https://i.imgur.com/Aud6p2G.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/g3aTSCX.png26 - Perfect Dark - 259 points / 6 Votes
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:18 (three years ago) link
i think i am actually gonna go all the way up to 21 tonight, and do only the top 20 tomorrow
okay i like this game a lot. i voted for it instead of goldeneye, even though the n64 could not actually run it. it was so fun and funny.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
Great game!
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
it was goldeneye, but with the graphics turned up so it couldn't run, and freed of the bond license so it could give you a plucky roswell grey as a sidekick.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:21 (three years ago) link
the office-block elevators in the first level are still in my dreams tbh. glass and steel. the night outside. v black mirror. haven't seen black mirror.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
found this relevant old post of mine by searching "correctly destroyed observatory"
perfect dark's comparative obscurity is natural because a lot of goldeneye's stature is that of a successful tech demo-- you can make a successful multiplayer shooter on a one-stick console-- and perfect dark was a total mechanical retread coming out the same year as a wave of two-stick consoles (and a year before halo).but quick list of things perfect dark has: a female protagonist; a sassy roswell grey; a lock-on submachine gun (real treasure in this degenerate hintergenre); a gun that shoots across levels and through walls (lol); some darkly lovely glass-and-chrome art design that puts you in a good cyberpunk headspace (i wish unatco or versalife, in deus ex, had the office block elevators perfect dark's evil corp flaunts as opening-level spectacle in appreciation of your expansion-pak dollar); a remote-controlled spy drone that causes enemies who sight it to exclaim "it's a spy!" while firing wildly; and a villain who at one point threatens a subordinate in words that caused my friend's dad, who like mine was a software engineer at an astronomical observatory, and who came thru the front door at just this moment, to laugh really caustically in a way that haunted me for years whenever i thought of adulthood: "so, the devices we gave you are working correctly? good. because WE believe that anything that does NOT work correctly SHOULD BE DESTROYED!!!"
but quick list of things perfect dark has: a female protagonist; a sassy roswell grey; a lock-on submachine gun (real treasure in this degenerate hintergenre); a gun that shoots across levels and through walls (lol); some darkly lovely glass-and-chrome art design that puts you in a good cyberpunk headspace (i wish unatco or versalife, in deus ex, had the office block elevators perfect dark's evil corp flaunts as opening-level spectacle in appreciation of your expansion-pak dollar); a remote-controlled spy drone that causes enemies who sight it to exclaim "it's a spy!" while firing wildly; and a villain who at one point threatens a subordinate in words that caused my friend's dad, who like mine was a software engineer at an astronomical observatory, and who came thru the front door at just this moment, to laugh really caustically in a way that haunted me for years whenever i thought of adulthood: "so, the devices we gave you are working correctly? good. because WE believe that anything that does NOT work correctly SHOULD BE DESTROYED!!!"
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:24 (three years ago) link
I really wanted to like PD (I may have voted it all the same), but never could convince my GoldenEye friends to play multiplayer with me.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
PD is a real fever stew of a videogame, especially with all the multiplayer options and the sniper rifle that sees thru walls
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:28 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3lCXsHa.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/FVGphk2.jpg25 - Gran Turismo 2 - 260 points / 5 Votes
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
(gt1 ad sorry!)
xxp-- by turning the entire architecture of the level into a superimposed psychedelic blur thru which you dreamily track yr twitching friends; meanwhile they have looked at your screen and are screaming FARSIGHT at each other
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
Ah GT2. Remember one of the CD's smelling of diesel?
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
or was it tyre rubber?
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
xps The psychedelia hightened further by the fact that the game is probably running at like 12 fps at that point
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
lol otm
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
Ah GT2. Remember one of the CD's smelling of diesel? or was it tyre rubber?
lol is this real? i ahve no memory of this
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
here comes one that i won't yell "too low" about bc i never got far in it, but i imagine there'll be a few "too low" calls in the thread
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/d1Yb1Rd.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/k9cYeOh.jpg24 - Final Fantasy IX - 260 points / 1 First-place vote / 6 Votes
"in 1999, as part of a rather bizarre marketing ploy, Sony released Gran Turismo 2 with a scratch and sniff disc. The original game came as a two-disc set, and it was claimed that the second disc in the set, a blue and white disc with extra game content, had a “real racing pit smell”"
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
btw I still have mine, I am in bed now but tomorrow I will grab it and tell you if it still smells
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
ok that was worded terribly
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
i look forward to it lol
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
Disc 2 of GT2 smelled like burning rubber yep xpsOther thing about that game I have vivid memory of is that Cardigans song on the soundtrack
― crisp, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
Did I vote for IX? I don't remember, only that I though the dialogue was naff and it did best boi Vivi dirty.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
whenever i read about this one i'm like, oh, can't wait to decide this is the best PSX final fantasy! but i think i literally fell asleep last time i tried it. it was very late.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:47 (three years ago) link
otoh i think i've fallen asleep playing both of the other two as well.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
Did I vote for IX?
you did not!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/zJDadwY.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/NjTaiJR.jpg23 - Star Fox 64 - 268 points / 4 Votes
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
SO YOU'RE GOING TO ATTACK THE ENEMY BASE? GREAT IDEA, FOX!
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
For some reason* I bought the art book for FFIX, even though I didn't have a Playstation.
*because that art was real good iirc
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
wait... holy shit
is this ad the genesis of the adjective "bigly"
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:54 (three years ago) link
I can't imagine DJTs tiny hands holding an N64 controller, tbh
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
Star Fox is a good time though, don't know what else to say about it
yeah i will never stop having 45 minutes here or there to play thru the entirety of star fox 64. not challenging, but a joy.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
(well, "the entirety"-- one of the several paths thru.)
i like that your final score is also your bill, and if it's a high score then after the credits general pepper says "this is one steep bill! *sigh* but it's worth it." and if it's a really high score general pepper says "WHAAAAAAAAAAAT????" these lil touches ykno.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZyTaqfL.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/WC8acxQ.jpg22 - Gran Turismo - 279 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:06 (three years ago) link
(one more today! sorry for running so late)
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:07 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nvaEMko.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/n8k6qfD.jpg21 - Wave Race 64 - 298 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link
DAY 2 RECAP
21 - Wave Race 64 - 298 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes22 - Gran Turismo - 279 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes23 - Star Fox 64 - 268 points / 4 Votes24 - Final Fantasy IX - 260 points / 1 First-place vote / 6 Votes25 - Gran Turismo 2 - 260 points / 5 Votes26 - Perfect Dark - 259 points / 6 Votes27 - Sega Rally - 256 points / 5 Votes28 - Crash Bandicoot 2 - 238 points / 5 Votes29 - Grand Theft Auto - 237 points / 5 Votes29 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo - 237 points / 5 Votes31 - Bushido Blade - 235 points / 5 Votes32 - Resident Evil (incl. Director's Cut) - 218 points / 6 Votes33 - Star Control II - 216 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes34 - Vib Ribbon - 207 points / 6 Votes35 - Wipeout 3 aka Wip3out - 200 points / 1 First-place vote / 4 Votes36 - Tekken 3 - 197 points / 4 Votes37 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 - 196 points / 4 Votes38 - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - 194 points / 3 Votes39 - Tomb Raider - 193 points / 5 Votes40 - Bust a Groove - 189 points / 4 Votes41 - Blast Corps - 187 points / 5 Votes42 - Xenogears - 184 points / 3 Votes43 - Grandia - 182 points / 5 Votes44 - Ape Escape - 181 points / 4 Votes44 - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - 181 points / 4 Votes46 - Shining Force III - 181 points / 3 Votes47 - Panzer Dragoon Saga - 180 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes48 - Chrono Cross - 178 points / 4 Votes49 - Colin MacRae Rally - 174 points / 4 Votes50 - Um Jammer Lammy - 171 points / 3 Votes
ON THE DOCKET FOR TOMORROW: a) Games ranked 20-4b) a silly obvious fakeout for games 1-3c) the real 1-3d) a complete list of everything that got a single point with arbitrary "tiers"
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
GT1 was my number 1. It is just awesome.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
notable vote splits:
Gran Turismo could've been #13 if GT2 voters had instead voted for it (and both-voters swapped so that GT1 was their higher pick)Crash Bandicoot Series could've been #16 with the same help (this counts 1, 2 and Warped which I think is 3?)Bushido Blade could've been 23rdTekken series could've been 25thTomb Raider 33rdAnd finally, because it came up here and I don't want to lead anyone on -- Darkstalkers could've been 53rd if votes weren't split between Vampire Saviour and Night WarriorsThere are a couple of other ones where vote splitting was notable but I don't think they would've cracked the top 77 either way-- i'll post the full list tomorrow of everything that got votes
note: the "new" numbers includes all of the vote splits i calculated at once, so some of them may have moved up even more if they were te *only* game that got the gameshark code for "not splitting their votes"
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
hey vote splitters: YA FUCKED UP
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
WTF re: Night Warriors
― DJP, Friday, 13 November 2020 00:44 (three years ago) link
loving the rollout, Will!
this is why i kindly ask that we do videogame polls every single month, every year
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:44 (three years ago) link
Homework for everyone on this thread is to track down an emulation of that game because it is by FAR the best 2D fighter ever made
― DJP, Friday, 13 November 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
just a lil test for tomorrow bc i cant remember the last time i used code markup
Daytona USA | 107 | 0 | 2 | Driver | 106 | 0 | 3 | Front Mission 3 | 103 | 0 | 2 |
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 13 November 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
sick ok
siiiick
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 November 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
i'm the vote-splitting vampire saviour voter, DJP, and it gets worse: i originally had night warriors on the ballot but subbed it out thinking vsav was probably better and one of these is enough representation
― chihuahuau, Friday, 13 November 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link