What got me was the price of the games, they've actually got cheaper, significantly so when you consider inflation. No wonder everyone just copied everything. Imagine paying £40 for Lemmings.Alfador_VII said:
Do you agree with this top 50 - from two decades ago?
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And it's outright blasphemous to state that such a masterpiece wasn't there when it is actually #35.SpunkeyMonkey said:
It's also a shame the UFO: Enemy Unknown, which has a demo on the coverdisks, was obviously just a bit too late to make the cut. It would have been top ten easily.
. . and where's Populous 2?
They listed that price, but I don't think anyone was ever actually charged that. I was an Amiga gamer at the time, and top whack was £25, but plenty of magazines listed prices of £30+. I think they were "recommended retail prices" which exist so the vendor can claim he's selling them cheap.Zykon TheLich said:
Of course those games are now $5.99 on GOG, so yeah there has been some price reduction.
Ah, a cunning marketing ploy. Never having paid for any games back then (except IIRC, Alien Breed, seeing as I had the box) the actual prices they were sold for elude me.Bad Jim said:
Oh how the mighty do fall. [http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/16/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/4/] From number one to number sixty-three in just seventeen years. Just behind Left 4 Dead 2.
Of course, that's a list which has Supreme Commander 2, Team Fortress 2, and World of Warcraft ahead of System Shock 2. A list that includes Mirror's Edge, Red Faction: Armageddon, and Dungeon Siege, but no Master of Orion 2 or Total Annihilation. All told, PC Gamer are not the best at listing things.
Of course, that's a list which has Supreme Commander 2, Team Fortress 2, and World of Warcraft ahead of System Shock 2. A list that includes Mirror's Edge, Red Faction: Armageddon, and Dungeon Siege, but no Master of Orion 2 or Total Annihilation. All told, PC Gamer are not the best at listing things.
Yeah it looks pretty good, although I think Day of the Tentacle and possibly Flashback (great platformer with some fresh ideas) should be in the top ten. I don't know about Sim City being number 1 but I never was much of a fan of those games.
Alone in the Dark 2 was one of my favourites back then. It was deliciously creepy. I remember playing it with my sisters boyfriend at the time.
Alone in the Dark 2 was one of my favourites back then. It was deliciously creepy. I remember playing it with my sisters boyfriend at the time.