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What games can you not play for a while, go back to, and then play constantly for a long time, put them away again, but always go back eventually?

That's an easy question for me: despite all the latest and greatest, I keep returning to Matrix' signature game, which is Steel Panthers: World at War, using the Enhanced version by Alby's dedicated team. This group of fans, with assistance from programmer Michael Wood, has made this game a bonafide classic. It is only in this game that I can fight out the Marines' war in the Pacific. Of course, I contributed a bit to the USMC OOB and to one of the Mega Campaigns, so it also bears my personal stamp.

My flight sim collection and WitP AE.

Witp AE and Steel Panthers WaW.

SPWAW (enhanced), ED2BTR, WITP (PACWAR), WIR (soon to be superceded) [:)]. I have been playing all of these games from their first SSI commercial release and they have managed to end up on any new computer I have set up.

SPWAW, JTCS, WitP:AE, HPS Campaign 1776, and Advanced Tactics.

WinSPMBT and the old DOS classic Age of Rifles.

Forge of Freedom
TitanQuest
War in Russia
Call of Duty 2.

Combat Mission Africa Korp and Master of Magic and Civilization II and Colonization for Win95 or the Dos version either one and The Guild 2:Sovereign edition and Tropico orgional. Oh and Crusader Kings w/Dues Vult expansion.

Birth of the Federation
Shogun Total War
Medieval Total War
Klingon Academy
Lords of the Realm 2

Alpha Centauri
Freelancer w/Crossfire Mod
Steel Panthers

Heroes Might and Magic III
John Tiller Campaign Series
Master of Orion II
Sword of the Stars
X-Com
Russo German War

Harpoon - the original 360 game from the early 90s. I think the disks are still up in the loft but I've copied the lot, about 30 floppies, to a CD. Which reminds me, maybe it's about time to re-copy that, too.

The original Ghost Recon, too, if I'm looking for a straight FPS with no frills.

And the original TOAW, too. I'm starting to see a pattern here - when did I last buy a game?????

Not much, on thinking about it. Sword of the Stars and X3: Terran Conflict, maybe. Minecraft will probably be another, but still early days for that.

Some of my classics:

Birth of the federation
Master or Orion
Imperium Civitas (= Glory of the Roman Empire 1.5)
Celtic Kings: the Punic Wars
Takeda 3
Knights of Honor
Spartan & Gates of Troy

[*]Matrix Games
-For the last 5 years WITP & WITP-AE
(Actually I haven't played anything else ... but here are some I load up from time to time for a few hours at a time)

-SPWAW (except the graphics are getting old and my computer doesn't like it ... wish matrix had the opportunity to upgrade this beauty)

[*]Other (Pacific Theatre Operations games) - yes it's crazy that I take a break from witp with these ...
-Carrier Strike & PTO II
-World War II Battles of the South Pacific

[*]Misc
-Orion 2
-UFOgold + others
-colonization (the original again)
-M.A.X 2
-F1GP3 - (just played recently for the end of the F1 season)
-While Herston likes X3 - I prefer x2: the threat
-Victoria I (original and still the best)
-RR tycoon II
-MotorCity (Oldtimer)
-WarZone 2100
-Deuterios (amiga?? through Stream emulator)
-Reunion
-Total War: Rome & Medieval

Just bought Armada 2526 which I'm enjoying so far. Good value for $20-

Thinking about getting --
GG - Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
GG - World at War: AWD
Panzer Command: Kharkov - so I can get the upgrade. I believe it's for free..
John Tiller's Campaign Series

Jagged Alliance II
IL-2 Sturmovik 1946
Test Drive Unlimited
Fleet Command

John Tiller Campaign Series
Birth of America 2
Medieval 2

Lots of years ago I dated a girl. I found some things about her that I didn't like and we broke up. Some time later we dated again and those same things were still there. I bought a car and after owning it a while there were things I didn't like and sold it. Some time later I bought another one and soon found the same dislikes. Epiphany.

I have had a few games that I played until all the bad came out. When I return to them some time later, I remember the stories above and quickly see all the reasons that I quit playing them.

I still go back from time to time and play the old games but it always turns out the same.

TOAW. I've played it since Vol I when I think it was a Talonsoft game. If you have not tried it with the latest update from the guys here, you need to check it out. It looks and plays like a new game. Over Thanksgiving in addition to finally getting COTA on sale, I put TOAW III back on my hard drive and downloaded the new update. It is great.

Almost forgot, TOAWIII worked without any problem on my new Win 7 computer with a wide screen and with no adjustments of any type.