Games that absolutely blew you away when you first played them?

[fhdz]

You assholes are making want to break out the emulators.

DO IT MAN EVERYBODY'S DOING IT

[CountDeMoney]

Hell, even I dug up my old Odyssey2 out of my parents' basement.

[Ed Anger]

 

Another game I loved: Colonial Conquest by SSI. Totally unhistorical, but still groovy.

[Caliga]

Maybe I'll get an Atari 800 emulator and try the Atari version.  I've heard it's better than the Commodore version anyway.

HERESY!

SRSLY?

The original platform for the game was the Atari, so it stands to reason Dan Bunten put the most work into that version and probably got pressured to rush through all of the ports when the game started selling well.

[Syt]

You assholes are making want to break out the emulators.

I've recently playing some old SNES games again. Still, I can't find an emu that can handle the full sound of Contra III.

[Syt]

Another game I loved: Colonial Conquest by SSI. Totally unhistorical, but still groovy.

I played that often with two friends. It was always a nailbiter - is it just one really long combat round or has the game crashed again?

[Caliga]

 

Me when loading Wasteland on my Commodore 64 1541 floppy drive:

*fingers crossed* "PLEASEDONTCRASHTHISTIMEPLEASEDONTCRASHTHISTIMEPLEASEDONTCRASHTHISTIME" *fingers crossed*

[Syt]

I couldn't finish Champions of Krynn because disk side E had a glitch when you entered a certain (necessary) quest location.

[fhdz]

For a while I had a bad Disk 2 for Bard's Tale III.

[The Brain]

Cassette tapes ruled.

[Valmy]

For a while I had a bad Disk 2 for Bard's Tale III.

Stupid Tenebrosia!  Hated that place.

[Tonitrus]

Also, from the Apple II days....

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.


Conan



And the early PC days...

I also remember, very early in my PC-gaming life, an adventure game based on the Ring of the Nibelungen legend that I played an awful lot...



My first favorite PC strategy game:

[Duque de Bragança]

You assholes are making want to break out the emulators.

I've recently playing some old SNES games again. Still, I can't find an emu that can handle the full sound of Contra III.

It must be played on a Super Nes with a proper pad and at 60 hz!   
CRT or scan lines-enhancing device on a flat screen, ideally. 

[Scipio]

Nuclear War.  That was a fun game.

[Queequeg]

Why would someone name a fantasy kingdom after a real kingdom?