I’m pretty sure Doom will be the most popular (and my pick too), but I’ll throw a shout-out to Epic Pinball; that Android table was the best one in the game anyway.
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A couple of people have mentioned Raptor: Call of the shadows, which was an absolute favorite of mine. Skyforce Reloaded is pretty close in terms of gameplay. I wish there were more games out there like Raptor
You try Tyrian? It was like raptor but dialed up to 11 with different planes and an actual storyline :o
There’s a pretty good Android port now! Look up OpenTyrian.
Woah didn’t know about the Android port! Def gonna check it out. Thanks!
It’s a simple choice, really, considering how many hours I managed to invest as a kid:
I was always struck by the similarity to the blue robot on that table to Cyborg from Rise of the Robots and I wonder if there was some cross-pollination there.
He’s actually based on the genie from Aladdin
Oh, I just remembered Castle of the Winds, too. What a great era for games!
Wow what a throwback. I feel like i was always getting cursed and poisoned. Now i feel the need to find this game and finish it.
Castle of the Winds 1 and 2 were incredible!
I got my ass handed to me by Castle of the Winds when I was a kid. And that doofy-ass default barbarian sprite…
We always called that one Castle Of The Windows, since the entire game engine is constructed of 32x32 pixel Windows icons.
came here to post this. my buddy had it and i still play it every couple of years.
Native Windows UI controls for a game. Classic.
it’s like that Indiana Jones Adventure game.
Escape Velocity and its sequels.
Geez, I’d forgotten about that game. I spent an unreasonable amount of time playing those.
No such thing as unreasonable with those games because they were brilliant.
Time to sink into the next: Endless Sky (also @[email protected])
Somewhat different style, but there’s also Starsector!
Right, I forgot about that one… Haven’t tried it yet. Come to think of it, Soldat was also shareware, and I sunk hundreds of hours into it.
Hail to the King Baby (Duke Nukem 3d)
I’m getting flashbacks
Tyrian
Commander Keen is probably the one that I liked the most that is also well known.
My personal favorite was Bass Class, which is weird because I’ve zero interest in real-life fishing, then or now.
Jazz Jackrabbit, Jetpack, and Combat Tanks.
I played a lot of TetriNET and Subspace Continuum with my old online community. Great times.
Oh I’d forgotten about Subspace; what a classic!
I could not for the life of me get my head into the classic version of subspace. Buuuut Trench Wars was sick AF especially when the server admins set up Zombies! Events on the weekends.
Might be pushing the limits of shareware, but the demo of Quake 1 on cd for a buck. A simple console command unlocked the full version.
Duke Nukem 3D probably. That or Rise of The Triad.
I eventually bought DN in the 90s and played the shit out of it.
RoTT WAS SO FUN! How about heretic, another Doom clone? The chicken weapon was a favorite of mine.
Heretic 1 and 2 were great fun
Scorched Earth
Jesus, that’s a deep cut.
Mordor 1 The Depths of Dejenol
still available from Decklins DemiseIts the game that got me into dungeon crawlers particularly Demise: Rise of the Ku’Tan, and the epxansions Ascension and Revenge of the Tavern Keeper
