Comment on Great games you would recommend from before 1990?
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
I don’t know how many of these hold up in their own right these days, but these are the formative games I played before 1990.
- Reach for the Stars - The first 4X game. It created and introduced me to a genre that I still love today!
- Dragonstrike - A dragon riding flight simulator set in the D&D setting of Krynn. It was release in 1990 though, so it’s only here if we fudge a little
- Pools of Radiance - The first D&D CRPG. I know for sure this one doesn’t hold up, but it was amazing back in the day!
- Tunnels & Trolls Crusaders of Khazan - Another CRPG, this one also from 1990. It sticks out in my memory mostly because I found a “gatling bow” which would empty your quiver by firing all of your arrows at a target when you took a shot. I also found a never ending quiver. It was game breaking. I’d hit things with 30 arrows per shot and just annihilate everything.
- Kings Quest IV Perils of Rosella. A real time adventure/puzzle/RPG game. First game I played with a dedicated female protagonist!
- Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon - Another “Made in 1990” game. It was the first (and IMO, still the best) game in the Railway Tycoon series and I believe it was also the first game in the “Tycoon” genre
- Sim City - The first in the Sim City series, and the first of the “Sim” titled games. I loved it back in the day, even even got to play it at school. It doesn’t hold up very well against later games in the series though.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Pools of Radiance was the first game of the series too. If you ever decide to play again, get them all.
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
I played them all back then! My favourite was Curse of the Azure Bonds, because it tied in with the book that I had absolutely loved
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Curse of Azure Bonds was probably the hardest of the series from my memory. I know some of the situations/battles could be avoided, but there was one that sticks in my memory of a large battle between two big forces that included beholders and I got rocked over and over until i finally beat it. Excellent game.