I’m setting up my MiSTer FPGA and want to prioritize a bit. I currently have DOS and Win 95 running, but plan to setup Macintosh and any other worthwhile computer platforms. Any computer platform welcome (I already have the consoles figured out). What are your “must try” game suggestions?

Edit: I just got back to this post and am pleasantly surprised by the response. I’ll probably be adding most if not all of these to test since I have the space. Thank you to everyone who commented.

  • EarMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    12 days ago
    • Transport Tycoon
    • C&C Red Alert and Tiberian Sun
    • Anno 1602 (1602 A.D.)
    • Theme Park
    • Commander Keen
    • Doom 2 (and Wolfenstein 3D to some extend)
    • GTA2
    • Half-Life
    • Dungeon Keeper (mainly DK2)
    • Leisure Suit Larry 6
    • Worms 2 & Armageddon
    • Age of Empires 2
    • Sim City 2000 & 3000
    • SimTower
    • The Settlers 2
    • Lemmings
    • Incredible Machine
    • Commandos
    • Outcast
    • Quake 3 Arena
    • Descent
    • StarCraft (although I started playing it later)
  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    Amiga:

    • Sensible Soccer
    • Soccer Kid
    • The Chaos Engine

    ZX Spectrum:

    • Chaos
    • Robocop
    • Midnight Resistance
  • ElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    Lode Runner for Apple II. Still remarkably playable. You could also go for The Legend Returns on PlayStation / Saturn.

  • rzlatic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    11 days ago

    C64: Elite. the game is my personal number one, as I played only Elite constantly for a long time, despite all other games available for C64.

    Amiga: Chaos Engine, Transarctica.

    486: Elite Frontier, Descent, Descent II, Doom, Hexen, Heretic, Quake.

  • XTL@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    13 days ago

    What I spent ages on:

    • It came from the desert
    • Moria
    • Nethack
    • Sierra games, PQ and KQ and Manhunter in particular
    • Rainbow Islands
    • Hillsfar
    • Motor Massacre
    • Monkey Island, first 3
    • Populous
    • IK+
    • North and South (multiplayer)
    • Nuclear War (multiplayer)
  • alsimoneau@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    I was a fan of Midtown madness, both 1 and 2.

    I had LAN parties with my friends by booting the game, then ejecting the CD and passing it along.

    Sadly the third one wasn’t on PC.

  • Wimopy@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    Late and I cannot possibly read everything here, but I’ll come back to it as well.

    And just to do some due diligence:

    • Saw it multiple times already, but Homeworld.
    • Star Wars Rogue Squadron or many of the other Star Wars flight games before it.
    • Imperium Galactica 2. Amazing space RTS with space and ground combat.
    • I think one of the Formula 1 games from the era is considered among the best, but I’m not sure which. If you like F1 and racing that’s worth checking out.
    • Star Trek Armada is from 2000, but very good too.
    • Sid Meier games.
    • Nintendo games, including Mario Kart 64. Unfortunately the first Mario Party isn’t as good as modern ones I hear, but may also be up your alley.
    • Scorched Earth or Tank Wars for DOS. Worms for a more modern take on the genre.

    Very space- and RTS-themed, but that’s what got my attention at the time. And they were having their golden age. Also I was very young in the 90s, so that’s all I have.

  • pirate-dad@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    11 days ago
    • Sonic the hedgehog
    • Golden axe
    • Streets of rage
    • Micro machines
    • Super Mario Bros 3
    • Super Mario world
    • Cool boarders
    • SSX tricky
    • Speed freaks
    • Crash bandicoot
    • Soul Reaver
    • Tony hawk
    • Tomb raider 3
    • Abes oddesy
    • Crazy taxi
    • Duke nukem 3D
  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    Rollercoaster Tycoon is an obvious must-play. And Zeus: Master of Olympus came out in 2000 but runs on Windows 95. It’s a Sierra city builder, and I have thousands of hours in it.

  • icerunner_origin@startrek.websiteEnglish
    1·
    13 days ago

    Obligatory shout-out for any Bullfrog games of that era, especially Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2. Lionhead’s Black & White is 1 year out of your window, but such a good game.

    Also:
    Syndicate Wars
    Command & Conquer: Red Alert
    Grim Fandango
    Rollercoaster Tycoon
    Descent
    Grand Theft Auto

  • Nima@leminal.spaceEnglish
    1·
    13 days ago

    Jazz Jackrabbit Epic Pinball Elder Scrolls Daggerfall Monkey Island 1, 2 and 3 Heretic and Hexen

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.deEnglish
    1·
    13 days ago

    There are tons. The game that I considered my first “proper” game was World of Xeen. It’s phenomenal. And it’s actually two games. Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen and Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen. When you combined them you could travel between the two sides of the flat world and had more quests to solve and an ultimate end.

    It was always hard to make space for them even though we had a gigantic 250 MB hard drive. Each game took up 20-30 MB.

    Edit: Other must haves: Jazz Jackrabbit, Commander Keen, Doom, Quake, Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis