Greatest Video Game... nominations first...
 

Gonna start a greatest video game poll, hit me with your nominations...

Mine:

Deus Ex
Half-Life 2
Starcraft
Civilization 2

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Legend of Zelda (NES)
Metroid (NES)
MVP 2005 Baseball (PS2/XBOX)
NHL '94 (Genesis)
Combat (Atari 2600)
Donkey Kong Jr. (Colecovision)

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Mega Man 2
Tecmo Bowl
Metal Gear Solid 2
Madden 2006

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In the arcade division here are my nominees:

Space Invaders
Pac Man
Donkey Knog
Asteriods
Dragon's Lair

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Goddamned Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl...

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Legend of Zelda (NES)
Metroid (NES)
MVP 2005 Baseball (PS2/XBOX)
NHL '94 (Genesis)
Combat (Atari 2600)
Donkey Kong Jr. (Colecovision)

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NHL 94 on genesis, hell yeah, I loved that.


Also:

Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Goldeneye (N64)

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Starcraft
Halflife
Civ 2

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System Shock
Contra
Oregon Trail
Marathon
X-com

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Some more coming to minds,,,

Fallout
Duke Nukem 3D

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My choices are :

GoldenEye (N64)
Super MarioKart (SNES)
Championship Manager (PC)...UK only will understand)
LeisureSuit Larry Series
Pitfall - The Mayan Adventure (Atari)
Alex Kidd In Miracle World (Master System)
Resident Evil
Final Fantasy 7 & 8 (Playstation)
The Simpsons (Arcade)
StreetFighter 2 (Arcade)
Mortal Kombat (Arcade)

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Tetris
TMNT
FF-VII
Mike Tyson PO
Driver (1? 3? Hmmm)
GTA 1
Ninja Gaidan

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Definitely going to need multiple genres for this. Its too hard to compare something like Gauntlet (arcade) with Civ 3 or Pirates!

Maybe something like this:
Arcade
Classic Console (80's-96 or so? When was the 64 released?)
Modern Console
Classic PC (80's-mid 90's again, with the line drawn at the release of Duke Nukem!)
Modern Shooter/Arcade-style PC (for things like CS)
Modern Other PC (for games like Civ 4)

Just a thought.

Anyhow, Bard's Tale definitely needs a Classic PC nomination, and I thought Civ 2 was easily the worst of the series.

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Rundown,

Good pulls on the Bard's Tale.

You've reminded me of the excellent: Might & Magic Series
as well as Champions of Krynn and the orginal D&D game. Does Classic Nerd Fantasy need it's own poll? My sources say: Yes.

Yours,

--GA

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Star Control 2 (PC)
Final Fantasy 6 (Super Nintendo)
Final Fantasy 7 (PlayStation)
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Super Nintendo)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
Halo (XBox)
Super Smash Brothers (Nintendo 64)
Chrono Trigger (Super Nintendo)
Super Metroid (Super Nintendo)
GoldenEye (Nintendo 64)
Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES)
Megaman 2 (NES)
Grand Theft Auto III (PlayStation 2)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Sega Dreamcast)
Star Wars: KotOR (PC)

and plenty more...

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Super Smash Brothers (Nintendo 64)
Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES)


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and Sam and Max Hit the Road (PC)

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Thief
Chu Chu Rocket (anyone remeber this japanese dreamcast game?)
Unreal Tournament
Battlefield

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Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park, on Colecovision.

EDIT: add LadyBug

~D

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Sword of Vermilion
FF3
Morrowind

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GoldenEye (N64)
Super Smash Bros (GC)
Halo (XBOX)
Starcraft (PC)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (N)
Tetris
Arkanoid

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Super Mario 64 (N64)
Doom (PC)
Robotron 2084 (Arcade)

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I think it is pretty ridiculous to do this with no categories, just all video games bundled into one topic.

That said, I have a few (somewhat esoteric) nominations.

World of Warcraft
Final Fantasy XI
Katamari Damacy
Final Fantasy Tactics

But...yeah...no way this is going to work without categories.

Maybe something like:
Singleplayer RPG
First Person Shooter
Platformer
Online Multiplayer (MMOs and games like Unreal Tournament might all fall into this category)
Innovative (ie Dance Dance Revolution, Katamari Damacy)
Fighting

This might be a good starting point for a list.

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1) Super Smash Brothers (N64)
2) Super Mario RPG (SNES)
3) Zelda: A link to the past (SNES)

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Henrikrh has first dibs on it...but I'm more than happy to be the Substitute Poll maker...

Thought of some more :

Command & Conquer Red Alert
Sonic The Hedgehog

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This poll starts and ends with Goldeneye for me. Hands down the greatest game ever made.

Other games

Starcraft/Brood
Battlefield
Mariokart
Warcraft OG and III
Madden
Mario Bros.
Street Fighter

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Legend of Zelda (NES)
Madden Football

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1) Super Smash Brothers (N64)
2) Super Mario RPG (SNES)
3) Zelda: A link to the past (SNES)

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Super Mario RPG is very underrated if you ask me.

My nominations will go by system, and I will definately leave out some greats by accident

Nes: Mario3
Snes: Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, FF3, Street Fighter 2, Zelda: Link to the Past, Mario Kart (so many more)
Genesis- Sonic 3 W/ Sonic and Knuckles attatched
PSX- FF7, MGS1, Resident Evil
N64- Goldeneye, Zelda: Ocarina of time
PS2- Madden (in general), GTA San Andreas, FFX
GC- RESIDENT EVIL 4, Smash Bros
XBox- Halo (1 or 2, doesnt really matter)
PC- Diablo 2, Neverwinter Nights,

Edit: Any Metroid game, but esp the SNES version

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Chrono Trigger,

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Ah yes, this is the winner.

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Mike Tyson Punchout for NES
Legend of Zelda NES
Tecmo Football/Baseball for NES
Madden 03 for XBox/PS2
Mortal Kombat 2 for SNES?
Street Fighter 2 for SNES
Sonic The Hedgehog for Sega Genesis

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Nobody's mentioned Halo 2 on Xbox Live?

How about Grand Theft Auto?

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At the very least I hope you will split this into two separate polls, one for PC games and one for console games.

Personally I was never that much of a console buff, so I'll focus on the PC side of things.

My nominations:

X-Com: UFO Defense
Baldurs Gate 2
Everquest
Doom
Masters of Orion 2
Starcraft
Warcraft 2
Masters of Magic
Diablo 2
Ghost Recon
X-Wing/Tie Fighter
Jagged Alliance
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer: Generals

Each of these games had a pretty profound impact on me and my computer game life.

Swede

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Ok, here's how I plan to do teh new poll...

First I will tkae all games which are nominated and square them off against any sequels or expansions that are also nominated, for example...

Doom vs Doom 2 vs Doom 3

Then I will do the poll knockout style, with 3 categroies, Arcade, Console and PC. When each category has a winner the 3 games will be polled vs each other as well.

Anyone not liking the sequel elimination idea? Is it unfair to some games? FF7 and FF8 were both great games for example.

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I think the sequal elimination idea is great.

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Super Mario (All-Star? Anyone remember this 5 games in one or something?)

Mario Tennis
Halo

Edit: fix typo

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Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Castlevania(old school)
Diablo II:Lord of Destruction
GTA: Vice City
Max Payne
NCAA football:2004 PS2

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Yeah, you're gonna really have to break it down into eras or at least genres.

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Speedball (Amiga)
Megalomania (Amiga)
Walker Demo(Amiga, AT-AT walker)
Beast III (Amiga)
Pac Man
Dune II (PC)
SSX Tricky (PSII)

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Super Mario 3
Street Fighter 2
Tetris
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Madden-pick a year, my personal favorite is 93

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Am I the only person that loved Planescape: Torment for PC?

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Angband. I'm not joking.

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Lesiure suit Larry (PC)