Computer games.

[Raindog]

Not really a top five of all time but notable mentions from my formative gaming years and taking in the different formats of cassette, 3 1⁄2-inch Floppy Disc and the early years of Hard Drives. Unreliable memories of the precise model details of the format I played them on so some guesswork.

The Great Escape - ZX Spectrum 48k/48K+ (1986)
Best Film License ever and felt so vast and detailed despite being within the confines of a POW camp.

Knight Tyme - ZX Spectrum 128K!! (1986)
Some budget games were a bit crap. This was better than most full price games and made full use of that 128K beast it ran on.

The Secret Of Monkey Island - Amiga 500 (1990)
Lucasfilms made some great adventure games including the Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade which was great. Loved Monkey Island though, ignore the special editions and remakes of later years. This was sensational.

Wings - Amiga 500 (1990)
Not sure there was any other game maker like Cinemaware. Beautiful highly stylized games which absolutely reeked of the period and style of their setting while still being good fun. See also It Came From The Desert.

Championship Manager 93 - Amiga 600 (1993)
Not the ultimate version but where it began for me, real players, real leagues and impossibly detailed. Dread to think how many hours went into playing it.
Also the game series that eventually prompted me to get my first housebrick sized external hard drive....a ton of solid, clunky metal and I think it held less than 40MB. Absolute game changer though.

I could do numerous lists for each computer and then more lists of five for 8, 16 and 32 bit consoles. And then another for early handhelds such as GameBoy and Sega GameGear. Wish I'd kept them all in a dusty loft somewhere!

Yes and yes! I once had an 'I beat the Swordmaster' tshirt printed for a mate's birthday. I didn't mind the MI remake as it let you toggle between the old and new versions, and it was a great to be able to play it again.

 

[Death]

Buttons just don’t work in CP. radio ye have to got it 3/4 times to change station and same goes for changing the car perspective

 

[navidson]

Buttons just don’t work in CP. radio ye have to got it 3/4 times to change station and same goes for changing the car perspective

I noticed this - thought it was just my controller dying a slow death. It's the same with answering phone calls, reading messages etc

 

[Death]

I noticed this - thought it was just my controller dying a slow death. It's the same with answering phone calls, reading messages etc

That’s insane. What were they thinking. I wouldn’t even call that basic it’s beyond. A simple button command like. Ffs.

 

[Death]

It’s just not acceptable. There the bones of a good game in there but as I said besides the broken nature of the game. It has some serious ps2 attributes. Hell! Even gta1 for the ps1 has a better cop AI and chase system etc.

 

[DrEFC]

Currently enjoying it on PS4 pro. It's no witcher though unfortunately

 

[Death]

Currently enjoying it on PS4 pro. It's no witcher though unfortunately

That’s the thing witcher3 6 years old I thought immersive npcs and world was just going to be a given. I wasn’t worried about that. I just just excited to see how they could improve on it with 8 years of development and more money etc. Couple it in with the bugs every few seconds and it’s a disappointment no matter how you put it or the ‘but I’m enjoying myself, you mad bro?’ brigade say.

 

[Daz1878]

Not really a top five of all time but notable mentions from my formative gaming years and taking in the different formats of cassette, 3 1⁄2-inch Floppy Disc and the early years of Hard Drives. Unreliable memories of the precise model details of the format I played them on so some guesswork.

The Great Escape - ZX Spectrum 48k/48K+ (1986)
Best Film License ever and felt so vast and detailed despite being within the confines of a POW camp.

Knight Tyme - ZX Spectrum 128K!! (1986)
Some budget games were a bit crap. This was better than most full price games and made full use of that 128K beast it ran on.

The Secret Of Monkey Island - Amiga 500 (1990)
Lucasfilms made some great adventure games including the Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade which was great. Loved Monkey Island though, ignore the special editions and remakes of later years. This was sensational.

Wings - Amiga 500 (1990)
Not sure there was any other game maker like Cinemaware. Beautiful highly stylized games which absolutely reeked of the period and style of their setting while still being good fun. See also It Came From The Desert.

Championship Manager 93 - Amiga 600 (1993)
Not the ultimate version but where it began for me, real players, real leagues and impossibly detailed. Dread to think how many hours went into playing it.
Also the game series that eventually prompted me to get my first housebrick sized external hard drive....a ton of solid, clunky metal and I think it held less than 40MB. Absolute game changer though.

I could do numerous lists for each computer and then more lists of five for 8, 16 and 32 bit consoles. And then another for early handhelds such as GameBoy and Sega GameGear. Wish I'd kept them all in a dusty loft somewhere!

Played so many great games on the Speccy during my misspent youth... too many to recall, but I always enjoyed Ultimate's Sabreman games (Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde, Knight Lore), and I played both Hunchback and Cavelon for a fair bit. I played Jet Set Willy for ages, always pausing the loading to mess around with POKEs to enhance my gaming experience - ah, a way of life now forgotten...

 

[Tramps_mate]

My list of stand out all time games in my gaming life...


Gauntlet. 1987. Spectrum 48k. Great fun and playability. I remember playing with a friend all day Saturday, Leaving the game paused running over night and continuing playing all day Sunday.

Super Mario 3. 1988. NES. Brilliant fun and playability. Still play it randomly now when I can.

Shadow of the beast. 1989. Amiga. Blew me away at the time.. incredible game! Incredibly difficult game!

The killing game show. 1990. Amiga. Another amazing but little known game.. Graphics. Music. Playability. Amazing.. still love having a go now.

Gran Turismo. 1997. PS. Best driving game ever at that point. Just wow.

World of Warcraft. 2004. PC. Along with first two expansions was a great game and good fun to play with friends. Was a game like nothing else I'd played at that time.

Skyrim/Witcher/Fallout. Xbox/PC. Just superb games and series. Some of the best games I've ever played.


There's plenty more but these are the top top ones for me.

 

[Daz1878]

Can't help but feel that one of Cyberpunk's problems - admittedly not the biggest one - is that the whole future noir thing all feels quite dated now (if that makes any sense), which of course is a totally separate issue to any gameplay problems. I remember thinking that way back when it was first announced, and the idea that we'll all soon have ports in the back of our heads for data cables (or whatever) seems a bit of a tired concept now.

 

[ChesterBlue]

Genuinely thing PES just nearly gave me a stroke. Lost 3 games online on the bounce via awful defensive errors causing 90th minute losses. That’s enough if that for a few weeks, gonna play some Baldur’s Gate 3 to cool off

 

[JamesEFC]

Never do top 5’s or 10’s as always forget something! One thing for sure though it would be heavily Zelda dominated..

 

[Huyton Layne]

My list of stand out all time games in my gaming life...


Gauntlet. 1987. Spectrum 48k. Great fun and playability. I remember playing with a friend all day Saturday, Leaving the game paused running over night and continuing playing all day Sunday.

Super Mario 3. 1988. NES. Brilliant fun and playability. Still play it randomly now when I can.

Shadow of the beast. 1989. Amiga. Blew me away at the time.. incredible game! Incredibly difficult game!

The killing game show. 1990. Amiga. Another amazing but little known game.. Graphics. Music. Playability. Amazing.. still love having a go now.

Gran Turismo. 1997. PS. Best driving game ever at that point. Just wow.

World of Warcraft. 2004. PC. Along with first two expansions was a great game and good fun to play with friends. Was a game like nothing else I'd played at that time.

Skyrim/Witcher/Fallout. Xbox/PC. Just superb games and series. Some of the best games I've ever played.


There's plenty more but these are the top top ones for me.

Don't know how I missed WoW. Just huge and could be what you wanted from tooling around to completionist to insane hardcore raider. Allowing you to make actual nerd friends, one of which I still have today. Only bad thing would be the pressure to hit the game every day when you're raiding to stay geared which really messed up the quality of my college work at the time.

 

[Tramps_mate]

Don't know how I missed WoW. Just huge and could be what you wanted from tooling around to completionist to insane hardcore raider. Allowing you to make actual nerd friends, one of which I still have today. Only bad thing would be the pressure to hit the game every day when you're raiding to stay geared which really messed up the quality of my college work at the time.

I liked completing PvE and leveling up several characters. and casually raided. I last played two years a go and it was just boring. It's not changed at all game play wise. Tedious grinds to level up..

 

[Tramps_mate]

I liked completing PvE and leveling up several characters. and casually raided. I last played two years a go and it was just boring. It's not changed at all game play wise. Tedious grinds to level up..

And rather expensive now too...