Best old games?

Personally, I play a lot of older games, but im usually surrounded by people who think that anything more than 6 months old is unplayable.

so, what are your favorite old games? (I'd say a 5 year old minimum)

personally, my favorite old game is the same as my favorite game ever. Half-life.

Doom.

Counter Strike: Source. (play everyday)

Half Life2.

My favourite game of all time (almost 5 years old), Counter-Strike: Source.

SOF2 DOUBLE HELIX!

i like Freelancer, Mafia, Homeworld 2, and on console any of the N64 games I own.

There used to be this game, kinda like Rollercoaster tycoon, but it was a bit more... I'm not sure, for kids, I suppose. I think it was a theme park building game. My friened randomly gave it to me one day after saying his little sister was playing it and it was a really good game. I though "why not?" and gave it a try and got addicted.

Edit: It was Sim Themepark.

since it's 5 years old and so apparently counts, Half-Life 2... but it doesn't really feel like an old game to me at all

my favourite old game that actually feels like an old game is Deus Ex.

Yeah I wouldn't really call Half-Life 2 an old game, simply because of the nature of the episodes which mean it's an on-going game.

Yeah I wouldn't really call Half-Life 2 an old game, simply because of the nature of the episodes which mean it's an on-going game.

DigitalExile

I say the following:

-Age of Empires 1 and 2

- Diablo 1 and 2(particularly 2)

-Total Annihilation

-Unreal Tournament

You know I think you should go older then just 5 years. I think its more reasonable to put the cap at say..... anything released before 2002 or something.

Age of empires 2: I have been playing that game for at least 6 years

Unreal tournament GOTY edition

American mcgee's alice

Half-life 1&2

Silent hill 2

Guild Wars

The original Half-Life. I just got Toonstruck from my pal yesterday. It's still great and funny.

RPG: Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession, Ultima Underworld Stygian Abyss, Realms of Arkania Star Trail, Betrayal at Krondor, Lands of Lore The Throne of Chaos.

Action RPG: Diablo, Blood Omen Legacy of Kain

FPS:Star Wars Dark Forces, hands down.

Real-time RTS or whatever the genre is called: Warcraft 2, hands down. And Myth The Fallen Lords.

Adventure: Gabriel Knight Sins of The Fathers, Legend of Kyrandia Book One, Death Gate, Shannara, Beneath a Steel Sky, Day of The Tentacle, Dragonsphere.

Puzzle: Myst, hands down.

Stealth: Thief Gold, best of the best.

Action: Heretic 2 (not that old, though).

The original Painkiller (6 years old). nVidia-specific graphics, TWIMTBP rating and nVidia Logo rights, plus the same physics enginie that was chosen for ragdoll physics for Oblivion 2 years later.

How about this for a real oldie: 1985, MicroProse. "Kennedy Approach". An air traffic control simulation, with 100% mimicry of a human voice & radio static (milestone for 1985). Originally on 8-bit machines & Amiga. Never ported to Windows until an individual decided to take the original 8-bit Assembly, and transcribe it by hand to 32-bit XP.

First RTS.

Graphics, gameplay and sound are completely true to the original.

http://www.microprose.nl/home.php

Star Wars Galaxies [mmorpg] pre revamp :( miss it...

Hi, I am also interested in some of the games that i used to play but am not able to as the discs have been badly scratched. i was looking for a PC game calledVietcong that i think is cool. since i am from fiji it is quite difficult to get some of these games off the shelf and in many situations are very expensive when it is available. could you assist me in this area/ regards Mikemfaktaufon

2000/Before: Starcraft, Homeworld, System Shock 2, Deus Ex

2001-2004: Bloodlines, No One Lives Forever, Jedi Knight II, Rome: Total War

I dont know if you ever actually heard of this game, but I reallyenjoyedplaying Casino Empire. It didn't look really good, but it sure was addictive!

hmm... maybe i should have said something more than 5 years. i dont know. when i think of 5 years old, i think of KotOR or CoD (even they are a little older), not CSS or HL2. oh well. good to see so many people like Deus Ex as well.

Heros of Might and Magic II + III

I spent way to many hours in front of my computer playing that game instead of focusing on school. LOL

UT '99

Unreal

Max Payne 1 / 2 and mods

Half Life and expansions

Quake 3 Arena

Deus Ex

Blood

Doom

Duke Nukem 3D

Shadow Warrior

Hexen

Heretic

Wolfenstein/Return to Wolfenstein

Soldier of Fortune 1/2

No One Lives Forever 1 and 2

Hidden and Dangerous

Operation Flashpoint

Bloodrayne

Rune

Oni

Severance: Blade of Darkness

Die by the sword

Carmageddon 1 and 2

and LOTS MORE!!!!

My favorite old game is Harpoon. I played that game to death. That was many, many years ago but still my favorite. Another old game I really enjoyed was called The Perfect Admiral.

Doom is my best old game!! It's still a very good game!!

In no order:

1. Half-Life

2. Planetscape: Torment

3. StarCraft

4. Call of Duty 4 (cant remember when it came out, hope it counts)

Whenever I think of awesome old games the King's Quest series comes to mind. These were late 80's early 90s but were some of the most entertaining adventure/RPing games of all time in my opinion. The humor as well was top notch. Other great ones along these lines were Monkey Island and Space Quest.

for everyone that hasnt recomended Age of Empires 2 The Conquerors i'm just going to assume you havent played it and should all probably do so