List your top 10 favorite classics. I'm going to say that sega genesis is a good limit. Systems after Sega just seems too new.
1. Super Mario Brothers
2. Mortal Kombat
3. Sonic: The Hedgehog
4. DOOM
5. Streets of Rage
6. Metal Slug
7. Aladdin
8. Golden Axe
9. Shinobi
10. Burger Time
I really don't know the timeline of videogames before the Playstation 1 that I bought on a trip around 95'. :/
But, I will make my personal top 10, based on "classics" of my own history, 'key?
1. Final Fantasy Tactics
With this game I've learned to understand written english. I was 12 by the time and thanks to that I now am almost-fluent on english without ever beign to a english class.
2. Doom
The game I bought with my PS one. It was a cd with Doom II and Doom Ultimate. Damn that was too cool to put in words.
3. Diablo
First game I've played on the PC. Epic
4. Civilization II
Second game I've played on the PC. Nowadays I have an original of Civ5, so needless to say about epicness.
5. Soul Edge *o*o*o* epic
6. Crash Bandicoot
7. GTA
8. Final Fantasy VI
9. Mortal Kombat (I was going to just say "Montaro" but anyway...)
10. Wild Arms
After that I was 14/15 already, then someone showed me Counter Strike 1.3, then my lame carreer as cyber-gamer started and haven't stopped since.
Well, they are pretty recent games, but from them I've started my gaming life. Before that was only trees, water, hoses, beach, dogs lol!
Basically... this is a pre-disc based game classics... that means no PSX, no Sega Saturn, no N64 (even though it was still cartridge based), etc. So basically, just Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, Jaguar, early Gameboy, and Game Gear. Its quite limiting and not really a good measure of the term "Classic" which should at least go out to the first of the 'current' generation systems (i.e. PSX, N64, and Sega Dreamcast), but I'll play along for shiggles.
10. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
9. Street Fighter 2010 (NES)
8. Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
7. Super Street Fighter II (SNES)
6. Final Fantasy (NES)
5. Fatal Fury (SNES)
4. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
3. Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES)
2. Final Fantasy IV (FF2 in USA on SNES)
1. FINAL FANTASY VI (FF3 in USA on SNES)
OMG YES! I still have my PS1 Soulblade disc and case. Probably one of the best 3D fighters on PS1, if not of all time.Originally Posted by Bahayur
And I have to agree with your #9, which appears on other peoples lists too... Mortal Kombat. I must say that trilogy was by far the best iteration to date (and to come, from what I've seen).
Wild ARMs was awesome... Wild ARMs 2 was even better. I also enjoyed Wild ARMs 3 and Wild ARMs: Alter Code F (the remake of the original), but Wild ARMs 4 disappointed me greatly, and when I found out Wild ARMs 5 had the same stupid grid-based battle system as the fourth game, I didn't even bother playing it, nor have I bothered with the PSP Wild ARMs titles (and not just because I don't have a PSP, lol). All in all, I think Wild ARMs 2 was my favorite of the bunch... story, gameplay, everything was just perfect with that one. Its really no wonder that it was in that time frame they decided to place the anime series, Wild ARMs: Twilight Venom. But yeah, the whole franchise was awesome until they changed the battle system so drastically... plus, those anime openings were always awesome.
... and just for good measure...
What the heck happened to Sega Master System and Mega Drive in that list of consoles, eh? They were after all a lot better than the stupid grey boxes of Nintendo
Favourite games would be:
1) Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (MS) - best game ever actually
2) Sonic the Hedgehog (MS)
3) Alexx Kidd (MS) - came built into mine
4) Thriller
5) ... the rest of these games seems to be lost in the mists of time and the big hole in my memory that keeps popping up...
I wish I had my old Master System, but it's been sadly lost
Well, lets see...
From wikipedia: "By 1988, Nintendo commanded 83% of the North American video game market share and the rights to the Master System in North America were sold to Tonka, but its popularity continued to decline due to Nintendo's policies in spite of the company's success in gaining a position on the market for the system."
It would seem that most people in the USA (where I'm from) never played one (much less owned one)... add that to the fact that I was born in 1986 (just two years before the above market share numbers), and you'll see why I didn't last that particular system. Your complaint seems funny to me though, since I don't see you complaining that I just said "Atari" rather than making a point to identify it as the 2600 (the one my parents have), 5200, 7800, or XEGS... sure I listed the Jaguar seperately, but who wouldn't?
I also didn't include the SG-1000, the Neo Geo stuff, TurboGrafx, Casio PV, Epoch, FCF, Intellvision, Tellstar, the Nintendo Color, nor any of the Odyssey consoles... but I don't see you complaining about those. All of these things were left out because most people never played them, and thus most people could never consider any of those console's games classics. Sure, the Sega Master System may have been big in Sweden (I honestly don't know if it was or not), but next to no one cared about here in the States... so sorry if it didn't cross my mind when I was listing the consoles that mattered in the pre-disc era.
Anyway... all that said, I have to scoff at your follow up from that complaint...
... cause its on the list... y'know... becasue in America it was released at the Sega GENESIS.
But yeah... anyway!
That's what I get for being a European
Also, I think in my circle of friends we were 4 or 5 to one with SEGA vs. Nintendo even though not many people got the generation after the Mega Drive (Genesis is such a stupid name for a console, almost as stupid as Wii...).
Regarding Atari, that would probably be because I've never had any contact with Ataris whatsoever. I know there are different versions but that's about it
ohh, love this thread. Here's my Top 10
10. Maximum Carnage
9. Landstalker
8. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
7. TMNT II: The Arcade Game
6. Legend of Zelda
5. Super Mario Bros. 3
4. Super Punch Out
3. Final Fantasy VI
2. Chrono Trigger
1. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Tough digging in the old noggin about what old school games I dedicated my life to, but here' goes:
10. Lifeforce
9. Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
8. Final Fight
7. Mega Man 3
6. Weaponlord
5. Galaga
4. Ultima Online
3. Super Street Fighter 2
2. Golden Axe 2
1. Streets of Rage 2
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