I remember typing in Super Star Trek, summer '81, and spending many hours debugging the Basic code, praying the cassette tape would catch all my hard work so that I wouldn’t have to do it all over again the next time !! LOL.
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I had the TRS-80 and first started without the tape deck attachment.
So I had stuck with small ones that were just a simple maze type.
Look left look up open chest. Look book etc then inside the maze I would have to remember the turn left turn right.
It was great for the mind to imagine being inside that maze.
Almost a lifetime ago now to remember.
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Had these too ?
I remember a little program called “Elisa”, an embryonic version of AI, lol.
Yeah, a lifetime ago 
And Z80 based machines ruled, lol (mine was an Exidy Sorcerer)
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Ah yes…the sheer fun of typing in 300 lines of BASIC code in order to play a game.
Mind you, I can recall an online update for Half Life taking 5 hours to download in 1999…and that was when one could not log into AOL for more than 5 hours at a time. Even Steam was slow to download games when it started…whereas now you can buy a game and have 15gb of it all downloaded in 10 minutes.
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It would seem as you had liked the game Half Life for a very long time
As it is your number two all time favourite 
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Half-Life 2 possibly has a role in that. I personally am still holding my breath for the third game. 
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There are too many games to mention so only posting one at a time whenever I remember to post one here.
Let’s start with a gem of an RTS with very immersive and thematic story and trailers / cutscenes that was also a gem for its outstanding multiplayer.
Warno
This is a good tactical immersive war game. Single or Multiplayer. I only found it a couple of weeks ago while investigating a similar game. Learning curve is mild but when the main keyboard shortcuts are known it’s a blast… Literally.
Skyrim
Age of Empires (especially AoE2: Age of Kings)
Railroad Tycoon
Shogun: Total War (and the Total War series in general)
Command and Conquer (and it’s prequel Dune: Battle for Arrakis)
Syndicate
Defender (80s retro sideways shooter)
Homeworld
Civilization
Everquest II
LoTRO
Rift
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These games I love to play.
Avakin Life
Discover unlimited ways to be you. Enter a virtual world of endless opportunities, a wardrobe packed with the latest fashion, your dream home in every location imaginable, and new adventures, parties and events happening every day.
Gris
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Wylde Flowers
Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.
Unpacking
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
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Black and White (First game where the npc’s automated their own towns and then the sequel ruined all this)
Half Life (Classic)
Eve (O how you take all my hours)
Dota (gets worse all the time but the nostolgia is amazing)
Legacy Of Kain (a great classic)
Celeste (game is amazeballs and tazbot playing it is godlike)
Home World Cataclysm (amazing atmosphere)
Syndicate (classic amazing atmosphere)
Age of Empires II (prefer watching the tornaments rather than playing thou.)
Kingdomcome Deliverance (II coming out soon cant ■■■■■■■ wait)
All the Elderscrolls (Lore is incredible)
So hard to stop at just these.
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Had to be one of the best Amiga games of all time, I hope they remake it for PC. I think they tried to remake it in 2012 and I can find a trailer but I can’t find the game.
I rememebr when i first worked out how to use a “persuadertron” lol, the briefings and the missions we all pretty cool.
They did have a go at doing a Syndicate reboot fairly recently, but I understand they went with the FoTM option and were developing it as a First Person Shooter game. Like the market isn’t already flooded with them! I remember seeing a trailer for it, but it seemed to have lost something in the translation.
Far better would have been to make it a Real-Time Strategy game.
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Well.
The game I put the most time I to is WoW but I also hate it. Something like 20,000 hours since 2005.
As for favourite. At this moment in time it’s:
Crusader Kings 2 and 3.
Project Zomboid.
Hopefully EvE once I’ve played for longer.
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Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri from the year 1998 is still my favourite.
It is one of the most immersive games ever and when i play it today, it’s the same as 25 years ago. Suddenly the sun rises.
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Ah, well. I liked a lot Syndicate and the expansion American Revolt. Then they released Syndicate II and oh… that didn’t end well. I never managed to fit the religious thing cyborgs with anything heavier than a Uzi because they were unable to move when carrying weapons… sitll don’t know if it was a feature, a bug, or whatever. But pretty killed the game, also the way the pseudo-3D maps had all kind of crap obscuring the lower layers… and it didn’t feel right. As for the pretended FPS reboot… dunno if it ever was released or how it fared but, seriously? A FPS??
(Oh, and the music, of course. The music from the original Syndicate was awesome…)
Currently Playing “Pillars Of Eternity” It looks like this is the best RPG I’ve ever played, Set in a time of Knights and Paladins. I’m loving it so far.
- Morrowind
- Master of Orion 2
- Wing Commander: Privateer
- Total Annihilation
- Command & Conquer
- I-War
- XCom: Enemy Unknown
Looking for a newer/multiplayer spin on what “WC: Privateer” did is what actually got me into EVE.
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Pls be more specific xD you cant say all of them are good ! C&C4 for example is bullsh…
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