[mac freak]

So, what're everyone's favorite games? We're all interested in knowing... and there hasn't been a poll on this forum for a while!
Let's divide it into two categories: PC (meaning Personal Computer, so Mac or Windows) and Console. Be sure to consider your *entire* gaming career, not just recent months... what were those games you were just antsy to get back to your computer/TV and play whenever you had other obligations? Or perhaps games that were released over 5 years ago that you still play regularly?

Anyway, my lists:

PC:
1. Diablo II
2. Master of Orion II
3. Age of Empires II
4. SimCity 2000
5. Counter-Strike

Console:
1. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
3. Chrono Cross (PSX)
4. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

DAMN that was hard... there are just so many awesome console games! Can't say the same for PC, though that list was hard as well.

Ok, your turn

[Footy]

Hmmm,

Mac:
1) F/A-18 Hornet / Korea
2) Tomb Raider II (the others are good too)
3) Myst
4) Mech Warrior 2
5) Black & White (new, but I like so far)

Console:
1) Banjo Tooie
2) Banjo Kazooie
2.5) Super Mario 64
3) Mario Kart 64
4) Mario Tennis
5) 007 Golden Eye (Just got the new Game Cube 007 and it might take the #1 spot soon)

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

lloyd

[ 03-18-2002: Message edited by: Footy ]

[juanvaldes]

Wow...jsut WAY too many to name. 007, Civilization (1&2), Diablo 2, Warcraft II, The Legend of Zelda (1 & 3), Final Fantasy IV, Unreal Tournament, Grand Theft Auto 2 (Honorable mention 3, but very few hours logged ), way way way too many to pic now...this was just some off the top of my head.

[MindFad]

Mac:

1) Myth II: Soulblighter
2) Starcraft
3) Myth: The Fallen Lords
4) Age of Empires (haven't played part 2)
5) Diablo (also haven't played part 2)

Console:

1) Super Metroid (SNES) [Probably going to change when Metroid Prime comes out.]
2) Super Mario RPG (SNES) / Chrono Trigger (SNES) / Secret of Mana (SNES) [three-way tie]
3) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
4) Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
5) GoldenEye / Perfect Dark (N64) [two-way tie]

*Much drool for Metroid Prime*

*Hugs Nintendo consoles*

*Pinches GameCube on butt*

OMG, WTF?



[ 03-19-2002: Message edited by: MindFad ]

[ranga]

The best game of all time is Marathon! Marthon 2 is a close runner up.

My other favorite mac games are:

1. Star Trek 25th
2. Escape from Monkey Island
3. Unreal Tournament
4. Rescue
5. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

I haven't played too many PC or console games, but the ones I've liked
are:

1. Half-Life (original, opposing force and blue shift)
2. Curse of Monkey Island (played on my Pismo thanks to VPC!)
3. Gran Tourismo
4. Gran Tourismo 2
5. Super Puzzle Fighter 2: Turbo

--ranga

[x user]

Mac-

A-10 Cuba
4x4 Evolution (1 & 2)
Fly!2k
Return to Castle Wolfenstien (Current)
Super Maze Wars

Console- (Harder I never owned one...)

GT2
...
...
...
...

VGS ROCKS!

[kardinal.cmg]

1) Myth II: Soulblighter
2) Starcraft: BroodWar
3) Civ III
4) Diablo II
5) Escape Velocity (all three!!!)

Never bothered too much with consoles though...

[hmr]

1) Unreal Tournament
2) Return to Castle Wolfenstein
3) JewelToy
4) Snood
5) Mac Playmate

H.

[xyber233]

1)UT
2)Tactical Ops mod
3)Counter-strike
4)Starcraft Brood War
5)Age of Empires II

[gumby5647]

1. Riven
2. Myst
3. Unreal (botmatch)
4. The Sims
5. Railroad Tycoon

[r-0X#Zapchud]

Computer:
1. Quake 3: Arena
2. Starcraft Brood War
3. Myth 2: Soulblighter
4. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
5. Diablo 2

[derbs]

PC:
1) urban terror quake 3 mod
2) hellcats over the pacific
3) counter strike
4) simcity2000
5) quake 3

console:
1) grand theft auto 3 (PS2)
2) super mario kart (SNES)
3) f-zero (SNES)
4) tony hawk (PS)
5) international superstar soccer (PS1 and 2)

PC list was hard, never played many PC games

[Bockie]

Originally posted by mac freak:
...Be sure to consider your *entire* gaming career, not just recent months. What were those games you were just antsy to get back to your computer/TV and play whenever you had other obligations?...

Since this was WAY too hard to narrow down to just five, I rated my top ten console games/time-wasters (which is biased due to college years ):

Time-Wasters™[list=1][*]Goldeneye 007 - N64[*]Mario Kart 64 - N64[*]Tetris - GameBoy[*]Mario Party - N64[*]Adventureland - Commodore Vic-20[*]Legend of Zelda - NES[*]Final Fantasy Adventure - GameBoy[*]Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - SNES[*]Street Fighter II - SNES[*]Super Mario Kart - SNES[/list=1]

PC Games[list=1][*]Secret of Mana (via SNES emulator)[*]Alpha Centauri[*]Sim City 2000[*]Command & Conquer: Red Alert[*]Graal[/list=1]

Honorable Mentions[list=1][*]Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels - SNES[*]Adventure - Atari 2600[*]Missle Command - Atari 2600[*]Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - PC[*]Super Metroid - SNES[/list=1]

[Leonard]

I would say right now, my favourite on the Mac are:

1. Return to Castle Wolfenstein
2. Unreal Tournament
3. Giants: Citizen Kabuto
4. Deus Ex
5. I don't have a fifth, but I'm hoping it will be Red Faction... I just bought it to hold me off until I get playing the final version of Castle Wolfenstein.

[daydreamer]

1)RtCW (full version pleaasee, that new map ice rocks)
2)Quake 3
3)Giants
4)Alice
5)Unreal Tournament

[GlobalNomad]

1. Unreal Tournament
2. Tactical-Ops (UT mod)
3. Star Treck Elite Force
4. The team player mod for Star Treck Elite Force
5. Diablo 2

When are we going to get a good port of UT to Mac OS X.
Has anyone been able to get it working "well"?

[ 03-19-2002: Message edited by: GlobalNomad ]

[NickKohn]

PC:
1) Civilization I
2) Counter-Strike
3) Rogue Spear
4) Diablo II
5) Unreal Tournament

CONSOLE:
1) Legend of Zelda (8-bit Nin)
2) Sonic 2 (Sega Genesis)
3) MediEvil (PS1)
4) Pirates! (8-bit Nin)
5) Madden 2002 (PS2)

[Bockie]

Just noticed that most gamers' favorites are more modern titles and that an "*entire* gaming career" is quite short. Please, can anyone tell me that they remember Adventureland and Pirate's Cove by Scott Adams? I don't want to feel so old.

[xyber233]

Originally posted by GlobalNomad:
<STRONG>1. Unreal Tournament
2. Tactical-Ops (UT mod)
3. Star Treck Elite Force
4. The team player mod for Star Treck Elite Force
5. Diablo 2

When are we going to get a good port of UT to Mac OS X.
Has anyone been able to get it working "well"?

[ 03-19-2002: Message edited by: GlobalNomad ]</STRONG>

UT X preview 3 is suppose to come out soon with a lot of fixes.BTW, whats your Tac Ops name?

[n_lim]

computer:

1. Sim City 2000
2. Betrayal at Krondor
3. Master of Orion 2
4. Return to Zork
5. The Sims

console:

1. Secret of Mana (snes)
2. Grand Theft Auto 3 (ps2)
3. Arkanoid (nes or atari?)
4. Tony Hawk (ps)
5. Crazy Taxi (dreamcast)

[G-mac]

Mac games:

1) UT
2) Starcraft and Brood War
3) Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
4) Warcraft Series
5) Myth I and II

Don't play console games

[sek929]

PC:
1. Escape Velocity Override
2. Sim City 2000
3. Quake 3
4. Escape Velocity
5. Escape Velocity: Nova (haven't played much of it yet )

Console:
1. 007 Goldeneye (N64)
2. Legend Of Zelda: A Link To the Past (snes)
3. Super Metroid (snes)
4. World Driver Championship (N64)
5. Tony Hawk 2 (Dreamcast)

Hon. Mention:
1. Zelda (nes)
2. NFL2k2 (Dreamcast)
3. Mario Party 2 (N64)
4. Vanishing Point (Dreamcast)
5. GTA3 (PS2)

[lothar56]

Mac:
1)Red Faction
2)Q3
3)Oni
4)Driver
5)UT

Console
1)Goldeneye N64
2)Blitz 2000 N64
3)GTA3 PS2
...

[ImpishLM]

Mac top 5, but NOT ranked (that would be too hard!)

1: Lode Runner II (if you haven't played it, it's still incredible)
2: Pit Droids (I love puzzle games)
3: Pod Racer (Star Wars)
4: Black and White
5: Myst III Exile

Honorable Mentions:

1) Risk II
2) A Farewell to Kings
3) Majesty
4) Incredible Machine: Contraptions

[Crazy ebot]

Top 5 PC (Mac)

1. Deus Ex (I can't believe more people aren't mentioning it ... :-)
2. UT - Tactical ops (hanging out for the commercial release)
3. UT
4. Marathon, M2 & Infinity. (*heh heh* they're all the same)
5. Pathways Into Darkness (The First FPS I ever played on the mac, and as you can see, I'm a fan of FPS ;-)

As for Consoles ...

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocrina of Time (N64)
2. Final Fantasy VII (PS)
3. Resident Evil 2 (PS)
4. Grand Theft Auto III (PS2 - a work of art)
5. Crazy Taxi (PS2)

I'm really looking forward to replacing UT with RTCW ... the multiplayer aspect sounds fun.

BTW: Leonard, I've completed Red Faction on the PS2 ... it's fun, but after awhile it gets a little ... boring. It sound ironic, but there's too little 'interaction' with the environment (sure, you can blow holes in stuff, but you can't crawl through a ventalation shaft that _looks_ like it should be crawled into ... ;-)

Cheers,

Tobes.

[Jansar]

Top five games (both Mac and all consoles):

1. Final Fantasy Series - various
2. Halo - xbox
3. StarCraft - Mac/PC
4. Quake 3 Arena - Mac/PC
5. Diablo II - Mac/PC

[tiborg]

My top 5 off _all_ time, in no particular order:

Archon
Bard's Tale
M.U.L.E.
Marathon
Mail Order Monsters

[Chimpmaster]

Mac

Baldurs gate II
Deus Ex
AOE II
AVP Gold
THPS2

Console

GTA3 (ps2)
SSx Tricky (ps2)
Max Payne (ps2)
Devil may Cry (ps2)
GT3 (ps2)

[Protheus]

the best game of all is really enduro of Atari...
It was rox!!!...
Pitfall from atari rox too...
let me see...

Oh yeah...
counter strikes...
I ROX In CS...
As terror or ct i'm one of the bests!!!

[wANCO tHE sANE]

UT
Diablo 2
Quake III
Starcraft
Brood War

[G4466]

MAC
Deus Ex
Quake lll Arena
Unreal Tournement
Black & White
Fallout

PSX
NHL xxxx Ea Sports
Syphon Filter
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil ll
Silent Hill

[Judge_Fire]

There are too many, I'll bend the rules a bit...

Computer (Amiga, C64, Mac) - no particular order

Unreal Tournament (Multiplayer, Turbo)
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Bubble Bobble
Marathon 2
Speedball 2
Myth II : Soulblighter (Multiplayer)

Console - I skipped a few generations, tho

Mario 64 (N64)
Mario Tennis (N64)
Sub Hunt (Mattel Intellivision)
Ecco the Dolphin (Sega Genesis/Megadrive)
Utopia (Mattel Intellivision)
Super Monkey Ball (GameCube)

(Check out <a href="http://www.intellivisionlives.com" target="_blank">http://www.intellivisionlives.com</a> for mac downloads of old Mattel stuff.)

Arcade - from olden days, mostly

Marble Madness
Virtua Fighter II
Taiko no Tatsujin (Anyone seen it outside Japan, it rocks? )
Super Sprint
Star Wars (Original)

Along those lines,

J

<small>[ 06-04-2002, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: Judge_Fire ]</small>

[beb]

Gridz
Bubble Trouble
Future Cop
Oni (OS 9 Version)
Half Life (#@#!)
Return to Castle Wolfenstien

<img src="http://www.cccc.edu/images/beb/Images/BEB_06.gif" alt=" - " />

Hmm, man, that's difficult:
1) UT w/ Strike Force
2) StarTrek Elite Force
3) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
4) Deimos Rising
5) EV Nova

[echoes]

Hmmm, this one is really hard. I've played so many good games across so many systems (Amiga, Apple IIe/GS, Atari, C64/128, Mac, x86 and nearly all the consoles) that I can never pick so few as my favorite because I never remember them all very easily. Here are ones I liked a lot off the top of my head, they probably aren't my all time favorties.

PC:
1. The Gabriel Knight Series (yeah it's cheating since there's 3)
2. System Shock Series (once again cheating -- 2 of 'em)
3. Ultima Series except IX (bigtime cheating -- including the Ultima Underworld games and the Worlds of Ultima games that's 14 titles)
4. The Longest Journey
5. Obsidian
(6.)Deus Ex (had to cheat and add it when I remembered it, I've played through 3 times so far )
(7.)Fallout series except Fallout Tactics
(8.) Any adventure game that was made my LucasArts (The Dig, Loom, Monkey Island series, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Sam and Max, Grim Fandango, Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, etc...)

Older PC's:
1. Legacy of the Ancients
2. Wasteland
3. Mars Saga/Mines of Titan
4. M.U.L.E.
5. Archon series
(6.)Castle Wolfenstien and Return to Castle Wolfenstien (the original 2D versions)

Console:
1. Shining Force 1-3
2. Phantasy Star 4
3. Adventure
4. Sonic Series
5. Super Mario Series

(Actually this thread just reminded me of something, I'll post a new thread about it)

<small>[ 06-06-2002, 10:27 PM: Message edited by: echoes ]</small>

[rampant]

1. Fallout 2
2. Marathon Series
3. Jedi Knight II
4. Unreal Tournament
5. Half-Life

[Sosa]

This thread has the same problem as when surveys ask for the best x of all time: mostly recent x is selected. There is no doubt that recent x is better than older x. However, if I am to judge which x I enjoyed the most then it is not x that we are comparing but pleasure levels! With this in mind here are my top favorite games:

1. Pirates! (MicropProse for Apple IIc+)

From 6th grade until 8th grade I played this game almot everyday, with occasional month breaks. This game caused me to learn geography and history of the Caribbean, European military history 15th-18th century, and just inspired me in other areas. I don't think I have spent more hours on any other game. I even took the manual to school to read for fun.

2. Romance of the Three Kingdoms Series(Koei for SNES, PS1)

This is a historical strategic simulation of an interesting period in Chinese history. Still play today, part VII coming out this month. Countless hours of fun, fights, arguments, and even some held back tears over this game with my brothers. I've learned a lot about China!

3. Civilization II - I love history and especially enjoy playing as the Carthaginians. Still playing this game (haven't bought III yet). Sometimes I go home for lunch at work just to play a few turns!

4. Silent Service II (Microprose)
This game caused me to want to join the Navy and become a submariner (I didn't, went to law school instead). I like this game so much as a kid I used to keep a Captain Log of my tours sinking Japanese shipping from a first person perspective. Fun to read afterwards.

5. Space Quest Series (Sierra)

Now discontinued but there is a chance it may be revived. This was an old styled puzzle-adventure game. I remember waking up early one morning to go to school (1988?) and finding my father up trying to get past me in this game. Although hours played is significantly less than the other games on this list I have a lot of fond memories about it. Trying to figure out how to advance past roadblocks in the story kept me daydreaming at school.

All of these game I played so much that I understood how the computer reacted to things,its programming, the possible cheats, and other interesting things in these worlds. For example, in SSII there was an area near in island in Indonesia were there was a submerged "wall" (steep rise of the seafloor). You could sink if you hit it submerged at high speed.

This post is getting too long, I better stop.

Late Update: For some strange reason I omitted three games from this list: Master of Orion II, Netrek, and Empire (not AoE). My list should really be:

Oh forget it, this is too difficult!

<small>[ 07-03-2002, 09:31 PM: Message edited by: Sosa ]</small>

1. RTCW (Current)
2. Unreal Tournament
3. Deus Ex
4. Airborne!
5. Links 2000

the Absurdist
"Speak softly and carry a belt-fed weapon."

[Vash]

1. RtCW
2. Quake 3 Arena
3. Unreal Tournament
4. Giants: Citizen Kabuto
5. Deus Ex
6. Starcraft, Brood War

[mac freak]

After looking through people's lists, I can shamelessly restate my old opinion that Mac gamers are over-obsessed with first-person shooters... so many lists just reorder RTCW, Deus Ex, UT, and Q3 interspersed with whatever.

But that's okay; I just personally find shooters rather underwhelming these days.

<small>[ 06-18-2002, 01:44 PM: Message edited by: mac freak ]</small>

[Hawkeye_a]

1. Full Throttle
2. Rebel Assault
3. Alice
4. Rune
5. X-Plane

[itim55]

PC Games:

1. Deus Ex
2. Civilization II
3. Oni
4. MoH: AA
5. Half-Life series

Console Games:

1. Soul Calibur (DC)
2. Phantasy Star Online (DC)
3. MGS2 (PS2)
4. GoldenEye (N64)
5. Super Mario Land (GB)

<small>[ 06-17-2002, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: itim55 ]</small>

[nforcer]

Mac:

1) Starcraft Brood War
2) Deus Ex
3) Unreal Tournament
4) Quake 3
5) Chess.app

(I'm hoping to add WC3 sometime soon)

Console:

1) Super Metroid (SNES)
2) Goldeneye (N64)
3) Colony Wars (PS)
4) Perfect Dark (N64)
5) Super Mario World (SNES)

Can't wait for Metroid Prime...

[juanvaldes]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Sosa:
<strong>This thread has the same problem as when surveys ask for the best x of all time: mostly recent x is selected. There is no doubt that recent x is better than older x. However, if I am to judge which x I enjoyed the most then it is not x that we are comparing but pleasure levels! With this in mind here are my top favorite games:

1. Pirates! (MicropProse for Apple IIc+)

From 6th grade until 8th grade I played this game almot everyday, with occasional month breaks. This game caused me to learn geography and history of the Caribbean, European military history 15th-18th century, and just inspired me in other areas. I don't think I have spent more hours on any other game. I even took the manual to school to read for fun.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">oh I agree with ya! Thus why all those months ago when I first posted to this thread I could not name just 5 great ones. Also of course newer games are going to be on the brain more, that's what we play now. Not to mention all of the people posting who were not ALIVE when Pirates came out.

Yeah, designed my first game after spending WAY too much time with Pirates (still no game like it I have found to date) such a fun game.

[Bockie]

Originally posted by juanvaldes:
oh I agree with ya! Thus why all those months ago when I first posted to this thread I could not name just 5 great ones. Also of course newer games are going to be on the brain more, that's what we play now. Not to mention all of the people posting who were not ALIVE when Pirates came out.

Yeah, designed my first game after spending WAY too much time with Pirates (still no game like it I have found to date) such a fun game.

Soooo, were you alive when Adventureland came out? Do you remember the Vic-20?

[timster]

My favorite computer games are:

1) TaiPan - Apple II forever!!!
2) Warcraft 2
3) Starcraft
4) Diablo II
5) Zork!

For console games:

1) Grand Theft Auto III - simply an masterpiece
2) Halo - the ONLY FPS that i enjoy. awesome game
3) Final Fantasy III - the best one
4) Legend of Zelda
5) Phanasty Star II

[DivineCloudBurst]

1. <a href="http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/games/evn/" target="_blank">Escape Velocity Nova</a>
2. <a href="http://blizzard.com/worlds-starcraft.shtml" target="_blank">Starcraft Broodwar</a>
3. <a href="http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/games/ferazel/" target="_blank">Ferazel's Wand</a>
4. <a href="http://thangorodrim.angband.org/" target="_blank">Angband</a>
5. <a href="http://www.a-sharp.com/kodp/" target="_blank">King of Dragon Pass</a>

[juanvaldes]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Bockie:
<strong>Soooo, were you alive when Adventureland came out? Do you remember the Vic-20? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Doubtful, I don't remember it. I'm only 21 so there are plenty of things happened before I was 3 and playing on the 2600

[morgan]

Current/Semi-current mac games:

RtCW
Warbirds
Warcraft2
UT
MoH:AA

Old School Apple II
Wizardy (the first 3)
Bards Tale (all)
Ultima (all)
Arkanoid

[Michael S.]

All-time faves (not necessarily current, not in order):

Marathon
SimCity 2000
Starcraft
WarBirds
Hellcats Over the Pacific