Uncharted Waters New Horizons

There is an NES game called Overlord that I enjoyed a lot. It is a real-time strategy game that I think is a lot like Master of Orion...or technically, I think Master of Orion is a lot like Overlord. I think Overlord had a pc release that was known as Supremacy.

Shingen the Ruler is a good game if you can figure out a strategy in the first few years of the game. At one time I knew every move to make for almost all of the battles, I played it so often.

Destiny of an Emperor is another very good game, but until I changed controllers I had trouble with that ONE lousy sequence you had to use late in the game.

Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen on the NES and Ogre Battle Person of Lordly Caliber on the N64 took up a lot of time when I took a short break from playing New Horizons.

I also enjoyed the Dragon Warrior series and some of the Final Fantasy games.

If you can find Ascendancy, that is a very good game. Another that I discovered only a few years ago is Master of Magic...an awesome game.

Shingen the Ruler is a good game if you can figure out a strategy in the first few years of the game. At one time I knew every move to make for almost all of the battles, I played it so often.

I always start with the territory right above to gain experience and retreat after the game asks if I want to attack the castle. Once I gain a few levels I attack the lower right one then I go up and usually get to Nobunaga Oda when I'm about level 42 or 45. It's still hard because he usually is around level 54 or 55. One game, I had to face him when I was on level 15! Fortunately, he didn't have a big army but it was an epic battle.

Have you ever played with Defender of The Crown?
It's a fun game but it's not as refined as RTK and it can usually be completed in a few hours.
When I got interest in Amiga computers, I couldn't beleive the quality of the graphics. I wish I had an Amiga back then but they were way too expensive.

Look at those graphics!

http://www.google.com/search?q=Defender+of+the+Crown+Amiga&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=XlI&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7LOuT9byA8q1twe0k5GKCQ&ved=0CHEQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=662&sei=87OuT9Aukeq2B_2WhYoI

I found Times of Lore and played for a while but I didn't enjoy it as much as I did originally. The emulated graphics aren't great and the colors especially are annoying to the eyes.
The battle mode is fun thought.
You can circle around an enemy and hit him. I don't know many 8 bit games that had this option. Most were linear.
On the other hand I played Shingen and I enjoy it as much. There's something about this game I like a lot. 🙂

If anyone has a game suggestion on NES, SNES or GBA please share it with us. There were so many made that I'm sure I never played and some that I forgot the title but used to like.
There was one in particular (SNES?) that was similar to commando or Ikari Warrior but with amazing graphics and details. I remember a tunnel and a train but that's about it.
I wish I could remember the title.

For the PC, "Privateer" is an all-time favorite.

"Wing Commanger: Privateer" is the one I am referring to: it is a space trading RPG game released in 1993 by Origin. Has a great plot which is event triggered so you can take your time trading to build up to the best ship with the best weapons and it is fun to go around in a space ship shooting at other ships.
There was an add on called "Righteous Fire" which continued where the first left off and a "Privateer 2" which was much different - but a good attempt at updating the graphics and taking advantage of newer and more powerfull computers with in-game movies to enhance the plot.
There was also a Wing Commander for the SNES, but it was not the same.
The Privateer I am refering to can be downloaded from any number of websites and played using DOSBox - it has a good following as well.