Games people play...

[amhran_comhrac]

Slightly off topic, but I'm curious about what other games everyone loves, since I suspect there's a lot of overlap... (and because if we have one loved game in common this could be a good way to introduce each other to new games we might enjoy just as much.)

Inspired in part by twist_shimmy, since I was up until FIVE AM the other night mainlining her fantastic Oblivion fic.

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[jannifer]

I actually started gaming with shareware games back when computers ran on some form of DOS and an 80386 processor was fast. I regged (registered) some of those games, too.

Over the years, though, I've enjoyed the following:

Baldur's Gate (borrowed from my sister)
Baldur's Gate 2 (bought for my niece, but is now mine)
Diablo, Diablo II and Lord of Destruction (aforementioned niece and sister lost my LoD disk)
Morrowind
Oblivion (although it stopped playing with my old video card after I updated the driver and I didn't figure out the problem until it was too late to roll back the driver)
DA:O and Awakening (I'm still on the fence about whether or not I'll get DAII. Once I start with a series, I like staying with it to see what the newer incarnations add.)
Neverwinter Nights

I sometimes play assorted "pinball" freebie games like Color Cubes (Tetris knockoff) or Amazon Adventure (marble matching). "Pinball" games are the ones where you don't really have to think, just react. And I sometimes play certain simple, freebie puzzle games.

I'm looking forward to Skyrim, but I hope BethSoft supports it better than they did Oblivion. BethSoft issued the last patch for Oblivion when the game had been out less than six months. Now, Blizzard knows how to support a game. You can get an updated version (upgraded for the newer operating systems) of their Diablo Warchest.

[rhiyah]

Do you remember when you needed to make a boot disc for every game? That used to make me so insane.

I remember also trial and error settings for sound cards, when my card wasn't in the list. >.

[jannifer]

Oh yes, I remember having to do that with some of the really early ones, and the experimentation one had to endure to get sound and/or video settings to cooperate with one another. Oh, and you remember how good 800x600 resolution looked in the beginning, not to mention EGA monitors in color? And the upgrade from 5.25" floppies to 3.5"? And when a 10 mb hard drive was huuuuge?

Yes, children, and we walked to school in snow up to our knees every day, uphill both ways. Believe me, we have come so far. :)