[kimmk]

Liero is part of the Finnish shareware game scene that lasted from early 90s to mid 00s [1]. These games are super nostalgic for me and a lot of other tech minded Finns of my age!

[1] https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_suomalaisista_sharewa...

[bemmu]

Happy to see my own game “Oikeutta Eläimille” in this list.

I made it in turbo pascal in about 1 week, uploaded it to a BBS and it started to spread. Then pretty soon I saw it mentioned on TV and that totally blew my 16 year old mind.

I can make something and the world will react to what I make? Cool!

[jokab]

This is what got me interested in this gig in the first place. I am still yet to create something the world will react to, but whatever, I am enjoying the journey anyways

[Balsamic]

Liero dominated my high school computer lab in Sydney, Australia. Such great times. Still adore this game.

[newsclues]

We played it in Canada in programming class as well.

[Fatnino]

Los Angeles, same.

[nnevatie]

Very cool to see such a list maintained. The PaybackTime 2 is still playable, albeit without sampled sounds (crashes the emulator), here: http://rflxn.com/paybacktime2/

[askonomm]

Not just Finland, Liero was big in Estonia, too! I remember I got Liero on a floppy disk from a friend early 00's and ran it on my Win98. Good ol' days. Terep2 was another great game.

[matheusmoreira]

Brazil too. Used to play this with family and friends, especially one of my cousins. Also played it quite a few times with friends in computer classes. Everyone could play using the same keyboard at the same time, it was crazy.

[eitland]

It was played in Norway too.

My younger brothers played it a lot.

[Tryk]

Sweden as well, me and my friends played it frequently to distract ourselves in CS class.

[laszlojamf]

What school did you go to? We played this _a lot_ at Norra Real, Stockholm XD

[zyberzero]

I’m (not parent) from a small town in Västra Götaland (Sweden) and we played it a lot as well :)

[mordae]

It was a hit in our Czech school as well. Son of a diplomat posted in Finland brought it back here.

[tricolon]

Wait a minute, that sounds like an old friend of mine. Were his initials ŠP?

[pimeys]

My favorites in the Finnish scene were the cave shooters (luolalentely). Games such as Auts or V-Wing. Are there any modern games available in this genre?