notes-fun-favoriteGames

Board games:

• Diplomacy
• Go
• Axis and Allies
• Samurai

Computer (and console) games:

• Myst
• Robot Odyssey: https://www.robotodyssey.online/
• The Legend of Zelda
• Civilization (Civ V is the best, but Civ is simpler and therefore in some ways better)
• Super Mario Brothers III
• Super Mario Brothers
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
• SimCity?
• Lemmings
• Dragon Warrior

Arcade games (games that take a long time are under "computer games"):

• Arkanoid
• Frogger
• Tetris
• Gauntlet
• Tempest
• Galaga
• Alley cat
• Eliss (and Eliss Infinity)
• Puyo Puyo

Mobile/'casual' games:

• Robotek (turn-based strategy match, RPG, nondeterministic)
• Radiant (also by Hexage)

Online multiplayer games:

• Solar Realms (see http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/Articles/SRE-Design.html )
• Space - Glory through Conquest

Card games:

• Poker
• Magic the Gathering

Role playing games

• (any role playing game; it depends on the DM and the players)
• Paranoia
• http://smartin.bol.ucla.edu/enigma/games/gods/gods1.htm , http://smartin.bol.ucla.edu/enigma/games/gods/

Physical arcade games:

• Skee ball
• Air hockey
• Pool

Other non-favorite but notable and/or paradigm-defining games:

• Maelstrom
• Crystal Quest
• TradeWars?
• SimAnt?
• NetTrek? (this may have become a favorite if i had had a Mac at the time)
• FaceMaker?
• Diamonds (also, memorable soundtrack)
• Centipede
• Pac-man
• Oregon Trail
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Beholder_%28video_game%29
• Dig-dug
• Nobunaga's ambition
• Lemonade Stand
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_in_the_Fast_Lane ( now as flash: http://home.broadpark.no/~kboye/jones/jones.html )
• Ultima
• Excitebike
• Paperboy
• Cosmic Osmo (i haven't played this but i've heard others liked it) (for kids)
• Picadilly (with turkey in the straw dance) (for kids)

Games i haven't played but should:

• Final Fantasy VII
• Dark Souls
• Ico
• Super Mario World
• Legend of Zelda: A Link the the Past

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