The Forgotten Games Recommendation List

I've been reading these forums for quite some time and whenever someone wishes for recommendations for specific genres the same games are always brought up. I am not denying that these games are good, in fact I think most of them are fantastic. I would only like to provide a little more flavor then what is currently being provided. Upon reading all of the ages of the users in these forums it became evident that maybe they simply did not know that these games existed or they were just simply forgotten, replaced by the graphical greats we see before us today. I only seek to inform individuals of fantastic games that may have been forgotten.

Good day.
DosBox information at the bottom of post #3

(In no particular order)
If you can find a copy, most if not all are compatible with Windows XP
Strategy -
1. XCOM: UFO Defense - CD Version available on abandonware websites (Compatible with WinXP)
2. Ground Control (the first one)
3. Sacrifice
4. Myth: The Fallen Lords
5. Myth 2: Soulblighter
6. Total Annihilation
7. Lords of the Realm 2
8. Heroes of Might and Magic (1 through 3)
9. Homeworld (1 and 2)
10. Z
11. Dungeon Keeper (1 and 2)
12. Soldier: Heroes of World War II
13. Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
14. Star Control Series
15. Master of Orion (1 and 2)
16. Kohan Series
17. Roller Coaster Tycoon
18. Mech Commander Series
19. Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
20. Commandos Series (Enemy Lines, Courage and Berlin)
21. Rise of Nations
22. Shogun: Total War
23. Medieval: Total War
24. Civilization Series (1 through 4)
25. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
26. Close Combat Series
27. Combat Mission Series
28. Blitzkrieg Series
29. Codename: Panzers (Phase One and Two)
30. Battle in Normandy
31. Hearts of Iron Series
32. Knights of Honor
33. Empires: Dawn of the Modern World
34. Age of Mythology
35. Age of Empires Series
36. Battle Realms
37. Black and White (1 and 2)
38. Sim City 4
39. Command & Conquer Series
40. Theme Hospital
41. Steel Panthers Series
42. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
43. Silent Hunter III
44. Battlezone
45. Battlezone II
46. Giants: Citizen Kabuto
47. Rollercoaster Tycoon Series
48. Metal Fatigue
49. Emperor: Battle for Dune
50. Worms Series
51. Conquest of the New World
52. Europa Universalis
53. Startopia
54. Warhammer: Dark Omen
55. Age of Wonders Series
56. Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
57. Space Empires: IV
58. Starflight (1 and 2) - Non-GS Website
59. Alpha Centauri
60. Dune Series (1 and 2)
61. Sid Meier's Colonization
62. Disciples Series
63. Jagged Alliance Series
64. Imperium Galactica Series
65. Space Rangers 2
66. Act of War: Direct Action
67. Stronghold Series
68. Fantasy General
69. Dark Legions
70. Syndicate
71. SpellForce Series
72. Impossible Creatures
73. Pharaoh
74. Caesar Series
75. Ghost Master
76. Sudden Strike Series
77. Lords of Magic
78. Majesty Series

Shooters/Action -
1. System Shock 2
2. Clive Barkers: Undying
3. Quake 2
4. Quake 3: Arena
5. Star Wars: Republic Commando
6. Vietcong
7. Hexen
8. Heretic
9. Unreal Tournament (The Original)
10. Thief Series (All 3)
11. No One Lives Forever (1 and 2)
12. Blood
13. Oni (Third-person)
14. Soldier of Fortune (1 and 2)
15. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
16. Operation Flashpoint
17. Planetside - Free FPS/RPG MMO
18. Jedi Knight Series
19. Heretic II
20. Freedom Fighters
21. Max Payne
22. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
23. Painkiller
24. Serious Sam: The First Encounter
25. Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
26. Return to Castle Wolfenstein
27. Metal Gear Solid
28. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
29. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
30. Mafia
31. Duke Nukem 3D
32. Prince of Persia Series
33. Hitman Series
34. Splinter Cell
35. Brothers in Arms Series
36. Medal of Honor
37. Die by the Sword
38. Messiah
39. Urban Chaos
40. Doom Series
41. Blade of Darkness
42. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
43. Shogo: M.A.D.
44. Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2
45. Project Snowblind
46. Magic Carpet Series
47. Rocket Jockey
48. Marathon Series (First is MAC and second is PC)
49. Red Faction Series
50. Tribes Series
51. Alien Vs. Predator
52. Kingpin
53. MDK
54. SiN
55. SiN Episodes: Emergence
56. Rise of the Triad
57. Call of Cthulhu
58. Witchaven

More on Post # 3

Continuation from Post #1 - Running out of room

Space/Flight Sim -
1. Wing Commander Series
2. Freespace (1 and 2)
3. Descent
4. Independence War (1 and 2)
5. Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
6. Freelancer
7. Terra Nova
8. X-Wing Collector's Edition
9. Archimedean Dynasty
10. Hardwar
11. Falcon 4.0 Series
12. Allegiance
13. X Series (1-2 easier searched by themselves)
14. Starlancer
15. Tachyon: The Fringe
16. Star Trek Bridge Commander
17. Terminal Velocity
18. Fury3
19. Hellbender

RPG -
1. The Elder Scrolls - Morrowind and Daggerfall
2. Baldurs Gate 1
3. Diablo
4. Deus Ex - FPS RPG
5. Neverwinter Nights
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Icewind Dale (1 and 2)
8. Darkstone
9. Fallout Series
10. Freedom Force Series
11. Divine Divinity
12. Ultima Collection (Includes ALL Ultimas)
13. Final Fantasy VIII
14. Vampire: The Masquerade Series
15. Anachronox
16. Arcanum
17. Krondor Series (Betrayal and Return)
18. Quest for Glory Series
19. Wizardry Series
20. Eye of the Beholder Series
21. Lands of Lore Series
22. Silver
23. Arx Fatalis
24. Albion
25. Might and Magic Series
26. Darksun - available on abandonware websites
27. Pool of Radiance Series
28. The Dark Queen of Krynn
29. Gothic Series (1 and 2)
30. Dungeon Siege Series
31. The Temple of Elemental Evil

Adventure -
1. Grim Fandango
2. Monkey Island Series
3. Myst
4. Beyond Good & Evil
5. The Dig
6. Full Throttle
7. Broken Sword Series
8. The Longest Journey
9. Sanitarium
10. The 7th Guest (DosBox)
11. Phatasmagoria Series
12. The Neverhood
13. Gabriel Knight Series
14. Omikron: The Nomad Soul
15. Outcast
16. Sam & Max: Hit the Road (DosBox)
17. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (DosBox)
18. Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure
19. King's Quest Series
20. Syberia Series
21. Project Eden
22. Journeyman Project: Legacy of Time
23. Neverhood

Racing and Car Combat -
1. Carmageddon Series
2. Interstate '76

Other -
1. Psychonauts
2. MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
3. MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
4. Grand Theft Auto II
5. American McGee's Alice
6. Incoming
7. Pandora's Box
8. Rayman 2: The Great Escape
9. Heavy Gear II
10. Crusader Series
11. Battletech Series

Puzzle/Fun -
1. The Incredible Machine Series
2. 3D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night
3. Pinball Fantasies
4. Pinball Dreams

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Grim Fandango

Monkey Island

Can we add Diablo? 1 and 2. This game was legendary!!

Operation Flashpoint

Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3/the frozen throne

definately add those for strategy

also get diablo 2 and LOD on there, needs more rpgs, put on guildwars

Good list overall, but needs some additions:

-Independence War (2-part series)

This small space sim series actually comes closer to the term "sim" than most other games out there(with some exceptions, such as Terminus)due to the actual use of Newtonian physics. That, and a highly detailed damage model. The gameplay seems quite good, but I haven't had the fortune of playing a full version of either game.

-Carmageddon (3-part series)

Please tell me you haven't forgotten this one...visceral carnage with motor vehicles at its finest! Don't want to race through checkpoints? Then waste your opponents or try to kill every single pedestrian on the map(unless you're playing TDR, in which strict time limits force you to race!)! Especially satisfying are the powerups introduced in Carma 2, ranging from mines/mortars that blow up anyone unfortunate enough to collide with one, repulsificators that send any nearby opponents or peds flying, and the "mutant tail thing", a mace connected to the back of your vehicle that can be cut off as you spin your vehicle to hit a poor pedestrian and get an Award for Outstanding Achievement!

-Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters

This epic space RPG is a classic in every respect. Great story, great gameplay, excellent music, and it's FREE. Of course, if you don't feel like hopping around the galaxy to collect lifeforms or blow up random aliens or whatever, you can just hop into Super Melee and school a friend...

-Cave Story (Doukutsu Monogatari)

A freeware platformer from Japan that was translated to English not too long ago, I'm sure this game will also fall into the classic category. Gameplay is similar to that of Metroid or post-SotN Castlevania, only with more plot and character interaction. It's said that there are three very different endings that you can get, though I have yet to get even one of them. (I keep getting distracted by other games.)

Oh, and one thing of note: PlanetSide has very little, if any, RPG elements. You'll have to wait until Twilight War to get your MMORPG/FPS hybrid. (That'll probably be the game that'll make me an MMO addict, not WoW or EQ or whatever else they have out there...)

Strategy:

Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (the original game) - great game!

FPS

Heretic II (well, you had Heretic but you forgot the better Heretic II, probably the best looking Quake 2 Engine game as well)

Action

Interstate '76

I'll fill in some adventure games....a lot of people have missed out on these classics....

Sam and Max: Hit the Road

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Broken Sword 1-3

The Dig

The Longest Journey

Full Throttle

Leisure Suit Larry series (excluding the new one)

Day of the Tenticle

in fact, do you know any other anime-inspired pc games?

You forgot the Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butchers Bay adamownsyou

...didn't look that good. I saw the gameplay video. Yeah, Vin Diesel- not the person I'd play with.

Now if it were Samuel Jackson, hell yeah I WOULD!

Don't forget Xwing-Alliance in the sim category

Works great on WinXP, and is getting a graphical overhaul due to the dedicated work of darksaber and co.

http://www.darksaber.gaylenol.com/

Also - anyone interested in Freespace 1 or 2 *needs* to check out the work going on at Hard-Light Productions with the Source Code Project.

http://www.hard-light.net/

And add 'Nexus: The Jupiter Incident' to the strategy section-

its cheesy....but good.