Jazz Jackrabbit, and all of its versions and the sequel. Banging soundtrack too

I was a big LucasArts graphic adventure game fan. Maniac mansion, Zak McKracken, Indiana Jones, Loom, Monkey Island Then all the Sierra games: leisure Suits Larry, Police Quest, King’s Quest, Camelot…. Good times.

• one must fall
• anything from apogee
• Ultima underworld
• wolf 3d / doom

I really loved Tie Fighter from 1994. The music was pretty cool because it changed based on the state of the mission you were on and star wars music was a cheat code to my feelings.

I also thought it was so cool when you'd complete secret objectives and they'd bring you in to the emperor's secret order and tattoo your arm. I thought that was just fucking great. Those cut scenes were so cool.

Also thanks to all of you who posted cool older games im going to try some of these. I'm thinking about trying fallout I've never played any in that series.

Star Control 2 is the one I still come back to every now and then.

ID games of course (Keen/Wolf3d/Doom), Sim City series. Raptor, Warcraft I&II, LucasArts games.

Fallout. Astonishing bit of work. I wish there were more isometric RPGs of that style.

Theme Hospital I still go back to on occasion. I’ve seen Two Point but it’s not the same.

The Commander Keen series.

I always go back to Castle Adventure as my warm-fuzzy nostalga hit. Was the first game I played on PC, and yes, I know I'm old.

Unreal Tournament '99!

Scorched Earth Worms UT2K Quake 3 Arena Tribes Descent Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries You Don’t Know Jack Where in the World is Carmen San Diego

I keep playing Total Annihilation. I play it at least once a day.

Star Control 2 Starflight Civilization Railroad Tycoon SimCity Pirates! King’s Quest Space Quest Telengard Lemmings

My childhood! :-)

I played the shit out of Rocket Jockey. We only played it once together at a Lan party because I kept tying my friends together. Fun for me, not for them!

Does Bubble Bobble through an emulator count?

X-COM UFO Defense

The original "Master of Orion" was great, and I also spent countless hours playing "Archipelago"

Me and my sister were crazy about Zoo Tycoon, but we weren't super good at it. We would run the zoo into the ground and then release the T. Rex.

The Moraff adventure games. Moraffs World and Moraffs Dungeons of the Unforgiven.

Also Castle of the Winds.

It's either tough or impossible to get purchased copies of any of them now, but that means there are sites willing to host the full unlocked versions of them now. As far as I know, the creators of both are still alive though. So I suppose if you tried really hard you might still be able to get money to them.

In both cases they were games I played when I was a kid and they stood out as games I wanted to come back to when I was less bad at stuff. And in both cases I did, and little me was right.

Rebel Assault 1 and 2 -- they're total crap, but if you were a Star Wars fan at the time, they were epic. FMV in RA2 was so good, and introduced story unique to the game.

Descent is really hard to beat for me. I put it above Doom/Quake in terms of actual gameplay. It felt so nice to rush to the exit when you're really good. Only Majora's Mask 3-days mechanic has rivaled the anxiety factor of Descent.

Heavy Gear > Mechwarrior.

Starcraft/Warcraft.

Heroes of Might and Magic 1-3.

A shit ton of flash games I can't remember now.

Does Simcity 4 count as retro? It’s ridiculously good.

Also Doom, of course.

I remember having a blast with Rocket Jockey - I think we had it on a demo disc? Otherwise I always loved Sim Copter.

Rollercoaster Tycoon

SimAnt holds deep reverence with me since I remember playing it at my friends house all the time as a kid.

Lands of Lore, Ultima Underworld, Wing Commander, and Master of Orion, because I played them with my brother all of the time.

And Police Quest and Number/Word Munchers because they were some of the first I played in school.

So Im a Star Wars nut, but here goes:

Episode 1 Racer

Dark Forces 2 Jedi Knight

A couple other Lucasarts games:

The Curse of Monkey Island

Grim Fandango

There are so many more, but those are my choices for least talked about entries

Arcanum

I was totally sucked into the world when I first played it as a kid. The balance and trade offs between tech and magic are awesome and the incredible dialogue and (OK from what I remember) story makes this one I come back to every once in a while.

I don't think I ever actually have beaten the game though -- but I do that with nearly every game.