Best Nostalgic Games?

[StealthySkeptic]

Two of my favorite PC games from when I was a kid were:



and



And now through PaultheTall.com I've been able to install Wineskin wrappers and no-CD patches that make it so I can keep my CDs as museum pieces or sell them and play these games on my Mac whenever I want.

AoE II was my first experience with real-time strategy games, followed later by the incomparable Rise of Nations series, and for a history nerd like me those games were the best ever! All I've played again so far almost a decade later is the tutorial (the Scottish voice actor is annoying yet hilarious!), but despite the dated graphics the game is still really good all these years later. The only thing left unless I want to create maps against the computer like I used to is the campaign, but I look forward to playing it through again!

I also really liked tycoon games like Zoo Tycoon as a kid, but for me even the Dinosaur Digs expansion pack felt pretty boring after a while. But then my parents got Jurassic Park Operation Genesis, which was perfect because I was obsessed with Jurassic Park! Again, I've only played through SOME of the tutorial exercises (they can get quite involved and feel a little tedious with all the clicking you have to do, and the game overall is HARD with all the objectives you have to juggle). I'm excited to go back and finally beat the missions, then create one park that will do well, one park where I'll just let the dinosaurs run amok, and one peaceful area in the Site B section!

What are your favorite games of old? Do you still play them? I'd love to hear from you.

P.S.: I'm thinking of selling my old, really scratched but still working JPOG CD-ROM. Any takers can PM me.