Best Video Game 1988-1994 Round 2
 

Ok, I made it a double elimination event, in an attempt to fix the bad seeding from earlier; I moved some of the matches around. I put the whole thing on bracketmaker to make it easier to follow.

Here is the link to the bracketmaker page.

I've decided 1 day is sufficient to get good results, so at least until the last few rounds I'll leave it as 1 day.

Without further ado, round 2:

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Wow. Just to see X-Com losing to Sim City 2000 makes this a crime against humanity.

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Wookie - I don't think a lot of people know what X-Com is. They're just voting for the one they've heard of.

durron - A lot of good games here. I'm sure plenty of people will respond with "OMGWTF!!11 WHERE'S xxxx???" but I say nice work.

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X-Com: UFO Defense
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Sim City 2000
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Ok, i give up on this poll

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tentacle and monkey island going down undeservedly

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I liked Contra, but come on. Journey with me down memmory lane:

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Open your gimmick accounts and vote again. This time, do the right thing.

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NOOOOOOOOO.....EARTHBOUND!!!!!

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tentacle and monkey island going down undeservedly

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Plus Tetris. Mortal Kombat is not all that great.

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at least that one is still close in voting

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Yikes, what a pitiful state of affairs when these are the results. Shape up, OOT!!!!

Swede

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SMB 3 vs. Super Metroid might be a harder decision than naming a kid.

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Star Control 2, the greatest game of all time, bar none, going out 0-2 is a travesty.

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Come on.

Mortal Kombat was just a Street Fighter II ripoff. Tetris is one of the best games EVER.

This is a disgrace.

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Star Control 2, the greatest game of all time, bar none, going out 0-2 is a travesty.

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You must have no idea how freakin' awesome Secret of Mana was. That might actually be my #1 choice.

Tecmo Bowl gets nostalgia points, sure, but I think I could still have fun playing SoM today. After about 10 minutes of Tecmo Bowl, I would probably turn it off and start playing Madden.

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Plus Tetris. Mortal Kombat is not all that great.

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I like that this is close.
It shows that there is a wide variety of definitions for 'best' game. People pick these games for different reasons (I think) and it is an interesting match

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Better job.

Results are scary. Tetris is the chess of video games, it should destroy every other game on this list; Mortal Kombat is the worst console game on there, no way it should be that close. Super Metroid is better than SMB3, not by much, but it is. Either not enough people have played Super Metroid, or too many people have seen The Wizard. Super Metroid against Super Mario World would be a better match up. I didn't get a computer until a few years ago, so I can't comment on all of those.

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Wow, Tetris and Mortal Kombat are neck and neck. I think me rearranging these makes very few of these matches a surprise though, this will get more interesting when we get to the later rounds.

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what's sad is that i doubt many people played the original dragon warrior either. the votes for it could be on namesake alone.

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Ugh, still no love for Dune 2. *fires a Death Hand nuke at you all*

*watches as it flies wide and hits Science, Math, Philosophy*

[censored] Death Hands.

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Ugh, still no love for Dune 2. *fires a Death Hand nuke at you all*

*watches as it flies wide and hits Science, Math, Philosophy*

[censored] Death Hands.

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I think most people didn't start getting into RTSs until Warcraft, unfortunately.

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what's sad is that i doubt many people played the original dragon warrior either. the votes for it could be on namesake alone.

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That's my feeling exactly. But then it also looks like all the RPG's are getting the shaft.

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Is there anyone who'll pipe up and say they voted for Sim City 2k? Has you played both?

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Link to the Past.

End of thread.

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Super Metroid is probably my favorite SNES game of all time. People should give it some more love.

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Bracket 6 seems like the only one that will go down to the wire. Mortal Kombat deserves to win!

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This is just going to hurt more and more as the tournament goes on. If everybody thought like me, A Link to the Past would end up against Chrono Trigger in the final and that's kind of like trying to decide which testicle you like more.

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X-Com: UFO Defense
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9 39%
Sim City 2000
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14 61%

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Ok, i give up on this poll

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Ditto. Same with DOOM losing. This is turning into the usual OOTness.

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Ditto. Same with DOOM losing. This is turning into the usual OOTness.

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Both of these have a chance to make it deep in the loser's bracket.

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NOOOOOOOOO.....EARTHBOUND!!!!!

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Also, my favorite two games are playing right now.
Tecmo vs Contra already. WTF mate

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I totally forgot about The Secret of Monkey Island... but that game was sweet. Now I'm slightly upset it's losing.

I've got a little TIP for you, get the POINT?

Ahh, memories [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Up down up down left right left right b a b a select start

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up up down down

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what in the [censored] is wrong with you.

[censored] super mario 3, a regurgitated sequel of a formulaic game (review may be tainted by metroid bias) against an amazing sequel that brought the series to new heights.

maybe mario 64 against super metroid you could make a case for.

ugh.

oh well, I'll stop my rant.

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Up down up down left right left right b a b a select start

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up up down down

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LOL. I totally forgot about that. That gives you what, infinite lives?? I think.

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its not infinite, but I cant remember if its 30,60, or 99.

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its not infinite, but I cant remember if its 30,60, or 99.

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30 Lives, 30 Continues

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Definitely 30.

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Tecmo Super Bowl losing by a 3-2 margin against Contra? I refuse to believe this. This is not happening. This is not happening.

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Tecmo Super Bowl losing by a 3-2 margin against Contra? I refuse to believe this. This is not happening. This is not happening.

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It can still make it deep in the losers bracket, don't worry.

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contra was fun but tecmo super bowl is one of the best games ever. the results are crazy. plus where is ninja gaiden?