| As with anything else in life, there is always going | | | | of hundreds of years. This is one game that you |
| to be a best of the best list for games. PC | | | | could literally play for months, if not years on end. |
| games are no different. And while these lists are | | | | One of the most popular games ever."Pirates!" |
| purely subjective, what follows are some of the | | | | was released in 1988, which by today's standards |
| games that most, if not all, die hard game players | | | | was pretty much in the stone ages of PC games. |
| feel are some of the best PC games ever | | | | Still, this was one of the most fascinating games |
| released. We'll present a few of them and a brief | | | | of all time. You started the game as an ordinary |
| description of each. You can venture out to pick | | | | citizen. You could be French, Spanish, Dutch or |
| up one or more of these titles feeling comfortable | | | | English. Your task was to rescue your long lost |
| that many before you have enjoyed | | | | sister. So, you took your pirate ship, got your |
| them."Return To Castle Wolfenstein" was voted | | | | crew together and went off to find her. The |
| PC game of the year when it was released so | | | | adventure that followed was nothing short of |
| there had to be something good about it. The | | | | brilliant. This is one game that you will never tire |
| original was one of the first person shooter | | | | of playing.But what many people believe to be the |
| games, meaning that you saw everything from | | | | best PC game ever made and again this is purely |
| your own perspective. The action was fast and | | | | subjective, is the title X-COM: UFO Defense, which |
| furious and was hard as heck. If you want a real | | | | was released in 1994. The premise of this game |
| challenge in knocking off the bad guys, this game | | | | is very simple. The Earth is about to be invaded |
| will give it to you in spades."Ultima Underworld" | | | | by aliens so you have to gather a bunch of alien |
| was released in 1992. This game was so many | | | | hunters to hold off the invasion. While the premise |
| years ahead of its time that it was a joke. It had | | | | of the game may have been simple, the actual |
| one of the most complex and rich story lines of | | | | game itself was anything but, as you had to go |
| any PC game ever released. And even though | | | | through an enormous amount of work just to |
| graphically it isn't up to the standards of today's | | | | reach the point of defending the Earth, including |
| games, it is still one of the most fascinating | | | | building and equipping a base, building a radar |
| adventure games of all time."Civilization" was | | | | station, buy enough equipment to survive the |
| released in 1991. This game is the ultimate in long | | | | battle and then finally send your soldiers into |
| term play. The premise is simple. You begin a | | | | battle. If aliens landed in a certain area and you did |
| civilization back during a time when you didn't | | | | nothing about it, that area would cut off your |
| have electricity or any of the modern | | | | funding. If you want to play a game that is |
| conveniences we have today. If you were lucky, | | | | incredibly challenging, X-COM: UFO Defense is one |
| you watched your civilization grow over a period | | | | that will not disappoint you. |