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faragbre967 · Jul 19, 2003, 05:09 PM

There's a thread going on right now about memorable games, but screw memorable, let's talk best ever. What do you think is the best video game you have ever played? For me, it's kinda hard, because it's kind of a pop-up between Zelda (the NES original, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, or Halo. They all had damn good replay value, but I would have to say Halo because that game kicks ass. What about everyone else?

By the way, I will start a thread about how good a day it is when I get a copy of Halo 2.

nonhuman · Jul 19, 2003, 05:14 PM

I'm gonna have to say Super Smash Bros. Melee. Can't get enough of it.

Spliff · Jul 19, 2003, 05:20 PM

Zork 1.

'Nuff said.

Link · Jul 19, 2003, 05:22 PM

Zelda oot!!!

iOliverC · Jul 19, 2003, 05:26 PM

Goldeneye...I bought an N64 just for it. Take a hike Zelda.

bwahahax · Jul 19, 2003, 05:27 PM

Super Smash Bros and Zelda are both awesome games.
However, my friend and I have gotten a rediculous amount of replay value and fun out of Halo.
We started playing it at Futureshop the day it came out, and have been playing it ever since. We still log at least a half-dozen hours a week playing co-op.

I've never played the game in any sort of head to head match, but even without that it whups ASS!!!

Halo fur shore!

Link · Jul 19, 2003, 05:28 PM

Consider me weird... I have an xbox but HATE halo with a vengeance.

wataru · Jul 19, 2003, 05:30 PM

Like I said in the other thread, Chrono Trigger.

bwahahax · Jul 19, 2003, 05:32 PM

Goldeneye used to be my favourite game, but it did eventually get a bit tedius. What it lacked was a decent AI.

The other big thing missing from Goldeneye was the ability to play against bots in multiplayer (one of the few areas in which Perfect Dark improved the experience).

Of course this is also a feature missing from Halo. Why they didn't include it, I do not know. If Halo had multiplayer with bots, I wouldn't even be typing this right now, I'd be kicking some bot ass!

Apple Pro Underwear · Jul 19, 2003, 05:33 PM

super mario 3

ambush · Jul 19, 2003, 05:40 PM

Civ 1 <-- W.o.w

Zelda Link's Awakening on GB

Diablo II

Quake 3

THPS2

Rainbow 6

SimCity 2000

Goldeneye <-- possibly the best shooter

DaedalusDX · Jul 19, 2003, 06:02 PM

Metal Gear Solid 2 : Sons Of Liberty

The highest quality game (console or computer) i've ever played. Immersive, cinematic plot, superb gameplay.

faragbre967 · Jul 19, 2003, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by DaedalusDX:
Metal Gear Solid 2 : Sons Of Liberty

The highest quality game (console or computer) i've ever played. Immersive, cinematic plot, superb gameplay.

I already said what I think is the best game ever, but I would have to say that Metal Gear Solid 1 is better than 2. 1 just had so much more bad ass about it, I don't know, I didn't like Raiden or the plot from MGS 2. MGS 1 with Solid Snake was seriously one of the most bad ass games I've ever played, makes me wanna join the army... almost.

gwehr · Jul 19, 2003, 06:22 PM

Tetris.

So simple, so beautiful. Still the best afetr all these years.

MindFad · Jul 19, 2003, 06:30 PM

Not Ico.

Seriously, I don't know. Tough call. I'll stick with Super Metroid, or maybe A Link to the Past.... Damn it.

BasketofPuppies · Jul 19, 2003, 06:45 PM

Ico

I agree that memorable and best aren't necessarily one and the same, but in this case it is.

An art film in the form of a video game.

Honorable Mentions:
Final Fantasy IV
Ecco the Dolphin
Super Metroid
Puyo Puyo~n (aka Puyo Puyo 4)
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Rayman 2: Revolution
Super Mario World
Grandia II
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Guilty Gear X2
Street Fighter II: Turbo Hyper Fighting
Metroid Prime
Klonoa 2
Ape Escape
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (Damn Atlus for never releasing Persona 2: Innocent Sin!)
Final Fantasy IX

funkboy · Jul 19, 2003, 07:05 PM

Startropics, for the NES.

itistoday · Jul 19, 2003, 07:49 PM

Final Fantasy 7

Cloud Strife is the coolest!!

mark9939 · Jul 19, 2003, 08:10 PM

No particular order..

Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Goldeneye
Halo

Honorable Mentions:

Amped (Yes I'm a snowboarding freak) (OffTopic: Wow spell check says snowboarding is to be spelled w/ a hyphen.

)
CounterStrike
DDR (Incredibly addictive...)
Splinter Cell

jckalen · Jul 19, 2003, 08:24 PM

Most of the Sim Cities.

disco_stu · Jul 19, 2003, 09:00 PM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
super mario 3

Weezer · Jul 19, 2003, 09:07 PM

Tough call, Im gonna go with Secret of Mana for SNES, great freaking game.

RGB · Jul 20, 2003, 12:03 AM

Best sports game:

NCAA Football '04

Simly amazing.

OwlBoy · 12:40 AM

Yeah, Final Fantasy VII would be my pick. (erm, I just realised its Best *ever*, well, this would be my favorite if best ever is applyed to ones I like.)

-Owl

ringo · Jul 20, 2003, 12:42 AM

I think Final Fantasy Tactics for the PS is probably the best video game ever made.

Honorable mentions to GTA: Vice City and Front Mission 3

Teronzhul · Jul 20, 2003, 03:24 AM

I've seen multiple Final Fantasy games mentioned, but as of yet no FFVI. FFVI would have to be my number one pick.

Close runners up would have to be Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger. I have played through all three of these games so many times...

And to whoever put FFIX in their list, I found that to be one of the worse games of the series. I am a final fantasy nut, and believe me I was excited to see the old character style returning. However, I found it to be a GRAVE dissapointment.

Superchicken · Jul 20, 2003, 03:31 AM

Toss up I stopped gaming a long time ago.

But probably

Chrono Trigger
Smash Bros (either or both are awsome but I havn't logged on enough time with Melee since I don't have a GC but I can woop anyone I know in the N64 version.)
FF3/6 was awsome for it's time.

cpt kangarooski · Jul 20, 2003, 03:53 AM

Probably Tetris.

My personal favorite though, is Gyruss. Asteroids, Caterpillar, Pac-Man, and Space Invaders are also very good. Plus, since this is a Mac board, let us not forget Breakout!

AB^2=BCxAC · Jul 20, 2003, 02:08 PM

Advance Wars.

sniffer · Jul 20, 2003, 02:14 PM

StarWing aka StarFox in the US. The original one for snes. First game with FX chip and all. *drool*

Oh, and MegaMan series.

nredman · 09:22 PM

i am not much of a gamer but this is my list of all time favorites.

1)Super Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo)
2)Baseball Stars (Nintendo)
3)Street Fighter 2 (Genesis)
4)Dr. Mario (N64)

Beewee · Jul 20, 2003, 05:09 PM

The SNES game "Nuts And Milk"

or "A Boy and His Blob" where the kid feeds jelly beans to a blob and it turns into a ladder or a hole in the floor.

sooner · Jul 20, 2003, 05:50 PM

For me it has to be Mrs. PasMan.

No other game will have such a lasting appeal to people. When I get the chance I'm going to buy one of the machines. I'm just moving too much in the next four or five years to want to lug one around.

Immortal K-Mart Employee · Jul 20, 2003, 05:52 PM

My vote goes here:

King Bob On The Cob · Jul 20, 2003, 08:46 PM

Landstalker.
Goldeneye.
Mario

daimoni · 06:04 PM

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- - e r i k - - · Jul 21, 2003, 04:02 AM

Originally posted by nonhuman:
I'm gonna have to say Super Smash Bros. Melee. Can't get enough of it.

I just don't get Super Smash Bros. Melee. Sure, it's an ok fighting game. But button-mashers just get boring. Fast.

Sealobo · Jul 21, 2003, 04:37 AM

GT3 A-Spec

Gee4orce · Jul 21, 2003, 05:00 AM

ICO

BasketofPuppies · Jul 21, 2003, 05:22 AM

Originally posted by Gee4orce:
ICO

icruise · Jul 21, 2003, 05:26 AM

Best game ever is really hard to choose, but I'll give a few of my favorites...

Zelda for the SNES (and now Gameboy Advance) was great. I also really liked Super Mario World. They both had the perfect balance of good graphics, music and playability, plus they lasted a long long time.

Goldeneye is the best shooter I've ever played, mostly because of the strategy that you needed to use, and the way you could interact with the environment. My favorite part is crawling through the ductwork to shoot the guy sitting on the toilet in the head. Great stuff! (Perfect Dark is also very good, but lacked something in comparison to Golden Eye, even though it was superior technically).

Banjo Kazooie and Tooie were just superbly crafted games (as are most of RARE's games).

Actually, the Nintendo 64 is probably my favorite system overall (keeping in mind I don't have a Game Cube or an X-Box, but I did have a playstation for a while).

Final Fantasy X was quite good, if too linear.

But maybe my favorite games were things from the old Apple II. Ultima 3, and above all the Eamon text adventures rocked!