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Videogame Deathmatch

  • 06-03-2012 4:47pm
    #1
    Registered Users 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

  • Registered Users Posts: 8,846 ✭✭✭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.

    .


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


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


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,031 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I'll play with EDIT: WE LOVE KATAMARI.

    Bring it.

    (I keep switching between it and Persona 4!)


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,284 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    The shell is Metal Slug.

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

    Metal_Slug_US.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,771 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Modern Warfare 3?





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


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  • 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. :)



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,705 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Throw me down for Earthbound!


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 2,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoGiE


    GhostsnGoblins_flyer.jpg

    Satan himself gets my vote...


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,524 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


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,524 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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  • Registered Users Posts: 18,689 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


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


  • 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)


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


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


    There is but one...

    256px-ShaqFu_logo.png


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,930 ✭✭✭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.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,524 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    EnterNow wrote: »
    There is but one...

    256px-ShaqFu_logo.png

    Shat Poo more like!


  • Registered Users 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]


  • 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


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,525 ✭✭✭✭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


  • Registered Users 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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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    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


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,705 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,525 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,525 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 307 ✭✭kellso81




    Can I throw this into the ring?


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,284 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • 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.


  • 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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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,524 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.


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