ILX'S 100 GREATEST VIDEO GAMES EVER

I have _no_ idea why Speedball wasn't big in the US... wasn't M.U.D.S. popular over there? Similar game, except more fantasy than sci-fi obv.

Cadaver was AWFUL

Gods I remember really fondly?

#26: Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/GTA3boxcover.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2001/ps2/gta3/gta3_screen013.jpg
Developer:DMA Design
Publisher:Rockstar Games
Original format:PlayStation 2
Highest position:#4, Louis Jagger

did any British games really work it over in the American market?

that one

Hah.

looks so bad now :( fuck a progress

GTA games need El Burro back.

#25: GoldenEye 007 (1997)
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Returnofallbonds.jpg
Developer:Rareware
Publisher:Nintendo
Original format:Nintendo 64
Highest position:#5, Ledge

is the bottom right one peter hitchens?

Goldeneye came out a year after Quake

Quake was not even nominated

cos it was crap

Most overrated game of the 90s? That screenshot says it all - four hideous deformed freaks in a completely undifferentiated space. My friend Matt and I played this a couple years ago, and every deathmatch ended with us running out of time before we even found each other to try and shoot it out. Like, "OK, I'm gonna stand still in this room. You come here and shoot me." "Fuck, how do I get over there?" This game sucks.

four hideous deformed freaks in a completely undifferentiated space.

ILX

I mean, quake looks shit now but at least you could see where you were? And the multiplayer had more than four players? I am still butthurt about this, I guess.

did any British games really work it over in the American market?

i meant to say before PC games got proper good

Quake 2 was nominated, Gravel

#24: Bomberman (1983)
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Developer:Hudson Soft
Publisher:Hudson Soft
Original format:MSX
Highest position:#2, Blueski

elite? it had a NES version xxp

Bomberman 93 was better

really all about getting 4-5 players in on it. completing the game in 1 player mode was great fun too tho - and the Amiga version played a really great italo-ish tune at the end over star warsy credits

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I <3 Captain Mexico.

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Captain Space has a certain charm as well.

#23: Fallout (1997)
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Fallout_01.jpg
Developer:Black Isle Studios
Publisher:Interplay
Original format:PC Windows
Highest position:#2, Will M, Ess Kay

wow, kingfish didn't top rank it?

one day i'll get round to playing it

I should have nominated "Battle for Wesnoth"

TEMPEST
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SCRAMBLE
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ADVENTURE
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#22: Bubble Bobble (1986)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Bubble_bobble.jpg
http://72pcfiles.info/72pinconnector/Pictures/BubbleBobbleAction1.png
Developer:Taito
Publisher:Taito
Original format:Arcade
Highest position:#3, Greg Pallis

oh man tempest

wow, kingfish didn't top rank it?

i wasn't around to vote. Spent most of the week(and last) at work, then coming home to drink a lot and watch either Harry Sullivan or that hot welsh Gwen chick run thru corridors.

Most overrated game of the 90s? That screenshot says it all - four hideous deformed freaks in a completely undifferentiated space. My friend Matt and I played this a couple years ago, and every deathmatch ended with us running out of time before we even found each other to try and shoot it out. Like, "OK, I'm gonna stand still in this room. You come here and shoot me." "Fuck, how do I get over there?" This game sucks.

No, you suck, GE is the bomb. Except for the caves.

I also did not see this poll, but I've never heard of any of these execrable pre-NES games.

#21: Mega Man 2 (1989)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Megaman2_box.jpg
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Developer:Capcom
Publisher:Capcom
Original format:NES
Highest position:#1, Jordan Cohen

goldeneye is so classic. so many memories associated with that game.

meGAYman more like

Just come upstairs to look at this thread only to find my housemate has left her door open and is lying on her back getting fucked. At least she's quiet though.

Why did NES box art suck so bad?

It's like a GCSE art project.

ts: 80's nes box art vs 80's metal album covers

It's like a GCSE art project.

No it isn't. How does that visually express "guilt"?

I thought it was 'serendipity' which is what I had to do at GCSE.

Oh my GOD I love ADVENTURE so much.

I wish I'd have voted in this. :(

Adventure is total total classic. I like how all of the non-voters have the same exact taste as I do - WE COULD HAVE WON!!!

#20: Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
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Developer:MicroProse
Publisher:MicroProse
Original format:Commodore 64
Highest position:#3, Doctor Casino

the xbox version was exactly the same! apart from the graphics obv

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One of the most enjoyable weapons of the 8-bit era.

Mega Man 2 is such a sweet game. I can't remember whether it was IRL or ILX that I was talking to somebody about how it's this amazing, pre-Internet consensus across the culture - virtually everybody who played the Mega Man games back in the day just agreed by default that this was the best one! It really did have everything - maybe the definitive example of a series that perfected its formula early and then had no room to do anything but screw it up in later releases.

xpost omg pirates yES!!!!!

The themed robots also presented a long-term obstacle - it's not going to get any easier to think of robot concepts, after all. Already with Wood Man they were running into goofy ideas, and by the time you get to Choo-Choo Train Man, etc, the series has pretty much run out of gas.

I liked the hippo that spat rockets from its mouth.

"Pirates!"...what a wonderful game, and moreso than any other title of its era it pointed the way towards the future of gaming: foxes, not hedgehogs. Lots of <i>different</i> kinds of gameplay that add up into a cohesive world - so:

sailing, okay (sucks when the wind's against you)
fencing, fuck yeah!
searching for treasure
fighting little sim army battles (sorta sluggish on C64)
cutting deals in town
managing your ship's inventory of stuff
COMBAT AT SEA!!!
assembling treasure maps
upgrading to a better ship
playing as different countries in different eras

...there was just a LOT of genuinely interesting decision-making packed into a game that never felt like you were just sitting there making decisions. The Xbox one was also really fun, although maybe a bit easy? (It's been a couple years.) I liked the Sim-ish language the people speak, especially the way people will exclaim "Brigligated!" when you accomplish important feats.

Wondering whether Dom got my vote, as I put Monkey Island 2 higher the up2eleven, and nethack was my no 1. Ah well, never mind either way.