Sure, they get Civilization, Starcraft and Doom* but they also include the far less impressive Trade Wars 2002, Rogue:The Adventure Game and most notably World of Warcraft on that list. (If you're wondering why I'm hating on WOW- I like MMOGs but consider them more social chat rooms than games. There are better online gaming experiences, IMHO, including the recent Left 4 Dead zombie shooter.)
Just some of the games that should have been included-
Ultima 3
As a role playing game this was unsurpassed at the time. It had a strong sandbox flavor that made the game seem much bigger than it actually was.
Monkey Island 3
Actually all the Lucasarts adventure games were sublime, but the Monkey Island games had a wicked sense of humor and beautiful background artwork.
Wing Commander
It may have been a rip off of the Traveller rpg world but it was still a great space shooter. I can still hear the midi music when you took off in your fighter.
The original Castle Wolfenstein
My favorite bit was stealing nazi guard's uniforms.
Not to mention Might and Magic, Fallout 2, Grand Theft Auto 3, Planetfall (Infocom), Half Life 2, The Bard's Tale, Pirates!, Zoo Tycoon, Leisure Suit Larry, Oregon Trail, Tie Fighter, Test Drive, Interstate 76, Star Trek 25th Anniversary and about 100 other games I can think of off the top of my head.
Those guys at PC Magazine were just phoning it in.
(* If Snabalus reads this- I haven't forgotten the time you hacked Doom and stuck my wedding pictures in there. Having to look at yourself in a tux kind of distracts from killing mutants.)
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Well, since I don't play any games at all...(I mean you haven't mentioned Pinball, Ms. Pacman or Myst)...so I'm just gonna have to take your word for it.
Now you know how long it's been since I actually gamed...
I think the last PC game I played was Bard's Tale III. We usually stuck to table top 1st edition AD&D (assassins!) and the NES.
ladybug-
Ms. Pacman? Wasn't that popular about the time of Nero? :)
randal-
Assasins? I could see you more as a hobbit. Maybe a hobbit assasin.
He hacked Doom for you? That is wonderful.
The only thing I did was put my boss' face on the skins for the hostages in Counter Strike (which the whole office, including the boss would play on the network starting at 4:30 on Fridays).
No Fallout? ridiculous
My top games would include Crowther and Woods "Adventure" and Zork, both text adventures. I spent way too much time playing Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, a little bit of Descent (which finally had action on the Z axis), and then I burned out on computer games.
Blogging is a game isn't it?
PS - I loved the Doom and Wolfenstein editors. Great fun. I went looking for that copy last night and couldn't find it. Probably sitting on a backup CD somewhere.
Somewhere a hollow voice says, "Plugh."
Awww...now I'm starting to regret the fact that I never tried that "Duke Nukem 3D" editor that came on the disk in the edition I got.
A lot of those old DOS games were fun. I wish I could play them now.
NDOS??!?
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