Older games recommendations
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:13 pm
So what is your favorite old game/remake/remaster?
I very much enjoy playing old games, and I would like to hear some recommendations
Hopefully we help each other discover some of the older gems we missed.
Here is the A-Z sorted summary so far:
PC:
1942
4D Boxing
99/Repulse
ADOM
Abuse
Aces of the Deep
Aces over Pacific
Albion
Alien Syndrome
Alone In The Dark
Altered Beast
Another world (remake - 20th aniversary)
Arcanum
Arx Fatalis
AvP 1 + 2
Avernum: Escape the pit
Azrael's tear
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
BattleChess
Betrayal At Krondor
Bioshock 1 + 2
Blade Runner
Blood 1 (has a remake by NightDive studios)
Blue Shadow (aka "Shadow Of The Ninja" for NES)
Budokan
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
California Games II
Civilization II
Claw
Cold Waters
Colonisation
Command and Conquer (early)
Commander Keen
Contra
Covert Action
D-Generation
Daggerfall
Dark Earth
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Dark Sun series
Darklands
Deathchase
Descent (series) - Remake Overload
Deus Ex
Diablo 1 + 2
Divine Divinity
Divinity series
Doom 1 + 2 and Brutal doom variants
Dragon's Lair
Dugeon Crawl Stone Soup
Duke Nukem (platform games)
Duke Nukem 3D
Dune 1
Dungeon Keeper
Dungeon Master 1 + 2 (+chaos strikes back)
Dungeon Siege series
Dwarf Fortress
Eagle Eye Mysteries
Elite
Exile 3 - Ruined World
Eye of the beholder 1 + 2
Fallout 1 + 2
Frontier: Elite 2
Gauntlet
Geneforge 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Ghost Muncher
Ghosts & Goblins / Ghouls & Ghosts
Giants:Citizen Kabuto
Gobliins
Gods (remake)
Golden Axe series
Gorf
Gothic series
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grimrock 1 + 2 (not so old but oldskool type of gameplay)
Half Life
Hellgate:London
Heretic
Hexen
Heroes of Might & Magic 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 World of Xeen (maybe Swords too)
Hidden Agenda
Icewind dale 1 + 2
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jill of the Jungle
KoToR 1 + 2
La Mulana
Lands of Lore - The Throne of Chaos
Lemmings
Lords of the Realms 2
LucasArts (Maniac Mansion, Zac McKracken, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle) and Sierra adventure games
Magic carpet 1 + 2 (very underrated games)
Mars Saga
Master of Magic
Master of Orion 1 + 2
Metal mutant
Metal Slug / SNK (Any versions)
Michael Jackon's Moonwalker
Millenium 2.2
Minecraft
Monkey Island
Morrowind
Mortal Kombat 1 + 2
NetHack
Nethergate Resurrection
NeverWinterNights series
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Outcast (has a remake)
Pirates
Planescape: Torment
Populous
Prey 2 (not old but very System Shock like)
Prince Of Persia 1 + 2
Quazatron
Quake (with all its variants, remasters, builds)
R-Type
Rampage
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
Red Storm Rising
SSI Gold Box series - Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, et al.
Sacred 1 + 2 (community patches)
Saint Dragon
Sherman M4
Silent Service
Sim City 2000
Soma
Speedball 2
Stalker (all 3)
Star Trek 25th Anniversary & Judgement Rites (CD-ROM versions)
Starcraft Bloodwar
Stonekeep
Street Rod
Strife
Sunset Riders
Sword of the Samurai
System shock 1 + 2 (enhanced in the case of SS1)
TF2
TTD (Open)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Terminator Future Shock
The Settlers
Theme Hospital
Thief: The Dark Project, Thief: The Metal Age.
Tie Fighter
Tomb raider 1 + 2
Tony Hawks ProSkater
Tower of Doom/Shadow Over Mystara
UFO: enemy unknown
Ultima I
Ultima II
Ultima III - Exodus
Ultima IV
Ultima VI - The False Prophet
Ultima VII + Silver Isle
Ultima VIII - Pagan
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
Ultima Underworld: Labyrinth of Worlds
Valkyrie Profiles 2: Silmeria
Warcraft 2
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Worms
X-COM (the originals)
X-Wing
Ys - Oath in Felghana
Ys I & Ys II
Ys Origin
iOS:
Lords Of Midnight
Atari ST:
Hunter
Amstrad CPC:
Redhawk
The Way of the Exploding Fist
ZX spectrum:
Decathlon
Double dragon 3 (multiplayer)
Gunfright
Knight lore
Kokotoni
Laser Squad & Chaos
Moon Alert
Saboteur
Spyhunter
NES:
Clash at Demonhead
Crystalis
Dragon Quest 1 thru 4
Dungeon Magic
Journey to Silius
Startropics 1
Swords & Serpents
Willow
SNES:
7th Saga (and Mystic Ark if you use the fan translation)
Act Raiser
Axelay
Dragon Quest 5 (needed a fan translation for it)
King of Dragons
Paladin's Quest (and the sequel, Lennus 2)
Romancing Saga 3 (again, fan translations)
Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma
Street Fighters 2: World Warrior
Super Mario Kart
Ys 3: Wanderers of Ys
Nintendo64:
nWo/WCW World Tour
Goldeneye
Genesis:
Phantasy Star 1, 2, 3, and 4
Shining Force 1 & 2
Shining in the Darkness
Mega Drive/Genesis:
Golden Axe
Streets of Rage I and II
Game Boy:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
I very much enjoy playing old games, and I would like to hear some recommendations
Hopefully we help each other discover some of the older gems we missed.
Here is the A-Z sorted summary so far:
PC:
1942
4D Boxing
99/Repulse
ADOM
Abuse
Aces of the Deep
Aces over Pacific
Albion
Alien Syndrome
Alone In The Dark
Altered Beast
Another world (remake - 20th aniversary)
Arcanum
Arx Fatalis
AvP 1 + 2
Avernum: Escape the pit
Azrael's tear
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
BattleChess
Betrayal At Krondor
Bioshock 1 + 2
Blade Runner
Blood 1 (has a remake by NightDive studios)
Blue Shadow (aka "Shadow Of The Ninja" for NES)
Budokan
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
California Games II
Civilization II
Claw
Cold Waters
Colonisation
Command and Conquer (early)
Commander Keen
Contra
Covert Action
D-Generation
Daggerfall
Dark Earth
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Dark Sun series
Darklands
Deathchase
Descent (series) - Remake Overload
Deus Ex
Diablo 1 + 2
Divine Divinity
Divinity series
Doom 1 + 2 and Brutal doom variants
Dragon's Lair
Dugeon Crawl Stone Soup
Duke Nukem (platform games)
Duke Nukem 3D
Dune 1
Dungeon Keeper
Dungeon Master 1 + 2 (+chaos strikes back)
Dungeon Siege series
Dwarf Fortress
Eagle Eye Mysteries
Elite
Exile 3 - Ruined World
Eye of the beholder 1 + 2
Fallout 1 + 2
Frontier: Elite 2
Gauntlet
Geneforge 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Ghost Muncher
Ghosts & Goblins / Ghouls & Ghosts
Giants:Citizen Kabuto
Gobliins
Gods (remake)
Golden Axe series
Gorf
Gothic series
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grimrock 1 + 2 (not so old but oldskool type of gameplay)
Half Life
Hellgate:London
Heretic
Hexen
Heroes of Might & Magic 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 World of Xeen (maybe Swords too)
Hidden Agenda
Icewind dale 1 + 2
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jill of the Jungle
KoToR 1 + 2
La Mulana
Lands of Lore - The Throne of Chaos
Lemmings
Lords of the Realms 2
LucasArts (Maniac Mansion, Zac McKracken, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle) and Sierra adventure games
Magic carpet 1 + 2 (very underrated games)
Mars Saga
Master of Magic
Master of Orion 1 + 2
Metal mutant
Metal Slug / SNK (Any versions)
Michael Jackon's Moonwalker
Millenium 2.2
Minecraft
Monkey Island
Morrowind
Mortal Kombat 1 + 2
NetHack
Nethergate Resurrection
NeverWinterNights series
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Outcast (has a remake)
Pirates
Planescape: Torment
Populous
Prey 2 (not old but very System Shock like)
Prince Of Persia 1 + 2
Quazatron
Quake (with all its variants, remasters, builds)
R-Type
Rampage
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
Red Storm Rising
SSI Gold Box series - Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, et al.
Sacred 1 + 2 (community patches)
Saint Dragon
Sherman M4
Silent Service
Sim City 2000
Soma
Speedball 2
Stalker (all 3)
Star Trek 25th Anniversary & Judgement Rites (CD-ROM versions)
Starcraft Bloodwar
Stonekeep
Street Rod
Strife
Sunset Riders
Sword of the Samurai
System shock 1 + 2 (enhanced in the case of SS1)
TF2
TTD (Open)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Terminator Future Shock
The Settlers
Theme Hospital
Thief: The Dark Project, Thief: The Metal Age.
Tie Fighter
Tomb raider 1 + 2
Tony Hawks ProSkater
Tower of Doom/Shadow Over Mystara
UFO: enemy unknown
Ultima I
Ultima II
Ultima III - Exodus
Ultima IV
Ultima VI - The False Prophet
Ultima VII + Silver Isle
Ultima VIII - Pagan
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
Ultima Underworld: Labyrinth of Worlds
Valkyrie Profiles 2: Silmeria
Warcraft 2
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Worms
X-COM (the originals)
X-Wing
Ys - Oath in Felghana
Ys I & Ys II
Ys Origin
iOS:
Lords Of Midnight
Atari ST:
Hunter
Amstrad CPC:
Redhawk
The Way of the Exploding Fist
ZX spectrum:
Decathlon
Double dragon 3 (multiplayer)
Gunfright
Knight lore
Kokotoni
Laser Squad & Chaos
Moon Alert
Saboteur
Spyhunter
NES:
Clash at Demonhead
Crystalis
Dragon Quest 1 thru 4
Dungeon Magic
Journey to Silius
Startropics 1
Swords & Serpents
Willow
SNES:
7th Saga (and Mystic Ark if you use the fan translation)
Act Raiser
Axelay
Dragon Quest 5 (needed a fan translation for it)
King of Dragons
Paladin's Quest (and the sequel, Lennus 2)
Romancing Saga 3 (again, fan translations)
Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma
Street Fighters 2: World Warrior
Super Mario Kart
Ys 3: Wanderers of Ys
Nintendo64:
nWo/WCW World Tour
Goldeneye
Genesis:
Phantasy Star 1, 2, 3, and 4
Shining Force 1 & 2
Shining in the Darkness
Mega Drive/Genesis:
Golden Axe
Streets of Rage I and II
Game Boy:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening