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Every Console has must play games but what are the must play PC games?
Other than like Doom, Freddy Fish & Pajama Sam I never really played any old PC games, was curious what people consider the best so I can try them later
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>>12103687
Do you mean specifically IBM compatibles, or are you using PC generally? I have a lot of x68000 recs.
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>>12103687
>Every Console
The PS5 and NuXbox have no "must play games".
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>>12103687
I used to play Nesticle on mine. Miss that game.
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>>12103694
When people say "PC", you should shed your autism force field and assume they're referring to IBM PC-compatibles
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Civilization
Colonization
Transport Tycoon
Roller Coaster Tycoon
SimCity
Warcraft (2)
Starcraft
Command and Conquer
Wing Commander
Masters of Orion
Star Control
Doom
Duke Nukem 3D
Quake
Half-Life
Little Big Adventure (2)
F117A
X-Com
The Secret of Monkey Island
Loom
Myst
Magic Carpet
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>>12103687
So are we talking DOS?
Windows 95/98?
Windows NT/2000/XP?
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>>12103694
Good lord man
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>>12103687
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>>12103687
‘Classic’ Pc games all
-generic western zogbot simulators copy pasted into ww2 or space settings
-boring medieval proto-assfaggots
-shitty multiplats that’s you’re usually better off emulating unless someone made a fan patch 2 decades after the game released

Pc gaming’s only purpose is to emulate superior n64 games, and it can’t even do that right.
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>>12103750
All those work
>>12103747
Is a good example

For that one guy who might care.

Currently played >>12103758 and I love it so much. Going to play Might & Magic 6,7 & 8 next. I played and beat Doom recently and loved it but I'm not that big a fan of Doom 2, not quite sure why. Tried Dungeon Keeper and I wanted to like it and did but combat between units with other keepers is such a pain in the ass
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>>12103687
If you like adventure games, check out the Neverhood.
>>12103762
blackest nigger-tier post
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>>12103782
Good list, thanks
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>>12103687
warcraft 2 and 3
diablo 1 and 2
starcraft and brood war
civ 3 and 4
alpha centauri
myst
doom
quake
half-life
dungeon keeeper 2
roller coaster tycoon
homm3
age of empires 2
baldurs gate 2
planescape torment
command & conquer and red alert
deus ex
fallout 1 and 2
total annihilation
system shock 2
homeworld
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>>12103687
Here's ones I plan on checking out:

Games And Programs To Install For Windows 98 PC:
- Encarta
- Microsoft Word 97
- Groiler
- Math Rocks
- Read, Write, and Type
- Treasure Mountain
- Treasure Cove
- Carmen Santiago
- Hexen
- Heretic
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
- Theme Hospital
- Star Wars Tie Fighter
- Descent
- Descent II
- Freespace Descent: The Great War
- Alpha Centauri
- Theme Park
- The Simpsons Virtual Springfield
- https://archive.org/details/the-simpsons-virtual-springfield-pc-cd-rom
- Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
- Lords Of The Realm II
- Mechwarrior II
- Any helicopter game from this era including the Commanche Series
- Heavy Gear II
- Bleem PS1 emulator to play Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 and Spyro The Dragon
- Legoland
- BHunter (1999)
- Rising Lands (1997)
- GP 500 (1999)
- Necrodome (1996)
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>>12103741
ntoa

kill yourself
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>>12103706
Neither did the PS3, PS4 or the XBox 360.
It's almost as if console gaming has been shit for nearly two decades.
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>>12103687
This won't ever be topped.
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>>12103762
trvkie
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>>12103687
Ultima IV-VII
Ultima Underworld I & II
Thief I & II
System Shock I & II
Deus Ex
Might and Magic I-VI
Heroes of Might and Magic II & III
Wizardry I-VIII
Dark Heart of Uukrul
Betrayal at Krondor
Dungeon Master
Dungeon Keeper
Maniac Mansion
Secret of Monkey Island I & II
Quest for Glory I-V
King's Quest I-VI
Gabriel Knight I & II
Wolfenstein 3D
Doom
Duke Nukem 3D
Star Control II
Starflight
X-Com: UFO Defense & Terror From the Deep
Jagged Alliance II
Master of Orion I & II
Master of Magic
Civilization II & III
Colonization
Imperialism II
Panzer General II
Europa Universalis II
Alpha Centauri
Pirates!
Fallout I & II
Arcanum
Wasteland
Baldur's Gate I & II
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Darklands
Pool of Radiance
Simcity 2000, 3000, & 4
Caesar III
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Pharaoh
Starcraft
Warcraft II
Diablo I & II
Age of Empires II
Command & Conquer & Red Alert
Dune II
Nethack
Ancient Domains of Mystery
Rogue
Elite
Lords of Midnight
The Oregon Trail
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
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>>12104082
Sorry forgot to mention, some I totally have experienced as a kid but a lot of them I haven't so they look fun to me
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>>12103747
needs more fmv games
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>>12104135
Incel basement goblin detected
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Fallout 1 and 2 are the first games that come to mind
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Deus Ex, Morrowind
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>>12103706
Astro Bot is a must play, though unfortunately this isn't /v/ so you cannot respond to me or you will have to kill yourself and I'm also going to proceed to kill myself after this post
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>>12104792

x2 - amazing experiences
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For me, it's the vehicle FPS sub genre of the mid 90's

>Quarantine
>Necrodome
>MachineHead
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Minesweeper and FreeCell. I am not joking
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>>12103694
>>12103741
>>12103752
one of my favorite things about imageboards is the combination of extreme autism and how there's no rules against hurt feefees, so you get the most mind-numbingly autistic posts imaginable followed by the perfect replies/owns
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>>12103741
PC stands for PC Engine

Pic related
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>>12103687
Theme Hospital, Myst, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Championship Manager 97/98, Command and Conquer, Encarta 98, Blade Runner, Deus Ex, Syndicate Wars
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Quake
Morrowind
Hexen
Daggerfall
Neverwinter nights
Fallout 1+2
Baldurs gate 1+2
Arcanum
Icewind Dale
Vampire games
System shock
Deus ex
Duke Nukem 3D
Planescape
Half life 1+2
Septerra Core
Thief
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>>12103762
sorry your bait didn't catch anything, here's a consolation (you)
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>>12105273
As much as I like Bonk, Turbo only really has shoot em ups going for it.
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>>12107056
and splatterhouse!
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i just started playing stronghold. it's pretty good.
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>>12103687
Sky mother FUCKING roads
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>>12103687
>Every Console has must play games but what are the must play PC games?

Go to
https://www.myabandonware.com/
and just start slapping the random game button brah
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>>12107474
>hit random button once
>get game that caters to my fetish
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>>12105268
one of my favorite things about imageboards is the lack of ids, so you get lukewarm quips followed by the same guy sucking himself off when nobody else responds
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anon, asking for someone to name the must play PC games is like asking to name the must play "console" games. there's like 6 console generations that the PC covers and entire genres that are exclusive to PC like RTS, point'n'click, grand strat. there's also weird shit like freeware games, flash games etc
and i have no idea what your tastes are
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>>12109441
For example, this list of freeware games barely covers 1% of the good freeware games out there.
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>>12109454
It definitely covered a lot of ground for the time in terms of pick of the litter. Indie gaming was much smaller back then (and more honest may I add) -- check steam stats on how much slop was added to their library starting from the 2010s when indies became a serious business

Also having a price tag narrows down the pool in any case. You can make a list of must play games from the 90s/early 2000s quite easily if you're gunning for /vr/ picks
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Not one motherfucker in this thread mentioned MegaRace, those FMV scenes with Lance Boyle were badass brothers. I only wish I had as much style and could make as many pussies wet as that man did back in the day. Have a nice death, baby!
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>>12103747
>>12103834
>>12104082
>>12104191
>>12106171
These are all good lists, OP, I was worried people would forget about King's Quest and Carmen Sandiego, which were very important at one point, but someone mentioned them. The only game I can think of that no one has mentioned yet is Phantasmagoria, probably the second most important FMV/Pre-render adventure game after Myst.

If you end up liking Phantasmagoria, check out Harvester as well, it's better than Phantasmagoria 2.



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