• yabai@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    It’s been a few years, but Armagetron Advanced was the best. Felt like you were riding the lightbikes from Tron.

  • megane-kun@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I’ve played Simutrans on and off ever since the mid 2010’s. I’m not any good at it, and usually play it without regard to a lot of its mechanics (especially managing finances), but I’ve spent countless of hours just connecting communities and cities with over-engineered roads, rail systems, ferries, and airplanes.

    • oddspinnaker@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      I happened upon the original for $20 in Wal Mart in 1995 and I’ve been playing it on and off ever since!

      One of the best games ever made.

  • Waveform@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Clonk! It’s a 2D mining/strategy/base-building hybrid that was apparently more popular in Germany than other places. I actually paid to play it way back in '05, but it has since become freeware. It’s got a particle sim (similar to Noita, but not as extensive) that plays into the scenarios well.

    clonk.de

  • Redfeather@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    One of my absolute favorites is a quirky strategy game named Lord Monarch. I found it on the Nihon Falcom website way back in the mid 90s when I was first starting to use the internet: Lord Monarch

    It’s super tiny in modern terms, but I remember waiting a good 20-30 minutes for it to download from a 33.6Kbps modem.

    Another huge one for me was a game I actually got a full version of from a Gravis gamepad promo CD named Seek and Destroy. It’s a top down shooter where you can be either a helicopter or a tank: Seek and Destroy

    The last one that comes to mind is a giant robot fighting game that also came on that same Gravis CD named One Must Fall: One Must Fall 2097

  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
    19·
    3 days ago

    Something about Castle of the Winds really seemed unique and even today it’s distinct from most roguelikes. I liked the fact that items could be enchanted or cursed. Simplistic graphics, but fun! I also liked the 3D pinball game (demo) that came with an old version of Windows…

    • Chuck@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      Wow holy shit I’ve literally never heard another person speak of this game. I came here thinking, “it’s a shame Castle of the Winds is never mentioned in these kinds of threads” and here it is. I wasted a summer of my youth playing this game and listening to Blues Traveler Four every day.

      We never had the sequel so the game just ended. I thought of it about fifteen years ago and found it! Beat the game and it was every bit as much fun as I remembered it being as a kid.

      Random dungeon levels, traps, hidden doors, magic, monsters, treasure - this game is an absolute blast.

      • yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.comEnglish
        7·
        3 days ago

        i also really fell into this game as a kid, it was included on a disc of free games for pc that my dad got at some point in the 90s. it was the first game i personally played with any sort of exploration mechanic, and it really hooked me. cool to see a couple of other people on lemmy have fond memories about it as well!

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I got it working on Mt last computer by running it through win 3.1, but I haven’t been able to make that work since I changed. How are you running it these days?