Deep in that dusty corner of my mental filing system, where childhood memories are shuffled off to be archived by those few working brain cells I haven’t saturated with Captain Morgan, there resides a special place for today’s selection: Wolfenstein 3D.

This was not only the first FPS that I ever played, but it was my first PC game as well (not counting my Texas Instrument days). I remember well the 5-1/4-inch floppy that contained the shareware version of the first episode (or was it freeware?). I never played more than this episode, so I never got to take on Hitler himself. But the first episode was satisfying enough, especially when playing in “Death Incarnate” mode. This was also probably the only FPS I ever played without the aid of any cheat codes. Guess that’s why it took me so long (damn the Internet for not being there for me when I needed it!).

I distinctly remember the terror of leading our hero,

I used to love running over people with my car. In this game only, of course. I’d never do that in real life (at least not anymore; bodies leave unsightly dents on your hood). I mean, I really loved it. So it was inevitable that Carmageddon 3 would become one of my favorite racing games.

Strangely enough, though, I never really played the actual game. I just ran over people. In that regard, I would definitely consider the Carmageddon series to be a predecessor to the Grand Theft Auto series, in that you could enter the game world and just drive around, not following the set rules

Wow. Someone out there loved Hunt the Wumpus so much that they recreated it in Java. I’ve played it a couple of times so far, and it’s pretty spot-on to the original game play, but with much better graphics. Very nice!

There’s something so comforting about seeing a remake that actually does the original justice. Perhaps Hollywood could take a page from Dreamcodex’s game book and stop with the craptastic remakes! Yeah, that’ll happen.

Looks like they also did a remake of Munchman, but I haven’t checked this one out yet. Apparently, you have to download something and install it. I push the boundaries quite a bit at work, but I think I’ll sidestep this one 😉

I think I might also start talking about video games a bit more often here. I used to be quite the gamer. I’m still playing, thanks to a more than generous gift of an Xbox 360 for my last birthday. I’m nowhere near the obsessed game play levels that I used to be at, but I’m still in the game, haha.

Perhaps my next gaming entry will be all about finally playing my very first game from a long-standing franchise. Hmm, whatever could that be?