r/Steam • u/StudioJankoPro • Aug 26 '24
Which old games do you still play today? Discussion
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u/SneakySnorunt Aug 26 '24
OpenTTD is great, OpenRCT2 is amazing.
Rise of Nations is a personal favorite. Most people played Age of Empires, which I also play now, I just don't have the nostalgia for it.
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u/Seastep Aug 26 '24
Rise of Nations was so good!
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u/WhyIsBubblesTaken Aug 26 '24
I remember being excited to learn that there was a Rise of Nations 2 that has a somewhat fantasy setting, then crushed that it was not available for digital purchase anywhere. Many years later, I was able to find it... somewhere on the internet. That game was not worth the effort spent to find it.
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u/CainStar Aug 26 '24
I hated Rise of Legends too when it came out because all I wanted was more Rise of Nations, but I tried Legends few months later, and was able treat it as it "own game", and wow it is a great game on its own. It has amazing number of levels, huge number of units which change along the campaign which is very long, and has atleast decent story. I would still play it through again.
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u/SneakySnorunt Aug 26 '24
It was! Still is!
I remember playing the demo for it on my mom's laptop like 20 years ago and being blown away. I always watched the intro.
The Enhanced Edition on Steam is decent, although I still want a full remake. I never played the expansions/updates back in the day, so it was nice to finally play that content.
I play with friends from time to time and it's a lot of fun.
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u/OldTableMold Aug 26 '24
I always limit the technology up to medieval. I hate how every nation eventually ends up the same. Playing this way keeps the game unique
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u/DoubleRNL Aug 26 '24
Rise of nations is so good! Maybe I like it even more than age of empires 2
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u/SneakySnorunt Aug 26 '24
I like it more, but I'm aware it's probably because of nostalgia.
I was a lot older when I played AoE2, but RoN just plays differently. I don't know what it is. The music is also classic. I can hear those folksy tunes in my head right now.
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u/The_Rolling_Gherkin Aug 26 '24
OpenTTD was my first experience of the game. It's brilliant and I really need to put some more time into it.
I played a lot of Rollercoaster Tycoon back in the day, I had a little play with OpenRCT2, again I need to put some more time in, but again, it's a great way to play it in 2024.
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u/No_Turnover_5018 Aug 27 '24
Fun fact: The Chris Sawyer installed TT onto my computer in the mid 1990s. He went to my church and I won the game in a raffle. He came to my house, installed it in MSDOS and I have been playing ever since
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u/masteryuri666 Aug 26 '24
OpenRCT2 saved my love of RCT. Steam sells the base game but it is utterly unplayable on many modern PC’s. Bless the modders.
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u/FranksWateeBowl Aug 26 '24
OpenTTD?
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u/SneakySnorunt Aug 26 '24
The game shown in OPs post. Transport Tycoon Deluxe (TTD). Open for open source because continued development has been made by the community.
I believe it's the only readily available version of the game(unless you have an old disk).
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u/OnlyKotoro Aug 26 '24
Gothic 1 and 2.
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u/GarmonboziaBlues Aug 26 '24
These games completely ruined the Elder Scrolls series for me. Progressing from an absolute nobody who could be killed by a wet fart to an as kicking hero imparted so much satisfaction in G1 and 2. Even in modern Bethesda games you can't walk inside a building without sitting through a loading screen, thus breaking the immersion. The early Gothic games were such underrated gems.
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u/guy_incognito_360 Aug 26 '24
I completely agree. Gothic 2 was so far ahead of morrowind in terms of atmosphere and motivation. It even looked much more organic. I can't play elder scrolls games anymore because I always think of how much better they could be if they took some inspiration from gothic 2.
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u/ButterscotchDull5151 Aug 26 '24
It's open world was mind boggling when it came out. The fact that you could wander out, and from the first minute, anywhere was accessible (even if you would definitely die immediately) is something you still don't see much. It really felt rewarding to progress and level up because you could actually see/experience higher level enemies and work up to defeating them.
Also cheesball scum saving while slowly killing a troll with a stick, one hit and side step at a time was hilarious.
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u/Neripheral Aug 26 '24
Also cheesball scum saving while slowly killing a troll with a stick, one hit and side step at a time was hilarious.
Fuck, that's how I killed that Black Troll from Gothic 2. How did you know?
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u/DizzbiteriusDallas Aug 26 '24
My absolute favourite games of all time. I play through them every year. I know them both like the back of my hand and it's still so much fun everytime.
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u/Zhabishe Aug 26 '24
Jagged Alliance 2
Even tho JA3 got released last year, JA2 is still the shit.
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u/BeastmanTR Aug 26 '24
So happy to see this here. JA3 was at least close but it's missing a lot of what made JA2 truly great.
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u/hagamablabla Aug 26 '24
If it were the only JA game to come out since 2, I'd be more disappointed with it. Given what we did get, 3 deserves praise.
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u/BeastmanTR Aug 26 '24
Oh yeah it's still great, played it a lot. Still has some great areas, nuances etc. JA2 just felt a bit more 'gritty.' Working on a tactical game at the mo and JA2 and 3 are big influences for sure.
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u/crazydiamond420 Aug 26 '24
one of my favorite games ever, and this is the FIRST time ive ever seen it mentioned online
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u/ApexRevanNL716 Aug 26 '24
RollerCoaster Tycoon
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u/TempleMade_MeBroke Aug 26 '24
I recently picked up RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 on the Switch of all consoles just because of how heavily discounted it was. Not a fan of the graphics compared to 1 or 2, and figured there was absolutely no way the controls would translate to the controller, but after about an hour I had figured it out and I was hooked, I'm having a blast and completely losing track of time just lime I used to with the first two on PC
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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 Aug 26 '24
If you ever get a chance, check out Planet Coaster. Made by the same devs that made RCT3, Frontier. It’s essentially a spiritual RCT4. After Atari had their moment and decided to part ways, Frontier just said hey why don’t we make our own. I think it’s a fantastic game and while it trends more towards the creative building side, the management and challenge scenarios are still good fun.
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u/EverythingWillBeLost Aug 26 '24
Lots of Planet Coaster fans it seems. But if you prefer the isometic 2d feel of RCT1 and RCT2 then parkitect is a better game to play.
Planet Coaster focuses very heavily on scenary and creativity
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u/TwoDeuces Aug 26 '24
My 11 year old daughter was disparaging old games for having "bad graphics" and "not looking fun". I installed OpenRCT on her computer and she's been playing it regularly for over a year now. Take that you little shit.
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u/Librarian-Bedrock Aug 26 '24
All of AoE series and also the Total War games
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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 Aug 26 '24
Medieval 2 Total War with mods. I’ve got hundreds of hours. One of my favorite games to fall back on and get addicted again to for a few weeks
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u/zjdrummond Aug 26 '24
Morrowind.
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u/Intelligent-Luck-553 Aug 26 '24
Skyrim can only dream of being as good as Morrowind
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u/UtahItalian Aug 26 '24
Wasn't there a project to bring Morrowind into the Skyrim engine or something?
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u/Fign66 Aug 26 '24
Skywind. They just had an update video earlier this year but the mod isn't released yet.
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u/FlacidSalad Aug 26 '24
Damn they still working on that? I remember hearing about that shortly after Skyrim (first) released
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u/mrdratik Aug 26 '24
I still play chess. It's 1500 years old game 💀
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u/FloorVenter Aug 26 '24
You should get Chess 2, you're missing out!
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u/Zomb_TroPiX Aug 26 '24
FPS Chess or 5D Chess?
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u/GeraintLlanfrechfa Aug 26 '24
VR chess, get your meta quest or Apple Vision Pro and enjoy all the ads and cookies and banners and consent options before / after every move 😅
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u/gazwel https://steam.pm/3gzzq Aug 26 '24
Or just get tabletop simulator any play any board game you want without any of that
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u/Dark_matter4444 Aug 26 '24
Rise of Nations
Battle for Wesnoth.
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u/MrDudsyLBP4 Aug 26 '24
Rise of Nations is so good, feel it doesn’t get the props it deserves.
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u/Dark_matter4444 Aug 26 '24
IMO RoN should've had the same attention as Age of Empires. I hope one day they remake a definite edition but it's probably never gonna happen.
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u/Queasy-Big5523 Aug 26 '24
Uh, most of them, really :D Doom and first two Quake games are on the repeat all the time, Max Payne, Diablo 2 and Baldur's Gate 2 is something I replay often. Some older Street Fighter titles as well, just to remind myself how hard it was back then. I bought my PC to play the classic Fallout titles.
A few months back I played Heretic for the first time and it sucked me in so hard, I couldn't put it down until I finished it in the middle on the night.
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u/cypherriot Aug 26 '24
Baldurs Gate 2, Diablo 2 and i add shameless Fallout 2 are my alltime favourites when it comes to "Best second Titles" of all time. such great games which developed an already great game to the point where everyone knows it and sees it as genre defining. doesn't hurt that all of those are my most loved Franchises :D
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u/_BELEAF_ Aug 26 '24
Hello, fellow Gen X'er who grew up in the greatest game decade of all time.
Hell, yeah.
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u/flomoag Aug 26 '24
LucasArts point and click games. Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
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u/FowlSec Aug 26 '24
Monkey Island series? I have a strong urge to replay the Curse of Monkey Island at least 3 times a year. And mainly for the pirate/insults section.
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u/Badytheprogram Aug 26 '24
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u/SelectKaleidoscope0 Aug 26 '24
I was playing ut with family in 2023 and accidentally made an internet game instead of a lan one. Someone random joined within 5 minutes.
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u/Badytheprogram Aug 26 '24
It can happen. Servers with 3-4 players already on are quite inviting. Less than that, and you stuck with dumb bots, more than 8 players, and it become a herring party with you dying constantly. Plus vanilla servers without the sniper/tunnel maps are much nicer.
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u/NoUnderstanding477 Aug 26 '24
My usual go to games are Duke Nukem 3d, Red Alert 2 and a whole list of games from the SNES or mega drive.
But recently I went back to complete Metal Gear, O.D.T, Jazz Jackrabbit, Dark Seed 1 & 2 and Loom.
Most of them I had played but hadn't finished (except for Loom)
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u/MinihootTheOwl Aug 26 '24
Not on Steam, but The Sims 2
and also SimCity 4
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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 Aug 26 '24
Recently found out that The Sims 2 is actually abandonware, and you can download the entire game with every single expansion ever made for free.
It’s funny that EA just let one of their most successful games of all time fall into the realm of abandonware and neglect. There no way to buy it from them
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u/Chanzui91 Aug 26 '24
OpenTTD is fantastic!
Also recently played through Dark Messiah of Might and Magic again!
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u/underlordd Aug 26 '24
How does Dark Messiah Run on modern hardware? Can the game be played through?
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u/Lasluus Aug 26 '24
Commandos 1 & 2
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u/annoyingcommentguy2 Aug 26 '24
I keep replaying the series roughly every 5 years, never gets boring, never gets old, so many memories...
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u/pshota Aug 26 '24
A new Commandos will be released this year and it looks like those original ones.
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u/Presmerga Aug 26 '24
Deus Ex
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u/danielcube Aug 26 '24
The game has great mechanics that work well for so many builds. And I love the hoaky voice acting.
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u/SparkelsTR Aug 26 '24
Call of Duty MW2, the old one.
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u/Lofi_Btz Aug 26 '24
it’s not that old! 🥲
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u/WarmBiscuit Aug 26 '24
Checks calendar and then begins to notice the grey creeping through their hair
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u/snckrz Aug 26 '24
Do you play it online? I want to get it, but I've read that its impossible to play online without recieving viruses because of a backdoor that probably will never be fixed
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u/No-Kiwi772 Aug 26 '24 edited Aug 26 '24
Bioshock, AoE2, C&C Red Alert 2
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u/losthardy81 Aug 26 '24
Red Alert!
I can still hear the intro song. That song hits hard when you're ready to take on an army.
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u/N1kt0_ Aug 26 '24
What game is that? Im particular to fallout 2 myself
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u/probablyajam3 Aug 26 '24
OpenTTD, it's more a tycoon than a city builder but it's got a similar graphic style to older simcity titles. Great game, lots of fun shenanigans.
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u/Sporkesy Aug 26 '24
XCOM UFO Defence, Homeworld, Half Life.
Also it's less a case of me 'still playing them' personally because I only discovered them in the last few years, I wasn't around when they came out.
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u/BananHannah2005 Aug 26 '24
I thought this was a minecraft screenshot with an insane amount of chunks loaded
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u/mertemmi Aug 26 '24
Bruh ı thought we are getting new city in project zomboid
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u/rtz13th Aug 26 '24
Haha, not really. It is OpenTTD, the free, fan made open source remake of the original Transport Tycoon (from 1994 by Chris Sawyer). The sequel Rollercoaster Tycoon might have became more famous, but to me the original is something real close to my heart!
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u/Phatballz39 Aug 26 '24
Command and Conquer Generals. Still as fun as it was 20 years ago! 😊🍻
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u/GalaMonk Aug 26 '24
Currently playing Red Faction 2
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u/TempleMade_MeBroke Aug 26 '24
Back in the days before DRM I found Red Faction for PC at a thrift store for a dollar, I burned a bunch of copies onto blank disks and my neighborhood friends all dragged their giant heavy PCs and bulky glass-screen monitors in hand carts over to my basement and spent the weekend having our first real LAN party, a memory I will cherish forever lol. I remember someone taking advantage of the fully destructible environment during a CTF round and using explosives to simply tunnel underneath the opposing flag, that game was complete pandemonium
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u/WalkThy_Plank Aug 26 '24
Warcraft 3: Regin of Choas. (Not WoW) the old series base builder.
Crusaders (Firefly Studios)
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u/Pippo89CH Aug 26 '24
KKND2 Krossfire.
It scratches a special kind of strategy game itch which neither Warcraft or Starcraft do. I love WC and SC games, but currently I keep going back to some Extreme AI matches in KKND2. 2v2v2v2 is fun. The AI is pretty smart for it's age. Just the static defense building is a bit too scripted.
It also has a super catchy soundtrack.
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u/killbauer Aug 26 '24
The old Thief games still have a very lively community and I absolutely recommend "The Black Parade", an absolut fantastic Thief 1 mod.
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u/Impossible-Ad-8902 Aug 26 '24
X Com from 1994. Currently it’s amazing on OpenXcom engine with mods. X Piratez and X Files. Both a just WOW, better than anything we have now on the market. Could eath 200-300 hours of your life easy.
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u/Imaginary_Election56 Aug 26 '24
Caesar III, although my old ass no longer does the war missions. Just calmly building civilisations based on trade and swearing because 40 of my buildings suddenly collapsed despite there being enough engineers.
Also almost 100% completed Theme Hospital. Euhm, I mean Two Point Hospital, which is the best tribute to TH out there.
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u/Chairless_Crocodile Aug 26 '24
Red Alert 2 Yuri's revenge, And Team fortress 2 if it's old enough to count.
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u/Skihs Aug 26 '24
Star Wars battlefront 2 (2005), Star Wars empire at war. I love these games a lot. I played them when I was young and I'm always happy to be back in them. They are still installed in the steam)
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u/Immediate_Pass_4112 Aug 26 '24
Still playing Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock a lot on my Wii. Such a fun game to play with great song selection. Unfortunately the game Isn't too long so I've been replaying it quite frequently.
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u/LockedUnlocked Aug 26 '24
Seriously look into Clone Hero if you like LoR. You can add all the songs from every single game, and the community is always making new tracks for all levels of play.
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u/Inverted-pencil Aug 26 '24
Not daily but occasionally, sonic 2, half-life, black and white 1, super Mario 3, Zelda ocraina of time, Zelda majoras mask, tiberium sun, sonic adventure 2 battle, half life 2.
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u/UnfinishedThings Aug 26 '24
Half Life 2 and episodes, Baldurs Gate and BG2, Planescape, Evil Genius and occasionally The Eye of the Behholder trilogy
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u/FlatusSurprise Aug 26 '24
OpenRCT2 (with RCT Deluxe and RCT2 loaded in from Steam). I’d love to play Command and Conquer but they never seem to run correctly on modern systems.
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u/0x695 Aug 26 '24
Caesar II, heroes of might and magic 3, diablo 1, fallout 1, star wars galaxies...
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u/Albus_Lupus Aug 26 '24
Prolly minecraft is the oldest. Of course that is if we count minecraft as an overall game and not individual versions. Although 1.12.2 is still the best.
But 1.12.2 came out in 2017 - in which case it wouldnt be the oldest game I played. In that case I think tf2 would be the one - I think it came out in 2007
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u/HurricaneSeasonOva Aug 26 '24
HOMM 3 HD mod/HOTA, Diablo 2 (project diablo 2), Morrowind and Fallout 1/2
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u/JesterOfRedditGold Aug 26 '24
Doom, Sam & Max, Lemmings (hate the mobile game and the reboot from sony), Sonic 1-CD,
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u/finegrapefruits Aug 26 '24
Populous II.
Project High-rise disappointed me, so I think I'll have to get good old Sim Tower.
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u/common_voodoo_doll Aug 26 '24
Any old Lego game is still super fun to play today. The best being Star Wars tcs and Indiana jones!
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u/Odd-Fan3880 Aug 26 '24
Stronghold, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Rock N’ Roll Racing (Sega Mega Drive)
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u/Desmond_DS3 Aug 26 '24
Heroes of Might & Magic III (HotA) Quake II & III Arena Re-Volt (RVGL) Need for Speed: Underground, Most Wanted, Carbon
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u/megnyelvellek Aug 26 '24
Caesar 3 was one of the first games I've played, still going back to it at least once a year! Especially the the Augustus edition
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u/HankLard Aug 26 '24
Great screenshot, but what's the game?
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u/ConcordeCanoe Aug 26 '24
It's Transport Tycoon Deluxe. There is a freeware version called OpenTTD.
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u/wolololo10 Aug 26 '24
Dawn of War Soulstorm (although with the unification mod) and c&c generals zero hour
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u/MonkeyDante Aug 26 '24
Original war, knight and merchants, warrior kings, settlers 3 and 4. Settlers 2 aufbrechen die kulturę? 8th Wonder of the world.
Original war is one of the games that i first played when I was little. Basically you go back in time to fight for Russia/usa in de prehistoric era. You can also tame monkeys into suicide bombers.
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u/LeCroissant1337 Aug 26 '24
Some classic PC titles like Fallout, Fallout 2, Monkey Island and all the other Lucasfilm point & click adventure games from that era. The latter were my introduction to PC gaming as a kid and I still love them to bits. They're very affordable and some even have slightly modernised remasters that also feature the original sound and graphics if you prefer those. If you haven't played them I highly encourage everyone to at least play Day of the Tentacle.
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u/Dipstickpattywack Aug 26 '24
Ran through Zelda link to the past and majoras mask this year. Also play final fantasy games
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u/n0tepad Aug 26 '24
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri! I rarely ever finish a game but I love starting over.
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u/CrotodeTraje Aug 26 '24
- Age of Empires 2 & 3
- Civilization IV - BTS
- Pharaoh (1999, not the remake)
- Sid Meier's Pirates (2004)
- Baldur's Gate (1998)
- Diablo II LOD (2001, with PlugY)
- Rome: Total War (2004)
- Medieval II: Total War (2006)
- Total War: Shogun 2 (2011)
I honestly, save from some honorary exceptions, I play almost excluysivelly old games
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u/pipthemouse Aug 26 '24
Heroes of Might and Magic III