Best video games ever...

[oskar]

I'm not much of a gamer... and now looking again into the video game market there really isn't anything that interests me. Either the marked completely misses the oskar demographic, or I simply don't know the good ones.

Anyway... looking for recommendations - no matter how old. I'm not a sucker for state-of-the-art graphics.

I'll start:

Quarantine
http://abandonia.com/en/games/146/Quarantine.html
When it comes to atmosphere this is one of the best games I ever played. You're a taxi driver in a prison town. After the outbreak of a virus that turns the murderous inmates into even more murderous inmates, the objective is to get the fuck out.
Soundtrack is made up of some australian 80's garage bands that really fits the setting. This was a lot of fun.

Silent Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eds1ivwq1oc
I played the first part through, the second part half way, and the third part more recently.
I think the first part stands out - if you played it when it came out, I guess the impact was much greater. The scripted camera movements, the video filter that makes it look like an 8mm movie... it was nothing like any game I played before that.

I realize nobody likes to read through these, so I'll just list the rest

Leisure Suit Larry 7
Phantasmagoria
Zach Mc Kracken
Monkey's Island I, II
GTA III

I'm really missing the endtime atmosphere games that are not strictly first person shooters where you're frantically pressing the skip button at every cut scene. Generally I think a little more emphasis on the story wouldn't hurt most games.

[Halv]

I play these on a NES emulator against my brother:
North & South
Ice Climber
Super Off-Road
Spy Vs Spy

I wouldn't put any of them on a "best game ever" list, but for multiplayer madness they are cool. My list would be something like this:
Zelda 3 - A link to the past (start with this and then do the rest of the Zeldas)
Super Mario World (start with this and then do the rest of the Marios)
Half Life, then HL2 (then spend 8 years playing CS online :P)
GTA (you might skip the first two but personally I love them)
GoldenEye 64
Mario Kart 64 (or any other mario kart, this is my favorite though)

[bigred]

Final Fantasy 7
Zelda
Mario 3


More recents:
Gears of War (2)
God of War (2)
Resistance
Fallout 3

[WildBobAA]

Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Resident Evil 4

[spoonitnow]

Since some of the Zelda and FF titles are obvious, I'll throw out one: Super Metroid.

[bigred]

Bubble Bobble was sweet too.

[dthorne04]

FF7, FF8, Goldeneye, and of course, one that people don't mention enough -- Chrono Cross.

[givememyleg]

earthbound for snes

[Jack Sawyer]

Uniracers

River City Ransom

[kingnat]

Baseball Stars is my all time favorite game...

For multiplayer I think Bomberman and Goldeneye are all time favs...

Sad end note.. although I'm awful in any type of FPS these days, I used to f'ing own in goldeneye. I'd regularly take 1v3 and win handily... these days I'm a fish at that game as well. oldness = suck

[Deanglow]

agreed on everything and I'll add perfect dark imo

[bigred]

Duke Nukem 3d was pretty sweet.

[Da GOAT]

Resident Evil 1 was mindblowing to me.

FF7 was a classic.

COD4 is prob the latest wow game for me. Also GOW should be mentioned.

ps: im pure console gamer.

[Ragnar4]

FF7
Starcraft
Diablo 2
Super Metroid
Zelda
and I have no idea why no-one has said this yet.

HALF LIFE

[a500lbgorilla]

FF7
Starcraft
Diablo 2
Super Metroid
Zelda
and I have no idea why no-one has said this yet.

HALF LIFE

I know why, because you can't read.

I play these on a NES emulator against my brother:
North & South
Ice Climber
Super Off-Road
Spy Vs Spy

I wouldn't put any of them on a "best game ever" list, but for multiplayer madness they are cool. My list would be something like this:
Zelda 3 - A link to the past (start with this and then do the rest of the Zeldas)
Super Mario World (start with this and then do the rest of the Marios)
Half Life, then HL2 (then spend 8 years playing CS online :P)
GTA (you might skip the first two but personally I love them)
GoldenEye 64
Mario Kart 64 (or any other mario kart, this is my favorite though)

[Halv]

Doom probably deserves a mention.

ty bigred for reminding me of bubble bobble - gonna dl that tonight ;D

[FriskyPirate]

I have a soft spot for 1998 "Thief" The Dark Project. Thief was the first game I played where you didn't mow people down with machine guns...but instead you had to tip toe around slowly and slit their throats in the dark. The game made your heart pump with adrenaline as you tried so hard not to get detected.

[oskar]

Duke Nukem 3d was pretty sweet.

Almost added it.
I loved that game.

Doom probably deserves a mention.

I played it through one summer, and after 20 hours it became torture, it gets so monotone.
I really liked Wolfenstein 3d though. - But I think part of the awesomeness was that it was state of the art in (pseudo)3d when it came out.

[bigred]

Counter-strike!

[kingnat]

I still play Starcraft and Diablo II from time to time...

[bigred]

I don't play starcraft because I'm not asian. Note my sig

[wufwugy]

by gamers who have been around since the NES, Super Metroid is indisputably the best game ever made.

Counterstrike for PC (not Source or whatever other variations they made) is also likely to be the best competitive FPS.

if you're savvy, and you can get your hands on hard to get stuff, you can go to Saturn and other Sega console/emulator games known as Shining Force CD (or a real similar name) and the Shining Force 3 trilogy. i think only the first part of the tril was released in US/english tho. i have not played those, but they are likely amazing since SF2 is one of the greatest and enthusiasts say SF3 is better

[Lukie]

StarCraft: Brood War

[Thunder]

Elite - just pure awesomeness and created a complete universe as did Star Wars.


Bounty Bob Strikes Back - classic 80's scrolling platform game.


Resident Evil 2 - leaps and bounds beyond the original (which was also very good).


Legacy of Kain - interesting and with a strong dose of Hammer House of Horror.

[kingnat]

Resident Evil 2 - leaps and bounds beyond the original (which was also very good).

On first playing this game I was in awe... just totally entralled and amazed... i tried to capture this experience again by loading it up the other day.... let me just say, that having to wait through two consecutive door opening sequences tilted me so hard I wanted to beat my children...

just fair warning.

[will641]

secret of mana.

[UG]

Tecmo Superbowl

[BoondockSaint]

secret of mana.

I second that.

[wesrman]

TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER FTW ! ! ! !

[BankItDrew]

I'll try to mention some that have not yet been mentioned...

RBI Baseball
Blades of Steel
Top Gear
Twisted Metal Black
Dragon Warrior
Micro Machines
Double Dragon
Contra 2
Duck Tales
1943
Castlevania 2
TMNT Turles in Time

Starcraft

[Jack Sawyer]

LOL, no one mention Chrono Trigger?

[oskar]

Resident Evil 2 - leaps and bounds beyond the original (which was also very good).

On first playing this game I was in awe... just totally entralled and amazed... i tried to capture this experience again by loading it up the other day.... let me just say, that having to wait through two consecutive door opening sequences tilted me so hard I wanted to beat my children...

just fair warning.

lol I played the first part. I generally like suspense much more than the zombi-through-window-when-you-least-expect-it - horror, but I'll see if I can find the second one.
The last boss was a pain in the ass. I still remember that the last safe point is like 20 minutes away and I was short on ammo. Had to reload like 10 times. Yay safepoints.

[Sasquach991]

Pong
Missle Command

[BankItDrew]

LOL, no one mention Chrono Trigger?

Overshadowed by FF3 and Earthbound IMO

Best Christmas ever:
I get FF3
My brother gets Earthbound and Chrono Trigger

We accomplished nothing for two months.

[Galapogos]

LOL, no one mention Chrono Trigger?

Fuck Chrono Trigger and fuck that boss near the end I could never beat and fuck everyone I ask for telling me the answer's out there and just to google it even thought I can never find it. Fuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!

[Jack Sawyer]

Maniac Mansion, Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle

[UnknownFlush]

It would like to be Eternal Sonata and Fable 2 to X-Box 360

[SaulPaul]

grim fandango was beyond awesome. ne1 had much luck getting it to work on vista? The graphics are really choppy, and freezes lots

[Ash256]

Tomb Raider 1 and 2

[DaddyDeez]

omg no 1 has said Metal Gear Solid...most of the older stuff has been mentioned so im jus gonna throw out some dreamcast games cuz it was so overlooked.
Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue(GTA3 would of probly not existed without this), Grandia 2, crazi Taxi, powestone, marvel v capcom, Soul Caliber, Resident evil: Code Veronica

but i think D2 is probly the greatest game ever made... somthing like 30k people still play that shit online
and starcraft has like 6 tv channels dedicated to it in korea last i heard...
ffs Blizzard is awesome.

and as far as MMO's Dark Ages of Camelot was my favorite MMO ever (until ToA came out obv).

[ProZachNation]

FF8
MGS1
MGS3
Gran Turismo 2
Resident Evil 2


I have a mint condition original style case FF7, I plan to ebay it they go for like $50 pretty sick stuff. I always like FF8 which I will not be parting with.

[bigspenda73]

RBI Baseball

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[ChrisBCritter]

Lot's of great games in here.

Here's one that I always go back to that hasn't been mentioned:

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

I've played through that one countless times...

[UG]

RBI Baseball

/thread

this is number two on my list after Tecmo Superbowl, what a freaking great game.

[ProZachNation]

RBI Baseball

/thread

this is number two on my list after Tecmo Superbowl, what a freaking great game.

Played RBI baseball in the dorm freshmen year all the time.

Nolan Ryan omg sick

[bigred]

Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers for NES, amirite?

[MuddyWicket]

What are you waiting for? Christmas?

[MuddyWicket]

awesome game.

[Ragnar4]

It never got very good reviews.

But American McGee's Alice in Wonderland was a blast.

[Lukie]

LOL, no one mention Chrono Trigger?

Fuck Chrono Trigger and fuck that boss near the end I could never beat and fuck everyone I ask for telling me the answer's out there and just to google it even thought I can never find it. Fuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!

lol, i actually recently beat this game for the first time (!) and don't really remember any bosses that were particularly tough.

[boost]

earthworm jim (possibly the greatest side scrolling platformer)

ico (amazing puzzle game with a very light narrative, yet it manages to evoke emotions from the player)

half life/half life 2 (fps' with no cutscenes at all, yet they have awesome stories)

syndicate (I think you need a dos emulator for this and last time I tried I couldnt figure out how to save games. It has a save feature, but it wouldnt actually save for me)

metal slug (possibly the greats side scrolling platformer. Yes I know I said this twice, but I meant it both times.

Im currently replaying hl2 as my computer crashed before I finished it and I never got back into it until I got this new laptop. After I beat it Ill probably buy gta4. Im also interested in fallout 3.

[Thunder]

I generally like suspense much more than the zombi-through-window-when-you-least-expect-it - horror

No game ever shit me up as much as Res Evil 4, with that guy with the chainsaw and sack cloth head - who just wouldn't die.

Then I crapped myself when the 3 chainsaw chicks, with the bandaged eyes burst through the walls and came at me.

Shame I have had to quit the game half way through because after killing the latest boss I am left with virtually no ammo for the next round.

[Halv]

Im currently replaying hl2 as my computer crashed before I finished it and I never got back into it until I got this new laptop.

I did this a while ago. Put me on major tilt when I realized that there was only ~20 minutes left of the game when I stopped playing it tyhe first time around.

[will641]

earthworm jim (possibly the greatest side scrolling platformer)

fuck yeah.

[boost]

earthworm jim (possibly the greatest side scrolling platformer)

fuck yeah.

rigginragginnominrhyme!

[kmind]

earthworm jim (possibly the greatest side scrolling platformer)

fuck yeah.

[sinister1]

Super Metroid is winning and gets my vote

Bonus game - Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (very innovative and underrated game).