Its lunchtime, I cant be bothered doing any work so....

For them that play games on here...

Which is your favourite? Could be a "back in the day" classic or one you are glued to at t'minute.

I've narrowed it down to World of Warcraft, Civilisation 3 or Command and Conquer Generals but can't decide!!

Whats yours?

Age of Empires is still a firm favourite with me for PC gaming!

On the PSX2 it has to be the Spyro the dragon games..he's so cute!

:D

80's retro games...pacman and galaxian!!

:thumbsup:

Hmm, tough call... At the minute it would be either Wrestlemania 21 or World Champ Snooker 2005 on Xbox.. And for retro thrills, Lemmings roxors your soxors!

DHTML remake of Lemmings is here (http://193.151.73.87/games/lemmings/index.html) complete with easy peasy first 10 levels, cheesy music, the works.

Elite

Best. Game. Ever.

Wilf

mines sonic mega adventures on ps2, weird cos in the day i could finish it all on mega drive, now i get stuck all the time!

halflife 2.. a decent story, lots of action, great graphics and lots of extras (counter-strike/project gordan)

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 on the PC, with out a doubt the greatest game ever invented

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, or Sim City, can play them for hours.

BZFlag, or UT Classic.

Joel

my fave at the mo is destroy all humans great fun
:thumbsup:

Mine is war battle games where I can blow things up.

Command & Conquer games for me.

gotta be a football manager game, or fifa, or i love the wrestling games

Ooh, on Mega Drive it was Streets of Rage 2
On Playstaion it was Medal Of Honor & Resident Evil series
On PS2 oit's the above PS1 games with Pro Evolution & G1 Jockey 3! Very addictive!

I love the ps1 Final Fantasies.......at the moment playing Final Fantasy 1 & 2 on the GBA......amazing!

All time favorite has gotta be Castlevania - Symphony of the Night on the ps1

A huge game with loads to explore.

Also Morrowind on the Xbox......massive game too.

Civilisation (Amiga), Age of Empires, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Amiga), Sensible Soccer (Amiga), Football Manager (Spectrum 128)

World of Warcraft

have a soft spot for Manic Miner (spectrum 48K)

PC
Football Manager 2005
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3
Doom 3
Stronghold 1/2

PS2
Destroy All Humans!
All WWE Games
Tekken 5
FIFA
Devil May Cry's

+ Lots of others I cant remember at the minute.

GTA San Andreas on the Xbox, Retro wise i could go on forever but my fave is Last Ninja 2 on C64... ACE! :thumbsup:

My favourite computer game is Repton. I played it on the BBC B. It is a puzzle game and very clever.

Its got to be Championship Manager, although i need a faster computer so i can get one of the recent edition, heard the new one wasn't too good, with sega buying the championship manager name.

Another vote for Final Fantasy here :thumbsup:
Once i get started they take over my life until i finish it :suspect:

Populous on old Atari ST was a classic.

Lately I have been enjoying GTA San Andreas, Rise Of Nations and Act Of War on PC.

BUT! Best of all time??

Easy.....Sid Meir's Civilisation (any version)

Originally posted by ReginaldD
Its got to be Championship Manager, although i need a faster computer so i can get one of the recent edition, heard the new one wasn't too good, with sega buying the championship manager name.

The new one is very poor mate.. if you can, go for Football Manager 2005.. its got all the people from the old championship manager series working on it.. its fantastic.

Streetfighter 2: Pure genius.

EDIT: and the criminally neglected Shenmue 1/2 - more of an experience than a game.

Back in the 80's, there was a game in our local Arcade called 'Willow' (a game based on the film 'Willow'). Basically, it was a 2D scroller adventure game, had loads of levels and I could complete it in one go with a single 20p piece !!

Those were the days..............

Originally posted by biofox
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 on the PC, with out a doubt the greatest game ever invented

I have roller coaster tycoon 2 on me pc i dont think it would be a ble to hack rct3 i'd need to sort it out first

you can beat the games you played as a kid. (http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/games/pong/pong2.swf) the graphics were better - well less pretentious.

For retro games, Skool Daze and Bak to Skool still have a certain charm (and indeed I still play them using my ZX Spectrum emulator)

Modern retro gaming - anything by the Bitmap Brothers, be it Xenon, Xenon 2, Gods, Speedball, etc. Pirates on the Atari ST

Recent-ish - The Final Fantasy series on the PS1 and PS2 (I know there were others on earlier consoles, but it was with 7 that it really impacted). The Suikoden series. Half Life.

Now - Pirates (the new remake on the PC), Star Wars KOTOR 1 and 2, Half Life 2, San Andreas, but most of all at present....City of Heroes.

On PlayStation it has to be the Tony Hawk series, though the first one for PS2 was pants. Also Burnout2 on PS2 and Crash Bandicoot on the PS1. I love Civilisation too (always have to whoop the Romans when i play that ;) ) but the best game of any for me is The Sims. I like the original better than Sims 2 - I found once I'd acheived all the goals that I was doing mad creative stuff with it, seeing what I could build, and then trying to find secret attributes like all the ways to kill the characters and so on.

All time favourites:

1. Lemmings.

2. Monkey Island.

3. Tekken / Streetfighter.

Originally posted by muddycoffee
My favourite computer game is Repton. I played it on the BBC B. It is a puzzle game and very clever.

Repton OWNS! Did you know you can get it for your mobile?

Repton 3 was class by even today's standards IMO.

oop's - forgot to mention Tetris! . . . I bought a gameboy especially for this wonderfully addictive game. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by biofox
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 on the PC, with out a doubt the greatest game ever invented

Have you got the soaked!! add-on yet? That improves the game so much

Originally posted by Lestat
All time favourites:

2. Monkey Island.
Ive got it on my pda, classic game! :D

Just realised I'd forgot one of my other favourite games: Maniac Mansion

Name me another game where you can microwave a hamster or drain the pool to cause a nuclear meltdown?

Wilf

The original 'Sonic the Hedgehog' always reminds me of when I was a lil' kid at christmas, so that has to be my all time favourite!

Not forgetting 'Sonic and Knuckles', any 'GTA', the first 'Metal Gear Solid' on PS and more recently 'Gangsters 2' on PC.

I've always loved Adventure games, rather than shoot-em-ups, and remember with great fondness the Level 9 games 'Colossal Adventure', 'Dungeon Adventure', 'Adventure Quest' and 'Snowball' - for the BBC B.

Fantastic quality for their day, and the lack of graphics meant you had to use your imagination. Must admit though, I would love to play their equivalent today, with the technology available nowadays.

Of the more modern games, The Sims is the only one that really appeals to me. I'll get round to it sometime! (Although I must admit to a sneaking interest in GTA San Andreas!)

StarSparkle

Can you remember horaces games on the spectrum they good , then mamic miner, jet set willy,but one of the best games was elite

Heres some of my favourite games of all time

Street Fighter 2
Sensible World Of Soccer (Amiga)
Theme Park
Stunt Car Racer (Amiga)
Monkey Island 1
Chase HQ

i cannot be beaten at super mario kart on the snes

over 10 games on battle i will beat anyone


hmmm maybe i should have spent the time revising....i doubt an a+ at mario kart will come in handy

I loved Manic Miner on my Commodore 64... despite having to wait 15 minutes for it to load from tape, and never getting past the level with the flapping toilets (lame I know, it's only about level 5!)

For PC my favourite is Myst. Stayed up well into the small hours solving the puzzles on there.

Does anyone know any similar games I might enjoy?

Originally posted by MTheo
i cannot be beaten at super mario kart on the snes

over 10 games on battle i will beat anyone


hmmm maybe i should have spent the time revising....i doubt an a+ at mario kart will come in handy

tut tut tut cant believe I forgot to mention Mario Kart.
I think youll find that i am the BEST player in the world at both the SNES version and the 64 version (the Gamecube version is pants). I see a challenge looming ;)

Originally posted by spyro2000
tut tut tut cant believe I forgot to mention Mario Kart.
I think youll find that i am the BEST player in the world at both the SNES version and the 64 version (the Gamecube version is pants). I see a challenge looming ;)

lol... id love to teach you a lesson or two about my genius...but i only accept it on the original console. the emulators arent a proper copy of the game and the controls/speed of play arent right.

i can dodge red shells better than anyone :)

Originally posted by MTheo
lol... id love to teach you a lesson or two about my genius...but i only accept it on the original console. the emulators arent a proper copy of the game and the controls/speed of play arent right.

i can dodge red shells better than anyone :)

lol no disrespect son, but you could never beat me on the original SNES version. I am indeed invincible. Many have fallen at the hands of my perfectly timed green shells. and my precision throwing of banana skins, I dont need Red Shells, my accuracy is perfect anyway.:P

mine as got to be call of duty and call of duty united offensive, then to follow it would be pariah, then far cry, then medal of honor allied assault, then first to fight, then secret weapons over normandy followed by silent hunter 111 then cold fear, then brothers in arms. my list will go on and on I have got that many favourites.

Anyone remember a game called 'Ikari Warriors', that game was classic, as was Xenon 2

From the top of my head the games I've wasted the most time on are (in no particular order):

Elite (BBC micro/C64)
Civilization (all of them, PC)
Unreal Tournament (all of them but the original is the best, PC)
Pro Evolution Soccer (all of them on both PS2 and PC)
Final Fantasy 7 (PS)
World of Warcraft (PC)
Bubble Bobble (Arcade + C64)
Wizball (C64)
Tetris (Available on everything ever made I think)
Sensible Soccer (amiga)
GTA Vice City & San Andreas (PC, PS2, Xbox)
Paperboy (Arcade)
Team Fortress Classic (Half Life mod) (PC)
Burnout 3 (Xbox)
California/Summer/Winter/etc Games (C64)
Championship Manager (all of them, amiga/pc - but not the new one)
Not sure if this is valid but... Yahoo Chess (Java)

If I had to pick one it would probably be Elite, but World Of Warcraft is the one I play most at present. Sorry for the long list, it was even longer but I deleted a load so as not to over-do it. :P

Speaking of Chess. Battle Chess for the Amiga was also one of my faves.

Yaay just saw another elite fan.

it brings back happy memories for me of playing it on the NES, with ym dad as the copilot cos I was a great shot and a flying ace and he was a dab hand with missiles.

Wilf

elite .... playing it on the NES

I didn't even know there was a NES version, Seen PC, BBC and C64 versions. Guess you learn something new everyday :)

The reason I picked Elite as the one out of the lot is because I think alot of modern games owe some of their success to Elite.

It was (as far as I can remember), the first open ended game. You could play it forever and at the same time you could play it a million times and never have the same experience.

It's also the first game I ever played where the biggest thrill was the constant upgrade cycle. Buying a new ship/weapon/cargo bay/scoop/etc. Building attributes.

"Map" exploration was also key. A huge universe to explore seperated into seperate area's, each needing a different level of skill and ship to succeed in.

An open ended trading system where you could buy and sell almost anything in the game.

In some respects I think RPGs (FF, Ultima, Baulders Gate, Etc) and MMORPGs (Everquest, WOW, etc) have taken many game play elements from Elite and improved on them. Some would say without ever surpassing the experience :)

Originally posted by BrainThrust
Yaay just saw another elite fan.

it brings back happy memories for me of playing it on the NES, with ym dad as the copilot cos I was a great shot and a flying ace and he was a dab hand with missiles.

Wilf


Co-pilot? NES? Huh? No slow paced space trading game where you moved from system to system, avoiding pirates and trying your hardest to afford a docking computer then?

Defo C&C series. Civilisation 2 is amazin.

Originally posted by Beakerzoid
Co-pilot? NES? Huh? No slow paced space trading game where you moved from system to system, avoiding pirates and trying your hardest to afford a docking computer then?

Oh yeah, it was slow, we loved the trading but we realised being the crack team we were that we shoudl take advantage of flying better than the AI. We'd soon dosed up with Mil. Spec lasers and a ridiculously fast ship that could take hell of a beating. We used to trade from system to system but we'd do a bit of bounty hunting on the pirates as we went, nothing like a bit of extra cash.

Still ran away from the thargoids though!

Wilf

Originally posted by ianbrownfan
Defo C&C series. Civilisation 2 is amazin.

there's a new CIV out soon..

So many great games to choose from :)

Retro : Bubble Bobble, Elite, Chuckie Egg, Frak, Pitfall and the fantastic Sky Kid... I can still remember the music now..

And currently,

Any of the mechwarrior games, freelancer, half-life 2, GTA San Andreas.

Scott

Can anybody remember a game on the amiga called hunter where you could go in speedboats fly helicopters go in jeeps etc my mat had it on copy about 10 years ago tried searching for it but no luck

Championship Manager (nearly all of them)
Football Manager 2005 (same people who made old champ manager)
Syndicate
Warhammer Dawn of War
Rainbow Six 3
Dizzy
Micro Machines (megadrive)

Elite 2 Frontier
Sensible world of soccer
All the monkey island games
Transport tycoon
Heroes Of Might And Magic
Grand theft auto (all of them)
Gran Turismo
Broken Sword 1 and 2
Dizzy Games
Freecell on windows xp ( i spend about 4 hours a day on it my work can drag)
Monty Mole Games
Horace Goes Skiing
The Manager (on the amiga)
all i can think of at the minute

Has to be the Command and Conquer games! Excellent fun.

Been playing a lot of Brian Lara Cricket 2005 and Athens 2004 on the PS2 - great fun when a mutli-tap + beer is involved :hihi: :clap:

Anyone remember a kung fu game on the amiga called IK+ ?

Best game ever.

I'm addicted to the New Brian Lara Cricket game.. Im not allowed to play it this weekend under orders..

:help:

Originally posted by D2J
I'm addicted to the New Brian Lara Cricket game.. Im not allowed to play it this weekend under orders..

:help:

A similar scenario exists with myself and Football Manager. I've beened banned from playing it for 2 months now.....

i'm into retro gaming... bring back Streets of Rage on the sega megadrive... lol

Originally posted by thetorch
i'm into retro gaming... bring back Streets of Rage on the sega megadrive... lol

If you're into retro gaming you'd like this site I've just started going on Retroremakes.com (http://www.retroremakes.com)

Been visiting that site for a while now (a few years at least - think I mentioned it in another thread). Found it from the RetroSpec site. Gotta love remakes of classic 8-bit games.


Anyway...at present I am still addicted to City of Heroes on the PC! 3 months in and still on it every day!

For me the golden age of gaming was my Amiga!

Just got hold of a good emulator and reliving those good ol' days.

My favorite from that era has got to be Turrican 1 & 2

Some one has to bring them out for the GBA or a huge collection of Amiga games for the PS2 or Xbox on one disc.

huge collection of Amiga games for the PS2 or Xbox on one disc.

http://xport.xbox-scene.com/frame.html?http://xport.xbox-scene.com/winuaex.php

Games not included for obvious reasons but they are hardly difficult to find.

splinter cell 3 and silent hill 3 also project zero best games ever!!!

baldurs gate stole a few months was excelent when first released dated now but still fun

A similar scenario exists with myself and Football Manager. I've beened banned from playing it for 2 months now.....
2 Months with out Football Manager how did you last :o It's just soo addicitve

Hopfully soon i'll get roller coaster tycoon 3 on i've upgraded me RAM

I'm still on with SSX4, -Loving it!

I started playing The Movies on PC again recently, shame I'm rubbish at making movies that are any cop on it though :(

World of Warcraft has unfortunately taken hold of me. It's taking me far to long to type this reply. I'm getting all twitchy and nervous :suspect:

Come on Boch.... Let's go kill some baddies! Muhahahahahahahahaha

With each new computer/console came a new fad.

Zxspectrum. Manic miner. Classic. Used to sit there willing the tape recorder to load and scream when twenty minutes had past by and it hadn't.
Also liked Burger time Horace spider and skiing. A game called It's only rock and roll where you got to manage a pop band and they played smoke on the water at every gig.
Atari - Pac man. I could play this for hours. Mr Do and Phoenix. - still my favourite arcade game.
Amiga64 - Some dodgy jungle trecking game.
Amiga - Lemmings! Tried the online version mentioned earlier.:)
Gameboy - Doctor Franken and all the Mario's. Tetris for hours as well.
SNES -Rollercoaster Tycoon and Dr Mario.

Don't have time to play them now. :(

I'm still addicted to City of Heroes, but am also divulging in a bit of Project Zero, Guild Wars, Suikoden IV, and various retro-games courtesy of the Namco/Sega/Taito/Midway classics collections.

Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Atik Atak

All the Ultimate games starting from the really simple Jetpac through to the later 3D ones - Underworld and the one when you kept changing into a wolf

Ad Astra was a good shoot 'em up

Oh and Sweevo's world, I liked that one as well.

warcraft has to be one of the best games around,(anybody agree)

I can't disagree being as i'm spending about 5 hours a day on it at the minute ;)

On the PC I liked Myst & Riven.

But I much preferred the kids old Nintendo 64 - Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Mario Karts.

Anyone played F.E.A.R. on the PC yet? So scary I can only play it for half an hour at a time!!

Currently Beta-testing a new MMORPG called "Auto Assault" which also rocks, but absorbs my free time like a sponge!

I was bought world of warcraft for my birthday but i'll be honest it scares me - people kept killing me! And a man proposed to me - freaky, I just don't get it.

I am truly obssessed with The Sims 2. I love making characters, playing the game, building houses, downloading new things - can spend hours on it. Just bought the new expansion pack "open for business" and looking forward to sunday to turn all my girls into beauticians!

As a kid I loved all the speccy games - Magicland Dizzy, Lazy Jones, Paperboy, Attic Attack, rainbow islands (which if any know of a simulator of I will cry) and I just downloaded sonic the hedgehog onto my phone which is great.

As a kid I loved all the speccy games - Magicland Dizzy, Lazy Jones, Paperboy, Attic Attack, rainbow islands (which if any know of a simulator of I will cry) and I just downloaded sonic the hedgehog onto my phone which is great.

For a ZX Specturm emulator, pop over to http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ and from there check out the links for other resource sites.

If you want to play an arcade-perfect version of Rainbow Islands (and many other retro games) grab a PS2, x-box, or PC copy of Midway Classic, Taito Legends, Capcom Classics and lots of other compialtions. (Rainbow Islands is on Taito Legends)

atari st ruled!

summer games, eliminator, double dragon CMON!!

Heh...I've recently rediscovered the joys of the Atari ST thanks to http://www.atari.st , a copy of the STEEM emulator, and a load of games. Millenium 2.1 and Pirates will see some hours of my life over the coming weeks!

Your all Gamorz noob's im going to say it once more..

TURRICAN best game ever made end of conversation :D

hey im going to check that steem out, think i had a copy ages ago but it didnt work...

turrican??? hell yeah!

and what about xenon/xenon 2? or basically any bitmap brothers game?!

anyone for speedball 2...:hihi:

Very boring compared to some of the games on here but I play Spider Solitaire which is similar to the games that come bundled with Windows, but with this you can compete online. It can be downloaded here and according to the league table I am 12th in the world with a score of 1207. How about taking me on?


http://scores.goodsol.com/topscores/scores/pgs/spideronesuit.html

hey im going to check that steem out, think i had a copy ages ago but it didnt work...

turrican??? hell yeah!

and what about xenon/xenon 2? or basically any bitmap brothers game?!

anyone for speedball 2...:hihi:

Love the Bitmaps! As you mention, Xenon and Xenon 2 - the best shoote-em-ups ever! Chaos Engine is calling me now....must dig out my copy.

forgot about that one!

when i got the chaos engine, i stayed up for hours on end playing it...classic and a half!

pretty good graphics for the time too:)

For a ZX Specturm emulator, pop over to http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ and from there check out the links for other resource sites.

If you want to play an arcade-perfect version of Rainbow Islands (and many other retro games) grab a PS2, x-box, or PC copy of Midway Classic, Taito Legends, Capcom Classics and lots of other compialtions. (Rainbow Islands is on Taito Legends)

I've just got a SNES emulator for my PS2, the games are much more playable than on a PC emulator.

I've just got a SNES emulator for my PS2, the games are much more playable than on a PC emulator.

I know what you mean. Just doesn't seem right playing console games on a PC. I even bought a control pad for my PS2 which is laid out just like a PS2 controller - but still find it strange playing some games on it (NFS Underground 2 for example - works so much better on PS2).

Where did you get the SNES emulator from?

Where did you get the SNES emulator from?

http://home.comcast.net/~dustinstern/sneshowto.htm

No offence but you do know that unless you own the original cartridge, disc or whatever, the law says that you have to delete any given game ROM you download within 24 hours.

I realise nobody ever does delete them, but I'm just giving the official line of the law so people know and then they don't get into any trouble.

My favourite computer game is reformatting and installing windows on my mate's computer for the 10th time after he has rammed it to the gunnels with internet porn, and filled it so full of viruses and diallers that it doesn't even have enough memory to start up again.

No offence but you do know that unless you own the original cartridge, disc or whatever, the law says that you have to delete any given game ROM you download within 24 hours.

I realise nobody ever does delete them, but I'm just giving the official line of the law so people know and then they don't get into any trouble.

Fully aware of that law. Still have boxes filled of speccy cassettes, Atari ST discs, and various game cartidges stored away (I hoard everything). I use emulators as my old consoles are a bit dodgy now (controllers in particular), my Atari discs are a bit warped, and the ZX Spectrum takes too bloody long to load up (it still works though - rubber keys 48K version at that!! A miracle!)

I just love retro gaming - hence my purchases of various classics collections. Worth every penny spent.

I love retro gaming as well, particularly retro PC gaming... I just can't play most of my retro PC games any more cos they don't work under Windows XP! :rant:

Gone are the days of playing classics like Under a Killing Moon, Wing Commander 3 and 4, Discworld 1 and 2... The only older games in my collection that work now are Duke Nukem 3D and occassionally Theme Hospital.

I love retro gaming as well, particularly retro PC gaming... I just can't play most of my retro PC games any more cos they don't work under Windows XP! :rant:

Gone are the days of playing classics like Under a Killing Moon, Wing Commander 3 and 4, Discworld 1 and 2... The only older games in my collection that work now are Duke Nukem 3D and occassionally Theme Hospital.

Yeah...I know that feeling well. Ended up setting up a dual boot PC so I could still get into Windows 98 (games like Dune, Constructor, etc needed to be played ;) )

The other alternative is to pick up a copy of Virtual PC. However it does cost £80!!

On my next PC upgrade I'm going to use my spares to construct a simple PC to put 98 on, and use that as a 'training' pc for my son....and a way to play all my old games.

Here's a blast from the past for you all. A free 3D marble madness game :)

http://www.lucaelia.com/games.php

At the moment though my whole life has been put to on side while I play Battlefield 2 on Xbox Live!

Its amazing!
Managed to rack up just over 100 hours and the rank of 1st Leutenant!

(not too sure about the spelling there)

By the way my tag is Nflux

Aah...for me, it has to Frontier: Elite II (on an A1200). A very worthy sequel to an all-time classic. After that, probably Turrican, which I played on my C64. Civ III has been a staple for the last couple of years, although I'm loving Doom3 at the moment. I completed Repton in Primary school and subsequently got 'done' for sneaking in at dinner time to play it, and I also remember playing Chuckie Egg on the same machine.
Lotus Espirit Turbo Challenge was ace...I seem to remember the second one was pretty good, too. And F1GP. All on the Amiga, of course.

Can anyone remember a game called Vendetta? I have very hazy memories of it. Can't remember if I had it for the Amiga or C64.

As for the Bitmaps: absolute classics every time! Speedball 2, Xenon II:Megablast, Magic Pockets (with Betty Boo!) - I saw a Bomb the Bass 7" in Spin City recently with Megablast as the b-side. Should've got it.

I don't play computer games anymore, but; I remember having Ed the duck (from broom-cupboard fame) on a Commodore 64 in the 80's... What a game!! I've still got it packed away in the loft, one of these day's I'm gonna get it down and have a game! :blush:

No offence but you do know that unless you own the original cartridge, disc or whatever, the law says that you have to delete any given game ROM you download within 24 hours.

I realise nobody ever does delete them, but I'm just giving the official line of the law so people know and then they don't get into any trouble.


I am afraid there is no such law. There is no 24 hour limit. You must NOT copy any copyright material that you do not own the original of. This includes deleted items, and items that are unobtainable by any means.

See http://www.worldofspectrum.org/permits/

Current top ps2 game is StarWars Battlefront 2...

but that will be replaced as fave game by 24 The Game as its out tomorrow..

played a demo of it which was free with last months playstation2 mag...
its great - cant wait to get my hands on the full game...

These days it's Sims 2 and Elder Scrolls on the PC, or the Silent Hill series (especially 2), Halo and Halo 2 and the more recent GTA and MGS games on the consoles.

In the (pretty distant) past I spent hours on Tir Na Nog and Dun Darach, Chaos, Quazatron and Bored of the Rings on my brother's speccy or the Level 9 adventures on my C64 :)

For any seriously retro gaming, though, my partner found me free (and legal ;)) downloads of some of the Scott Adams adventures (http://www.msadams.com/downloads.htm) from the days when we used a TRS 80 (which my brother still owns :) )

I keep a 486 DX 100 machine with 80 meg of HDD to run Civilisation 1 and MOO (Master of Orion 1 ). Somehow, I enjoy these oldies more than MOO 3 or CIV 4 or whatever number they're up to.
Used to be a game long ago that you could play without a computer: just an 8 x 8 squared board and some carved wood counters. Some people spent their lives becoming world champs at it . The graphics were lousy, and it had no sound. Think it began with ch......
Hear they got round to teaching computers to play it now.

I was re-living the humour of Monkey Island 4 at the weekend

I used to love the Dizzy games on the spectrum!

I used to love the Dizzy games on the spectrum!

Me too, I used to play them regularly on Spectrum emulators.. I can now actually complete Dizzy: Prince of the Yolk Folk without cheating!

I just finished Tony Hawk American Wasteland, and Im about halfway through Marc Eckos Contents Under Pressure. Need something else to play, itll probably be the new LOTR game, or Star Wars Empire At War

super hang on.

but enough of the older games...well ok, stick goldeneye in the mix too!

what about forza motorsport?? its ace when you get a jag xj220 and crank it up to 260 mph - - - > crash!!!

halflife 2.. a decent story, lots of action, great graphics and lots of extras (counter-strike/project gordan)

:thumbsup: YES I AGREE its TOP NOTCH GAMING!! :thumbsup:

my favourite computer games is as follows
black. ps2
driver parallel lines.ps2
call of duty the big red one.ps2
call of duty finest hour.ps2
cold winter.ps2
darkwatch.ps2
true crime new york city.ps2
wrc rally evolved.ps2
grand theft auto's san andreas/vice city. ps2
burnout revenge. ps2
burnout takedown.ps2

Pro Evolution Soccer 5

:thumbsup: YES I AGREE its TOP NOTCH GAMING!! :thumbsup:

Trouble with games like Half Life 2 though is that you need some kind of Gargantuan Mega-Computer to run it at anything like full capacity with no slowdown etc, hence part of the reason I gave up on PC based gaming LONG ago.

Trouble with games like Half Life 2 though is that you need some kind of Gargantuan Mega-Computer to run it at anything like full capacity with no slowdown etc, hence part of the reason I gave up on PC based gaming LONG ago.

No you dont. My computer didnt cost more than £500 to build, and runs HL2 at 1024x1280, with everything turned up to full, and never drops below 24fps.

completed HL1 a million times, and it still has a tendency to freak me out!!
now, its HL2, SUPERB GAME, and my machine aint that much of a high spec, but it runs beautifully, love the boat, the car, but the crane is best by far!!! (THE ANT-LIONS SCARE THE C**P OUTTA ME!)
also had a speccy 48k too, loved bruce lee, horace and mega-bucks-BRILLIANT!!:thumbsup:

I highly recommend the new Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion game enough, best game I've ever played.... although the Dizzy games and paradroid are still classics.

Scott

for the pc then its desert combat (a mod of battlefield1942)
call of duty
halflife

for consoles then gran turismo, mario kart and micromachines

just got an old xbox with some games and my faves are so far:

Black
Half Life 2 (played first one constantly)
Pro Evo 5
King Kong
Ice Age2
Ghost Recon Advanced Fighter?

Not got round to playing many others yet

Elite – do you remember the ranking system where you would start as “Harmless” and work your way up through the ranks to “Elite” - alas I got a copy without instructions so I spent the first year performing shuttle missions.

I was the only player to acquire the rank of “Pathetic” before the computer committed the first known example of silicon suicide. :confused:

The Repton & Total Annihilation series are also pretty good.

the sim2 with all the expansion packs, altho i dont have the new one and need to install the whole game again to play anyway, its so addictive

Anyone remember a kung fu game on the amiga called IK+ ?

Best game ever.

Yes, the music was fantastic too.

The only computer game I can even slightly play is Elf Land :D

But the other week I did play the My Little Pony game, and my sister said it would take me weeks (thanks a lot!) but I did it in like 2 hours :D

On IK+, if you press T mid match, the opponents trousers fall down. I remember stuff like that.

hello gamers, as anybody played or are playing the new ps2 game called
urban chaos riot responce, if so is it any good and would you recommend it for buying.
I have just got in to playing all the james bond games for the ps2 as anybody else played the bond games on ps2 as I am stuck on the rogue agent how do you take down the three aircraft and the blokes who are shooting you with the grenade lauchers, when you start the next mission after sending the codes out in that big room where all that machinery is. I could do with the game guide for rogue agent then I wouldnt get stuck on it, does anybody know where I can get a copy of it either new or second hand.

Just like nobody could beat me on Street Fighter 2 Turbo on the SNES, or Super Tennis...

I'm half tempted to get a Wii just to play those games again.

Just like nobody could beat me on Street Fighter 2 Turbo on the SNES, or Super Tennis...

I'm half tempted to get a Wii just to play those games again.

Just get a *cough* Emulator *cough*

At the moment football manager 2006, but favourite game will be football manager 2007 when it comes out. With pro evo a close second.

zx spectrum - manic miner, chuckie egg, atic atac
arcade - rally x, pacman, bubble bobble, galaxians
snes - mariokart, mario world, zombies ate my neighbours
worms, desert strike - on everything
those are prolly my bestest games eveh

At the minute I like playing old-skool games on the PSP, Street Fighter 2 Turbo is fantastic, also I am still addicted to Football Manager 2006 and my newest game Coffee Break which is good fun.

Talking about stuff, who remembers that if you type motherfu*kingkiwibast*rds duting the title screen on 'The Newzealand Story' it activates the cheats. Anyone??
:banana:

Just like nobody could beat me on Street Fighter 2 Turbo on the SNES

Dont worry Rich, its coming on Xbox Live Arcade anytime soon! :thumbsup:
I'll give ya a run for ya money! :D

Ive just finished Hitman Blood Money, that was good. Halfway through Fahrenheit and Black and White 2, and playing Sensible Soccer 2006. And just started to play through GTA San Andreas again.

Wonderboy in monsterworld on the megadrive is the best game ever created. PSP fans that can use homebrew really should give it a try on DGEN.

Current populars:

Cs Source
Day of defeat source
Pro evo 5
Sega football manager

All time faves:

Goldeneye (n64)
Sensible Soccer
Golden axe
Mario Kart (Snes)
Streets of Rage

I like the Zelda series from Nintendo..

I used to love Exploding fist on the C64, or it might have been The way of the exploding fist, cant rememeber..............Cool karate game in vain of streetfighter. Speaking of which i used to love playing Streetfighther 2. I was always Guile! :clap:

I used to love Exploding fist on the C64, or it might have been The way of the exploding fist, cant rememeber..............Cool karate game in vain of streetfighter. Speaking of which i used to love playing Streetfighther 2. I was always Guile! :clap:

yup way of the exploding fist

i used to play it on the speccy :)

Zelda has to be a classic game and the best

Ahhh memories.

Kick Off 2 on the Amiga. Crapped all over Sensible Soccer
Frontier was also fab. Utterly absorbing and open ended
Rez on the old Dreamcast was (and still is) utterly brill

I love Marvel Nemisis : Rise of the Imperfects. Got it for ps2 and psp and cant stop playing it!

RanaRama on the spectrum! Anyone remember it?
Some frog, a load of wizards and spelling all in one go! Can't be beaten. :)

I still play breakout on our Atari woody a fair bit too!

Either Final Fantasy or Tekken, both on the PS2, depending on my mood. I do really love the FF series, a lot.

Either Final Fantasy or Tekken, both on the PS2, depending on my mood. I do really love the FF series, a lot.

I don't have the time to play through a Final Fantasy game these days, but I loved Final Fantasy 7 and 8. I'm taking some time off work next week and am debating putting in some time with Star Ocean Till the End of Time, which looks huge.

And I can't stop playing Tekken 5 at the moment. Fear my Nina Williams skills.

There are so many since I had the Speccy in the 80's but right now, I'm loving Elder Scrolls - Oblivion on the Xbox 360!

Aces High II - WWII online multiplayer combat flight sim. Unbeatable if you know your Hurricanes from Spitfires, and like 'realistic' flight characteristics.

No Sidewinder or AMRAAM missiles here :)

Aces High II - WWII online multiplayer combat flight sim. Unbeatable if you know your Hurricanes from Spitfires, and like 'realistic' flight characteristics.

No Sidewinder or AMRAAM missiles here :)

#ACCCEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HI IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Doom3, Farcry, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat and World of Warcraft just a few of ma favourites

I used to love Exploding fist on the C64, or it might have been The way of the exploding fist, cant rememeber..............Cool karate game in vain of streetfighter. Speaking of which i used to love playing Streetfighther 2. I was always Guile! :clap:

Ryu and Ken > Guile.

Although admittedly when I was 14 I actually fancied Chun Li, then I saw the Street Fighter II animated Manga movie a few years later which featured a Chun Li in the shower scene :love: :blush:

Americas Army Special Forces.

I've been playing Manhunt recently, it's quite good in a gory, violent way.

Ryu and Ken > Guile.

Although admittedly when I was 14 I actually fancied Chun Li, then I saw the Street Fighter II animated Manga movie a few years later which featured a Chun Li in the shower scene :love: :blush:

Guile could take Ken and Ryu at same time and beat em!! :thumbsup:

I was sometimes the sumo bloke aswell :D what was his name?

Guile could take Ken and Ryu at same time and beat em!! :thumbsup:

I was sometimes the sumo bloke aswell :D what was his name?

Eddie Honda!

Eddie Honda!

Thanks. I used to like his fast hand chop! :D

Thanks. I used to like his fast hand chop! :D


You sir, are one of the most annoying type of SF2 players ever :P

You spend ages learning the blocks and moves of Sagat and then some fat 9 year old presses one button with the frenzy only a severe sugar rush and sausage fingers can achieve. You lose and he thinks himself all superior until you hit him in the head with a cycling helmet.

Not that I'm bitter!

Wilf

I was bought world of warcraft for my birthday but i'll be honest it scares me - people kept killing me! And a man proposed to me - freaky, I just don't get it.

I am truly obssessed with The Sims 2. I love making characters, playing the game, building houses, downloading new things - can spend hours on it. Just bought the new expansion pack "open for business" and looking forward to sunday to turn all my girls into beauticians!

As a kid I loved all the speccy games - Magicland Dizzy, Lazy Jones, Paperboy, Attic Attack, rainbow islands (which if any know of a simulator of I will cry) and I just downloaded sonic the hedgehog onto my phone which is great.

Thank goodness you mentioned The Sims was getting a bit worried I was the only person in the world who played it. Just like to make a perfect society where everyone is happy, well educated and get good jobs.

Welll that probably says alot about me.

Thank goodness you mentioned The Sims was getting a bit worried I was the only person in the world who played it. Just like to make a perfect society where everyone is happy, well educated and get good jobs.

Welll that probably says alot about me.


I made houses with serial killers boarding up people behind the walls

That probably says a lot about me! :blush:

Wilf

My kids were really good at building swimming pools without steps so no one could get out and they just died.

However all mine are doing well, been to uni and have happy lives and good holidays.

I know I am a sad person but what the heck.

Guile could take Ken and Ryu at same time and beat em!! :thumbsup:

I was sometimes the sumo bloke aswell :D what was his name?

WRONG! Ryu and Ken's Ha-do-ken fireballs and Sho-ryu-ken Dragon punches > Guile's flashy projectile kicks and moves.

I also used to use Blanka sometimes, his electric shock move could beat even Sagat and M Bison in 2 goes usually.

Same as SUFC-fan Day of Defeat source add-on for halflife 2 cant stop playing WAr is hell

You sir, are one of the most annoying type of SF2 players ever :P

You spend ages learning the blocks and moves of Sagat and then some fat 9 year old presses one button with the frenzy only a severe sugar rush and sausage fingers can achieve. You lose and he thinks himself all superior until you hit him in the head with a cycling helmet.

Not that I'm bitter!

Wilf

Sagat had his own special moves! why didnt you learn them, fight fire with fire and stop moaning! :thumbsup: :hihi: :D

WRONG! Ryu and Ken's Ha-do-ken fireballs and Sho-ryu-ken Dragon punches > Guile's flashy projectile kicks and moves.

I also used to use Blanka sometimes, his electric shock move could beat even Sagat and M Bison in 2 goes usually.

These are fighting words! :mad: Guiles sonic boom could knock you out and take about................ooooh a third of your energy! not to mention his bicycle kick thing he could do! Ken & Ryu = Big girls blouse :thumbsup:

Just uninstalled World of Warcraft and a couple of others to make way for Fahrenheit. Nice game with an interesting story but I'm having trouble with the 'Storm' chapter. That last bit where he has to run for the door to escape his apartment nobbles me every time. I can't get up enough speed before the floor falls from under me. :(

Fave games of all time include:

Target Renegade - Speccy
Sonic - Megadrive
Sensible Soccer - Amiga

I'm sure there's others but with 3 LARGE glasses of wine inside me I can't remember. :D

Fave games of all time include:

Target Renegade - Speccy


Top banana! :hihi:

well 18 months later and i'm still hooked on World of Warcraft
i'm decked out in some of the best equipment in the game...

can't wait for the expansion

Sagat had his own special moves! why didnt you learn them, fight fire with fire and stop moaning! :thumbsup: :hihi: :D

Sagat has the Tiger Uppercut, which is basically his own version of Sho-Ryu-Ken Dragon Punch, he also has a projectile attack called the Tiger shot, and the Tiger knee lift.

If only the controls on the Xbox 360 version weren't so crap, I would > everybody on SF2.

I used to play elite for hours on my comp back in the old days.
I jsut tried to download another game from a certain naughty download site but the damn thing refused to play.

Just get a *cough* Emulator *cough*

*Cough* Emulators *cough* are crap unless it's something like MAME.

Anyway I'll shut up now before I get banned for talking about something that's against the rules.

treasure island - com 16

If only the controls on the Xbox 360 version weren't so crap, I would > everybody on SF2.

Give over Rich, yeah its not the best controler, but ive still managed to get a few achievements :D

Send me a message,when ya want me to whooop ya ass on it :hihi:

One of my work pals is raving about Oblivion on the XBox 360 at the moment. Is he right in doing so as I've seen it and it does look ok. I've not played it enough to get into it yet though. Your thoughts gamers? :)

One of my work pals is raving about Oblivion on the XBox 360 at the moment. Is he right in doing so as I've seen it and it does look ok. I've not played it enough to get into it yet though. Your thoughts gamers? :)

Its a quality game, its gonna take me about 3 years to finish it!
Highly recomend it :thumbsup:

I'll need to get myself an XBox 360 first. ;) Slight drawback there methinks.

I'll need to get myself an XBox 360 first. ;) Slight drawback there methinks.
:hihi:

Quite possibly! :D

I don't like any of the modern games Playstation etc, they just seem far too complicated. Some of the best games I have ever played were on my very old Commordor 64 years and years ago.

Fireant and Boulder dash were my favourites. Oh and Tetris on the gameboy.

Keep it simple is what I say.

Oooo, lets see...can't say I've a favourite all time game but ones that stand out are:

Sensible World of Soccer
Madden Series
Battleforce (Amiga) / Titans of Steel (PC) essentially the same Battletech game
Speedball 2
Final Fantasy 7
Elite (obviously)
Half life / Counter Strike

I don't play computer games anymore, but; I remember having Ed the duck (from broom-cupboard fame) on a Commodore 64 in the 80's... What a game!! I've still got it packed away in the loft, one of these day's I'm gonna get it down and have a game! :blush:

There's 2 things wrong with that IMO:

1) The Edd the Duck character was almost as annoying as Kevin the Gerbil of Roland Rat fame.

2) The EtD game was just a crap colour clash infested Rainbow Islands rip off.

I loved Hidden and Dangerous 2 - it took a lot of patience. Though I would say World of Warcraft feels twice as good as my previous favourite game. I have been playing it a year now and still only seem to be scratching the surface!

last ninja 2 c64
myth c64
mariokart n64
streetfighter 2 (nobody can beat me)
all GTA's
oblivion xbox360
dynatron mission spectrum

Mariokart N64 over the SNES version? Interesting choice.

Speedball 2 - Amiga.

Streetfighter 2 - Over the years, I must have forked out tonnes on this game in various different formats - Amiga, SNES, PS1, PS2, XBOX and finally PSP

Anyone remember a kung fu game on the amiga called IK+ ?

Best game ever.

IK+ was the s**t!! One of the best games ever made. Who remembers Way of the Exploding Fist? Had that on the Commodore 64.

I remember back in the day a computer shop near Castle Market. They used to have an arcade machine called Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninga. Other standout games for me are:

Senible Soccer
Microprose Soccer
Robocop
Vigilante
Shadow Warriors
Sim City (all of them)
Tekken
Time Crisis
Tetris
Strider

So many great computer games to choose one favourite! They don't make games like they used to. By that I mean from a playability standpoint, not graphically.

At the moments it's World of Warcraft - way too addictive - also Mario, Mario Cart and Rainbow Islands on my DS. I also like Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Flatout 2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 on the PC.

Of all time I'd say all the Mario series, I also liked loads of Amiga games like Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder, Worms (not 3D!), Lemmings, Zool, The Newzealand Story, Pinball Fantasies, The Secret of Monkey Island (1 and 2), Speedball 1/2 and loads more. Remembering these makes me want to get out my A500 when I get home!

Total Annihilation is an excellent top down RTS game I'm re-enjoying at the moment.

Also good for a network blast if anyone else has it - is Defcon from Introversion software. ( http://www.everyone-dies.com )It's supplied by steam, so if you have counterstrike:source or half-life2, you can download and start playing the demo immediately.

Inspired by Wargames, it's a game of global thermonuclear war played out on the big screen at Norad. Immensely satisfying with the best ambient soundtrack I've heard for some time.

For less than £10 it's a real bargain, and great for the occasional gamer who just wants a short game, and the chance to exterminate millions from the comfort of their own War Room.

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Of all time? Shenmue.

Currently? StarFox Command.

Anyone played F.E.A.R. on the PC yet? So scary I can only play it for half an hour at a time!!


F.E.A.R is a great game .. was so disapointed when i completed it .. but now i have the addon .. F.E.A.R Extraction Point .. :D .. Still sit here gettin chills when the little girl who looks like her from the Grudge film just pops up from nowhere ...

Fifa 07 on Xbox, like champ manager and iss pro rolled into one. Top class! :thumbsup:

F.E.A.R is a great game .. was so disapointed when i completed it .. but now i have the addon .. F.E.A.R Extraction Point .. :D .. Still sit here gettin chills when the little girl who looks like her from the Grudge film just pops up from nowhere ...

D'oh .. Just completed F.E.A.R Extraction Point now .... hope theres another ... :D

RanaRama on the spectrum! Anyone remember it?
Some frog, a load of wizards and spelling all in one go! Can't be beaten. :)

I still play breakout on our Atari woody a fair bit too!

I remember that! I was really really bad at it :D


What about classics like Bubble Bobble or Rainbow Islands with that damn vampire boss? Or classic shoot-em-ups like Parellax, Uridium+, Salamander or IO?

My all-time favourite game though would be Speedball 2, an absolute classic. The music was pretty good as well

"Icecream! Icecream!"

IK+ was the s**t!! One of the best games ever made.

IK+!! How could I forget that?! Any game where you could punch your opponent in the groin and press T to make their trousers fall down deserves to be remembered :D

Come to think of it I was damn good at it as well :hihi:

I remember back in the day a computer shop near Castle Market. They used to have an arcade machine called Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja.

I used to love that place although there were always about 20 kids around the two arcade machines in there. I think they also had an Altered Beast arcade machine in there as well.

I used to love that place although there were always about 20 kids around the two arcade machines in there. I think they also had an Altered Beast arcade machine in there as well.

Yeah, I remember the Altered Beast arcade machine. Top game, but it was poor on the Commodore 64. Not too bad on the Amiga though.

For you older heads, who remembers Lynx arcades? People used to talk about the older kids in there 'taxing' the younger ones, but I never experienced this.

Only went in a couple of times as a 12/13 year old. My parents didn't want me going in there!

Alex Kid in Wonderland.

Next!

For you older heads, who remembers Lynx arcades? People used to talk about the older kids in there 'taxing' the younger ones, but I never experienced this.


Was that the one on the corner at the top of the Moor?

I was in there once myself and some older kid came up to me and tried to 'tax' me. I might have been younger than him but I was also about a foot taller than him and heavily built even as a kid. When I replied 'or else what?' he soiled himself and beat a hasty retreat.

PMSL! :lol:

Was it Gauntlet that four people could play at once, a kind of D&D themed game ?

I loved that but it cost a fortune in 10p coins when your health ran out.

Yes that was Gauntlet, and it's available to download on Xbox Live Arcade (which > PS2 online IMO).

Then again, Xbox 360 > PS2 full stop so yeh, Sony zealots bite me.

Yes that was Gauntlet, and it's available to download on Xbox Live Arcade (which > PS2 online IMO).

Then again, Xbox 360 > PS2 full stop so yeh, Sony zealots bite me.

Change the record rich, that ones getting boring.

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well, said it before and i'll say it again - World of Warcraft and i'm loving the expansion - The burning Crusade!!
8 million subscribers (who pay around £10 a month) making it far and away the biggest online game of all time

in the past hmm i used to like manic miner on the spectrum, and arcade games like Pheonix and Galaxy. i used to also enjoy the old text based adventure games! - the Hobbit springs to mind!

Was that the one on the corner at the top of the Moor?

I was in there once myself and some older kid came up to me and tried to 'tax' me. I might have been younger than him but I was also about a foot taller than him and heavily built even as a kid. When I replied 'or else what?' he soiled himself and beat a hasty retreat.

lynx leisure was quality. spent many a school day in there playing final fight.

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bloodwych was a firm favourite of mine back in the day. if anyone knows where i could get it i'd be very grateful

Legend of Zelda: Twighlight Princess on t'gamecube - well good!

As for 'old'- when a wee lad I was obsessed with a game called: 'Beer Belly Berts Brew Biz' on the Commodore 64!

Mario Kart DS, with mates.

Also Starfox 64 on N64, Red Orchestra: Ostfront on PC and Samurai Shodown 2 on Neo Geo.

Just re-discovered some great Sega games thanks to Sega Megadrive Collection on PSP.

It has to be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the PC, Spyro the Dragon: Ripto's Rage for the PS1, Fable: The Lost Chapters for the Xbox, The Sims 2 for the PC PC, Zoo Tycoon for the PC, and the SingStar seires for the PS2, if that counts as a game. :D

and the SingStar seires for the PS2, if that counts as a game. :D


Works for me. many a fun night has been had with a group of mates, a few bottles of wine, and Singstar (in it's many formats).

Can't wait for the PS3 version to come out....downloadable songs! YAY!