http://youtube.com/watch?v=xMOfmZQ-kIw
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
#100: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) Developer: BioWare Publisher: LucasArts Original format: X-Box Highest position: #4, HI DERE
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
IT'S ON NOW, MUMMYCUDDLERS
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Always wanted to play KotOR, but I don't really give a toss about the Star Wars and I don't know how much of any impediment to enjoying the game that would be.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
#99: Kirby's Adventure (1993) Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo Original format: NES Highest position: #4, Alex In Baltimore
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Probably gonna do about four an hour, I think. stokedforthemadness.jpg
Might have to break out the emulatorz to check one or two of these.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
#98: Wolfenstein 3-D (1992) Developer:id Publisher:Apogee Software Original format:PC DOS Highest position:#7, Louis Jagger
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Okay, Wolfenstein is totally one of those games that people vote for because it's "seminal" or "important", but frankly as a thing for having fun with it wasn't even all that in 1992. It would be fair to describe the gameplay as limited.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
#97: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004) Developer:Level-5 Publisher:Square Enix Original format:Playstation 2 Highest position:#1, TOMBOT
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
I get the feeling this is going to be the thread equivalent of Katamari Damacy, slowly picking up readers and contributors until at around 11pm tomorrow night it ends up with some massed 60 person "WHY IS SHADOW OF THE BEAST #2 NOT RANKED #3????" clusterfuck
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 11:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
The "highest position" subdivision is a nice touch.
― Upt0eleven, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
It was either that or a GameFAQs link.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
One day we need Tom's definitive book on mentalist Japanese RPGs. I can take them or leave them meself. Love the Breath of Fire series, some of the early Fighting Fantasys and the first episode of Suikoden, but too often they feel like no-gameplay trawls through Planet Twee, on rails. Haven't got a clue what this is one is like, to be honest. Looking forward to reading an explanation.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
My favourite RPG of the moment is Forumwarz.com, but then again I don't play anything in Japanese other than the FirePro series.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm gonna go on and on about my favourite RPGs further up this list.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Excellent stuff, Dom.
― Pashmina, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
#96: Diablo II (2000) Developer:Blizzard North Publisher:Blizzard Software Original format:PC Highest position:#13, EssKay
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like the highest position thing, but miss the general 'number of votes' listing. Am interested to see what ends up in this.
― emil.y, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also, I got bored with Forumwarz after a while. Might go back to it when I'm not supposed to be finishing my degree.
― emil.y, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Diablo 2 = another one I haven't played. Got the first one, liked it in short doses, but the gameplay is essentially "click left mouse button as quick as you can". Hope they varied that up a bit for the sequel.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Forumwarz has a lot of "grinding" down forums/enemies about a week or so in, but I'm a sucker for meta humour and the BoingBoing zings.
xp
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
but frankly as a thing for having fun with it wasn't even all that in 1992
Two words: "MEIN LEBEN!"
Some more: this game was ridiculously fun in 1992! So long as you played it on your uncle's computer with the good sound card and the good processor - it was BLINDINGLY fast and the sounds just seemed MASSIVE - especially the chaingun. And the Nazi exclamations! Okay, banging around smacking spacebar and hoping to find secret doors got old fast, and the whole game looks basically the same, but compared to anything else I was playing at the time it was amazing. And yeah, the violence - cartoony though it seems now - was otherwise unavailable on my PC. The shock of the new!
Yeah, I voted for it largely on "seminal" terms and because its successor DOOM weren't available - but I really did play the hell out of Wolf/Spear.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
#95: Super Monkey Ball (2001) Developer:Amusement Vision Publisher:Sega Original format:GameCube Highest position:#5, caek
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
and i still think four per hour is going to blow the wad a little fast :( i have to grade papers with my fellow TAs for several hours today and i'm sure i'm going to miss the cosmopolitan furor surrounding all the best games on the list. but bravo to Dom for putting this thing together, the old-school poll is ILX's most difficult art form
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think Super Monkey Ball is the only N-Gage title on the list. Shocked, I know.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ach, you might well be right Herr Doktor, but I figure this thread is best approached with Challops set to Kill. Raise the levels of debate, so to speak.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wait until we get to #41 tomorrow. There's gonna be lulz-a-plenty there.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
re #41 i suspect I'll have to review my ballot and figure out what extremely unpopular game I put in the top ten...
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm going away for the weekend Dom. can't you drag it out a bit?
― Upt0eleven, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
I could well be the only voter for my #10, pretty sure I'll be the highest voter for my #2 and #9. Were there only 100 games to choose from in the final list?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Nah, there was... 230 odd I think.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Do any of the top 100 have only one vote then?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
#94: Super Mario Galaxy (2007) Developer:Nintendo EAD Tokyo Publisher:Nintendo Original format:Wii Highest position:#13, Thomas
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
-- Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 13:49 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
Nah. There's only two or three that only got two votes as well.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
SPOILER: That's not the highest placed Mario game
SHOCKAH!
― Upt0eleven, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
I know I need to get SMG but I can't ever seem to be bothered, y'know?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
#93: Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) Developer:Nintendo R&D1 Publisher:Nintendo Original format:Game Boy Advance Highest position:#5, abanana
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 13:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
thread of fond memories so far and nothing i voted for has even come up yet. truly every game here can feel that they're a winner, even if they didn't place as high as they might have hoped.
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 3 May 2008 13:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
#92: Maniac Mansion (1987) Developer:Lucasfilm Games Publisher:Lucasfilm Games Original format:PC DOS Highest position:#13, robertwolf8080
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 13:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
tl;dp
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 13:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
loltm
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 3 May 2008 13:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
#91: Rez (2001) Developer:United Game Artists Publisher:Sega Original format:Dreamcast Highest position:#1, Stet
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 13:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
^nerd bracket
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 13:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
#90: Super Mario Bros 2 (1988) Developer:Nintendo EAD Publisher:Nintendo Original format:NES Highest position:#10, Jordan Cohen
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
OKAY! First one of my picks, ridiculously underrated. I spent a small fortune shovelling pounds into one of those Play 10 machines in The Mint in Hull in about 1990 to play this fecker. Completely groovy movement dynamics and didn't really feel like any previous game at the time. Oh how smug I felt when I picked up the first egg and threw it back at that little Dino-looking motherhugger.
Like many another game, all fun completely evaporates when you get to the twat-bastarding ice level.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
SMB2? It was kinda disappointing at the time for me (compared with the still epic SMB1), but still leeched months of otherwise wasted time away. I don't remember if SMB3 made the list, but if so I probably voted pretty high for it.
― Euler, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh and KOTOR is fabulous and you don't have to be a Star Wars fan to enjoy it, I don't think.
― Euler, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Duke Nukem's gfx sucked but the multiplayer was awesome
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 5 May 2008 20:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
I can totally understand people finding Tomb Raider boring, I think I just have a high tolerance for slow stuff.
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 5 May 2008 20:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
man hating "dumpy polygons with shitty textures" in tomb raider, but liking duke nukem 3d's multiplayer? it's almost like you just roll dice to decide what to not like
― Will M., Monday, 5 May 2008 20:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
1d20
― max, Monday, 5 May 2008 20:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Duke Nukem had good gameplay. Tomb Raider was like a shitty 3d Zelda + duck hunt + autoaim - anything redeeming ever
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 5 May 2008 20:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
HEY LOOK ANOTHER PUZZLE INVOLVING JUMPING
SHOOT SOME BATS
The auto-aim is used cleverly in the level with Lara's double, I think.
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 5 May 2008 20:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
That first Tomb Raider game was fantastic.
― HI DERE, Monday, 5 May 2008 20:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 02:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
command and conquer + street fighter pwn3d
― ken c, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 02:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, May 5, 2008 8:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
so missing the point!
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 02:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
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
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 06:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
you're joking, right?
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 06:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Nope, that's the crap I play! Aren't you glad I didn't vote?
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 06:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think I can guarantee you that everybody else was more limited/specific than you were. I mean looking at your ballot that doesn't even make a lick of sense
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 06:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
classic ILX poll problem, people who like normal stuff don't vote in them, then the weirdos who DO vote in them complain about how crazy and outlandish and ridiculously off-kilter the results are
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 06:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Which part doesn't make sense?
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 07:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
"my taste in video games is really limited/specific" coz it's hardly limited/specific at all! Y're normal dude.
― Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 07:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
The first few levels really are like this, and I didn't bother with the rest.
― abanana, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 08:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
if i had voted, my top 5 would have been
1. TETRIS ATTACK 2. STREET FIGHTER 2 3. FINAL FANTASY 3/6 4. STAR CONTROL 2 5. CIVILIZATION 2
i guess only one made the top-100..
― phil-two, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 12:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
no one has made a good defense of boob raider yet! Phil two's list is pretty dope. Civ 1 & 2 were good games.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
not a complaint per se, but i'd question why some games were available to vote for as a series while other sequels were in there individually. it's a pretty interesting list regardless. yay for Monkey Island making the top ten.
― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yea I would kind of say that all the GTA3 games were just "mission packs"
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Dom, did you not get mine. I voted Vice City number one but didn't get credit for it ?
― Ste, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
tomb raider was all about atmosphere for me.
― caek, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
the GTA games were vastly different from each other, in comparison the Gran Turismo series all looked the flippin same.
― Ste, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Like I said I think it's incredibly atmospheric, the music and the visuals give me a real sense of place and made me want to explore it. I like the melancholy of it and the almost loneliness of those remote tombs, and it achieves that despite shitty cut scenes and crap voice acting.
-- Noodle Vague, Monday, May 5, 2008 8:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
this pretty much sums it up!
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
at the time it was pretty novel. even if the formula got pretty stale with all the sequels.
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
+boobs
― ken c, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's no where near the same calibre as seeing chun li's knickers if you knock her out in SF2, obv
― ken c, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
look, there were also puzzles involving levers, ok?
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
the best part of being able to slow down an emulator
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
hahaha in the first tomb raider her boobs were just pointy polygons
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
you don't like pointy boobs?
― ken c, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
are you gay or something
from the greatest thread evah. to this. in 4 days.
― Thomas, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
ken's comments do not diminish this thread in the slightest. pointy boobs rool.
― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
but equally the championship manager games on the amiga were totally different beasts from the one Dom and Louis are OCD about today. pro evolution soccer series (this is called Winning Eleven in the US right? lol) similarly changed a lot from the original incarnations of it.
monkey island one and two otoh, as with a number of other games in that list, were very much cut from the same cloth ----> vote splitting. as a series they would have presumably cracked the top 5. Governor Elaine marley the first fictioinal character i had a crush on.
― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just like to point out that last night on Football Manager 2008, I got Northampton Town promoted to the Premiership. In the 2016/2017 season. On the playoffs. After we'd been out of the play-offs all season up to the last three games. And losing the first leg 5-3 (won the second leg 2-0 and got through on penalties). And won the final 1-0 after West Brom had their catain sent off in the third minute.
Our ground capacity is 13,500. We are going to get royally SHAGGED this season.
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
The game I am playing right now I got Ipswich up to the Prem in 2009-2010, and I think I am going to finish in 17th place! Woooooooo! They're one of the easier Champ teams, but all champ teams are difficult in the Prem...
― Will M., Tuesday, 6 May 2008 14:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
I haven't played WoW in a month ;_;
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 15:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ive had GTA IV for almost a week and havent even opened it :(
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 15:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
This thread seems to have faded away altogether too rapidly considering how much build-up and anticipation there was. presumably there's some kind of sexxy analogy that I can't be bothered to come up with but feel free to insert (lol) yr own.
I have nothing particularly worthwhile to say other than SIMCITY WTF? Which has been said many mnay times.
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 8 May 2008 09:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
well my votes didn't seem to get registered so I'm in a strop about the whole thing
― Ste, Thursday, 8 May 2008 09:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
well make the strop PUBLIC and give it a full-blown airing in here.
Monkey Ball at 95???? CHRIST ON A BIKE
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 8 May 2008 09:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
I did, and got ignored.
― Ste, Thursday, 8 May 2008 09:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
I guess my vote is the only reason Monkey Ball is in the top 100 at all. I love that game. The only one I've clocked on the hardest difficulty level since I was a kid.
― caek, Thursday, 8 May 2008 09:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
s'okay. i can understand the attachment i was urging people to nominate the chaos engine and the attack of the mutant camels in the earlier thread. and possibly would have picked ipod poker if i'd thought of it at the time.
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 8 May 2008 09:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh god chaos engine
― caek, Thursday, 8 May 2008 10:11 (2 years ago) Permalink