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Outlaw

JonB wrote:

Outlaw wrote:

The DS has tons of great stuff, are you crazy? Chiefly Hotel Dusk. But also its sequel, Animal Crossing, the Phoenix Wright games, Teenage Zombies, Zoo Keeper, The World Ends With You. Viva Pinata and GTA were better than the big console versions too. (THEY WERE).

I didn't fancy most of those. I tried Phoenix Wright and it was pretty awful.

WHAT. Unacceptable.

Actually they are an acquired taste. And hard, sometimes the 'logic' is not that obvious.

retroking1981

This gonna be another one of those threads that takes up precious time in which I could actually be playing video games.

Eric

Do it at work like me!

retroking1981

mk64 wrote:

Nes.

1) SMB
2) SMB3
3) Super Off Road
4) TMNT
5) Punch Out
6) Excite Bike
7) Wrestling (I liked it)
8)Urban Champion (repetitive but i like it for nostalgia reasons)
9) Metroid
10) Dragon Warrior

You legend!

Love your list as a whole. No Zelda, plenty of early black box games and even a complete shitter in TMNT. It reeks of childhood memories, in other words an honest list. Seriously who liked Zelda when they was that young?

retroking1981

Eric wrote:

Do it at work like me!

Would love to but I want to be looking at my games when I do it.

mk64

exactly.. I played Zelda at a mates house and thought wtf? Went back to what were probably inferior games.

Apparently Ronald McDonald land is really good.. i own it but have never got it to work.

Also.. New Zealand Story.. its fucking good, not a bad port to NES. I've got that too so can vouch for that. If you've not played it then its up there.. (should probably edit my list)

JonB

n0face wrote:

JonB wrote:

No point and click games are good. Actually, I played Machinarium. That was alright.

Exactly, now list more.

But it's the exception because it doesn't have loads of badly written dialogue.

Escape

Hmm... is it Walsall?

retroking1981

Only thing I'm gonna struggle on in this is putting mutliple games of a series in.

E.g. All 3 Sonics could make my MD list but is that a good list of recommendations? Surely variety is important?

hylian_elf

All Sonic games were always shit. Seriously, what did people see in them?

superflyninja

Amiga:
1) Monkey Island (1 & 2)
2) Jurassic Park
3) Z Out
4) Alien Breed
5) Dojo Dan
6) Worms
7) Loom
8)Jaguar XJ220
9) Dreamweb
10) Rick Dangerous
11) Frontier Elite 2
12) Batman

hylian_elf

GBA:

1. Advance Wars
2. Astro Boy
3. Metroid Fusion
4. Metroid Zero Mission
5. Castlevania: Circle of Moon
6. Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
7. Mario Kart Super Circuit
8. Golden Sun
9. Tactics Ogre
10. Zelda Minish Cap

Regretfully, I have never played any of the Fire Emblem games; or Final Fantasy Tactics.

I purposefully omit remakes and update and ports etc.

hylian_elf

TheDJR wrote:

We haven't even done game of the generation yet ffs.

I know, people not voting ffs.

Eric

retroking1981 wrote:

Only thing I'm gonna struggle on in this is putting mutliple games of a series in. E.g. All 3 Sonics could make my MD list but is that a good list of recommendations? Surely variety is important?

Good question. Answer is I guess is up to you. I'd probably list them all if you believe they were the best games on the system. If you recommend the Sonic series and someone buys Sonic 3D Flickies Island and Spinball they may be slightly disappointed !

Agree it frees up some more space for interesting recommendations though!

Eric

superflyninja wrote:

Amiga: 1) Monkey Island (1 & 2) 2) Jurassic Park 3) Z Out 4) Alien Breed 5) Dojo Dan 6) Worms 7) Loom 8)Jaguar XJ220 9) Dreamweb 10) Rick Dangerous 11) Frontier Elite 2 12) Batman

Whoops missed the Amiga in the OP (Apologies!)

retroking1981

hylian_elf wrote:

All Sonic games were always shit. Seriously, what did people see in them?

Overrated maybe but they certainly weren't shit.

superflyninja

Eric wrote:

superflyninja wrote:

Amiga: 1) Monkey Island (1 & 2) 2) Jurassic Park 3) Z Out 4) Alien Breed 5) Dojo Dan 6) Worms 7) Loom 8)Jaguar XJ220 9) Dreamweb 10) Rick Dangerous 11) Frontier Elite 2 12) Batman

Whoops missed the Amiga in the OP (Apologies!)

Tsk tsk shoddy work! Shoddy!!

Moot_Geeza

Skerret wrote:

If you could please post your top five thread recommendations Moot.

I made a cracking GBA one a couple of forums ago when I was briefly called CyberRazorCut, that would probably be number one. Top ten stuff you had when you were a child was good. Elf's GOTY one, obv.

Edit: and the one that was called something like 'Top ten 16-bitters that aren't Sonic or Mario'.

hylian_elf

PS2:

1. ICO
2. Okami
3. Final Fantasy XII
4. Metal Gear Solid 3
5. Shadow of the Colossus
6. Final Fantasy X
7. Devil May Cry 3
8. Dragon Quest VIII
9. Silent Hill 2
10. Guitar Hero (2)

Not played enough of Kingdom Hearts and Persona games, not finished Disgaea, but they all seem good.

Moot_Geeza

I put loads of effort into this, and I haven't even changed my mind that much, so:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Top 10 16-bit overall, Sonic & Mario excluded:

1. Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
2. Zelda: A Link to the Past
3. Streetfighter 2 (Variations)
4. Shining Force 2
5. Landstalker
6. Super Punch Out!
7. Red Zone
8. Streets of Rage 2
9. EA/NHL Hockey (Variations)
10. Dynamite Headdy

Nearest miss: Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts

Top 10 MD exclusives

1. Shining Force 2
2. Landstalker
3. Red Zone
4. Streets of Rage 2
5. Dynamite Headdy
6. Rocket Knight Adventures
7. Story of Thor
8. Sub Terrania
9. Gunstar Heroes
10. Road Rash 2

Nearest miss: Pulseman

Top 10 SNES exclusives

1. Zelda: A Link to the Past
2. Super Punch-Out!
3. Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
4. Castlevania IV
5. UN Squadron
6. Donkey Kong Country
7. Super Metroid
8. F-Zero
9. Megaman X
10. Axelay

Nearest miss: Contra III

No Mario takes a huge bite out the God-tier SNES games (removing three games from the top half of my top ten), so I enjoyed making today's lists as it makes this particular console war a lot less one-sided. Never played any SNES RPGs, so obviously can't comment on Chrono Trigger et al, other than 'critics and fans say they're good'.

[Deleted User]

I have my top 100 on my PC somewhere but it's not sorted by any sort of consoles, just alphabet. I'd stick that here but maybe it's not so useful for the purpose of this thread. Also I have to update the premiership thread but no time as I am going to bed now goodnight xxx

retroking1981

How about games that have aged horrifically? FIFA springs to mind yet that was glued into many a 16Bit owners console.

vicinity_of_pie

n0face wrote:

What are the best recent point and click adventure games?

The Blackwell Legacy
Blackwell Unbound
Blackwell Convergence
Blackwell Deception
Blackwell Epiphany

Picked these up in a recent steam sale and they're awesome. Epiphany was released this year, the first four are older and appear in their own bundle.

n0face

Thanks, I'll be checking those out.

dynamiteReady

Aye. Ditto.

mk64

Amiga
1) Speedball 2
2) Parasol Stars (Rainbow Islands 2)
3) Bombjack
4) Zool
5) Lotus Esprit 3
6) Secret of Monkey Island
7) Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Ikari Warriors
9) Batman Returns
10) Chase HQ

Eric

I've updated the OP with some pretty pics.

First to post a list on a specific format will go into the OP to fill it out.

I will then start compiling peoples top tens that have already been submitted (MK64 and Hylian), work out a scoring system (probably based on the games of the generation system) and update the lists to reflect. I guess I will have to wait until we get some repetition of games other wise it will look a bit skewed.

Anyway...taking shape!

JonB

Here's a Megadrive list. I'm pretty sure I've forgotten some of the games I had, so the last few might not be quite as good as all that, but it'll do:

1. Shining Force 2
2. Devil Crash/Dragon's Fury
3. Dynamite Headdy
4. Streets of Rage 2
5. Gynoug/Wings of Wor
6. Revenge of Shinobi
7. Story of Thor
8. Granada
9. EA Hockey
10. Star Control

Moot_Geeza

Was Star Control the one with the one on one two player mode? If so, it's still ace. I get it mixed up with Starflight.

I love this thread, FYI.

ChopperByrne

NES in no particular order except for number one.

01. Super Mario Bros 3
02. Tetris
03. Super Mario Bros 2 (EU/US)
04. Super Mario Bros
05. Duck Hunt
06. Mega Man 2
07. The Legend of Zelda
08. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
09. Kirby's Adventure
10. Probotector

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