Favourite games of all time

GIME · 26-09-2003 8:30pm #1

I would include street fighter but it pales compared to its recent predecessors.

10. Donkey Kong 64

9.Marvel vs Capcom[It would be its sequel if i had a chance to play it.

8. Fists of the North Star[arcade]

7. Super Smash Bros Melee

6.Seiken Densetsu 3[secret of mana 2] If you have a snes emulator, get it.

5. Majoras Mask

4. Super mario 64

3. Perfect Dark

2. Ocarina of Time

1. Metroid Prime

Creamy Goodness · 26-09-2003 8:39pm

5. Zelda Ocarina Of Time

4. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 (Just one more go!)

3. Final Fantasy VII

2. GTA Series

1. Half-Life (soon to be replaced)

this was just a quick list i'm sure i've left something out

ohandels · 26-09-2003 9:36pm

5. NFL 2004

4. GTA (all of them)

3. Goldeneye

2. Smackdown Shut Your Mouth

1. Final Fantasy VII

Kold · 26-09-2003 10:00pm

5. Hide the sausage (heehee)

4. Zelda Ocarina of Time

3. Super Smash Bros

2. Super Smash Bros Melee

1. Counter-strike

Creature · 26-09-2003 10:12pm

Half Life

Street Fighter 2 Turbo

Tekken 2

Ultima 7 the Black Gate

Silent Hill

Resident Evil 2

Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows OF Amn

Fatal Fury Special

Zelda the Wind Waker

Worms 2

Monkey Island series

Civilization 2

Ultima Underworld

Lyconix · 26-09-2003 10:22pm

I'm not bothered making out a list right now, but one game that immediately comes to mind is Freespace. Great atmosphere, storyline, sound, graphics, and action that didn't let you go until you'd finished the game

Memories... I think I'll track down the CD and play that again.

regeneration · 27-09-2003 12:04am

5) Final Fantasy VII

4) Final Fantasy VII

3) Final Fantasy VII

2) Final Fantasy VII

1) Final Fantasy VII

It _is_ the greatest game ever made. I've never ever played a game that has touched me emotionaly or moved me so much (few movies/books have even done that), and yet the story FF7 told was amazing. It's characters 3-dimensional and moving (Barret, Cloud, Aeris, Tifa, Sephiroth, the Shin-ra people - all wonderful) The graphics for their time were astonishing. It's only fault was the sometimes annoying random battles, but other than that, it was faultless and compelling from start to end, twisting and turning, but never confusing.
Proof if ever it was needed that games are a viable artistic medium as much as novels or films (if you get the right people on board), and not just throw-away large-busomed women titilating teens as they raid tombs :rolleyes:

Anima · 27-09-2003 1:33am

I agree FF7 rocks

zeris · 27-09-2003 2:57am

Back in the day I loved Sabre Team and The Chaos Engine on my Amiga.

On the PC I love Half Life (who doesn't) and Homeworld (sweet game).

Not too pushed on the PS2, but I did play Oni alot.

Mossy Monk · 27-09-2003 3:19am

one of my favourites of all time is Centipede on the Atari 2600. i love that game

amp · 27-09-2003 8:21am

I suspose it'd still be Civ2/3 as it's the game that I've been most addicted to.

These days SSX Tricky, and Gran Turismo 3 yank my chain. (Yeah I know that they're, like, so 5 minutes ago)

jesus_thats_gre · 27-09-2003 9:07am

Sonic 2

Mario 3

Gran Turismo series

Halo

Fifa - the first one on the megadrive

NHL 97

Doom

CounterStrike

Wipeout

Destruction Derby

Street Fighter 2

Soul Caulbur

ahhh man, forgot C&C and Mario Kart

weemcd · 27-09-2003 11:23am

Quake3
BF1942
Sonic 2
Metal Gear Solid (both)
GTA 3& Vice city

[CrimsonGhost] · 27-09-2003 11:26am

In no particular order some of the games I'd consider amongst my favourite and would still happily play.

UFO: Enemy unknown
Quake 3 (including mods)
Uplink - Genius and pretty much unique
GTA: Vice City (far out-shone it's predecessors)
Syndicate + American Revolt addon
Shadowman - I loved that game.

Non computer games, but still favourites
Twister
Go - ancient chinese board game

Retr0gamer · 27-09-2003 3:01pm

Couldn't be bothered making another top ten. However the best game ever is FFVII. I'm playing it again and it still hasn't lost any of it's charm or soul.

tman · 27-09-2003 3:27pm

Originally posted by [CrimsonGhost]
Uplink - Genius and pretty much unique

superb game, i haven't really given the full game a proper go yet tho, i just mess something up & get busted after a few hours of play:(
dope wars - "gnnnn, just one more go"
gta3/vice city - can't figure out which i prefer, vice was too easy ***.
super metroid - gah, hurry up & drop in price gc, i wanna play prime...
quake 1 - pwning my mates with my rocket jump skills & ability to use the keyboard and mouse at the same time over a mini lan was such funww)
quake 2 - this was more evenly matched, seeing as we played it on the ps1... great fun nonetheless.
half-life - i've lost count of the number of times i've played through sp, and i had some great mp games over the college lan
speedball2, chaos engine, street fighter 2, worms armageddon, soul reaver 1 & 2, max payne, soldat, jkII, scorched earth/tanks, c&c + redalert 1 & 2...

Dont be at yourself · 27-09-2003 3:49pm

In no particular order,

Duke Nukem 3D - The graphics, the humour, the interactivity, the strippers. Fuck Doom, Duke was king.

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2: An extreme sports title, with the heart of a platform game. Harks back to the days when high-scores were more important than flashy cut-scenes. Sniff.

Super Metroid: I played it for the first time around two years ago and it reminded me just how little progress has been made since the game's original release. In my opinion it's infinitely better than most games out today.

Grand Theft Auto3: Frankly, how this game can be absent from anybody's list is incomprehensable. Not so much a shot in the arm to gaming, as a great big wooden mallet to the face. Or something.

Jet Set Radio: It started the whole cel-shading bandwagon (but we can forgive it for that!), but, more importantly, the game was so incredibly funky, from the visuals to the soundtrack to the character designs, that you couldn't help but grin like a loon.

Rez: I'm normally extremely hesitant to call games art, but Rez certainly comes close. Completely linear, a lifespan of a few hours, easier than your mother, wire-frame graphics.... and yet capable of really moving you. Features some of the most beautiful moments of videogames, as well as some of the most memorable boss encounters. Perhaps the only game out for the 'next generation' systems that warrants the tag as a 'next generation' game.

Gran Turismo 2: I didn't realise how much I loved this game until my memory card corrupted and my garage was lost forever. It was like the death of a close family member.

That's only seven games, so I'll quickly mention Mario Kart, Advance Wars and Half-Life.

And Soul Calibur.

(And Zelda: OoT)

Swifty · 27-09-2003 6:09pm

Forty-Forty was fantastic, extremely clever use of real world objects as a base, the person who was 'on' had to hold the pole/tree/object and shout "FORTY FORTY I SEE THE FAT FELLA TRYING TO FIT BETWEEN THE TWO WALLS". Riddled with bugs unfortunately

Deadwing · 27-09-2003 6:37pm

ahh so many games, so many good memories.
(in no particular order)
ICO
FFVII
Monkey island
BF1942
Vagrant story
Soul Calibur
Tekken series
GTA3
Silent hill series
Resident Evil series
Legend of Zelda link to the past and Wind waker
Metroid prime

im missing so many more..*L*

Creature · 27-09-2003 8:21pm

Originally posted by Deadwing

Vagrant story

Yes! Vagrant Story! How could I forget to mention that masterpiece of gaming engineering, absolutly fantastic game an' it stomps FF7's sorry ass into the ground too. So much depth and playability arrgh why did I ever sell it??!

shinzon · 27-09-2003 9:08pm

Well heres mine

1) Space Rogue (Commodore 64)

2) Rogue Squadron 2 (gamecube)

3) Star Wars supremacy (PC)

4) Lost eden (PC) short but stunning

5) TFX (anyone remeber this lol)

7) Dune (CD_VERSION)

8) Flashback and another world

9) Beneath a steel sky (CD-Version

10) Bioforge (PC)

Shin

hamster · 27-09-2003 11:16pm

Ones I liked down the years...

1) The Sentinel (Firebird) (Commodore 64)
2) JumpMan (Commdore 64)
3) Storm Across Europe (SSI) (Commodore 64)
4) Dungeon Master (FTL) (Amiga)
5) Ultima VII (Origin) (PC)
6) Ultima Underworld II (PC)
7) Half Life (PC)
8) Thief II (PC)
9) Deus EX (PC)
10) Civilization II (PC) (My favourite out of the Civ Family)

James.

Deadwing · 28-09-2003 12:35am

Originally posted by Creature
Yes! Vagrant Story! How could I forget to mention that masterpiece of gaming engineering, absolutly fantastic game an' it stomps FF7's sorry ass into the ground too. So much depth and playability arrgh why did I ever sell it??!

Finally someone who agrees

i loved every minute of the story, and Sydney was easily one of the best baddies ever in a game, easilly rivalling Sephiroth. Everything about it was a classic.
Fingers crossed for a remake, soon dammit!!!

Retr0gamer · 28-09-2003 6:43pm

Fingers crossed for a remake, soon dammit!!!

I've heard that squaresoft weren't too happy with the team that made the game because of bad sales and therefore, sadly there probably won't be a sequel. This game has been sitting in my must play pile for ages. Still from what I did play it has probably the best opening in a game ever and a strangely brilliant translation.

LegacyUser · 28-09-2003 6:55pm

super metroid
soul calibur
quake 3 - i am a GOD in dm17, simply untouchable
serious sam 2
project igi
space hawks - amstrad 64
commando - amstrad 64

Capt'n Midnight · 28-09-2003 7:05pm

Starglider.

smiaras · 28-09-2003 9:04pm

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Falgorn · 29-09-2003 9:45am

Games that made an impact in no particular order...

Wolf 3d (first pc game & fps i ever played)
Doom cos it rocked.
Warcraft & warcraft 2 (warcraft 2 had brill map editor)
Medieval total war... super
Mafia
vietcong
Bf1942 & desert Combat
Half Life (best fps ever)
Freelancer
Starcraft
Medal of Honour Allied Assault
C&C (1)
Diablo 1
Dungeon Siege
Homeworld
Dungeon Keeper
Jedi Kinght (all)
X-wing / Tie Fighter and X-wing vrs Tie fighter. Ohh and X-wing alliance
Stunt Island if anyone can remember it
Indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis
Day of the Tentacle
and so so many more memories!!

rainbow kirby · 29-09-2003 12:28pm

10. Gran Turismo 2

9. Tekken 3 (havent played soul calibur 2 yet, but dammit i want it!)

8. Super Monkey Ball

7. Metroid Prime

6. Tetris (oh man...i knackered a game boy playin this!)

5. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (im such a kid!)

4. Zelda: Wind Waker

3. Super Smash Bros Melee

2. Super Mario World (have this on the gba now, ahh memories!)

1. Super Mario Kart (dear god let double dash be as good as it looks!)

ixoy · 29-09-2003 12:49pm

Some of my own (no order):

1) Chuckie Egg - Has anyone else mentioned this? Why not? Classic!

2) Super Mario All Stars - 'Coz it gets 4 Mario games in one. Class.

3) Yoshi's Island 2 - Superb SNES game. A ton of great hidden extras, plus all those nifty moments when you'd turn into a helicopter, submarine, digger, etc.

4) Half Life - Well I mean it has to come in!

5) Syndicate - Oh the fun I had. I remember there was one mission which I completed in about two minutes but, instead of going to the pickup point, I spent the next two hours going around slaughtering the city. I got EVERY SINGLE PERSON. Teach them to mess with me.

6) Pinball Fantasies/Pinball Dreams - Best. Pinball. EVER. Still play it through emulation.

7) Grand Theft Auto 3 - For sheer variety and the size of a breathing city beneath you. And for sniping the head off old grannies from four floors up.

8) Jet Set Willy - The ultimate platformer? No, but a damn good. TYPEWRITER.

KilOit · 29-09-2003 1:31pm

FF VII and FF VII... oh and also FF VII.
ah the memories of that game people said i was an FF freak but screw them!!

tHE vAGGABOND · 29-09-2003 2:52pm

Championship Manager *.*! - Best game series ever IMHO

From then on, in no real order:

Indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis (maybe the best PC game of its generatation?)
Super Monkey Ball (my reason for still owning a GBA!)
Age of Empires 2 (For the 12 hour sessions in nethouse, if no other reason!)
Starsiege: Tribes (Most fun ever online! Netcode that worked properly!)
Super Mario Series
Sonic Series
X-Wing (only played first one)
Sensible Soccer (*not* SWOS)
Starcraft
BF 1942
Diablo 2
Day of the Tentacle (point and click at its best)
Sam and Max
Quake Series
Unreal Tournament
Half Life
Civ 2 and 3

Pepe LeFrits · 29-09-2003 2:52pm

Civilisation 2
Little Big Adventure
Tie Fighter
Counter-Strike
C&C Red Alert
Syndicate

tnk · 30-09-2003 8:59am

1: GTA 1 / 2 / 3
2: MONKEY ISLAND 1 /2 / 3
3: INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES
4: GOLDEN AXE
5: DUNE

jesus_thats_gre · 30-09-2003 10:51am

Originally posted by kaids

Little Big Adventure

ahh what a beautiful game.. had forgotten about this game.

feylya · 30-09-2003 11:00am

Originally posted by tHE vAGGABOND
Indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis (maybe the best PC game of its generatation?)

Ah, such a great game. Downloaded it again recently (It's legal!)

ArphaRima · 30-09-2003 5:44pm

1 Day of the Tentacle
2 Monkey Island 2
3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

--Good Gap--

4 Civilisation
5 Pirates!
6 Flashback
7 Bioforge
8 Battlefield 1942 (and mods, especially Desert Combat)
9 Command and Conquer (Original)
10 Lure of the Temptress
11 Flight Simulator 4.0
12 Dune
13 Mafia
14 goldeneye

Notable Worst game:
Warrior Kings

Mac daddy · 01-10-2003 7:14am

FF7
Monkey island 2
Zelda on the Snes
Super mario kart
Half life
Doom
Grand theft auto 3
Soul reaver 1
Soul reaver 2

Zukustious · 02-10-2003 8:47pm

Allright my favorite games would have to be:

10)Super Bomberman(Snes)

9)Super Mario World(Snes)

8)Donkey Kong Country 2(Snes)

7)Ocarina Of Time(N64)

6)Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2(PC - Damn addictive)

5)Illusion Of Time(Snes)

4)Secret of Evermore(Snes)

3)Secret of Mana series(Snes)

2)Chrono Trigger(Snes)

1)Terranigma(Snes) - Best game in the world. EVER!

l3rian · 02-10-2003 9:12pm

1. Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors
The brutal competition online with it's huge battles while micro-managing the perfect economy.

2. Counter Strike
Its the best online FPS I have.

3. Pokerroom.co.uk
10 player Texas hold 'em up poker.

4. Goldeneye

5. GTA3 + VC, PC versions

6. Elite frontier

7. Mario Kart, snes + n64

8. Freecell

9. Medieval Total War

10. Micro machines 2, megadrive

Cianan2 · 04-10-2003 5:59pm

3.Super mario kart.
2.Goldeneye.
1.Streets of Rage-1,2+3. True classic games.

Gangsta · 05-10-2003 12:20am

Metal Gear Solid 1 (Havent played 2)
Perfect Dark
Mario 64
Zelda Ocarina of Time
CnC Generals

Has any1 noticed lots of the games in these charts are Nintendo based games, i think that show they defintely are the best in the business even if they maybe a bit babyish but it looks like it's changing.... Metroid, Resi Evil, MGS Twin snaked, eternal darkness etc.

bizmark · 05-10-2003 8:21am

5.Medevil total war

4.Civ 2

3.Civ 3

2.Command and conqure Red alert

1.Star trek Bridge commander....................................................... It may not be the best game ever made but any game that i still play after 1 and a half years has to be respected (Extra respect to the amazeing modders keeping the game alive)

Makaveli · 05-10-2003 6:38pm

In no particular order

Championship Manager series (PC)
GTA series (PC)
Mario Kart (SNES)
Street Fighter 2 Turbo (SNES)
Pro Ev 2 (PS2)
SSX Tricky (PS2)
Half Life (PC)
California Games (NES)
F-Zero (SNES)
Mario Series (SNES)

That's all I can think of.

byte · 05-10-2003 7:23pm

Tomb Raider (PS)
Chase HQ (Speccy)
GTA series (PS/PS2)
Gran Turismo 1 & 2 (didn't think much of 3rd release)
Colin McRae Rally
Final Fantasy VII (PS)
Panzer Dragoon Zwei (Saturn)

swiss · 06-10-2003 1:17pm

10) best games, I suppose are the ones that owned my life for any length of time.

Thinking back, some of those titles would be....

10) Spy Vs Spy (Amstrad 64k) - This is the one Amstrad title I really remember. The deviousness of the traps and the perfect balance of both spies when pitted against each other made this a classic title.

9) Super Hydlide (Mega Drive) - I don't know if anyone else remembers this ancient RPG, but I spent ages playing it. Unfortunately there was a problem with the save option in the MD, so I ended up starting from scratch every time I reset the machine *sigh*

8) Micro Machines (Mega Drive) - Multiplayer, this game is still better than many of the latest titles being churned out today. I'm not usually a fan of racing games, but this is the exception that proves the rule.

7) Flashback (Mega Drive) - An original and utterly riveting plot, coupled with excellent graphics (for it's time) and an eerie and involving atmosphere made this game stand out. Pity it's sequel was pants.

6) Resident Evil series (Playstation) - I played the first Resident Evil when I was 15. Although time has dulled the utter sense of eeriness and (yes I admit it) and fear this game provoked, the puzzles were original and the atmosphere has rarely been replicated in any other game (except maybe Silent Hill). Death could literally lurk around the next corner.

5) Tomb Raider series (Playstation) - Tomb Raider 1 was among the first PS titles I played, and call it nostalgia but I think it outclasses some of it's successors. Complete freedom of movement plus the heroines athletic prowess, coupled with some damn fine CGI (again for it's time) made this another classic.

4) Deus Ex (PC) - An excellent combination of the best features from an RPG and an FPS. The character interaction and skill tree still puts many of it's peers to shame.

3) Command and Conquer - RA & RA2 (Playstation & PC) - The RA series is responsible for my love of strategy games. Of all the people I have played, only SearrarD can consistently beat me on a 1v1 battle (and even then it's close

).

2) CS - HL (PC) - The FPS I play time and time and time and time again. Despite the childishness of some of my CS playing brethren, this game sucks up all my free time and then some. More proof that a simple concept, combined with scope for multiple tactics, is a winning combination.

1) Final Fantasy VII (Playstation) - What can I say. This game is a masterpiece. The story is nothing short of epic, and the range of monsters, spells and items puts nearly every other game I've played to shame. The battle system is intuitive, and there is a real sense of progress during the entire game. Nobody ever really "finishes" this game. Pure class.

The Brigadier · 06-10-2003 1:21pm

Gotta be Deus Ex...

Best game ever, the only game I have gone back to and played through 4 times from start to finish.....

In fact I may well play through it again this weekend..

GiMiC · 06-10-2003 1:45pm

In no particular order:

Hal-life
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Thief 2
Deus Ex
Tomb Raider 2
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

wampyrus77 · 21-06-2011 10:04pm

10 Soulcalibur II Gamecube

9 Super Mario 64

8 Mario Smash Football

7 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

6. World of Warcraft

5 Resident Evil 4

4. Metroid Prime
3 . Mario Kart WII

2 Super Smash Bros Brawl

1
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Favourite games of all time

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