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SandMonkey
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how about for the old NES -
Excite Bike
Zelda
Super Mario 1&3 (sorry, but I have always loved that game...)
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tetris
and Sega:
Joe Montana Football 94
Sonic 2
Columns
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Springfield, Mo. USA
Sep 2000
time: 05:12
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Originally posted by Paul Hanson on 09-17-2000 06:02 PM
Longfistking: If you think Enemy Unknown is tough, you should try X-COM Apocalypse. Damn, that one is a real *****...
Anyway, if you find that you keep getting toasted on it, the best advice I can offer is to research heavy plasma guns a soon as possible. And during a combat, keep saving the game. If your men die, load the game again and keep trying various methods until you pull through. 
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Thanks for the advice. My memory comes back on it now, and I remember getting wiped out when the aliens would attack various cities. I'd end up killing civilians and the darned critters would outnumber me and trap me in my ship and someone would go nuts on the crew and I'd be left with two guys against fifteen aliens and armed only with shotguns (or the equivalent). What a crazy game. And, if memory serves, I'd try researching heavy plasma, only to get sent out on missions to save a city and get fried, or get into a gunning match with the aliens in Mexico and investigate the crash site, only to be ambushed in the dark by those little bald alien babies. Weird, weird, weird. Like I mentioned above, if you know of any guidebooks let me know. If I can only figure it out, then those aliens would be toast, as you put it.
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Johan T
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Sweden
Sep 2000
time: 05:12
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Civilization II
Civilization I
Pirates!
Railroad Tycoon
Colonization
Well, what can I say, Sid Meier rules!
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Johan T
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Sweden
Sep 2000
time: 05:12
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The best computer games ever:
Civilization II (PC)
Civilization I (Amiga)
Pirates! (Amiga)
Railroad Tycoon (Amiga)
Colonization (PC)
Well, what can I say, Sid Meier rules!
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Johan T
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Sweden
Sep 2000
time: 05:12
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The best computer games ever:
Civilization II (PC)
Civilization I (Amiga)
Pirates! (Amiga)
Railroad Tycoon (Amiga)
Colonization (PC)
Well, what can I say, Sid Meier rules!
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Johan T
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Sweden
Sep 2000
time: 05:12
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Please pardon me for my many posts. I clicked the submit button several times because I thought it didn't work. Sorry about that.
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Rufus T. Firefly
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is one way of saying it, though I prefer "mensch"
Sep 2000
time: 07:12
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Good thread! I'm not much of a gamer (tend to play things I find in bargain bins or that get passed along by a friend) but here are mine, in chronological order:
On my old Amiga 500:
Bard's Tale
Empire
Bard's Tale 2
Then, on my Mac:
Syndicate
Populous (until I gave up trying to beat Nike)
Pax Imperia (fun, but way too easy to beat)
Sim City 2000
Doom
Quake
And now, on the laptop, Civ ToT
Honorable mention to Myst, Riven, Labyrinth of Time, and Seventh Guest, all of which absorbed me but none of which have any replayability (and can't therefore be addictive, right?)
Honorable future mention to Fallout, the game that was grabbing me before Civ stole my attention away.
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But there must be a war! I've paid a month's rent on the battlefield!
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SilexMT
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Montréal
Oct 2000
time: 00:12
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Axis and Allies (board game)
SimCity 2000 (Mac LC)
GoldenEye 007 (N64)
Zelda: a link to the past (SNES)
Zelda 64 (N64)
and the best for last:
Civilization (Atari ST)
And a quiz: any one here ever had one of these STs?
As for Civ II, I only had it for 2 weeks now and only had time to play one game, which I abandoned somewhere in 1980 after the world had turned into a thermonuclear wasteland. Well, it's their fault, they all turned against me, they didn't use to do that in the original civ...
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Marche ou crève
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SilexMT
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Montréal
Oct 2000
time: 00:12
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Axis and Allies (board game)
SimCity 2000 (Mac LC)
GoldenEye 007 (N64)
Zelda: a link to the past (SNES)
Zelda 64 (N64)
and the best for last:
Civilization (Atari ST)
And a quiz: any one here ever had one of these STs?
As for Civ II, I only had it for 2 weeks now and only had time to play one game, which I abandoned somewhere in 1980 after the world had turned into a thermonuclear wasteland. Well, it's their fault, they all turned against me, they didn't use to do that in the original civ...
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Marche ou crève
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Everyman
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Honolulu, HI USA
Oct 2000
time: 05:12
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Five favorite games:
1. Starcraft. IMO, this is THE classic RTS game, mainly for its brilliant balancing of three wildly diverse races. Also, the AI is quite aggressive and will keep you on your toes until it runs out of resources.
2. Age of Kings. Technically, it's a better game than Starcraft but it somehow lacks the gonzo energy of the former. Anyway, I tend to favor historically based games because it allows me to rationalize that they're educational and good for me.
3. SimCity 2000. This was the first computer game I got hooked on (Myst just didn't do it for me). I actually learned a few things about city planning in the process.
4. Civilization II. Of course. It's the most complex and challenging computer game I've ever played. Great replay value too.
5. Battletoads and Double Dragon (SNES). I found this unlauded game in the bargain bin at Kaybee's and have had great fun playing it with my nephew. It's a standard game where you and an ally go through various obstacles and meet a boss at the end but the twist is that if you aren't careful when fighting, you can accidently punch out your partner.
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Chronus
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CivII
Civ
Red Storm Rising
Silent Service
These four PC games took a good chunk out of my life.
Two non-PC games that consumed my time are Civilization (the board game) and Traveller (RPG).
But before all this was the Atari classics: Adventure, Superman, Air/Sea Battle, Asteroids, Missle Command, etc.
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Exile
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of the Benighted Realms
Sep 2000
time: 23:12
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In the good ole days, like KCbob, I played Avalon Hill boad games and their imitators (spi). C64 games like Imperium Galactum took over in the mid-80s. I really enjoyed an Amiga game called Centurion, Defender of Rome (Those BATTLES!). With a 486sx I wore out Civ1, RRtycoon, colonization, Master of Magic, and the great one; Master of Orion (1). Now that I'm riding this overheated beast of a processor, Total Annihilation, Axis and Allies, and especially Gettysburg by Sid get my attention. And, of course, Civ2.
From the Office of the Armchair General,
Exile
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Lost in America
[This message has been edited by Exile (edited October 14, 2000).]
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Dr.Oogkloot
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Aside from the usual ones (Civ, Civ2, War/StarCraft, etc), a few I can think of now:
Betrayal at Krondor
Stars!
FIFA Soccer series
Dark Sun series (I and II)
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