Old School Games

[Fivelives]

The Lunar games all got ported to the PSX, so there's no need to go for a sega cd emulator - ePSXe works pretty much right out of the box. Look for Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue for the psx - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_(series )

I use an old wired Xbox 360 controller that I had kicking around for a couple of years, but you can get USB controllers for around $8 to $14 on Amazon.

[tlitp]

Are we limited to console/ROMs? Otherwise I would strongly recommend Monkey Islands 1, 2, and 3, Loom, Baldur's Gate 2, and Heroes of Might and Magic 2.

HoMM II was a hell of a game, but III+xpacs+WoG is in a league of its own (not to mention that it's still being worked on). While I am unable to play it like I used to do ten years ago, I can't seem to let a single month pass without hitting a couple of maps.

[Levantine]

Fucking LOVED HoMM3. I've been wanting to play it again for old time's sake, but I haven't been fucked to try to get it to work properly on my computer.

[Thalia]

I kept thinking only of RPGS, but

Any and all Resident Evil games, seriously scared the crap out of me
Koudelka
Silent Hill(s)
Shadow Hearts

[Gerunna]

Lots of good ones already mentioned. Another I loved to pieces was TIE Fighter.

[bldavis]

I kept thinking only of RPGS, but

Any and all Resident Evil games, seriously scared the crap out of me
Koudelka
Silent Hill(s)
Shadow Hearts

omg i played RE4 for the first time when my ex wife was at work one night

first time playing a RE game...i literally jumped about a foot the first time i came across the wolves, not to mention the chainsaw dude in the village (right after you get your shotgun)

[Hokahey]

See, I'm feeling real old right now, because none of these discussed actually evoke "old school" for me. Well, except Oregon Trail...but even then I didn't originally play it on the computer, but as an in- class module with the teacher telling us what happened to us (I hated that bastard SOOO much).

I was thinking Joust, Pac Man, Galaga, Pitfall, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, etc.

[Fivelives]

Ha. I remember nickel arcades. Games like Tron and Defender and honest-to-god pinball machines.

[Candiru]

All time greats:
Magic Carpet
Stonekeep
Dungeon Keeper
Master of Orion
UFO:Enemy Unknown (also know as XCOM:UFO defence)
Fallout
Lemmings
Legend of Zelda: A link to the past
Super Metroid
FF3
Chrono Trigger
Gargoyle's Quest
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[Angelarc6570]

You guys are making me want to download a ROM to play FF:Tactics. Single handedly my favorite game on the PS1 (Man im starting to get old)

[Shyrtandros]

FINALLY I remembered

Dragon Warrior Monsters.

Looking back I am shocked that it didn't become very famous since it is very much like Pokemon, but I guess the whole TV cartoon thing is what made Pokemon so famous?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Warrior_Monsters

[Sabindeus]

You guys are making me want to download a ROM to play FF:Tactics. Single handedly my favorite game on the PS1 (Man im starting to get old)

Agrias thinks you should go get the PSP remake!

[Fetzie]

anyone remember this little guy?

[Jeremoot]

anyone remember this little guy?

Ohhh yes.

[Fridmarr]

See, I'm feeling real old right now, because none of these discussed actually evoke "old school" for me. Well, except Oregon Trail...but even then I didn't originally play it on the computer, but as an in- class module with the teacher telling us what happened to us (I hated that bastard SOOO much).

I was thinking Joust, Pac Man, Galaga, Pitfall, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, etc.

Those were all pretty good, Dig Dug and Pitfall were among my favorites on that list. A lot of the games of that Arcade/Atari era, which were mostly just escalating levels because "saving" wasn't a readily available technology, I just didn't get into all that much. Probably my most played Arcade games when I was a kid were Punch Out (the green guy version), Kung-Fu Master, and 10 Yard Fight.

The Commodore 64 was when I really got into games that had more depth like Ultima, Legacy of the Ancients (my personal favorite), Bard's Tale, and others.