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Freespace 2

Playable On: PC
Like disliking blueberry cobbler, Mom's apple pie, or delicious, rum-soaked tiramisu, you can't play Freespace 2 and not fall in love with it. It's one of those things you simply Do Not Do. This 1999 sci-fi classic marked the apex of the nigh-forgotten space sim genre, featuring vessels of colossal scale, quality AI, a superb, dark plot, and atmosphere most modern games can't match.

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Prince of Persia

Playable On: PC, Xbox 360
Ubisoft's recent series of Prince titles rekindled interest in this old platformer, and a brushed-up Xbox Live re-release followed. Although it's quite basic looking, the original Prince of Persia will still impress you with its smooth, fluid character animations. Jordan Mechner, the game's creator, hand-drew the animations himself, basing them on real photographs of his brother in a very primitive form of the motion-capture tech that's behind almost every game these days.

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Final Fantasy IV

Playable On: Nintendo DS
Debuting of many of the features that characterized the Final Fantasy series for years, Final Fantasy IV is still remembered as among its best episodes. Its lead protagonist, Cecil, is probably one of the most memorable characters to come from video games, period. The game was updated, polished, and overhauled for a Nintendo DS release a few months ago, and, if anything, it's even better now than it was back then.

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Sam & Max

Playable On: PC
Remember this hilarious LucasArts adventure game? Or perhaps you simply remember its lovable, anthropomorphic crime-fighting stars from their comic book origins. One's a human-sized, suit-wearing dog, and one's a deranged, gun-toting rabbit. The interplay between the two and their bizarre cast of supporting characters is enough to cement them into gaming history. The pair are starring in a new series of episodic adventures on the PC (and Wii, in the future), and they're just as surreal as ever.

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