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Videogame Deathmatch

  • 06-03-2012 5:47pm
    #1
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭


    To stop derailing this thread anymore:rolleyes:why dont we settle once and for all what the best game of all time.

    So anyone who wants to champion their favorite game submit your interest here

    The format is deathmatch 2 games go into the debating ring and only 1 comes out alive (To be decided by poll)

    1 Sparks43
    Boulder Dash
    2 Johnny Ultimate
    WE LOVE KATAMARI
    3 o1s1n
    Metal Slug
    4 Jack Burton
    Half life
    5 Pyongyang
    Darius Burst
    6 Retrogamer
    Earthbound
    7 LoGIE
    Ghost's And Goblins
    8 Ciderman
    Ico
    9 RopeDrink
    Pirates
    10 RopeDrink
    Resident Evil
    11 CathalDublin
    Bubble Bobble
    12 EnterNow
    Zelda A Link to the Past
    13 OwaynOTT
    Mario Kart Double Dash
    14 martineatworld
    Super Mario World


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Comments

  • #2
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Do you have any recorded proof of your Boulder Dash skills.
    In fact I demand evidence of said skills :D For someone who plays it as much as you do it must be something pretty special to witness, not get recording dude.

    .


  • #3
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    I need a good think about this. I'll be back!


  • #4
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,709 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I'll play with EDIT: WE LOVE KATAMARI.

    Bring it.

    (I keep switching between it and Persona 4!)


  • #5
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,247 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    The shell is Metal Slug.

    The Morden trooper's face is all your favourite games.

    Metal_Slug_US.jpg


  • #6
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Modern Warfare 3?





    OK.. in all seriousness, put me down for Half Life


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  • #7
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Tough choice this, but I will go for Darius Burst.

    Why?

    Well for starters just LOOK AT IT! It's beautiful.

    dbac_game.jpg

    Secondly, look at the queues for the AC location test? When did you last see queues like this for an arcade game? Even Cave locs can't match this.

    dariusloctest.jpg

    And lastly, well, THAT soundtrack. :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwg0S5MFoBA


  • #8
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,820 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Throw me down for Earthbound!
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  • #9
    LoGiE
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 2,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoGiE


    GhostsnGoblins_flyer.jpg

    Satan himself gets my vote...


  • #10
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    For my money it simply has to be this, the moment, for me, when games turned into something more than high scores and fulfilling jewel/ring/kill quotas...
    Ico
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuQW-xYUelw


  • #11
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    It sadly also received the worst cover art in recorded history,
    see here the Japanese and Euro cover...
    256px-Box-l-jp.jpg

    And now the sad, deformed and misshapen tragedy that is the US cover art...
    Ico_north_american_cover.jpg
    Oh look, a guy holding a stick, a ****e windmill and some girl in the corner, all rendered on an N64 by the looks of it...


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  • #12
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,731 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Only 1?
    ...
    ...
    ...
    Ico.


  • #13
    lasersquad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭lasersquad


    Strong entries from Earthbound, Ico, Metal Slug but...

    1213550204-00.jpg

    (apologies to Link, entire Laser Squad/Pool Of Radiance posses, that guy from It Came From The Desert)


  • #14
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    28016001.jpg


  • #15
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    There is but one...

    256px-ShaqFu_logo.png


  • #16
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    Since this is the Retro Forum after all I'm going to go with which has the most fun gameplay.

    It's a tie between We Love Katamari and Boulder Dash for now.


  • #17
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    EnterNow wrote: »
    There is but one...

    256px-ShaqFu_logo.png

    Shat Poo more like!


  • #18
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    Damn cant edit op

    Anyone else interested? I will wait till this evening then slam them into a randomizer :D



    Sparks43 wrote: »

    1 Sparks43
    Boulder Dash
    2 Johnny Ultimate
    WE LOVE KATAMARI
    3 o1s1n
    Metal Slug
    4 Jack Burton
    Half life
    5 Pyongyang
    Darius Burst
    6 Retrogamer
    Earthbound
    7 LoGIE
    Ghost's And Goblins
    8 Ciderman
    Ico
    9 RopeDrink
    Resident Evil
    10 lasersquad
    Pirates
    11 CathalDublin
    Bubble Bobble
    12 EnterNow
    Zelda A Link to the Past
    13 OwaynOTT
    Mario Kart Double Dash
    14 martineatworld
    Super Mario World
    15 kellso81 RIGHT]Turrican 2[/RIGHT]


  • #19
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    Damn cant edit op

    Anyone else interested? I will wait till this evening then slam them into a randomizer :D

    No way, Shaq Fu was a joke :o

    My actual vote for best game of all time? So hard to choose, context matters hugely to me, as in the impact the game had on you at the time, not the impact is has on you now. I really find retrospective reviews can apply overly harsh parameters to judging all but the top games.

    Anyway, if I've to pick one...

    883200-bigthumbnail.jpg


  • #20
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    My gaming history is soooo limited to Nintendo. My short-list:

    -F-Zero
    -Street Fighter 2 Turbo
    -Secret of Mana
    -Bubble Bobble
    -Mario Kart Double Dash
    -Super Mario Bros. 3
    -Streets of Rage 2
    -Goldeneye
    -super ghouls and ghosts
    -Castlevania Vampires Kiss

    There all games that I have vivid memories playing when I was younger and I (plus others) played the crap out of them. Kept coming back to them and that's the mark of a good game. Well apart from Castlevania, just playing that at the moment and love it so far.


    Okay so I go for:

    Mario_Kart_Double_Dash_16_bit_by_jdunning619.png


  • #21
    martineatworld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭martineatworld


    Being someone who mainly plays JRPG's, the temptation to go with FF7, Golden Sun, Legend of Dragoon, all those great games I played while in my early teens is very tempting....

    But I'll go back to my earlier childhood with my simpler memories of the early 90s.

    The platformer perfected.

    Super_Mario_world_soundtrack_download.jpg


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  • #22
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    martineatworld wrote: »
    Being someone who mainly plays JRPG's, the temptation to go with FF7, Golden Sun, Legend of Dragoon, all those great games I played while in my early teens is very tempting...

    Lets just park that there & let Retr0 deal with it


  • #23
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,820 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    martineatworld wrote: »
    Being someone who mainly plays JRPG's, the temptation to go with FF7, Golden Sun, Legend of Dragoon, all those great games I played while in my early teens is very tempting....

    Just mention the absolute abomination that is Legend of Dragoon means that not only have you lost the ebate, you've also failed at life.
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  • #24
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Lets just park that there & let Retr0 deal with it

    I was going to put up Goldeneye but I also wanted to put up Streets of Rage so in the end I went for an awesome game!
    It was conflicted trolling.


  • #25
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    If we get 2 more we will park it at a nice even number :D


  • #26
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    If we get 2 more we will park it at a nice even number :D

    straight up knock out tournament or euro championship style. 4 GROUPS OF 4.

    I vote for the second so we can have a group of death - group D.


  • #27
    kellso81
    Registered Users Posts: 307 ✭✭kellso81


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvQzQL6kSo


    Can I throw this into the ring?


  • #28
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,247 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    EnterNow wrote: »
    There is but one...

    256px-ShaqFu_logo.png

    Your love for Shaq Fu knows no bounds. At what point did you realize it was your favourite game ever made? Whe you saw the awesome cover? The simple fact that it has Shaquille O'Neal in it?


  • #29
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Your love for Shaq Fu knows no bounds. At what point did you realize it was your favourite game ever made? Whe you saw the awesome cover? The simple fact that it has Shaquille O'Neal in it?

    None of the above, but the ingenious & intuitive gameplay sold me.


  • #30
    lasersquad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭lasersquad


    kellso81 wrote: »
    Can I throw this into the ring?

    Finally, a microcomputer gem!

    On the Amiga note, can`t believe Shaq Fu was written by Delphine Software :/
    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    the absolute abomination that is Legend of Dragoon
    I take it you didn`t sign the petition for the sequel then? ;)


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  • #31
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Well, Delphine probably did a marvelous job of the character animation but the engine simply wasn't up to the genre of sh1te basketball player licence, a tough game type to succeed in to be sure!
    Lets just try and let them have a pass on that one, given how utterly superb Flashback is.
    I found/still find Another World to be a glorified, over-rated, QTE game, but without the benefit of onscreen prompting, instead relying on the player to remember which button is randomly assigned to preform the required action this time, well maybe that's a tad harsh but it wasn't anything like as good as people though it was, outside of the cinemas.
    Flashback was far better made, better looking and had story and gameplay to boot.


  • #32
    lasersquad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭lasersquad


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I found/still find Another World to be a glorified, over-rated, QTE game...

    I find Flashback to be by-the-numbers, slick-but-tedious platformer...that were ten a penny back then - compared to the jaw-dropping lesson in how games can be different that was AW (written by one guy btw)
    Somehow I actually doubt that this were your actual thoughts then. Now, yeah, that`s easy - but not then. Hell, the term QTE wasn`t even invented. But if so, you were one edgy, sharp teen :)

    Oh well...doubt`ll agree on this one ;) Anyway, I was thinking more about Future Wars/Cruise for a Corpse for some reason. AW= Eric Chahi.


  • #33
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,472 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    lasersquad wrote: »
    On the Amiga note, can`t believe Shaq Fu was written by Delphine Software :/

    Jebus me neither! Thankfully I'm blissfully ignorant of the sh1teness that is Shaq-Fu.
    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    ...
    I found/still find Another World to be a glorified, over-rated, QTE game, but without the benefit of onscreen prompting, instead relying on the player to remember which button is randomly assigned to preform the required action this time, well maybe that's a tad harsh but it wasn't anything like as good as people though it was, outside of the cinemas.
    Flashback was far better made, better looking and had story and gameplay to boot.

    Another World an overrated QTE game with randomly assigned buttons? I don't recall it being like that at all. Only played the Amiga version but it was excellent I thought.

    Hmmm maybe my troll detector is broken. :p


  • #34
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Thankfully I'm blissfully ignorant of the sh1teness that is Shaq-Fu.

    It's very, very bad. In this case, ignorance is bliss.
    Andrew76 wrote:
    Another World an overrated QTE game with randomly assigned buttons? I don't recall it being like that at all. Only played the Amiga version but it was excellent I thought.

    Hmmm maybe my troll detector is broken. :p

    Another World felt really immersive & different. I loved it, still do :)


  • #35
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,472 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Another World felt really immersive & different. I loved it, still do :)

    Agreed. That bit with the water chasing after you was terrifying!

    As for the op; I can't argue with Ico, Link to the Past or SMW although I would have chosen SMB3 instead, purely for sentimental reasons.


  • #36
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Ah look, I just didn't get Another World, I played it on a series of formats and just never enjoyed it.
    Loved the look of the game but the gameplay just felt like appropriate button presses, that said most games I love involve button pressing at some point!
    Flashback was more fun, for me at least, the whole thing felt more like a good sci-fi yarn, with escaping the jungle, doing some courier work and the whole "Running Man" style killing game show in there as well.
    I also really liked Fade to Black, the 3D sequel on the PC, PS and Sat, I had the PC and PS versions and finished them both, very enjoyable imho and it was years before I played something that was as satisfying oddly enough, it had cover mechanics and the like years before Splinter Cell and Gears of War came along.

    As for the QTE comment by me, apologies, but, in Another World, if you don't hit the right button at just the right time, if you don't duck and shoot at just the right moment it's back to the last checkpoint with you, and I hope you liked the associated cinema because, if you are having trouble getting the timing right you're going to be seeing it a good few times more!


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  • #37
    lasersquad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭lasersquad


    Well, it wasn`t like Flashback, of course which is what made it great. And it wasn`t as bad as you describe - it took few tries with various things but mainly because we were stuck with the old thinking patterns. So I have to move left/right to swing the cage? Sounds obvious but took me awhile to figure, just because I didn`t expect that such things are even possible. (If you don`t duck & shoot at the right moment in most games you`re dead too! (ok just teasin).
    Fade to Black was grand and massively overlooked. I love the happy end to Mr Chachi`s story in the form of From Dust - coming back to the dev bizniz after such cult following and 15 years wasn`t easy, but he`s done awright.

    (thought this thread was started to prevent derailing of others? ;)


  • #38
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,820 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    lasersquad wrote: »
    I take it you didn`t sign the petition for the sequel then? ;)

    I fully support Sony's decision to pretend that they never created the worst JRPG ever made.
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  • #39
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Oh, we're all about thread de-railing here.
    It's all Sparks fault for not paying attention!


  • #40
    lasersquad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭lasersquad


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Oh, we're all about thread de-railing here

    Grand. I wanted to be a smartass and post a pic of Eric Chahi sporting impeccable grin (after reading your post no doubt :). That can be found here, but nevermind - it got eclipsed by the fact I`ve just discovered a true sequel to Another World??? And it`s not Heart Of Darkness...

    36142-heart-of-the-alien-out-of-this-world-parts-i-and-ii-sega-cd.gif

    I`m humbled. And elated. Retro expert, right.
    Hell, thanx CiDeRmAn!
    (Now, to the Emupara...zzzzzzzzz)


  • #41
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,820 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    It's supposedly a bit crap and eric chahi had nothing to do with it. In fact he hates the game.
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  • #42
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The MegaCD game, very good, not quite official though, Chani never accepted it as canon.


  • #43
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Damn, retr0 got in there ahead of me... Curses!


  • #44
    lasersquad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭lasersquad


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    eric chahi had nothing to do with it

    "E-BOREDOM: Did you originally have a sequel in mind when creating Out of This World?

    ERIC CHAHI: Not at all. This sequel was decided from the pressure of Interplay. I never had the initiative to do a sequel. So instead of a real sequel, I thought it would be much more interesting to replay the game from the alien's point of view."

    Maybe he did, after all? Regardless of what Wikipedia says? Figure we`ll never know unless someone was there, then.But yes, he does dislike it, and yes - it`s probably not as good as the first one. Do I care? Nope.


  • #45
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,820 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Look at the interview with Chahi in the excellent documentary in the anniversary edition of another world and he explains his views on it. It might even be on youtube.
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  • #46
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    15 entries going into the randomization machine in 5 mins

    Will take me a while to set up


  • #47
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    15 entries going into the randomization machine in 5 mins

    Will take me a while to set up

    Make sure I'm down for Link To The Past & not Shaq Fu :D


  • #48
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Make sure I'm down for Link To The Past & not Shaq Fu :D

    Yep and your gonna laugh when you see the draw:D

    Im gonna get it in the neck for this :o


  • #49
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    Yep and your gonna laugh when you see the draw:D

    Im gonna get it in the neck for this :o

    Aw say no more :rolleyes::D


  • #50
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    deathmatch.png


  • #51
    lasersquad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭lasersquad


    Apart form maybe 2 & 6 these are totally ridiculous. Favourite: Ico vs Turrican. I love it :)


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