the-first-encounter posts

Sometimes you just need to sit down, slide a floppy into your A: drive, and enjoy gaming retro style. We know this all too well! That's why we have a list of the best and brightest from days long gone. These are some of our favorite games of all time, and we're sure that you'll love them as much as we do, if not more. Welcome to Boot Disk, and enjoy the retro ride!

First person shooters have been evolving throughout the years. Doom bears little resemblance to the modern first-person shooter, except maybe in the dark and gritty nature of its visuals. Even then it's not that similar. The arcade gameplay of years ago has been moved to the side in favor of expansive storylines and heavily scripted scenes. While this is entertaining, sometimes people just want to hop into a game and blow some baddies away with little thought. Since the Doom and Quake franchises have been moving away from their roots, it's up to other developers to pick up the slack, and CroTeam took the challenge. Their first massively successful game, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, blew gamers away with its focus on simple and endearing fun. While they have since remade the game in HD, the original is still worth a look. After all, it can run on practically any system now!

Download the Serious Sam: The First Encounter demo right here on Big Download