ILX'S 100 BEST VIDEO GAMES EVER: VOTING TIME

I thought Street Fighter II Turbo (or similar) had been nominated??

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fuck i forgot to nominate darklands! oh well, i'd be the only one voting for it probly

No Ecco, no vote.

Not even the other 30, with a respectful blank spot for number 1?

i have my ballot together but i'm waiting for a definite answer on this street fighter issue.

btw Dom, I'd be willing to write a blurb or two when it comes down to the results.

Oh, I'm pretty sure I can't name 29 video games. I just really like Ecco.

No iteration of Street Fighter was nominated.

fuuuuuck, i was faked out by jon's non-nomination:

gta 3
twisted metal 2
sonic & knuckles
mk 2
street fighter 2 turbo
quake

-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, March 17, 2008 1:18 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

oh wait i didnt read the first post lol

gta 3
twisted metal 2
sonic & knuckles
mk 2
street fighter 2 turbo
quake

-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:18 PM (0 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

gta 3
twisted metal 2
raid on bungeling bay

-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, March 17, 2008 1:19 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

disenfranchised ;_;

I wonder if there are any other huge ones like that we're missing...

Doom

ah shit, Dr. Mario

i totally wasted my noms.

Gauntlet

is Mappy like Qix? that was a classic concept - my idea was to combine that with Tron Cycles

Mappy involves a police mouse bouncing across colored trampolines while trying to save the Mona Lisa.

my nomination of Lego Star Wars 2 is missing

Combining pretty much any idea with Tron Cycles would probably be a good idea.

where is Lode Runner

Paperboy

Thanks for doing this, Dom - despite my kvetching about the nomination restrictions (I could easily come up with fifteen missing 80s and 90s games, zero missing 00s ones), this should be fun.

Heads-up - Mario 64 is double-listed with Super Mario 64...

One thing that'll make this interesting is voting (or NOT voting) from individual games that represent a larger series or genre of non-nominated things. Ie, I didn't play all that much Turtles In Time, but generally speaking a huge amount of my youth was spent on nearly identical beat-em-ups of the same generation: the double-screen arcade X-Men, Knights of the Round, the Turtles arcade game for that matter, etc etc.

Also: my vote for "King's Quest" includes every King's Quest I-VI, hell, every Space Quest I-V, Quest For Glory I-III, and about twelve other Sierra games. This will probably skew results unfairly (King's Quest I, by itself, would never deserve a slot in my Top 30) but such is the nature of these things...

er, voting or not voting FOR individual games. I'm not concerned with the cartridges themselves stuffing the ballots...

nice one Dom, how long we got ?

king's quest i is impossible.

King's Quest I is impossible, and was not tremendously fun then, let alone now. II is sorta interesting if thin - but III is, bullshit climbing challenges aside, a delight. It was in fact the first computer game I remember my Dad bringin home from the store, so I probably am sort of inflating its majesty, but it really was a cool game. IV was also good, probably richer in some ways. V brought in VGA graphics and the mouse and got kind of clunky as a result. VI is worth it mainly for the CD-ROM voices, especially the guy that whines "Old lamps for new!" and the jovial shopkeeper ("Helloooooo, Prince Alex!"). All of these games, along with Monkey Island etc, are WAY WAY WAY more fun, based on my experience, when you play them as a team with your roommate.

(I'd also like to make an early prediction for TETRIS as the winner, not because it's the best game on here, but because its appeal cuts across all categories of gamers and non-gamers alike, ensuring it will be in any honest person's top spread...)

i started a thread on ILG.

I HAVE VOTED! WOO!!! I guess I'll save exegesis for the blurb thread, but if anyone else wants to join me in bogosifying this, here are some more recommended fudgings: count "Majora's Mask" under "Ocarina of Time," "Sonic The Hedgehog 2" under "Sonic The Hedgehog," and all shareware platformers ever under "Commander Keen" (or at least, Commander Keen 4-6). I know we were supposed to keep sequels as separate noms, but I suspect given the rules for nomination that later posters might have held off on adding, say, Sonic 2, when there was still the pressing need to cover everything else made in the 90s.

The entire enterprise does remind me of that nice little thread, The Greatest (Console) Generation...

Dr. Robotniks Bean Machine was a worthy sega competitor to Dr. Mario and Tetris.

But yeah, king's quest should be all of them and same for quest for glory. Monkey's Island 1-4 together also.

Thanks for including my picks, and the idea of choosing 30 games in order is a very good idea.

I'm down to 40. Obviously these selections are completely arbitrary, bollocks to appealing to history.

Also, check out this site for VGA remakes of the first 2 King's Quest games!
http://www.agdinteractive.com/KQ1.php

They do a pretty ace job aping the look of those VGA Sierra games - bravo. Those backgrounds must have taken a while.

I do think KQII seems strangely devoid of the little life it possessed without the freakish, acidic look to everything. Wasn't there a purple sky? Or am I making that up?

IT IS DONE.

I've narrowed mine down to 30, but ranking them is hard.

Only having the first Sonic game is kind of screwed up, it's easily the worst of the first 3 + Sonic CD + & Knuckles.

1. thank you for not listing chrono cross

2. i voted for chrono trigger

What? Mappy but no MappyLAND?

That mouse needs all the accolades he can get.

nah, the first sonic game is tight.

what is Mappy?

DEUS

http://www.sys2064.com/pic/jas/mappy02.jpg

You play a mouse that jumps on trampolines to stop cats from stealing household electronics and heirlooms.

http://www.cyberiapc.com/vgg/stills/nes/mappyland_2.gif

In Mappyland, you play a mouse that jumps on trampolines to avoid cats festooned in hilarious period costumes.

so it's kind of like ILM vs. ILE?

Hahaha yes!

That pink blob at the bottom of the ladder is two cats that Mappy has distracted with a sprig of catnip. TACTICS.

http://media.strategywiki.org/images/thumb/5/5c/Mappy_flyer.jpg/250px-Mappy_flyer.jpg

Jesus, that sinister boss cat got your pixilated television set, and all Mappy can do is mouthbreathe over his fatty cop shoulder.

I remember renting Mappyland as a kid and being totally perplexed by it - it felt like it was a franchise entry from a nonexistent franchise, like I was supposed to already be familiar with these characters in order to excuse their crappy game. Was I right?

Only having the first Sonic game is kind of screwed up, it's easily the worst of the first 3 + Sonic CD + & Knuckles.

I've decided, unilaterally, that you can kind of count them all as one game under the "sports games don't count as sequels" rule - basically the same exact engine, released in very short intervals, and despite gradual feature creep, essentially the same game. The leap from Sonic to Sonic 2 is pretty big, admittedly. But there's a case to be made for it.

Just noticed another sad omission: Mario Kart 64. :(

No, the first Mappy game is just as baffling! But Mappyland, yes, it would be like making Burger Time World 3 or something.

Worse, really - you need a crappier game and a less prominent entry in the series. Like, the equivalent of Mario Golf or Sonic Spinball, but it's, you know, the guy from Spelunker, Deadly Towers, 3-D World-Runner, or Elevator Action.

Deadline is the end of the month, and of course it's OK to submit a shorter than 30 ballot.

Well, I managed to come up with 30 that I'd played and thought at least warranted a few points. It's a bit of an odd list, particularly things like voting for We Love Katamari and not Katamari Damacy, as I have only played the former.

breathing

virtual world

remindinem tpb

ftlol

o.n.

2-r-t

dgaad

u think its funny

i don't mf

centyr'd whhaq an u rKUBF vr

if only there was 1 h

don't breathe while u do tho i run u boy, fool w no gay. u th wors

damn get ur own dick, u know? we redjall boox bro., nuttin

i worked miles and miles in my yard. cmere bitch ?xz-a-syn, b

u came, pedamee

fag

fag! shut the fuck up

that's the band P:)+;^[

i'm n n oven nao

kykykyky ;=

out n about

tones so gay id turn a glockman why

come t do yours

maybe i'm crazy; maybe I shouldn't; it's a state of mind centured

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i wuz: A bitchwhore B bloodymerckerd C sick

heal

abuse;lose;use

block up n out

cantrite-b

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LOL

BLUMP

what was the turn out like?

35 ballots so far

closing date?

2nd May

cheers, must send mine in.

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Damn this is likely be a gruelling excursion into Rong.

i know, i can't wait

With an extended detour thru Challops County

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IT'S JUDGEMENT DAY (in 20 or so hours)

FOUR OR SO HOURS LEFT

To vote or before the results start?

I didn't vote because my taste in video games is really limited/specific, but here's what my ballot would have been:

1. Super Mario Bros
Legend of Zelda
Mega Man 2
Metroid
Super Mario World
Pac Man
Baseball Stars
Contra
Shadow of the Colossus
10. Super Mario Brothers 3
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Ninja Gaiden
Rock Band
Guitar Hero
Madden NFL series
Portal
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Worms Armageddon
20. Katamari Damacy
RBI Baseball
Skate
Half-Life 2
Super Mario Brothers 2
River City Ransom
Resident Evil 4
Super Puzzle Fighter Alpha II Turbo
Metal Gear
Bionic Commando
30. Bubble Bobble

Whoops, wrong thread!