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What computer/video games out there are likely to be timeless? Not games franchises that will keep going on. Specific games. I'll give a few examples:

Starcraft: Starcraft was made years ago, and tons of people still play it - including, if reports are accurate, 1/3 of the South Korean population. I just reinstalled it on my computer. Starcraft is timeless.

The Worms Games: OK, so this IS a franchise. Still, to me, it doesn't really matter which version I'm playing. I love this game.

Oh, and none of the 'arcade' games, or MMORPGs. MMORPGs are designed to last.

The Metroid series. I just finished playing Metroid Zero Mission and Metroid Fusion. Currently playing the original Metroid, and I'll eventually start playing Super Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus (again!).

Samus Aran... I heart thee! :rolleyes:

The early RPGs are timeless. Wizardry. Ultima IV. (and V, though VII is showing its age).

Timeless?

Half-Life. Because the G-Man can alter time.

Sims 2! :D

The Metroid series. The Mario Bros. series. The Legend of Zelda series. The Mega Man series. Kid Icarus. Ghosts 'n' Goblins / Ghouls 'n' Ghosts. Space Invaders. Tetris.

There are more, but those are the ones that immediately come to mind.

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Final Fantasy, both as a series and any game in the (main) series or FF:Tactics.
Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time also.
Chrono Trigger, maybe Chrono Cross too.
That's all I can think of right now.
EDIT:Ooh, almost forgot Zero Wing.
Or in other words, that game "all your base are belong to us" comes from.

i still play red alert and tiberian sun occaisionally. and civ II if i can be bothered not cheating. most of the GTA series i'd still play if they were still installed on my computer, except II cuz i never had more than a demo of that.

Quest for Glory. Ultimately timeless.

Chrono Trigger. Literally timeless.

Star Ocean. Goes until the end of time... So semi-timeless.

Tals of Phantasia. Phantasticly timeless.

RTS=Total Annihilation/ The C&C series
Fantasy Roleplay= Diablo 2 LOD

There are oodles...

Solitaire -- It's on almost every computer...
Minesweeper -- ditto
SimCity 2000 -- still used as an educational tool at my old high school
Halo -- despite what some people say, this game never gets old
Civilization II -- Still an excellent game, even better than its sequels
Worms -- gotta agree with you there...
Katamari Damacy -- If you haven't played it, you should

Castlevania. Civilization. Sim City. Street Fighter.

Mario:)

I said no MMOs. And I will name nearly every game in the C&C series (at least all the ones I've played) as potentially timeless.

I said no MMOs. And I will name nearly every game in the C&C series (at least all the ones I've played) as potentially timeless.

Sorry, can't read.

Katamari Damacy -- If you haven't played it, you should
You forgot: We Love Katamari

I said no MMOs.

i don't know what one of them is. so i don't know if i broke the rule.

Quest for Glory. Ultimately timeless.
What the? I'm not the only one who plays those?!

i don't know what one of them is. so i don't know if i broke the rule.

It stands for Massive Multiplayer Online......oh yeah :D
I think he ment MMOG

Ace Combat series. Truly some of the best vidoe game soundtracks I've ever heard.

Ace Combat series. Truly some of the best vidoe game soundtracks I've ever heard.

Ace Combat II had one of the best soundtracks ever. I still love that game, even if it is dated.

Two words:

MONKEY ISLAND

Two words:

MONKEY ISLAND

Why the hell did I read that as Honky Island?

Why the hell did I read that as Honky Island?

Maybe the word was already in your mind, dunno why, and it used its first opportunity to escape, you word-kidnapper![/Lame Joke]

*Badoom Psh*

M.U.L.E.
1942
Worms
Risk
Axis & Allies
The Secret of Monkey Island 1&2
Indiana Jones 3&4
Space Quest 1-6 (still haven't played some in between numbers)
Leisure Suit Larry 1-6 (? Don't know if that's the last part. The old EGA game was a classic!)
Police Quest 1&2
Red Baron (3D)
Falcon 3.0
Outlaws
X-Wing
Wing Commander 1&2, including Secret Missions 1&2, as well as Special Ops 1&2
Kaiser
Panzer General
Chaos Gate
Final Liberation
Driver
WarCraft 1&2
Doom 1&2
Wolfenstein 3D & Spear Of Destiny
Battle Isle 1&2
History Line 1914-1918
Syndicate
Maniac Mansion & Day of the Tentacle
SimAnt
SimCity
Steel Panthers (II)
Civilization
Aces Of The Deep
Aces Of The Pacific
Wolfpack
Comanche 1&2
Armored Fist 1&2
Delta Force 1&2
Populous
Battle Chess
Destruction Derby
Pirates!

All of those are here when I look around me. :D

Pong.

Oh yeah, here's Pong the movie (http://staffweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~cs39/playpong.html).

Pong.

Oh yeah, here's Pong the movie (http://staffweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~cs39/playpong.html).

Thats a classic, the movie I mean.

Simcity
Wolfenstein
Doom
Pong
Super Mario Brother
Metal Gear: Solid
Twisted Metal
Mortal Kombat
The Sims
Spore (fuck you, I called it)
Halo, sadly
Counter-Strike, even sadder
Starcraft
Pokemon Red/Blue
Grand Theft Auto

Baldur's Gate
Neverwinter Nights
Freelancer
Masters of Orion 2
Alpha Centauri
Kirby
Lemmings
Quake
Harvest Moon
Bahamut Lagoon
Earthbound
Defender

Total Annihilation is awesome. So is X-Com, Master of Orion 2, and Age of Wonders.

There are way to many for me to recall, actually.

Civilization tops my list, but that is more along the lines of a franchise though, but I suppose all really good games are.
So I will lump in Command and Conquer as well (I prefer red alert 2)
Worms – truly unique
Doom (of course)
Masters of Orion
Starcraft (though I feel I must pay homage to Warcraft to say it)
X-Com
Ultima (must name the series, sorry)
Scorched earth (bored middle school students who get tired of playing crappy things like Oregon Trail will keep SE alive forever, though it sometimes gets a bit of a facelift).
Pirates! (an old favorite – even like the newest remake)
Darklands (my very first actual purchase).

However this is a very difficult thing to name because there are a couple of other games that I will always fondly remember but nobody else seems to like them as much. So how about throwing in a little tag-along note of some game you wish were timeless because they just don’t make them like they used to?

I would put Star Control 2 in the running but its very limited replayability killed its chance of being timeless. Loved that game.

Shit, I forgot Oregon Trail and Worms.

I saw a game at Gmaestop, it had something to do with pirates, looked piratey.

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is my number one favorite PC game. I'd have to say I also like the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro series on the Playstation since they were both landmark platformers (my favorite PS/PS2 genre). The same goes with the Jak&Daxter/Ratchet&Clank series.

Day of the Tentacle and Age of Empires 2 (the first one too, but the second was several levels better still).

I still play AoE2 against my dad sometimes. And DoT whenever I feel bored.

All these posts, and nobody has mentioned Gunstar Heroes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunstar_Heroes)???

Shameful...:p

Is This Battletoads?

Civilization II, Warcraft I & II Red Alert & RA Retaliation, Paperboy, Major Havoc and General Chaos(Whatever it was called), Dick Tracey on Sega, Robocod(:cool: ), Pirates(The Classic) Tetris, Pacman, Wolfenstien, Serious Sam(Other similiar games) Dune(Teh Shiz).
EDIT:Age of Empires II

Civilization II. I've never played Civilization IV, but CivII was much better than CivIII and beats every non-Civ game into the dust.

Secret of Mana 1 and 2.

Civilization II. I've never played Civilization IV, but CivII was much better than CivIII and beats every non-Civ game into the dust.

I managed to play both Civ II and Civ IV, and I'll say very clearly that Civ IV is the best in the series. And not by any small margin, either.

The SimCity franchise is still going strong - but even Will Wright might disown it soon. Getting too complex for gamers in this day and age.

The SimCity franchise is still going strong - but even Will Wright might disown it soon. Getting too complex for gamers in this day and age.

Too complex? Thing isn't anywhere NEAR complex enough yet. For one thing, they need a serious boost to the ability to make money to compensate for services. Real cities have a huge number of alternatives not seen even in Sim City IV.

Too complex? Thing isn't anywhere NEAR complex enough yet. For one thing, they need a serious boost to the ability to make money to compensate for services. Real cities have a huge number of alternatives not seen even in Sim City IV.
And Communism. Why the fuck can't you make a communist city?

And Communism. Why the fuck can't you make a communist city?

There's that too. Also, technology is essentially stagnant. Sure, a few options like fusion become available, but apart from those, there's no advancement. The years mean nothing except in how they affect changes in services.

Syphon Filter (2's my favorite)
SOCOM (I prefer III; can't wait for Combined Assault)
Ace Combat (I prefer 5)
The original, gold-edition NES Zelda
Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots
GTA: San Andreas

Katamari Damacy -- If you haven't played it, you should

You forgot: We Love Katamari

Fucking YES. Those two are equal third on my favourite games list.

Someone already said The Oregon Trail, so I'm going to say Number Munchers. :)