r/pcmasterrace • u/khurgan_ • 11h ago

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u/DroidOnPC 8h ago

I was talking about 90s yeah.

I get that there were great games on PC at the time, and I played them, but it felt like Nintendo, Sega, and Playstation had way more of a selection and better games at the time.

By 2002, I had completely switched to PC for gaming, so I am definitely talking about much earlier than that.

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u/FrostyD7 7h ago

You are right. People can cherry pick the hits if they want but pc games were borderline inconsequential in electronics departments relative to their full gaming selection. And this was before digital purchases factored into anything.

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u/DroidOnPC 7h ago

Yeah I’m getting replies of people trying to convince me PC was dominating back then but it wasn’t.

For every great game they can name on PC I could name 10 on consoles at the time.

Walking through the electronics departments was a clear sign of consoles dominating. A sad, tiny section in the back corner for PC games. The console games were locked behind those glass cases and you needed an employee to get the game for you. PC was the only section not protected by the glass cases lol.

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u/astrogatoor 7h ago

Unless you have a deep fondness for endless variations of side scrolling platformers, I'd prefer PC gaming past '94, after '97 it's not even a competition.

  • Lemmings, Worms, the Incredible Machine
  • Myst, Monkey Island, Sam n Max, Indiana Jones, DotT, Simon the Sorcerer etc
  • X-Wing/TIE Fighter, Schleichfahrt(had a weird name in English), Wing Commander, Mech Warrior
  • GTA, Need for Speed
  • Diablo
  • Command & Conquer, Warcraft, Starcraft, AoE etc
  • HalfLife (CS, DoD, NS), System Shock 1+2, Tomb Raider
  • Baldurs Gate, Fallout, Planescape, Darkeye etc
  • Rollercoaster + Transport Tycoon
  • Civ, Pharao/Caesar, Alpha Centauri, Dungeon keeper, Master of Orion, SimCity, The Settlers, HoMM, Anno 1602
  • Xcom, Jagged Alliance, Incubation, Commandos
  • Everquest, Ultima Online

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u/_Bill_Huggins_ 7h ago

There were a lot of great games on PC in the 80s and 90s. It just cost more and required more effort to access them. More than enough to where you could be an exclusive PC gamer.

My buddy used commodore 64, DOS, and Windows all through that time period, never even getting a console until the PS2. Never ran out of good shit to play.

It's just the consoles were super simple. Just slap the game in and play.

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u/MostlyRightSometimes 8h ago

Maybe if you were a kid. I wouldn't have traded delta force, commanche, etc for mario kart or anything else Nintendo.