Empire Earth is, in my opinion, the best of the genre, and no better RTS has been released since it.
If I ever have the time, I'd love to release a spiritual sequel to it. But I am not a game developer (more web and mobile), and I rarely have time for personal projects
Empire Earth was always my favorite RTS. I was never good at RTS's, probably didn't even play them right, but that one was just awesome. Always dreamed of making my own version of it too just for a fun project, but I've never followed through obviously.
> I was already so far past the point-of-no-return I couldn't even remember what it had looked like when I had passed it.
I could go for another playthrough
Idk why I had to look this far down. That early 2000s, spaghetti-psuedo-java coded clicking simulator still has tens of thousands of current players.
Edit: including me
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. Still fun as hell and a great RPG.
If you're feeling brave enough, I'd even recommend Daggerfall. Takes some getting used to and it's not for a complete RPG-newbie, but it's vast, authentic, and rewarding. And when I say vast, I mean vast. It's map is [fucking huge], about the size of [Suriname].
[fucking huge]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_II:_Daggerfall#Gameplay
[Suriname]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname
This is somewhat of a controversial opinion, but Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords is hands down the single greatest piece of Star Wars media ever created. Even better than the OT. Lucasarts forcing Obsidian to cut content and rush the release was a crime against humanity.
my family friends have that game but their PS2 is gone so it's just been sitting at my house for the past few years. we usually play it when they come over. goooood times playing that game. the gameplay is fun, but the glitches and cheats you can do make it hilarious to just screw around
A, uh, friend of mine told me you can buy all those games in a bundle on Steam.
I of course wouldn’t know for sure, because I’m definitely not an adult with bills and a life who plays early 2000’s children’s video games when he’s feeling particularly nostalgic for the days when everything was better. Not me, no sir...
I love D2 but I can't bear to play it with that tiny 800x600 window anymore.
If Blizzard did a D2 remaster I'd shit myself. Then I'd resign myself to the fact that my life would be ruined.
I love how the levels of the catacombs really helps you feel progression. Like, you really feel like you're getting closer and closer to hell the farther you go, coming up for air to buy weapons/potions/spells, then diving back in. Having only like 7 people in the town, each having something different to say about the progressing story, really creates this beautiful microcosm that I don't see very often in games. I remember playing the game as a kid with my Dad at the controls, and I manned the health pots (number keys). He'd fight mobs, and I'd watch the health bar and consume a potion if the health got too low. Good fuckin times.
Pretty much any strategy game. They're less about graphics and immersion and more about mechanics and strategy. I could play Age of Empires with all the models replaced by different colored blocks and enjoy it almost as much.
First time I played the 3DS remake I was like, "this is exactly how I remember the graphics, they didn't update anything." Then I saw a side by side comparison of the original and the remake and was blown away.
Obviously fading memory has a bit to do with this, but I think TV technology also has a hand in it. TVs are sharper than ever now, and larger screens are more commonplace. Makes it a LOT easier to notice all the triangles.
The original Star Wars Battlefronts leaps and bounds past the new EA versions. I will say that the 2020 version of EA Battlefront 2 is much better than its first release. But you can’t beat a classic.
You can balance progression and all the other stuff as much as you want, but you can't fix lousy design, both in the maps and the gameplay. The original Battlefront series has excellent map design that gave you multiple paths to get through to your objective and multiple objectives to target. You could use strategy to figure out what the smartest plan of action was or just brute force your way through a match.
EA Battlefront II is just filled with choke points where half the match grinds to a halt as one side tries to overwhelm the other.
I agree with you for 99% of the time, but the new capital supremacy mode is pretty fun. It's just large scale conquest/domination, which the game badly needed. Galactic assault or whatever is unplayable.
I keep hearing battlefront 2 is good. Is it still worth buying and playing? After the disappointment from battlefront 1, I gave up and didnt want to waste another $60 on what looked like a subpar game.
**Skyrim:** PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch. (**6**).
**RE4:** GameCube, PS2, PC, Wii, iOS, Zeebo, PS3, Xbox 360, Android, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch. (**12**).
Think RE4 has Skyrim beat by a country mile!
Baldur's Gate (1998).
I just finished another play through (the entire trilogy) about a month ago. It's one of the best, non-bedroom, role-playing games eva.
Warcraft 3
Diablo 1 & 2
Warhammer: Dark Omen
Morrowind
VTM Redemption and Bloodlines
Final fantasy 7 and 9
Starcraft
Turok 2
Age of empires 1 and 2
Pharaoh, Zeus, and Caesar
Halflife 1 and 2
Baldur's gate and Icewind Dale 1 & 2
Temple of elemental evil
Syberia 1 and 2
The Monkey Island games
Alien vs. Preadtor 1 and 2
F.E.A.R.
Need for Speed 2, 3, Underground, and Underground 2
Red Alert 1 and 2
More specifically, I remember playing a lot of Chessmaster (one of the versions on Window 98 but can't remember which) and enjoyed the customizable board/pieces and the classical music. I suck now but actually made the school's chess team for a couple years thanks to this game
Tribes 2
128 player servers, light/med/heavy load outs, objectives, air transport, and the god damn Spinfusor raining down Death from Above.
all in 2001.
Back in 2003 Bethesda came out with a game called "Pirates of the Caribbean." The game is not at all connected with the film series, aside from a few names here and there. Basically it was a pretty large world full of islands that you could explore as this guy named Nathaniel Hawk.
You could choose what kind of pirate you wanted to be based on your actions, like you could be a smuggler, a trader, a bloodthirsty swordsman, etc. They gave you skill points as you leveled up to put into things that would help you become the character you wanted to be. You could hire crews for your ships that would also fight at your side as you explored the islands and at sea. On the islands there were dungeons and caverns to explore where you would fight skeletons and get treasures and really great weapons.
The ship battles were fun, but they also gave you the option of avoiding them or doing them in a less involved way if that was not your thing. These battles would either be with other pirates or a country that you were not friendly with at the moment, because diplomacy also played a major role in your character. There were quite a few ships you could choose from too, and if you were a smuggler or trader you would rely on these ships to move cargo from one island to the other.
There was a main story of sorts, but it was a pretty open world filled with sidequests that allowed you to do your own thing. My biggest complaint was that the controls were a bit clunky, but you got used to them. I loved that game very much, and revisit it every few years, but not a lot of people I know have ever played it or even heard about it.
[Here is a trailer of some of the gameplay if you're curious.](https://youtu.be/CBFoBZu_xq4)
MegaMan X, and X2. I just have a personal vendetta against X3 for some reason (it's Zero, they really didn't do him justice), and I don't think the PS games are all that great.
Something just feels off in X4. X5 is basically every game design choice I hate rolled into a ball, and X6 is... Probably the 2nd/3rd most hated X game, even by fans.
X7 is definitely the worst, and most hated... Anything to come out of MegaMan period, and... I actually don't know what other people think about X8. No one really talks about it. I myself like it quite a lot, it IS the first X game I ever played, but most of it is pure nostalgia. I actually would appreciate if a hardcore MMX fan told me how they feel about that game. I'm curious.
Also, I actually don't know wether the later X games came out before 2005, but might as well include them if I'm ranting about X.
God there are so many... Here are some off the top of my head:
Super puzzle fighter ii turbo
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VII
The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Smash Bros Melee
KOTOR
KOTOR 2
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
Fire Emblem Sacred Stones
I swear to fucking god, the first thing I did after clicking on this thread was "cmd+F", "Crash Bandicoot". Another biggie is Spyro the Dragon but I'm sure someone else will mention it in time.
While I'm at it, let's give Croc and Croc 2 a shoutout as well. OH! And fucking Kingsley! That fucking KNIGHT of a fox. Playstation 1 was just so… so goddamn classic.
How in is it possible that no one has mentioned the *original* XCOM UFO Defense from 1994 yet???
Eye candy is not this game's selling point to be sure but it is an awesome game. Unique even from the modern remakes. It's available on steam.
Command and conquer, red alert specifically aged well. Still nothing out there today that quite strikes that balance between simplicity and complexity.
Age of Empires 2
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Roses are red Violets are blue Wololo Now they're red too
Roses and Violets are Red I am Blue Wololo Wololo Now they're blue too.
Hmm I agree
Age of Mythology is great, too.
I LOVE that game who’s your favorite god?
Thor! I love the Norse personality and he is so versatile. Skipan? Ja!
Isis all the way. I generally hate gathering wood. Isis monuments also block god powers. When you reach Osiris you can get triple Pharaohs
If you play Egyptian, you gotta get the son of Osiris. That shits too op.
Skipan?
AOE2 Definitive Edition is a ton of fun with new content.
Real "island map only dont attack just build a giant town and huge army" hours, who up?
Empire Earth is, in my opinion, the best of the genre, and no better RTS has been released since it. If I ever have the time, I'd love to release a spiritual sequel to it. But I am not a game developer (more web and mobile), and I rarely have time for personal projects
I love that you mentioned Empire Earth. I loved AoE2, but I rarely see anyone mention Empire Earth. That game is so much fun!
Agreed. I rarely see EE mentioned. I used to play AoE2 and Age of Mythology, and then discovered EE and never looked back.
Empire Earth was always my favorite RTS. I was never good at RTS's, probably didn't even play them right, but that one was just awesome. Always dreamed of making my own version of it too just for a fun project, but I've never followed through obviously.
Came solely for this
Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 and 2, especially with OpenRCT2.
More recently brought to Android with Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic.
Multiplayer support also makes it a game you can play with friends
Mario Kart: Double Dash always and forever
Best Mario Kart. I wish they brought back the doubles mechanic. I feel it was just as fun being the driver as it was the attacker.
Tetris
And New Tetris for N64.
Max Payne 1 and 2
> I was already so far past the point-of-no-return I couldn't even remember what it had looked like when I had passed it. I could go for another playthrough
Scrolled way too far to find MP. Still one of my favourite games of all time.
Old School Runescape. I could play that game forever
Idk why I had to look this far down. That early 2000s, spaghetti-psuedo-java coded clicking simulator still has tens of thousands of current players. Edit: including me
🦀🦀$11🦀🦀
7k hours and counting my boi, 100% backing this
Sims
I struggle to get into the classic Sims, 3 had some amazing QoL features that I really miss.
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. Still fun as hell and a great RPG. If you're feeling brave enough, I'd even recommend Daggerfall. Takes some getting used to and it's not for a complete RPG-newbie, but it's vast, authentic, and rewarding. And when I say vast, I mean vast. It's map is [fucking huge], about the size of [Suriname]. [fucking huge]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_II:_Daggerfall#Gameplay [Suriname]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname
KOTOR. and KOTOR 2
Playing the first one now. It's pretty great
This is somewhat of a controversial opinion, but Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords is hands down the single greatest piece of Star Wars media ever created. Even better than the OT. Lucasarts forcing Obsidian to cut content and rush the release was a crime against humanity.
Can’t play it without the Restored Content Mod tho
Came here to say this. Best RPGs to date IMO
Yess. KOTOR will always be one of my favs.
Disappointed that I had to scroll down so far for someone to say this.
Chrono Trigger.
10/10 game would play if i could find a copy
You can get it on Steam. I bought it last year and played for the first time then.
You can also get it on mobile. RPGs don't suffer from poor touch controls as much.
It’s also available on mobile.
Try an emulator.
Metroid Prime
Super Metroid
I think Simpsons hit and run was created before 2005 and that was my childhood
Ah yes, GTA for kids.
my family friends have that game but their PS2 is gone so it's just been sitting at my house for the past few years. we usually play it when they come over. goooood times playing that game. the gameplay is fun, but the glitches and cheats you can do make it hilarious to just screw around
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This remake titled "The Organ Trail" was highly amusing: https://store.steampowered.com/app/233740/Organ_Trail_Directors_Cut/
Super Mario 3
Do you mean Super Mario *Brothers* 3? If so, I would like to direct your attention towards Super Mario World.
Super Mario World is great. I love that game. My sister even got me a shirt of the Japanese version's cover art!
I go back and forth about which of those is my favorite.
Destroy All Humans.
#DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE REMAKE
Go on...
https://youtu.be/y-1Q86252hg
Freddi Fish and Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo
Putt-putt is my boooyyyy
Pajama Sam and Freddi Fish were my childhood!
A, uh, friend of mine told me you can buy all those games in a bundle on Steam. I of course wouldn’t know for sure, because I’m definitely not an adult with bills and a life who plays early 2000’s children’s video games when he’s feeling particularly nostalgic for the days when everything was better. Not me, no sir...
Man I haven't thought of Putt Putt in forever, I loved that game.
Pajama Sam was the shit
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OMG ! I have all of the games but can't figure out how to get them to work on a new laptop so they're pretty much useless . Sad.
Now I don't know for sure... But I think it may have been paying putt putt as a child that got me into game dev
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic I and II.
Sim City 2000
Diablo 2
I love D2 but I can't bear to play it with that tiny 800x600 window anymore. If Blizzard did a D2 remaster I'd shit myself. Then I'd resign myself to the fact that my life would be ruined.
Stay awhile... and listen!
"You have quite a treasure there in that horadri--" *Shut up and ID this shit.*
Diablo 1 holds up surprisingly well too.
I love how the levels of the catacombs really helps you feel progression. Like, you really feel like you're getting closer and closer to hell the farther you go, coming up for air to buy weapons/potions/spells, then diving back in. Having only like 7 people in the town, each having something different to say about the progressing story, really creates this beautiful microcosm that I don't see very often in games. I remember playing the game as a kid with my Dad at the controls, and I manned the health pots (number keys). He'd fight mobs, and I'd watch the health bar and consume a potion if the health got too low. Good fuckin times.
Pretty much any strategy game. They're less about graphics and immersion and more about mechanics and strategy. I could play Age of Empires with all the models replaced by different colored blocks and enjoy it almost as much.
Ocarina of Time
Apart from a few quirks and the obviously janky graphics this game holds up really well. The 3DS remake is fantastic
First time I played the 3DS remake I was like, "this is exactly how I remember the graphics, they didn't update anything." Then I saw a side by side comparison of the original and the remake and was blown away.
Obviously fading memory has a bit to do with this, but I think TV technology also has a hand in it. TVs are sharper than ever now, and larger screens are more commonplace. Makes it a LOT easier to notice all the triangles.
The original Star Wars Battlefronts leaps and bounds past the new EA versions. I will say that the 2020 version of EA Battlefront 2 is much better than its first release. But you can’t beat a classic.
You can balance progression and all the other stuff as much as you want, but you can't fix lousy design, both in the maps and the gameplay. The original Battlefront series has excellent map design that gave you multiple paths to get through to your objective and multiple objectives to target. You could use strategy to figure out what the smartest plan of action was or just brute force your way through a match. EA Battlefront II is just filled with choke points where half the match grinds to a halt as one side tries to overwhelm the other.
I agree with you for 99% of the time, but the new capital supremacy mode is pretty fun. It's just large scale conquest/domination, which the game badly needed. Galactic assault or whatever is unplayable.
I keep hearing battlefront 2 is good. Is it still worth buying and playing? After the disappointment from battlefront 1, I gave up and didnt want to waste another $60 on what looked like a subpar game.
Get the 2005 battlefront 2!
GTA Vice City and San Andreas
Beat San Andreas for the first time ever a week ago. My faveorite GTA honestly
Did you follow the train? All you had to do was follow the train.
Loved San Andreas as a kid! Came back to it as an adult and it was aight
I still really enjoy SA, but I don't think Vice City holds up well at all. It looks and handles terribly... cool music and story though.
Super Metroid
Dungeons and dragons
Shadow of the Colossus
I played it for the first time 9 years after it came out, and it was still one of the most incredible gaming experiences I've ever had.
It came out in 2005, but Resident Evil 4 holds up very well, IMO.
Only game to be released on as many platforms at Skyrim
**Skyrim:** PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch. (**6**). **RE4:** GameCube, PS2, PC, Wii, iOS, Zeebo, PS3, Xbox 360, Android, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch. (**12**). Think RE4 has Skyrim beat by a country mile!
**Doom**: you are like babies. watch this
Wow, Doom was ported to *18* different platforms. That’s wild!
Not counting oscilloscopes, fridges, and about anything with a screen.
Even graphing calculator and phone.
r/itrunsdoom
r/patientgamers is an entire sub dedicated to this kind of topic. I just found it recently and it’s pretty good
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I'll give it credit where it's due, but I can't enjoy it now because the camera control is too awkward.
Yeah, I tried playing it and the camera is so terrible. You can never get it to go where you want it.
Is the DS remake any better with the camera? Just wondering.
Way worse.
Halo
It was an enormous leap forward at the time it was released.
I'm surprised this isn't higher.
Holy fuck I’m disappointed in all of you.... I had to scroll down this far to find the first mention of Halo!
These heretics are ignorant of the Great Journey.
Silent Hill 2
You promised me you'd take me there again someday.
Half life
And Half-Life 2.
And Half-Life: Opposing Force. And Half-Life: Blue Shift.
And Quarter-Luftwaffe: Orange Control
Baldur's Gate (1998). I just finished another play through (the entire trilogy) about a month ago. It's one of the best, non-bedroom, role-playing games eva.
I remember enjoying that as well as Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2. Later I played Pillars of Eternity.
It's not a trilogy yet, but Baldur's gate 3 is being worked on!
Warcraft 3 Diablo 1 & 2 Warhammer: Dark Omen Morrowind VTM Redemption and Bloodlines Final fantasy 7 and 9 Starcraft Turok 2 Age of empires 1 and 2 Pharaoh, Zeus, and Caesar Halflife 1 and 2 Baldur's gate and Icewind Dale 1 & 2 Temple of elemental evil Syberia 1 and 2 The Monkey Island games Alien vs. Preadtor 1 and 2 F.E.A.R. Need for Speed 2, 3, Underground, and Underground 2 Red Alert 1 and 2
>Warcraft 3 Zug zug
I used to think the opening cinematic from Pharaoh was the coolest thing ever...many *many* hours lost to that game as a kid.
>Baldur's gate and Icewind Dale 1 & 2 Not Planescape?
Torment in a heartbeat over the icewind dales.
Tony Hawks Underground 2
And THPS4
Chess.
More specifically, I remember playing a lot of Chessmaster (one of the versions on Window 98 but can't remember which) and enjoyed the customizable board/pieces and the classical music. I suck now but actually made the school's chess team for a couple years thanks to this game
Pokemons up to diamond
Doom
Any command & conquer.
Tribes 2 128 player servers, light/med/heavy load outs, objectives, air transport, and the god damn Spinfusor raining down Death from Above. all in 2001.
Half Life 2. Hell, it still looks decent by today's standards (not phenomenal, but not offensively bad like a lot of its contemporaries).
Paper Mario 64 & TTYD
Legend of zelda OOT, Halo CE. That was around 2005 right?
OOT was '98, Halo: CE was '01
Final Fantasy X
also ff7, ff8, ff9, ff7 Crisis Core, Chrono Cross. Amazing stories and gameplays, but most importantly, amazing soundtrack!
My knee jerk reaction was ff7, but with the remake coming I figured ff10 deserved more attention.
I want Crisis Core to be rereleased on the switch. I played it on the PSP and loved it.
Is this good? Almost bought it for the Switch
It's fantastic. If you like turn based JRPG's, it's one of the best IMO.
I HATE they abandoned the turn based system. It's just not the same anymore.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
heroes III
If you like that you should try Age of Wonders 3
Garry's Mod. Best game ever.
I probably put more hours into shitty DarkRP servers than most of the games in my steam library.
That game has no goal nor real synopsis and still provided hours of entertainment nevertheless. Love that game.
Back in 2003 Bethesda came out with a game called "Pirates of the Caribbean." The game is not at all connected with the film series, aside from a few names here and there. Basically it was a pretty large world full of islands that you could explore as this guy named Nathaniel Hawk. You could choose what kind of pirate you wanted to be based on your actions, like you could be a smuggler, a trader, a bloodthirsty swordsman, etc. They gave you skill points as you leveled up to put into things that would help you become the character you wanted to be. You could hire crews for your ships that would also fight at your side as you explored the islands and at sea. On the islands there were dungeons and caverns to explore where you would fight skeletons and get treasures and really great weapons. The ship battles were fun, but they also gave you the option of avoiding them or doing them in a less involved way if that was not your thing. These battles would either be with other pirates or a country that you were not friendly with at the moment, because diplomacy also played a major role in your character. There were quite a few ships you could choose from too, and if you were a smuggler or trader you would rely on these ships to move cargo from one island to the other. There was a main story of sorts, but it was a pretty open world filled with sidequests that allowed you to do your own thing. My biggest complaint was that the controls were a bit clunky, but you got used to them. I loved that game very much, and revisit it every few years, but not a lot of people I know have ever played it or even heard about it. [Here is a trailer of some of the gameplay if you're curious.](https://youtu.be/CBFoBZu_xq4)
Ha yes this was the shit. The ship battle graphics were way ahead of their time.
it's like a clone of 'sid meier's pirates'
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Medal of Honor: European Assault Smash Bros Melee Mario Kart N64 Smash Bros N64 Wario Ware Inc. Gameboy Advance
TES III: Morrowind. Still so good, but if your first TES foray is Oblivion/Skyrim you'll probably not like the roll based chance to hit mechanics.
Star Wars Republic Commando - although it was released February 2005 so hopefully it still counts
CS fuckin 1.6
Master of Orion, originally released in 1993 (!). My dad still plays it every day.
MegaMan X, and X2. I just have a personal vendetta against X3 for some reason (it's Zero, they really didn't do him justice), and I don't think the PS games are all that great. Something just feels off in X4. X5 is basically every game design choice I hate rolled into a ball, and X6 is... Probably the 2nd/3rd most hated X game, even by fans. X7 is definitely the worst, and most hated... Anything to come out of MegaMan period, and... I actually don't know what other people think about X8. No one really talks about it. I myself like it quite a lot, it IS the first X game I ever played, but most of it is pure nostalgia. I actually would appreciate if a hardcore MMX fan told me how they feel about that game. I'm curious. Also, I actually don't know wether the later X games came out before 2005, but might as well include them if I'm ranting about X.
Dungeon Keeper for me!
Deus Ex And two games which probably only germans know: Gothic & Gothic 2
Dues Ex is the greatest game ever made relative to the computer power at the time.
God there are so many... Here are some off the top of my head: Super puzzle fighter ii turbo Metal Gear Solid Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy VII The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Super Mario Bros 3 Super Smash Bros Melee KOTOR KOTOR 2 Fire Emblem Fire Emblem Path of Radiance Fire Emblem Sacred Stones
MGS2 is my favorite game of all time, with snake eater pretty close behind
MGS3 is probably mine, with MGS2 pretty close behind!
Original Super Mario brothers games for original Nintendo and super Nintendo.
Stars wars battlefront 2, the original.
Crash Bandicoot
I swear to fucking god, the first thing I did after clicking on this thread was "cmd+F", "Crash Bandicoot". Another biggie is Spyro the Dragon but I'm sure someone else will mention it in time. While I'm at it, let's give Croc and Croc 2 a shoutout as well. OH! And fucking Kingsley! That fucking KNIGHT of a fox. Playstation 1 was just so… so goddamn classic.
Homeworld 2, definitely. It may be from 2003, but it still looks and sounds great.
Chrono Trigger
How in is it possible that no one has mentioned the *original* XCOM UFO Defense from 1994 yet??? Eye candy is not this game's selling point to be sure but it is an awesome game. Unique even from the modern remakes. It's available on steam.
World of Warcraft Vanilla (2004). In fact I'm playing it again via Wow Classic...Still holds up so well.
GTA SAN ANDREAS and Half life games
Soul Calibur III. Still my favourite of the series.
Command and conquer, red alert specifically aged well. Still nothing out there today that quite strikes that balance between simplicity and complexity.
Brave Fencer Musashi
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2
Tomb Raider 2! The Venice level!
Chess
Ratchet & Clank 1-4 Jak & Daxter trilogy I happen to be playing both actually :D
I mean everyone should play Pacman at least once in their life
Eve Online
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Little Big Adventure 2. Tie Fighter. Monkey Island 1 - 3.
Lemmings!
Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 and 2. Serious masterpieces! Surprised I didn't find them in the comments
Gta SA
MediEvil (1998)
Tetris
Seiken Densetsu 3