26th October 2014, 10:55 PM
PC DD - Obviously, as mentioned in its thread, I also got the 3D Realms Anthology yesterday. I got it for $20, before the price increased.
--
First, games I didn't have yet.
Word Rescue - Educational game. The shareware was fun as a kid, but this is mostly for kids... it's an easy platformer with word (or math, for the below one) problems in it.
Math Rescue - Same as above
Wacky Wheels - A great classic, I'm thrilled to finally be able to play the full version of this game! This game is a Super Mario Kart-style kart racer, and it might be better than SMK itself.
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure - I loved the shareware of this game too. I'll definitely need to play the full game!
Crystal Caves - I remember this being okay, but not one of my favorite Apogee games.
Secret Agent - Sort of like an improved sequel to Crystal Caves, this one I quite liked the shareware of despite the small graphics. It's great to finally have the rest of the game!
Paganitzu - Top-down puzzle game, sort of like Lolo or something. I never did play this one much, even in shareware.
Hocus Pocus - Decent sidescroller where you play as this mage boy. I liked this as a kid, but I don't know how well it holds up.
Mystic Towers - Isometric action-adventure game where you play as an old guy killing monsters. I never liked isometric games like this as a kid, and they're still not my favorite thing...
Monster Bash - Okay sidescrolling action-platformer that I don't remember playing too much. You're a kid fighting monsters and the like, Halloween-ish stuff.
Next, I'll list games I do have copies of already. This is all just one download, so these are second copies; I bought this for the ones I don't have, mostly, but it's nice seeing most of Apogee's games all in one place. :)
Commander Keen 1-3: Invasion of the Vorticons - Got a registered floppy copy of this by mail order in the early '90s. It's one of my favorite game series ever!
Commander Keen 4-5: Goodbye, Galaxy - I've had a shareware floppy version of Keen 4 since the early '90s, but didn't get 5 (or the registered version of 4, though it's identical to the shareware) until I got the Keen 1-5 collection on Steam, which I did as one of the first things I bought on Steam back in the mid/late '00s.
Terminal Velocity - I first got this game in the PC Gamer Classic Game Collection 1 disc, on one of the PCG demo CDs in '00.
Raptor - This one I bought at retail (floppy disk game) somewhere around '99 or '00. Awesome game, one of my favorites!
Death Rally - I got this in a 4-pack of racing games I bought in ~1998-2000 or so, sometime. I'd played the shareware earlier and loved it, and I remember beating the game after buying it, so it obviously held up. I should try it again... I know it's got a remake now (available on Steam and such), but the original version is still great... though I should get the remake sometime.
Shadow Warrior - Got a jewelcase-only copy of the game several years ago. Never managed to beat the first level, this game is too hard...
Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition - I already have several copies of this one, including one from the PCG Classic Game Collection 1, and another when I got a jewelcase-only copy of the Atomic Edition (because the one from that other collection was just the base game).
Wolfenstein 3D - I have this from a PC Gamer disc from 2001.
Rise of the Triad: Dark War - I got a jewelcase-only copy of this used a few years ago.
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold and Blake Stone: Planet Strike - I got both of these games for sale on GOG sometime within the last year or so.
Realms of Chaos - Same as above, I got this on GOG on sale, but I got this one a bit earlier I think.
Duke Nukem 1 - I got this on GOG or something as a part of a Duke Nukem collection. I'd first played Duke 1 shareware in the '90s, but didn't get it.
Duke Nukem 2 - This is another game I got as a part of the PC Gamer Classic Game Collection 1 disc. Pretty good game. Then I got a second copy from that collection on GOG. Now I have a third. And since they're all digital, there's no way to get rid of the extras. This is one reason why physical games are better!
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project - 2.5d platform/action game. As with Dukes 1 and 2, I got this from that GOG collection.
Freeware games included (you can get these for free, but the anthology puts everything into the Anthology launcher, so I'll list them!)
--
Bio Menace, Stargunner, Pharaoh's Tomb, Monuments of Mars, Arctic Adventure, Alien Carnage, Major Stryker. Of these, Stargunner is an okay shmup. Major Stryker is a better shmup. Alien Carnage is a somewhat popular run & gun; I never cared for it too much, though. It was also known as Halloween Harry. I don't think I finished the shareware, back in the '90s. Bio Menace is a shooting-heavy sidescroller from Apogee which runs in the Keen engine. It's kind of like something in between Keen and Duke Nukem. Decent game, though it's no match for actual Keen games. The last three are Apogee's trilogy of CGA-graphics platformers. They're actually good games, though badly dated graphically today. Pharaoh's Tomb is probably my favorite of the three.
--
First, games I didn't have yet.
Word Rescue - Educational game. The shareware was fun as a kid, but this is mostly for kids... it's an easy platformer with word (or math, for the below one) problems in it.
Math Rescue - Same as above
Wacky Wheels - A great classic, I'm thrilled to finally be able to play the full version of this game! This game is a Super Mario Kart-style kart racer, and it might be better than SMK itself.
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure - I loved the shareware of this game too. I'll definitely need to play the full game!
Crystal Caves - I remember this being okay, but not one of my favorite Apogee games.
Secret Agent - Sort of like an improved sequel to Crystal Caves, this one I quite liked the shareware of despite the small graphics. It's great to finally have the rest of the game!
Paganitzu - Top-down puzzle game, sort of like Lolo or something. I never did play this one much, even in shareware.
Hocus Pocus - Decent sidescroller where you play as this mage boy. I liked this as a kid, but I don't know how well it holds up.
Mystic Towers - Isometric action-adventure game where you play as an old guy killing monsters. I never liked isometric games like this as a kid, and they're still not my favorite thing...
Monster Bash - Okay sidescrolling action-platformer that I don't remember playing too much. You're a kid fighting monsters and the like, Halloween-ish stuff.
Next, I'll list games I do have copies of already. This is all just one download, so these are second copies; I bought this for the ones I don't have, mostly, but it's nice seeing most of Apogee's games all in one place. :)
Commander Keen 1-3: Invasion of the Vorticons - Got a registered floppy copy of this by mail order in the early '90s. It's one of my favorite game series ever!
Commander Keen 4-5: Goodbye, Galaxy - I've had a shareware floppy version of Keen 4 since the early '90s, but didn't get 5 (or the registered version of 4, though it's identical to the shareware) until I got the Keen 1-5 collection on Steam, which I did as one of the first things I bought on Steam back in the mid/late '00s.
Terminal Velocity - I first got this game in the PC Gamer Classic Game Collection 1 disc, on one of the PCG demo CDs in '00.
Raptor - This one I bought at retail (floppy disk game) somewhere around '99 or '00. Awesome game, one of my favorites!
Death Rally - I got this in a 4-pack of racing games I bought in ~1998-2000 or so, sometime. I'd played the shareware earlier and loved it, and I remember beating the game after buying it, so it obviously held up. I should try it again... I know it's got a remake now (available on Steam and such), but the original version is still great... though I should get the remake sometime.
Shadow Warrior - Got a jewelcase-only copy of the game several years ago. Never managed to beat the first level, this game is too hard...
Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition - I already have several copies of this one, including one from the PCG Classic Game Collection 1, and another when I got a jewelcase-only copy of the Atomic Edition (because the one from that other collection was just the base game).
Wolfenstein 3D - I have this from a PC Gamer disc from 2001.
Rise of the Triad: Dark War - I got a jewelcase-only copy of this used a few years ago.
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold and Blake Stone: Planet Strike - I got both of these games for sale on GOG sometime within the last year or so.
Realms of Chaos - Same as above, I got this on GOG on sale, but I got this one a bit earlier I think.
Duke Nukem 1 - I got this on GOG or something as a part of a Duke Nukem collection. I'd first played Duke 1 shareware in the '90s, but didn't get it.
Duke Nukem 2 - This is another game I got as a part of the PC Gamer Classic Game Collection 1 disc. Pretty good game. Then I got a second copy from that collection on GOG. Now I have a third. And since they're all digital, there's no way to get rid of the extras. This is one reason why physical games are better!
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project - 2.5d platform/action game. As with Dukes 1 and 2, I got this from that GOG collection.
Freeware games included (you can get these for free, but the anthology puts everything into the Anthology launcher, so I'll list them!)
--
Bio Menace, Stargunner, Pharaoh's Tomb, Monuments of Mars, Arctic Adventure, Alien Carnage, Major Stryker. Of these, Stargunner is an okay shmup. Major Stryker is a better shmup. Alien Carnage is a somewhat popular run & gun; I never cared for it too much, though. It was also known as Halloween Harry. I don't think I finished the shareware, back in the '90s. Bio Menace is a shooting-heavy sidescroller from Apogee which runs in the Keen engine. It's kind of like something in between Keen and Duke Nukem. Decent game, though it's no match for actual Keen games. The last three are Apogee's trilogy of CGA-graphics platformers. They're actually good games, though badly dated graphically today. Pharaoh's Tomb is probably my favorite of the three.