Just Shoot me

[makattak]

I recall the first game that really sold me on where computer-based gaming could go was Wing Commander. The integration of "shoot 'em up" and storyline (including alternative storylines depending on how you did) just had me amazed at the time. I actually have it on DOSbox and still play it from time to time, including the use of an old-fashioned joystick controller.

I still remember that one. It was pretty amazing at the time. (And, though it would never win any awards, the movie wasn't terrible. It was bad, yes, but entertaining. I particularly like that Hercule Poirot was the captain of the starship.)

I was already hooked on gaming before then, though. Legend of Zelda had me a few years before Wing Commander.

[K Frame]

I played Wing Commander a number of times. It was a lot of fun.

[MechAg94]

I remember playing Wing Commander a little, but I was in love with X-Wing and Tie Fighter at the time and didn't give a damn about storyline.  Doom fell in there somewhere as well.  I guess I was always more into the arcade/game play side of things rather than storyline.  Total Annihilation is one that sucked up a lot of time also.