Landmark computer games of the 20th and 21st centuries

[Hardboy]

"Wings"

"Leisure Suit Larry"

[Hardboy]

KennyR wrote:
Whaaaaaat??? The C64 port of Pirates! SUCKED. It was incredibly slow, and liked to crash all the time. Not suprising, since the thing was written in BASIC!

One of the worst C64 games of all time, IMO. The Amiga version was so much better. Definitely a landmark in gaming. Not surprising, since Sid Meier was behind it.

What are you talking about?? Now, cut the crap, before I start insulting! There must more than one version then, because the version I had was AWESOME. It wasn´t neither made in basic, didn´t crash, and had allmost all the features of the amiga version. Mine was original, this fact may have had influence.

[scumble]

It's ironic that that old Psygnosis game, AWESOME, was far from what the title suggests.

No one has mentioned THE SETTLERS yet. It was the most complex god game of the time, and introduced a fully working economy. I still don't know how bluebyte managed to do it on the A500, although you do need 2MB to appreciate it properly.

LEGENDS OF VALOUR anyone? For the Amiga it was certainly unheard of to have textured 3D graphics in an RPG. It was playable as well, and quite immersive.

[Jupp3]

Hmm... Weird... Not too many C64 games mentioned here?

But don't worry, I'm here to fix that :-)

-Paradroid  
Shooter, that offered something different

-Wizball
Well, it IS quite original, yet playable.
Got also nice co-operative 2-player game

-Laser Squad
Quite simple yet good strategy game, I guess UFO drew a lot of
inspiration from this...

-Ultima series
(Enough said)

-Alter Ego
Classic text game of the ultimate adventure: Normal life

-Lode Runner
DEFINITELY classic



Then, a few classic coin-ops

-Wizard of Wor
Well, "basic" maze game, where you have to shoot all enemies.
If not first, it was at least among the first ones of its genre
(released in 1980)


-Marble Madness
Why didn't anyone mention this classic? Or did I just miss it...
This sure has been cloned almost too many times :-)
(released in 1984)

-Rampart
Nice and quite original game, borrowing bits from Tetris

Well, missed lots of classics most likely...

[KennyR]

What are you talking about?? Now, cut the crap, before I start insulting! There must more than one version then, because the version I had was AWESOME.

The version I had (which was the official one, AFAIK) was totally unplayable because it would crash at swordfights, which were too slow anyway, and come up with the

?SYNTAX ERROR IN LINE 10930
READY.

string. And I also remember the ZZAP64! review of Pirates! well - they said much the same thing and gave it about 30% or so, or even less. I haven't been able to find the review on the net (pirates is too common a word), but you'll have to take my word for it - or you could find it yourself. ;-)

[Im>bE]

"Chaos" on the spectrum.


groundbreaking high and variative gameplaY.

rated as #1 game of all time on gamebroth,
a site that seems to have much about this thread's topic.



history:

http://www.stutaylor.freeserve.co.uk/ChaosGame/History2.htm

gamebroth:

http://www.gamebroth.co.uk/top100/5to1.htm


Ofcourse, there are several clones,
but the only clone worth worshipping
is Sean Irvine's on the miggy.

Then when you are done thanking for that,
its time to go further into modern times
where James Conwell and Sean Irvine
has built it into a giant in playability.

But I guess noone is interested in quality...
so just hurry on now!

[B00tDisk]

Many have touched on these, but I think in semi-chronological order the "landmark games" would be:

Colossal Cave Adventure
Space War
Pong
Rogue
Wizardry!

...all just IMO.

[KyrianBrextor]

Some has mentioned "Pirates". I actually think "Sea Dogs" (PC game) has redefined that genre. If you were into the original Pirates, you MUST try Sea Dogs.

Anyway, other titles to remember:

Space Crusade... Though I haven´t really seen that many games in that genre. It still rocks though ;-)

Cabal is also a real classic, but like Space Crusade, there really hasn´t been many games in the genre.

Someone mentioned "Double Dragon". I actually think "Golden Axe" was the first in this whole genre... Remember, Sega launched the game as an arcade game long before it was ported to the Amiga.

Apart from that, the following titles deserves at least an honorable mention:

Moonstone
Nitro
Lotus 2
Ports of Call
Pinball Dreams
Sword of Sodan
Wings of Fury (perhaps)

[Im>bE]

Frontier elite 2 definitely.

not only superb gameplay,
but 100% lastability too.

I have the original boxed amiga version.
It has kewl manuals!

I don't think there is any space adventure/action game
around that can compete with this Goldie.
let alone within a single dd disk.

[Vincent]

How about:

3D Death Chase (the first driving game I saw)
Star Wars (vector graphics)
Driller (a 3D game)
Eric and the Floaters (for giving life to the Bomberman clones)


What about Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy?

[iamaboringperson]

i want to add:  'Fairlight' on the C64 or spectrum

'isometric' type game

not sure if it was the first though...

[Vincent]

There were a few isometric games that I remember.

Head Over Heels
Batman (Can't remember the full name)

I know there's more, but I can't remember just now.

I was thinking about PaperBoy and King Kong being Landmark games aswell.

[LP]

Hmm...

I'm thinking of:

Fire Power?
Worms (although I'm pretty sure there was "Tanx"-like games before... But still, It was the first game with free movement in that genre...

[Vincent]

Tanx was out way before Worms, but Worms set a new standard of playability.

Worms still hasn't been beaten today :-D

[Phoenix]

Not in any particular order

1 R-TYPE ( power ups galore )
2 Outrun ( the crash scene) Reviewed this one!
3 Space Harrier ( Almost 3D )
4 Star Wars ( I could feel the force and the atmosphere)
5 Wings ( still play it, still love it!!) Chocks away...
6 Pushover ( the puzzler that my friends found a group affair)
7 Worms ( a game that could make or break a friendship)
8 Time tunnel (C64.. I had imagination back then)
9 Street Fighter and variants( Never be Dhalsim)
10 Wizball (novel gameplay)
11 Target Renegade (anybody remember that?)
12 Super Mario 64 (Let's go for a wonder)
13 Cybernoid 1&2 (c64 the cheatmode was rude)
14 Shadow of the beast ( if anybody has MP3 remixes of the music Email me please!!)
15 Elite ( What can I say)
16 Mr do and the unicorns (To many coins)
17 Donkey Kong ( LCD version was cool)
18 Space invaders
19 Scramble (All versions)
20 Manic Miner ( MSX love child)
21 Double Dragon ( Dodgy but satisfying)
22 Operation Wolf ( Loved intro music)
23 Star Trek Bridge Commader (couldnt resist)
24 Time Crisis (Great PSX version)
25 Bruce Lee (1st game i ever completed on the commodore 64)
26 Tekken 2 (Love it)

I love games
 :-D  :-D  :-D

[itix]

Any other suggestions?

Laser Squad.

Although they released similar game for other 8-bit computer (Spectrum? cant remember) long before Laser Squad. Years later they released similar (but of course much enhanced) game for MS-DOS: UFO - Enemy Unknown.