What game(s) got you into PC gaming?

I would have to say for me it was System Shock and Doom. SS kept me many hours trying to get through that thing. For its time, it was a phenomenal game and of course you cant go wrong with Doom.

Honorable mentions go to Wolfenstein 3D and Cyberia. Also, does anyone remember Blake Stone? :)

To be honest, one of the earlier games that REALLY got me into PC gaming again was Rogue Squadron.

PC Requirements:
166 MHz Processor
32 MB Ram
46 MB Hard disk space
4 MB Graphics card
Windows 95/98 

The good ol' days ;)

My first PC was an IBM Aptiva Pentium 75 MHz! Woohoo! :D

I loved that thing.

I remember playing Doom so much that I would hear the sounds of the game in my head long after I played.

To this day, I still swear I heard vivid imp noises in my basement.

I wish there was some way to play those old classics again. I would love to sit down and play System Shock and Wolfenstein again.TheUberKnight

Isn't gametap kinda-sort trying to do that same thing?

If not... Torrents never fail ;) 

Deus Ex and Diablo 1 and 2 hoket

Since Deus Ex is such an old game, do you think it would work on an XP machine?

Sadly it was just last year when I finally got into PC gaming. It was Unreal Tournament 2004 that got me interested and then I found Quake 4 mp and since then thats all I play now is pc games and mainly q4. I have played pc games in the past but I was dumb and always thought consoles were better so I never played pc games and never owned a high end gaming rig to be able to. Im glad though I found PC gaming because it has brought a whole new meaning, style, and level of gaming for me.

:D 

I would have to say for me it was System Shock and Doom. SS kept me many hours trying to get through that thing. For its time, it was a phenomenal game and of course you cant go wrong with Doom.

Honorable mentions go to Wolfenstein 3D and Cyberia. Also, does anyone remember Blake Stone? :)

TheUberKnight

multiplayer - since at that time the multiplayer was only exist on the PC

robocop on apple 2

commanche on real PC 

Well, the games that really got me interested were X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Civilization II also had me hooked for ages.

I'm not that big of a PC gamer, but every few years there's just something I have to have. I ended up buying a new computer just to play Battlefield 1942 because I was so excited based on previews. Man, was I ever not disappointed. I'm kind of in a lull for myself, as Oblivion totally disappointed. 

Simcity 2000 and then later Age of Empires.

and that skiing game back on windows 95 (i think?) where the snowman would eat you at the end. lol

Well, the games that really got me interested were X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Civilization II also had me hooked for ages.

I'm not that big of a PC gamer, but every few years there's just something I have to have. I ended up buying a new computer just to play Battlefield 1942 because I was so excited based on previews. Man, was I ever not disappointed. I'm kind of in a lull for myself, as Oblivion totally disappointed. 

Vampyronight

You were disapointed by Oblivion!? :o

[QUOTE="Vampyronight"]

Well, the games that really got me interested were X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Civilization II also had me hooked for ages.

I'm not that big of a PC gamer, but every few years there's just something I have to have. I ended up buying a new computer just to play Battlefield 1942 because I was so excited based on previews. Man, was I ever not disappointed. I'm kind of in a lull for myself, as Oblivion totally disappointed.

TheUberKnight

You were disapointed by Oblivion!? :o

I was also disapointed by Oblivion, but I still like it. And I don't remember how did I get into PC gaming. I never owned a console so I guess I should say I don't know how I got into gaming. 

[QUOTE="TheUberKnight"][QUOTE="Vampyronight"]

Well, the games that really got me interested were X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Civilization II also had me hooked for ages.

I'm not that big of a PC gamer, but every few years there's just something I have to have. I ended up buying a new computer just to play Battlefield 1942 because I was so excited based on previews. Man, was I ever not disappointed. I'm kind of in a lull for myself, as Oblivion totally disappointed.

Lonelynight

You were disapointed by Oblivion!? :o

I was also disapointed by Oblivion, but I still like it. And I don't remember how did I get into PC gaming. I never owned a console so I guess I should say I don't know how I got into gaming.

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="TheUberKnight"][QUOTE="Vampyronight"]

Well, the games that really got me interested were X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Civilization II also had me hooked for ages.

I'm not that big of a PC gamer, but every few years there's just something I have to have. I ended up buying a new computer just to play Battlefield 1942 because I was so excited based on previews. Man, was I ever not disappointed. I'm kind of in a lull for myself, as Oblivion totally disappointed.

BounceDK

You were disapointed by Oblivion!? :o

I was also disapointed by Oblivion, but I still like it. And I don't remember how did I get into PC gaming. I never owned a console so I guess I should say I don't know how I got into gaming.

This was actually the first Elder Scrolls game I have played. I thought it was great, but I have nothing to compare it too. Was Morrowind better?

Doom got me started I think but Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment, Half Life, and System Shock 2 all had a hand in really sealing the deal for me. I still play all those games with regularity.

[QUOTE="hoket"]Deus Ex and Diablo 1 and 2 TheUberKnight

Since Deus Ex is such an old game, do you think it would work on an XP machine?

I've tried playing deus ex on xp, but so far it hasn't worked. Strangely older titles like fallout 2(Which doesn't even support directx) and jagged alliance 2 work perfectly.

[QUOTE="BounceDK"][QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="TheUberKnight"][QUOTE="Vampyronight"]

Well, the games that really got me interested were X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Civilization II also had me hooked for ages.

I'm not that big of a PC gamer, but every few years there's just something I have to have. I ended up buying a new computer just to play Battlefield 1942 because I was so excited based on previews. Man, was I ever not disappointed. I'm kind of in a lull for myself, as Oblivion totally disappointed.

TheUberKnight

You were disapointed by Oblivion!? :o

I was also disapointed by Oblivion, but I still like it. And I don't remember how did I get into PC gaming. I never owned a console so I guess I should say I don't know how I got into gaming.

This was actually the first Elder Scrolls game I have played. I thought it was great, but I have nothing to compare it too. Was Morrowind better?

Morrowind was much, much better than oblivion. The way they made you feel apart of t he world of morrowind was something oblivion could never do. Plus oblivion has leveled loot and baddies. Good thing the PC version has a great mod community.  

Doom, it was a LAN game I played that got me into the game, also it had huge critical acclaim and exposure. I brought it and never looked back. 

[QUOTE="BounceDK"][QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="TheUberKnight"][QUOTE="Vampyronight"]

Well, the games that really got me interested were X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Civilization II also had me hooked for ages.

I'm not that big of a PC gamer, but every few years there's just something I have to have. I ended up buying a new computer just to play Battlefield 1942 because I was so excited based on previews. Man, was I ever not disappointed. I'm kind of in a lull for myself, as Oblivion totally disappointed.

TheUberKnight

You were disapointed by Oblivion!? :o

I was also disapointed by Oblivion, but I still like it. And I don't remember how did I get into PC gaming. I never owned a console so I guess I should say I don't know how I got into gaming.

This was actually the first Elder Scrolls game I have played. I thought it was great, but I have nothing to compare it too. Was Morrowind better?

I didn't like Morrowind because of the graphics and the gay combat. The graphics made me sick.(really) 

This one ,

Then happened to buy, gta3 and mafia on same day, knew nothing about them before i bought them was just flicking through games at local store and they had the best blurb / cover.

Battlefield 2

Warcraft 2 battlenet edition was the first I played though. Me and my friend played it against eachother whenever we went to each others houses. I loved that game.