The New Video Game Recommendation Thread v2.0

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The New Video Game Recommendation Thread v2.0

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I will include game genres (ie: rpg, platform, adventure, puzzle etc) in the future. This should hopefully peek interest with some insight into where the game falls in the genre.

List updated October 7, 2007 @ 6:40pm est
There is now an attachment in the form of an OpenOffice Document. This list is getting way too big. I have what i think to be a decent TOC going. It's still a work in progress, but let me know what you think.

You'll have to hold down the ctrl button and then mouse click to go to each anchor.

Its becomming ridiculous to update this list internally. Let me know if you all like this method better.

For those who have linux i think you should be able to open this without me having to anything...hopefully.

3DO :: Game Recommendations
Bladeforce
Burning Soldier
Captain Quasar
Foes of Ali[/code]
Incredible Machine
Need For Speed
PO'ed
Return Fire
Road Rash
Space Hulk
Star Control 2
Star fighter
The Horde


Acorn Archimedes :: Game Recommendations
Conqueror
E-Type
Fireball
Starfighter 3000
Zarch

Amstrad :: Game Recommendations
Batman - Jon Ritman/Bernie Drummond 3D version
Cybernoid 2
Finders Keepers
Get Dexter
Green Beret
Guzzler
Harrier Attack
Head Over Heels
Laser Squad
Loopz
Marsport
Mercenary
Radzone
Ranarama
Sorcery
Spindizzy
Strangleloop
Sweevo's World
The Fifth Axis
The Pawn
Yie Ar Kung Fu

Arcade (MAME) :: Game Recommendations
Aero Fighters
Amidar
Anteater
Armed Formation
Asura Blade: Sword of Dynasty
Avenging Spirit
Bal Cube
Bank Panic
Beatmania 4th
Bionic Commando
Bishi Bashi Championship
Blaster
Blazing Star
Boxy Boy
Breakers
Bubbles
Butasan
Centipede
Chase HQ
China Town
Cloak & Dagger
Commando
Cosmo Gang the Video
Daioh
Dangun Feveron
Defender
Detana!! Twin Bee
DoDonPachi
Domino Man
Dungeon Magic
Elevator Action
Elevator Action 2
Eliminator
Flashgal
Frogger
Galaga
Galaxians
Ganryu (Musashi Ganryuuki)
Giga Wing
Go Go! Mile Smile
Great 1000 Miles Rally
Gunforce
Gyruss
Logic Pro
Magic Sword
Magical Drop II
Magical Drop III
Martial Champion
Metal Slug series
Metro-Cross
Mizubaku Daibouken/Liquid Kids
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Moon Patrol
More More Plus
Mr. Jong
Nightmare in the Dark
Niyanpai
Outrun
Pengo
Pepper II
Pipi & Bibis
Power Instinct
Pulstar
Quartet
Rainbow Islands
Rally Bike
Robotron 2084
Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder 2
Savage Reign
Shock Troopers
Silk Worm
Smash TV
Solomon's Key
Space Harrier
Sparkz
Stargate
Stocker
Streaking
Sunset Riders
Super Pang
Superman
Tempest
The Ninja Warriors
The Outfoxies
ThunderJaws
Time Pilot
Tinkle Pit
Trog
Warriors of Fate
Wise Guy
Zoo Keeper

Atari 5200 :: Game Recommendations
Rescue on Fractalus

Atari Jaguar :: Game Recommendations
Alien vs Predator
Defender 2000
Tempest 2000

Atari Lynx :: Game Recommendations
Chip's Challenge
Gates of Zendocon
Gauntlet 3
Hard Drivin'
Klax
Rampart
Robotron
Xenophobe

Atari ST :: Game Recommendations
Another World
Bang! (shareware minesweeper clone)
Buggy Boy
Captain Blood
Captive
Carrier Command
Chaos v1.1
Chu chu Rocket
Civ1
Dungeon Master
Enchanted Lands
F16 Combat Pilot
Falcon
Filthy Llamatron
Gauntlet 2
Gridrunner
Gods
Gunship
Harlequin
Hunter
IK+
Kick Off 2
Llamatron
Major Motion
Match It!
Nitro
No Second Prize
North and South
Oids
Populous
Rainbow Islands
Ranarama
Sensible Soccer
Starball
Stardust
Starglider 2
Stunt Car Racer
Time Bandit
Utopos
Wings of Death

Atari VCS :: Game Recommendations
Adventure
Asteroids
Atari:
Atlantis
Battlezone
Beamrider
Berzerk
California Games
Centipede
Combat
Cosmic Arc
Crystal Castles
Dark Chambers
Decathlon
Defender
Demon Attack
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Dragonfire
Enduro
Fatal Run
Fathom
Frogger
Frostbite
Galaxian
Ghostbusters
Gorf
Gravitar
Hero
Joust
Jungle Hunt
Kangaroo
Laser Blast
Marble Craze
Megamania
Millipede
Missile Command
Moon Patrol
Moon Sweeper
Mr Do
Phoenix
Pitfall I
Pitfall II
Plaque Attack
Popeye
Q-Bert
Raiders of the lost Arc
Reactor
Return of the Jedi
River Raid
Robot Tank
Seaquest
Smurf
Solar Fox
Solaris
Space Invaders
Space Shuttle
Spider Fighter
Spiderman
Stampede
Star Raiders
Star Voyager
Star Wars Jedi Arena
Stargate
Starmaster
Summer Games
Super Cobra
Tutankham
Vanguard
Venture
Video Pinball
Warlords
Winter Games
Wizard of War
Xenophobe
Yars Revenge
Zaxxon

Atari XL/XE :: Game Recommendations
Bandits
Boulder Dash
Bounty Bob Strikes Back
Drol
Dropzone and Action Biker
Fort Apocalypse
Pole Position
Rainbow Walker
Star Raiders
Stealth (Landscape)
Zybex

Bandai Wonderswan :: Game Recommendations
Golden Axe
Gunpey
Judgement Silversword
Mr Driller
Rainbox Islands
Seeding Bird

BBC Micro :: Game Recommendations
Android Attack
Arcadians
Chuckie Egg
Citadel
Daredevil Dennis
Dunjunz
Elite
Escape from Moonbase Alpha
Exile
Frak!
Hopper
Killer Gorilla
Labyrinth
Meteors
Microbe
Mr Ee!!
Pengo
Planetoid
Repton
Revs
Rocket Raid
Snapper
Strykers Run
Twin Kingdom Valley
Zalaga

Commodore Amiga :: Game Recommendations
Alien Breed
Apidya
Arcade Pool
Bomberman
Bubble and Skweek
Bubble Bobble
Cabal
Cannon Fodder
Cannon Fodder II
Carnage
Carrier Command
Cosmic Pirate
Datastorm
Defender II
Deja Vu
Dune
Dungeon Master
First Samurai
Gem X
Geoff Crammonds Grand Prix 2
Hired Guns
Hybris
IK+
It Came From The Desert
Jimmy Whites Snooker
Kick Off
King of Chicago
Lammingtron
Lemmings
Lemmings 2
Llamatron
Lotus 2
Master Blaster
Mega-Lo-Mania
New Zealand Story
Nuclear War
Phantasie III
Pinball Fantasies
Pirates!
Player Manager
Project X
Qwak
Rainbow Islands
Reach for the Stars
Sensible Soccer
Shadow Fighter
Slamtilt
Speedball 2
Stardust
Stunt Car Racer
Super Skidmars
Super Stardust
Supercars 2
Superfrog
Syndicate
The Chaos Engine
Their Finest Hour
Time Bandit
Turricane 2
Typhoon Thompson
Walker
Wings
Wings Of Fury
Wizkid
Yo Joe
Zak McCracken

Commodore CD32 :: Game Recommendations
Guardian

Commodore 64 :: Game Recommendations
Alleykat
Alter Ego
Alternate Reality - The Dungeon
Anarchy
Ancipital
Antiriad
Arcadia 64
Arkanoid
Armalyte
Attack of the Mutant Camels
Aztec Challenge
Aztec Tomp
Barbarian
Batalyx
BC II - Grogs Revenge
BC's Quest for Tires
Beach Head
Bionic Commando
Blue Max
Boulder Dash
Bozo's Night Out
Bruce Lee
Burnin' Rubber
Castle of Terror
Cauldron
Cauldron II - The Pumpkin Strikes Back
Champions of Krynn
Chiller
Citadel
CJ's Elephant Antics
Commando
Crazy Comets
Creatures 1 & 2
Critical Mass
Dallas Quest
Death Knights of Krynn
Delta
Desert Fox
Destroyer
Doomdark's Revenge
Dropzone
Eindeloos
Elite
Exile
Fist II
Fort Apocalypse
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Gemini Wing
Ghostbusters
Green Beret
Gunship (disk version)
Hard 'n' Heavy
Hunter's Moon
IK+
Ikari Warriors
Impossible Mission
International Karate
IO
Iridis Alpha
Jumpman
Kick Start
Kickstar 1-2
Killerwatt
Koronis Rift
Laser Squad
Lemmings
Little Computer People
Lords of Chaos
Lords Of Midnight
Matrix
Mayhem in Monsterland
Mega Apocalypse
Mercenary
Microprose Soccer
Monty on the Run
Myth
NARC
Navy Seals
Nebulus
Operation Wolf
Paradroid
Pitfall - Pitfal Harry's Jungle Adventure
Pitfall II - Lost Caverns
Pitstop 1-2
Project Firestart
Quedex
Racing Destruction Set
Raid on Bungling Bay
Raid over Moscow
Rainbow Islands
Rambo - First Blood Part II
Realm of Impossibility
Rescue on Fractalus
River Raid
Robotron
Skyfox
Smash TV
Snare
Space Pilot
Space Taxi
Speedball 2
Stunt Car Racer
Summer Games
Super Pipeline
The Bards Tale
The Castles of Doctor Creep
The Last Ninja
The Sentinel
The Way of the Exploding Fist
Theatre Europe
Thrust
Trailblazer
Turbocharge
Turrican
Turrican II
Tusker
Uridium
Vendetta
Wanted Monty Mole
Who Dares Wins II
Willow Pattern Adventure and Zolyx
Wizard
Wizball
Wonderboy
Zaxxon
Zoids
Zoids
Zorro

CPS3 :: Game Recommendations
Cyberbots

Grundy NewBrain:: Game Recommendations
Chess
The Valley

NEC PC-Engine (TurboGrafx-16) :: Game Recommendations
1080 Snowboarding
Banjo Kazooie
Banjoo Tooie
Blast Corps
Bloody Wolf
Body Harvest
Bomberman '94
Bonk 1-3
Bruce Lee
Conkers Bad Fur Day
Cratermaze
Diddy Kong Racing
Dungeon Explorers 1-2
Extreme G
Galaga '88
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Hexen
Klax
Military Madness
Vigilante

Nintendo N64 :: Game Recommendations
Banjo-Kazooie
Diddy Kong Racing
Donkey Kong 64
Doom 64
Excitebike 64
F-Zero X
GoldenEye
Out Run
Pac Land
Paper Mario
Parodius
Perfect Dark
Pilotwings 64
Ridge Racer 64
R-Type
Shadow of the Empire
Space Invaders 64
Space Station
Starfox 64
Super Mario 64
Super Smash Brothers
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Turok
Waverace 64
Yoshi's Story
Zelda Ocinara of Time

Nintendo NES :: Game Recommendations
8 Eyes
Adventures of Lolo 1-3
Baseball Simulator 1.000
Baseball Stars
Batman
Battletoads
Bionic Commando
Captain Skyhawk
Castlevania Series
Chip n' Dales Rescue Rangers
Cobra Triangle
Codename: Viper
Contra (Probotector)
Crash 'N The Boys: Street Challenge
Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars
Double Dragon Series
Dragon Warrior
Duck Tales
Eliminator Boat Duel
Excite Bike
Faxanadu
Final Fantasy
Firehawk
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
Goonies
Gradius
Gremlins
Gun-Nac
Ice Hockey
Jackyl
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Lifeforce
Little Nemo
Low-G-Man
Maniac Manson
Mario Brothers Series
Megaman Series
Metal Gear
Mike Tyons Punch-Out
Nightshade
Ninja Gaiden Series
Ninja Kid
Nintendo World Cup
Orb 3D
Rampart
RC Pro Am 1-2
River City Ransom
Robo Warrior
Rush N' Attack
Section Z
Slalom
Snake Rattle N Roll
Solar Jetman
Solstice
Spy vs Spy
Stryder
Super Dodgeball
The Guardian Legend
Trojan
Willow
Wizards & Warriors
Wrecking Crew
Zelda 1-2

Nintendo SNES :: Game Recommendations
2020 Baseball
Actraiser 1 & 2
Alien 3
Area 88 (aka UN Squadron)
Axelay
Boxing Legends Of The Ring
Breath Of Fire Series
Bust-A-Move 3
Chrono Trigger
Contra III
Cybernator
Donkey Kong Country Series
Earthworm Jim
Final Fantasy Series
F-Zero
Gradius III
Harvest Moon
Killer Instinct
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Mech Warrior
Mystic Quest
NBA Jam
Pilotwings
Rendering Ranger
Rock n Roll Racing
R-Type 3
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Secret of Mana
Shadowrun
Star Wars Series
StarFox
Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Aleste
Super Bomberman
Super Castlevania 4
Super Contra (EU Probotector)
Super Ghouls n Ghosts
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Bros 1-3
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Super Punchout
Super Smash TV
Super Street Fighter II
The Magical Quest
TMNT Fighters
Wizardry 5
World Cup Soccer
Yoshi's Island
Zelda - A Link To The Past

Nintendo Gameboy:: Game Recommendations
Metroid 2
Zool

Nintendo Gameboy Advance:: Game Recommendations
Blast Arena Advance
Bust-a-move gba
Chaos
Famicom mini 1 - Super Mario Brothers
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Metroid Fusion
Pinball Challenge Deluxe
Scrabble Scramble
Warioware Twisted

Nintendo Virtual Boy :: Game Recommendations
Galactic Pinball
Mario Clash

Neo Geo :: Game Recommendations
Waku Waku 7

PC :: Game Recommendations
Deus Ex
Dungeon Keeper 2
F16 Fighting Falcon
Falcon4 (no relation to the title immediately above, descends from the ST Falcon)
King's Quest Series
Space Quest Series
Police Quest Series
Homeworld
Quake
Quake3
Max Payne
Oblivion
Sturmovik 1946 (you can play the entirety of the Sturmovik series from within that game)
Tachyon

Playstation :: Game Recommendations
Wip3out
Rapid Reload

Sega Dreamcast :: Game Recommendations

Bangaio
Border Down
Capcom VS SNK
Chu-Chu Rocket
Crazy Taxi 2
Cosmic Smash
Daytona USA 2001
Dead Or Alive 2
Evil Twin
F355 Challange
Fur Fighters
Gauntlet Legends
Gigawing 1-2
Half Life
Headhunter
House of the Dead 2
Ikaruga
Jet Set Radio
Le Mans 24 Hours
Mars Matrix
MDK 2
Metropolis Street Racer
Mr Driller
Oooga Booga
Powerstone 1 & 2
Psyvariar 2
Radirgy
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Rez
Samba De Amigo (with Maracas)
San Franciso 2049
Sega GT
Sega Tenis 2k2
Shenmue 1 & 2
Skies of Arcadia
Soul Calibur
Space Channel 5 Series
Spiderman
Sword of The Bezerk ~ Guts Rage
Twinkle Star Sprites
Tech Romancer
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2
Under Defeat
Virtua Tennis
Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol 1 (Hang On, Out Run, Power Drift, Space Harrier)
Zero Gunner 2

Sega Mega-CD :: Game Recommendations
Final Fight
Road Avenger
Silpheed
Snatcher
Sonic CD

Sega Megadrive :: Game Recommendations
California Games
Castle Of Illusion
Columns
Earthworm Jim 1 & 2
Ecco The Dolphin
FIFA '96
Gain Ground
Gunstar Heroes
Herzog Zwei
Master of Monsters
Mercs
Micro Machines '96
Mortal Kombat II
Phantasy Star 1 & 2
Ranger-X
Risk
Road Rash Series
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic 3+K
Star Control
Streets Of Rage Series
Target Earth
Thunderforce III - IV
Toejam And Earl
Wiz & Liz

Sega Master System :: Game Recommendations
R-Type

Sega Saturn :: Game Recommendations
Alone In The Dark Series
Athlete Kings
Baku Baku
Burning Rangers
Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams
Command & Conquer
Darius Gaiden
Dark Savior
Daytona USA (not CCE)
Die Hard Arcade
Dragon Force
Exhumed
Fighters Megamix
Guardian Heroes
House of the Dead
NiGHTS into Dreams
Outrun
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Panzer Dragoon Zwei
Quake
Saturn Bomberman
Sega Rally
Sega Worldwide Soccer '97
Shining Force III
Shining the Holy Ark
Shining Wisdom
Sonic Jam
Sonic R
Soukyugurentai
Tempest 2000
Thunderforce
Virtua Cop 1 & 2
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtual On
Winter Heat
Wipeout 2097
World League Soccer '98

SNK Neo-Geo :: Game Recommendations
Blazing Star
Breakers
Ganryu (Musashi Ganryuuki)
Garou : Mark of the Wolves
King of Fighters '98
Last Blade 1 & 2
Last Resort
Magical Drop II
Magical Drop III
Metal Slug Series
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Neo Turf Masters
Nightmare in the Dark
Ninja Masters
Pulstar
Savage Reign
Shock Troopers
Viewpoint
Windjammers

SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Colour :: Game Recommendations
Card Fighters Clash
Faselei
King Of Fighters R2
Last Blade
Metal Slug 1st Mission
Metal Slug 2
Neo Turf Masters
Puzzle Bobble Mini
SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millennium
Sonic The Hedgehog


Vectrex :: Game Recommendations

Patriots
Protector
Scramble
Solar Quest
Space Wars
Star Castle

ZX Spectrum :: Game Recommendations
3D Ant Attack
3D Deathchase
Bak To Skool
Barbarian
Barry McGuigan's Boxing
Chuckie Egg
Daley Thompson's Decathlon
Deus Ex Machina
Dun Durach
Dynamite Dan and Amaurote
Football Manager
Halls of The Things
Head Over Heels
Horace Goes Skiing
Jet Pac
Jet Set Willy
Knight Lore
Lightforce
Lords of Midnight
Manic Miner
Nodes Of Yesod
Psytron
Rebelstar Raiders
Saboteur
Scrabble
Scuba Dive
Specventure Skool Daze
Splat
Star Raiders II
Stonkers
The Forest
The Sentinel
Tir Na Nog
Trashman
Underworld
Wheelie

Others
Arcadia (vic20)
Matrix (vic20)
Rez (ps2)
Outrun 2 (xbox)
Burnout 3 (xbox)
Harmotion (pc)
Rebelstar (gba)
Hack Series (???)
Puzzle Quest (ds)
Yoshis Island 2 (ds)
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    TodaysForgotten wrote:

    I dont think newer consoles have the nostalgia factor or classic feel yet.

    Obviously, this was a labour of love for you. Well done for pulling it all together.

    :fluffy: :mexican: :worship: :D

    However, I think you've let your obvious love of things from the 1980s take over.

    This list, in it's original form and with the original thread didn't discriminate against the newer stuff.

    No PC category :?? you're joking right?

    Newer things go into other :?

    There was loads of old stuff on the PC in the 1990s, and later than that. What about Doom and Quake? Civ2 was PC only as I recall, I didn't like it so much as I liked the ST version of Civ1 (the PC version of Civ1 doesn't feel like the same game to me), but there are people (here, as well as elsewhere, I think) who prefer Civ2 to Civ1.

    As far as the old stuff goes, I liked the Domark MiG29 (on ST), it wasn't the most accurate flight sim in some ways, and it wanted to write to the game disk to save your score, which was a big no-no for me. However, if you copied the contents of the game disk to RAM disk, and copied the ram disk to a floppy that installed the RAM disk back into the machine, you could run it from there. You had to put the game disk in the floppy drive (with the write protect tab closed, natch), and then when you clicked the "prg" file in the RAM disk, the game would run, and it was much nicer to use that way since it didn't take forever loading. It did mean your score wasn't saved at the end of the game (well, technically it probably was, to the RAM disk, but that evaporated when you shut the machine down). If someone played it from the game disk, I can imagine it was slow to load things, and generally not that good, even if it didn't trash the game disk writing your score to it, which was my main worry.

    Overall well done :D

    However, I'm sort of expecting a backlash from the anti-grammar-nazi-league for daring to criticise this effort.
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    ZX Spectrum
    - Stop The Express

    Vectrex
    - Thrust

    XBox360 (Other)
    - Space Giraffe
    - Crackdown
    - Bomberman Live
    - Geometry Wars
    - Forza Motorsport 2
    - Bioshock

    PSP (Other)
    - Puzzle Quest

    Nintendo DS (Other)
    - Advance Wars DS
    - Zookeeper
    - Animal Crossing DS

    Nintendo Gameboy Advance (Other)
    - Advance Wars
    - Fire Emblem
    - Golden Sun

    Nintendo Gameboy Colour (Other)
    - Pokemon Blue/Red

    Nintendo Gameboy
    - Tetris

    Nintendo GameCube (Other)
    - Eternal Darkness
    - F-Zero GX
    - Animal Crossing
    - Burnout 2

    Playstation 1
    - Vib Ribbon
    - Final Fantasy VII

    Playstation 2 (Other)
    - Rez

    XBox (Other)
    - Jet Set Radio Future
    - Gladius

    PC (Other)
    - Sam & Max Hit The Road
    - Day Of The Tentacle
    - Half-Life
    - King's Quest III
    - Panzer General
    - Rites of War
    - Railroad Tycoon
    - Civilization

    That's what I can come up with at the moment :wink:

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    Post by TodaysForgotten »

    zip accident wrote:
    TodaysForgotten wrote:

    I dont think newer consoles have the nostalgia factor or classic feel yet.

    Obviously, this was a labour of love for you. Well done for pulling it all together.

    :fluffy: :mexican: :worship: :D

    However, I think you've let your obvious love of things from the 1980s take over.

    This list, in it's original form and with the original thread didn't discriminate against the newer stuff.

    No PC category :?? you're joking right?

    Newer things go into other :?

    There was loads of old stuff on the PC in the 1990s, and later than that. What about Doom and Quake? Civ2 was PC only as I recall, I didn't like it so much as I liked the ST version of Civ1 (the PC version of Civ1 doesn't feel like the same game to me), but there are people (here, as well as elsewhere, I think) who prefer Civ2 to Civ1.

    As far as the old stuff goes, I liked the Domark MiG29 (on ST), it wasn't the most accurate flight sim in some ways, and it wanted to write to the game disk to save your score, which was a big no-no for me. However, if you copied the contents of the game disk to RAM disk, and copied the ram disk to a floppy that installed the RAM disk back into the machine, you could run it from there. You had to put the game disk in the floppy drive (with the write protect tab closed, natch), and then when you clicked the "prg" file in the RAM disk, the game would run, and it was much nicer to use that way since it didn't take forever loading. It did mean your score wasn't saved at the end of the game (well, technically it probably was, to the RAM disk, but that evaporated when you shut the machine down). If someone played it from the game disk, I can imagine it was slow to load things, and generally not that good, even if it didn't trash the game disk writing your score to it, which was my main worry.

    Overall well done :D

    However, I'm sort of expecting a backlash from the anti-grammar-nazi-league for daring to criticise this effort.
    You're entitled to your opinion. It's not that im not including it. Im putting those things into other. I grew up in 1981, so im not partial to atari as much as i was to nintendo. I would believe most people born around that era know about games like castle wolfenstein, rise of the triad, blood, doom, duke nukem, quake, civilisation, populous. I think even the majority of those games are on console already. So, if you've played civ 1and liked it, you should know about civ 2, 3, 4, 5 or whatever its up to now. But, if not, they would go into other. Why dont we see how things go. I am pretty sure i never said i will only add old consoles to the list. Looking at this list ITS HUGE. Over-whelming even. Again, lets see how time pans out.
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    Post by guythp »

    Has this not been done already?

    Well done for growing up in 1981, man.. I was there.. I was THERE!. Anyway, I'll play along - If I may :)

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    Captian Blood
    Chaos v1.1
    Chu chu Rocket
    Enchanted Lands
    Filthy Llamatron
    Gauntlet 2
    Gridrunner
    Harlequin
    IK+
    Match It!
    Nitro
    No Second Prize
    Stardust
    Starball
    Utopos
    Wings of Death

    Nintendo 64
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    Diddy Kong Racing
    Yoshi's Story

    Sega Dreamcast
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    Crazy Taxi 2
    Cosmic Smash
    Daytona USA 2001
    Evil Twin
    Fur Fighters
    Gauntlet Legends
    Half Life
    MDK 2
    Sega GT
    Sega Tenis 2k2
    Spiderman
    Sword of The Bezerk ~ Guts Rage
    Twinkle Star Sprites
    Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol 1 (Hang On, Out Run, Power Drift, Space Harrier)

    Gameboy Advance
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    Blast Arena Advance
    Bust-a-move gba
    Chaos
    Famicom mini 1 - Super Mario Brothers
    Kuru Kuru Kururin
    Mario Kart Super Circuit
    Metroid Fusion
    Pinball Challenge Deluxe
    Scrabble Scramble
    Warioware Twisted
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    Post by zip accident »

    TodaysForgotten wrote:

    You're entitled to your opinion.
    Thanks for that. :D
    ITS HUGE.
    It certainly is. I don't know what should be done about that.
    I grew up in 1981, so im not partial to atari as much as i was to nintendo.
    I was born in 1954, dunno when I grew up, maybe never. :)

    Which doesn't mean I'm not getting old, and feeling it.
    I think even the majority of those games are on console already.
    I think the idea of the list is that if someone has a platform, or an emulation of said, they should be able to look at the list for that platform and find all the good stuff on it. Sometimes a game would be on more than one platform, but on one of them it would be rubbish, so I believe the list has to have duplicates.
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    huge long list with lot's of "(other)" items in it.
    I'm sure you're making fun, but I'm not sure whom your making fun of. :D

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    Newbrain:

    Chess
    The Valley

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    Falcon
    F16 Combat Pilot
    Civ1
    Ranarama
    Bang! (shareware minesweeper clone)

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    Quake
    Quake3
    F16 Fighting Falcon
    Falcon4 (no relation to the title immediately above, descends from the ST Falcon)
    Sturmovik 1946 (you can play the entirety of the Sturmovik series from within that game)
    Oblivion
    Max Payne
    Deus Ex
    Tachyon
    Homeworld
    Dungeon Keeper 2
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    Great job TodaysForgotten. :)

    Now all we need is for someone to identify say 5 essentials on each platform so I've go a hope of experiencing the best of them before I die :wink:
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    Post by TodaysForgotten »

    zip - you old bag you! heh..i am going to agree with you. Originally, the old list didnt include pc games. I figured that was the route it was going only until later in the thread people started posting xbox and pc games. When i saw Kings Quest I suddenly realize there are pc games that should be on this list.

    dont hate dont hate....ill fix this sheeyit up over the weekend.

    Guy - Muttley wants me to take care of this thread. He suggested making a new one that he will eventually sticky.


    thanks fog. Thats a valid point. Maybe what i'll do over the weekend is try to pick 5 games through research or 10 for a better sample size and then we can vote on it. So much to be done. So much can be done...
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    TodaysForgotten wrote:

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    Post by TodaysForgotten »

    I love ya zip and i dont even know ya.

    Since this list is only growing at gargantuan proportions, what do you guys think about including an excel document to view a more truncated list? Such as this:
    Console 1
    Game 1 Game 2 Game 3

    Console 2
    Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
    Game 4 Game 5 Game 6
    Game 7 Game 8 Game 9

    I do believe this board does not allow the tags align and does not allow vertical lists.

    Bad idea/Good idea?

    Then there's the whole top 5 game of each console situation that was mentioned earlier. In due time.
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    Just a note that in the main list you have Atari 2600 AND Atari VCS which are the same machine and could be combined. :)

    That's a heck of a collection. :)
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    You might want to add Sin & Punishment for N64/Wii VC to all that - it's a brilliant on-rails shooter and rock-hard as well! :D
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    TodaysForgotten wrote:Since this list is only growing at gargantuan proportions, what do you guys think about including an excel document to view a more truncated list?
    An OpenOffice document would be better from the point of view of our Linux users...
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    Jonesey wrote:You might want to add Sin & Punishment for N64/Wii VC to all that - it's a brilliant on-rails shooter and rock-hard as well! :D
    i couldnt find this for n64 us collection. Is this a pal/ntsc (japan) release for the n64?
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    TodaysForgotten wrote:Since this list is only growing at gargantuan proportions, what do you guys think about including an excel document to view a more truncated list?
    An OpenOffice document would be better from the point of view of our Linux users...
    noted.
    The Caffeine Kid wrote:Just a note that in the main list you have Atari 2600 AND Atari VCS which are the same machine and could be combined. :)

    That's a heck of a collection. :)
    action taken.

    i still need to add carls list...let that one slip...oopsies. ;)P
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