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Adventure/Action RPG - Deus EX invisible war (The second game that I have played through over and over.

Did you ever played the first game? I think Invisible War was way to short. It's nice though.

Anyway, here's my list of Top Games of All Times:

1. Heroes of Might and Magic III - THE game.

And the rest:

Spacesim/LIGHT : Freelancer
Adventure: Monkey Island 1-3, Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, Full Throttle... THey're all GREAT.
RTS: Starcraft
Turn-based strategy: Alpha Centauri
FPS: Tron 2.0
Action/Adventure: American McGee's Alice and Jedi Knight: Outcast and Academy. They all have to share this one.
Sneak: Thief 2
Racing: Need for Speed 2

And.. Um.. That's pretty much it. I've probably forgot something.
 
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Adventure - Monkey Island I
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All on DOS :)

And of course in XP - Half Life I

A few other favorites, but those are my tops.
 

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I've only recently started playing on the PC but i have to say KOTOR I and II are my fav games so far :)
 

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here is the original original original Oregon trail...it runs in windows xp just fine with out any emulators.

this is not the graphical remake done by the learning company

I did'nt make it...HAHA I just went for it all:D
 
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what got me into computer gaming was Betrayal at Krondor on my VERY old packard bell.........man was that a great game......I think im gonna get it for the P3 since my PSU is dead on the gaming rig
 

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my favorite old skool games is no doubt: ---->
 
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you guys remember a game called scorched earth. Now that was the sh*t
 

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Did you ever played the first game? I think Invisible War was way to short. It's nice though.

Yeah, I played through Deus EX. I think I made the mistake of playing it last year, because I wasn't all that impressed with it. It was good yeah, but not as good as Invisible war IMO.
 

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Is it just about PC's or comp games ever? Bcause few people was playing games whille rest of you was in kindergarden! Elite was first game that start eating my time ( runs on commodor 64). Next was DOOM and nowdays... Oblivion and FEAR.
Best? Not made jet.
 
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elite rocked, do u remember virus (first 3d game)
 
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thouse r the standouts, of course theres awsome ones both older and newer but thas off the top of my head. things like the original dragon warrior were good. excite bike was the shizzle back in the day, mario cart was a blast, super mario world, sonic, and then theres newer games that r sweet, ff12, xenosaga series, the entire need for speed collection is good arcade racers... list goes on an on.
NOTE: i was in no way platform specific.
ALSO: this is kinda a generation specific question. i do remember playing groundbreaking games like doom stuff, they led the way for what we hav to day.
 
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I really like Final Fantasy 7. The controls and graphics are gay, and the MIDI format suxor, but you can cheat so hardcore at that game it's unreal.
I found a saved game that includes the best of everything from the point you start :)
 
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my favorite old skool games is no doubt: ---->

When I was young I had a babysitter, her name was molly. At night when I had to sleep I went into space with my self-made spaceship and save the galaxy. Plus I lost my virginity to a Yorp.
 
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Longbow-2, Falcon 4.0, and Klingon Academy really got me into 3D gaming.
 

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for me, the best best game was between Tribes 2 & BF1942...
 

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Did you ever played the first game?
Spacesim/LIGHT : Freelancer


And.. Um.. That's pretty much it. I've probably forgot something.

I LOVE FREELANCER! Best game for space. Mods galore.
 
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just thought of another i loved

barbarian, on amstrad cpc464
 

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As I have tons of games ( can't even count, but near 800), here is my fav game list :-
RPG- Oblivion, Pokemon Gba new ones played through emu on pc (don't laugh pls) :)
RTS- Company Of Heroes
FPS- Call of Duty, Halo 1, 2, BF1942, BF2142.
Sports- Fifa series ( 98-07 all)
Racing- NFSU, NFSU2, NFSMW (Best), NFSC, Flatout 2
Fighting- Tekken5 & PSP version dark smthng forgot, Street Fighter (of Course!)
Simulation-Not much but, Pets was 3.5/5, and others were a lil boring.
 
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