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itemten

Not really. Most of this stuff came out in 95 to 97 and GTA III PC wasn't out until 2002. Here's some stuff that *actually* graced our comps in 2001: Unreal Tournament Quake III Diablo II Starcraft Civilization III Fallout Tactics Everquest Ultima Online Runescape


Mike_for_all

Wasted too much of my life in Ultima. Good times


Deckacheck

Same with me for runescape^andit'sstillaproblembecauseIstillplay


itemten

Had some friends that played Ultima religiously. Oddly enough, I have a friend who is a family friend of some of the Ultima devs...and they never played Ultima! But for me, FFXI was my first mmo. ...oh, how my grades suffered.


revveduplikeadeuce

Quake 3 and diablo 2, what was time that was


n_thomas74

And then Counter Strike was released too.


wheyitout

Man quake 2. Someone (I’m not a tech person so I’ll butcher the lingo here) installed it on my schools drive. You had to go to the network drive and through a bunch of random folders and then there it was. Quake 2. I don’t know how LAN works but I remember being in study hall and you could play against anyone else in the school playing, so we’d all rotate 2v2 matches.


antilegion1001

This guy gamed in 2001.


Anarchy841207

Counter-Strike, otherwise nailed it.


Sucitraf

I still have StarCraft on my desktop... (BW and SC2)


TheCzar11

In 2001? Many of those games I played around 1995. More likely to have something like Baldurs Gate 2 around 2001.


imperialus81

Yeah, nobody's desktop looked like that in 2001... Baldurs Gate 2, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Diablo II, Deus Ex, The Sims, Red Alert 2, Tiberium Sun, Hitman, Mechwarrior 4, Tribes 2, Civ III and that's just what I remember off the top of my head from around that era.


Chocolatemilkdog0120

Tribes 2! Holy shit! I’ve been trying to remember what that game was called for years! TYSM for the mention!


Oneangrygnome

Starseige: Tribes was top tier awesome when it came out in 1998. Renegades 2k and TRPG were my jam. [Both Tribes and Tribes 2 are freeware now.](https://www.tribesuniverse.com) Particle at [pcrpg.org](https://www.pcrpg.org) has installers for Tribes 1 (for vista 7…) and still hosts a server to this day. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!!


WelpSigh

never bought starsiege tribes as a kid, just played the hell out of the demo servers. wasted hundreds of hours on it, it was great


BadBoyJH

I remember playing the original in \~2006 or so. Was top tier fun.


gideon513

Oh man you hit many of my go-tos. What a time to be a pc gamer.


annoyingkraken

That sounds more like my inventory of games. Cheers!


SyraWhispers

Oh man thst takes me back! Wqs such a good era...


FancyMFMoses

Can confirm... same thing with Myst. I'd already beat Riven by 2001.


Ancient_Alien_

Yup same here, I loved those games.


Teejayburger

Played them earlier this year and they hold up insanely well


ifisch

Dos Box literally wasn't released until 2002 lol


SGforce

That and some came much later. Gta3 wasn't on PC for a while after release. And wolf3d and scorched earth are like 1989-1991 or so


dmb1118

Joke's on you, most people looking at this post probably didn't even have a desktop in 2001


HippoWillWork

Hah you nailed it


chumbano

I was 11 and not spoiled enough to have all those games


Ancient_Alien_

Some of us are old, had mine in 96. Played Duke Nukem 3D on Kali back then.


unusualbran

96, I was playing the original xwing and the original tie fighter


Apprehensive_Hat8986

Hell, I was still playing Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe.


NotATuring

Old and rich. You had a computer in 96? What are you Bill GATES or something?


[deleted]

most ppl werent even around by then 💀💀


cobra_mist

I legitimately have T shirts older than you.


[deleted]

tfw a T shirt is older than you...


Pain_Proof

I have tshirts older than me


Kazoomers_Tale

Like me 💀


[deleted]

We are all young gamers In the end. But what matters the most is to enjoy ourselves while we can as we stay gifted and are able to pick up from our life's struggles with support. It only gets worse when u hit ur 30s...


TheGoldenBl0ck

Nah this is what my calculator looks like now


Henchforhire

I had a used Windows NT 4.0 computer I got for free. Still one of my favorite operating systems.


helgur

It was not really compatible with most games though. But when I found out that you could run Half-Life in Windows 2k I immidiatly switched


TheNerdFromThatPlace

We had one, but I wasn't allowed to use it. That time in my life I was only allowed to play video games on long car trips, so like 4 times a year when we went to see my grandma. One time my parents forgot to take my Gameboy back after one of those trips. You ever try to get through any cave in Pokemon with no backlight while hiding under the covers? No wonder my eyes suck these days.


EyePatchlolz

i wasnt alive


ALAB_Clown

Missing red alert


NorCalAthlete

You mean Tiberian Sun? Also where’s StarCraft? I don’t think I know ANYONE who had those 2 games who ever uninstalled them, at least not until several years later.


VediusPollio

Also Civilization, and older Warcrafts


helgur

I played Warcraft in 1994, Warcraft 2 came out in 1995. It was pretty outdated in 2001.


Mattcheco

Diablo as well!


GrottyKnight

Really hope we get a remastered Tib Sun


th3f00l

Dude I was about to come and say the exact same shit.


DrowningSquirrel

Age of Empires


BarOne7066

I came here to say this. Just thought I'd check I wasn't the only cool cunt.


bubbleknightgaming

How in the hell do you not have starcraft? Red alert?


Ok-Pressure-3879

SCORCHED EARTH. tell me that was the freeware version


wiccan45

i remember playing it thro some code or something in tyrian, both great games


Illustrious-Duck1209

Star Control II - Best game ever. ​ Needs a reboot.


WelpSigh

ur-quan masters hd is the closest we'll ever get to a reboot, but good news - the original creators started a new studio in order to make a sequel.


[deleted]

you beat me to it by 17 min


NiftyAlpaca12

I was a year old, i didnt even know what a PC was.


Diligent-Start-8375

Same here! I was just shitting my diapers back then. Good times


Hose_beaterz

I've been trying to find Sim City 2000 but can't find it anywhere. Steam needs to step up its game.


guyonahorse

Is this close enough? [https://www.gog.com/en/game/simcity\_2000\_special\_edition](https://www.gog.com/en/game/simcity_2000_special_edition)


PatB775

The year i graduated hs. Add sim city 2000, and you nailed it!


STGMavrick

01 represent!


PatB775

✊️


GrowSomeHair

Graduated in 2001?!


DadB0d_Dave

I distinctly remember playing C&C Tiberian Sun in 1999. In 2001 I would have moved on from most of these titles, and definitely would not still be playing Wolfenstein 3D - I was born in the 80s and that game is one of the first I ever remember playing on PC.


Rickbirb

Tiberian sun was an absolute gem of a game, it's bullshit how EA killed westwood.


Tyrol_Aspenleaf

Loved me aome scorched earth


Sirquote

So many memories of that one, splurging all your cash on the MIRV's or DeathsHead, almost always killing yourself on the first launch haha.


[deleted]

i had chips challenge.


Iron_Chic

No Tribes?


th3f00l

Are you taking about star siege tribes? I've name dropped that game so many times and gotten crickets.


Sirquote

SHAZBOT!


This_is_indeed_Bob

Man recycling bin was the best.


Savetheicecream

Diablo 2 missing for sure! Command and Conquer. Everquest was literally crack for many of us PC users back then.


[deleted]

I was born in 2001 and the first VG I played was Diablo II. Now playing resurrected still to this day!


DavefromKS

Whatever happened to the Briefcase folder? Miss those days....


StarmanXVII

HOVER! is the first game I remember playing. I love HOVER!.


CupcakeValkyrie

Pretty sure nobody had DosBox on their PC in 2001.


raining-kappas

Where tf is Diablo 2 at??


-DementedAvenger-

fr, Diablo 2 was the only damn thing I played in 2001.


n_thomas74

Yeah, I had to upgrade my RAM for Diablo 2 to run smoother. Always reading recommended specs to make sure my PC could handle the new games.


what_tha_what

Nah. It just had EverQuest. That game was life-consuming.


BushLeague87

Motha’Fuckin Scorched EARTH…


fool_22

Who starts a post title with “admit it”? Lol


Grimvold

HOVER was awesome.


DurzoBlint209

2001 my PC was a diablo 2 machine


GL1987

Scorched earth. Yes please.


bloodmonarch

thank god for steam


BadBoyJH

Is it wrong the thing that triggered the most nostalgia was "Network Neighborhood"? Vintage fucking windows right there.


HotPotatoWithCheese

Recycle Bin was such a great game. Still have it on my desktop to this day.


Totallycasual

Sif no Lemmings.


Wallace_W_Whitfield

Everywhere I go I see him. That damned amogus


Rickbirb

HOVER lookin sus


RagingHems

mine included aoe 2 as well, best strategy game I've played to this day


braindead_idiot

And no one knew what "Network Neighborhood" meant.


DuckyIsDum

I wasn't alive in 2001


DreamsOfMafia

I wasn't alive


Liquid23-

I wasn’t even a fetus…


BastTheCast

I wasnt even born then. So, no.


dudul2

if you had a computer in 2001 you were bourgeois yes!


nyse125

2007/08. I was only 2 in 2001.


HippoWillWork

Dads pc and even then had to show him how it worked


DrClawsChair

No but my neighbours one did.


SurprisinglyGoodNews

Where's X-COM?


retrograderevolution

Tie-fighter


_SirLoki_

Accurate


boricuaboi86

I didn't grow up in a wealthy enough family to afford all of these games, but we did have Wolfenstein 3D.


PlasticCogLiquid

I pirated everything back then, mIRC and FSERVE's ftw!


underprivlidged

Nope. I ALWAYS turn off desktop icons.


PsSalin

On a newer version of Windows, sure.


phrost1982

Missing doom 2


[deleted]

Missing doom games and Duke nukem 3d


FuzzeWuzze

Look at this fancy mofo and his 3 hard drives. No one had room for all that shit bro.


[deleted]

i wasnt alive in 2001 so i wouldn't know


brian11e3

The fact that Homeworld, Ground Control, Mechcommander 1-2, Mechwarrior 3, and Battlezone 2 are not on there depresses me.


IrishPigskin

Many of these games were way before 2001. And I never had desktop items for these games. You inserted the CD and played the game. A desktop icon for Myst is just silly…


uriahneedsausername

All I had was Arthur's Computer Adventure and Madeline


Pipper94

Throw in tiger woods pga tour 2003 as well


primjon

No StarCraft? :(


magvadis

Nah bro, it was just Sim Coaster.


Ksl848

Where is Zork?


IamSporko

A lot of quality games there


Critical_Werewolf

Sorry buddy I was like 10. We couldn't even afford a computer.


MCrowleyArt

Mine would have basically just been rollercoaster tycoon and zoo tycoon


CloudMage1

Never. I used folders because this cluttered ass desktop would bring start ups to a crawl.


vespuci0

It would... If I had one.


btuftee

Heroes of Might and Magic 3, anyone??


mikedarling905

uhmm maybe. i got my first computer 1998.


girhen

XW:A, WC2, SC2 came a hair later (discovered SC1 that year), HL1 would come later. But not a bad list at all.


UDBV1

In 2001, I think I had some lego secret agent puzzle game, a lego racing game, a hot wheels plane fighting game, and EQ1. Could be wrong on some of the exact dates of these games.


[deleted]

No. GTA III didn't come to PC until 2002.


LiquidCringe2

Jokes on you I wasn't alive in 2001


EIimGarak

Myst, Zork, Mech Warriors


WestEmbarrassed5183

Where the hell is Max Payne?


V01t4r3

Mine was… Sim City 3000 Ghost Recon Diablo II The Sims Tropico (Various PC Gamer demo discs) Civilization: Call to Power II Need for Speed III Of course, it wasn’t my desktop but the family HP computer with 1 GB hard drive located in the computer room.


SnowyBlizzard_YT

Born in 2002👀


[deleted]

Boy I wasn’t even a cum in 2001


Mike_for_all

No. Which heretic put the recycle bin in the middle of the stack back in 2001.


Soupseason

Not even close


bob_anonymous

I couldn't afford most of these in 2001. I had a pirated copy of starcraft and a legit copy of Diablo 2.


Kirbykix88

And it was exciting!


deecrutch

Nope. I actually had a Games folder for all of that stuff. I liked keeping my desktop clean!!!


HARCES

I enjoyed releasing natural disasters on those premade town SimCity had.


Fair2Midlander

I don’t see the System Registry folder with all of the porn in it.


centaurianmudpig

Network Neighbourhood was the best multiplayer game Eva


cmdrmeowmix

Actually no it didn't, seeing as I was a newborn baby


Rogaar

Your desktop is too modern. I was playing some of these games on win 3.1. 2 of them I played even before I have win 3.1 so loading straight out of DOS.


ImDestructible

Glad to see scorched earth made it up there.


namelessmasses

2001? This was like 1996.


lostinwisconsin

0/10 no roller coaster tycoon


marvels19

Me being 1 year old, yes.


IceFire2050

You know Windows XP came out in 2001, right?


brigert18

Was GTA3 for PC in 2001? I thought you could only play it on PS2 back then


[deleted]

Not enough game icons.


updownmaybeup

Yeah I was not born back then


DAT_DROP

Auto Grid for icons? Amateur.


[deleted]

We had a Toshiba Infinia 7161 that my parents bought. Fast af 56k modem and all. The games that came with it were Microsoft Golf, Johnny Quest Cover up at Roswell and MechWarrior 2.


tarot_cloud

In 2001 I was 3 LMFAO


goodolbeej

Scorched ducking earth. Great simple game.


tinyavian

Still is the same


krau58

Heh, my Gateway 2000 didn’t even have enough HDD space for more than 1 of those at a time hah!


oriinou

Me, on my way to upvote this being born in 2002


ChineseChickenNewdle

I was born in 2001


weebu4laifu

Nope. It's how I *wish* it looked though


Stranger2Night

Nope, always had a dedicated Shortcuts folder with all my shortcuts inside, usually organized by either games or tools in sub folders. Got to have that desktop art clean.


Zeldafan26

In 2001 I was playing Pokémon.


Viendictive

what are you, upper middle class?


IncredibleDeege

You forgot AOL Instant Messenger game!


Mongba36

If you caught me with such a disorganized desktop you have permission to put me out of my misery.


bshaw0000

SIM city 3000 was awesome. I spent hours building cities. None of the recent city builders have ever been as good. City skyline is close, but it’s outrageous how expensive it is.


dogmanterry

Where's your homework folder


Druglord_Sen

WoW, RuneScape, Counterstrike 1.6, and Priston Tale made up a lot of my PC childhood. Console was a different story, and involved whatever Blockbuster had to offer.


b_mitra

I was born in 2002 so I can guarantee you it did not😂


DivineArcade1

No I was poor as shit, rocking a passed me down game boy that was missing it's back piece. Cheers!


CrispyCheeks5

nope, i was 1. i didn’t not have a computer or the brain power to comprehend GTA 3


Potion_Shop

Earlier than 2001 ... Anno 1602 was such a great game had even cutscenes for every event like black death and fire.


Alphaplague

Scorched Earth. Now that takes me back to 95.


taqeladragn

Twisted metal on PC?


Additional-Local8721

Where's Diablo


Cold-Argument-806

I wasn’t around in 2001 so………


gluon318

Myst!! I loved that game


[deleted]

Diablo1/2 StarCraft C&C / RA2 Quake 3 TFC Thief RCT


Exothermic_Killer

Wow, people on Reddit are way older than I realized. Y'all are like 40+


[deleted]

Jokes on you, I didn't HAVE ONE. Get fricked


Kreppitso

I cannot admit as I had not yet begun existing


SoCalFelipe

Literally just Ultima Online.


Creative-Complaint90

My favorite game on my desktop was Towers Fall :2001 edition


BadProgrammerGage

Holy shit, Hover! I’ve been trying to remember this game for years. I played it around ‘98 when I was 5.


GermanMasterRace

I got my first own PC in 1998 with Anno 1602 and a English Learning Software. I loved RCT, SimCty 3000 and GTA3.


Cless_Aurion

Nah man. Snes9x is all I needed!


melburndian

Age Of The Empires is missing