A man who has been playing the computer game Civilisation II for ten years describes the year 3991 AD as a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation.
Daniel Knowles, from the Telegraph and a fan of the game, says the game has certain assumptions built in to it about what will happen if there is a nuclear war or if you stop producing green technology.
The hubbub around Nintendo's SNES Classic announcement this week had us wondering: what would an equivalent, retro PC look like if it released today, and what games would you put on it?
Command HQ
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
King's Quest
Zork
F-19 Stealth Fighter
Silent Service
Doom
Quake
Wolfenstein
Duke Nukem
Half Life and all the spin off games
Fallout
Thief
Deus Ex
Theme Hospital
System Shock
Dungeon Keeper
The Secret of Monkey Island
Civilization
SimCity 2000
The Sims (All Expansions)
nice list. the OG Wolfenstein, Doom and Duke Nukem are musts.... I know there were a lot of others I can't recall so off the top of my head the only thing I can think to add would be Arkanoid. that game was so much fun with that stupid bouncing ball and bricks. Then more recently games like Starcraft, Diablo, etc. I'm think OG PC though like late 80s early, early 90s.
The orignal Sims was awesome.
On topic, I wish a PC classic would exist somedays.
Wolfenstein 3D
Doom
Unreal Tournament 2004
Quake
Half Life 1 & 2 (&3)
Far Cry 1 & 2
Crysis
Portal 1 & 2
Monkey Island
Grim Fandango
Day of the Tentacle
Alone in the dark
Lands of Lore 1 & 2
Witcher 1 & 2
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
Gothic and Gothic 2
System Shock 1 & 2
Thief 1, 2, 3
Deus Ex & Invisible War
Desperados
Commandos 1 & 2
Diablo 1 & 2
Siege of Avalon
Throne of Darkness
Command & Conquer and C&C Red Alert 1 & 2
Age of Empires 1, 2, 3 & Age of mythology
Empire Earth
Warcraft 3
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Black & White
Worms Armageddon
GTA 1 and 2
Total Annihilation
Elite/Elite 2
Doom/Doom 2
UFO Enemy Unknown
Dune 2
Quake
Diablo
Starcraft
Our editor harks back to a simpler time, as he explains why he considers Civilization II to be the best in the series to date.
PC Gamer writes: Many games are designed to be extremely moreish. Civ invites you to click that end-turn button and keep building your empire. Online games like Runescape let you team up with like-minded people from around the globe to go on adventures. Surely you can fit another round of Dota 2 in before bed, and maybe another. But there comes a time when it all has to stop, right? Right??
This week's question: When did you know you were playing a game way too much? Let the confessions begin.
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When i was basically plugged into the wall with my PSP. I was playing Persona 3 Portable for 14 hours straight.
It was my first Persona game and first SMT game.
When you hear birds chirping and then you remember you started playing after dinner
When I pressed start after the credits rolle unless I could skip the credits sooner.
Asteroids,defender,pitfall,he ro,Galaga, dig dug, yi are kung fu, gyruss,Mega man,metroid, contra, castlevania, ninja gaiden, Zelda, super Mario,Gunstar heroes, streets of rage, street fighter 2,phantasy star, super monaco gp,syphon filter, Tenchu, tekken,guardian heroes, ready 2 rumble, soul calibur,nfl 2k,nba 2k,ridge racer, gran turismo, ace combat, resident evil,devil may cry, so on and so forth yada yada yada blah blah blah. Yes I've played a lot of games.
Back then up until this point, if a game is FUN,doesn't matter how it looks, how long it is, how many blisters, how many cramped hands throwing hadokens,if it's fun, I just kept playing and hitting start. Only stopping to eat, do homework, sleep(after the sun came up), pee, etc. Then jump right back in.
Now, I feel I don't have the time as I once did. But currently, I have spent many, many hours playing raw data with all the different characters and super hot on psvr among the other games I have. Dual wielding definitely has that Dante feel crossing hands or shooting from behind my head to the side.(yes,you can pull that off in psvr)There's just nothing else like it. And let's not even talk about being the archer. It's like being green arrow for hours on end.
From my experiences with Ghandhi, I'd say civilisation is usually off the mark.
Then again, we never know if he would've behaved differently if he had nukes.
How did this article get approved?
This guy's game has been covered by literally every major news source. We don't need to hear more about it...