Post by Feoh on Nov 11, 2010 10:39:16 GMT -5
www.pcworld.com/article/158850/the_ten_greatest_pc_games_ever.html
there's the link to the slide show but let me lay it out here.
10. Trade Wars 2002
Released: 1990. Developer: Martech Software. Publisher: Martech Software.
(uh never heard of it)
9. Myst
Released: September 24, 1993. Developer: Cyan. Publisher: Brøderbund Software.
It's hard to find a game simulataneously as successful and as misunderstood as Myst.
(cannot even tell you how much I LOVED this series of games!)
8. The Sims
Released: January 31, 2000. Developer: Maxis Software. Publisher: Electronic Arts.
The Sims is, in essence, a virtual dollhouse. But it's a virtual dollhouse that sold 16 million units--more than any other PC game in all of human history.
(have never played any version of this one, actually)
7. StarCraft
Released: 31 March 1998. Developer: Blizzard Entertainment. Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment.
Unlike any other real-time strategy (RTS) game, StarCraft seems to have carved out a unique niche for itself.
(the hubby plays but this one just holds NO interest for me)
6: Rogue: The Adventure Game
Released: 1984. Developer: A.I. Design. Publisher: A.I. Design.
Originally developed in 1980 for Unix mainframe systems, Rogue eventually found its way to personal computers, including (in 1984) the IBM PC in 1984
(again, never heard of this one)
5: M.U.L.E.
Released: 1983. Developer: Ozark Softscape. Publisher: Electronic Arts.
The Atari 8-bit computer platform left a rich legacy of early computer games. Of those, M.U.L.E. stands out as the most important and influential.
(never played this one)
4. SimCity
Released: 1989. Developer: Maxis Software. Publisher: Brøderbund Software.
The first entrant in the long-running Sim series, SimCity made waves as a versatile "software toy" with no preordained goal or purpose other than to accommodate user creation and experimentation.
3: Sid Meier's Civilization
Released: 1991. Developer: MicroProse Software. Publisher: MicroProse Software.
Few games are as addictively fun and as endlessly replayable as Civilization, a turn-based historical strategy game that invites players to guide the development of a civilization over the course of millennia.
(actually utilized this one in my class room, 8 years after its release. It's a fun way to get kids to actually retrain a bit of history)
2: Doom
Released: December 10, 1993. Developer: Id Software. Publisher: Id Software.
The release of Doom was a watershed moment not only for PC gaming, but for video gaming in general. Id's archetypical first-person shooter triggered a sea change in a PC game industry previously dominated by plodding strategy turn-fests, brainy simulations, and stilted PC action titles.
(Suck my boomstick! heh)
and......as if this is any surprise to some of us....the Number one PC game of all time........
World of Warcraft
Released: November 23, 2004. Developer: Blizzard Entertainment. Publisher: Vivendi Universal.
If you resist the notion that World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated "WOW") is one of the most amazing PC game ever, take a peek at this chart compiled by MMOGChart.com. WOW currently boasts 11.5 million subscribers worldwide--at its peak, 8.5 million more subscribers than the second most popular paid massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.
That's their list of top ten...I'll be making my own here in a minute!
there's the link to the slide show but let me lay it out here.
10. Trade Wars 2002
Released: 1990. Developer: Martech Software. Publisher: Martech Software.
(uh never heard of it)
9. Myst
Released: September 24, 1993. Developer: Cyan. Publisher: Brøderbund Software.
It's hard to find a game simulataneously as successful and as misunderstood as Myst.
(cannot even tell you how much I LOVED this series of games!)
8. The Sims
Released: January 31, 2000. Developer: Maxis Software. Publisher: Electronic Arts.
The Sims is, in essence, a virtual dollhouse. But it's a virtual dollhouse that sold 16 million units--more than any other PC game in all of human history.
(have never played any version of this one, actually)
7. StarCraft
Released: 31 March 1998. Developer: Blizzard Entertainment. Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment.
Unlike any other real-time strategy (RTS) game, StarCraft seems to have carved out a unique niche for itself.
(the hubby plays but this one just holds NO interest for me)
6: Rogue: The Adventure Game
Released: 1984. Developer: A.I. Design. Publisher: A.I. Design.
Originally developed in 1980 for Unix mainframe systems, Rogue eventually found its way to personal computers, including (in 1984) the IBM PC in 1984
(again, never heard of this one)
5: M.U.L.E.
Released: 1983. Developer: Ozark Softscape. Publisher: Electronic Arts.
The Atari 8-bit computer platform left a rich legacy of early computer games. Of those, M.U.L.E. stands out as the most important and influential.
(never played this one)
4. SimCity
Released: 1989. Developer: Maxis Software. Publisher: Brøderbund Software.
The first entrant in the long-running Sim series, SimCity made waves as a versatile "software toy" with no preordained goal or purpose other than to accommodate user creation and experimentation.
3: Sid Meier's Civilization
Released: 1991. Developer: MicroProse Software. Publisher: MicroProse Software.
Few games are as addictively fun and as endlessly replayable as Civilization, a turn-based historical strategy game that invites players to guide the development of a civilization over the course of millennia.
(actually utilized this one in my class room, 8 years after its release. It's a fun way to get kids to actually retrain a bit of history)
2: Doom
Released: December 10, 1993. Developer: Id Software. Publisher: Id Software.
The release of Doom was a watershed moment not only for PC gaming, but for video gaming in general. Id's archetypical first-person shooter triggered a sea change in a PC game industry previously dominated by plodding strategy turn-fests, brainy simulations, and stilted PC action titles.
(Suck my boomstick! heh)
and......as if this is any surprise to some of us....the Number one PC game of all time........
World of Warcraft
Released: November 23, 2004. Developer: Blizzard Entertainment. Publisher: Vivendi Universal.
If you resist the notion that World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated "WOW") is one of the most amazing PC game ever, take a peek at this chart compiled by MMOGChart.com. WOW currently boasts 11.5 million subscribers worldwide--at its peak, 8.5 million more subscribers than the second most popular paid massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.
That's their list of top ten...I'll be making my own here in a minute!