Bahamut Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Like Planescape: Torment? Baldur's Gate II? Neverwinter Nights? To name a few there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Mirage Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 *long sigh* Let me see if I can actually remember all of this... Playstation Ace Combat 2 Tomba! Castlevania: Symphony of the Night R-Type R-Type Delta Valkyrie Profile Final Fantasy 5 Final Fantasy 6 Final Fantasy 7 Final Fantasy 9 Final Fantasy Tactics Darkstalkers 3 Street Fighter Alpha 3 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Parasite Eve Parasite Eve 2 Metal Gear Solid Ape Escape Gradius Gaiden (Bardic Knowledge is right on this one. Import it and smile) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Mega Man X4 Mega Man X5 Mega Man X6 Megaman 8 Anniversary Collection Need For Speed III Need For Speed: High Stakes Gran Turismo Gran Turismo 2 Ridge Racer Ridge Racer Revolution Rage Racer Ridge Racer Type 4 Nintendo 64 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Mario Kart 64 Super Mario 64 Star Fox 64 GoldenEye 64 Perfect Dark Diddy Kong Racing WWF No Mercy (It's great for trash-talkin' your friends and making great laughs) Super Smash Bros. (No one mentioned this one...) Mischief Makers Command and Conquer Sega Saturn Guardian Heroes **I know of no other games...** Game Boy Advance Super Dodgeball Advance (...strangely addictive...) Pokes G/S/C Golden Sun Golden Sun 2: The Lost Age Mario Kart Super Circuit Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past & 4 Swords Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Riviera: The Promised Land Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis Metroid Fusion Metroid Zero Mission Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario 3 PC Doom Doom 2 Final Doom ...And I'm done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I only had a playstation, so all my nominations come from there. Brave Fencer Musashi. Grand Turismo. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Backs The Legend of Dragoon Legend of Legaia Twisted Metal 2 Syphon Filter All the Final Fantasies have been said already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecilff2 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 N64 Only two nominations that haven't been said Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Star Wars: Rogue Squadron These were pretty good, you guys. Did you block them out because of the star wars name attached to them? Everything I'd nominate for PSX has already been done PC-wise Total Annihilation, DK1 and 2, Doom1/2, and most of the FPS's there are seconded. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Sid Meier's Pirates! Streets of Sim City/Simcopter(They were so horrible yet addictive) Theme Hospital Shadow Warrior System Shock 2 Blood Prey(Say what you want, I liked it) Star Wars KoTOR 1 Quake II(I don't have 3 or 4 to recommned) Galactic Civilizations 2 Lands of Lore III Thats it for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziellink Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 N64 Rogue Squadron (Forgot i still had this one). PC Diablo 2 (How could i forget THIS one?!) GTA3 Painkiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Sephfire, I'd like to make a request to split PC nominations into two categories: "old" and "new", if you will, with "new" being defined as everything after and including Unreal Tournament (Christmas season '99). That way it's easier to vote on things like the original Prince of Persia and Diablo 1 without having to consider a million newer and easily much better games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutSpoken Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 N64 The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time PC Half-Life 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Sephfire, I'd like to make a request to split PC nominations into two categories: "old" and "new", if you will, with "new" being defined as everything after and including Unreal Tournament (Christmas season '99).That way it's easier to vote on things like the original Prince of Persia and Diablo 1 without having to consider a million newer and easily much better games. I might. Since I usually look up info on all the games during the voting stage, I may make a division like this at that time. Of course, when voting time comes around, there's no point in counting a game's age against it. Obviously newer games can offer experiences old school gaming couldn't, but they did great things with what they had, and that deserves credit. The first Mario Bros game may not offer a fraction of the experience that Mario 64 gave, but that doesn't stop it from being one of the greats in gaming history. We'll get to all that later though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aundario Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Nintendo 64 Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask 007 Goldeneye Gameboy Advance Metroid Fusion MegaMan Battle Network Sony Playstation Legend of Dragoon Crash Team Racing Brave Fencer Musashi Sega Saturn Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Shining Force PC Marathon 2 (yes, there was a PC port of this game) King's Quest 5 King's Quest 6 Space Quest 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 If no one minds, I'm find some other "Great PC games" lists to help pad our nominee list a bit. It's a huge library of games and it really is hard to remember all the greats in such a long list. This may help save a few greats from being ignored because it slipped all our minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 Phase Two -- VOTING -- We've had time to nominate games, so now it's time to start pruning the list. Here's how this part works. I will post a list of ten games every day, selected randomly. Once these games are posted, they are fair game for voting. I'll be keeping track of the vote count as we go and update this post weekly with voting progress. VOTING RULES 1). All votes must include a few sentences explaining your reasons. You can't just drop a "yes" or "no" on a game and call it a day. You have to tell us WHY you think each game does or does not belong on the list. 2). You can still make nominations. I know that phase is "over," but there's really no reason I can't add a few more games to the voting cue. Especially since we're dealing with an enormous PC library. 3). Late voting is totally fine. Just because you missed the day I posted a game and everyone else is voting on new stuff now, that doesn't mean you can't throw in a vote for a game I posted days ago. 4). A game must have at least two YES votes to be eligible for the must-have list. If we can't get two people to agree that a game was great, then it probably doesn't belong on the list. 5). Changing your vote is allowed. Because of this, debate and discussion are highly encouraged. The first ten games will be posted later today. GET READY TO VOTE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 It begins. ********** Round 1 *********** Banjo-Kazooie Console: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Rare Ltd. Meta Score: 9.2 Ogre Battle 64 Console: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Atlus Co. Developer: Quest Meta Score: 8.2 Legend of Mana Console: Playstation Publisher: SquareSoft Developer: SquareSoft Meta Score: 7.3 Mega Man X4 Console: Playstation Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom Meta Score: 7.4 Amok Console: Saturn Publisher: Scavenger Developer: Lemon Meta Score: 5.6 Panzer Dragoon Console: Saturn Publisher: Sega Developer: Team Andromeda Meta Score: 9.1 Commander Keen I: Marooned on Mars Console: PC Publisher: Apogee Software, Ltd. Developer: Id Software Meta Score: 5.0 Planescape: Torment Console: PC Publisher: Interplay Developer: Black Isle Studios Meta Score: 9.1 System Shock Console: PC Publisher: Origin Developer: Looking Glass Meta Score: 9.3 Mario Kart Super Circuit Console: GBA Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Intelligent Systems Meta Score: 9.3 **************************************** And now for my vote. On the only one of these games I actually played, heh. Banjo-Kazooie - YES Awesome, awesome platformer. The different worlds all looked great and the whole game just felt right. The soundtrack is still one of the best I've ever heard. This could almost give Mario 64 a run for its money as the N64's greatest platformer. Almost. LET'S HAVE SOME VOTES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
case Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 N64: Goldeneye 007 Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire (i think that's what its called) PS: FF7/8 Gran Turismo 2 Fear Effect MegaMan X5 Street Fighter Alpha 3 Tenchu Rival Schools PC: Half-Life 1/2 Space Quest (all) Tribes Battlefield 1942 maybe some more later if i think of something in particular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzumebachi Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Banjo-KazooieConsole: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Rare Ltd. Meta Score: 9.2 Ogre Battle 64 Console: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Atlus Co. Developer: Quest Meta Score: 8.2 Legend of Mana Console: Playstation Publisher: SquareSoft Developer: SquareSoft Meta Score: 7.3 Mega Man X4 Console: Playstation Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom Meta Score: 7.4 Amok Console: Saturn Publisher: Scavenger Developer: Lemon Meta Score: 5.6 Panzer Dragoon Console: Saturn Publisher: Sega Developer: Team Andromeda Meta Score: 9.1 Commander Keen I: Marooned on Mars Console: PC Publisher: Apogee Software, Ltd. Developer: Id Software Meta Score: 5.0 Planescape: Torment Console: PC Publisher: Interplay Developer: Black Isle Studios Meta Score: 9.1 System Shock Console: PC Publisher: Origin Developer: Looking Glass Meta Score: 9.3 Mario Kart Super Circuit Console: GBA Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Intelligent Systems Meta Score: 9.3 wow I have not played a single one of those games. wtf mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Mirage Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Mega Man X4 - Yes Still one game that I'm more than happy with dusting off my PSX for other than a random Richter run in Symphony of the Night. Solely for the overall replay value and to enjoy the music along with the smooth gameplay. And last but never the least, Zero's combo system... kinda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Megaman X4 -- YES The game brought one of the longest running franchises in gaming into the modern era with classic gameplay and a brand new twist in a fully playable Zero character with differentiated movelists and capabilities. This game also avoids the pitfalls the PSX sequels lose themselves in...but I'll discuss that when said sequels hit my voting table. Legend of Mana -- NO While I love the Mana series, I feel that this game doesn't have the charm that the original trilogy brings to the table. While Legend isn't a bad game by any means, it is not worthy of being on a "must-have" list when you see how high the bar is set for PSX RPGs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Megaman X4 Up through X6, I played and beat every Megaman game (aside from Megaman Legends and any of the Battle Network games with the exception of Network Transmission). X4 was the first Playstation MMX game, and in my opinion it was the only one that did the series justice. It was a game I bought immediately for the system when I got it, along with Megaman 8 and some Street Fighter II Collection, and the presentation and style blew me away. It was crisp and dynamic, elevated from the SNES incarnations, but it was really having the choice of playing as Zero or X that hooked me. Playing as Zero was always my personal favorite, since he got up close and personal with the saber and the abilities he acquired from defeating bosses manifested themselves in the form of Street Fighter-esque moves instead of seperate ammo-based weapons. Great times were had, beating this game over and over, unlocking everything, and trying to beat my last playthrough's time. Highly recommended. YES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskyFerret Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Banjo-Kazooie YES It's an awesome platformer for the N64 and always has been. It's the start of a great series so that is worth bonus points. Great worlds, good gameplay, and just a whole lot of fun. Ogre-Battle 64 YES Great RPG for the N64. A great transition onto N64 for the Ogre Battle series. It's a different style of RPG and upgrading units and using monsters is a fun innovation. I'm a little dissappointed they didn't bring across the whole card thing that the SNES version had though. Mario Kart Super Circuit - GBA Sadly..NO As much as I love the Mario Kart series, I felt this addition for the GBA didn't really bring anything new to the table. Sure there were a few extra levels and stuff, it simply felt like MK 64 on GBA and it didn't make any real innovations that the installments for GC and DS did IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 Wait, are you talking about Mario Kart 64 or Mario Kart Super Circuit? Super Circuit was on the GBA. Just want to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Ogre Battle 64 - YES This was an incredible game! The story is one of the best ever IMO. Great plot twists. If anyone was a fan of FF Tacitcs def give this a try. This sequel is better than it's legendary predecessor in almost every area. The graphics would still hold up today as appealing. The gameplay is simple yet addictive. Legend of Mana - NO One of the biggest let downs in games for me. But regardless of that this gets a no for a couple of reasons. The story is very thin and unmotivating. An rpg without a good story is just a game with a leveling system IMO. The 'build your own world concept' sounds good on paper but was not executed well. The gameplay is fun with the different combos and the music is good. This is def a game to rent to have fun with. It will not make a lasting impression though. Mega Man X4 - Yes (Borderline) Almost voted NO because the voice acting is so god awful and annoying I actually stopped playing for several occasions because of it. I could go get a drink while the cut scenes were playing but the voice acting during the game was a abig annoyance. This has way too many positives. The gameplay is fun as usual. It is challenging but no too hard. People will enjoy playing with MegaMan or Zero. Zero is really fun to play with especially as he gets his upgrades. Who doesn't like swords? The music is really good and enhances the mood per usual for MegaMan games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 oh hey we are voting already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Banjo-Kazooie YES -- Probably the only Mario 64-style N64 game that can rival Mario 64 itself. Lots of big levels, fun characters, great nonsense speech noises ... the only thing about the game that is arguably bad is the focus on *ZOMG!!!1 COLLECT ALL TEH SPARKLY LOOTZ!!1* Rare's games tend to have problems with that, but B-K is not nearly as bad in this respect as some of their later games (coughdonkeykong64cough). Commander Keen I: Marooned on Mars YES -- The success of Commander Keen as a shareware game led to the creation of id Software, who, at the timed, called themselves Ideas From the Deep. That alone puts it among the must-haves. Still, back when I first played the game (when I was maybe around 6 years old) the floaty control and single-hit deaths were too much for me to handle, and I always went back to Duke Nukem. And those jumping blue kangaroo-looking guys were the most intimidating enemy ever. Mario Kart Super Circuit YES -- I'm borderline on this one. It's the best racing game that I know of for Game Boy Advance, which is the reason for my YES, but I never enjoyed it quite as much as the other incarnations of Mario Kart. ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS (since we need PC titles and I got in on this late) PC ---------------- Project Eden Descent ZZT Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Riven Cave Story The Secret of Monkey Island Deus Ex (never played it, people love it, no one's mentioned it) Lemmings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Mega Man X4- Everything that needs to be said about this, already has. Great game from the graphics, to the music, the levels and bosses. YES. Amok- One of the last games made by Scavnger, who was famous for the amazing work they did on the Genesis. Beyond the rather odd, but cool soundtrack, the gameplay is straight-up arcade-like. You fight both under water and on land with a funky looking mech that can go in both, while gunning down sharks, scuba divers, land troopers, airborne ships and the like. You've got plenty of different weapons to choose from, and some nasty encounters as the game progresses. The sprites used for the characters are remarkably clean looking, even up close. The game uses a weird technology to generate parts of the landscape, which looks noticeably more pixelated than the characters. But the core gameplay of move, shoot and dodge is still intact, and the challenge is certainly there. It's been bagged on a lot, but I found it to be a lot of fun. Borderline YES. Panzer Dragoon- Do I really need to defend this game? It was one of the prime reasons to own a Saturn when the game was first released. Nice graphics, an amazing soundtrack, great enemy design, a real challenge if you go after straight 100%s, and a storyline that leaves you both entertained, and baffled as to just what the hell's going on (it's explained for the most part in the later games). It's atmospheric as hell, and its world is surreal, yet very believable. Great stuff, and a YES without a doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 Ooh. Good nominations there. Can't believe I forgot Descent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 A few more PC nominations... Duke Nukem 3D Heretic Hexen Prince of Persia Unreal Populous Diablo II System Shock 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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