What is your favorite classic PC game?

I don't have a singular favourite, Heroes of Might and Magic 3, Civilization, Captain Claw and Revolt were really important ones for me :)

People don't associate it with PC, but technically, it would be Metal Gear Solid for me. I did play the PC port and with keyboard controls too. (It was so good I just got sucked in while testing the game on keyboard, that I didn't care to setup a control).

Not including that, I guess it would be Half-Life. I really love the level flow of the Half-Life games, makes you really feel like your on a grand journey.

I also really enjoyed Hitman: Codename 47 this year. It's very janky, but it's cool to see that a game so old was able to nail the whole social stealth gameplay in the modern Hitman games so well even back then. Being given a very complex hit job and figuring out not just how to solve it, but also the best way to do it (because there's multiple ways of reaching your goal) is so fun.

Buddy, this one.

Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate, HoMM3

The Neverhood - bummer its sequel, Armikrog, was really really bad

Beyond Good & Evil.

This Deus Ex among the top favorites, yes. Music, atmosphere, narrative, level design, different ways to play, multiple endings...everything was great

For classic it would have to be diablo 1, and heroes of might and magic 2. For modern games easily slay the spire and hades. Indies rule these days. Hollow knight was also amazing.

Serious Sam

Wasteland on the C64. Played that game more than once. :)

Is original Mafia from that time period?

Stronghold for sure!

pre2001 is too early!
But I guess Robinhood: The Legend of Sherwood and Cossacks are among the oldest classics I loved

so many of that era oof let me see.... sorry for the spam in advance:

Heroes of Might and Magic 3, Super Smash Bros., Mario Party 2, Mario Kart 64, Diablo 2, Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Baldur's Gate 2, War Wind, Quest for Glory 5, Kings Quest 7 8, Grand Theft Auto 2, Super Mario Land, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, POD, Earthsiege 2, Tomb Raider 1 2 3, Command & Conquer (played every game until generals), Age of Empires 2, The Settlers 1 2 3, Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament, Rune, SimCity, all early Worms games, Metal Fatigue, Breath of Fire 2, Lufia 2, Yoshi's Island, all early Kirby Games, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Jagged Alliance 2, FreeSpace 2, Broken Sword 2, Toonstruck, ...

pretty sure i'm missing so many more but damn you just unlocked so many good memories dude.. :)
did you play some of my list? :D

Half-Life

System Shock (and 2), Heroes of Might and Magic 3, Civilization, Quest for Glory (the whole series), Mega Man X (it was on PC too back then), Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Ultima Underworld (I really loved many of the Ultima games, but this one probably aged the best), Deus Ex...

Silent Hill all the way

Strife: Quest for the Sigil (often just called Strife) or Strife: Veteran Edition (on Steam/GOG/etc.) is my all time favorite game which I finished many times (the sigil of the game is also my avatar). Sadly it isn't well known or loved.

Hard to choose just one, either StarCraft or System Shock 2

I spent waaaay too many hours on Prince of Persia (the 1989 classic game) and Monkey Island.

I haven't played that many pre-2001 PC games. Mostly just Nintendo and a bit of Playstation. I did play System Shock 2 in 2019 and the original Half-Life earlier this year. Out of those two games though, I'd say System Shock 2.

Received, thanks for the gifts.