Shaq Attack

Jun 17 2010, 02:29 AM

Well I suppose FF7 would have to be on the list it had amazing graphics(at the time) was widely popular, had fantastic music, and very memorable characters.

hooflung128

Jun 17 2010, 11:21 AM

Well in accordance to the rules of the discussion:

1. Doom. This game essentially put atmosphere, great gameplay and great graphics into a blender and made a win shake. It was shareware for the 9 levels. You got 1/3 game for free or for a low cost disk at Babbages and walmart.

This game was actually going to be an FPS for Aliens the movie but they wanted to control the IP. While Wolfenstein 3d definitely helped FPS popular, Doom broke the bank. Copy cats have been capitalizing on Doom's success ever since.

2. Super Mario Brothers 3. Deep game play within a standard, time tested platforming game. There were tons of platforms for the time but they all were basically clones with either good control, or bad and a different story wrapped around them.

Mario 3 changed the game for many people. The success hasn't really been improved upon, only duplicated. It has some of the most endearing graphics of all the NES games. It's gameplay is tight and the suites were ingenious. Overworld became standard fair for many games to come.

3. Megaman. Rock Paper Shotgun baby. It was hard, it was immersive and it looked great. Not only did it set the world on fire, much like the Mario Brothers did but it was a great science fiction title. It made you believe in muscle memory and patience.

4. Metroid. Not many games can claim to have birthed an action exploration game in such a way. While others were fighting out who was the father of the Zelda-formula, Metroid created something different.

All this game needed was Danger Mouse's outline in some of the wall blocks and it might have been the perfect game of all time. Between Megaman and Metroid, science fiction games were not after thoughts or graphically inferior to mainstream fiction based games.

5. Street Fighter 2. I don't really even think I should put anything down here. I've said enough. However, I will say this. Mortal Kombat was a great title. In many ways it took market share from Capcom and moved it to Midway.

But look where we are now. Mortal Kombat hasn't aged gracefully at all. It might have had the better movie, but Street Fighter 2 has paid dividends to the genre. Street Fighter 4 thanks you mister 2. You were the best of the best.

XxKomebackKidxX

Jun 17 2010, 05:14 PM

Here are the games i think are the best and not necessarily my favorite:

Legend of Zelda(NES)-
Many people discribe this as the greatest game of all time and i agree. Mixture of action and rpg. Openworld enviornment and the freedom to choose how you did things and in what order. Great graphics at the time. The game at the time also provided a sense of adventure, looking for secrets and uncovering things hidden in the game. This game was an excellent mixture of all types of games. It included combat, exploration, puzzles, and strategy. A lack of internet required friends to share tips and tricks together. The game was challenging yet not overall difficult. Most importantly so many developers cite this game as an inspiration to them. IMO its the greatest game of all time.

Super Mario Bros (NES)-
This is basically the platformer that introduced everyone to mario. Perfect controls, level of difficulty, secrets to uncover, good graphics, and fun. Ask anyone if theyve played this game and loved it and they will say yes. This is basically the game that saved the video game crash when games were seen as just a fad and about to die. SMB was released with the NES, a system released late in the video game crash era and bought gaming back from the brink of death. An excellent platformer that launched the most recognizable video game franchise ever.

Super Mario 64-(N64)
The game that ushered in 3d at the time. The game is the blueprint to what all 3d games are today. Perfect platforming and controls made this game excellent and it still holds up today. Every 3d game today should give thanks to mario 64 for setting the mold and doing it well.

Tetris(Gameboy)-
This is perhaps the greatest puzzle game of all time. It is simple and addicting fun. One of the first games i remembered that older people enjoyed perhaps more than kids. This game sold so many gameboys as it was packed in with the system. The game is so great it is still being released to this day being over 20 years old. The game has been on multiple systems since its release and can even be found playable on todays cell phones. The greatest puzzle game of all time deserves a spot on the list.

Pac-man (Arcade)-
No one knows for sure how many quarters were dropped into pacman machines but it can be assumed that it was a LOT. Widely considered to be the greatest and most popular arcade game ever, pacman is a simple and fun game that still holds up to this day even 30 years after its release. People loved the game so much and wanted more challenge that they created a different variation-Ms. Pacman which has became a legend in its on right. Perhaps the fore-runner in the arcade craze of the early 80s, Pacman should deserve a spot for being the best arcade game ever.

XxKomebackKidxX

Jun 17 2010, 07:31 PM

Oh btw i had a an rpg in mind namely Chrono Trigger of Final Fantasy 4 but got tired of writing and only wanted to put 5 lol. Oh and no offense taken on the original zelda. It is in part due to nostalgia but i can always play that game. I was gonna put Ocarina of time as many sites and gamers have cited that game as perfect and the greatest of all time. My list would have seemed biased as hell if it had 2 zeldas and 2 marios however i believe OoT, the original zelda, SM64, Mario 3, and SMB all deserve a shot in this contest. I may seem like a nintendo fanboy as i didnt include any sony or microsoft games yet i couldnt think of any top 5 of all time worthy games there. I shall think more and will see what others have to say.

Overtimee

Jun 17 2010, 05:49 PM

2. Super Mario 64 (N64)
First time the now extremely popular 3D engine was used in a Video Game.

hooflung128

Jun 17 2010, 09:19 PM

Overtimee

Jun 17 2010, 05:49 PM

2. Super Mario 64 (N64)
First time the now extremely popular 3D engine was used in a Video Game.

What are you actually saying here? The this is the first time the Mario 64 3d engine was used in a game? Or the first time A 3d engine was used in a game?

Cause Playstation had 100 titles prior to the actual launch of the Nintendo 64 with at least half of them being 3d. We aren't even considering PC and Saturn.

As for the Mario 64 engine... it was the first and only time that engine was used from what I understand. Zelda 64 creators even said that they started out with the Mario 64 engine and by the time they got into stride with its development... it was radically different and was not even considered by their own team to be the Mario 64 engine.

hooflung128

Jun 17 2010, 09:19 PM

Overtimee

Jun 17 2010, 05:49 PM

2. Super Mario 64 (N64)
First time the now extremely popular 3D engine was used in a Video Game.

What are you actually saying here? The this is the first time the Mario 64 3d engine was used in a game? Or the first time A 3d engine was used in a game?

Cause Playstation had 100 titles prior to the actual launch of the Nintendo 64 with at least half of them being 3d. We aren't even considering PC and Saturn.

As for the Mario 64 engine... it was the first and only time that engine was used from what I understand. Zelda 64 creators even said that they started out with the Mario 64 engine and by the time they got into stride with its development... it was radically different and was not even considered by their own team to be the Mario 64 engine.

TheCompletionist

Jun 18 2010, 05:54 PM

I've pretty much grew up throughout every generation of gaming even though I missed quite a few consoles due to my parents hatred of video games and my gaming hobby, but I'll try to give my honest impressions of what I feel are the five greatest games of all time.

I'm more of less basing this list on not nescessarily best games of a certain genre, but the best games that could represent their genre to a person that has never played video games before.

1.) Super Mario Bros. 3 - No greatest game list would exist without including this game. I know a lot of people would put the original Super Mario Bros. over this one because its the original, but to me a great game is not defined by if its the first game of the series, it should be defined by what how it brought brought the best out of the genre. I think Super Mario Bros. 3 is literally the best side scrolling platformer ever made. According to the 2008 Guiness Book of World Records it is the largest individual selling game that did not come with the system. The only reason everybody has Super Mario Bros. is because for a lot of us it came with the NES. People actually went out of their way to buy this game to add it to their nes library and I remember as a kid every household that had a nes always had a copy of Super Mario Bros. With so many power-ups, so many secrets and so many mini-games; it was literally the greatest nes game ever made and a great game that will always stand the test of time.

2.) Chrono Trigger - I keep telling myself that an rpg deserves to be on the list of the 5 greatest games of all time. I always wonder what would be considered one of the greatest rpg's of all time. To anybody who is an rpg fan, one cannot omit final fantasy, and while final fantasy pretty much launched the rpg game genre and literally remains one of the most beloved series of all time. I don't believe Final Fantasy is the game that represents the rpg game genre the best. Final Fantasy is a game that despite its greatness can be fairly long games, and to a casual gamer that can turn them off from the rpg genre.

Chrono Trigger on the other hand, is a beautiful, simple, articulate and short rpg that any gamer would love. Even though Xenogears is my favorite rpg/game of all time, and Final Fantasy VI is my favorite final fantasy I think Chrono Trigger is seriously the one rpg that does not have flaws. It is incredibly simple to play, it has an excellent story, beautiful amazing music, addictive gameplay, multiple endings, a ton of sdie quests and to be honest it is an incredibly short rpg compared to other rpg's out there.I, myself can not see a simple flaw in this game and it is because of the fact that I believe that this game has no flaws is why I believe this game is the greatest rpg of all time, and deserves to be on the top 5 greatest games of all time.

3.) Tetris: The one game that pretty muched turned any person into a gamer whether you were a casual gamer, a hardcore gamer, or a person who hasn't played games at all. It is a game that pretty much sold a portable gaming system and it is a game that I would be safe to say that at least if anyone has played any video game in your life, tetris has been one of them regardless, if you were home, at the office, or on the road. Never have I seen a game so simple that so many people have took a shining to. This game pretty much layed the essentials of the puzzle game genre, despite being one of the simplest games to play, it is definitely one of the most addictive.

4.) Metal Gear Solid: As much as I think Metal Gear Solid 3 has one of the best stories of the entire Metal Gear series, the first Metal Gear Solid for the playstation did something so effectively that so many games used as a blueprint to make a great game and that is Story. Metal Gear Solid has one of the best stories I have ever seen and it has some of the best villians, best fights, and best voice acting I have ever seen in a game. The times that I have played this game, I felt like this game was a live action film with how everything was portrayed. This game took storytelling to the next level and did things that made the gamer think and used some of the most innovative controls I have ever seen. Many people regard this as the best game for the Playstation, but the fact that this game took a beloved nes license and brought it to next level in such an above and beyond way.

5.) The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time: You can't really have a best game list without mentioning this gem of a title that pretty much held the highest accumulated gaming scores of all time for over ten years until being recently dethroned by Grand Theft Auto 4 . It was the first video game to ever achieve a perfect score in Famitsu. Its kind of funny, it isn't my favorite Legend of Zelda game, but I recognize the greatness that this game holds. The world in this game is just so immersive and there are tons upon tyons of things to do in this game. The environments are so wide and rich, and sometimes you just get lost in the world your in. The bosses and dungeons seem so huge. It is very easy to get lost in the beauty that this game holds. This is blueprint of what makes a great dventure game, and its because of the legacy that the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time holds that Link will always have consistant great titles for as long as video games exist.

Richard

Jun 18 2010, 09:55 PM

There is a reason why there is a difference between Ocarina of Time when compared to the original Legend of Zelda and the original mario bros compared to super mario bros 3. I think we can all agree that OoT and SMB3 are more enjoyable than the original LoZ and SMB, but the thing is SMB has alot less flaws than the original LoZ. It has aged much better and is older than LoZ at the same time.

Let me present the argument in a different way. Ocarina of Time came out 12 years ago. It is still playable to this day and even when young people who played TP or other Zeldas first pick up OoT many still like it the best. Now lets add 12 years onto the original LoZ release date. That year would be 1998. I think the argument speaks for itself. Even in 1998 the original LoZ felt super outdated to someone who hadn't grown up with it or was old enough to play it before link to the past came out.

The original legend of zelda is a hallmark in gaming and really set the stage for so much but I really have to say Ocarina of Time nearly defined perfection in gaming. A game in which in another 10 years we can go back and play. Same with the original Super Mario Bros, but sorry 90% of kids will not be able to appreciate the original LoZ.