# Your favorite classic PC game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253 "2003-03-14T03:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/1 "2003-03-14T03:41:00Z")
Or console game, for that matter. Mine would have to be the origional Sim City with Chip’s Challange in a close second. Yours? And if you know where you can download your favorite classic game include the link. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/2 "2003-03-14T03:45:36Z")
Populous NetHack ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/3 "2003-03-14T03:55:21Z")
Gotta go with Empire. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/4 "2003-03-14T04:43:43Z")
Civ 2, easily. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/5 "2003-03-14T04:46:44Z")
Moving this to Cafe Society. Oh, and my favorite was Might And Magic. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/6 "2003-03-14T04:54:46Z")
Dark Castle! But The Secret of Monkey Island is a very close runner-up. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/7 "2003-03-14T05:43:08Z")
Alpha Centauri ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/8 "2003-03-14T05:51:27Z")
Interstate 76. One of the best car shoot’em up games I’ve ever played that included a sidekick with a huge afro, funky 70’s inspired music, and the ability to play human opponents on the net. marc ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/9 "2003-03-14T05:53:38Z")
I second Civ 2. I am currently working on a massive Viking Empire 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/10 "2003-03-14T05:54:04Z")
The Secret of Monkey Island! Best old-school PC adventure game ever, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/11 "2003-03-14T05:55:57Z")
Cicuit’s Edge was also awesome. It remains the best cyberpunk themed game I’ve ever played. (Not that I’ve played that many, though Shadowrun for the Genesis was a lot of fun.) ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/12 "2003-03-14T06:02:02Z")
Monkey Island 2: Monkey Island with better jokes, better graphics, and a spitting competition! And Dark Castle for the mac. ---
**Author:** ![LtningBug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@LtningBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LtningBug)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/13 "2003-03-14T06:02:18Z")
XCom: UFO Defense - pure gaming goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/14 "2003-03-14T06:08:09Z")
I’ve been playing computer games since Zork, and I hate to single out favorites. But when I was in college, I remember sitting down with a buddy to play **Star Control 2**. We only planned to play for an hour or so. 29 hours later (!) we finished the game. We barely even noticed. It was that addictive. And it was totally worth it. It wins the “can’t stop until you’re done” award. For the “repeat play - unmodified” award, I’ve lost more hours to the original **Civ** than I care to admit. For the “repeat play - modified” award, I’ve got to go with **Thief** and **Thief II**. Not only were the original missions great, there’s some damned nifty fan-created missions out there, some of which are better than the original missions, and many of which have the whole nine yards – briefing movies, in-game dialog, crisp storylines, the works. One clocks in at around 330 MB (!). They’re [available here](http://www.thief-thecircle.com/). RIP Looking Glass Studios. And I’ve got to give due respect to the **Ultima** series. There’s a dandy little app called [Exult](http://exult.sourceforge.net/index.php) that allows it to work under Windows, and even adds some interface enhancements (which can be switched off if you want to play it “as it was”). Incidentally, there’s a great message board devoted to getting old (mostly DOS) games to work under new computer operating systems – [VOGONS](http://vogons.zetafleet.com/) (Very Old Games On New Systems), if any of you want to fire up old classics. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/15 "2003-03-14T06:08:14Z")
I don’t know if it’s old enough to be considered a “classic” but Curse of Monkey Island is easily the best game of the series. A hell of a lot better than Escape From Monkey Island at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/16 "2003-03-14T06:13:43Z")
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/17 "2003-03-14T06:17:15Z")
Either the original **Zork** series, or **Bard’s Tale**. I look on those games with a great deal of fondness. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/18 "2003-03-14T06:19:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by clayton\_e \* > \*\*And if you know where you can download your favorite classic game include the link. \*\* Be careful here. The SDMB frowns on posts encouraging copyright infringement. I’d refrain from any direct links unless you’re sure the game is in the public domain. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/19 "2003-03-14T06:28:46Z")
If you’re looking for old games, Home of the Underdogs is a great place to start. Though a lot of the games they offer for download are in the public domain, a lot of them aren’t, so if you wanna go there you’re gonna have to Google it. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/20 "2003-03-14T06:33:25Z")
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