Steven Seagal?

The same one that fled to Russia to avoid paying US taxes, and now teaches martial arts in Russia? Lol. He's the real deal. That was the one that him and Jean Claud Van Dam got into a huge public argument. Jean Claud took Shotokan. I took Shotokan (very briefly) years ago. In my opinion, it's up in the air who would have won.

Steven Segal is the real deal. He was the only non-japanese person allowed to teach Aikido in Japan. But Van Dam had Shotokan training (also from Japan). It's a toss up in my opinion. Jacky Chan, he's very theatrical. It's more about show than actual movement. I laugh at Jackie Chan. But Segal and Van Dam? Respect.

If you want to see a good, genuine martial arts movie, watch the move Shaolin vs Ninja. Some of it is ridiculous, but most of it (I think) is authentic. It's not like the Hollywood crap these days. You can find it on youtube. It's a good martial arts movie.

Turn based, sorry.

Indeed, a starting point would be separating on genres, because there can be no "must play" in a genre you don't like. And then there's the question of what you're willing to put up with, in terms of QoL, graphics, controls and more.

That said, for RPGs, if you can put up with the late 90s, I'll add another vote for Planescape: Torment. (No idea about the EE, so don't ask.)
And, still on RPGs, if you can put up with all the bugginess or trust the community patching and assume that version to be "correct", I'll also say Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines.
And if you can go further back, to the early '90s, Betrayal at Krondor.
And then there's Might and Magic VI, which was also released in the late 90s but plays and to some extent even looks like it was made a few years earlier.

FPS/RPG hybrid and a futuristic setting? Yep, Deus Ex. And this comes from someone who can't stomach FPSs. But you don't have to play it as one.

ARPG? Don't know if "must play", but I am fond of Divine Divinity. Definitely see it as leagues above the big or otherwise popular names in the genre, which I just can't stand. Then again, that may also mean that fans of the genre won't like it.

On a different note, can you do Win 3.x dungeon crawler? Then Castle of the Winds.

Or... Want to play and create a people's story? King of Dragon Pass is quite... something else...

TBS? King's Bounty: The Legend. Poor in the story department, but gameplay and art, top notch.

For racing, not that I played many, and I will agree with the nostalgia of Stunts, but that may be hard to stomach these days, so I'll go with Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed.

RTS? I'd still go with StarCraft + Brood War. But not the best one to ask about that.

Hm, I have 11... Well, remove one if you want round numbers. Maybe the racing. Or CotW.

"Karate, so you're Japanese huh? Now I'll show you some Chinese kungfu". It's a great film, highly recommended if you like martial arts films. It's fun.

The same one who claimed he couldn't be "choked out", so stuntman Gene LeBell proceeded to choke him out to the point that Seagal shit his pants. This story is denied of course by Seagal himself, but confirmed by witnesses, who confirm the incident, but not the crapping the pants part.

I see. Thanks for explaining!
I didn't even knew there were so many versions of these games.
All information noted. :)


Just wanted to point out that KH2FM had one of the best action rpg combats of that era. Great fun.
Spent a lot of time trying to complete the Data Organization XVIII's 13 "secret" bosses and 'Lingering Will' (Now we know it was Tera's vengeance will against Xehanort.) hardest secret boss fight too on Critical mode (1 hit = death without the proper abilities equipped). Oh the lore, the secrets, the questions! Fun times if you could deal with the annoyance of Disney characters everywhere and nonsensical story.

No kidding? Lol. I did not know that. Huh. That's funny. He was actually hired at some police department before he left. I think he had a tv show about it. Never cared to watch it. But that's funny, I never knew that. But I'll tell you. Both of my brothers always said to me when I was a kid, no matter how big you think you are, there's always someone bigger, and it's true.

Just lol..

Could you DM me images of the floppies?

Good one :D
I'm sure THOSE would be worth quite a lot.

Thanks for reminding me of that error in the list. Doh!

Sadly, I don't have those floppies. :D