[UPDATE]
We have our winners!
- Mike Hoyle
- Manpreet Singh Matharoo
- JMC McGinn
- “Red”
- Chris Randant
If you didn’t win, you can still check out the free version of System Mechanic featuring 7 award-winning tools at iolo’s website.
Thanks for entering and for reading Game Rant!
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A little more than nine months ago, I had the opportunity to review iolo’s PC tuneup software, System Mechanic 10.5. This automated all-in-one software tool focuses on streamlining PC processes and minimizing redundancies that could affect a PC’s performance and speed by repairing routine issues with little to no work on the part of the user.
I found that System Mechanic was a great and simple tool to keep your Windows PC running at optimal levels. Specifically, System Mechanic 10′s toolset helps with the following issues:
- repairing errors, crashes, and freezes
- speeding up Windows start time
- cleaning out clutter and junk files in order to prevent slowdowns and bottlenecks
- eliminating security holes and clearing out private data
- potentially improving gaming experience
Not only did I find the PC utilities program to be a great one-stop shop for keeping my rig in tip-top shape at the time of of the review, but System Mechanic has ensured that my high-end PC rig is still performing at the same level as when I first took it out of the box. My machine still produces the same consistent frame rate scores as those from my initial testing. Further, System Mechanic is not a resource hog, and when it is idle, the utility suite does not affect the performance of my other programs, even during all-nighter gaming sessions.
Since we here at Game Rant like to share a good thing with our readers whenever possible, we have managed to snag five full retail licenses, which normally retail at $49.95, to give away to our PC gamers.
Wondering how this contest will work? Tell us what your favorite all-time PC game is and why below in the comments section. We’ll pick five winners from the most passionate entries here and on Twitter/Facebook.
System Mechanic is currently available for Windows XP/Vista/7 computers.
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Ecstatica. It blew my mind. I remember buying a CD-ROM just for the game and watching those red letters scroll by as it installed for what seemed like an eternity. Then those ellipsoid 3D graphics in that opening sequence. The horse. The rider. The landscape. And the sounds… oh the ambiance of the sounds. Then you take control. And the graphics are still the same. What? Using nothing but the number pad, you slowly learn how to turn and move, sometimes towards the camera. I remember punching those little pygmy things that popped up sneakily out of the grass, but not after they had ganged up and clobbered me countless times, dragging me to their underground hole. I’d start again. The next time I would get them. The feeling of finding the sword. Getting in that suit of armor and clunking around. The dead monk in the belltower. And breasts! I was 16. Are those really breasts? No wonder they used ellipsoid graphics!
The game was just magical. I suppose if I could play it today I probably would give it a good go. I don’t think I ever beat it. Damn that Minotaur and green snake!
My all time favourite PC game was Titanic: Adventure out of time. Such a simple premise: you are a British secret agent onboard the ill-fated HMS Titanic, with the mission of changing the course of history, stopping World War II from ever happening.
You wake up in your small, claustrophobic cabin, not sure what you have to do, but you find a note to meet penny pringle. From here you explore a faithfully recreated ship, mingling with everybody from the rich upper classes to hidden stow away Vlad in your mission to stop WWII, with the ever present awareness that you only have so long to get your job done and escape the sinking vessel.
This point and click adventure had a variety of endings, depending on what you achieved onboard the titanic, there was no right or wrong finale, and I found each variation satisfying.
Any one conversation with other passengers could alter the course of history, and the power felt truly in the hands of the player. Your actions meant something, choices had meaning.
The graphics weren’t the best, and the gameplay may not have been the most innovative, but I had hours of fun completing different tasks, mastering different puzzles, saving different people and seeing how the effects of this rippled throughout history.
Mine is a nostalgic pull. Red Alert 2 + Yuri’s Revenge. After all these years it is still one of my favoritie PC games of all time. The loved the comedy embedded throught the story, the single player campaigns gave the player the chance to play both sides in the conflict to get to the endgame, and the game balance was just great. The approach of looking at the kind of wierd science with we could have ended up with if the cold war had become a hot war was also intriguing. It was fun to think that is the Soviets and Allies went to war, Einstien would side with the allied forces and build weapons while the soviets would use Tesla technology. All the fanciful technology the player has access to made the game this fun little world where science had few limits and the gameplay was better for it. I miss playing it. I wish EA would release a patch for C&C the First Decade so Red Alert 2 would work poperly on Win7/8 systems.
Well that’s a tricky thing to answer since I have been playing MMOs since the Launch of Ultima Online, but I am gonna say my favorite game is Lord of the Rings Online, been playing it for several Years, the content is kinda slow to grow, but the graphics are, well “SWEET,” I am a firm believer that any game that offers it “valued” content to be available threw game-play (IE. you can buy the online store options for just a little work in the game) is a Win-Win scenario. I enjoy the fact you can design multiple sets of wardrobes for each person, get a shared inventory bag for all the people on your account, and even buy a horse and travel and explore just for exploration sake, there are crafting skills that actually allow you to construct items that are the best items you can get for your level. So much to say about this game I cannot do it Justice, But the fact this is a game I can play with my family and friends make this one of the best games around, and to be honest, don’t take my word on it… try it yourself, IT ROCKS!
My favorite PC game was Dark Ages of Camelot. Had enjoyed that game immensly. The PVP system was still my vote for the best ever. I couldn’t wait to get home from work to play that game.
One of my favorites would be Unreal Tournament 2004. I started playing the game a few years after it came out and was surprised at the amount of people that were still playing. And so with the community of people still playing I really got into it. The game’s fast pace, weapons, modded levels, the way multiplayer was set up, and ofcourse the headshots were awesome and took the game to a new level for me.
My all time favorite game was wing commander. Not any particular one though. I was a your kid with wing commander, with the help of my dad i learned how to use the joystick. Wing commander brings back memories of me playing that game until the wee hours blowing up the Kilrathi ships. It made me an excellent simulated flyer. After that i played x-wing, and such but it all goes back to me and my dad playing some wing commander.
Any word on when/how we will find out who has won, GR?
Sure Mike. July 6th will be the last we will accept entries. We’ll be certain to contact the winners shortly thereafter.
Awesome. Thanks
just gotta keep my fingers crossed until then!
Would I know if I had been one of the winners by now?
My favorite game would have to be Zoo tycoon 2. With a dainty concept and peculiar style, it was the game that hooker me up when I was a kid. The concept – build a zoo.
It was the meticulous challenges including keeping the animals happy and healthy that raised my sense of “joy”. Then there was an abrupt stop, a discontinuation of the game. Bluefang and Microsoft split, and now zoo tycoon 3 was lost forever in a dark abyss.
But that didn’t stop me, I decided to reimburse myself into the familiar world of zoo tycoon 2 because it was my childhood. And I’ve still got a zoo to complete.
Mechwarrior 4 – Vengeance :
1) Robots
2) Exploding Robots
3) Laserz
4) Lazerz exploding robots
5) Oh. and a little forgotten gem called FMV…
Wahoo! thanks gamerant! you are awesome!
I won? Wow. Umm.. I wanna thank Yuri, and Tanya and General Carvil(sp?) I’d never have gotten here without them. I’d also like to send a special shoutout to prism tanks and the Chronosphere. You really paved the way for this.