Re: CRAP Poll: Favorite Era of Gaming

On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:08:11 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

This month it's a fun one: Video games have been around for a long
time, and have gone through various phases. Of them all, which was the
era in which you had the most fun playing video games? Not which you
feel was necessarily the BEST era with the best games, but the one you
had the most fun with. (And feel free to bitch about how I arbitrarily
divided up gaming history too! ;-)
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I love all my children equally, Spalls.

But the 80s will always have a glint of nostalgia for me.

All time favorite 80s arcade games:
o Mappy
o Time Pilot
o Galaxian (actually 1979 iirc)
o Galaga
o Gyruss
o Venture

All time favorite 80s computer games:
o Anything Infocom
o Anything Ultima
o Gold Box games
o Beach Head
https://www.mobygames.com/game/19932/beach-head/
o M.U.L.E.
o Seven Cities of Gold
o Archon
o Elite
o Rescue on Fractalus
https://www.mobygames.com/game/11726/rescue-on-fractalus/
o The Dreadnaught Factor
https://www.mobygames.com/game/9642/the-dreadnaught-factor/
o Raid on Bungeling Bay
https://www.mobygames.com/game/11506/raid-on-bungeling-bay/

But seriously, Baldur's Gate 3 anyone? I just got done playing Civ VI
with all the DLC, wow. And then there's "The Number" -- the greatest of
all games. In the past, I've bought stuff just to watch it run. In fact,
I literally watched Madden play itself on my Gamecube.

I have had fun galore. I wouldn't be doing this hobby if I wasn't having
fun.

--
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten