[Archived] Games that you should have played

[rog of the rovers]

Tex Murphy series (4 games)

Sim City 4

Sid Meiers Civilization

Football Manager

The Sims

[rebelmswar]

Cannon Fodder from the makers of Sensible Soccer.

Dune

Dune 2

[Majiball]

Cannon fodder was a good one. I also owned the dune games as well, lol.

Does anyone remember games like Elite or say The Golden Talisman (I finished it as a kid!!!!) on the likes of the C64??? Rampage? Wonder Boy? Rygar? Barbarian? Gauntlet?

There was an online game I quite enjoyed can't remember its name, but it's a shoot em up with a masked man & flame thrower, fat man with chain gun, kid with baseball bat etc and quite cartoony and loads of fun, running around protecting the flag. Annoyed I can't remember its name.

[rebelmswar]

I LOVED Elite and Elite 2 Frontier.

Gauntlet was the shizzy.

Smash TV Maj?

[Majiball]

Slaughter TV was more apt.

Paper boy?

I always chuckled as a kid when we played 'jet set willy' on the spectrum.

The original Grand theft auto's as well.

[BangkokRover]

I LOVED Elite and Elite 2 Frontier.

Gauntlet was the shizzy.

Smash TV Maj?

I had smash tv on the SNES what a classic game.

I LOVED Elite and Elite 2 Frontier.

Gauntlet was the shizzy.

Smash TV Maj?

One of my all time gaming fails was never completing Elite. Does anyone know which is the best version you can play on the pc?

Slaughter TV was more apt.

Paper boy?

I always chuckled as a kid when we played 'jet set willy' on the spectrum.

The original Grand theft auto's as well.

Paperboy, Kung Fu Master, Gauntlet, Outrun and the king of arcade racing Daytona.

[snatchymcsnatch]

Tekken World cup in the arcades has to be one of my faves. Remember coming back from Blackpool with cuts all over my hand from the rollerball.

Other notable mentions for me (and I'm going back a while with some of these)

Speedball (I think it was called that on the Amiga)

NHL 92 - still the best!

APB (Arcade)

Canon Fodder (Amiga)

Kick Off 2

Railroad Tycoon

Chase HQ

FEUD (Two Wizards scrapping each other on the speccy - be surprised if anyone remembers that one)

Pro Evo 5

More recently, if you haven't played these get them from the bargain bin:

Batman Arkham Asylum

Just Cause 2

Saints Row 2

[Majiball]

Tekken World cup in the arcades has to be one of my faves. Remember coming back from Blackpool with cuts all over my hand from the rollerball.

Other notable mentions for me (and I'm going back a while with some of these)

Speedball (I think it was called that on the Amiga)

NHL 92 - still the best!

APB (Arcade)

Canon Fodder (Amiga)

Kick Off 2

Railroad Tycoon

Chase HQ

FEUD (Two Wizards scrapping each other on the speccy - be surprised if anyone remembers that one)

Pro Evo 5

More recently, if you haven't played these get them from the bargain bin:

Batman Arkham Asylum

Just Cause 2

Saints Row 2

Speedball was awesome I've been trying to remember it's name so nice one.

BangkokRover shame on you for starting Elite and not Finishing it, shame.

I can't say I'm a big fan of emulators and the such as two games memories have been ruined by going back in FF7 & Goldeneye. Although if you can finally save games that used to be on the AMiga and C64 then I'd consider another shot at Golden Talisman again.

[Clitherover]

I can't say I'm a big fan of emulators and the such as two games memories have been ruined by going back in FF7 & Goldeneye. Although if you can finally save games that used to be on the AMiga and C64 then I'd consider another shot at Golden Talisman again.

No Way. I recently completed Final Fantasy 7 on the PSP and it's still as good a game as it was in the nineties, timeless.

[BiggusLaddus]

The whole Total War series is excellent (Shogun might be a bit old by now though...Rome is arguably the best, though haven't played Empire yet as my PC won't take it I think). I'd also recommend any of the Civilization or Red Alert games. Oh and I very much enjoyed the Quest for Glory anthology, though the first two are veeery basic graphics now. But that (had the first four games) and Civ 2 ultimate edition both cost me a tenner, and are probably the most cost effective tenners I ever spent. If you discount the way they sapped my youth away.

Don't bother. Empire was good (with a few flaws) to begin with and then got worse with every patch before being abandoned. Go straight to Napoleon or Shogun 2.

[Biddy]

Speedball was awesome I've been trying to remember it's name so nice one.

I still prefer Speedball 2 - Brutal Deluxe". That got a re-release on Xbox Live a couple of years ago and I near ended up crippling my hand playing it. Talk about the "claw". I still chant "Ice Cream, Ice Cream" to myself to this day as I'm that sad.

Of the modern games people should play

Crackdown on Xbox (but crackdown 2 was a let down)

Bioshock (I prefer the original to Bioshock 2)

and I agree with Batman Arkham Asylum.

[BangkokRover]

Tekken World cup in the arcades has to be one of my faves. Remember coming back from Blackpool with cuts all over my hand from the rollerball.

Other notable mentions for me (and I'm going back a while with some of these)

Speedball (I think it was called that on the Amiga)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAK0OfB2P1o

NHL 92 - still the best!

APB (Arcade)

Canon Fodder (Amiga)

Kick Off 2

Railroad Tycoon

The first strategy game I got in to on the Amiga I hate to think how many hours I spent playing that.

Chase HQ

FEUD (Two Wizards scrapping each other on the speccy - be surprised if anyone remembers that one)

Pro Evo 5

More recently, if you haven't played these get them from the bargain bin:

Batman Arkham Asylum

One of the best games I played last year on the 360

Just Cause 2

Saints Row 2

[rebelmswar]

I still prefer Speedball 2 - Brutal Deluxe". That got a re-release on Xbox Live a couple of years ago and I near ended up crippling my hand playing it. Talk about the "claw". I still chant "Ice Cream, Ice Cream" to myself to this day as I'm that sad.

I was obsessed with the little Robots that cane out and dragged away the injured players. I would throw the ball away just so one of their stars would get it and then pound them.

You can still get the PC version via an abandonware ring and play it on dosbox.

The music is still badass.

Did you like Atrain Buddy, I preffeted it to RRT.

[roversyoyo]

There was an online game I quite enjoyed can't remember its name, but it's a shoot em up with a masked man & flame thrower, fat man with chain gun, kid with baseball bat etc and quite cartoony and loads of fun, running around protecting the flag. Annoyed I can't remember its name.

I think you are talking about Team Fortress 2 - still going strong on the PC. Although it might as well be called hat fortress 2 now

[Glenn]

Elite. Best game ever (based on ability of hardware at the time).

There are only 3 versions worth a damn

• David Braben & Ian Bell's Original BBC B version on Disk. The original and in many ways still the best. Plays OK under most BBC emulators.
• Warren Burch and Clive Gringras' Archimedes Version. The most complete version ever, faithful to the original but extended in so many ways. Only one where the action wasn't always focused on the player (you could watch the police take out pirates then hoover up the debris with your fuel scoops). Plays well under the Red Squirrel Archimedes Emulator.
• Christian Pinder's E-TNK (Elite: The New Kind). An experiement to see if he could reverse engineer the original 6502 assembly language and faithfull recreate the logic in a modern language using modern(ish) graphics libraries on a PC. The end result was something that played natively on a PC (no emulator needed) that played EXACTLY like the BBC version, only with an option for nicer graphics. Sadly it became the subject of a takedown order by David Braben, so is now only in the hands of a few Elite enthusiasts.

[BangkokRover]

Elite. Best game ever (based on ability of hardware at the time).

There are only 3 versions worth a damn

• David Braben & Ian Bell's Original BBC B version on Disk. The original and in many ways still the best. Plays OK under most BBC emulators.
• Warren Burch and Clive Gringras' Archimedes Version. The most complete version ever, faithful to the original but extended in so many ways. Only one where the action wasn't always focused on the player (you could watch the police take out pirates then hoover up the debris with your fuel scoops). Plays well under the Red Squirrel Archimedes Emulator.
• Christian Pinder's E-TNK (Elite: The New Kind). An experiement to see if he could reverse engineer the original 6502 assembly language and faithfull recreate the logic in a modern language using modern(ish) graphics libraries on a PC. The end result was something that played natively on a PC (no emulator needed) that played EXACTLY like the BBC version, only with an option for nicer graphics. Sadly it became the subject of a takedown order by David Braben, so is now only in the hands of a few Elite enthusiasts.

Hi Glenn,

Thanks for that information I will see what Mr Google can up with

Cheers

BKR

[Guest roverspogges]

If you haven't played the yakuza series I would recommend it they are superb. As for classics I used to have a megadrive game called mutant league football (cult classic). Chrono trigger is a masterpiece aswell, you can get it for the ds now aswell.

[sloth_frattelli]

My top faves:

SEGA MEGA DRIVE: Road Rash, FIFA, Sensible Soccer

Playstation: LMA Manager, Grand Theft Auto, Pro Evo

PC: Theme Park, Hooligans Storm Over Europe, Football Manager

I still have Hooligans but it only works up to Windows XP. Is there a way of manipulating my Windows 7 to enable playing it again? If so, I'd be looking out for Theme Park again as well..!

[Nelsta]

I highley recomend Braid, i had some spare MS Points and bought it..wow what a game.

It's a 2-d platformer/time manipulation puzzler.

Also availible on PC.

[BangkokRover]

I highley recomend Braid, i had some spare MS Points and bought it..wow what a game.

It's a 2-d platformer/time manipulation puzzler.

Also availible on PC.

I have that on my xbox and I honestly do not get it all.

[Glenn]

I have that on my xbox and I honestly do not get it all.

I loved it, best XBLA game I've purchased. A puzzler not aimed at impatient kids. Though I'll admit, it's probably not for everyone.

[Tom]

I loved it, best XBLA game I've purchased. A puzzler not aimed at impatient kids. Though I'll admit, it's probably not for everyone.

Have you played Limbo? The first half of it is brilliant.

[snatchymcsnatch]

I'm probably in a minority here but i thought Simpsons Hit and Run (2003) (XBOX) was fantastic. Must have for anyone who likes the Simpsons, which is nearly everybody I think.

[Nelsta]

Have you played Limbo? The first half of it is brilliant.

Just bought Limbo, but i havnt played it yet.Just finished Monkey Island se and going to do Monkey Island se 2 first.

[BuckyRover]

I was going to mention Limbo. Very cool game.

I played a bit of Duke Nukem 3D last night. What a blast from the past!

"come get some!"