Gaming Great PC games from before 2000

[Fudge]

My PC is shit, and I wanna play some PC games. What are some good ones released before 2000 (or maybe 2002 or 2003).
EDIT: Specs:

Intel Celeron 1.6GHZ
1GB RAM
64MB VRAM
120GB HDD

 

[Aeladya]

I loved Blake Stone and The Journeyman Project as a kid.

 

[Defiance]

Half Life and Starcraft were both very good.

 

[DeadLocked]

I was too young back then but I've just discovered AVP 2000

Fuuuuuuuuuun game. Good graphics as well for the age.
My laptop can run it and I've only 64mb VRAM.

 

[Rasas]

Try Fallout 1 and 2, System Shock 2. starcraft, Descent, Doom and Deus ex.
There are a lot of old classics and they are pretty cheap via steam but not all available on steam

.

 

[Exaltys]

3D Space Cadet Pinball
Doom
Doom 2
Legend of Kyrandia
Legend of Kyrandia 2 Hand of Fate

For more recent games that should run fine:

Bejeweled 2
Cave Story
Peggle
Peggle Nights

 

[Rydian]

Diablo 2
Nerf Arena Blast (FPS)
AnUntitledStory (metroid-type)
Cave Story (metroid-type)
GTA: Vice City
Midtown Madness 1/2 (open/racing)
Worms World Party (cute war game)
FATE 1/2
Black & White
Final Fantasy 7/8 (both have official PC ports)
Knights of the old republic
Morrowind (it's oblivion with the "high" requirements)
Mount & Blade
Scrapland (GTA with robots)
Deus Ex (and The Unnamed Mod, a full-conversion mod for it)
Metal Gear Solid (official PC port)
Half-Life

 

[0ddity]

It'd help if we knew your PC specs, but here's a starter list:

FPS:

Half-Life 1 plus derivatives
Deus Ex
Soldier of Fortune 1
AVP Gold

Strategy:
Starcraft/Brood War
Red Alert 2

RPG:
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (and expansions)
Diablo 2
Dungeon Siege

 

[Fudge]

Edited first post with specs. I think I'm gonna try Dungeon Siege and Soldier of Fortune.

 

[nutella]

Unreal Tournament comes to mind. There are others. I'll post if I can think of them.

 

[Fudge]

Unreal Tournament comes to mind. There are others. I'll post if I can think of them.

The first UT is fun, but UT2004 actually runs rather well on my PC, so I play that. I just downloaded Midtown Madness, gonna play it now.

 

[Joe88]

unreal anthology
halo 1
bejeweled 1,2,twist
burger shop 1,2
luxor 1-4
half-life platinum edition 2
doom collectors edition
ultimate quake
return of the incredible machine + exp pack
roller coaster tycoon 1,2 + all exp packs
slingo supreme
diner dash 1-3
gta 3, vice city
world of goo
the sims
crayon physics deluxe

 

[Fishaman P]

My PC is shit, and I wanna play some PC games. What are some good ones released before 2000 (or maybe 2002 or 2003).
EDIT: Specs:

Intel Celeron 1.6GHZ
1GB RAM
64MB VRAM
120GB HDD

BS. Mine is like 747Mhz, 256MB available RAM, 9GB HDD with 0.5GB left.
Oh, and no video card/GPU.

 

[Fudge]

ut2k4
halo 1
bejeweled 1,2,twist
burger shop 1,2
luxor 1-4
half-life (inc all exps, blue shift, opposing force, TF1, cs1)
doom collectors edition
return of incredible machine + exp pack
roller coaster tycoon 1,2
slingo supreme
diner dash 1-3
gta 3, vice city
world of goo
the sims
crayon physics deluxe

Nice suggestions. I use to play Halo all the time. I think I might start playing RCT again, I love that game. I'm gonna check out Return of the Incredible Machine, it sounds interesting. I'm gonna try Half-Life too, I beat the sequel and Episode One.

 

[geoflcl]

64MB? Oh, you poor dear!

And I thought I had it bad with my measly 128MB.

Anyway... On to my recommendations...

The classic LucasArts point-and-click adventures are a must-play for any gamer. Day of the Tentacle is one of my favorite games ever, blending ingenuity and puzzle-like gameplay with delightfully-cartoony visuals and music. Ahh, nostalgia.

Speaking of must-play games, Half Life most definitely falls into this category. The game has been met with nearly unanimous praise that holds true to this day. It was an immersive and revolutionary step up in the genre at the time, and set a standard for all subsequent shooters.

I'll post more as they come to me.

 

[Infinite Zero]

Quake and Doom

 

[Talaria]

Original Age Of Empires and Age of Kings

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Commander Keen

 

[zeromac]

Why is it that your PC is worse than mine but you still have double my HDD space?
My HDD drive is only 60gb with 1.8ghz and 2gb of ram
Sooo shit..

But for your PC i recommend
I wanna be the guy


Its an epic freeware game thats extremely hard, i mean you will shit yourself its so hard... It has lots of classic videogame references and bosses and is quite funny.


Its as hard as that Kaizo Mario mod for the SNES

 

[Satangel]

Age of Empires 1 and 2 mate!

 

[CrimzonEyed]

Why have you forgotten...