What's your favorite game of 1999?
not retro
>>3232646
> Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier
I think it was such a cop-out that Q3 didn't have a proper single player game.
There were more great games released in half of 1999 than this entire console generation.
![Silent_Hill_video_game_cover[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/Z7QZOdg.png "Silent_Hill_video_game_cover[1].png")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QM6vWdcUG8
Quake 3, OP.
![8f425ab7c25bdd49ef680ab4e77048fe4b53ef0[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/sE1NIcC.png "8f425ab7c25bdd49ef680ab4e77048fe4b53ef0[1].png")
R-Type Δ
A near flawless transition into the 5th gen era, and a prime example of how to do cinematics in a game without disrupting the flow. Easily one of my favorite PSX games, period. <3
>>3232689
Shenmue was so revolutionary.
>>3232632
System Shock 2
>>3232647
I still think that part of the sticky could be done in a more informative way regarding PC. People seem to just assume a hard 1999 on all PC games, because of the platform being a bit different to consoles in how its hardware releases work. But you look at PS1, N64, and DC, and they have plenty of games released in 2000 and 2001 that are permitted here.
>>3232869
Life isn't retro though.
>>3233252
It is, if you were born before 1999.
>>3232861
Holy fuck, I remember going in blind getting this game off of the PSN as a PS Classic a little less than a decade ago and being amazed by it.
The ending for the Cerberus ship, Jesus.
>>3232632
>>3233246
>People seem to just assume a hard 1999 on all PC games, because of the platform being a bit different to consoles in how its hardware releases work
they don't assume, that's what the sticky says
>But you look at PS1, N64, and DC, and they have plenty of games released in 2000 and 2001 that are permitted here.
problem is, pc hardware advanced in that time. pc games from 2000, 2001 and onwards are a whole different beast. cutting off pc software release dates at 1999 was the alternative to denying pc altogether, because of its continuous hardware nature
>>3232632
>>3233463
quite literally shots fired.
I agree with you though. Beautiful colorful frenzy
>>3233363
I dunno, 2000 had plenty of PC games that were not demanding of new hardware. Thief 2 and Deus Ex both use dated engines, and could run on older hardware, but are technically not retro because of being released in 2000. But eh, whatever.
>>3233543
>Deus Ex both use dated engines, and could run on older hardware
confirmed for never fucking playing deus ex when it came out
>>3233543
include 2k for PC releases and you got to include 2k for system releases, so you got a whole new set of systems included suddenly.
PC releases do behave a bit different to console releases. The rules in the sticky are a compromise. Not ideal, but getting the work done
>>3233552
Its a 2000 game that could run on 1998 hardware.
>>3233552
Ran fine on a TNT/TNT2 with a k6-2 300.
>>3233625
>Its a 2000 game that could run on 1998 hardware.
You're making this assumption because the Unreal engine was released in 1998, and you never played Deus Ex at release.
Deus Ex is super CPU heavy, like way more than any other Unreal 1 game. It's not even 100% stutter-free 60 fps on a Pentium III Tualatin S 1.4 ghz, and this is an incredibly powerful pre-Netburst CPU.
>>3233649
>Ran fine on a TNT/TNT2 with a k6-2 300.
If by fine you mean 10-15 fps. Read the posts in this thread.
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1053580
>>3232869
wow, makes u think............
>>3232632
Probably Age of Empires II. I liked Quake III, but I never really was into fps games desu and didn't had any internet connection at that time, so I was stuck with bots.
>>3232632
first thing that came to mind.
>>3233259
No. Life was retro before 2000 but we can't go back and relive it. Shenmue is a retro thing that we can enjoy right now,
>>3233216
Gotta be it.
>>3232632
Probably Wipeout 3, which is criminally under-rated. I am trying to find an eboot of Wipeout 3 SE (which contains the original Wipeout 3 plus 8 remastered tracks from Wipeout and Wipeout 2097) for my PSP but without much success.
>>3232632
>>3233463
Why not both?
>>3232861
Is it better than Super R-Type? Because, as much as I wanted to love that game, it was full of cheap deaths (and slowdown).
>>3234024
My nigga. Q3A/UT99 for life. The best on PC, now and forever.
>q3a for straight deathmatch and 1v1
>ut for mods and team/CTF/dom
Jagged Alliance 2, probably
>>3234170
>that comment
JA2 is so fucking great.
>>3234170
>1.13
>>3234247
problem?
>guns... lots of guns
>JA1 mercs
>Arulco Revisited
>>3234090
Yes. A lot better. Super is tied with Final as the worst R-Type game. Don't avoid the rest based on that poor first impression, it's a fantastic series otherwise.
On a related note, the arcade version of Super is called R-Type II and is some real hardcore shit. Start with the original, then movie onto III & Δ afterwards.
