The Bard's Tavern Computer Gaming Page
Top Ten Lists
Commodore 64 All Time Greats!
Where it all began...
1) Bard's Tale I-III (of course) [Interplay]
2) WasteLand (forerunner to Fallout) [Interplay]
3) Defender of the Crown [Cinemaware]
4) Pool of Radiance [SSI]
5) Santa Paravia
Comments: The Bard's Tale is what inspired the Bard's Tavern BBS.
WasteLand took gaming to a new level and years later inspired
the game Fallout. Defender of the Crown by Cinemare set the
standard for computer game graphics in it's time and had a unique
interface that has not been duplicated since. The gold box D&D
games are regarded as some of the best of all time. Santa Paravia
was originally for the TRS-80 but was updated for C=64, it had an
economics model and goal setting that paved the way for other games.
The Ten Best Amiga Games
1) UFO aka X-Com (AGA) [Microprose]
2) Wings [Cinemaware]
3) Civilization (AGA) [Microprose]
4) Dune [Virgin/Westwood Studios]
5) Wing Commander [Origin]
6) Black Crypt [Raven Studios]
7) Colonization (ECS/AGA) [Microprose]
8) Hired Guns [Psygnosis]
9) Dune II [Virgin/Westwood]
10) The Settlers aka Serf City [Blue Byte]
Comments: UFO is still one of the best squad level tatical games, Wings is a
game that was to the Amiga what Wing Commander was to the PC. Dune I and II is what later inspired the developer to create Command and Conquer. The Civilization/Colonization series continue to be a gaming grate. Hire Guns was a very early multiplayer adventure in a pre Internet time in computer gaming.
Top Ten PC Games
1) Masters Of Orion I&II [Microprose/Simtex]
2) Civilization (All versions) [Infogrames]
3) Wing Commander I&II [Origin]
4) Command and Conquer [Virgin/Westwood Studios]
5) Masters of Magic [Microprose/Simtex]
6) X-Com [Microprose]
7) Diablo II [Blizzard]
8) Betrayal at Krondor [Sierra]
9) Fallout [Interplay]
10) Quake [Id]
MMORPG Games (Coming for late 2006)
A few games you can expect to see here are...
Shadowbane, EverQuest 2, and Ultima Online.
Until that is ready check out Skara Brae Guild
web site.
NEWS - and further comment
Coming later this year...
This page was last updated April 8, 2006 and is maintained by Michael Lynn.
Digital Quill for the Amiga was used to create this page. The selections
listed above are just a reflection of my personal preferences and that is
all they are, I hope you enjoy them and can feel free to comment using the
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