Good pre-2000 PC games?

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#1 Posted by bigfatcrap (1919 posts) -
I have a windows 2000 computer. I know games made before the year 2000 run fine on it so I was looking for some recommendations. I don't have internet so I can't buy it off Steam and online play isn't a factor. (so no games like Counter Strike.) I'm not a big fan of RTS's and RPG's but I enjoy FPS's and action games like Half Life(I own it for the PS2) etc.
#2 Posted by fireandcloud (5118 posts) -
fallout 1 & 2. starcraft.
#3 Posted by stevew84 (44 posts) -

Dude your options are very limited...some of the best RTS games were back then (starcraft and C&C series). if you dont mind the graphics then duke nukem series, doom 1/2, shadow warrior, to be honest i cant name that many games before 2000 besides the ones listed here and above.

good luck tho, ever think of getting a new PC?

#4 Posted by 36O (823 posts) -

I have a windows 2000 computer. I know games made before the year 2000 run fine on it so I was looking for some recommendations. I don't have internet so I can't buy it off Steam and online play isn't a factor. (so no games like Counter Strike.) I'm not a big fan of RTS's and RPG's but I enjoy FPS's and action games like Half Life(I own it for the PS2) etc.bigfatcrap

even if you don't like rts's you owe yourself to try Starcraft. There is also doom 1 & 2, System Shock 1 & 2, X-Com, Quake, Unreal Tournament 1 (although thats best online) and more but I can't think of em.

#5 Posted by bigfatcrap (1919 posts) -
I've bought Starcraft and I like it(Zerg are my favorite) but that's the only RTS I like.
#6 Posted by drdvl (360 posts) -
Age of the Empires 2 got me to like strategy. but i thought airline tycoon was sweet. lol
#8 Posted by cetzop (131 posts) -
I've bought Starcraft and I like it(Zerg are my favorite) but that's the only RTS I like.bigfatcrap
Have you even played many other ones? Homeworld, Total Annihilation and Red Alert are some old ones.
#9 Posted by JP_Russell (12893 posts) -

Action games, got it.

Abuse
Alien Rampage
Bio Menace
Blake Stone
Blake Stone: Planet Strike
Blood
Blood 2
Commander Keen I-VI and Keen Dreams
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crusader: No Remorse
Crusader: No Regret
Crystal Caves
Cyclones
Dark Forces
Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
Descent
Descent 2
Doom
Doom 2
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem II
Duke Nukem 3D
Fury3
Half-Life
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Blueshift
Hellbender
Heretic
Heretic 2
Hexen
Hexen 2
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
Jill of the Jungle
Major Stryker
Mega Man X
Outlaws
Quake
Quake 2
Raptor
Redneck Rampage
Redneck Rampage Rides Again
Secret Agent
Shadow Warrior
Spear of Destiny
Strife
Terminal Velocity
Tyrian 2000
Wolfenstein 3D
Xargon

I'm sure I forgot some. Yes, even after 7 edits.

#10 Posted by ForsbergFan21 (2908 posts) -
  • SWAT 3
  • Kingpin: Life of Crime
  • Soldier of Fortune (2000 so close enough)

There's a lot of good games before 2000 but your genre is so limited. To be honest, there was not that many good FPS before 2000.

#11 Posted by ASK_Story (11455 posts) -

RTS:

  • Starcraft
  • Warcraft III
  • Age of Empires 1 & 2

Action/RPG:

  • Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
  • Icewind Dale
  • Diablo II
  • Fallout 1 & 2
  • Divine Divinity
  • Dungeon Siege

Shooters:

  • Medal of Honor Allied Assault
  • Counter Strike Anthology

Other:

  • Sim City 3000
That's all I can think about...and these are the ones I have in my library that I still play.

#12 Posted by thusaha (14495 posts) -

WarCraft 3,Divine Divinity,Dungeon Siege,Medal of Honor: Allied Assault = 2002

#13 Posted by com2006 (590 posts) -
Get Quake 2 its one of the finest FPSs ever created.
#14 Posted by Fr0st3d (432 posts) -
Starsiege: Tribes
#15 Posted by Love_Hina_Lover (4381 posts) -
street wars :)
Roller coaster tycoon and 2
The sims
unreal tournament

#16 Posted by RobertBowen (4094 posts) -

Action games, got it.

Abuse
Alien Rampage
Bio Menace
Blake Stone
Blake Stone: Planet Strike
Blood
Blood 2
Commander Keen I-VI and Keen Dreams
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crusader: No Remorse
Crusader: No Regret
Crystal Caves
Cyclones
Dark Forces
Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
Descent
Descent 2
Doom
Doom 2
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem II
Duke Nukem 3D
Fury3
Half-Life
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Blueshift
Hellbender
Heretic
Heretic 2
Hexen
Hexen 2
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
Jill of the Jungle
Major Stryker
Mega Man X
Outlaws
Quake
Quake 2
Raptor
Redneck Rampage
Redneck Rampage Rides Again
Secret Agent
Shadow Warrior
Spear of Destiny
Strife
Terminal Velocity
Tyrian 2000
Wolfenstein 3D
Xargon

I'm sure I forgot some. Yes, even after 7 edits.

JP_Russell

A good list, and certainly recommended. But thou didst forget these goodly titles...

FPS

Unreal + Return To Na Pali
Requiem: Avenging Angel
Rise Of The Triad
The Wheel Of Time
Unreal Tournament

3rd person Action

Heavy Metal FAKK2
MDK
Rune
Tomb Raider 1 & 2

RPG/FPS

System Shock 1 & 2
Deus Ex (released in 2000 I know, but it would probably run)

And just being a completist, the expansion packs to some of those games...

Quake: Scourge Of Armagon
Quake: Dissolution of Eternity
Quake II: The Reckoning
Quake II: Ground Zero
Hexen: Deathkings Of The Dark Citadel