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gatorr4life · 06-01-2008, 01:15 AM

1. Grand theft auto 4.
a. Uncharted 2
2. Destiny of an emperor (NES) Still play every year or so. (seriously)
3. Final Fantasy (1-7) Had to choose one --> probably 3, maybe 7.
4. Tomb Raider 1-4 (too hard to pick 1)
5. DOOM (ps1)
6. Zelda... Link to the past.
7. grand turismo 2
8. Fallout 3 GOTY
9. Mike Tyson's punch out
10. Super Mario brothers 3
11. Dead space 1/2

Yes, I technically have 12, but 10 is too hard! There's no way I can keep dead space out. Maybe take fallout 3 away, but that was a damn good game. I played A LOT of fallout 3.

Honerable mention, in no particular order.....

-Golden eye...very close to being top 10
- Metal gear (solid)
-Shadow of Collosus
-Resident evil 1/2 and GOTY edition (RE4)
-Contra
-Castelvania
-Double dragon
-Tony Hawk 1-2....played this religiously.
-God of War....Instant classic.
-Twisted Metal...played it religiously.
-Need for speed (the older versions, not the dub
edition crap) I actually played the original 3DO NFS...lol
-darksiders....ps3
-Oblivion (PS3)
-Devil may Cry
-Hitman (PS2)
-Return Fire (PS1)
-heavenly sword...ps3
-nba jams....played it religiously
-space hulk (ps1)
- resistance 1/2
-borderlands 1/2

I didn't include Madden and NCAA, but those are obviously great seriessssss.

SteelGator · 06-01-2008, 03:34 PM

I'll go old school -- all coin-op.

Black Tiger - first game I could finish on 1 quarter. Really fun!
NBA Hangtime
Street Fighter II
Pac-Man - gotta include this classic
Galaga
Track and Field
Karate Champ
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Super Dodge Ball
720 Degrees

Lutz · 06-01-2008, 03:54 PM

SteelGator, I spent many Saturday afternoons in a 7-Eleven as a kid playing Karate Champ and Track & Field. Awesome coin-ops, IMO.

philnotfil · 06-01-2008, 06:52 PM

Karateka
Super Mario Brothers
RBI Baseball
NBA Jam
X-Com
Civ II
Exile III: Ruined World
Golden Eye
Diablo II
Escape Velocity: Nova

My two favorite are Civ II and X-Com: Ufo Defense. I still play Civ II regularly (I was able to get a patch to make it run on OSX) and play through X-Com about every other year. I bought an N64 just for Golden Eye and then took it to the store a week later and returned it because I hadn't gone to school or work the entire time. Super Mario Brothers was an awesome summer. We had this video arcade/hamburger shop that would give free burgers to the person who had the highest score the day before. NBA Jam was a year that I got travel a lot, and so me and a buddy would memorize all of the cheat codes and go rock people at whatever local arcade we happened to be at. RBI Baseball was another one of those awesome summers, we would have neighborhood tournaments and probably spent more time inside playing sports than outside playing sports. ExileIII (and the first two games) were incredible stories being told through games.

SteelGator · 06-01-2008, 10:20 PM

The Civ series is awesome. True story: Civ I had just been released and I was at UF for Summer C. I had been wanting to try it since a friend was raving about it. I think he even gave me his CD to borrow it.

Early one morning I had a final exam scheduled and the prof gave of the option of accepting our grade up to that point and skipping the final. I had a B and was happy with it, so I headed over to the PC lab and started playing Civ. I got so engrossed that I sat at that computer for 8 hours straight playing the game. No food, only a potty break or two... pretty sad now that I think about it!

gatorr4life · 06-01-2008, 10:31 PM

philnotfil,

I can't believe I forgot NBA jams. That was a good one.

gatorfansrule · 06-02-2008, 09:43 AM

My favorites (in order of appearance):
Super Mario Bros
Mario Kart 64
007: Golden Eye
GTA 3+
Halo
Guitar Hero

gatorchamps0607 · 06-02-2008, 09:56 AM

007 Goldeneye - Don't bash me on this one, GTA series is better but if im going to take into consideration that there was a lot less technology then, this has to be my #1. The 4 player mode on this game was ABSOLUTELY SICK.

GTA Series - I think these are the best games ever made but Goldeneye gets the nod for me because of how good it was back then...

NCAA/Madden Football - No explanation needed

Super Mario series

Contra - If you played this game, it has to be on your top 10.

Gran Turismo series - Best driving series of all time

Street Fighter

Starcraft - This game is SUPER addictive. (for PC)

Baseball Stars (Nintendo) - If you played it, you know why.

Mike Tysons punchout (Nintendo) - Same as above.

mneale44 · 06-02-2008, 10:14 AM

1. Zelda Ocarina of Time
2. Super Smash Bros/Mario Kart/Mario Tennis...
3. Team Fortress series
4. Oblivion
5. Mega Bomberman(Sega Genesis)

CorporalGator · 06-02-2008, 01:34 PM

No particular order but:

Ico/Shadow of the Colossus
Metroid Prime 1 and 2
Mario 64
Goldeneye 64
D&D Gold Box
Final Fantasy 6 and 7
Chrono Trigger
Warcraft 2 & 3 and Starcraft
Diablo 1 and 2
Quest for Glory 1 and 4
Sonic 2
Megaman 2
Super Mario Bros 3
God of War
Double Dragon

Lutz · 06-02-2008, 06:13 PM

River City Ransom - NES

gatorr4life · 06-02-2008, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CorporalGator

No particular order but:

Ico/Shadow of the Colossus
Metroid Prime 1 and 2
Mario 64
Goldeneye 64
D&D Gold Box
Final Fantasy 6 and 7
Chrono Trigger
Warcraft 2 & 3 and Starcraft
Diablo 1 and 2
Quest for Glory 1 and 4
Sonic 2
Megaman 2
Super Mario Bros 3
God of War
Double Dragon

What did you think of ICO? I never played it. Also, I see you put down Chrono Triger. definitely a classic. I still have it.

CorporalGator · 06-02-2008, 10:30 PM

If you liked Shadow of the Colossus, then you should also like ICO. Same type graphics, although a bit worse for wear since it was a first run title early on the PS2. Game play is similar - kid stumbles around and such, the controls make you feel more like you're part of the game. The whole castle is one giant puzzle and it has a sweetness factor not found in many video games. (I'm struggling to find a way to describe this. There's a connection that you gain similar with the hose Agro...) Definitely recommend it.

gatorr4life · 06-02-2008, 10:36 PM

Nice, I'll buy it. Can't be too expensive.

gatorr4life · 06-02-2008, 10:43 PM

For those of you wondering why I have DOE at 2, it was one of the first great RPGs. Believe it or not, I STILL own it and play it every 2-3 years. The second one never made it to our shores, so it has to be played through an imulator.(sp?) I downloaded a while back, but it didn't work right. I never tried it again. Maybe one day....

CorporalGator · 06-03-2008, 03:07 AM

Emulator... Here's a link to the updated working and translated into English rom:
http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary's/Emulation/NES/ROMs/Destiny%20of%20an%20Emperor%202.zip

Here's the emulator to run it as recommended by the translators:

http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/nes/fwnes.html

You will have to run it in dosbox. If you need help with that, I can try and walk you through it. I had some trouble getting it running myself, but I finally did after some tweaking.

gatorr4life · 06-03-2008, 10:13 PM

Thanks. I'll ask you some questions, when I get around to it. Again, thanks a lot...

CorporalGator · 06-04-2008, 02:49 PM

No problem, just toss me a pm some time.

rollinsgator · 06-04-2008, 02:54 PM

i mean i see some of there.
in terms of those
why not bad dudes, castlevania, donkey kong.

I mean mine
college football ea sports
warcraft
tyson punch out
ohhh we used to play a ton of twisted metal
i dont play madden now but did for years and years

baseball stars was the sh*t!!!
i agree with that and contra too!

demosthenes · 06-04-2008, 05:38 PM

Since things get better wth time...

Contra
Ultima series
Zelda series
Diablo series
Mario series
(what can I say, all of these series had a good thing going)
Simcity
Bioshock
Gears of War
Call of Duty 4 (I usually like most of the first person war games but the most recent is usually the best)