The Last Express - really great story
Pizza Tycoon - this was such a fantastic management sim, I spent ages playing it back in the day
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My guy, we have the technology. You can edit that title to fix the horrible grammar lol.
"What are your favorite pre-2000 video games?"
Whoops! I didn't realize I could edit titles lol. Fixed :)
Age of empires Star wars galactic battlegrounds Deus ex (I think that was pre 2000) Cossacks European wars
I loved the Harpoon series of naval warfare simulation games. I haven’t played since the late 90s but they were a lot of fun.
Amiga:
- Sensible Soccer
- Soccer Kid
- The Chaos Engine
ZX Spectrum:
- Chaos
- Robocop
- Midnight Resistance
Star Control 2
All challengers can GTFO 🧐
Campers who disagree are silly cows and we will have to dance with them.
Myst is an all-time classic. I'd just wander around exploring the world.
I tried so hard to get anywhere in Magic Carpet but our home computer ran the game too fast. I needed the "turbo button" to slow the game down but we didn't have one.
Also had the PC version of Garfield Caught in the Act (just called Garfield on PC). Played through it over and over again. The Genesis game with improved graphics, an exclusive level and one of the most underrated soundtracks in gaming. Seriously, look up the soundtrack to the PC version, the entire thing jams.
EDIT: Also, Age of Wonders. I actually spent more time in the level editor than in the game itself, building Middle Earth as a map and placing cities, factions and leaders on it as something of an "old school" (for the time) Battle for Middle Earth.
Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe and Cannon Fodder are must try (there are both Amiga and dos versions for both).
Lemmings is really good. Original Worms. Lost Vikings. Syndicate.
Syndicate
dear fucking god this was a frustrating game.
- Turrican 1-3 [Amiga]
- Command and Conquer
- Monkey Island 1 [Amiga]
- Sim City 2000 (Network edition)
- Unreal Tournament
- Super Metroid [Super Nintendo]
- Metal Slug [Neo Geo/Arcade]
- Pinball Dreams/Illusions (made by DICE before they renamed themselves)
I'm old so a lot but I always mention SSI DnD games like Pool of Radiance. I think the games would be a bit of slog for most people today. All the Ultimas besides 9.
Ocarina of time Red Alert .. yeah probably just those two would do me
Might and might 3 F19 stealth jet Doom Wolfenstein Red alert Warcraft 3
Wolfenstein and Hover.
Myst and Obsidian
Infantry. My first online multiplayer game. Somehow I made it into a squad that got 2nd place in the seasonal tournament and also had arguably the best player in the whole game. I didn't play in the matches but I was in the squad!
Chips Challenge for Windows, Sim City 3000, Age of Empires 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 (Technically not pre-2000 because it was released in 2000.)
Ganja Farmer...
Lords of the Realm 2, the OG X-Com trilogy, Total Annihilation, Dark Reign, Civ II Test of Time
Ore Truck Simulator '96
SSI gold box D&D titles and Dungeon master, though both are better on Amiga
Fate of Atlantis is pretty good
Squarez Deluxe (which is now Freeware!)
It's a thinking man's Tetris and about 100x more rewarding to play
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator