90's PC gaming general!

Aside certain 16 and 8 bit consoles, this is my fav gaming period ever. From VGA DOS masterpieces to early Windows titles. What are your favorites? What titles would you recommend? Let's make a general 90's PC thread here with games, DOSBox and hardware discussion.
My favorites from that era are Doom games, Dune 2, C&C and Red Alert, Carmageddon, Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Quake, and Ultima Underworld series. Ports of console and arcade games were also great during the 90's DOS era. Also I am quite fond of some flight sims from the era, despite being not very good at the genre.

Does anyone here has real Roland Sound Canvas hardware? I'd like to ask to record some game music from it :roll: Also where can I get a working piece for cheap?

Isn't there already a DOS box thread?

I enjoyed DOS games like Duke Nukem II, Clyde's Adventure, Scorched Earth, Xargon, Jazz Jackrabbit, and many more I just can't think of right now.

As for Windows games, I can't really think of many right now, but I enjoyed Winbrick 96, Bad Toys, The Yukon Trail, and Castle of the Winds.

I loved playing the Kings Quest games on the ol' DOS.

Apogee was one of my absolute favorite video game companies back in the day. They were, to me at least, the "Sega" of the PC world. Everything they put out, I loved. I recommend their entire selection.

Beyond them, check out stuff like Terminal Velocity, and One must Fall. Two different kinds of games, but both are awesome.

Oooh, am I really gonna get to be the first to suggest Raptor Call of the Shadows? Damn right I am!

One of the first Windows 3.1 games I played was Cyberia. Followed by Silent Steel and Descent. The Incredible Machine was a favorite as well.

The majority of the C&C games released in the 90s. I still try to find people to play with on CnCnet but they are all mostly on Red Alert. I prefer Tiberian Dawn. When I do get on Red Alert though, I always can't get into a room because they are full or because I get kicked out (probably because the same group of guys are on and they just want to play with their friends, which I find stupid if you're going to put your online game service out in public and be uninviting).

All that matter is blood. The game that is.
Best FPS ever made.

The nineties were one of the best eras of PC-gaming ever! Quite a lot of landmark titles were produced in that time, games that (while not necessarily the first in their genre) changed the industry and influenced gaming in general. Also, some of the best titles in their respective genre were made during the time.

- RPG's: Ultima VI, VII and VII, part 2, Fallout 1 & 2, and the Baldur's Gate-Games set the standards in terms of open world, storytelling and gemeplay (respectively). Ultima Underworld 1 & 2 (and, to a lesser degree, the lesser known ShadowCaster) refined the First-person RPG.
- Action-RPG: Diablo (It may not have been the first Hack&Slash, but it redefined the genre and spawned hundreds of clones)
- Adventure: The apex of Lucas Arts gaming (Monkey Island 1-3, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max hit the Road, Grim Fandango)
- Space Combat: A genre mostly forgotten nowadays, but in the nineties, games like the Wing Commander series, Privateer 1&2, Tie Fighter, Descent and Freespace 1 & 2 dominated the scene (and reached a quality that hasn't been surpassed since - let's face it, space combat games after Freespace 2 pretty much sucked!).
- First person shooters: Were practically born in that era, beginning with Wolfenstein 3D (yeah I know, technically it wasn't the first, but it is what mostly defined the genre) and culminating in the first Unreal. Also: Deus Ex, System Shock II and Thief: The Dark Project!
- The era also saw the rise of RTS games as an independent genre (popularized by the Warcraft- and Command & Conquer-series).
- Turn-based-strategy: Let's face it, Master of Orion II (1996) still beats every other game in that field!
- Racing: Stunts / 4D Sports Driving. 'Nuff said.

Yes, the Nineties were by far the best years for being a PC gamer...

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

All that matter is blood. The game that is.
Best FPS ever made.

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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Kamahl again.

Four words: One Must Fall 2097.

The only PC fighting game you'll ever need.

Point n click classics like the Monkey Island series, Beneath a Steel Sky and Maniac Mansion 1 & 2; Command & Conquer games (as stated above); the first two Elder Scrolls games; FPS like Duke Nukem 3D (and it's expansions), Alien vs Predator 1, the Doom series, Castle Wolfenstein, Shadow Warrior. Also worth mentioning, Blood Omen and Soul Reaver.

This is definitely one of my favourite parts of gaming history. Planescape: Torment is probably my top RPG with Fallout 1 and 2 not far behind. FPS hybrids like the System Shock games (Deus Ex just missed the '90s) are amazing. Their modern equivalents feel dumbed down in comparison. And Unreal Tournament is my most played multi-player game ever.

I wasn't into at the time but a couple years ago I went back to playing the action-adventure Outcast and loved it. It's too bad the DC port was cancelled.


LucasArts and Sierra hog all the attention for graphic adventures but there are plenty of other creative classics. I'm a fan of:

Under a Killing Moon
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...illingmoon.jpg

The Neverhood
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../neverhood.jpg

Bad Mojo
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...badmojo-10.png

Dreamweb
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/DreamWeb.png

I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...no-mouth-1.jpg

Blade Runner
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...laderunner.jpg

The Last Express
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...astexpress.jpg

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

All that matter is blood. The game that is.
Best FPS ever made.

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Kamahl is correct; compared to blood all other PC games are like masturbating with sandpaper.

Close this thread.

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Originally Posted by Mr Smith

compared to blood all other PC games are like masturbating with sandpaper.

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Your metaphors are always eerily accurate.

not one mention of Descent & Descent 2? :|

best FPS ever!

you aint walking around all lame like Doom or Quake, its a hovership with 360* 3D rotation :D

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not one mention of Descent & Descent 2? :|

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First page. ;)

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First page. ;)

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ah, ok, glad someone mentioned it :D

(IOU+rep)

...Descent 1 has an awesome community made EXE patch for windows (HD+open_gl)

One game I loved is Hunter Hunted. It's a side-scroller that plays kind of like Blackthorne, but with a twist: layers. It's like the old "push up to enter a door in the background" thing you've seen a million times, but instead of just entering a small room or whatever, it's a whole area that runs parallel to where you just were, and they go 8 deep (and you go back and forth). The game is divided into two different kinds of levels, "hunter" levels which are more action based, and "hunted" levels which are more survival based. Every level has different objectives, like destroy these targets, find the key, etc. There are two playable characters, a human who can use a wide variety of weapons, and an alien with superhuman strength.

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One game I loved is Hunter Hunted.

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This game ruled.

I also loved Rise of the Triad. It was pretty bad, but had a lot of fun weapons. Most notably, drunk missles.

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Point n click classics like the Monkey Island series, Beneath a Steel Sky and Maniac Mansion 1 & 2; Command & Conquer games (as stated above); the first two Elder Scrolls games; FPS like Duke Nukem 3D (and it's expansions), Alien vs Predator 1, the Doom series, Castle Wolfenstein, Shadow Warrior. Also worth mentioning, Blood Omen and Soul Reaver.

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Pound for pound the best ScummVM game I've ever played. It's the ultimate evolution of the genre... so perfect.

If anyone ever goes back and plays this game, make sure you play the CD-Rom version.

X-Wing Collector's CD
. . . and that's all for now. ;)

90s PC games are the only ones I play :/ I used to love Doom, Rise of the Triad and Wolfenstein 3D (cheesy and mental but fun) Duke Nukem 3D, Descent 1 and 2, Worms, and Dungeon Keeper.

My personal favorite games for the PC are 90's games. Doom 1-2, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake 1-2, Dungeon Keeper, Half-life, Starcraft...

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Originally Posted by ThugsRook

not one mention of Descent & Descent 2? :|

best FPS ever!

you aint walking around all lame like Doom or Quake, its a hovership with 360* 3D rotation :D

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Descent wasn't mentioned once, but TWICE ;) I just filed it under "Space Combat", not FPS (well okay, most of the time you don't fly through open space, but you DO pilot a spaceship, so that counts :p )

On another note, I also pop in Mad TV every once in a while, the game is just so much fun (for management simulation game anyway...)