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Smack2k

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Anyone know a list or have a list of which games were recommended when they came out for each processor and machine version during their years?

8088
286
386
486
P1 - PII
Commodore / Atari / Amiga / Tandy (PC)

I know older games will play on some newer machines, but I want to put together a master list of games that were MADE to run the best on which machine at the time they came out? I think it would be interesting to have a list and then go to it when you want to play a game and, if you can, play it on that system...
 
IMO, nearly *all* games that were released and were 'supposedly' for xxx or yyy machines played like crap warmed over on the recommended machines and actually required a machine one or two grades higher than their manufacturers suggested.
 
Stone said:
IMO, nearly *all* games that were released and were 'supposedly' for xxx or yyy machines played like crap warmed over on the recommended machines and actually required a machine one or two grades higher than their manufacturers suggested.
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That was my experience, too.

That, and, having ditched my C64 for a PC with Tseng ET4000 and StereoF/X, only to find out all the games were in CGA with PC Speaker; and the package said in real fine print on the back "Commodore 64 version shown" really made me not want to play PC games..!
 
Maybe it would be better to organize by operating system. DOS, Win3.1, Win98, XP. Win98 was the high point, in my opinion. After that the graphics and frame rates get better, but the gameplay does not.
 
That is pretty sweet!!

Anywhere to find original recommendations / requirements for software? I'd still love to see them just for the hell of it!
 
Here's a list of early 1990s games a really good friend put together on a CD for me:

Terminator 2029
Seven Cities of Gold
A-10 Tank Killer [4/4]
Mystic Towers
Alone in the Dark
Ambush at Sorinor
The Elder Scrolls: ARENA
Battle Chess 4000
BloodNet
The Blue and The Grey -- Civil War/Military Simulator.
The Bard's Quest I
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space
Shadow Caster
Civilization Master Edition
Comanche : Maximum Overkill Enhanced
Comanche Missions Disk 2
Corridor 7
Caeser DELUXE
Dark Legions
Darklands
Darksun - The Shattered Lands
Stephen Kings - The Dark Half
Detroit
DOOM v1.1
COMMERCIAL DOOM.WAD v1.0 Extra-Hard
DOOM - Nine New Levels
DOOM - New Sounds taken from "Aliens" You MUST have the Doom Audio Editor.
DOOM - Put in Barney the dinosaur
DOOM - Add-on .wad for "Doom Beast"
DOOM - Beavis and Butthead audio patch
DOOM - Professional AddOn for Level 2
DOOM - Hall of Fame: 17 .LMP files of Battles
DOOM - Use to install the HARD version.
DOOM - Deathmatch scenario: Hellsinki
DOOM - Editing Utilities v2.0 - Map Editor
DDOO - Deathmatch scenario
DOOM - The Best Graphical Editor
DOOM - DATAfix 1.0c - Removes dir C:\DOOMDATA
DOOM - Editor - The Real Thing v2.60b
DOOM - Editor v4.0
DOOM - Editor v2.0
DOOM - Network Menuing System v2.0
DOOM - Episode 4: Yahoos in Hell
DOOM - Episode 5: New Monsters/Scenary,
DOOM - Faq (Fequently Asked Questions) v5.0
DOOM - Faq v5.5.
DOOM - Fixes a bug in Sersetup, allows 14.4k
DOOM - Ghetto Patch - Changes sounds.
DOOM - Gravis Ultrasound Patch.
DOOM - New Warehouse Level.
DOOM - Hockey .WAD file.
DOOM - Many Modem Init strings, even USR.
DOOM - New Add-On .WAD levels (5 new levels)
DOOM - 32 New Sound Effects for v1.2
DOOM - Six New Episodes for v1.2
DOOM - sets up modem like it's a network card
DOOM - 1.2 SERSETUP fix - no more jerky games
DOOM - PacMan Graphics/Sound Patch for v1.2
DOOM - Sound Editor v1.0
DOOM - SerSetup for up to 19200k modem speed.
DOOM - Better Serial Drivers
DOOM - 1.2 SERSETUP replacement to get 14.4k
DOOM - Thing Editor
DOOM - problems with USR sportsters explained
DOOM - Voodoo Sounds to replace the originals
DDOOM - Nine New .WAD adventures
DOOM - Add the troopers from Wolfenstein
DOOMMORF - 160 frame animation of monsters
RunDOOM v2.2á - Front end shell for DOOM 1.2
RunDOOM v4.0 - Front end shell for DOOM 1.2
COMMERCIAL DOOM.WAD v1.0 Extra-Hard [2/8]
DOOM - Utilities: Inc. Savegame Format
Day of The Tenticle
Might and Magic V : Dark Side of Xeen
Might and Magic V - Crack/Patch
Might and Magic V - Save Game Editor
Might and Magic V - Trainer +???
Dune I
Dungeon Master
Dungeon Hack
Frontier Elite
Empire Deluxe
Entity
Eye of the Beholder I
Eye of the Beholder ][
Eye of the Beholder ]I[
F-14 Fleet Defender
Falcon 3.0
Mig-29 - Falcon 3.0 Data Disk
Fantasy Empires
Final Fight
Front Page Sports Football Pro
Microsoft Flight Simulator v5.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator - AddOn
The Great War!
Hand of Fate 2 - Kyrandia ][
Hand of Fate 2 - Kyrandia ][
Isle of the Dead
King's Quest 6
Betrayal at Krondor
Lemmings ][ - The Tribes
Links Golf 386
Lands of Lore
Mantis Experimental Fighter
Speech Pack/Mantis Experimental Fighter
Mortal Kombat
Monopoly - Deluxe Addition
NCAA
NHL Hockey
Great Naval Battles of North Atlantic
Ultima VIII - PAGAN
Spectre VR
Pools of Darkness
Populous ][
Prince of Persia ][
Privateer
Protostar
Patton Strikes Back
Al-Qadim
Ravenloft - Strahd's Possession
Rome - Pathway to Power
RailRoad Tycoon Deluxe ][
Return to Zork
Sim City 2000
Strike Commander
SSN-21 Seawolf
Serf City - Life is Feudal
Street Fighter ][ - Hyper Edition
SimAnt by Maxis for DOS
SimCity Classic
SimEarth
SimFarm
Sim Health
Microsoft Space Simulator
Spear of Destiny
Spectre
Star Control ][
Stunt Island
Star Trek: Judgement Rites
Stronghold
Stunts!
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
Syndicate
Tie Fighter
Reunion
Starlord
The Summoning
Twinion
Ultrabots
Ultima Underworld
Ultima Underworld ][
Forgotten Realms - Unlimited Adventures
Warlords ][
Wing Commander Academy
Wing Commander I
Wizardry 7
Castle Wolfenstein
World War ][
Chuck Yeager's Flight Simulator
 
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