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

[CountDeMoney]

To be fair, I think playing on a PvP server also killed it for me at the time - nothing like wanting to do some quests in Stranglethorn Vale and then spending half the evening getting ganked by bored level 60 rogues.

[CountDeMoney]

The one game I didn't see here that I would add is Balance of Power.  Flawed and frustrating, yet very sophisticated for its time.

I was going to mention it, but then I fell asleep.  Like I did when I'd load it on my old Tandy.
I still have the book he wrote about it, though.

[Caliga]

- Seven Cities of Gold

Greatest computer game of all time.

[Neil]

SimCity
Wing Commander I, III and Privateer.
X-Wing
Civilization
Star Control II
Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII and X
Chronotrigger
Xenogears
Super Street Fighter II
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Mass Effect

[Ideologue]

Super Street Fighter II

Hm.  Super, not CE?

[Syt]

- Seven Cities of Gold

Greatest computer game of all time.

You might be interested in Pioneers, then (still in alpha, but supposedly already quite playable).

[Caliga]

  'Liked' on Steam.

[Neil]

Super Street Fighter II

Hm.  Super, not CE?

I suppose you could just say SF2, since I first played and loved the original.  But Super was the best incarnation and the one I played the most.  Cammy and T-Hawk for the win.

[fhdz]

- Seven Cities of Gold

Greatest computer game of all time.

You might be interested in Pioneers, then (still in alpha, but supposedly already quite playable).

Holy shit, I WANT THAT.

[Syt]

http://eigen.pri.ee/pioneers/#download

http://eigen.pri.ee/pioneers/#support

[crazy canuck]

Please let us know when this is ready for purchase

[Caliga]

Hee, I got Seven Cities of Gold sort of working on my Nexus 10 tablet with a Commodore 64 emulator.  I say 'sort of' because the game will load and you can start playing it, but when you try to board your ship the sprite representing your captain just walks clear off the top of the screen, then comes back on to the screen from the bottom, looping forever.

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

[Ed Anger]

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!

[fhdz]

Oh, how could I forget Nethack and Dwarf Fortress in this thread?

[Ed Anger]

You assholes are making want to break out the emulators.