I Designed a Geekfest 1990s PC Gaming Mug

[beany_bot]

I dunno about anyone else but for me the 90's was just unrivaled in PC gaming. Amazing, passion project games and huge technological leaps. I guess for everyone its different but for me this is when I was weaned onto PC gaming and had some amazing time in these games. I know I am missing some crucial games, and you might have chosen different ones to show but this is my mug lol.

 

[Will Gill]

I like it, amazing era for ground breaking games

 

[touch]

 

[iamdjdz]

Minesweeper

I was gutted when they removed this from Windows 10.

 

[beany_bot]

1989

 

[Skidder]

Loved everyone of those games.

 

[Diddums]

I see you play on the noob setting


@beany_bot I love the mug but I can't take it seriously without the Duke on it sadly

 

[touch]

1989

Awww

 

[beany_bot]

I see you play on the noob setting


@beany_bot I love the mug but I can't take it seriously without the Duke on it sadly

The Duke? Nukem? That is there.

 

[beany_bot]

Awww

SimCity 2000 that is - 1993

 

[Diddums]

The Duke? Nukem? That is there.

So it is! Apologies, in that case it's awesome

 

[Lysander]

Quake II instead of Quake 1? Hmmf.

 

[beany_bot]

Quake II instead of Quake 1? Hmmf.

IKR. There is something of an anomoly in my life there. Despite my best efforts I never really played or enjoyed Quake 1 (And yes I know I am an outlier). I think I was just too busy playing Duke3D all of 1996 and went straight onto Quake 2. But I get that most people love it.

 

[robfosters]

I used to love games like Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle and the Discworld games.

what I also loved about gaming back then was the product itself. It was a real treat to get games with proper boxes then.

I remember the box to Discworld 2. It was like a work of art with beautiful drawings and gold embossed lettering. I treasured the box as much as the game back then.

 

[Hades]

I can hear that Doom shotgun and Quake 2 hyperblaster in my head right now.

 

[beany_bot]

I can hear that Doom shotgun and Quake 2 hyperblaster in my head right now.

And surely the HL crowbar hitting off a metal surface over and over.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Good effort but needs Alone in the Dark. That game was the grandfather of so many amazing games.

 

[Skidder]

Good effort but needs Alone in the Dark. That game was the grandfather of so many amazing games.

Haven't thought about that game for a long while. It was class.

One thing that was special about that era was there didn't seem to be so many realeases and genres. Fewer better releases that anyone I knew with a PC would also be playing.

In our student digs we had 2 PCs linked togerther with a cable for multiplayer doom. It was amazing TWO players!

 

[paradigm]

Glad there's a Monkey Island game on there!

There really needs to be X-Wing vs Tie Fighter on there, and maybe UT as well!

 

[Lysander]

Haven't thought about that game for a long while. It was class.

One thing that was special about that era was there didn't seem to be so many realeases and genres. Fewer better releases that anyone I knew with a PC would also be playing.

In our student digs we had 2 PCs linked togerther with a cable for multiplayer doom. It was amazing TWO players!

My brother is particularly proud of completing the final level of Doom on Nightmare mode in one minute 12 seconds. I don't know if that's good, but he's proud of it.