From Doom to Dysentery: 10 Iconic PC Games Every 90s Kid Remembers

 

🕹️ 10 Most Nostalgic PC Games for 90s and 2000s Kids

Relive the pixelated chaos, LAN party nights, and floppy disk installs that defined our childhoods.
Whether you were building dream cities or dodging dysentery, these games left a lasting mark on a generation. Let’s count down the games that still tug at our nostalgic hearts.

🔟 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)

Nostalgia Level: Moderate
Key Memory: LAN battles and hero-driven campaigns
Why It’s Here: While not the most widely played, Warcraft III introduced unforgettable stories and mechanics that later shaped World of Warcraft and Dota.

Remember making ridiculous tower  defense custom maps?

9️⃣ The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)

Nostalgia Level: Moderate
Key Memory: Exploring alien landscapes and modding like mad
Why It’s Here: Vvardenfell was like a fever dream, and the freedom was intoxicating—if you could get past the text-based combat.

Did your character end up wearing a robe and a Daedric helmet?

8️⃣ Half-Life (1998)

Nostalgia Level: Moderately High
Key Memory: First-person storytelling and Black Mesa mayhem
Why It’s Here: A crowbar and a dream—that’s all we needed to believe FPS games could tell a real story.

Who else got lost in those air ducts?

7️⃣ Diablo II (2000)

Nostalgia Level: High
Key Memory: Staying up all night hunting loot
Why It’s Here: Whether you were a Sorceress or Barbarian, the thrill of that perfect drop was unforgettable.

What was your best runeword moment?

6️⃣ Counter-Strike 1.6 (2000)

Nostalgia Level: High
Key Memory: Internet café tournaments and “rush B!”
Why It’s Here: Tactical teamplay, AWP battles, and that guy who always camped B site.

Ever 1v5 clutched on de_dust?

5️⃣ Age of Empires II (1999)

Nostalgia Level: Very High
Key Memory: “Wololo!” monks and castle sieges
Why It’s Here: Strategy, history, and absolute chaos—often all at once.

Who else built a wonder just to flex?

4️⃣ Doom (1993)

Nostalgia Level: Very High
Key Memory: Installing from floppy disks and slaying demons
Why It’s Here: Doom was edgy, fast, and everywhere—even secretly played at school.

Did you ever sneak it onto a school computer?

3️⃣ SimCity 2000 (1993)

Nostalgia Level: Extremely High
Key Memory: Designing cities and then destroying them with UFOs
Why It’s Here: A favorite in classrooms and living rooms. “Reticulating Splines” still makes us smile.

Did you add highways just to bulldoze them?

2️⃣ The Sims (2000)

Nostalgia Level: Extremely High
Key Memory: Burning kitchens, drowning Sims, and entering “motherlode”
Why It’s Here: The ultimate life sim—quirky, silly, and wildly creative.

Who else removed the pool ladder?

🥇 The Oregon Trail (1990s PC Version)

Nostalgia Level: Peak Nostalgia
Key Memory: Dying of dysentery in the middle of math class
Why It’s Here: Played by everyone, and remembered forever.

What was your best wagon party name?

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Or better yet—download these games again on GOG, Steam, or through retro emulators. Your childhood waits!

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