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