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Title: Favourite Games...
Post by: Admin on 06 January 2007, 23:59:54
Found myself looking through youtube and came across some footage of FF8 (Final Fantasy VIII to the uninitiated ;))

I so have to play that again! One of my all time favourites, massive game, took me 135hrs of gameplay 2nd time and I didn't get everything!

So what are the "great" games?

Half Life. Quite simply the best game ever made for the PC. When I played it the first time I promptly took a week off sick! ;)
Perfect mix of action, puzzles and storytelling with astonishing AI.

Mario 64. Fantastic. Superb gameplay, great graphics (at the time), and beautifully addictive.

Elite. Ooooold game for the Commodore 64 (among others). Huge open ended game. Completely original at the time.

Resident Evil (and most of the sequels Especially 4!).
Played this on the Playstation in the dark and scared myself silly! Created the "Survival Horror" genre.
Remake for the Gamecube was rather good too.

Silent Hill Series....
Where the hell did they find the guy who dreamt up this place???  :o
The most warped, twisted and downright unsettling games I have ever played!
Took the Survival Horror idea and then really made it over!
Some of the things you come across (especially in 3) are just "wrong".... :-/

Bubble Bobble.
Simple and yet soooo addictive!  :D
Just go round, trap the mosters in bubbles you produce and then pop them!
Sounds simple...and it is. Add in some power ups and the odd bonus and there you have it.
But oh boy is it addictive!

Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Auto Addict on 07 January 2007, 08:49:50
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Found myself looking through youtube and came across some footage of FF8 (Final Fantasy VIII to the uninitiated ;))

I so have to play that again! One of my all time favourites, massive game, took me 135hrs of gameplay 2nd time and I didn't get everything!

So what are the "great" games?

Half Life. Quite simply the best game ever made for the PC. When I played it the first time I promptly took a week off sick! ;)
Perfect mix of action, puzzles and storytelling with astonishing AI.

Mario 64. Fantastic. Superb gameplay, great graphics (at the time), and beautifully addictive.

Elite. Ooooold game for the Commodore 64 (among others). Huge open ended game. Completely original at the time.

Resident Evil (and most of the sequels Especially 4!).
Played this on the Playstation in the dark and scared myself silly! Created the "Survival Horror" genre.
Remake for the Gamecube was rather good too.

Silent Hill Series....
Where the hell did they find the guy who dreamt up this place???  :o
The most warped, twisted and downright unsettling games I have ever played!
Took the Survival Horror idea and then really made it over!
Some of the things you come across (especially in 3) are just "wrong".... :-/

Bubble Bobble.
Simple and yet soooo addictive!  :D
Just go round, trap the mosters in bubbles you produce and then pop them!
Sounds simple...and it is. Add in some power ups and the odd bonus and there you have it.
But oh boy is it addictive!


Captain Comic......
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Markjay on 07 January 2007, 09:17:26
The last game I was addicted to was Castle Wolfenstein.... many years ago now  :(

Sadly no time for serious gaming these days....

Maybe one day when I retire...  :)



Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: hotel21 on 07 January 2007, 13:26:28
I used to spend hours playing Transport Tycoon.  It was one of the 'God' type games where you used to create roads, railways, airlines and shipping companies to transport goods around and make cash.  The original before the other Tycoon style games.  Graphics were quite cool for what was available at the time, but it was no shootem up, thats for sure....

Never had a trainset, so this was the substitute!   ;D
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Elite Pete on 07 January 2007, 15:30:37
Naked twister ;D

Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: hotel21 on 07 January 2007, 15:37:52
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Naked twister ;D


with or without oil?    :-X
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Elite Pete on 07 January 2007, 15:39:36
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Naked twister ;D


with or without oil?    :-X

Oh you've got to have a gallon of VXs finest.
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: hotel21 on 07 January 2007, 15:41:58
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Naked twister ;D


with or without oil?    :-X

Oh you've got to have a gallon of VXs finest.

Ohhhh Jings...   Theres always someone who throws it back round to an oil thread...   ;D ;D ;D

That would be semi then?   :-X :-[ :-X
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 07 January 2007, 16:20:28
I used to play Tomb Raider on a PS1.....just about every evening for months.

Used to keep having to pop to pc world to check the cheat book out everytime i got stuck  ;D

Then gave my PS1 to my nephew....coz his got nicked  >:(

And havent bought another games console since....tho have thought about and which one is the best  :-/  
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: AndersH on 09 January 2007, 18:30:49
C64 - Last Ninja and Last Ninja 2
N64 - Goldeneye and Zelda Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart

Great games! Zelda on the Wii is good too.
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Bo Bo on 09 January 2007, 18:57:02
Half Life 2 is my all time fave.
Also enjoyed Halo, Max Payne, Soldier of Fortune & thought The Suffering was warped!
Just started re-playing F.E.A.R.
Used to like Donkey Kong many moons ago & Sonic & Super Mario were fun in their day.
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Big Rod on 09 January 2007, 19:49:37
I'm not a huge gamer, but, predictably, I do like GT4.

I used to spend hours dialled up to my mate in Surrey playing Red Alert tho'.

He gave me Total Anihilation one year for Christmas, but I've never gotten round to playing it yet.
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: MaxV6 on 09 January 2007, 19:56:36
In no particular order


on the Mac  (that's a Proper computer.... without the need to put up with Windows, or Viruses  ;)   )
Civilisation III
Age of Mythology
Age of Empires II


online
Arseteroids
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/games/arseteroids/


Assorted Rally and F1 games on the PS2

Tubeworx and Colin Mcrae Rally on the Mobile phone !

Scrabble and Monopoly as a family board game.


and
"how to scare the crap out of a boy racer" on the roads  :y

Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: theolodian on 10 January 2007, 04:45:46
I liked Halo2, if there is something else decent for old Xbox I would be interested.
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Bo Bo on 10 January 2007, 07:15:25
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I liked Halo2, if there is something else decent for old Xbox I would be interested.
Wish it was available for the PC......
4.45AM, still in the US?
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Bo Bo on 10 January 2007, 07:21:46
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I liked Halo2, if there is something else decent for old Xbox I would be interested.
Just had a look at the Bungie web site & Halo3 is on it's way for Xbox & Halo2 will be available for PC this year, as long as it’s running Vista  :(
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Markie on 10 January 2007, 10:02:24
for me theres only one genre of game......

The football manager series ( formerly Championship Manager)

And of course Gran Turismo.....

Errr thats two isnt it  :-[
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Bo Bo on 10 January 2007, 13:04:28
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for me theres only one genre of game......

The football manager series ( formerly Championship Manager)

And of course Gran Turismo.....

Errr thats two isnt it  :-[
;D Reminds me of Monty Pythons "Spanish Inquisition" sketch  ;D
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: bob.dent on 10 January 2007, 15:58:29
I used to frequently burn the midnight oil playing Rollercoaster Tycoon (PC version)and get totally immersed in it for hours building and running some fantastic theme parks and rides. One of my son's has got the latest version and it looks even better than ever!! :y I Haven't played it for ages so time I got the latest version and got back into it methinks. 8-). Mind you, if I do it means you won't be seeing so much of me on here....... ::)
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Del Boy on 10 January 2007, 16:06:41
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I used to play Tomb Raider on a PS1.....just about every evening for months.

Used to keep having to pop to pc world to check the cheat book out everytime i got stuck  ;D

Then gave my PS1 to my nephew....coz his got nicked  >:(

And havent bought another games console since....tho have thought about and which one is the best  :-/  

X BOX 360
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Del Boy on 10 January 2007, 16:10:59
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for me theres only one genre of game......

The football manager series ( formerly Championship Manager)

And of course Gran Turismo.....

Errr thats two isnt it  :-[

Defiantly gran turismo 1,2,3,4 are great
and roller coaster tycoon is good medal of honour SPEARHEAD is fantastic and COD2 is also good so for PS2: Gran turismo4 PC: Medal of honour spearhead and for X BOX 360: Test drive unlimited  
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 10 January 2007, 16:33:57
Doom 2 consumed most of my third and fourth years at university....4 networked machines in a house with deathmatch setup.....deadly
Title: Re: Favourite Games...
Post by: TheBoy on 10 January 2007, 18:11:36
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Doom 2 consumed most of my third and fourth years at university....4 networked machines in a house with deathmatch setup.....deadly
I was a bit of a demon at that game.  In fact, when I'm building servers (my laptop runs VM which runs a Solaris Jumpstart and a Linux Kickstart server), I tend to sit and play it if I've remembered to install it. Nothing else to do for 2hrs whilst its doing it....