Quote from: PaladinCA;278352Everquest

Oh yeah.  How could I forget EQ.  I started a month after launch and didn't use any spoiler sites for a long time.  That game was sadistic in the old days.

Quote from: Pierce Inverarity;278363JA2 is THE SHIT.

For those who don't know it: Play it now. Third-person like Fallout (by some of the same designers IIRC), except that

a) it gets rid of distracting stuff (e.g., plot);

b) 10 times as many guns, and man, do their stats matter;

c) there are some real characters among the mercs (I believe one can get the lesbians to marry);

d) chargen OMG OMG

Based on this recommendation, i've just ordered it from Amazon for a tenner.

Quote from: Pierce Inverarity;278363JA2 is THE SHIT.

For those who don't know it: Play it now. Third-person like Fallout (by some of the same designers IIRC), except that

a) it gets rid of distracting stuff (e.g., plot);

b) 10 times as many guns, and man, do their stats matter;

c) there are some real characters among the mercs (I believe one can get the lesbians to marry);

d) chargen OMG OMG

Shazam!  Ported to Linux, too.

fallout 2, warhammer 40k: chaos gate, baldur's gate, starcraft, alpha centauri, and birth of the federation are the ones that immediately spring to mind.

Quote from: One Horse Town;278465Based on this recommendation, i've just ordered it from Amazon for a tenner.

1. When recruiting mercs for the first time, make sure one is a medic, unless your PC is one.

2. Get hold of Ruger Minis soon, and G-4s (G-3s?) later on. Also, scopes.

3. Close combat with knife or unarmed can be highly efficient, but it is an art mastered by few.

EDIT: You'll need this walkthrough, and besides it gives you a sense of the tactical depth of the game:

http://files.filefront.com/Jagged+Alliance+2+Complete+Guide/;5431088;/fileinfo.html

Wow, let's see if I can think back that far...

Civ2
Independence War
Thief
Half Life
Team Fortress Classic
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Diablo II
Freespace 2
Homeworld

1999?

Some version of Civilization. That's about the only computer game I used to play before I got a Guild Wars account...

Hmmm... I did do the odd Neverwinter Nights, but I don't remember when that came out.

1999? That was the time Thief came out, and I was playing the hell out of that. In fact, I still am. (My Darkloader directory lists somewhere between 700 and 800 fanmade missions right now... some of those could qualify as complete games.)
Master of Magic was still working on my PC then, so I was playing it now and then.
I experimented with Fate: the Gates of Dawn on the Amiga emulator. Fate was huge (bigger than Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant), and eventually too hard. Too bad.
Was Age of Wonders from 1999? I think it came out later than that, but I may be misremembering.
I played Baldur's Gate but hated it and still do. Classic example of overrated mediocrity.

I discovered Jagged Alliance 2 much later, but I've got to say -- that's one complex game, the kind they just don't make anymore. I actually liked it more than Fallout, and I liked Fallout a lot.

Ridiculous amounts of Starcraft, Civ 2, Master of Orion 2, and when I needed a change up I'd load Xcom.

Mechwarrior 2 and 3 (this was a great series)
Baldur's Gate (another great series)
Grand Theft Auto 1 and 2
Army Men
Tomb Raider

Wow I don't play nearly as many games as I used to.

Quake 1 and 2
Diablo 2

Otherwise I can't remember.

Age of Empires , Carmageddon and Quake 1

Doom.  I am way behind the video game curve, but I really like that game. I was just finishing through it at that time.

Civilization II -   I am an addict. I admit it.

Tomb Raider III was about that same time.

Quake III and Star Craft. I still play I'm from time to time.

Quote from: Melan;278635Master of Magic was still working on my PC then, so I was playing it now and then.

Master of Magic is accessible from abandonware websites. If you install DosBox there should be no problem to run old games like MoM (I couldn't make the sound work though). Don't hesitate to ask for help if you need some.