Old Games: How did you get here?

**bb gun** · 02-11-2008, 05:55 PM

A Challenge for you old-timers: List, in somewhat chronological order, the most significant games of your past. Console, Arcade, PC, heck even board games.

Here's a VERY short list of some of the games I've played that led me 2142.

1) D&D (dice & stuff!)
2) Zork (text only!)
3) Rogue (ASCII for my PC XT)
4) Might&Magic (might have had 64 colors!)
5) Gain Ground (arcade team-based strategy)
6) Gauntlet (more arcade -BB Gun needs food, badly)
7) Doom
8) Diablo
9) Evercrack (i mean quest)
10) Counter-Strike

**Arithea** · 02-11-2008, 06:04 PM

It is very dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Anyhow, here we go:

Super Mario Bros. (all three)
Duck Hunt (my first FPS! )
Sonic the Hedgehog
Myst
D&D/D20 Modern/various other tabletop games
Zork Nemesis (freaky little game, in places)
The occasional MUD
Diablo II
Halo (1-3)
Counter-Strike (for a brief time)
World of Warcraft--just came back to this one, actually

I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

**Rakkasan21** · 02-11-2008, 06:09 PM

1)wolfenstein 3D
2)Doom(all titles)
3)battleship
4)Spec ops: Rangers Lead The Way
5)Spec ops 2: Green Berets
6)Medal of honor(all titles console and pc)
7) Aliens vs predator(both)
8)Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis(resistance too)
9)Delta Force: All titles
10) ARMA
11)COD(All)
12) BF2

**Takk** · 02-11-2008, 06:13 PM

Sid Meier's Pirates (For the Commadore 64/128 waaay before Windows came along)
Risk (Also for my Commadore 64/128)
Carriers At Sea -turn based strategy game (Again..Commadore)
Metal Gear (NES)
Contra (NES)
Doom (PC)
Duke Nukem (PC)
Quake (PC)
Wing Arms (Sega Saturn)
Ace Combat Series (Started on the PS2 with Ace Combat 4)
Metal Gear 2 & 3 (PS2/PS3) Also can't wait for MG4 to drop for the PS3

I have played many more games than this, but I figured I'd try to stick to war/strategy/FPS titles.

**ThePromQueen** · 02-11-2008, 06:14 PM

1) Choplifter (Apple 2e)
2) Super Mario Bros (NES)
3) Quest For Glory (486)
4) Final Fantasy III (SNES)
5) Final Fantasy VII (PS)
6) Warcraft II (Pentium 66mhz baby!)
7) Battlefield 1942 (PC)
8) Diablo II (PC)
9) World of Warcraft (PC)
10) BF2142 (PC)

**FYAH29** · 02-11-2008, 06:16 PM

1. Blue Max (whew)
2. Misc console games
3. Tanarus (PC online)
4. Ultima Online
5. Star Wars Galaxies
6. City of Heros
7. Most all MOH games, COD 1, BF1942
8. BF2142

** Choplifter (kickass), Jumpman, Ultima titles, Conan (Apple II)

**draeh** · 02-11-2008, 06:17 PM

1) D&D
2) Zork/Planetfall/Leather Godess of Phobos

3) Wizardry! (on the Apple ][)
4) Ultima I-IV
5) The Bard's Tale
6) X-Com: UFO Defense
7) Syndicate
8) Doom
9) Diablo I&II
10) Star Trek Armada I&II
11) Baldur's Gate I&II
12) Imperium Galactica II
13) Neverwinter Nights I&II
14) BF2142
15) BF2:POE2
16) World In Conflict
17) Frontlines: Fuel Of War (starting the 26th!)

**bb gun** · 02-11-2008, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThePromQueen

1) Choplifter (Apple 2e)

LOL. I totally forgot about that game. Like riding in a 2142 transport, but less dangerous!

Pfeil22 · 02-11-2008, 06:29 PM

Great topic!

Let’s see …

Infocom - Zork
Sierra On-Line - Police Quest
TalonSoft - East Front & West Front
Red Storm - Rainbow Six & Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
Atari - Axis & Allies
BioWare - Neverwinter Nights
NovaLogic - Delta Force: Blackhawk Down
Electronic Arts - Battlefield 2142

**MDFubar** · 02-11-2008, 06:35 PM

Wow, Here we go and they won't really be i order:

Pong
Space Invaders
Missle Command (pretty much any Atari Game)
Battle Ship (Intelivision)
1942 (Sega)
Delta Force
Land Warrior
Black Hawk Down
Call of Duty
Call of Duty2
Far Cry
Joint Operations
Battlefield Vietnam
Battlifield 1942(and the ones following)
Battlefield 2
Battlefield 2142

I am sure I missed a few, but you get the idea.

IOWarrior · 02-11-2008, 06:51 PM

1. Diablo
2. Starcraft:BW
3. Diablo II
4. MUD: Astaria
5. Warcraft III
6. Battlefield 1942
7. Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat
8. Battlefield:Vietnam (ewww)
9. Battlefield 2
10. World of Warcraft
11. Battlefield 2142

Played a few various MMO's in between there, jumped back and forth between each game quite a bit. Had a bunch of buddies on Battlefield 1942: DC which actually influenced me on joining the Army.

-TechWar

**Zhohar** · 02-11-2008, 08:30 PM

Though I'm 20, the first video game I've played was about five years ago. Hence this list is quite short.

1. Deus Ex. (This still has my heart. Hands down the best video game I've ever played.)
2. Diablo 2. (A brief affair.)
3. Dungeon Siege. (I'll install this every six months or so and play for a few days and uninstall. I do not understand its appeal but that makes it no less potent.)
4. Evermore. (A random MUD.)
5. Quake 3. (Oh, fond memories of the Tier introduction videos. The music on tourney against Klesk is still one of my favourite pieces of video game music. )
6. Unreal Tournament -- 99 and 2004. (Nothing beats Pancake (with Commander male voice) and GODLIKE (with super sexy female voice.))
7. Portal. (Beat it on a friend's computer, second favourite game of all time.)
7. BF2142. (Randomly introduced to this at a LAN party about a year ago, have been in love ever since. )

**Jakaleel** · 02-11-2008, 08:46 PM

Starting with:
Major Matt Mason
RuneQuest (RPG) (Schenectady Wargamers Association)
Space Opera (RPG)
The Fantasy Trip Melee/Wizard (Boardgame/RPG)
Ogre/GEV (Boardgame)
Intellivision (Space Spartans)
Atari 5200 (Star Raiders/River Raid)
Commodore 64/128 (Space Mule/Battlefront,Reach for the Stars, Carriers at War,Europe Ablaze/F-15/F-19/Gunship)
Starfire/StarFleet Battles/Dune/CV/Flattop/StarForce/StarSoldier (Boardgames)
PC 8088/286/386/486/Pentium/Pentium2,etc...(Duke/Doom/AvP/Unreal/All X-Com/Many Tank Games)
Armor miniatures/Battletech at Point Con
Delta Force (All titles)
Rogue Spear/Raven Shield/Athena Sword
Exalted (RPG)
Arkham Horror (Humor/Old/New) (Boardgame)
Rome Total Realism
BattleField 2142

Many other I cannot remember now. Bought the C64 after finishing AIT.

Jakaleel - Spindle Hag the Witch
I am chaotic, not evil!

Icehawk217 · 02-11-2008, 08:52 PM

Frogger (a 3d version made in ~1997)
Pokemon Games
Various and Assorted learning games (Math Blaster anyone?)
SSBM
James Bond: NightFire
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront II
Various other PS2/Gamecube games of various genres
Runescape (Waste of my Life!!!)
Call Of Duty 1/2
BF2142
..... (unknown)

Among others, these just really stand out as taking up large amounts of my life.
Im 16 in like a week BTW.

**Lorax74** · 02-11-2008, 09:01 PM

I don't recall the exact order anymore, but I'll start off with Apple IIc shareware games that used to come in the mail (5.25" discs).

Short list of the most memorable:
Atari 2600 games
Zork Series
Wizardy Series
Ultima Series
Bard's Tale
X-Com
Magic: The Gathering (Card game version, started at second edition, quit after the 4th edition or Ice Age)
Elric (Role Playing)
Call of Cathulu (Role Playing)
Warcraft I & II
Quake I, IIl, and III
Hexen I and II
C&C
Unreal
Unreal Tourniment
Diablo
Various other games between that just didn't do a thing for me
XBox / Xbox 360 games (Including Halo seris) now collecting dust
BF2142
BF2
Orange Box
Wii
The list will continue to grow...

02-11-2008, 05:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
bb gun Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Durango, CO Age: 36 Posts: 144	Old Games: How did you get here? A Challenge for you old-timers: List, in somewhat chronological order, the most significant games of your past. Console, Arcade, PC, heck even board games. Here's a VERY short list of some of the games I've played that led me 2142. 1) D&D (dice & stuff!) 2) Zork (text only!) 3) Rogue (ASCII for my PC XT) 4) Might&Magic (might have had 64 colors!) 5) Gain Ground (arcade team-based strategy) 6) Gauntlet (more arcade -BB Gun needs food, badly) 7) Doom 8) Diablo 9) Evercrack (i mean quest) 10) Counter-Strike __________________ \|TG-9th\| BBgun. - I'll put your eye out, kid.

02-11-2008, 06:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Arithea Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Port, Florida Age: 25 Posts: 1,785	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? It is very dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Anyhow, here we go: Super Mario Bros. (all three) Duck Hunt (my first FPS! ) Sonic the Hedgehog Myst D&D/D20 Modern/various other tabletop games Zork Nemesis (freaky little game, in places) The occasional MUD Diablo II Halo (1-3) Counter-Strike (for a brief time) World of Warcraft--just came back to this one, actually I'm sure I'm forgetting something. __________________ my tank is burning not an enemy in sight Arithea lurks -Spiff913 WeeWar: Arithea Ikariam: Arithea, Chehios [88:57] Ankh-Morpork, Crystal Glass .....Find me! Send me stuff! ....................... Rhiatheos [88:56] Sto Lat, Wine ...................Find me! Send me stuff! ....................... Echeeos [87:57] Lancre, Marble ...................Find me! Send me stuff!

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Rakkasan21 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mt. Vernon, NY or In a C-141 somewhere droppin in unannounced! Age: 22 Posts: 732	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? 1)wolfenstein 3D 2)Doom(all titles) 3)battleship 4)Spec ops: Rangers Lead The Way 5)Spec ops 2: Green Berets 6)Medal of honor(all titles console and pc) 7) Aliens vs predator(both) 8)Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis(resistance too) 9)Delta Force: All titles 10) ARMA 11)COD(All) 12) BF2 __________________ *Mmmm sandpaper* "Retreat? Hell we just got here!"-Major Lloyd Williams \|TG-3rd\|Guardianx11x:I like taking on the challenge of trying to educate Lunatics. I contribute to Global Warming! I love My SVT Cobra

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Takk Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rockford, IL Age: 26 Posts: 461	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? Sid Meier's Pirates (For the Commadore 64/128 waaay before Windows came along) Risk (Also for my Commadore 64/128) Carriers At Sea -turn based strategy game (Again..Commadore) Metal Gear (NES) Contra (NES) Doom (PC) Duke Nukem (PC) Quake (PC) Wing Arms (Sega Saturn) Ace Combat Series (Started on the PS2 with Ace Combat 4) Metal Gear 2 & 3 (PS2/PS3) Also can't wait for MG4 to drop for the PS3 I have played many more games than this, but I figured I'd try to stick to war/strategy/FPS titles. __________________ Tommy Emmanuel = Guitar God <- Click to see!! Dare to be different! Join the Airborne! * TG Gentleman's Agreement * Become a Supporting Member! * 11th Airborne Tactical Wiki * Support TG's Troops! Nominate for a Ribbon! *

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ThePromQueen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Midwest hollar-back! Age: 22 Posts: 392	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? 1) Choplifter (Apple 2e) 2) Super Mario Bros (NES) 3) Quest For Glory (486) 4) Final Fantasy III (SNES) 5) Final Fantasy VII (PS) 6) Warcraft II (Pentium 66mhz baby!) 7) Battlefield 1942 (PC) 8) Diablo II (PC) 9) World of Warcraft (PC) 10) BF2142 (PC) __________________ New here? Find a TG Mentor! .

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FYAH29 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 571	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? 1. Blue Max (whew) 2. Misc console games 3. Tanarus (PC online) 4. Ultima Online 5. Star Wars Galaxies 6. City of Heros 7. Most all MOH games, COD 1, BF1942 8. BF2142 Choplifter (kickass), Jumpman, Ultima titles, Conan (Apple II) __________________ New to TG? Start here - Ribbon Nominations! - 21st Tactical Wiki** \|TG-9th\|Draeh..."We go forth to convert the waiting masses... Put away those bunny hops I say unto you." \|TG-21\|MDFubar..."Shoot like you only have one bullet, think like you did before you knew what women were, and move like the wind!!" Last edited by FYAH29; 02-11-2008 at 06:17 PM. Reason: I'm slow

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draeh Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Austintown, Ohio Age: 35 Posts: 2,043	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? 1) D&D 2) Zork/Planetfall/Leather Godess of Phobos 3) Wizardry! (on the Apple ][) 4) Ultima I-IV 5) The Bard's Tale 6) X-Com: UFO Defense 7) Syndicate 8) Doom 9) Diablo I&II 10) Star Trek Armada I&II 11) Baldur's Gate I&II 12) Imperium Galactica II 13) Neverwinter Nights I&II 14) BF2142 15) BF2:POE2 16) World In Conflict 17) Frontlines: Fuel Of War (starting the 26th!) __________________ Ikariam (Alpha) Toruos[44:84]>Non Sequitur(c)-Sulfur :: Nyyos[44:85]>Obesa Cantavit-Wine Tiaayos[43:84]>Stercus Accidit-Marble :: Emytia[45:85]>Vacca Foeda-Crystal Improving Situational Awareness! My Screenies - My Webpage - Xfire Folding@Home Last edited by draeh; 02-11-2008 at 06:18 PM. Reason: forgot Ultima. Lord British would be sad.

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Pfeil22 Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,703	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? Great topic! Let’s see … Infocom - Zork Sierra On-Line - Police Quest TalonSoft - East Front & West Front Red Storm - Rainbow Six & Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Atari - Axis & Allies BioWare - Neverwinter Nights NovaLogic - Delta Force: Blackhawk Down Electronic Arts - Battlefield 2142 __________________

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MDFubar Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Castle, DE Age: 40 Posts: 1,545	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? Wow, Here we go and they won't really be i order: Pong Space Invaders Missle Command (pretty much any Atari Game) Battle Ship (Intelivision) 1942 (Sega) Delta Force Land Warrior Black Hawk Down Call of Duty Call of Duty2 Far Cry Joint Operations Battlefield Vietnam Battlifield 1942(and the ones following) Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2142 I am sure I missed a few, but you get the idea. __________________ "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." - General George Patton Jr

02-11-2008, 06:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
IOWarrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 118	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? 1. Diablo 2. Starcraft:BW 3. Diablo II 4. MUD: Astaria 5. Warcraft III 6. Battlefield 1942 7. Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat 8. Battlefield:Vietnam (ewww) 9. Battlefield 2 10. World of Warcraft 11. Battlefield 2142 Played a few various MMO's in between there, jumped back and forth between each game quite a bit. Had a bunch of buddies on Battlefield 1942: DC which actually influenced me on joining the Army. -TechWar

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Zhohar Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 666	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? Though I'm 20, the first video game I've played was about five years ago. Hence this list is quite short. 1. Deus Ex. (This still has my heart. Hands down the best video game I've ever played.) 2. Diablo 2. (A brief affair.) 3. Dungeon Siege. (I'll install this every six months or so and play for a few days and uninstall. I do not understand its appeal but that makes it no less potent.) 4. Evermore. (A random MUD.) 5. Quake 3. (Oh, fond memories of the Tier introduction videos. The music on tourney against Klesk is still one of my favourite pieces of video game music. ) 6. Unreal Tournament -- 99 and 2004. (Nothing beats Pancake (with Commander male voice) and GODLIKE (with super sexy female voice.)) 7. Portal. (Beat it on a friend's computer, second favourite game of all time.) 7. BF2142. (Randomly introduced to this at a LAN party about a year ago, have been in love ever since. ) __________________

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Jakaleel Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Capital District Posts: 395	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? Starting with: Major Matt Mason RuneQuest (RPG) (Schenectady Wargamers Association) Space Opera (RPG) The Fantasy Trip Melee/Wizard (Boardgame/RPG) Ogre/GEV (Boardgame) Intellivision (Space Spartans) Atari 5200 (Star Raiders/River Raid) Commodore 64/128 (Space Mule/Battlefront,Reach for the Stars, Carriers at War,Europe Ablaze/F-15/F-19/Gunship) Starfire/StarFleet Battles/Dune/CV/Flattop/StarForce/StarSoldier (Boardgames) PC 8088/286/386/486/Pentium/Pentium2,etc...(Duke/Doom/AvP/Unreal/All X-Com/Many Tank Games) Armor miniatures/Battletech at Point Con Delta Force (All titles) Rogue Spear/Raven Shield/Athena Sword Exalted (RPG) Arkham Horror (Humor/Old/New) (Boardgame) Rome Total Realism BattleField 2142 Many other I cannot remember now. Bought the C64 after finishing AIT. Jakaleel - Spindle Hag the Witch I am chaotic, not evil! __________________ \|TG-21\| Jakaleel New to TG? Start here - 21st Tactical Wiki -There are some forms of insanity which, driven to an ultimate expression, can become the new models of sanity. --BuSab Manual Ad mortem talem navis et peditis

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Icehawk217 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Jersey (refurbished is more like it) Posts: 219	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? Frogger (a 3d version made in ~1997) Pokemon Games Various and Assorted learning games (Math Blaster anyone?) SSBM James Bond: NightFire Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Battlefront II Various other PS2/Gamecube games of various genres Runescape (Waste of my Life!!!) Call Of Duty 1/2 BF2142 ..... (unknown) Among others, these just really stand out as taking up large amounts of my life. Im 16 in like a week BTW. __________________ "Give a man a match and he'll be warm for a minute. Light the man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life"

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Lorax74 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bridgewater, NJ Age: 34 Posts: 5,463	Re: Old Games: How did you get here? I don't recall the exact order anymore, but I'll start off with Apple IIc shareware games that used to come in the mail (5.25" discs). Short list of the most memorable: Atari 2600 games Zork Series Wizardy Series Ultima Series Bard's Tale X-Com Magic: The Gathering (Card game version, started at second edition, quit after the 4th edition or Ice Age) Elric (Role Playing) Call of Cathulu (Role Playing) Warcraft I & II Quake I, IIl, and III Hexen I and II C&C Unreal Unreal Tourniment Diablo Various other games between that just didn't do a thing for me XBox / Xbox 360 games (Including Halo seris) now collecting dust BF2142 BF2 Orange Box Wii The list will continue to grow... __________________ Ikariam (Alpha) Bayhios [35:70] > Truax (c) - Wine Streardeos [39:70] > New Truax - Marble Meikaios[35:68] > Truax Minor - Crystal .

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