1995-2000ish video games
 

Someone with better knowledge of videogames than myself should create a bracket tournament that includes games from the 1995-2000ish era. Some phenomenal games were created during this era. The few that come to mind include The Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, FF7, Starcraft, Goldeneye, Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart 64, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, Crono Cross, and Soul Calibur. What games am I missing that deserve to be included in a contest like this?? I know I must be missing a lot of PC games.

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Quake. Half-Life.

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Descent
Total Annihilation
Magic Carpet
Commanche
NASCAR
Longbow
Silent Hunter
Worms
Need for Speed

I think those are right for that time frame.

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Warcraft/Warcraft 2
Unreal tournament

Only 2 I can think of right now.

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Descent: Freespace
Freespace 2

Only 2 I can think of... that time period was kinda boring.

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Diablo, Diablo 2, everquest

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Zelda Ocarina of Time, my favorite game ever, i actually started playing it again 4 days ago, and am at the water temple [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Half-Life: Counter-Strike (1999)

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Goldeneye is easily the best game made during this time period

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Zelda Ocarina of Time, my favorite game ever, i actually started playing it again 4 days ago, and am at the water temple [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Oh wow. I forgot how fun this game is. Enjoy it man. I think I'm inspired to find a 64 just to play that game.

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Goldeneye is easily the best game made during this time period

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I beg to differ.

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I think I'll try to put this tourny together after durron finishes his. Keep the ideas coming though. Also, would you consider Half-Life and Counterstike to be 2 different games?

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put Resident Evil 2 in the discussion

but yea FF7 is the best by far

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It won't win, cause no one has heard of it, but Deus Ex is easily one of the best games ever.

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i don't know what your avatar is. looks to be some rpg typeish game. meh. congrats on your day btw. i saw the ft.

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i don't know what your avatar is. looks to be some rpg typeish game. meh. congrats on your day btw. i saw the ft.

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His avatar is Final Fantasy 7.

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What about some sports games?? I like NFL Blitz because it was completely different and still tons of fun. And Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 because it pwns it's category.

But what about other games like Madden NFL 2001, NBA Live 2001, or NBA Courtside 2. Or anything else. Do they belong?

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Playstation = FF7/FF8??
N64 = Goldeneye...

Any poll done will end up with these 2 as finalists.....

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N64: Super Smash Bros.

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C&C
NHL 95

i'll think of more..

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Impossible to come to a conclusion. Like asking whats the best color.

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Pssh green, duh!

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When the other poll finished out I was going to do a poll for N64, Dreamcast and PS1 games only.

Though I don't know why I'd bother because FFVII will win handily. Right? Right.

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Goldeneye, Counterstike, Final Fantasy 7, C&C Red Alert
are the top games of this period. Easily

I would think FF7 would win over Goldeneye....but HL:CS is probably the best game out of the bunch.

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ocarina was rereleased for the gamecube (along with majora's mask, etc)

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I'm Dead Meat!!!

http://geizhals.at/img/pix/11743.jpg

many many hours spent behind this game... still fun to play if that makes a difference in this 'soon to be' poll

-WW

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Can I request that we separate console and PC games? They cater to such different market niches, and it's harder to find people who've actually played both if a console and a PC game get paired up. FWIW, I'm taking Half-Life all the way in a PC only or a combined poll.

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Here's what I had so far:

N64:
-Goldeneye
-Mario Kart 64
-NFL Blitz
-Super Mario 64
-Super Smash Bros
-Zelda: Ocarina of Time

PS:
-Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
-Chrono Cross
-Final Fantasy 7
-Gran Turismo 2
-Metal Gear Solid
-Resident Evil 3
-Tekken 3
-Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
-Twisted Metal 2

Dreamcast:
-Soul Calibur

PC:
-Baldur's Gate
-Counterstrike
-Deus Ex
-Diablo
-EverQuest
-Freespace 2
-Homeworld
-Quake 3
-Starcraft
-The Sims
-Total Annihilation
-Unreal Tournament
-Worms Armageddon

I don't know. Should this be done as seperate or combined? I almost had a bracket worked out for a combined tournament, but I will admit to not having played most of the PC games. If it's seperate, we would have to add more games to each group, but I don't have the experience to deal with the PC group. My childhood was primarily console games.

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Worms

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Diablo2 >>> Diablo ('cause I think Diablo itself is kinda lame).

(edit- unless D2 is post 2000, which wouldn't shock me).

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Diablo 2
Release Date: Jun 27, 2001

Edit: Correction- that was for the expansion. You're right, Diablo 2 was released Jun 29, 2000.

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Worms

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i never got StarCraft and it's success. It was just another RTS game. Give me one of the C&C games anyday (preferably Red Alert)

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Screw it. Sorry durron, I already have this all set up so I'm just gonna do the combined tournament. I'll wait til yours is done though. I added C&C Red Alert.

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Warzone was kind've fun despite how gay wrestling was.

Perfect Dark, IMO, sucked.

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Might want to add WoW or WCIII.

GoldenEye should pwn this category.

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Screw it. Sorry durron, I already have this all set up so I'm just gonna do the combined tournament. I'll wait til yours is done though. I added C&C Red Alert.

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I was talking to tpir about this over PM a few days ago. So many ppl were bitching over the PC/console no split that I thought it would be better to do this era separately.

I have no problem if you run the polls though.

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Heroes of Might and Magic should be there somewhere.
And Mechwarrior 2

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ahhh yes