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Chef Napalm
Lost in the Supermarket
Penny Arcade is my favourite. Webcomic and all.
I don't know about blogs, but Rllmukforum is a very good resource for gaming news/reviews and other geek point-of-views.
I liked Poisonous Darts' top 50 NES games (cant find link but it wasnt long ago), and throughsilver's top 10 games ever.
I want to post a bit more about video games actually. I'm on a spree of downloading all the old Lucas Arts point n clicks (I had most of them on CD but those things are scratched beyond belief) so I have something to distract me from my forthcoming dissertation...
I want to post a bit more about video games actually. I'm on a spree of downloading all the old Lucas Arts point n clicks (I had most of them on CD but those things are scratched beyond belief) so I have something to distract me from my forthcoming dissertation...
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
bassnation
the abyss
No Doom? No Quake? No Gauntlet? No Worms?
No LEMMINGS?!?!?!?
this guy is a newbie - theres nothing prior to 1989, and computer games were round for decades prior to that. his number one is a complete fucking mystery to me and i consider myself a gamer.
you've honestly never heard of Final Fantasy?
It's a list of someone's favourite games complimented with good writing; I think that's preferable to an attempt at a 'definitive' historical list of games.
bassnation
the abyss
ff? must have scrolled past without looking at the title, lol. yes i have heard of it, but its not one of my favourites. cut-scene hell, turgid scripting and rpg cliches.
i guess half the fun is disagreeing anyway - but its a bit of an odd list which says more about the authors age than his predilicitons imo.
mixed_biscuits
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Here's my top 10:
1) Olympic Soccer - PS1 - Alan Green narrates gloriously bug-laden banana ball bonanza
2) Streets of Rage - MD - beating up your partner
3) Gran Turismo - PS2 - why the Nissan Skyline is the mid-life crisis motor
4) Monkey Business - itbox - diligent simian with a citrus allergy
5) Madden 92 - MD - careless ambulance driver prolongs the agony
6) Gran Theft Auto - PS2 - rocket launchers go boom
7) Pro Evo Soccer - Xbox360 - the graphics catch up with the gameplay
8) Goldeneye - N64
9) Civilization 2 - PC
10) Soul Blade - I've never had such an easy victory
1) Olympic Soccer - PS1 - Alan Green narrates gloriously bug-laden banana ball bonanza
2) Streets of Rage - MD - beating up your partner
3) Gran Turismo - PS2 - why the Nissan Skyline is the mid-life crisis motor
4) Monkey Business - itbox - diligent simian with a citrus allergy
5) Madden 92 - MD - careless ambulance driver prolongs the agony
6) Gran Theft Auto - PS2 - rocket launchers go boom
7) Pro Evo Soccer - Xbox360 - the graphics catch up with the gameplay
8) Goldeneye - N64
9) Civilization 2 - PC
10) Soul Blade - I've never had such an easy victory
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
In no particular order:
* Half-Life I & II - actually, these are probably no. 1 (1997-2004) (PC)
* The Quakes I-III (not played QIV) (1996-1999) (PC)
* Doom II (1994) (PC)
* Lemmings (1991) (Atari ST, motherfuckers!)
* Worms (1994-1995) (the original, plus Reinforcements - not the sequels) (PC)
* Xenon II (1989) (Atari ST)
* Unreal Tournament (1999) (PC)
* Repton III (1986) (erm, Acorn Electron...)
* Descent I & II (1995-1996) (PC)
* Gauntlet II (1986) (Atari ST)
Edit: plus the usual obligatory classics, Street Fighter II, Tetris, Space Invaders...was never into Mario or Sonic, though. Oh, and Llamatron fucking rocked!
* Half-Life I & II - actually, these are probably no. 1 (1997-2004) (PC)
* The Quakes I-III (not played QIV) (1996-1999) (PC)
* Doom II (1994) (PC)
* Lemmings (1991) (Atari ST, motherfuckers!
)* Worms (1994-1995) (the original, plus Reinforcements - not the sequels) (PC)
* Xenon II (1989) (Atari ST)
* Unreal Tournament (1999) (PC)
* Repton III (1986) (erm, Acorn Electron...)
* Descent I & II (1995-1996) (PC)
* Gauntlet II (1986) (Atari ST)
Edit: plus the usual obligatory classics, Street Fighter II, Tetris, Space Invaders...was never into Mario or Sonic, though. Oh, and Llamatron fucking rocked!
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FF6 was SNES, so there wasn't much in the name of cut scenes. unless you got the PS1 remake, which was a bit naff...
Personally if I did a top twenty the oldest things in it would be Monkey Island (1990) and Super Mario Bros (1985 in the US I think). I think it's a bit far-fetched to be surprised at someone's favourite games not featuring anything pre-Mario...
noel emits
a wonderful wooden reason
Cor nice thread. Never even thought about what my top 10 video games might be. I haven't really been into gaming for a long time now but here's some good stuff that immediately springs to mind.
Cosmic Guerilla (Arcade)
Moon Cresta (Arcade)
3D Defender (ZX 81)
Dragontorc Of Avalon (ZX Spectrum)
3D Deathchase (ZX Spectrum)
Stunt Car Racer (Amiga)
Kick Off II (Amiga)
Gauntlet (Arcade)
Salamander / Nemesis (Arcade)
The American Football game on the Vectrex
I used to own a Vectrex
Cosmic Guerilla (Arcade)
Moon Cresta (Arcade)
3D Defender (ZX 81)
Dragontorc Of Avalon (ZX Spectrum)
3D Deathchase (ZX Spectrum)
Stunt Car Racer (Amiga)
Kick Off II (Amiga)
Gauntlet (Arcade)
Salamander / Nemesis (Arcade)
The American Football game on the Vectrex
I used to own a Vectrex
noel emits
a wonderful wooden reason
Actually this has now kicked off a whole load of reminiscences.
Including an extremely tenuous and absurd claim to fame.
Including an extremely tenuous and absurd claim to fame.
noel emits
a wonderful wooden reason
It was a big deal when the big posh arcade on Oxford Street (Lon) got the first Gauntlet machine in the country (so they claimed anyway).
I have made the claim (usually when drunk and/or stoned) that Super Monkey Ball 2 for the gamecube is not only the greatest game ever made, but, in fact, the greatest single piece of software ever written. And I stand by this claim even when sober! Oh Aiai, you really do love bananas...
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Aaargh, Gamecube games all look and sound as if they've been designed by and for someone on about six strongs Es...they're like distilled ADHD in software form.
bassnation
the abyss
Aaargh, Gamecube games all look and sound as if they've been designed by and for someone on about six strongs Es...they're like distilled ADHD in software form.
theres a lot of snobbishness surrounding the appreciation of japanese games vs western titles too. a kind of popism for the games world maybe.
personally i prefer a bit of the old ultraviolence over dayglo cartoon characters engaged in meaningless and very silly activities, any day of the week.