DieHARD GamePOLL - Console Poll, vol. 3 - 5th Generation RESULTS

or was it tyre rubber?

xps The psychedelia hightened further by the fact that the game is probably running at like 12 fps at that point

lol otm

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

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

https://i.imgur.com/d1Yb1Rd.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/k9cYeOh.jpg
24 - 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”"

btw I still have mine, I am in bed now but tomorrow I will grab it and tell you if it still smells

ok that was worded terribly

i look forward to it lol

Disc 2 of GT2 smelled like burning rubber yep xps

Other thing about that game I have vivid memory of is that Cardigans song on the soundtrack

Did I vote for IX? I don't remember, only that I though the dialogue was naff and it did best boi Vivi dirty.

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.

otoh i think i've fallen asleep playing both of the other two as well.

Did I vote for IX?

you did not!

https://i.imgur.com/zJDadwY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NjTaiJR.jpg
23 - Star Fox 64 - 268 points / 4 Votes

SO YOU'RE GOING TO ATTACK THE ENEMY BASE? GREAT IDEA, FOX!

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

wait... holy shit

is this ad the genesis of the adjective "bigly"

I can't imagine DJTs tiny hands holding an N64 controller, tbh

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.

(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.

https://i.imgur.com/ZyTaqfL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WC8acxQ.jpg
22 - Gran Turismo - 279 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes

(one more today! sorry for running so late)

https://i.imgur.com/nvaEMko.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/n8k6qfD.jpg
21 - Wave Race 64 - 298 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes

DAY 2 RECAP

21 - Wave Race 64 - 298 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes
22 - Gran Turismo - 279 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes
23 - Star Fox 64 - 268 points / 4 Votes
24 - Final Fantasy IX - 260 points / 1 First-place vote / 6 Votes
25 - Gran Turismo 2 - 260 points / 5 Votes
26 - Perfect Dark - 259 points / 6 Votes
27 - Sega Rally - 256 points / 5 Votes
28 - Crash Bandicoot 2 - 238 points / 5 Votes
29 - Grand Theft Auto - 237 points / 5 Votes
29 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo - 237 points / 5 Votes
31 - Bushido Blade - 235 points / 5 Votes
32 - Resident Evil (incl. Director's Cut) - 218 points / 6 Votes
33 - Star Control II - 216 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes
34 - Vib Ribbon - 207 points / 6 Votes
35 - Wipeout 3 aka Wip3out - 200 points / 1 First-place vote / 4 Votes
36 - Tekken 3 - 197 points / 4 Votes
37 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 - 196 points / 4 Votes
38 - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - 194 points / 3 Votes
39 - Tomb Raider - 193 points / 5 Votes
40 - Bust a Groove - 189 points / 4 Votes
41 - Blast Corps - 187 points / 5 Votes
42 - Xenogears - 184 points / 3 Votes
43 - Grandia - 182 points / 5 Votes
44 - Ape Escape - 181 points / 4 Votes
44 - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - 181 points / 4 Votes
46 - Shining Force III - 181 points / 3 Votes
47 - Panzer Dragoon Saga - 180 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes
48 - Chrono Cross - 178 points / 4 Votes
49 - Colin MacRae Rally - 174 points / 4 Votes
50 - Um Jammer Lammy - 171 points / 3 Votes

ON THE DOCKET FOR TOMORROW:
a) Games ranked 20-4
b) a silly obvious fakeout for games 1-3
c) the real 1-3
d) a complete list of everything that got a single point with arbitrary "tiers"

GT1 was my number 1. It is just awesome.

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 23rd
Tekken series could've been 25th
Tomb Raider 33rd
And 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 Warriors
There 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"

hey vote splitters: YA FUCKED UP

WTF re: Night Warriors

loving the rollout, Will!

this is why i kindly ask that we do videogame polls every single month, every year

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

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 | 

sick ok

siiiick

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

I also only voted for Vampire Savior. It's the one that tournament players like.

starfox 64 way too low! it is indeed a near-perfect one-sitting challenge - maybe just a little TOO long for a completely casual session but still just a sweet, satisfying, largely fluid experience. my siblings and i also played the shit out of the multiplayer, which isn't a patch on Mario 64 but made a nice alternative if we wanted something more confrontational and it was too late at night to get loud upstairs by playing multiplayer Duke 3D.

i guess top 25 is pretty good tho. i just love that silly game.

NEVER GIVE UP! TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS!

Wip3out: my #1. Best racing franchise ever, it was a toss up between this and 2097 but the clean graphics and the orbital and chem bros tracks just edged it.
Um Jammer Lammy: I lost my dojo, but it still remains in my mind... It even has a casino. Dojo. Casino. It's all in the mind.
Vib Ribbon: my #6, lol. Maybe not the best for replayability but a unique take on rhytham games and great quirky songs - Laugh and Peace - Vib-Ribbon OST
Bust a Groove: Everything is fine with me if I'm with my E-Z mouse
Tekken 3: surely the best of this generation's Tekkens
Gran Turismo: at the time this looked amazing - the reflections on the car, the way it wobbled and bumped when you went off the track. Easy to judge it as pretty ropey by today's standards but TV from back then looks pretty rubbish too but you'd never have thought that at the time. Loved how you could tune the cars suspension to ridiculous levels and have it bounce all over like it was racing on a trampoline.
Perfect Dark: played a lot of this, single and multiplayer, didn't vote for it as it's a pale shadow of Goldeneye. My main memory is of the single player, wandering around lost in a building being followed by that stupid flying laptop saying "Haven't been round here before!" every two minutes.

Tekken 3: surely the best of this generation's Tekkens

May I present my evidence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9rGtt0gmZg

^ just watched those, it all came flooding back. hard lols at gon, mokujin, kuma/panda :((( and heihachi world.

Now I want a WaveRace remake that looks like the art in that ad

that's a really good idea!

Puzzle Fighter was another one where I can't say for sure how great of a puzzle game it was, but I gave it votes for memories of having a blast playing it --- maybe saw it for the first time at Anime Weekend Atlanta in the late 90s, was spellbound by the colors and the animation of it, all the crystal shards smashing everywhere. Later, two of my best college gal pals had a copy, at a spot that was sort of a dinky duplex but also the first off-campus apartment anyone in my circle got, so a key locus of laid-back hangout times, and Puzzle Fighter slotted in really perfectly to that as well. One of those where I'd love to play it again, but would hate to discover it wasn't as special anymore.

“zoness” in starfox kinda pulled off that endless summer vibe for me (aside from yr wingmen deploring the pollution)

(xp)

i can hear the shock in Falco's voice as he proclaims "This is horrible."

lol, it hits cuz his mask of callousness drops! very vividly done broad character strokes for a shmup.