First post, by Shreddoc
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I wonder if you had this experience too.
I was a complete DOS gamer during the first half of the 90's. Fully immersed in the scene, I tried virtually every game. Or so I thought. The truth is that the scene was much larger than me, and it's rare for one person to experience *everything*.
And so, perhaps we all have at least one old game on our list which slipped under the radar. Something which is found on modern retro best-of lists, or famous compilations, but somehow, for some strange twists of fate, you never really heard of it back then. You only found out about it (in detail) much later in life.
This thread is an opportunity for you to recount your own example, and add some relevant trivia around it if you like.
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For me, a key candidate is Blackthorne. In the 90's I played through the Prince of Persias, the Another Worlds and Flashbacks etc, among hundreds of other things, and 1994 was one of my peak years. And yet somehow, the Blackthorne name was only the vaguest bare awareness in my mind until very recent years, when I saw it in the above-linked image and finally looked it up - quarter of a century late!
My excuse is that, in 1994-5, too many other areas of life were starting to heavily intrude upon my video gaming - the distractions of late teens. I'm sure some of you fell into similar traps!
Of course, back then Blizzard barely existed and certainly had no household fame. Together with The Lost Vikings (1993) and Warcraft : Orcs And Humans (near simultaneous release with BT ~late 1994), Blackthorne made up (what I consider to be) the triumvirate of top-tier pre-Windows games created by this fledging team prior to their subsequent far greater fame in Windows gaming.
So.. what's the famous old game you missed out on??
