Posted October 04, 2008
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Please add your votes to our dedicated wishlist page (if you haven't aready :) . Thanks!
Post edited February 23, 2012 by Destro
Posted September 20, 2008
I would like to request Anvil of Dawn.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/anvil-of-dawn
It is listed as working at the DosBox site so it shouldn't be hard to package a working version.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/anvil-of-dawn
It is listed as working at the DosBox site so it shouldn't be hard to package a working version.
Posted September 20, 2008
Here's a quick wish list :
- Unreal, Unreal Tournament.
- Mechwarrior series (especially 3 & Dark Knight)
- Baldur's Gate.
- Quake.
- Duke Nukem 3D.
- Carmageddon.
- Command and Conquer.
- Deus Ex.
- Rollcage.
- 7th Guest.
- Blood.
- The house of the Dead.
- Icewind Dale.
- Lemmings.
- Myst.
- Neverwinter Nights.
- Planescape: Torment.
- Prince of Persia 3D.
- Serious Sam.
- SimCity2000 or 3000.
- Wing Commander.
- Worms.
- Unreal, Unreal Tournament.
- Mechwarrior series (especially 3 & Dark Knight)
- Baldur's Gate.
- Quake.
- Duke Nukem 3D.
- Carmageddon.
- Command and Conquer.
- Deus Ex.
- Rollcage.
- 7th Guest.
- Blood.
- The house of the Dead.
- Icewind Dale.
- Lemmings.
- Myst.
- Neverwinter Nights.
- Planescape: Torment.
- Prince of Persia 3D.
- Serious Sam.
- SimCity2000 or 3000.
- Wing Commander.
- Worms.
Posted September 21, 2008
Quite the thread :) Good nostalgia! I finally read it all, and watched as, one by one, almost every single game I had written down was mentioned by other people. Even MindRover!! I thought the wonderful Moonbase Commander was going to stay unlisted, but that popped up in the last few pages. Other semi-surprises were Azrael's Tear, The Last Express, Project Eden, Archimedean Dynasty, and Trespasser. The latter is extremely famous of course, but usually for being a tremendous failure... it's actually a wonderful game behind all the interface issues, and it thoroughly deserves to be here and experienced by more people. Trespasser also has an amazingly dedicated community who have worked wonders with the game without source code.
I'll get my few previously unlisted games out of the way first:
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
A unique FPS with a horror theme (of the "boo!" variety) and semi-randomised architecture (a most unusual feature for a first-person game). It has many flaws, and the randomised gameplay is eventually rather same-ish, but it absolutely drips with gothic atmosphere, and I'm really quite fond of it.
Forsaken
Something of a Descent clone. I was actually surprised not to see this listed, as people usually seem to speak fondly of it, even if it never had the following of Descent itself. I never actually played this one.
Sinistar Unleashed
Very much under-appreciated, I think. This is (aside from occasional objective-based bonus levels) a faithful 3D reinvention of the classic 2D arcade game, and it is AWESOME. I agree 100% with the avault review, and have said elsewhere that this is "Quite probably the best 3D remake of a classic arcade game, ever." Every negative review I saw of the game seemed to dislike the fact that it was precisely what it was intended to be -- non-stop plot-free action, just like the 2D original. And it's still a good-looking game, almost 10 years later.
Project Nomads
This is a slightly odd one, which I hesitate a little to include, but it's also quite unique, and well made. Based around a bizarre 'flying island' scenario, this is a 3D action game which mixes some light base-building strategy, with turret control, and arcade jet-pack antics. Not without its flaws, but very memorable.
Pro Pinball series
I rate Timeshock as the single greatest PC pinball game I've played. I would love to have Big Race USA as well. I know that the final one was a bit of a dud, and I don't think they had quite gotten into their stride with first one, but I would say that the first three are worthy (or preferably a single pack of all four tables :)
Addiction Pinball
This two-table game is from Team 17, and the Worms table especially is great fun... great pinball action backed by a Worm-y soundtrack and samples... what's not to love? :)
Powerslide
Before embarking upon a seemingly-endless stream of realistic Dirt Track Racing games, Ratbag burst onto the scene with this absolute blinder of an arcade racer, set in the future where there was apparently very little friction indeed :) The tracks in this game are just wonderful.
Hidden & Dangerous 2 + expansion
Brutal WW2 tactical team-based infiltration and combat. The original game (H&D Deluxe is free these days) was famed for its co-op play especially. And its bugs, but the Deluxe edition solved a great many of those. H&D2 only has co-op play in its expansion pack missions "Sabre Squadron", unfortunately. You can play this game in first-person, third-person, or from an overhead tactical view. Tough as nails, but there's nothing quite like it.
British Open Championship Golf
Because no Looking Glass game deserves to be left out of this thread -- and it's highly playable, of course, with many unique features at the time it came out.
I ought to note that my list comes mostly from me looking at my own collection, and figuring out which games I thought deserved to be here more than the others, so this isn't my personal wish-list of things I would buy, but rather my wish list for things that other people could have the opportunity to buy. The underlined games (I want italics, GOG! Underlined text looks too much like hyperlinks...) are the ones I don't own :) (and there really ought to be more of those, but just doing this much has been slightly time-consuming!)
Games in bold are the ones I want to see here even more than the others :)
Looking Glass
-------------
Ultima Underworld series
System Shock
Terra Nova
British Open Championship Golf
Flight Unlimited series
Thief series
System Shock 2
First-person Action
-------------------
Aliens vs Predator Gold edition
Requiem: Avenging Angel
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
Blood + expansions
Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition
Outlaws
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
TRON 2.0
Serious Sam: The First & Second Encounters
Forsaken
First-person Tactical
---------------------
SWAT 3
Vietcong: Purple Haze
Hidden and Dangerous 2 + expansion
First Person RPG/Adventure
--------------------------
Deus Ex
Trespasser
Azrael's Tear
Realms of the Haunting
Strife
Arx Fatalis
Action/adventure
----------------
Little Big Adventure series
Outcast
Anachronox
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Bioforge
RPG/Adventures
--------------
ALL of the Lucasarts adventures
The Last Express
Zork series (incl. Nemesis and Grand Inquisitor)
Baldur's Gate series
Planescape: Torment
Sanitarium
Neverhood
Strategy and Tactical
---------------------
Battlezone series
Total Annihilation + expansions
Worms 2D series (Armageddon is probably redundant if you have World Party, however.)
Master of Orion 2
Startopia
Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth 2: Soulblighter
Civilization 2
Alpha Centauri + expansion
Moonbase Commander
Freedom Force series
Commandos series
MindRover: The Europa Project
Majesty Gold Edition
X-COM series
Jagged Alliance, Deadly Games, JA2 (Unfinished Business does not contain JA2, right?)
Syndicate series
Dungeon Keeper
Incubation (Battle Isle)
Homeworld
Uprising series
Arcade / Action
---------------
Heart of Darkness
Flashback
Earthworm Jim
Crusader series
Sinistar Unleashed
Project Eden
Death Rally
Project Nomads
Pro Pinball series (Timeshock and Big Race USA especially)
Armed and Dangerous
Severence: Blade of Darkness
Alice
I would add "Another World" (aka "Out of this World"), but you can buy the 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition from Eric Chahi.
Sci-fi 'sim'
------------
I-War / Independence War Deluxe Edition
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Archimedean Dynasty
X-Wing / TIE Fighter series
Hard War
Mechwarrior series
Heavy Gear 2
Flight / Driving sim
--------------------
Powerslide
Interstate '76
Carmageddon series
Need For Speed: Porsche 2000
Grand Prix Legends
Red Baron 3D
Total Air War
Apache Longbow 2
Enemy Engaged series
I struggled a bit with listing proper sims, because I think that more than any other genre, simulations don't age very well in the face of more modern competition. If there's a more recent sim that covers sufficiently similar ground with better physics, presentation, and A.I., then there's often little point in playing the older one, even if it was a classic, because those features are the game to such a large extent when discussing sims. Campaign systems, overall historical immersion, or general uniqueness can overcome this, so I found a few that were definitely worth mentioning (most of which have community support ranging from 'solid' to 'astonishing'), and I'm sure there are plenty of others that I'm not familiar with which would also qualify.
I'll get my few previously unlisted games out of the way first:
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
A unique FPS with a horror theme (of the "boo!" variety) and semi-randomised architecture (a most unusual feature for a first-person game). It has many flaws, and the randomised gameplay is eventually rather same-ish, but it absolutely drips with gothic atmosphere, and I'm really quite fond of it.
Forsaken
Something of a Descent clone. I was actually surprised not to see this listed, as people usually seem to speak fondly of it, even if it never had the following of Descent itself. I never actually played this one.
Sinistar Unleashed
Very much under-appreciated, I think. This is (aside from occasional objective-based bonus levels) a faithful 3D reinvention of the classic 2D arcade game, and it is AWESOME. I agree 100% with the avault review, and have said elsewhere that this is "Quite probably the best 3D remake of a classic arcade game, ever." Every negative review I saw of the game seemed to dislike the fact that it was precisely what it was intended to be -- non-stop plot-free action, just like the 2D original. And it's still a good-looking game, almost 10 years later.
Project Nomads
This is a slightly odd one, which I hesitate a little to include, but it's also quite unique, and well made. Based around a bizarre 'flying island' scenario, this is a 3D action game which mixes some light base-building strategy, with turret control, and arcade jet-pack antics. Not without its flaws, but very memorable.
Pro Pinball series
I rate Timeshock as the single greatest PC pinball game I've played. I would love to have Big Race USA as well. I know that the final one was a bit of a dud, and I don't think they had quite gotten into their stride with first one, but I would say that the first three are worthy (or preferably a single pack of all four tables :)
Addiction Pinball
This two-table game is from Team 17, and the Worms table especially is great fun... great pinball action backed by a Worm-y soundtrack and samples... what's not to love? :)
Powerslide
Before embarking upon a seemingly-endless stream of realistic Dirt Track Racing games, Ratbag burst onto the scene with this absolute blinder of an arcade racer, set in the future where there was apparently very little friction indeed :) The tracks in this game are just wonderful.
Hidden & Dangerous 2 + expansion
Brutal WW2 tactical team-based infiltration and combat. The original game (H&D Deluxe is free these days) was famed for its co-op play especially. And its bugs, but the Deluxe edition solved a great many of those. H&D2 only has co-op play in its expansion pack missions "Sabre Squadron", unfortunately. You can play this game in first-person, third-person, or from an overhead tactical view. Tough as nails, but there's nothing quite like it.
British Open Championship Golf
Because no Looking Glass game deserves to be left out of this thread -- and it's highly playable, of course, with many unique features at the time it came out.
I ought to note that my list comes mostly from me looking at my own collection, and figuring out which games I thought deserved to be here more than the others, so this isn't my personal wish-list of things I would buy, but rather my wish list for things that other people could have the opportunity to buy. The underlined games (I want italics, GOG! Underlined text looks too much like hyperlinks...) are the ones I don't own :) (and there really ought to be more of those, but just doing this much has been slightly time-consuming!)
Games in bold are the ones I want to see here even more than the others :)
Looking Glass
-------------
Ultima Underworld series
System Shock
Terra Nova
British Open Championship Golf
Flight Unlimited series
Thief series
System Shock 2
First-person Action
-------------------
Aliens vs Predator Gold edition
Requiem: Avenging Angel
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
Blood + expansions
Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition
Outlaws
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
TRON 2.0
Serious Sam: The First & Second Encounters
Forsaken
First-person Tactical
---------------------
SWAT 3
Vietcong: Purple Haze
Hidden and Dangerous 2 + expansion
First Person RPG/Adventure
--------------------------
Deus Ex
Trespasser
Azrael's Tear
Realms of the Haunting
Strife
Arx Fatalis
Action/adventure
----------------
Little Big Adventure series
Outcast
Anachronox
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Bioforge
RPG/Adventures
--------------
ALL of the Lucasarts adventures
The Last Express
Zork series (incl. Nemesis and Grand Inquisitor)
Baldur's Gate series
Planescape: Torment
Sanitarium
Neverhood
Strategy and Tactical
---------------------
Battlezone series
Total Annihilation + expansions
Worms 2D series (Armageddon is probably redundant if you have World Party, however.)
Master of Orion 2
Startopia
Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth 2: Soulblighter
Civilization 2
Alpha Centauri + expansion
Moonbase Commander
Freedom Force series
Commandos series
MindRover: The Europa Project
Majesty Gold Edition
X-COM series
Jagged Alliance, Deadly Games, JA2 (Unfinished Business does not contain JA2, right?)
Syndicate series
Dungeon Keeper
Incubation (Battle Isle)
Homeworld
Uprising series
Arcade / Action
---------------
Heart of Darkness
Flashback
Earthworm Jim
Crusader series
Sinistar Unleashed
Project Eden
Death Rally
Project Nomads
Pro Pinball series (Timeshock and Big Race USA especially)
Armed and Dangerous
Severence: Blade of Darkness
Alice
I would add "Another World" (aka "Out of this World"), but you can buy the 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition from Eric Chahi.
Sci-fi 'sim'
------------
I-War / Independence War Deluxe Edition
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Archimedean Dynasty
X-Wing / TIE Fighter series
Hard War
Mechwarrior series
Heavy Gear 2
Flight / Driving sim
--------------------
Powerslide
Interstate '76
Carmageddon series
Need For Speed: Porsche 2000
Grand Prix Legends
Red Baron 3D
Total Air War
Apache Longbow 2
Enemy Engaged series
I struggled a bit with listing proper sims, because I think that more than any other genre, simulations don't age very well in the face of more modern competition. If there's a more recent sim that covers sufficiently similar ground with better physics, presentation, and A.I., then there's often little point in playing the older one, even if it was a classic, because those features are the game to such a large extent when discussing sims. Campaign systems, overall historical immersion, or general uniqueness can overcome this, so I found a few that were definitely worth mentioning (most of which have community support ranging from 'solid' to 'astonishing'), and I'm sure there are plenty of others that I'm not familiar with which would also qualify.
Post edited September 21, 2008 by Shadowcat
Posted September 21, 2008
(oh.. the posting system caught me by surprise here..)
My wish list..
Black and White
Black and White creature isle
Populous
Dungeon Keeper
(lots of 'god' games huh)
Kings Quest series
Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Grim Fandango
Manic Mansion
Alone in the dark
Worms
Earthworm Jim 2d
Atomic Bomberman
Sam & Max (maybe?)
The one in bold is more vital than others.
Grim Fandango and the Monkey Island series can already
work with vista out of the box, provided you have to tweak
some things here and there. Ultimately.. I want Black and white to come on GOG.
My wish list..
Black and White
Black and White creature isle
Populous
Dungeon Keeper
(lots of 'god' games huh)
Kings Quest series
Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Grim Fandango
Manic Mansion
Alone in the dark
Worms
Earthworm Jim 2d
Atomic Bomberman
Sam & Max (maybe?)
The one in bold is more vital than others.
Grim Fandango and the Monkey Island series can already
work with vista out of the box, provided you have to tweak
some things here and there. Ultimately.. I want Black and white to come on GOG.
Posted September 21, 2008
Ditto on all of the Lucasarts adventures... also, System Shock 2 (you know it would sell like crazy :), all the Elder Scrolls games (I'd buy I & II on day 1), Blood series, and Abuse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_(computer_game).
Posted September 21, 2008
I would like to see Master of Orion 2 here. As well as Imperium Galactica and Anachronox.And if the licenses issues could be worked out, the older Interplay Star Trek games (I'm thinking 25th Anniversary and Judgment Rites) as well the other old trek games from other publishers.
Posted September 21, 2008
Dungeon Keeper
Theme hospital
Sim City 2000
Carmageddon I & II
Need for speed
Flight unlimited
Empire Deluxe for windows
The incredible machine 1 & 2
Eye of the Beholder ( complete series)
Wing Commander series
Syndicate
To name but a few ....but there are many more
great games out there.
Gaming since 1971
Theme hospital
Sim City 2000
Carmageddon I & II
Need for speed
Flight unlimited
Empire Deluxe for windows
The incredible machine 1 & 2
Eye of the Beholder ( complete series)
Wing Commander series
Syndicate
To name but a few ....but there are many more
great games out there.
Gaming since 1971
Posted September 21, 2008
Here are some of my favorite classic games that I'd like to see released on GOG:
- Shadow Warrior
- Duke Nukem 3D
- System Shock 1 & 2
- AVP
- Armed and Dangerous
- Carmageddon
- Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2
- No One Lives Forever 1& 2
- Planescape Torment
- Soldier of Fortune
- Tribes
- Interstate 76
- Rise of the Triad
- Shadow Warrior
- Duke Nukem 3D
- System Shock 1 & 2
- AVP
- Armed and Dangerous
- Carmageddon
- Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2
- No One Lives Forever 1& 2
- Planescape Torment
- Soldier of Fortune
- Tribes
- Interstate 76
- Rise of the Triad
Posted September 21, 2008
Wow! I don't know whether GOG will read this far up, but...
All Lucasarts adventures
Dark Forces I and II
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter
Duke Nukem 3D
The old Take-2 adventure games (You know, the ones that came on 6 to 12 CDs...good times...)
All the Zorks (especially the later ones like Grand Inquisitor and Nemesis)
Discworld Noir
The Dark Eye
Hell, most of the games I would really want from this place would have to be old point-and-click adventures! (and a few of the classic Star Wars games) I pretty much switched off of GameTap to here because you guys have plenty more games I would want to play, and you actually get to own the games instead of renting them.
All Lucasarts adventures
Dark Forces I and II
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter
Duke Nukem 3D
The old Take-2 adventure games (You know, the ones that came on 6 to 12 CDs...good times...)
All the Zorks (especially the later ones like Grand Inquisitor and Nemesis)
Discworld Noir
The Dark Eye
Hell, most of the games I would really want from this place would have to be old point-and-click adventures! (and a few of the classic Star Wars games) I pretty much switched off of GameTap to here because you guys have plenty more games I would want to play, and you actually get to own the games instead of renting them.