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.

  • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    4 months ago
    • MECHWARRIOR 2
    • QUAKE 2
    • Broken Sword 1
    • Half-Life 1
    • Jedi knight dark Forces 2
    • Police Quest 1
    • Aliens vs predator
    • System shock 2
    • Unreal tournament
    • Star Trek Starfleet Academy
    • Zork 1 and 2
    • Heavy Gear 2
    • Jazz Jackrabbit 2
    • Pandemonium
    • Total annihilation
  • EarMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    4 months 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)
    • Webster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months 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.

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    4 months 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
  • icerunner_origin@startrek.websiteEnglish
    15·
    4 months ago

    Obligatory shout-out for any Bullfrog games of that era, especially Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2. Lionhead’s Black & White is 1 year out of your window, but such a good game.

    Also:
    Syndicate Wars
    Command & Conquer: Red Alert
    Grim Fandango
    Rollercoaster Tycoon
    Descent
    Grand Theft Auto

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    14·
    4 months ago
    • FFVII (and VIII)
    • Homeworld
    • Shadowrun (Sega Genesis version)
    • Parasite Eve
    • Wing Commander Series
    • Colony Wars: Vengeance
    • Gran Turismo 2
    • Freespace (can’t believe I forgot about that one)

    …I’m in my late forties, so pre-2000 was my peak gaming time. As a result the list could go on and on and on…

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    10·
    4 months 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.

  • serj@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

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

  • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

    Some of my favorites in a variety of genre:

    • TIE Fighter and/or Freespace
    • Planescape: Torment
    • Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
    • Pharaoh

    Also one of Sierra’s adventure games. A popular one is King’s Quest VI.

  • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    4 months 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)

    • bartvbl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 months 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·
        4 months 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.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    4 months 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.