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I'm pretty sure Doom will be the most popular (and my pick too), but I'll throw a shout-out to Epic Pinball; that Android table was the best one in the game anyway.
I think this question just fried my brain. I don’t even know where to start.
Most played shareware of all time though was probably Transport Tycoon.
Was It shareware? Didn't know it!
I'm still enjoying It with OpenTTD https://www.openttd.org/
So many great titles in the comments. I'll add a few of mine:
Jill of the Jungle
Zaxxon
Heretic (Doom clone)
Stellar 7 (can't recall if shareware or if I just shared it)
I don't know if it was their SDK or what, but Epic's sound design in this era was so good. Jill of the Jungle still stands out to me for that.
All great selections!
I was a fan of all of the Apogee platformers:
Commander Keen,
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure,
Monster Bash
Also Lucasfilm games:
Loom,
Maniac Mansion
What a great time for PC gaming!
It's a simple choice, really, considering how many hours I managed to invest as a kid:
Quake was awesome, especially since you could play the online multiplayer from the free version.
Monster Bash! It was one of the better-playing platformers on the PC back in the day and I loved the halloween aesthetic.
Quake
Comanche: Maximum Overkill, the very first game to use VOXELS, the FUTURE of PC GAMING!
Jesus, that's a deep cut.
Scorched Earth
Realmz
I was always struck by the similarity to the blue robot on that table to Cyborg from Rise of the Robots and I wonder if there was some cross-pollination there.
