i have a 1989 copy of C+VG somewhere that has a preview of this, but i didn't play it till 1994 :(
so good tho
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
256 colour VGA graphics have never been bettered with their pixelly goodness
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
I first played the CD version that came with one of those Lucasarts Archives sets. The original version had only 16 colors!
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
The LucasArts Archives Vol. III (1997) - Afterlife - The Dig - Full Throttle - Monkey Island Madness (a compilation disc of The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge) - Star Wars: Dark Forces - LucasArts Super Sampler 2 disc featuring demos of The Curse of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures, Outlaws, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, and Star Wars: Yoda Stories.
f'in awesome
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Top ten will all be games form the 80s I've never played
― Lamp, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
"How appropriate. You fight like a cow."
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Was Earthworm Jim nominated?
― Z S, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Along with maybe Dagger of Amon Ra, Monkey Island was the pinnacle of the mouse-based graphic adventure. No dead ends, no dying, puzzles that were genuinely fun to figure out, an amazing soundtrack, and the lushest pixel-painted world ever realized. I love Melee Island in all its blue-black glory, punctuated by glowing yellow windows...
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Dial-A-Pirate wheel online.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link
#9: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Sonic_The_Hedgehog_-EUR-.PNG http://www.sharewareplaza.com/images/screenshot/42924.gif Developer:Sonic Team Publisher:Sega Original format:Sega Mega Drive Highest position:#2, mehlt
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
would have been ok with this as number one
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, so sonic's ahead of all the mario games?
― circles, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
as it should be
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Thought that'd be higher.
― Raw Patrick, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
It took a hit because only the first game of the series was nominated, which isn't the best. The huge, freeform maps didn't appear until Sonic CD and Sonic 2.
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Can we wrap up this thread so I can get on with the rest of my life, plz? I've got papers to write.
Sonic's a decent game, but if I were heading off to a desert island there'd be at least 100 others I'd pick first.
xpost Super Mario World hasn't come up yet.
― Z S, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
up down left right A B C start
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Surely an effect of vote-splitting - there was only one Sonic game nommed versus half a dozen Marios. Given the restrictions on nominations, that spread probably gives a clearer indicator of ILX's collective preference on this battle.
But Sonic is still fucking great.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
oh yeah, that's true (xp mario world)
did sega do a lot better in the uk? i knew some kids who had them, but everyone had an nes and snes
― circles, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes.
― Raw Patrick, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
For some foolish reason I begged for the Genesis over the SNES and got it. I think at that particular moment the Genesis was cheaper, and with Sonic in the deck the two systems were fairly comparable. Unfortunately, it turned out that the last 2-3 years of the SNES produced an absolute slew of stone-cold classic games, whereas the Genesis kind of just puttered on, getting somehow more grainy-looking with each game.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Not just the UK, Europe and South America as well were areas with much bigger Sega penetration than Nintendo.
xp
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/pics3/segaviz2.jpg
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Bloody hell. Is that real?
― emil.y, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
#8: Lemmings (1991) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Lemmings-BoxScan.jpg http://dailyscreenshots.de/screenshot/lemmings/amiga-1331451 Developer:DMA Design Publisher:Psygnosis Original format:Commodore Amiga Highest position:emil.y, #4
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
still amazed that these people are the same guys that have just put out GTA IV
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
what the fuck
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
lemmings was cute for like two days
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
It's only as I contemplate what puzzle games I like better than Lemmings that I notice the conspicuous absence of Dr. Mario.
― Z S, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Lemmings is possibly the perfect mobile phone game.
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Brilliant game but there's never been a perfect version of it. Eventually too much of the challenge comes from hitting the right lemming at the exact right time.
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
NES version was fucked so you could get in an infinite loop that stopped you finishing a level. Coz of that--fuck it.
― Raw Patrick, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I voted high for nostalgia, didn't expect it to zoom so far up. It's one of the few games I played LOADS, though.
― emil.y, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
xxxxxxpost sega ads
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I like Lemmings 2: Tribes a lot as well. More jobs, less fiddly staircase shit.
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
#7: Super Mario Kart (1992) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Supermariokart_box.JPG http://www.fabricoffolly.co.uk/images/games/supermariokart.gif Developer:Nintendo EAD Publisher:Nintendo Original format:SNES Highest position:#1, Alex In Baltimore
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Never liked this at all - but the N64 version was a big hit.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
so many teenage punch-ups over this game
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Battle Zone 4 FTW
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
lol the karts are small as fuck compared to now.
― Raw Patrick, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
battlezone?
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
The only game all my girlfriends have liked as well.
Not Battlezone.
I am ok with mario world being number one. the visual / audio melee of crossing a goal post riding yoshi with bullet bills a flying and chucks a charging and the spotlight zooming in is soooo satisfying
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Battle Course 4, sorry
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/985/supermariokartmapbattleph4.png
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I wish mario kart had a "red shell proximity warning" light in at least the battle mode
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Mario Kart 64 had better tracks - and four player was a big plus - but the AI cheating was turned up even more than before (and it's still way up). It's just retarded when you hit Princess with two shells near the end of a race, only to have her boost past you for the win seconds later, for no reason.
― Z S, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Just look at the other half of the screen.
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I would veer off so they couldn't see this.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
ZS - I mainly played it in multiplayer with minimum of two other people, so the computer AI wasn't really an issue for me. But I can believe that would be obnoxious!
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link