what are your favorite oldies

there are a lot of old video games out there. which is your favorite? mine is jazz jackrabbit.

I started playing PC games in the late 80's, but I fell in love with the following games:

• King's Quest Series;
• Police Quest Series;
• SCUMM Games (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Loom, Zak McKraken);
• Commander Keen;
• Wing Commander Series;
• F15 Strike Eagle III;
• Wolfenstien 3D;
• Doom Series;
• Quake Series;
• Decent Series;
• Unreal Tournament 99;
• Grand Theft Auto (III, VC, SA & IV will be awesome);
• Half-Life Games (Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat);
• Source Games (HL2, CS:S, DoD:S, TF2);

My favorite olds are Jack Jackrabbit, Diablo, Doom

My favorite Oldies

Duke Nukem, Diablo, Fallout Series, Doom Series, Decent Series and TIE Fighter.

Since I'm not sure where to start, I'll just list them alphabetically. I'll stick to games at around 1998 and before.

Abuse
Alien Rampage
Bio Menace
Blake Stone
Blake Stone - Planet Strike
Blood
Commander Keen (episodes 1-6 & Keen Dreams)
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crusader: No Remorse
Crusader: No Regret
Crystal Caves
Dark Forces
Descent
Descent 2
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem II
Duke Nukem 3D
Half-Life
Heartlight
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jedi Knight
Jill of the Jungle
Lemmings
Lemmings 2
Major Stryker
Mega Man X
Myst
Outlaws
Raptor
Riven
Secret Agent
Tyrian 2000
Wolfenstein 3D
Xargon

I've been playing System Shock for my first time lately. I'd rate it at about a 9.0 at this point, definitely another worthy addition to my favorite oldies list.

Hope I didn't forget any others.

EDIT - Like Cosmo. :x *adds*

I was hooked onto PC gaming by two games in particular.

Command and Conquer 1, and Hal-Life 1, and I've now got all the Half-Life Games, and every single Command and Conquer game bar two.

Good times :).

Doom - the best FPS of all time. Ultraviolence + shotgun = heaven

System Shock 2 - genius. FPS/RPG horror masterpiece.

Theme Park - take your rollercoaster tycoon and stick it. Theme Park is the best theme park themed game ever.

Worms - brilliant game to play with friends. Great sense of humour (though more recent versions are better, the original Worms is still amazing).

Cannon Fodder - fun game with an awesome sense of humour.

Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe - the only future sports game I've ever seen that works. Amazing game.

Dungeon Keeper II - very cool game that's a lot of fun to play. But like all Molyneux games, it's broken.

Half Life - one of the best games ever made.

Prince of Persia I & II - two of the best 2D platformers ever made.

Civilization II - still the best TBS I've ever played.

Sim City 2000 - more recent versions are better, but Sim City 2000 is a must-own if you like old games, or city building games... or games.

System Shock2 the greatest of all time? Yeesh..have you played Thief and Deus Ex? They are very very similar. Its a good game but I certainly wouldn't say its the greatest...biggest_loser

Have you actually played System Shock 2? Did you ever get past the opening few hours?

SS2 is awesome.

Man, where to start?

Doom Series

Wolfenstein Series

Commander Keen Series

Zeliard

Sam & Max

Prince of Persia (the original!)

Cosmo

Captain Comic

System Shock Series

Sim City

Jeez, there's so many I'm sure that I've forgotten!

hmm lets see, in no particular order:

Might and Magic 1 - 3 (not heros, though I enjoyed that series too)

Baldur's gate 1

The Last Ninja (for the c64)

TFC (TF2 is a current favorite)

Deus Ex

Everquest

diablo 2

everquest

system shock 2

Thief!! Who agrees with me! Step forward!biggest_loser

Thief and Deus Ex are my favorite series ever followed closely by the Half-Life series.

Thief Series
System Shock Series
Sub Culture
Deus Ex
Elder Scrolls Series
Might and Magics series
Eye of the Beholder series
Fallout Series
Kingpin
Outlaws
Betrayal in Antara
Diablo 1&2
Half-Life
Grim Fandango
Commandos Series
Mafia
Quake 2
Arx Fatalis
Ultima Series
Albion
Tyrants

Probably crap-loads more I can't think of right now...

I've said this so many times, but games such as Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer and Sam & Max.SuperMooseman

Good call :D

Freelancer, Theme Hospital, AOE 2. Them 3 were pure clasics and freelancer was the first game which made me buy a graphics card just to play it.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]System Shock2 the greatest of all time? Yeesh..have you played Thief and Deus Ex? They are very very similar. Its a good game but I certainly wouldn't say its the greatest...mfsa

Have you actually played System Shock 2? Did you ever get past the opening few hours?

SS2 is awesome.

I did as a matter of fact. I didn't get to finish it though. It was good I'm not doubting that but it was a bit of a search for keys type game. I like Thief a lot better.