So Tetris is 25 years old. Wow. We thought we’d celebrate this with 15 of our fave games from back in the day (in no special order)…plus a few funny and humorous shirts mixed in of course. We ain’t here for nowt ya’ know.

Super Mario (1983 onwards)

I’m not going to say a whole lot about Mario, there’s too many games to list, and you know all about him anyway.

cannon fodder (1993)

Dark humour and a bit of social commentary is hidden behind this game. “War has never been so much fun”.

Elite (1984)

Flying around in deep space trading stuff and fighting enemies every now and then may not sound exciting, but it was. The best trading game there is with the exception of Escape Velocity on the Macintosh from the mid 90′s, which I’d have included on this list except for the fact no-one’s heard of it.

Goldeneye 007 (1997)

The best multiplayer first person shooter ever made. With the N64′s ability to have 4 players at once it was like a glimps of the future, pre networked games.
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Lemmings (1991)

We couldn’t have a list without Lemmings, the can-can music is still stuck in my head now thanks to this. It’s one of the few puzzle games I ever really enjoyed, which is why in a list dedicated to 25 years of Tetris, you won’t, ironically find any mention of it.

Diggers (1993)

Mining for jewels in Diggers was brilliant, huge levels with some really weird things in if I recall, floating skeletons and the such. I don’t know why this game never made it big.

simcity (1989)

The first ever chance to play god of your own city.

Duke Nuke’em 3D (1996)

While everyone was off playing Doom and the such I much prefered Duke. I had a tough time picking between this and Wolfenstein 3D, but Duke’s love of the ladies and hookers won it for me. And the one liners, which were funny as hell!

Street Fighter II (1991)

So many versions of just one game – Street Fighter II – The World Warrior, Street Fighter II’ – Champion Edition, Street Fighter II? – Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Hyper Street Fighter II , I can’t honestly tell you the difference between them all, but anyway the original’s – world warrior and champ edition both rocked, cool music, fancy moves, just make sure you pick to be Dhalsim.

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Half-Life (1998)

I remember I had a friend who bought this in about 1999/2000 and it was the only (at the time) modern game his crappy ancient PC could play, so we spent a lot of time on this thing. This is the best selling first person shooter ever made, and it started my life-long love affair with crowbars, and it probably helped me pass my physics exam a bit easier, ‘cos I’d already wondered and discovered what half life meant.

Pac Man (1980)

IN all its incarnations Pac Man is pretty much the same, so I guess you can get bored with it pretty quick, but I remember this was the first game I actually got an adrenalin rush from getting away from those pesky ghosts. Remember each time you eat one of the big pill things and get to eat the ghosts to proclaim “Ah-ha! The hunter has become the hunted, how ironic”.There was a pac-man tv show, can’t remember that, but I bet it sucked.

 

Space Invaders (1978 onwards)

Following its release in Japan it caused a shortage of 100 yen coins ‘cos they were all going in the arcade machine. Pixelated aliens never looked so intimidating.

The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici (1996)

I spent waaay too long playing this, even when the missions were all completed I couldn’t keep away from it. Fish, hunt, plant trees, cut down trees, this game had it all. And it was pretty. Also how many othe games can you think of with latin in the title? (in case you are wondering veni vidi vici means I came, i saw, i conquered) classy.

Warcraft 2 (1995)

Back in the days before the net Warcraft started, pick between the evil Orcs or Humans, it doesn’t make much difference except for the weapons and units you get. Worth checking out even now, and even if you can’t stand World Of Warcraft.

Day of the Tentacle (1993)

Day of the Tentacle is a sequel to the excellent Maniac Mansion but has many improvements over its predecessor, including some very funny voice-acting! A gang of teenagers is trapped on a quest through time as they try to help Dr. Fred Edison using a time machine to prevent a Purple Tentacle from taking over the world. Luckily, you’ll be laughing all the way to the end.