A great theme for a thread!
I've started reading game reviews in comp magazines back in mid eightees, finally got my own comp in '97, just in time to play Fallout 2, Final fantasy 7 and Bioware games when they got out...
I've dreamed of playing all those rpg's and flight combat sims I've read about in '93 and '94 but these days, when I'm almost thirty the only oldschool rpg that attracts me and I like playing is Darklands. It's such a wonderful game, somebody should do a remake.
I'd also like to finish the Exile 3 game (I've played it up to the demo limit back in '98 and adored it) and perhaps try out the Ultima Underworld games, I've never played those and heard so much good things about them.
I'd also like to get my hands on the Falcon 3.0 sim, I owe myself that for waiting for so long to play it - but that's not a rpg.
I find it impossible to play anything before, say, 1994. because of the truly crap graphics - the game would have to be something special to cut it for me. I can't stand the lack of automap, the crap savegame systems or the general buggines, like one of the previous posters had put it.
While I like the *idea* of roguelikes (specially if they're trerribly complex), I just hate the quirky graphics. It would be great if somebody made a true grown up, serious and complex rogue game (maybe SF) but with graphics like in, say spiderweb studios' Exile series. I'd be the first one to pick up and play that one!
A few months ago I've played that top down wilderness survival game set in bronze age Finland and liked it a lot, I also like the Mordor 2 dungeon hack game from '96 but I can play only so much of it before I get bored (yet it is very fun and addictive, but in small doses).
Recently I've discovered a fantastic underground game, a blend of a manager/strategy/rpg game called King of Dragon Pass - it's truly one of the best and most complex games I've ever had on my hard drive, I'm learning to play it and enjoying myself immensly...