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.

  • jiberish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    Myth The Fallen Lords and Myth 2 on the Macintosh. This was my favorite multiplayer game I’ve ever played by far.

    Other great Mac games from my youth: The Odyssey (1994) by David Larkin Sim City and Sim City 2000 Rogue Sim Ant Prince of Persia The Scarab of Ra Realmz Path Ways into Darkness and Marathon

    And my favorites on BBS were Major Mud and Legend of the Red Dragon.

    I didn’t have a PC, but when I went to friend’s houses I would play the shit out of Doom.

  • EarMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    6 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)
  • rzlatic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    5 days ago

    C64: Elite. the game is my personal number one as I played only Elite constantly for a long time, despite all other games available for C64.

    Amiga: Chaos Engine, Transarctica.

    486: Elite Frontier, Descent, Descent II.

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    10·
    7 days ago

    Rollercoaster Tycoon is an obvious must-play. And Zeus: Master of Olympus came out in 2000 but runs on Windows 95. It’s a Sierra city builder, and I have thousands of hours in it.

  • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    *your

    Doom (1 then 2) Dune 2
    Command & conquer: Red alert
    Quake 2 & 3 Unreal tournament
    Rise of the triad
    Heretic
    Hexen
    Space Quest 4
    Quest for Glory series
    Simcity 2000
    Leisure Suit Larry 6
    Grand Theft Auto (top down)

  • Zomg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    Total Annihilation. It was released in 1997 and brought inspiration to games like Supreme Commander and Planetary Annihilation.

    Also, mother fuckin’ Cap’N Crunch’s Crunchling Adventure. I don’t have to explain that one.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    Xwing, day of the tentacle, Sam and Max hit the road, terminal velocity, half-life, journeyman project, Myst, that weird Encarta cdrom trivia game, counterstrike, EverQuest, you don’t know Jack, Spiderman cartoon maker, master of Orion, monkey Island, Commander keen, and DOOM

  • serj@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    The dig. The game is inspired by an idea originally created for Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories series.

  • alsimoneau@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    I was a fan of Midtown madness, both 1 and 2.

    I had LAN parties with my friends by booting the game, then ejecting the CD and passing it along.

    Sadly the third one wasn’t on PC.

    • bartvbl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      If you’re not aware, there’s a reboot of it that came out in 2014 on iOS. It’s an atrocious port that no longer even works, but they redid the soundtrack, which is on YouTube and you might enjoy.

      • Minnels@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        Been a while since I played but there is OpenTTD which is my go to when i feel like playing it again :) Still developed.