to believe that. That crazy squirrel.

Earthworm Jim - I beat it. I really did. Okay it was a team efford during a night over. Oh my. Arround 3 o´clock that hive Queen went down and I could see the damsel in distress we saved hit by the cow we launched in the very first level (and Jim snatch her crown afterwards) great!

Metal Gear Solid - That game really was a movie. A well written one.

Burnout 3 - Great Soundtrack. Great Gameplay. Unbelieveable Speed...one of the last Wow effect on my PS2

Day of the Tentacle and Sam and Max hit the road - Beating them was hard yet so rewarding (Use bed with bed). Sadly these days those games are not made anymore.

There are many more....those came to mind first.

I use MAME to play classics now. I'd like to get one of the cabinets for it, but that's somewhat out of my league atm.

What about "hack." Textual adventures on the PC.

Quote from 6ame

Can't believe I saw Halls Of The Things mentioned on this thread, I loved that, well, loved watching my dad play it, it was a great game, different every time you played it, so simple an idea as well, I'm surprised it hasn't been updated/remade.

Thanks for making me feel olde

There are a couple of remakes of Halls, one very true to the original and one not.

C64
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Overlord
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (TSR/SSI)
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed (TSR/SSI)
Wasteland
Champions of Krynn
Rags To Riches
Paradroid
Gauntlet
Battletech (RPG)

PC
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RPG Maker 2000
Sim City 2000
Star Control 2
Cannon Fodder
UFO: Enemy Unknown
XCOM
XCOM 2
XCOM 3
XCOM 4
Startopia
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
Syndicate
Half Life
Half Life 2
Dune 2
XWING
TIE FIGHTER
XWING Alliance
Master Of Orion
Duke Nukem 3D
Wing Commander 2
Wing Commander: Privateer
Aliens Vs Predator 2 (FPS)
Wacky Wheels
Heavy Nova (RPG)
Nomad
Protostar
Elite Frontier
Warcraft
Starcraft 1 + 2
AD2400
Planet's Edge
X: Beyond The Frontier
Grand Theft Auto 1 + 2
Fallout 1,2
Mech Warrior
Renegade BBS

N64
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Tetris Sphere
Shadows of The Empire
Mario Kart 64
Golden Eye
Perfect Dark
Pilot Wings 64
Bomberman 64
Star Wars: Rouge Squadron
Star Fox 64
1080

Dreamcast
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Armada
Phantasy Star Online

Playstation
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Bust A Groove
Syphon Filter
Saga
Colony Wars
Xenogears
Bushido Blade

Playstation 2
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DDR
Kingdom Hearts
Aliens Vs Predator (RTS)

XBOX
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Battlestar Galactica
Spiderman
Knights of The Old Republic 1,2
Star Wars: Starfighter 1,2
Halo
Elder Scrolls
Crimson Skies
Destroy All Humans 1,2
Far Cry

Gamecube
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Star Wars: Rouge Leader
Star Wars: Rouge Leader 2
Super Mario Sunshine
Animal Crossing
Need For Speed Carbon (w/ Pedals + Wheel)

XBOX360
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Fable 2
Fallout
HALO 3
Left 4 Dead 1,2
Perfect Dark
Red Dead Redepmtion
GTA
Gears Of War 1,2
The Orange Box
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

WII
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Elebits
Mario Kart Wii


BBS
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Legend Of The Red Dragon (L.O.R.D)
Falcon's Eye
Usurper
Exhitilius

Arcade
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TRON
Rampage
Gyruss
Discs of TRON
Afterburner
Xenophobe
Double Dragon
Solar Warrior
Bucky O'Hare
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Galaxy Force 2
Star Wars Pinball
Star Wars (Cabinet)
Return of The Jedi
Lucky Wild
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Missle Command

Genesis
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Star Control
Herzog Zwei
Target Earth
Golden Axe
Alienstorm
Sonic Spinball
Shadowrun RPG (This version was soo much better)
Phantasy Star 2,3
Mech Warrior
Sonic 1,2

SNES
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Sim City
Super Mario World
Final Fantasy 2,3
Pilot Wings
Ogre Battle
Super Bomberman
Legend Of Mana
Shadowrun
Chrono Trigger
Mario RPG
Super Mario Kart
Super Metroid
Super Star Wars 1/2/3
Rock N Roll Racing
E.V.O
Robotrek

NEO GEO
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King Of The Monsters 1,2
NAM 1975

NES
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Contra
Lifeforce
Desert Commander
Ultima 3: Exodus
Ultima 4: Avatar
Dragon Warrior 1,2,3,4
Final Fantasy
River City Ransom
Megaman 2
Bionic Commando
Clash At Demondhead
Punchout

GB
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Final Fantasy Legend 1,2,3
Breakout
Pokemon

Card Games/CCGs/Board Games
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Magic The Gathering
Paranoia The Card Game
Shadowrun CCG
Pokemon CCG
UNO



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