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Originally Posted by Dr. von Fish
While the dollar amount is generally overestimated, I find that most people don't realize the PC is 100% backwards compatible; you don't have to be able to play the latest and greatest games.
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I just wanted to point out that this is
not actually true. I have a couple of games from the Windows 95 era that refuse to work on anything newer than Windows 98, because they think your operating system isn't actually advanced enough to play them. I know you can run the PC in compatibility mode, but that doesn't really help much when you can't even
install the game. :/
That said, it's not a common situation.
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Age of Mythology
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Similar Games: Warcraft III, Civilization II Test of Time
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what? O.o Have you ever actually
played Test of Time? They're nothing like each other. <.> They're not even in the same genre!
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Cave Story
It brings tears to my eyes that people yet haven't played this game. It's TOTALLY FREE, available as a download from a plethora of sources for a variety of operating systems. I think people are put off by freeware games because they lack the overall quality and attention of most commercial games, but this game contradicts that. There's an actual story, and it's good. Big explorable world. Boss fights. Awesome platformer/shooter gameplay. Original graphics and music. This is basically the game everyone would be telling you to get for your DS or something, except it's free and you can download it now. So do it.
System Requirements: Windows 98, 2000 or XP, DirectX 5.0+, Mac OS X 10.3.9, AmigaOS 4, Linux (by fan conversion)
Similar games: Commander Keen
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I think I've heard of this one before, but this is the first time anyone has said it was freeware. I might want look into it later, when I actually have a PC of my own up-and-running again.
For my personal favourites, I just want to mention StarCraft. I don't think anyone here
really needs me describe it at all.
(And I don't actually know the system requirements, but I'm pretty sure it was a 95 game, so any computer less than ten years old should be fine.) Also -
Lemmings! 
Really cheep to get hold of, will run on practically anything, and still a ton of fun more than a decade down the line. ^_^