[GraphiteBoi]

I would just like to make it clear that the best game ever for a Mac is Bubble Trouble...maybe they will carbonize it!! haha

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i Think, therefore iMac.

[NickKohn]

thou shalt not dishonor "Civilization"

[GraphiteBoi]

hmmmm, ok

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i Think, therefore iMac.

[tonton]

The Epyx version of Rogue... only I can't find it anywhere for Mac. It can be found for PC and Amiga, but no Mac. Anyone here who can help?

By the way, there's not a single true version of Rogue for Mac except the Epyx version... except now I bet there's a version for OS X, isn't there? Just a UNIX recompile away.

Oh... and Dark Castle, and Arkanoid.

All played on a Mac Plus of course, no 3D acceleration required!

And is there anyone out there who knows Bandit Kings of Ancient China? Sadly, the only game KOEI ever released for the Mac. Now all of their games for the PC are in Chinese, Japanese and Korean only, and their English games are only released for console systems, but nothing at all for the Mac in any language.

Color props to Civ, Spaceward Ho (4.0), Warlords II, Maelstrom, Might and Magic 3...

And then we get into PPC... let's see... Marathon 2 and my favorite shooter, Shadow Warrior ("Noooo one messes with the Wang!!!")

Then I didn't ever get 3d acceleration until I bought my TiBook this month. Time to try out Myth, and some new shooters. The Sims seems cool but I haven't found the time for it yet.

[giantmike]

Bubble Trouble was alot of fun, on the Nintendo, but on a Mac, it just wasn't as great.

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[Archangel]

Since I'm a master of the obvious, I'll state the obvious fact. Reject this, and you reject truth:

Unreal Tournament is the greatest game ever made to date.

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"This is absolutely fascinating. . ." the blonde chick in Arizona Werewolf

[Chimpmaster]

*Rejects Archangels truth*

I couldnt pick one best ever game. I simply couldnt.

But a list would have to include;

Half life; Deus Ex; Thief; Starcraft & Fallout.

I believe Baldurs Gate 2 belongs in such a list but Im yet to find out.

I am using recent games, If I was to take a trip back in time I loved Civ, the Last Ninja (c64), Paradroid (C64) and so many others.

I never gained a strong love for UT - I prefer counterstrike and Quake 3 arena.

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by Archangel:
Since I'm a master of the obvious, I'll state the obvious fact. Reject this, and you reject truth:

Unreal Tournament is the greatest game ever made to date.

I will second that with all the passion of a red flag carrier with a flak cannon! (in other words, a lot )


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[brown monk]

Quake II.
There is nothing like railing your friends .

[Macfreak7]

Originally posted by brown monk:
Quake II.
There is nothing like railing your friends .

Definitely, Quake II absolutely RULES.
(for multiplayer of course)

[NeoMac]

THE BEST GAME EVER: PACMAN

For the simple reason that everyone at one time or another has played it and loved it. It is always fun and it has appealed to everyone. Even the most die hard "games are for kids" people have played PACMAN (parents).

[mike one]

best game: myth II
runner up: UT
'nuff said

[G4ME]

I would have to say that Command And Conquer Red Alert was the best game ever, killer graphics and great game play, mamouth tanks kick ass

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I Have a Super Computer

[Bubba Jones]

gosh, killing time on a sunday morning. so many great games. ones that made me waste a lot of my life.

civilization II
spyhunter
centurion
legend of Zelda(kicking ass with a magical boomerang was so good)
warcraft II

but the game that probably holds the fondest memories of my younger years,

Elevator Action, god that was fun.

They actually had it at this club in chicago for a while a few years back. Everyone else is drinking, socializing and dancing. I'm asking the bartender for a
jamesons's on the rocks and ten bucks in quarters. Very odd merging of two different decades for me.

[Talos]

Hm... Best game ever, eh?

I have a bit of a list for that:

  Escape Velocity / Override
  Cythera *ducks before hit by a number of high-velocity thrown projectiles*
  Nethergate
  Civilazation 2

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Bronze: the other gold metal.

Wow... I wonder why everyone likes UT so much. Unreal, although less feature-packed, is much better. You actually have a plot involved with a single player game, and 32-player multiplayer games are the same as in UT, but faster. I'll give you that not all of the same game modes and maps are standard, but Unreal offers more diversity and costs about $15 off the shelf.

And on another note, Escape Velocity was the best game ever made, hands down. EVO was a great sequel.

PSeyfferth
Creator, Editor, Fixer, Plug-In Guy
EV Veteran

[Cake]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
I will second that with all the passion of a red flag carrier with a flak cannon! (in other words, a lot )

How about with all the passion of a blue flag carrier with a rocket launcher while my cat -Slice- enjoys the warmth of my Sony 19" ?



UT RULZ!

[Cipher13]

Sweet, dude, what mods and skins is that using??


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[Cake]

No mods - that's actually the Demo (yeah, I still play the demo. Most of my friends are still there.)
Just the wrong shutter speed on my digi cam coupled with low light.

[iSilver]

Carmageddon is the BEST ever.

[cteselle]

Unreal Tournament is the best... Currently I am really liking the Chaos Mod....

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[maxxx]

um, Tetris?


Tetris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[roders]

Jet Pack Willy and Elite for the ZX Spectrum.
I'm not as old as I seem honest
I'm just old school yer know...

[tie]

Only one person has said Marathon?!

Marathon!

[GraphiteBoi]

BUBBLE TROUBLE!

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i Think, therefore iMac.

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by cteselle:
Unreal Tournament is the best... Currently I am really liking the Chaos Mod....

Chaos mod? Whatsit do? I think I'll check it out.

Cake - LOL, it looks awesome!


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[denim]

UT set us up da bomb.
But Dark Castle r00lz.
Sti11, DUNGEON iz bezt.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Man, I think half of you guys are too young (UT!), and the other half are too old (Bubble Trouble).......


Hey...I advise all you guys to go out to Bungie and buy Marathon. That game, my friends, was an amazing piece of art. I think it's probably better than any of the sequels, considering the time it was released and its incredible atmosphere.

Unreal Tournament, Quake III, Diablo II, etc. are surely the BEST games, but they're also released into familiar, tired, over-done genres with simple enhancements like better graphics and a new "mode" of gameplay.

Games like Marathon, which was probably the second first-person shooter out for the Mac, really blazed the trail for everything else.....

greg

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Though the day's been
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I still feel I'm close to
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[This message has been edited by ShortcutToMoncton (edited 04-03-2001).]

[denim]

Originally posted by ShortcutToMoncton:
Man, I think half of you guys are too young (UT!), and the other half are too old (Bubble Trouble).......

Nah, that's too young too.

WRT Marathon, surely you meant to say Marathon Infinity.

[cteselle]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Chaos mod? Whatsit do? I think I'll check it out.

Check it out... well worth the download...
http://www.planetunreal.com/chaotic/

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The best 2 games ever for mac are Deus ex and Heroes III!

[Corys]

C'mon...Marathon has to be the best game for mac...
hell we still have marathon LAN parties...it's priceless to be able to look at your buddy and laugh as your frag his ass.
or the Bob's..
how can you dis' the Bob's???

[denim]

Originally posted by Corys:
C'mon...Marathon has to be the best game for mac...
hell we still have marathon LAN parties...

Marathon is good, but have you tried UT?

[Cake]

Yeah, Marathon was pretty good, but big bugs as foes never really grabbed me.
If you really like Marathon, then you have to check out Marathon Rubicon

[Corys]

I have..play it almost daily..
but for me, when Marathon came out, it was so ahead of it's time..the graphics were awesome, gameplay was excellent...
Compared to UT now, it's not as exciting...but 5 years ago.....

[Spectre666]

My vote for "best game ever" goes to the original Doom.

[dr.dirt]

UT-nuff said, but when will I get Motocross Madness 2 for my Mac.
The Doctor of Terra-Firma

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dr.dirt

[tie]

UT as the best game?! You've got to be kidding. (I say after yet another game of CTF-Face.) I'm not even going to mention Doom.

I tthink Marathon has really carried the votes. It's amazing how great that game was.

I tried Rubicon but I got stuck on Hairy Legs. Eventually I turned on the cheats to get out but then got lost in the next level. Hearing on alt.games.marathon that it only gets harder -- and that the last level is next to impossible -- I gave it up for a while. I'll come back to it soon, but I'm not all that skilled so I hope it's doable.

I really liked "I'd rather be a lutefisk." A pretty simple level but it really caught me up. The next dream level, too.

[tie]

I'm also looking forward to the M1->A1 project to finish up. I forgot to copy the preferences over when I moved to my new computer so I can't play M1 anymore (lost serial number). Plus, Aleph One, with the texture enhancement pack, is so nice.

Does anyone know how internet networking on A1 is going? I expect it'll be a while before that's finished, but then I'll be able to delete UT from my hard drive and be -

Ok, still getting used to the fact that Bungie is Microsoft now, so I'll never be M$ free.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

No, I didn't mean Marathon Infinity...I meant Marathon. Like I said...Marathon was original. Marathon Infinity was, IMHO, a bit of a letdown for the technology that was available at the time...y'know? Good, but if it had blown me away like the original it would've really rocked.

Listen...when all MY friends were playin' Doom, and I come around fraggin' Bobs in Marathon...they were _really_ impressed....

greg

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Though the day's been
really long
I still feel I'm close to
nowhere....

[andypolack]

Best New Game: Oni
Most Awaited: Halo
Best older game: Marathon
Best really old game: Lode Runner (ROCK ON MAN!)

[theMacDude]

man, i can't remember the name of it, but it was kinda like a side-scroll Indiana Jones in a croc infested tomb. Played on my old Apple ][. I remeber that we got an accelerator card and it became impossible to play. The crocs would get ya before you could take three steps.



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Did you know that this would happen?

[poocat]

ok.
first of all, i'm pumped that somebody said fallout.
fallout and fallout 2 are incredible, amazing games.
i've yet to see a game w/ that much depth and options anywhere else.

other than that...

sonic 2
gta
airborne
galaxa
warcraft
quake (yes, i think ut is better than q3, but... this is about classics, not best sequels. same reason warcraft beats w2)

civ2

and... marshmellow duel.
if you've never played that... it's shareware, find it.

oh yeah.
raptor and death rally, from back when x86 shareware was the bomb.


poocat.

[sMACk]

Well, this is never a popular stance but after playing UT for the last year in my office, I finally loaded up my Quake III Arena cd and discovered it to be a much better game. Everyone in my office has now converted to Q3 and nobody wants to go back to UT.

As far as a classic game, marathon was incredible but does anyone else remember Dark Forces? That game was a blast, it single handedly got me into gamming.

[megetherio_tron]

fallout 2 kicked fallout 1's ass all over
fo1 was awesome when it came out
but fo2 just was everything fo1 was and like 200 times that

Populous was a ****ing rad rame

oni is very veyr good
diablo and diablo II are both insansly addicting

but my favorite game Of all time
well my two favotires actually
"Voom"
and
"Awesome"
try and find these two games ANYWHERE
they are both amiga games and both kicked major ass(at least to my recollection)

[itim55]

Best Old Game: Quake
Best New Game: Oni (sorta)
Most Ingenuitive Game: Quake III or The Sims (I dunno??)
Best Freakin' Revolutionary Game: Wolfenstein 3D
My 2¢

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Kato! You have turned my apartment into a..a..Chinese nookie factory!

[tie]

Originally posted by sMACk:
Well, this is never a popular stance but after playing UT for the last year in my office, I finally loaded up my Quake III Arena cd and discovered it to be a much better game. Everyone in my office has now converted to Q3 and nobody wants to go back to UT.

Yuck, that is hard to believe. I guess you don't play CTF? I mostly just play CTF-Face in UT but there are a few other good CTF maps. In Quake I don't think there are any (that came with the game -- I haven't tried team arena; is it a free addon?).

[G4ME]

Mac dude I so remember that game It was Jungle Hunt, you jumped from vine to vine and then has to doge the boulders flying in the air, countless hours spent staring at it, bunning the Green color in my mind forever, that and the original Oragon Trail, kill the squerils there damn fast

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I Have a Super Computer

[xyber233]

The two best games are Unreal Tournament and Starcraft. I also like playing Tactical Ops for UT.

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iMac1337

[crazyjohnson]

Here are a few that I like UT, R6, and lets not forget BOLO!

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