Your top ten games

[xpandnz]

No order as such.

1. Road Rash
2. Diablo 1 & 2
3. Dead Space
4. Warcraft 2
5. Myself
6. Modern Warfare original
7. BF2
8. BF1942
9. Quake - Vanilla
10. Half Life - the whole series

[GM]

Spitfire '40
F15 Strike Eagle
Beachhead
Unreal
Jet Set Willy
Gran Turismo
WipeOut
Battlefield 1942
FallOut 3 - I never played the originals :/
Baldurs Gate

Heh, I can definitely see the age gaps in this thread.

[Trigger]

Civilization 1/2/3/4 - played waaaaaaaaay too much
EverQuest - back in its day it was quite an amazing experience
Quake 1/2/3 - don't really need to say much on this, everyone knows how good it is
Command & Conquer 1 - epic movies and very cool innovative game
Red Alert 1 - awesome story
Starcraft 1 - keekekeke so many lans spent playing this
Diablo 1/2 - spent soooooooooo long playing this, it is ridiculously good and addictive
Transport Tycoon Deluxe - definitely the best tycoon game, loved it
Settlers 1 - spent way too much playing this also, very cute and addictive

[Spoon1]

Based on game-time (in chronological order?)

Master of Magic
Doom 2
Dragons Domain MUD
Superfrog
Quakeworld - CTF
Action Quake 2
Quake 3 Arena - CTF
Battlefield 1942
World of Warcraft
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

[A Corpse]

So many newbs who missed the true golden age of games, knowing only PC and PS/Xbox. I am saddened.

[GM]

The 500, Amstrad and C64 were PC's weren't they, or am I missing something?

Also; 25 years of computer gaming for me

[Vrtigo]

thanks baal for mentioning secret of mana - that should definitely have been in my list.

also to the number of people mentioning system shock 2 and freespace 2

and zeekiorage for undying (great game)

Originally Posted by A Corpse

So many newbs who missed the true golden age of games, knowing only PC and PS/Xbox. I am saddened.

ahha - but i said best games in their opinion, not the oldest games they have played :P its very subjective. hell, i was a child of the video game 80's too, and still picked mostly new releases.

[A Corpse]

Originally Posted by GM

The 500, Amstrad and C64 were PC's weren't they, or am I missing something?

Yah, about three decades of exposure to naming conventions it seems.

[cEvin]

my list was only pc games, if we're also doing console then:

10. nba2k11
9. streets of rage
8. tony hawk
7. links awakening
6. super mario 3
5. night trap
4. super mario kart
3. resident evil
2. street fighter II ww
1. super mario bros

[Spoon1]

Originally Posted by A Corpse

So many newbs who missed the true golden age of games, knowing only PC and PS/Xbox. I am saddened.

Console forum is over that way...

Needless to say, I didn't own a C64 or the like and didn't have any mates with one either so only occasionally played things like Commando etc. If I were to include Arcade games I'd likely put Galaga, Gauntlet and Sega Rally up on there.

My serious gaming started after I left home and eventually bought a PC.

[Yoda]

I missed out Syndicate!

Why hasn't anyone remade or made something similar since then?

[[Malks] Pixie]

Hmmm I'll give it a shot... No particular order either.

Q2 Instagib
Half-Life
Fallout 1/2 (I like 3 and NV but they don't make my top games)
Morrowind
Pirates (played it since the C64 days right through to the Xbox version)
Tribes
The Mars Saga (C64)
KOTOR
Soul Calibur (Mostly due to the people I played with - loved both Taki and Ivy)
Mount and Blade

Pixie

[GM]

Originally Posted by A Corpse

Yah, about three decades of exposure to naming conventions it seems.

Riiight :|

I guess you were too young to remember.

[Fx.]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I missed out Syndicate!

Why hasn't anyone remade or made something similar since then?

It has been confirmed that Starbreeze Studios is developing a new Syndicate game for EA.[2]


wooo

(assuming you dont count syndicate wars which already exitsts)

[GM]

Originally Posted by GM

Riiight :|

I guess you were too young to remember.

I should've checked first they're called Home Computers apparently, not personal computers - my bad, still, news to me.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Fx.

It has been confirmed that Starbreeze Studios is developing a new Syndicate game for EA.[2]

Originally Posted by GamePron

The new title from Starbreeze Studios will be on show – behind closed doors – at this year’s GDC.
...
The studio currently lists “Project RedLime” as being in-development, but nobody’s yet been able to figure out just what that one is.

Rumours and speculation are flying, as the team has been linked to a reboot of the classic cyberpunk Syndicate, and I know of more than a few gamers who are likely to break their knuckles from crossing their fingers for that one.

GDC 28th Feb. Nice.

[Lightspeed]

Originally Posted by xpandnz

1. Road Rash

Used to love this game to, on the ole MegaDrive.

[_Incubus_]

My personal Top Ten:

North v South
Elite
Baldurs Gate
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Quake - Vanilla
Quake 2
Carrier Command
F18 Hornet
Populous
Power Monger

[_Incubus_]

Originally Posted by GM

The 500, Amstrad and C64 were PC's weren't they, or am I missing something?

Also; 25 years of computer gaming for me

I even had a CDTV!

[GM]

Lol, they actually look pretty mean.

A friend of mine had an SX-64, we used to play games on the massive 5" screen.

It was 'portable', haha memories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SX64

[Ajax]

Originally Posted by GM

It was 'portable'

'Luggable' - as in 'you can carry it around if you really must, hope you're in good shape'.

[BoyWonder]

I've already put up more than 10 but I keep remembering others I was obsessed with at various times... the Close Combat series

[The Brad]

Originally Posted by BoyWonder

I've already put up more than 10 but I keep remembering others I was obsessed with at various times... the Close Combat series

Cranked out Russian Front recently. Still so much fun.

Keep eyeing up RTW again though.......

[wazza]

Originally Posted by BoyWonder

I've already put up more than 10 but I keep remembering others I was obsessed with at various times...

ditto. i thought about my list for about 2-3mins max.. then i read some of the games others have listed and have been like "OH YEAH THAT WAS FUCKEN AWESOME I PLAYED THAT FOR AGES!!!"

rah, might go through the thread again picking out the ones i missed out. top 10, fuck that, i've been gaming for 20years.

[?>Superman]

Originally Posted by _Incubus_

I even had a CDTV!

Anyone you know ever own one of these?

[wazza]

I still have one of these

[Lightspeed]

Nice, we had one of those suckers. I can barely remember the games we had on it though.

[wazza]

that's pretty much the only game we had, and uhm.. arkanoid?

[Nich]

In loose order:

Diablo 2
Company Of Heroes
Vanilla Quake
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Starcraft
Myst
Alone In The Dark (original)
Dark Castle (the original, on Macintosh Classic)
Psychonauts
Mortal Kombat

[-Statik]

Final Fantasy 7 (PS1) - best JRPG
Quake 1 (PC) - best FPS
Quake 3 (PC) - lots of time spent on this
Diablo 2 (PC) - one more pindleskin run!

Goldeneye (N64) - 4 player split screen, screen watching, lol
Mario Kart (N64) - best multiplayer racing game
Zelda, Links Awakening (Gameboy) - Also enjoyed OOT and WW but this one sticks out for some reason!

Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube) - awesome
Warcraft 3 (PC) - lots of time spent on this also
Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES) - Best 2d platform game

honourable mentions would include final fantasy 8, super smash bros, morrowind, punch out!, metal gear solid, diddy kong racing, banjo kazooie, civilization series, street fighter and world of warcraft

[Erazhure]

no real order, except Quake 1 is and always will be my number 1

Quake 1 (all mods) (have install file on lappy)
Worms Armageddon (on my lappy)
C&C 1 (on my lappy)
Total annihilation (on my lappy)
BF Bad company 2 (for online team play)
Halflife (still best single player FPS game ive played with epic FFA games)
Black and White 1
Carmageddon (for sure fun)

tuff to think of #10, but ill slot in COD: World at war

(shout out to Online scrabble on Xbox - ranked top 120 in the world and all)

[eNergiZer]

1. Baldurs Gate 2
2. Action Quake 2
3. Diablo II
4. Total Annihilation
5. Civilization II
6. Battlefield 2 / Battlefield 1942
7. Quake III
8. Doom 2
9. Command & Conquer
10. Blood

Honourable mentions to Blood Rayne, Max Payne, Morrowind, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, Tomb Raider, Colin MacRae Rally 2, V8 Supercars Race Driver, Serious Sam.

[Anthony.S]

Quake
Power Monger
Magic Carpets
Gods
Chaos Engine
Bruce Lee
Uncharted
Quake III
Uncharted 2
Syndicate

Bit hard to squash into a top 10, there's a few more games I'd add as well. UT2004, UT, LittleBigPlanet, Killzone 2, Doom, etc.

[Wally Simmonds]

Man I wish they'd sort out Elite 4 or already.

Loved my Imperial Courier.

[Anthony.S]

Originally Posted by wazza

I still have one of these

Haha, that was a mean machine for its day

All I can remember offhand is all the Space Invader and Pong variants

[Kidona]

Games that have taken up most of my time over the years.

- Rastan's Saga - Arcade
- Ikari Warriors - Arcade
- Double Dragon - Arcade
- NHL Series - Mega Drive
- TV Sports Basketball - Amiga
- ET's Rugby League - Amiga
- Graham Gooch Cricket - Amiga
- Street Fighter 2 - Arcade
- Quake 2 / Quake 3 - PC
- WOW - PC
- Fifa Series - Xbox 360

[adonis]

Starcraft 1/2 - SC1 was the best RTS for a long time, slow plodding RTS just don't do it for me, SC was the only one that had real intensity.

Supreme Commander - the original, took the intensity of SC but applied it to long term strategy as opposed to mad micro. A grand epic game without the long intervals of nothing that most strategy games of this type have.

Quake 2 Rocket Arena 2 - played this online nearly every day for 3-4 years.

Baldurs gate 2 - the best story based RPG I've played

System Shock 2 - coop mode was awesome.

Hidden and Dangerous - the original. Flawed interface, buggy, but one of the best coop games I've ever played.

Quakeworld - I was never any good at this, but I won't deny that's the best 1v1 or FFA FPS ever made.

World of Warcraft - Gets a lot of hate because it consumed too many people for too long, and when you're doing the same instance 50 times waiting for a helmet to drop.. you got to ask yourself whether this game is worth the time invested. That being said, it defined a genre, I've recently gotten back into it and am pleased with the new end-game. If you know to avoid the monotony of going for a perfect gear-score, this game is still fun.

EVE Online - The only MMO that has a real player driven environment. A pain in the ass to get into, requires an attention span most gamers simply do not have, but it provides something no other game has come close to providing.

Master of Orion 2 - My favourite TBS.

Civilisation 1 - yes, the original, the one that I sank the most amount of time into. Probably my first "binge" game.

Diablo1/2. Nuff said.

I think that's more than 10. Ah well

[Rince]

No order, apart from genre:

FPS:

• Doom 1/2 (especially with the mod/map community that built up. Even made a few maps myself. And AliensTC was the best total conversion I've ever seen of any game then, and now)
• quake 1 (especially threewave CTF)... the reason most of (oldies) are here at nzg.com (R.I.P quake.gen.nz). And the start of the organised clan matches for me... <3 Hurricane....
• Unreal (SP) &/or UT2k3 (MP)
• DN3D - shake it, baby
• BF1942 (including DC) - so many hours, and a return to the camaraderie of Q1 days

RTS:

• SC/BW - simply the best RTS ever

(Click 'n' point) Adventure Games:

• Day of the Tentacle (I still consider this superior to the MI series ... just)
• The Dig - how many fucking times can you use a shovel?
• Simon the Sorcerer - was nice to have hand-painted scenes, British humour, and reasonably logical puzzles

Arcade:

• Supaplex (Boulder Dash clone), still got a support community around (at least it did a few years back)
• Superbombliss (Tetris clone)... sunk many a gold coin playing multiplayer into this bad boy as a uni student

ok, might be slightly more than 10.... but fuck ya!

[Naithin]

Hmm.. This is a tough one. Lessee... Not in order, and I'm going back (mostly) to classics. Some of them are relatively new compared to other entries in the list though.

- Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Sega Master System)
- Quake 1 (primarily for QW: Team Fortress, back before speed-jumping became all the rage.)
- Descent 1
- NetMech (the free Multiplayer addon of MechWarrior 2)
- Doom
- Commander Keen (specifically #4 which was definitely my favourite of the series)
- GTA: San Andreas
- The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
- The Quest for Glory Series
- Monkey Island 1/2.

Cutting it down to just 10 is rather difficult! I spent a lot of time playing through the Wing Commander series' as well, Ultima 8 (first of the Ultima games I had exposure to while they were current) and all sorts.

Ooh crap, and Return to Zork! Civilisation 1!

So many good games.

[Nich]

Wonderboy III! oh yes that is an epic game