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SuperWes

What's your favorite game of all time?

Yep. That's the really lame topic that I was about to make. I was going to bring it up because I really don't know. Then I started thinking about it and I decided that it would be more fun to make a thread where we guess what everyone else's favorite games are. Don't actually mention your favorite game in this thread until it starts to die down. I'll start!

Toups - Silent Hill 2
dhex - Ultima 4
ShaperMC - Salamander
dessgeega - Mr. Driller 2
persona - Mario 3
ApM - Space War
Szczepaniak - Metal Gear 1
Lestrade - Ico
disneyland - Half Life
icyclam - Asuka 120
aderack - King of Fighters '98
TOLLMASTER - Disgaea
DonMarco - SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters
player 2 - Double Dragon
Mr. Mechanical - Grand Theft Auto 3
seryogin - Chrono Trigger

Sorry if I left anyone out, I'll update as more posts are added!

-Wes
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player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

HA!
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SuperWes · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject:

No man! You're supposed to guess everyone else's before revealing your own! You lose!

-Wes
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

dhex - System Shock
dessgeega - says it's a C64 game but it's secretly a toss up between Mother's
Toups - says it's Earthbound but it's secretly Mega Man Legends.
persona - Kirby Deluxe (Super Stars)
Szczepaniak - I know it's not but my gut screams "Wing Commander"
ApM - Dino Park Tycoon
icy - River City Ransom

These are hard. I'm quitting.

Persona-sama · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

Man, I hate Mario.

SUPERWES - Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 2
DARK STEEVE - Hello Kitty Roller Rescue
DHEX - Legend of the River King 2
SHAPERMC - Godzilla Generations 2
DESSGEEGA - Cubic Lode Runner
SZCZEPANIAK - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Fuwa Fuwa Panic
MISTAA TOUPSU - Mahou Kishi Rayearth
icyclam - Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You
P2/ANOTHERGOD - Dungeons and Dragons 2: Shadow over Mystaria

Haha.
This is fun.
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ApM · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject:

Man, you guys are so wrong.

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Well then I don't want to be right.

friedchicken · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 496 Location: Port Land, OR

Hey, you forgot me! That's okay, I'm not here too much.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Toups - Killer 7
dhex - Deus Ex
friedchicken - Aria of Sorrow
dessgeega - Mr. Driller 2
persona - Sonic 2
ApM - Minature Golf
Szczepaniak - Metal Gear Solid
Lestrade - Magic Pengel
disneyland - Half Life
icyclam -Cho Aniki (PCE version)
aderack - King of Fighters '96
TOLLMASTER - Phantom Brave
DonMarco - My Mom
player 2 - Do you like games? I can't remember you gushing about... anything really.
Mr. Mechanical - Grand Theft Auto SA
seryogin - FFVIII

Tablesaw · . Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 303 Location: LACAUSA

Clearly, the titles of a person's favorite games will have something in common with his or her handle. I've listed two games, to make things clearer:

disneyland

dhex

dessgeega

DonMarco

Lestrade

Mr. Mechanical

player 2

ShaperMC

Szczepaniak

Tablesaw

TOLLMASTER

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Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

I laughed aloud at quite a few of those...

Persona, you just went crazy with names, didn't you? DIDN'T YOU?! Wink

Toups - Earthbound
dhex - Nintendogs
ShaperMC - Ninja Five-O
dessgeega - Starflight
persona - Magic pengel - The Quest for color
ApM - Crazy Golf on the Amiga (or whatever the hell its called. There are burgers in it!)
Lestrade - Ninja Golf
icyclam - Chou Aniki (all of them?)
disneyland - Quackshot
aderack - Fantasy Zone 2
TOLLMASTER - Mahjong Deluxe
DonMarco - Horace and the Spiders (yeah, I am lying, I've no idea what he likes...)
player 2 - Metal Gear Solid 2
Mr. Mechanical - Super Metroid
seryogin - Lunar
Superwes - Voyeur
Friedchicken - Yoshinoya
dark steve - Resi 4

DonMarco · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 349 Location: 33903

aderack - Last Blade 2
ApM - Virtua Cop 2
dark steve - Wipeout 3
DonMarco - Wolrd Series Baseball '98
dessgeega - Mr. Driller A
dhex - Sparkster
disneyland - Mario 2
fried chicken - Megaman X2
icyclam - Double Dragon 2
Lestrade - Perfect Dark
Mr. Mechanical - Outrun 2
player 2 - Battletoads & Double Dragon
Persona-sama - PSO
ShaperMC - Sonc Spinball
Szczepaniak - Final Fantasy X-2
Superwes - Dark Cloud 2
seryogin - F-Zero GX
Toups - Metal Gear Solid : VR Missions
TOLLMASTER - Shining Force 2

CHECK, ONE TWO ONE TWO.

player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

dhex · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:56 am Post subject:

Toups - something not japanese
ShaperMC - something japanese
dessgeega - something japanese
persona - something japanese
ApM - something not japanese
Szczepaniak - something not japanese
Lestrade - something japanese
disneyland - something japanese
icyclam - something japanese
aderack - something japanese
TOLLMASTER - something japanese
DonMarco - completely inscrutable like the passage of time
player 2 - something not japanese
Mr. Mechanical - something japanese
seryogin - something not japanese
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Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

You were right about me dhex.... Still, you had a 50/50 chance Id say.

So then, was I right about you liking Nintendogs?

player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

I can't even think of a game that isn't japanese that I would even consider as my favorite of all time.

Well. Now that I think of it.

Maybe.

...

Nope. I was wrong. Still japanese
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:13 am Post subject:

Quit leaving me out!

Here are a few that I missed:

dark steve - Tetris
friedchicken - Mort the Chicken

-Wes
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Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

I actually once made a top 100 personal favourite games list, and the Japanese to Non-Japanese ratio was like 11 to 1 toughly. There are only a handful of Western games I like, but they are all excellent.

I would actually recomend everyone writes their own top 100, it's very theraputic for yourself. (but avoid putting it on forums, lists, unless they are done like this one by Super, can get very dull)

I must admit, this is one of the most entertaining list threads Ive seen in a while.

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:

I've got a Top 15 from maybe 5 years ago that I'll post here in a few days... Top 15s are much more managable.

Just to make this post worthwhile (?), I'll also include a link to IGN's top 100 *snicker*.

-Wes
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Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

You've hot the nail on the head. Top 10, 15 or 20 lists are easy. But a personal top 100 forces you to think long and hard about which games you simply like, and which were profound for you. It doesn't have to be in order, my top 100 lost its order around 30, and then it became a general "in no particular order" top 100.

But, if makes you dredge up your long forgotten memories, and weigh up the pros and cons, fun factors, and so many other things, to see if a game makes the list. Once you've got about 70 games listed, it becomes bloody tough, as you seperate the wheat from the chaff so to speak.

I found it enlightening.

Go on, everyone write your own top 100 (but don't post it), the results may surprise you. Despite being a huge Famicom fan, very few Famicom games made it onto my list. This raises a question. What is my fondness for the system based on? There are many personal questions raised by such a thing.

Think of it as a therapy session with a good shrink, except one where she doesn't hypnotise you and then bonk your brains out.

EDIT:
That IGN thing doesn't seem to work. Clicking on their different numbers only brings up a 404.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:32 am Post subject:

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:39 am Post subject:

ApM · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:56 am Post subject:

It's Zany Golf, you philistines, and you're still wrong!

ShaperMC: Band Brothers, emulated on his PSP.
SuperWes: Officially, something obscure, imported, and expensive, whose title is not expressible in Roman characters. Secretly, though, he curls up in bed every night with his copy of Myst.
Szczepaniak: A crappy Apple II BASIC game, made by the future designers of Star Control II when they were 12.
Player 2: Mario Battle no. 1.
Captain Toups, Game Master: Do You Like Horny Bunnies?
dessgeega: An unfinished, unannounced AGT game that she's been quietly building for the past 8 years and which she believes will be a masterpiece beyond anything that the world has ever seen.
icyclam: Legend Of The Red Dragon.
disneyland: Enters the Ludum Dare 48-hour Game Programming Competition every time it's held, secretly wishes he could be bluescrn.
dhex: Punch Jack Thompson and Win $5,000 banner ad.

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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

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Persona-sama · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:49 pm Post subject:

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject:

More:

Ajutla: Dragon Quest 1
Tablesaw: Halo 2
nICO: Ico
Lackey: Jet Force Gemeni
Legal Step: Plumbers Don't Wear Bow Ties
Wourme: Worms
JasonMoses: Strider (Arcade)

-Wes
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nICO · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 120 Location: WVUSA

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject:

okay.

Lackey: wasteland. that's where i originally thought your avatar was from (instead of newcomer). it stands, though.

Szczepaniak: star control 2. there. i've said it.
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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

ApM: Ninja Golf!
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

You're all close but way off.

Shaper: Castlevania Bloodlines
SuperWes: Suikoden 2
disneyland: Ninja Gaiden
DonMarco: Dino Crisis 2
Lackey: Some sort of IF nonsense I can't be bothered with!

Did I skip anyone? edit: who cares? I realize I skipped about 120 registrants.

disneyland · . Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 131 Location: Shinsei

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

So when do we lay our cards on the table?

dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:08 am Post subject:

you gotta know when to bluff, and when to fold.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

I see your smarm and raise you faux haughty indignation.

Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

I was just teasing dhex about nintendogs. I would have actually put down Morrowind for him, since he seemed to really enjoy it a while back on the old IC thread. But, well, you know, I felt like rockin the boat for my own amusement. it was all a blatant lie on my part. I guessed you like Magic pengel, because it enables artistic gaming.

As for dessgeega's guess, what can I say, it's like you're reading my inner thoughts (egads! Stay away from the green door in there!). And you're mostly correct. Mostly. It sort of holds joint first place with a Nintendo title. Depnding on my mood, either could be in first. Over the years, each of them change place inside my mind.

Mister Toups · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:01 am Post subject:

I will post in this thread!

(PROTIP: I kind of... don't have a favorite game. GASP)
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ApM · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:46 am Post subject:

I have been seeing Ninja Golf everywhere that ICers tread, lately. I like to think that it's all my fault.

But actually, Ninja Golf is pretty terrible!

Wourme: Johnny.

SuperWes · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:57 am Post subject:

Alright, we're not folding yet. But here is my Top 15 from back in the day. It looks like it's from around 1999. Man is some of this stuff badly written. I think Monday should be the Top 15, 20, or 100 revelation day. Fun!

-Wes
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:01 am Post subject:

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disneyland · . Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 131 Location: Shinsei

A lot of my list would be Saturn stuff.

I mean, come now: Nights, the Panzer Dragoons, the Treasure titles, the Capcom ports, the last, best, pure 2D Bomberman, Darius, Dragon Force...

Fucking hell, that system restored my (perfectly intact) faith in gaming for years.

friedchicken · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 496 Location: Port Land, OR

dhex · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:34 am Post subject:

i only make enemy lists.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

is there anyone real good on it?

dhex · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:12 pm Post subject:

the folks who made dark cloud.
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nICO · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 120 Location: WVUSA

So are you gonna be checking out Dragon Quest VIII? Cause it does seem like it could be your kind of game. Maybe. I've never played it, but from what I imagine it does I'd think so.
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