#30

Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force

Guessed by Machina

There was a period of time when they released quite a bunch of cool story driven, single-player first person shooters. There are a few of those on my list, and it's sadly a time long gone, but one of those games was Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force. Quite the mouthful, but you can call it just Elite Force for short.

This is one of those games that blended together the things I wanted to see in such games; nice story with some twists and turns, simple but on point gameplay (helped by the great idTech 3, or 'Quake III'-engine), and a cool setting. The familiar characters and locations were the cherry on top.

#29

Motocross Madness

unguessed

Kind of an odd-ball in my list, or is it, is Motocross Madness. It is a humorous game though, so that fits at least. I've always wondered if the developers of this game wanted to make something tongue-in-cheek, or actually make a serious racing game.

A great feature of this game was the included map-editor. Now, I'm always up for creating things myself, but this one was particularly intuitive. I remember I used to create maps with a friend and my cousins for each other to race in, but then make them particularly annoying by spamming large amounts of bumps, putting sharp turns right after hills and having many s-bends that would confuse the controls of the game sending you into the wall. 

#28

Prince of Persia

Guessed by drbunnig

Still one of the best action platformers out there, Prince of Persia is an important game for me. I even bought the mobile port once! Originally released in 1989, I actually first played the Mac version from 1992, which featured much improved graphics and a Persian prince that actually looked the part.

One thing I always found interesting is how this game dealt with piracy. After each level you'd get to a room with a whole bunch of potions with a letter or number above it. These corresponded to a character in the manual; you'd get a prompt like "Page 14, line 26, letter 4", and you had to drink the potion matching that letter, otherwise you died. So clever.

#27

SimTower: The Vertical Empire

Guessed by Mnementh

Yet another 'Sim' game on my list, SimTower is one with a history. It isn't the first video game I ever played, but when we got our very first home computer halfway through the 90s, this was one of the, I believe, two games we got with it. The other being Star Wars Rebel Assault II (#43).

As such, this was a bit of an 'event' in our household, and we used to let the game run when we had dinner so we could hear all the money coming in each morning from the hotel rooms. It is crazy to think how things so simple used to be so special.

#26

Medieval II: Total War

unguessed

Medieval II: Total War was a great follow-up to its predecessor Rome which I played a lot. Likewise I played Medieval a lot as well. Their gameplay is pretty much the same and the games are largely interchangeable. I guess it's up to your preference for historical era which you'd prefer.

I think this is why I never stopped playing either game, because they fit together so well. However Medieval does actually has some deeper mechanics than Rome here and there, namely the Pope and the Papal States, which have a bigger impact on your diplomacy, prosperity and economy than the Senate in Rome did.

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