What would you say are the best old-school cyberpunk video games?
Note that I don’t actually care if it’s the “best”, I’m just looking for some fun older games to play. So give me something better than Raid 2020 and I’ll call it a win.
I’m thinking things like:
- Snatcher (1988)
- Blade Runner (1997)
- System Shock 2 (1999)
- Deus Ex (2000)
And just to prove they don’t have to be GOTY contenders…
- Slave Zero (2000)
- Shadowrun (1994)
- X-Kaliber 2097 (1994)
So yeah, give me some recommendations from the NES/SNES/N64 era (I’m not convinced there’s anything worth playing from the ZX Spectrum/Commodore 64 era). Maybe some Arcade (MAME) games too? I can’t think of any cyberpunk arcade games.
I’ve never played Omikron: The Nomad Soul or BloodNet before. Not sure if they’re worth my time.
Ah, that brings back some memories!
Tron 2.0 is a Monolith classic. For some reason I thought they were no longer around, but the excellent Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is also one of theirs. Another great series (not related to cyberpunk) from them is No One Lives Forever. The first one had a bonus music CD with some great 60s inspired tracks.
I remember spending a lot of time with Uplink. It does make you feel like a movie hacker! The devs, Introversion, have a lot of interesting and original games. Defcon is inspired by the movie WarGames (with a hacker for the protagonist). Darwinia is about AI life, very original.