I’m setting up my MiSTer FPGA and want to prioritize a bit. I currently have DOS and Win 95 running, but plan to setup Macintosh and any other worthwhile computer platforms. Any computer platform welcome (I already have the consoles figured out). What are your “must try” game suggestions?

Edit: I just got back to this post and am pleasantly surprised by the response. I’ll probably be adding most if not all of these to test since I have the space. Thank you to everyone who commented.

  • EarMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    25 days ago
    • Transport Tycoon
    • C&C Red Alert and Tiberian Sun
    • Anno 1602 (1602 A.D.)
    • Theme Park
    • Commander Keen
    • Doom 2 (and Wolfenstein 3D to some extend)
    • GTA2
    • Half-Life
    • Dungeon Keeper (mainly DK2)
    • Leisure Suit Larry 6
    • Worms 2 & Armageddon
    • Age of Empires 2
    • Sim City 2000 & 3000
    • SimTower
    • The Settlers 2
    • Lemmings
    • Incredible Machine
    • Commandos
    • Outcast
    • Quake 3 Arena
    • Descent
    • StarCraft (although I started playing it later)
  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    26 days ago
    • Quake II
    • The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
    • Power Dolls
    • Command & Conquer: Red Alert
    • StarCraft with the Brood War expansion
    • Fallout
    • Star Wars: Dark Forces
    • The Oregon Trail (obviously)
    • Syndicate
    • Star Wars: TIE Fighter (X Wing was good too, but TIE Fighter was better)
    • Dune II: Battle for Arrakis
    • Ultima Underworld: Stygian Abyss
    • SimCity (1989)
    • X-COM: UFO Defense
    • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
      4·
      26 days ago

      My highlight in Civ II was losing against a mega empire and then half of it seceded and started a war, so I eventually got the upperhand.

      For X-COM, I remember the sheer terror of boarding a ship with my puny squad.

      • slingstone@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        26 days ago

        One time, in Civ I, I was living my best life as Rome on a big island until the Chinese sent a battleship to my shores and started destroying my triremes. Somehow, I used a diplomat to take over one of their cities and production was stuck on mobile infantry (must have been a bug), which gave me the ability to make units that could defend against their tech. Then I sent more diplomats to steal tech. The list of tech ran off the screen, but it allowed me to still select tech I couldn’t see. So I started scrolling beyond the visible point and blindly stealing tech. When I accidentally stole nuclear weapons, I built one, loaded it on a trireme, and sent it to Beijing. Their empire instantly split, and I was able to survive. It’s still my best memory from any Civilization game.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    26 days ago

    Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy. I still own this series on steam and play it when I get nostalgic.

    • AquaTofana@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      26 days ago

      Bruh, you just made my fucking MONTH with the knowledge that this is on Steam! I never even thought to look for it there.

      Holy nostalgia. I spent so many hours as a child trying to beat this game!

      Just bought the complete pack for $2. Thank you for this!

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    26 days ago

    The Last Express - really great story

    Pizza Tycoon - this was such a fantastic management sim, I spent ages playing it back in the day

  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    26 days ago

    Age of empires Star wars galactic battlegrounds Deus ex (I think that was pre 2000) Cossacks European wars

  • Zloubida@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    26 days ago

    Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain (1997 on Windows, 1998 on Mac), a real time 4X game set in space.

    This game is one of my all-time favourite.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    26 days ago

    Definitely go and find Marathon and it’s sequels, preferably in their original form on the Mac. But you don’t need to go through all that trouble necessarily, Bungie released all the source some time ago and it is all freely available for new hardware now.

    • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
      8·
      26 days ago

      Reticulating splines.

      I still play it now and then, while I like the newer editions this is the one that aged better in comparison.

    • Webster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      25 days ago

      God I love Lords of the Realm 2. I bought it on GoG and go back and play that every few years for a spell. Rarely see others mention in and it was one of my favorite games of that era.