Couldnt really think of an appropriate title to fully explain thread but there is too much negativity between gamers/platforms etc these days. With platform bias & company politics coming into play to polarise opinions so I wanted some more positive threads so people remember why they got into gaming in the first place.... for great games.
I want to know if there are any games that you still hold in high regard from when you first got into gaming that mean something special to you for whatever reason? Do you still occasionally play them or would you like to and what made them special to you?
For example I still play Settlers II from time to time, I played Settlers on my Amiga and was game my dad got me into & managed to find ways to get Settlers II from 1996 running on every PC/laptop I have owned since (even Windows 10).
Then there is the Command & Conquer series, my dad loved them and we used to play skirmish against each other for years while he taught me. Until I got old enough to start winning every game and he never played me again :laugh:. Then I got Command & Conquer Retaliation on Playstation, which was main reason I bought a 2nd Playstation after my 1st had issues reading discs after laser mechanism broke & had to turn it upside down to work. We used system link to hook up both Playstations & as it came with 2 discs you didnt need to buy 2 copies. Put 2 TV's back to back and Steve and I used to play it when he came round against AI.
That was followed by Red Alert 2 & Yuris Revenge on PC which was first online game I properly played against other people (we were about 14/15) & the game that I ended up coming up with username I still use today to play on, along with Steve. Back when we used dial up pay per minute internet (my god im old)... :dead:
Age of Empires II is another that Steve & I played together all those years ago trying to defeat hardest difficulty AI (took many hours). I have such fond memories of RTS genre and its likely one of the main reasons I wanted it back in force so much. Steve & I also played quite a lot of original Alien vs Predator, Blood & Duke Nukem too over LAN. :laugh:
I want to know if there are any games that you still hold in high regard from when you first got into gaming that mean something special to you for whatever reason? Do you still occasionally play them or would you like to and what made them special to you?
For example I still play Settlers II from time to time, I played Settlers on my Amiga and was game my dad got me into & managed to find ways to get Settlers II from 1996 running on every PC/laptop I have owned since (even Windows 10).
Then there is the Command & Conquer series, my dad loved them and we used to play skirmish against each other for years while he taught me. Until I got old enough to start winning every game and he never played me again :laugh:. Then I got Command & Conquer Retaliation on Playstation, which was main reason I bought a 2nd Playstation after my 1st had issues reading discs after laser mechanism broke & had to turn it upside down to work. We used system link to hook up both Playstations & as it came with 2 discs you didnt need to buy 2 copies. Put 2 TV's back to back and Steve and I used to play it when he came round against AI.
That was followed by Red Alert 2 & Yuris Revenge on PC which was first online game I properly played against other people (we were about 14/15) & the game that I ended up coming up with username I still use today to play on, along with Steve. Back when we used dial up pay per minute internet (my god im old)... :dead:
Age of Empires II is another that Steve & I played together all those years ago trying to defeat hardest difficulty AI (took many hours). I have such fond memories of RTS genre and its likely one of the main reasons I wanted it back in force so much. Steve & I also played quite a lot of original Alien vs Predator, Blood & Duke Nukem too over LAN. :laugh: