What's the best video game..

[billyjex]

that you feel never got any credit? We all know the Mario's, Zelda's and GTA's, but what game did you really enjoy that no one even heard of?

One game I really enjoyed was for the original PS called Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I guess it did get some credit but I think people have forgot about it. Awesome game, story, I definetely replayed it a few times.

A SNES game me and my buddy used to play for hours on end was Aerobiz. It was an airplane business sim. It was pretty cool (thought I think if I played it today I would think it's lame.)

[chabibi]

Conflict desert storm return to Baghdad

[NLSoldier]

This one is sooo easy. Shining Force II. (Or shining force I) They are both awesome RPGs on sega. Definately my favorite RPG ever, but halo 1 is definately the best video game ever.

[Bulldog]

NHL '94 (Sega Genesis)

[DrSavage]

DreamWeb for PC. I have yet to see another person who played that one.

[nicky g]

Speedball II on Amiga.

[elwoodblues]

I loved the original Wizardry on my IBM PC Jr. My brother and I played that one for months.

[Senor Choppy]

Too new to qualify, but Katamari Damacy for the PS2 is the greatest thing ever. Only $19.99 too if you can find it.

[IndieMatty]

StreetFighter 2010 for the NES, I think it was loosely based on the StreetFighter games, it was made by CAPCOM. That game was all sorts of awesome.

Honorable Mention: Hudsons Adventure Island and
3D WorldRunner.

[cnfuzzd]

We use to have drunken stoner Dr. Mario tournaments. I remain undefeated vs non-red-headed-vixens. Possible the best strategy game i ever found, since it had cool dancing things that were fun to look at when nearly blacked out.

peace

john nickle

[Alobar]

"Dungeons of Daggorath" for the TRS-80

"X-com" was the bomb too.

[ArchAngel71857]

Castlevania Symphony of Night was pretty kick ass. I finally beat 200.6% this summer. I have seen all four endings and done everything in that game. Best video game soundtrack.

SNES's SoulBlazer is up there. second best video game soundtrack.

A game everyone loves that no one talks about is Chrono Trigger for SNES. copies on ebay go for ridiculous prices.

-AA

[srvollmer]

No way! A group of about 10 of my friends are, to this day, NHL 94 addicts (our ringtones are from the game...etc.). We are sure that if there were a tourney, we would all take it. Unfortunately for you, you play it on the Sega. We play ours on SNES.

Cheers to 94!

[NoPeak]

Mighty Bomb Jack (NES)

[ThaSaltCracka]

Aerobiz!!!!!

I remember that.

[nicky g]

Commando was pretty good.

[ilya]

I'll go with a tie between Valkyrie Profile and Deus Ex.

Although there are many worthy candidates:
Fallout
Super Monkey Ball
the new Katamari Damacy
The Longest Journal
Serious Sam (ok it's definitely not the *best* but it may well be the funnest)
Vagrant Story
Ico (I'm surprised no one mentioned it, but maybe that's because it's been getting too much 'hidden-gem' publicity lately?)
Breath of Fire V
System Shock 1/2
No One Lives Forever

The list goes on...

I'm not sure Castlevania or Chrono Trigger qualify...they are too popular IMO.

[ThaSaltCracka]

Cabal

[ArchAngel71857]

Vagrant Story

Damn, how could I leave forget that game. I always thought there was going to be a sequel for it. Guess not.

-AA

[Daliman]

ZAXXON!

[astroglide]

man, a LOT of you are posting highly rated/bought/cherished games (e.g. symphony of the night). i'll nominate clash at demonhead. people still love shining force 2 etc.

[vulturesrow]

Tie between Neuromancer and Wasteland.

[MarkL444]

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Cabal

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I used to LOVE that game when i was a kid. I played it a few weeks afo over at my friends (who has an insane nes collection). the game sucks.

you are right about aerobiz though

[beerbandit]

super monkey ball that game was pretty damn fun-- at the same time it could piss me off fairly easily

cheers
beer

[Bulldog]

Where do you get the ringtones?

I don't know man--we all could score pretty often with the skate across the front of the net, hold the shoot button to hold the goalie on the short side then release to the wide side just as you cross the midpoint. Pretty much unstoppable if you let the puck-handler get to the spot.

I still remember my Washington Capitals--Kelly Miller & Dino Cicarelli, and I've never ever been a hockey fan.

If this isn't limited to home console games, I'll nominate Cyberball (the original, four-player version). My friends and I spent way too many hours from our teen years battling away at that game, $1.50 at a time.

[ThaSaltCracka]

dude, its tight only in the arcade, you [censored] spin that track ball and blast away at EVERYTHING.

[Victor]

I recently became hella addicted to a playstation game called Super Puzzle Fighter. ITs a tetris-like game with the characters from street fighter.

Another awesome game is Perfect Dark but its fairly popular.

[beerbandit]

[censored] i just checked on ebay 32.09 for a used copy. i believe i still have that game in the basement, pretty sweet. if im not gonna play it maybe i could make a little cash off of it.

cheers
beer

[ArchAngel71857]

32.09? Back when I checked it would go for a little over 200. Good thing I gave all my SNES stuff to a children's hospital. Bastards probably sold it and bought the kids a PS.

-AA

[astroglide]

smb is highly reviewed and a fairly popular item that's now part of their player's choice series. puzzle fighter commanded a mint on ebay for the ps2 version and it's now been remade on several systems (dc, gba, etc). if it's been redone or is part of any "classic" purchasing block i think it should be out.

[ilya]

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super monkey ball that game was pretty damn fun-- at the same time it could piss me off fairly easily


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Check out the videos on this site:

http://www.klow.net/smb/

[ilya]

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smb is highly reviewed and a fairly popular item that's now part of their player's choice series. puzzle fighter commanded a mint on ebay for the ps2 version and it's now been remade on several systems (dc, gba, etc). if it's been redone or is part of any "classic" purchasing block i think it should be out.

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Oh come on...SMB is a *GameCube* "classic." That just means it sold over 50 copies!

[astroglide]

528,154 copies sold of the first one

[PhatTBoll]

Return Fire and Dare Devil Derby 3D, both for PS.

Return Fire was a capture-the-flag game played with tanks, helicopters, jeeps, and heavy artillery. Possibly the best 2-player strategy/action game of all time.

Dare Devil Derby was a silly game with stupid music and annoying characters but there was something about the bird's eye view and variety of racing surfaces (earth, water, air) that was just addictive. Some heated rivalries were developed between some of my friends over that game. I've never met anyone who even heard of it beside us.

[ilya]

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528,154 copies sold of the first one

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I was "kidding" but point taken. By the way, where can I find this kind of info?

[bugstud]

I played a lot of earthbound on snes as well as chrono trigger

[banditbdl]

NHL 94 was way too big in its time to qualify for this list. For God's sake, any game with its own movie scene can't really be considered underapprecaited.

[JinX11]

NHL '94 on NES was the best hockey game ever. I would pwn you. My goaltending is unbeatable and the off-wing "pass-shot" from the dot would beat you five-hole every time, baby!! ;-) Amonte to Messier to Gartner - BRRRRRRRNNN! Fuhgetaboutit!

Man, I miss that game.

[ArchAngel71857]

Was NHL 94 the game they played in Swingers?

-AA

[codewarrior]

You and I may be the only people alive who played Dungeons of Daggorath.

My copy was pirated - yours?

[B00T]

Devil Dice (PS One)

Little teletubbies running over gigantic dice and changing them to a certain number face up to make chains and scoring points for them. 6 Players at a time, running around building and stealing others creations.

This game was absolutely amazing.

[banditbdl]

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Was NHL 94 the game they played in Swingers?

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Yes, that is what I was referring to. On reflection, I should add that it may have actually been NHL 93 in Swingers, but my original point still stands.

[billyjex]

Another cool game I thought of was Wonderboy for Sega. It was an action side scroller/RPG adventure game. It was sweet.

Vegas Stakes for SNES was tight as well. You started out in a trashy casino playing slots/blackjack etc. (of course the games are +EV so you can move up) and worked your way up to the high roller casinos. People would come up to you while you played asking you for money (sometimes if you gave it to them they would go win a jackpot and give you alot of money. Other times you'd never see them again.)

[Moozh]

Gotta go with Tetris Attack for SNES. Completely cheesy graphics, preschool dialogue, and the best gameplay of any puzzle game I've ever played.

The great thing about Tetris Attack was the combos you could set up and string together. It added an extra dimension of play that helped seperate the new players from the experts. It was so much more than fitting pieces into empty areas (which was all tetris really was). And yes, I've played Puzzle Figher, and it doesn't even come close to the complexity allowed in Tetris Attack.

A few other excellent old games:


Stunts (PC)

Marathon (Mac) (For all you Halo lovers)

Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie (N64) (In my opinion, these were the two best games made for the N64).


There are so many flashy games out there with awesome graphics and absolutely no gameplay. I wish game designers would take a lesson from Tetris Attack and realize that good games start with good gameplay ideas first. Graphics and all that are only helpful after the gameplay has been developed.

[sfer]

Ultima IV. I am a dork.

[sfer]

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I loved the original Wizardry on my IBM PC Jr. My brother and I played that one for months.

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Wizardry was awesome, but nothing sucked more than having half of your guys beef it on like level 8 and having to go rescue their bodies. Or teleporting into a wall.

[vulturesrow]

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Wizardry was awesome, but nothing sucked more than having half of your guys beef it on like level 8 and having to go rescue their bodies. Or teleporting into a wall.

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Bards Tale anyone? Yeah Im talking about the first one and it doesnt count if you didnt buy a pack of graph paper to map the levels on. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[sfer]

I never really liked I, but II and III were pretty good. Actually, III was great. A lot of hours there.

[astroglide]

for gc it's at http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hokora/gcranka.html

[vetman81]

Adventure Island was a great game for the NES...hard too. I only beat it once or twice.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

"Project: Horned Owl" for the PSX

[ddollevoet]

Mr. Do

[Rubeskies]

ToeJam And Earl

and it's not close

[billyjex]

Wow, what a good call. I totally forgot about Toe Jam & Earl. That game was SICK.

[kyro]

biker mice from mars. i had fun with that game. i also played nhl '95 nonstop. oh and shaq fu. i kid.

[astroglide]

toejam and earl is massively popular dude /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Benal]

The Adventures Of Lolo

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/1347/images/lolostart.jpg

Anyone remember this game?

[TylerD]

Does anyone rememeber Cannon Fodder for the Amiga? It was pretty popular though so I don't know if it counts.

[mmbt0ne]

Chu Chu Rocket, Skies of Arcadia, and Ikaruga were my 3 favorite games on Dreamcast. 2 of them have been remade on GC though, so they're probably a little more popular now.

[josh1122]

SNES:
ActRaiser 1
Earthbound
SoulBlazer
7th Saga
Secret of Evermore

N64:
Jet Force Gemini
Turok

PS1:
Legend of Legia(sp?)

Next Gen:
Turok Evolution
Eternal Darkness (not sure if this was popular or not)

[pudley4]

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I loved the original Wizardry on my IBM PC Jr. My brother and I played that one for months.

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Wizardry was awesome, but nothing sucked more than having half of your guys beef it on like level 8 and having to go rescue their bodies. Or teleporting into a wall.

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Played it way back on the Apple II /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'm playing Wizardry 8 right now. It's very good.

[ZeeJustin]

The original Phantasy Star, Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Wonder Boy 2 for sega master system. It stil amazes me how many people have never even heard of sega master system (although if you have heard of it, you've prolly heard of some of those games).

[daryn]

whoa. awesome. wonder boy 2 was sweet. that might be one of the first games i ever played in my life. remember they had those card games?

[Duke]

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Fallout

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Great game. I love the use of that Ink Blots song, and how the end is foreshadowed by it. I like how the ending changes based on who you kill/do not kill. I like the combat engine. I like the South Park references.

Yeah, that game was one of the best.

~D

[Duke]

By platform:

Arcade:

Arkanoid
Race Drivin'
Final Fight - soft spot for it because it's the first arcade game I beat. How many quarters? I dunno... all of them?

Colecovision:

Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park
Frenzy (apparently the sequel to Berzerk)

NES:

Contra
Contra
Contra

Atari Lynx:

Ninja Gaiden (Arcade port, not NES port)
Bill & Ted (I forget the subtitle)

Apple IIe:

Marble Madness
Bard's Tale
Sabotage

DOS:

Ultima 7

Genesis:

Revenge of Shinobi
Phantasy Star II

PS2:

SSX - all of them. My vote for some of the best games ever.

Newer PC:

Quake. All about DM4 and DM6.
Baldur's Gate 2

And there you have it.

~D

[Alobar]

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You and I may be the only people alive who played Dungeons of Daggorath.

My copy was pirated - yours?

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Nope, I think I've still got the original ROM in a storage shed at my parents house.

Did you ever beat it? I had no way to save. Took me like 3 years before I finally beat that game.

[ilya]

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Fallout

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I like the South Park references.


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Wow, there are South Park references? I totally missed those.

[ilya]

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The original Phantasy Star, Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Wonder Boy 2 for sega master system. It stil amazes me how many people have never even heard of sega master system (although if you have heard of it, you've prolly heard of some of those games).

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I can't believe I forgot about PS. I think PS IV is the best though. Best console RPG of its generation, better than FFVI or Chrono Trigger IMO.

[ilya]

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Ultima 7

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word.

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SSX - all of them. My vote for some of the best games ever.

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word.
Tricky gets my vote.

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Baldur's Gate 2

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word.
The Icewind Dale games are great fun too.

[ilya]

Do you guys remember this game? I played it on my TRS-80 back in the USSR. So fun.

[Duke]

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Wow, there are South Park references? I totally missed those.

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In one of the towns... I think the one where you have to either steal that necklace or kill someone, there's a police station. One of the guards is named Kenny.

Kill him.

"Oh my god, you killed Kenny! You bastard!"

This was before South Park was even on Comedy Central.

~D

[ilya]

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Wow, there are South Park references? I totally missed those.

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In one of the towns... I think the one where you have to either steal that necklace or kill someone, there's a police station. One of the guards is named Kenny.

Kill him.

"Oh my god, you killed Kenny! You bastard!"

This was before South Park was even on Comedy Central.

~D

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Awesome.
Now I have an excuse to play it again.

[blendedsuit]

Counter-strike about 3 years ago.

[Ogre]

best game ever HALO 1
NOT the best game ever HALO 2 don't waste your $50

side bet that me and NLsoldier could take anybody 2vs2 on halo 1

[BullChip]

for Intelivision, or whatever the system was called.

Classic.

MMMMMM, burgers.

[DCIAce]

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NHL '94 (Sega Genesis)

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I had NHL 94 on SNES, and it was a great game. Only hockey game I ever liked much. Playing 2 players with goalies out was a blast too. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Gamblor]

NHL '94

And it's not even close

[Reef]

SNES: Chrono trigger, Mario Kart, Street Fighter

NES: bubble bobble, flying dragon

Sega genesis: Altered beast

[Lawrence Ng]

Street Fighter 2. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Reef]

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A game everyone loves that no one talks about is Chrono Trigger for SNES. copies on ebay go for ridiculous prices.


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If it weren't for chrono trigger, there would be no Final Fantasy 7 and the like as we know it nowadays.

[chabibi]

too easy
the wrap around always goes in

[BusterStacks]

T-Mek.

[AngryCola]

Spy vs. Spy for NES /images/graemlins/spade.gif

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Spy vs. Spy for NES /images/graemlins/spade.gif

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I can honestly say that I have played this game. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[astroglide]

i think the c64 version was first

[A_C_Slater]

Dodgeball NES
River City Ransom NES
Secret of evermore SNES
Blackthorne SNES

[srvollmer]

You bleed your lack of mastery of the game. Obviously you think you are better than you really are. You SHOULD know that that shot will not always go in, because you SHOULD be using manual goalie.

Practice, son. Practice.

[Bubbagump]

When I bought Silent Service for my Tandy1000, I stayed in my room for about a year playing that game and only came out for school and the occasional meal. That was a great WWII sub simulator.

Bubbagump