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[SoggyDog]

Of late, I have been playing a lot of Dwarf Fortress by Bay 12 Games;
I like it so well, I've even updated my signature to point to it (see below).

I'm wondering...
What is the most intriguing game YOU'VE ever played?

[SoggyDog]

The List

Dwarf Fortress -- More information on Roguelikes [link] [link]

Rubies of Eventide [currently offline]
Unreal World
Warning Forever
Chromatron
The Wizard's Castle
Zork
Dark Tower [flash game]
Desktop Tower Defense [flash game]
Vector TDx [flash game]

[SpiderGames]

Rubies of Eventide. Free with desent graphics. Its like RPG and Turn based all in one. Onyl about 20 people play it tho XD.

[SoggyDog]

Rubies of Eventide is offline until further notice. There have been many questions as to why we decided to shut the service down and what the on-going status of the game is...

[more]

[SpiderGames]

wow. I never would have seen that coming. Ah well it was a good game while it lasted.

[Hezzu]

Oh i've got to say unreal world

it's a game by finnish publisher
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and it's basically a turn based iron age freeroam game where you can either roam the land or settle down as a family-guy or a hunter! (ofc there's more in to it)

[SoLong&Thx4AllTheFish]

Very addictive because you want to reach just one more level <!-- m -->http://en.wikipedia....Warning_Forever<!-- m --> the name indicates how long I've played it :oops: it gets you into a zen like state after a while. :shock:

[SoggyDog]

@HugoV

Looks pretty insane;
At the office now but will have to give this one a try!

[edit]
I just tried a few rounds;
Pretty intense!!!

Thanks for the recommendation.

[SoggyDog]

Any other suggestions?

Most of my favorites are old school (REALLY old school);
Chromatron (2004-ish)
-- Pretty new, but the author recently made the 2nd, 3rd and 4th installments free for download

The Wizard's Castle (late 1970's - early 1980's)
-- Likely to forever be my all-time favorite

Zork I, II and III (1980-1982)
-- Way more hours of gameplay than you might expect[edit] Links to these are upstairs.

[randallf]

Hey, off the wall but this seems like a great thread to ask this,

Does anyone know where I can find the flash or w/e version of that 'dark tower' board game from the 80's? I had it once and it vanished

Remember that? It had a rotating tower in the middle and was RPG style, like settlers or shogun...

:?:

great thread <3 ZORK, muds forever

someone should rewrite DIKU in ahk

[SoggyDog]

@randallf

Dark Tower [flash game]

...and on that note, I can't believe I didn't think of this one earlier...

Desktop Tower Defense [flash game]

[SoggyDog]

Chromatron, mentioned above, is now available as an Android app;
Only Chromatron 1 - 3 are included, but that's still 150 levels;
Not sure why Chromatron 4 wasn't included in the package.

[tidbit]

I have played StarWish over 5 times now. That is a rare thing for me. I lose most interest in games before I even finish them (I have a short attention span). By far my favorite flash game. And even high on my all-time chart for any game/system.
Over 10 hours of gameplay, easily. Play on hard mode, it's still pretty easy.

Very professional flash game: Starwish.
Here is all the media of the game. cutscenes+music player+other
Warning: possibly a long load time.
[*:11r75407]Good RPG side scrolling space SHMUP shooter. (is that a new genre? :lol:)
[*:11r75407]Good quality (anime) character graphics.
[*:11r75407]Hand painted backgrounds.
[*:11r75407]Great custom soundtrack.
[*:11r75407]Plenty of dialog. (skipable too, unlike most games)
[*:11r75407]Fun characters.
[*:11r75407]Fast leveling.
other stuff.

Armagetron is another goody (that I haven't played in a while). It kept my attention for atleast 4 years, then a couple years ago it seems a bunch of kids rushed in and ruined the nice relaxed friendly environment. But it might be worth a try for new users.

[dmg]

I have spent hundreds of hours playing n:
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An amazingly simple game for how challenging it can be. Some of the levels can take days to figure out. I have played it almost daily for 4 years now and still haven't beaten it.