# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/41 "2003-03-14T11:39:15Z")
1. Monkey Island. For you fellow shameless Monkey Island geeks, here is a website that has Monkey Island icons & wallpapers. [http://www20.brinkster.com/gabez/monkey.html](http://www20.brinkster.com/gabez/monkey.html) 2. Ultima 7 3. Diablo II ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/42 "2003-03-14T11:44:50Z")
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned the first _Wing Commander_ yet. I was also a big fan of _Privateer_. ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/43 "2003-03-14T12:04:14Z")
1. Simcity 2. Doom/DoomII 3. Grand Theft Auto (or if you were playing GTA London, Grahnd Theft Awto) 4. Sonic the Hedgehog/2/3/& Knuckles ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/44 "2003-03-14T13:45:56Z")
D&D - Eye of the Beholder Ultima Underworld 1 & 2 Wing Commander 1 & 2 (with optional voice pack!) Star Trek 25th Anniversary X-Com Myst Simcity Maniac Mansion (put hamster into microwave… boom!) ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/45 "2003-03-14T13:51:22Z")
Wizardry 1 Grim Fandango Rogue Spear Half-Life Thief 1 ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/46 "2003-03-14T14:03:03Z")
Holy crap, I can’t beleive no one has mentioned **Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games**. That was the first PC game I have ever played. The replay value is limitless. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/47 "2003-03-14T14:09:58Z")
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Used to drive me crazy with the text puzzles. Don’t know how many times I had to play until I remembered to bring the stupid mail with me. StarFlight - Best game ever. Heck, I’d still play this if I had a slower computer I could get it to run on. 4 years in development. Hundreds of star systems, literally thousands of plantes, and clues to lead you on your quest to save the solar system. Great game…_sigh_. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/48 "2003-03-14T14:34:35Z")
Another vote for SimCity original, and Civ I & II. Also: Zork, Bard’s Tale I. Autoduel was good, though I’d love to see it updated to a FPS (driving), MMORPG version. Ultima IV. Kaboom! (Activision, on the Atari 2600.) ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/49 "2003-03-14T14:39:03Z")
Nethack, which I still play… Might & Magic III, which I’ve never come close to finishing but which I still pick up every now and again (it’s just so _goofy_)… And Prince of Persia, one of the few games which I have completed. Also one of the few which has caused me to yell out verbal challenges to the computer (“Jafar!!!”) ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/50 "2003-03-14T14:43:55Z")
[Flashback](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/g/FlashbackTheQuestforIdentity-703226/overview.php) for the Sega Genesis. I bought my first PC in order to play the sequel, [Fade to Black](http://www.delphinesoft.com/english/jeux1.html). ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/51 "2003-03-14T15:01:47Z")
**Railroad Tycoon** of course! ---
**Author:** ![doc\_miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@doc\_miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc_miller)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/52 "2003-03-14T15:19:02Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned **M.U.L.E.** yet. I still own an Atari 800 and four joysticks so I can play this. ---
**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, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/53 "2003-03-14T15:52:59Z")
Quake 2 and Half-Life. Man, the first time that head crab jumped out of the dark in the tunnell, I nearly plotzed! ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/54 "2003-03-14T15:53:52Z")
Funny how we all have different definitions of “classic”, regarding time frame. I like to pick the release of DOOM as the watershed that borught out the “modern” gaming era. Obviously, age has a lot to do with this. ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/55 "2003-03-14T17:59:19Z")
I can’t believe only one person mentioned Star Con II. The scene: a house, we can see a garden through the window but our hero, estilicon a dashing young fellow of 12 is boringly inspecting his newest game, the expression on his face is absolute despair as he remembers the last couple of games he played… Estilicon: Uhmm, horrible game it looks like another space invader kind of shit… (enters mother, she is a middle aged woman with an attitude) Mother: Estilicon time to brush your teeth and say your prayers. Estilicon: a minute dear mother… (to himself) wait a minute, that are nine planets, I bet the third one is earth… Let’s see what happens… (8 hour laters) Mother: Estilicon!!! I can’t believe you spent all night in that stupid machine bla bla bla bla… (after 5 minutes of discussion) Estilicon: (pulling up a revolver) DIE BITCH!!! DIE!!! Ok, that didn’t really happen that way but I tell you, you can always be adopted by another person but classic games are rare. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/56 "2003-03-14T18:09:58Z")
**Half Life** , Doom may have started the trend, but Half Life revolutionized FPS games. Also, Team Fortress Classic and Counterstrike have been the some of the most player online games for _years_ now. New mods (like Natural Selection) are still coming out. Many of the conventions introduced by Half Life are still used. No One Lives Forever 1 & 2 were tremendous fun as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Isaac\_Cashman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@Isaac\_Cashman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isaac_Cashman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/57 "2003-03-14T18:18:44Z")
The version of S **r Tr** k that was used as of of the demos for the TRS-80. To explain, yo are a starship captain, using sh\*\*\*y weapons destroy the bad guys. Don’t hit the self destruct button (or cancel it quick). Don’t run into a star. ---
**Author:** ![Isaac\_Cashman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@Isaac\_Cashman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isaac_Cashman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/58 "2003-03-14T18:20:10Z")
The version of S **r Tr** k that was used as of of the demos for the TRS-80. To explain, you are a starship captain: Using sh\*\*\*y weapons destroy the bad guys. Don’t hit the self destruct button (or cancel it quick). Don’t run into a star. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/59 "2003-03-14T19:21:39Z")
I enjoyed Sid Meir’s _Colonization_ almost as much as _Civilization_. It had more stuff going on. I also enjoyed all of the “Gold Box” SSI games ( **Badtz Maru** mention _Pool of Radiance_ already), especially _Pools of Darkness_. ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253/60 "2003-03-14T19:57:03Z")
I liked Doom 2 a lot. with cheat codes. 🙂 Sit in the end room and watch the monsters keep multiplying til your computer crashed. funfun. also I was rather disappointed when Mom told me I couldn’t try out A-Train again, cuz it was too old for the computer, it needed dos or Win3.1 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-classic-pc-game/161253.md?page=4)