All Your List Are Belong To Us: The MoFo Video Games Countdown [Archive]

Tacitus

07-21-17, 05:59 AM

http://i.imgur.com/usAS5GT.png

Ahoy!

This countdown should be reasonably straightforward: PM me your list of 25 favourite video games, ranked from 1 to 25.

http://i.imgur.com/9AOnOrP.png

Be they from the golden age of Nintendo, the early days of arcades, the rise of online 'services' or tapping your cellphone screen three times a day, bring them all!

The only restriction is that a game has to have been commercially available at some point, either on store shelves, in arcades or in online shops such as Xbox Live, Playstation Network, Steam or the Apple and Android app stores.

Oh, and no porny stuff. None. Although you can PM me some links. :eek:

http://i.imgur.com/D7bQzzn.jpg

I think this will be an interesting one, with a mixture of fond memories and current obsessions.

It would be great if we get enough lists to have a top 100 list, but I honestly think that'll be a tough ask. Prove me wrong! I'll keep it open for a month or so, gently chiding and cajoling people who I think could submit a killer list as I go.

http://i.imgur.com/KVh4Rxb.jpg

The meta thread is here (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=50057) if you feel that something needs discussed.

Finally, thanks to False Writer for suggesting the idea and to the lovely Rodent for his mad graphics skillZ! :D

One guy's already working hard at narrowing his ballot down to just 25...

http://i.imgur.com/R2EHYq3.jpg

It's DOTA, isn't it?

EDIT - I'm aiming for a 25th August (2017) cut off date for lists. :)

Yoda

07-21-17, 11:47 AM

That title, tho.

Yoda

07-21-17, 11:47 AM

I've already taken a first pass at my list, but I'm positive I'm forgetting some stuff, so I'm gonna give it a little more thought and probably have it in next week.

The Rodent

07-21-17, 11:51 AM

Already sent mine in :D
Hopefully Tatty got it.

Camo

07-21-17, 11:51 AM

Pretty sure absolutely everyone missed this thread when you posted it :laugh:

False Writer

07-21-17, 11:53 AM

Cool thread. :cool:

Like I said in the other one I should have my list done by Saturday. I'm really hoping we can get to 100.

This should so be an official list. Make it official Yoda!

Camo

07-21-17, 11:55 AM

This should so be an official list. Make it official Yoda!

What do you mean in the list section? That would be weird haha.

False Writer

07-21-17, 11:56 AM

What do you mean in the list section? That would be weird haha.

Yeah I may be reaching a bit on that one. :laugh:

Tacitus

07-21-17, 12:03 PM

That title, tho.

Filthy casual. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us) You, of all people. :p

Yoda

07-21-17, 12:05 PM

No, that's what I meant: it was extremely clever.

That was one of the first memes I think I ever saw. So early, in fact, that I didn't really entirely understand the concept, even though it was kinda funny.

Tacitus

07-21-17, 12:13 PM

Sorry! :blush:

6 lists in so far. I'm nowhere near finished my own but am exploring some ideas around supplemental content from people who aren't members of the site but are known gamers/developers. Their choices won't sully the MoFo list, of course, and will merely add some flavour. ;)

Yoda

07-21-17, 12:24 PM

No worries. First time I saw it was that big Flash video where the phrase was plastered on road signs and billboards. I remember thinking "how is this everywhere and I've never heard of it?" Took me awhile to realize it was just a bunch of (sometimes really good!) Photoshops, I guess. But the video made it feel like it was already a thing. Though maybe it was, and someone had just collected everyone else's Photoshops. I have no idea.

Anyway: supplemental content. Sounds intriguing! And exciting.

I'll definitely be making a specific point to say a few things about most of my favorites if/when they appear, to be sure. :up:

jiraffejustin

07-21-17, 01:06 PM

A winner is you for that title.

Slappydavis

07-21-17, 01:06 PM

Have a list, but you'd just get dozen revisions over the next couple weeks if I sent it now. So I'll hold off, but I can guarantee a list of 25.

rauldc14

07-21-17, 01:10 PM

Do we have a due date? I'm going to take a look at a little preliminary list today.

Tacitus

07-21-17, 01:22 PM

Do we have a due date? I'm going to take a look at a little preliminary list today.

I'd like to say 4 weeks but imagine that there might not be many additional lists after 2.

Lets aim for Friday 25th August. :)

rauldc14

07-21-17, 01:33 PM

Sounds good. I may play a few other retro between now and then that could sway my list.

rauldc14

07-21-17, 05:17 PM

What systems do everyone have?

Mine:
NES
Gameboy
N64
PS1
PS2
Wii
GameCube
Sega

HashtagBrownies

07-21-17, 07:59 PM

If Lisa: The Painful isn't on here, I'm gonna throw a fit!

The Rodent

07-21-17, 08:02 PM

What systems do everyone have?

Mine:
NES
Gameboy
N64
PS1
PS2
Wii
GameCube
Sega

Mine are mainly SNES and Amiga 1200 with a handful of PS1... and a couple PS2 games that I genuinely enjoyed.
I had a few Game Boy games shortlisted but they ultimately got cut.
Looked into a few Atari and NES games and some other stuff from the 80s but I wasn't that much into videogames at that age.
My gaming age was the 1990s.

Loved how Amiga magazines used to come with demos on the cover :D
I had thousands of those things.

CiCi

07-21-17, 08:17 PM

Got a list of 30 games, now it's just ranking them and deciding which ones get cut :lol:

Tacitus

07-22-17, 05:09 AM

What systems do everyone have?

Mine:
NES
Gameboy
N64
PS1
PS2
Wii
GameCube
Sega

Sinclair ZX81
Sinclair Spectrum
Atari ST
Sega Megadrive
PS1
PS2
Xbox
PS3
Xbox 360
PS4
Nintendo Switch

That's the order in which I owned them, with the PC off and on since the late 90s, and Pac Man and Galaga arcade machines appearing and disappearing along the way. The only ones I don't have right now are the Speccy, ST and Megadrive although emulation means I can still play my old games.

7 lists in now, keep 'em coming!

False Writer

07-22-17, 06:06 PM

Knowing that the deadline is still a ways away, I'll take a few more days to put together my list.

It's a lot harder than I thought. There's so many games that I'm a fan of but not sure if I'd really put them as "greatest games ever" while there are games that I know have been very influential but I barely actually played, biggest example if Final Fantasy 7, I watched my brother play just about all of it but never actually played it myself.

Oh and here are my consoles:

Current:
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch

Past consoles I owned:
Xbox 360
PS3
Wii U
Xbox
PS2
Wii
Gamecube
Playstation
Nintendo 64
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Genesis
NES
Sega Saturn

Siddon

07-22-17, 06:17 PM

What systems do everyone have?

Atari 2600
Genesis
Turbografx 16
NES
SNES
Dreamcast
N64
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
Rasp Pi

ynwtf

07-22-17, 09:38 PM

What systems do everyone have?

Mine:
NES
Gameboy
N64
PS1
PS2
Wii
GameCube
Sega

You can't just say SEGA!!!!
What did you have for lunch, today? Oh... It was delicious!! I had FOOD.

;)

Atari 2600
C64
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis
SNES
PS1
PS3
PSP
PC (master race)

Step bro had the NES.

rauldc14

07-22-17, 09:52 PM

I meant Genesis. Whoops.

Dannii

07-23-17, 05:41 AM

I had the old Sega Master System, picked it up in a junk shop. I now have the PS4. Anyone like playing Abe? The little fella from the meat processing factory.

Tacitus

07-23-17, 05:42 AM

Megadrive is a much cooler name. ;)

I had a Multi-Mega (a Megadrive/Genesis/MegaCD and portable CD player all in one) for a few short weeks until a mate broke it. They're now worth around £300.

http://i.imgur.com/X5VsBwI.jpg

It was probably the same guy who broke my original Megadrive, now that I think about it, but what this did do was make me go out and buy a PS1, blowing my student loan in the process. ;D

CosmicRunaway

07-23-17, 06:12 AM

I'm having a hard time reconciling older games I've liked since I was a kid with the newer games I've absolutely loved. Deciding which games get top placement isn't that hard, but the order of everything below that is proving to be rather difficult.

doubledenim

07-24-17, 01:50 AM

My list seems to be nostalgiatized 8-bit and 3DO and I can't remember a single ps1 game. Oh wait...

Tacitus

07-24-17, 11:41 AM

8 lists in so far.

If anyone who's submitted gets hit with a thunderbolt and remembers something they need to include, PM me.

ynwtf

07-24-17, 01:23 PM

I have a list, but still needs sorting and culling. Been a very hectic weekend. Oh good, I swear I read everything was due on the 25th. Now I see the August part. *sigh of relief*

so just a list, 1-25, where 1 is my best pick and 25 is the least best? No grouping by system or anything of that detail, right? Just the games, and how I rank them?

Tacitus

07-24-17, 01:43 PM

[/I]so just a list, 1-25, where 1 is my best pick and 25 is the least best? No grouping by system or anything of that detail, right? Just the games, and how I rank them?

Pretty much, although if your list reads:

25 FIFA 96
24 FIFA 97
23 FIFA 95
22 Madden 2002
21 Madden 74

Then, we'll need to have a chat. ;)

ynwtf

07-24-17, 01:58 PM

Pretty much, although if your list reads:

25 FIFA 96
24 FIFA 97
23 FIFA 95
22 Madden 2002
21 Madden 74

Then, we'll need to have a chat. ;)

lol. no.
TECMO Bowl, maybe? or ooo ooo Cyberball!!!

ynwtf

07-24-17, 02:00 PM

Atari 2600
Genesis
Turbografx 16
NES
SNES
Dreamcast
N64
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
Rasp Pi

I'm jealous. I remember when the Turbografx 16 came out and I was so jazzed by the graphics. I never got one though. I was an outcast just by going Genesis. I also fantasized on the Atari Lynx. Ugh those commercials were awesome.

Slappydavis

07-24-17, 02:15 PM

doubledenim

07-24-17, 02:18 PM

The Dreamcast version is always better, due to the magical controller.

Siddon

07-24-17, 02:22 PM

I'm jealous. I remember when the Turbografx 16 came out and I was so jazzed by the graphics. I never got one though. I was an outcast just by going Genesis. I also fantasized on the Atari Lynx. Ugh those commercials were awesome.

I bought mine last year, it is an awesome system

ynwtf

07-24-17, 02:41 PM

Any Genesis owners or ROM addicts ever played Target Earth? That's on my list. It was crazy hard, but so cool to choose your own weapons each mission and to have friendly AI help out along your missions. Really struggling to draw a line between where I personally enjoyed a game and games that I thought were technically or historically unique, even if I didn't love it.

Tacitus

07-24-17, 02:57 PM

How are we handling remakes/ports? Especially considering there's a bit of a spectrum of how much something is a remake. It seems like end of those spectrum is pretty easy. On one side there's basically games that are pure ports. Like how there's a lot of nintendo games that have been ported from SNES to various handhelds and future systems. I'm guessing those can get lumped together somewhat non-controversially. Then there are dramatic remakes, like the upcoming Final Fantasy 7 remake that is overhauling all of the gameplay and basically only keeping the storyline.

Just curious if I should include notes on if a game is a port/remake. For example there may be one or two Dreamcast ports on my list.

If it's a straight HD remaster, then it'll be included with votes for the original game. Remakes, like the FFVII you mentioned or the upcoming Yakuza Kiwami, will have a different feel to them and I'll be counting them separately.

There are some remasters coming out which have gameplay differences - The FFXII one has a new game mode and the Crash Bandicoot thing apparently feels completely different to the original in its jumping mechanics - but these seem to be a relatively recent phenomenon that they can be taken on a case by case basis.

Ports are all going to be counted as one game.

Slappydavis

07-24-17, 03:06 PM

Really struggling to draw a line between where I personally enjoyed a game and games that I thought were technically or historically unique, even if I didn't love it.
Me too. I've been struggling to have even a loose "idea" of what my criteria are. Because I want the list to be personal & nostalgic, but also judicial and current.

How I imagine this is, if there were a clone of myself with all my non-gaming memories, which games would I most recommend to that clone?

It's trying to split the difference between my belief that games have improved over time, and the very real idea that some of these games are attached to huge leaps of personal growth that I wouldn't skip over.

Generally speaking it'll still mean I'll favor relatively current games over the more common sort of judging criteria I see from other people (which I very crudely roll up into a cluster of: Which games would I most want to re-experience in the context of first playing it). But it's really hard to actually balance between nostalgia and hindsight, so I gave up on perfection and settled for good enough.

Also thumbs up on the ports ruling. I'll be including whatever system I primarily played it on, but I'm all for lumping them together.

ynwtf

07-24-17, 03:36 PM

Me too. I've been struggling to have even a loose "idea" of what my criteria are. Because I want the list to be personal & nostalgic, but also judicial and current.

How I imagine this is, if there were a clone of myself with all my non-gaming memories, which games would I most recommend to that clone?

It's trying to split the difference between my belief that games have improved over time, and the very real idea that some of these games are attached to huge leaps of personal growth that I wouldn't skip over.

Generally speaking it'll still mean I'll favor relatively current games over the more common sort of judging criteria I see from other people (which I very crudely roll up into a cluster of: Which games would I most want to re-experience in the context of first playing it). But it's really hard to actually balance between nostalgia and hindsight, so I gave up on perfection and settled for good enough.

Also thumbs up on the ports ruling. I'll be including whatever system I primarily played it on, but I'm all for lumping them together.

Pretty much all this.
My first Genesis game was Last Battle (well, not counting Altered Beasts that came with the system!). That carries a lot of weight for me for several reasons. 1) It totally reminded me of that B sci-fi Cyborg, starring Van Damme, and I really loved that movie as a kid. I would pretend I was Van Damme kicking everything. 2) This was the first console game I had played that had oversized characters that were a third the height of the game screen. That was nuts back then!! While NES/SNES had dinky little squats running around the screen, Genesis gave us so much more detail through the scale of their character designs, and I totally fell in love with it. 3) It was my first game purchase!!! I was a Genesis virgin, and Last Battle was my big-boobied senior girlfriend to my 7th-grade boy inexperience.

I'm not sure the game holds true over time without all of that, but it still a very enjoyable and difficult game to beat. I even remember the first time I finished it. I was so excited that I told my uncle who was smoking on the front porch of my grandparent's house, thinking he would be inspired to come in and watch the rolling story line and credits sequence. No. He just responded with a half-hearted and somewhat confused "good job?"

So where does that go on MY list!? And does it even belong next to games like Skyrim or Dark Souls, neither of which I finished!?

lol?
=\

Tacitus

07-27-17, 12:35 PM

10 lists in so far. We'll need a fair few more. :)

Yoda

07-27-17, 01:25 PM

Got a rudimentary list up but need to tweak it. How long do I have?

Tacitus

07-27-17, 02:33 PM

Got a rudimentary list up but need to tweak it. How long do I have?

29 days. ;)

ynwtf

07-27-17, 02:37 PM

Got at least one more coming during the weekend.

CosmicRunaway

07-27-17, 02:46 PM

I still haven't managed to rank my list but I have cut the candidates down to 30. :cool:

I have a feeling that I'm forgetting something important though.

Slappydavis

07-27-17, 02:53 PM

I still haven't managed to rank my list but I have cut the candidates down to 30. :cool:

I have a feeling that I'm forgetting something important though.

I had that feeling too, so I decided to first do a ranking of each of my favorite games per system. But that also made me sad because some of those favorite games of an entire console still couldn't fit :(

Also sent in a draft list. Which has both made me want to revise it already, but also kinda want to wash my hands of it.

The exercise of going through this was really enlightening though, as it always is when I have to actually rank pieces of art against other and not just say they're all really good.

Edit: Also I feel really badly for my handheld favorites, as I played a TON of handhelds as a kid and have a lot of favorites, but they really suffer competing against the larger platform games without biasing for them a bit.

Yoda

07-27-17, 02:54 PM

I'm positive I'm forgetting a lot of important stuff and it's going to suck seeing those things show up on the list, way too low. :laugh:

Tacitus

07-27-17, 04:13 PM

Just had two more lists in quick succession. Thanks guys!

Guaporense

07-28-17, 10:44 PM

Sent in my list. It was easy for me since I don't play videogames since 2015 and my memories of my favorites have been well filtered by time. There are some games in my list that I played I lot when I was 13-14 years old.

Also, videogames back in the year 2000 were better than today. :D At least there were a lot more strategy games which is my genre. Today graphics are awesome but most AAA games today are rather dumb, well Fallout 3 was the ultimate example of a stupid game (even though I saw a reference of it in School Live). :sick:

Oh yeah, here is an interesting article about the stupidity of Fallout 3:

https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=27085

Fallout 4 at least was a major improvement over it.

Yoda

07-28-17, 11:17 PM

I read that article awhile ago. It certainly makes a good argument that there are stupid things about Fallout 3's story, but that's not much of an argument that it's a stupid game. Games are about the experience of playing it, and the ostensible reason for the gameplay is a lot less important than the gameplay itself. It's not like a movie, where the story is usually the point. In games, it's more of an excuse. Most classic games have little to no story.

Camo

07-28-17, 11:56 PM

I've never played Fallout 4, is it like better or more faithful or whatever to Fallout the series?

The first time i talked to Iro was disagreeing with him saying New Vegas was better than Fallout 3.

He was so wrong, like aggresively wrong, so wrong that i think it was pretty impressive that...

Camo

07-28-17, 11:59 PM

Tacitus

07-29-17, 05:02 AM

If I didn't play a game because it had a stupid story, I wouldn't have played many games...

Anyway, just had my first celebrity list from a celebrity internet friend. They say not to start with a showstopper but I'll probably not heed that advice. If you've had your ear to the gaming ground recently you'll either have played the game that this person stars in or at the very least heard a part of their performance.

I'll say no more ... for now. ;)

Keep the lists coming, people!

Yoda

07-29-17, 11:29 AM

https://media.giphy.com/media/LGotK86WYlhPa/giphy.gif

Can't wait!

My list will need a bit more refinement, but hopefully next week.

ynwtf

07-29-17, 12:16 PM

I still got my ps3. Last night I found Chrono-Trigger on the psStore. Sooo nostalgic. And a metric crap-ton of old ps1 classics. No need to upgrade when the best games are in the past ;)

ynwtf

07-29-17, 12:17 PM

CosmicRunaway

07-29-17, 03:14 PM

I'm fairly confident that the majority of my list won't be making the Countdown, but I've sent it anyway. :lol:

Guaporense

07-29-17, 06:31 PM

Tacitus

07-31-17, 06:17 AM

15 lists in now!

I feel like a teacher expecting some end of term essays. ;)

I was always the kid asking for an extension...

ynwtf

07-31-17, 11:10 AM

Tacitus
Can you confirm you got my list? I'm not sure I've ever just sent a PM before so I may have mistakenly clicked some random button on my mobile that day deleting everything instead.

0=]

Yoda

07-31-17, 11:14 AM

Tacitus
Can you confirm you got my list? I'm not sure I've ever just sent a PM before so I may have mistakenly clicked some random button on my mobile that day deleting everything instead.

0=]
Yeah, it was probably dumb of me to put a "Delete Everything" button right next to the "Send Message" button on mobile. But I've never been one to refuse a dare.

ynwtf

07-31-17, 12:03 PM

Yeah, it was probably dumb of me to put a "Delete Everything" button right next to the "Send Message" button on mobile. But I've never been one to refuse a dare.

nono... it's my half-asleep clickiness obsessions that I fear. I've deleted more posts, rants, and commentary than I'd like to admit simply by swiping down on my mobile browser one too many swipes when scrolling back to proof read something. You would think I'd learn some type of lesson from the experiences, but sadly no. I'm stubborn like that.

Yoda

07-31-17, 12:05 PM

Heh. In your defense, a lot of those gestures and shortcuts can be pretty maddening until you've internalized them. And then you get a new phone and they change slightly.

ynwtf

07-31-17, 12:06 PM

I will add that I did freak out a little bit when I first joined up here, with some of the random "submit" text fields. A few of those really sent me into a tailspin.

ynwtf

07-31-17, 12:07 PM

HA! OMG. I'm at my office PC and I actually scrolled to the top of the page to swipe it down for a refresh. w. t. f.

Tacitus

07-31-17, 12:36 PM

ynwtf

07-31-17, 12:51 PM

*curtsies*

False Writer

07-31-17, 03:24 PM

Working on my list now, man I really underestimated how hard this was gonna be!

I should have it finalized and sent by the end of this week... hopefully. :p

JCBaggins

08-01-17, 03:29 AM

I'll try my best to fill one out. Currently 1:30 am where I am, and my mind is mush. But I promise it will be done!

rauldc14

08-01-17, 01:42 PM

Still sorting through everything. Should get mine in a week or so.

Yoda

08-01-17, 01:49 PM

Really glad I waited, because I just thought of one I would've been really mad at myself for leaving off, especially since I'd probably bet money that nobody else will have listed it at all.

Tacitus

08-03-17, 06:00 AM

19 lists confirmed.

Keep em coming!

False Writer

08-03-17, 07:19 PM

Finally got mine in!

Spent like a good 45 minutes finalizing it... and I'm still thinking that I've forgotten a bunch.

The Gunslinger45

08-04-17, 02:53 AM

Sent my list in.

Tacitus

08-04-17, 09:46 AM

Thanks guys!

I've just had my second celebrity list sent in, too. ;D

Sedai

08-04-17, 10:27 AM

I am having more trouble with this list than any of the film countdowns!

Tacitus

08-04-17, 11:39 AM

I am having more trouble with this list than any of the film countdowns!

Same. I'll be sending myself a reminder PM in a week or so.

rauldc14

08-06-17, 12:04 PM

I am having more trouble with this list than any of the film countdowns!

It's tough for sure! I'd be willing to bet only a handful of mine make it.

Camo

08-06-17, 12:12 PM

Think mine is a pretty mainstream list. Most should make it other than maybe some second and thirds in a series as more may have went for the originals.

Tacitus

08-07-17, 08:54 AM

23 lists now!

False Writer

08-08-17, 02:19 PM

23 lists now!

That's great! I honestly wasn't sure how many we would get, I was hoping we'd get at least 20, so hopefully it'll be closer to 30.

So does this mean that we'll have a top 100? Or is it still too early to tell?

Tacitus

08-08-17, 02:29 PM

That's great! I honestly wasn't sure how many we would get, I was hoping we'd get at least 20, so hopefully it'll be closer to 30.

So does this mean that we'll have a top 100? Or is it still too early to tell?

Don't know if the current number is even enough for a usable, realistic top 50 although it'll be the weekend before I've got time to look at everyone's entries closely. Then the head scratching will begin. ;)

doubledenim

08-10-17, 12:05 PM

It didn't take me over an hour to realize the omissions I had made. Oh well. That's kinda the nature of the beast with lists and they could be constantly re-done.

BTW, umm...of course it wasn't a game based off an upcoming rebooted Disney cartoon or the game it was based off. :blush:

gbgoodies

08-11-17, 02:46 AM

Don't know if the current number is even enough for a usable, realistic top 50 although it'll be the weekend before I've got time to look at everyone's entries closely. Then the head scratching will begin. ;)

Tacitus

Did you get my list, and if so, was everything on it eligible? (It probably won't help much because I don't play the same type of games that most people here play.)

Tacitus

08-11-17, 06:02 AM

gbgoodies

08-12-17, 02:26 AM

Tacitus

Did you get my list, and if so, was everything on it eligible? (It probably won't help much because I don't play the same type of games that most people here play.)

Yep, I got it and liked it a lot! Some pretty classic stuff in there. :D

I'm glad you liked it. I thought it was going to be a list of mostly games that nobody but me has ever heard of. (Thanks to this list, I'm now addicted to #10 again. :lol:)

cricket

08-13-17, 08:25 AM

I'm glad you liked it. I thought it was going to be a list of mostly games that nobody but me has ever heard of. (Thanks to this list, I'm now addicted to #10 again. :lol:)

We may have some in common.

False Writer

08-13-17, 03:11 PM

I have a feeling that the 80s are gonna dominate this countdown!

ynwtf

08-13-17, 09:09 PM

I hope so. I left a LOT of old cabinets off that deserve more recognition. And I didn't list ONE pinball machine!

Edit.
Eh nevermind. I forgot about the rules ;) getting carried away with nostalgia!

Tacitus

08-16-17, 05:19 AM

I hope so. I left a LOT of old cabinets off that deserve more recognition. And I didn't list ONE pinball machine!

Edit.
Eh nevermind. I forgot about the rules ;) getting carried away with nostalgia!

I could make a list of my 25 favourite pinball machines pretty easily. Black Knight 2000 at the top, natch. ;)

26 lists now in!

I'll give everyone until the end of the month to finish theirs off, as a few people have told me that they're having a bit of bother.

rauldc14

08-18-17, 01:09 PM

I'm bound to forget about this (and the 40s countdown), so please remind me a million times.

rauldc14

08-21-17, 12:33 PM

I have to send this in today.

Yoda

08-21-17, 12:55 PM

Sent mine in. Can't remember any movie list where I felt less confident about the majority of ranking decisions. Also a huge mash at the end for those last handful of spots.

Tacitus

08-22-17, 06:09 AM

Ok, I've had 28 lists in now and would love to get at least 30.

Everyone who's still thinking of contributing has got until the end of the month, which is LOADS of time. :)

doubledenim

08-22-17, 06:24 AM

10-4. I'll get on creating an alt account.:nope: I forgot a little 8-bit, block-headed brawler with suspect power-up items in my original list.

Tacitus

08-22-17, 06:53 AM

10-4. I'll get on creating an alt account.:nope: I forgot a little 8-bit, block-headed brawler with suspect power-up items in my original list.

No worries, just send in your amended list. :)

Iroquois

08-22-17, 08:24 AM

Gotta decide if I want to include multiple installments of a franchise or if I just decide on the best one to represent the series.

rauldc14

08-23-17, 11:12 AM

Mine is in. Toughest list I did here at Mofo. I'll just keep my fingers crossed that the ones I didn't have room for or forgot will make it. That being said, I think much of this list will be too modern for my tastes, but that shouldn't come as a surprise. I'm just a retro fanboy after all.

Yoda

08-23-17, 11:29 AM

Gotta decide if I want to include multiple installments of a franchise or if I just decide on the best one to represent the series.
I generally went for the latter, FWIW.

ynwtf

08-23-17, 11:46 AM

Same. ONE Phantasy Star, ONE Bioshock, and ONE Portal ;)

Yoda

08-23-17, 11:59 AM

I didn't combine Portal. Too different. But if someone liked both Super Mario Galaxys (Galaxies?) or something, they're so darn similar that you might as well pick one to represent both.

rauldc14

08-23-17, 12:05 PM

I can honestly say I've never played Phantasy Star. And I wish I have.

rauldc14

08-23-17, 12:06 PM

I generally went for the latter, FWIW.

I believe there were two franchises I just couldn't do that for.

ynwtf

08-23-17, 12:16 PM

I can honestly say I've never played Phantasy Star. And I wish I have.

That was my first entry into RPG games back on the Genesis. It was Phantasy Star 2 for me, but WOW what a great game. I can still sing the town and world music ;)

dee-dee-doo doo do teee dooo ba ba baaaaa bawm.....

ynwtf

08-23-17, 01:02 PM

Portal was a tough one, yeah =\ very different games. And the voice acting was just perfect. But there just were too few spots to use!!

There was an old online MUD that I wanted so bad to list, but I wasn't sure if it met rules restrictions and I would have had to rearrange a lot of my list. It was a great stupid little game though. Realms of Kaos back in the very late 90s and/or early 2000s. It was a simple turn-based dungeon RPG. Graphics sucked with just single stack images for rooms, and you used the keys N, S, W, E to move room to room via the map. It was a brutal game where if you were killed, you dropped all your gear and loot that could then be collected by anyone wandering by. As long as they took the time to read the text description of each room upon entering. There was no graphic representation of items on the floor. You could have individual items Soul-bound, but to do that you have to find a cleric/priest role, have all the proper spell materials, and HAND OVER YOUR ITEM to a stranger on faith that they would give it back once the cast was complete.

OMG i loved this game and played it for years with a small group of friends. Each day around like 5AM the servers would reset, and all the boss creatures that could drop rare "one-a-days" would respawn. It was a free for all. 10 kids on a single screen all working on the spawn. If you could survive the journey to, anyone could enter the screen and help out. When the spawn died, it dropped whatever rare item it carried. Whoever picked it up would pray to get out of the room and to safety before everyone else killed him, dropping the item again for another person to then try their luck at escaping. Pretty much last man standing type of scenario. Even if you survived that, everyone ressing back in town knew where you were and your game name so they would camp the nearest town and ambush you on entry.

It was great fun.

Here's a video talking about it. Volume sucks, but great memories. Not mine btw. Just a random vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5rpu14Pfw

rauldc14

08-23-17, 01:03 PM

Wish I could talk more about older games, but well, it would give my list away...

ynwtf

08-23-17, 01:13 PM

Wish I could talk more about older games, but well, it would give my list away...

I would be proud if you downloaded a copy of Chrono-Trigger from the PS store and played that instead. That game seriously raised the bar for old console titles. Nothing else really comes close. Or find a RoM somewhere.

rauldc14

08-23-17, 01:27 PM

I like Chrono Cross but I've admittedly never played Trigger as I never owned a SNES.

ynwtf

08-23-17, 02:07 PM

I like Chrono Cross but I've admittedly never played Trigger as I never owned a SNES.

Between you and me? I never even knew about the game until I found it on some emulation site back in college. I am so glad I found it though. The characters are easy to fall in love with. You get to screw up time and change history where everything just becomes something different in your current timeline. Side games were cute and fun. I'm actually shocked now by how much I'm praising it, but it was really a great game. I highly recommend this title to anyone curious about old console RPGs but with no patience to screw around trying to find a good one. Chrono-Trigger is really all you need ;)

I just recently bought it as a download on the PlayStation store. MEMORIES!!! lol.

Tacitus

08-23-17, 02:59 PM

I like Chrono Cross but I've admittedly never played Trigger as I never owned a SNES.

Chrono Trigger is on everything, almost literally.

SNES, PS1, iOS, Android, DS. If you've got a capable phone that's probably the easiest way currently.

I've bought a few Android releases of older games, usually so I can play them directly on my Android telly, and they've been rock solid ports.

TheUsualSuspect

08-23-17, 03:09 PM

Set a reminder to get my list in tonight.

rauldc14

08-23-17, 03:13 PM

Will this list run concurrent to the 40s list? If so, September will be very exciting around here.

Tacitus

08-23-17, 03:15 PM

Set a reminder to get my list in tonight.

You have set or you want one?

TheUsualSuspect

08-23-17, 03:39 PM

You have set or you want one?

I set one, hahaha.

Iroquois

08-24-17, 12:06 AM

I generally went for the latter, FWIW.

I'm leaning towards the latter, but I may change it if I'm having trouble filling out the list. Time will tell.

The Gunslinger45

08-25-17, 09:03 PM

Hope we get a few more lists in tonight.

rauldc14

08-25-17, 09:44 PM

I hope so too. Cmon people!

Iroquois

08-25-17, 11:03 PM

I sent mine in last night.

CosmicRunaway

08-26-17, 06:44 AM

I like Chrono Cross but I've admittedly never played Trigger as I never owned a SNES.
It's much too late now, but Chrono Trigger was actually available on the PS1 in Final Fantasy Chronicles. So if you played Chrono Cross, you could've played Trigger. I actually never played the SNES cart, only the version on PS1 and then much later the DS one.

False Writer

08-28-17, 03:05 PM

Do we have an official start date for this Tac?

Tacitus

08-29-17, 03:23 PM

Do we have an official start date for this Tac?

I'm waiting for a couple more lists and am trying to come up with a scoring system that'll be fair - 30-odd lists which are as eclectic as possible and contain surprisingly few common entries. Ranking something like this is a challenge, but rank it I will.

I've been told that I'm a total ranker.

Camo

08-29-17, 03:27 PM

I would be proud if you downloaded a copy of Chrono-Trigger from the PS store and played that instead. That game seriously raised the bar for old console titles. Nothing else really comes close. Or find a RoM somewhere.

Chrono Trigger is amazing. You should play it if you get the chance Raul.

rauldc14

08-29-17, 09:18 PM

Chrono Trigger is amazing. You should play it if you get the chance Raul.

I love retro, so I will at some point.

As I've said before I feel like I'm in the middle of about 20 different games right now. I just can never finish one :laugh:

Sedai

09-01-17, 09:42 AM

And....list submitted!

rauldc14

09-01-17, 12:11 PM

It's too bad we didn't have much in common :(

Camo

09-01-17, 12:16 PM

It's too bad we didn't have much in common :(

Have you been getting everyone to show you their list? :laugh:

rauldc14

09-01-17, 12:17 PM

Have you been getting everyone to show you their list? :laugh:

No, I'm just saying that Tac admitted not much overlap a few posts ago.

Tacitus

09-01-17, 01:58 PM

Put it this way - I share 4 games with Seds, someone who's tastes mirror my own.

This weekend's gonna be head-scratchingly interesting. ;)

rauldc14

09-01-17, 09:55 PM

Ah well, either way it slices will be fun. I think it will be equally as fun to see everyone's individual lists.

CosmicRunaway

09-03-17, 03:34 PM

Even if there isn't much overlap in general, my guess is that my list is the most different from everyone else's. :lol:

The Gunslinger45

09-03-17, 03:43 PM

We know when the countdown gonna be?

gbgoodies

09-04-17, 12:32 AM

Even if there isn't much overlap in general, my guess is that my list is the most different from everyone else's. :lol:

I doubt it. My list is probably the most unique because I don't even own a game system. With a few exceptions that were arcade games or games I played on a friend's system, most of my list is games that I played on an old computer.

Tacitus

09-04-17, 05:04 AM

We know when the countdown gonna be?

I'm shooting for Monday 11th. Unless I get shot first.

Fast Draw Showdown, basically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXA--qhGOMw

The Gunslinger45

09-04-17, 06:37 PM

Cool! Thanks for the update!

Golgot

09-05-17, 11:22 PM

I'm shooting for Monday 11th. Unless I get shot first.

Oh sweet, still time then. Will sling mine in tomorrow :)

Tacitus

09-09-17, 07:13 AM

After two false starts trying to come up with a new scoring system, I'm starting again with the tried and tested MoFo countdown format.

Let the chips (fries in America, probably) fall where they may. ;)

Tacitus

09-09-17, 09:25 AM

We're not going to need to group games by series either. One particular Pokemon seems to rule all the other Pokepeople. ;D

rauldc14

09-09-17, 11:32 AM

When can we expect it to start?

Golgot

09-09-17, 12:13 PM

We're not going to need to group games by series either. One particular Pokemon seems to rule all the other Pokepeople. ;D

I sorta poked my selections into 'fave of the series' too, bet lotsa people went that way. Made for more spaces ;)

Tacitus

09-09-17, 01:06 PM

When can we expect it to start?

Still shootin' for Monday. Whether it'll be more than a top 50, well, that'll need to be decided pretty soon. I reckon there'll be over individual 500 entries from 30-odd lists - I'm about half way through and have already listed 300 - but can't see much beyond a viable top 30 without massive amounts of ties.

Golgot

09-09-17, 11:59 PM

Still shootin' for Monday. Whether it'll be more than a top 50, well, that'll need to be decided pretty soon. I reckon there'll be over individual 500 entries from 30-odd lists - I'm about half way through and have already listed 300 - but can't see much beyond a viable top 30 without massive amounts of ties.

Are you saying Space Quest 2 isn't making the list...?

Tacitus

09-10-17, 05:35 AM

Are you saying Space Quest 2 isn't making the list...?

No comment.

Sooo, what are people's predictions for a top five? I've got 10 more lists to add and the whole thing is actually looking pretty legit.

I'm proud of you all!

Tacitus

09-10-17, 10:00 AM

We can do a top 50!

I've got the finished list hidden somewhere on the Deep Web - Buzzfeed would pay a fortune for it.

False Writer

09-10-17, 01:52 PM

We can do a top 50!

I've got the finished list hidden somewhere on the Deep Web - Buzzfeed would pay a fortune for it.

Awesome. I can't wait for this!!!

I honestly have no idea what the top 5 will be but I'll give it a shot:

1. Final Fantasy 7
2. Donkey Kong
3. Fallout 4
4. Pokemon Blue
5. Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Golgot

09-10-17, 05:01 PM

After this we're doing best theme tunes right?

If we do tiers reckon I can get this to joint 125th...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swy7VZOxBWc

rauldc14

09-10-17, 08:07 PM

I think Super Mario 3 will reign supreme!

1. Super Mario 3
2. Final Fantasy 7
3. GtA 5
4. Halo 2
5. Shadows of Colussus

Slappydavis

09-11-17, 02:07 PM

1. Zelda: OOT
2. FF7
3. Half Life 2
4. SotC
5. Dark Souls

(I also really want to put an Elder Scrolls game there too, but I think the audience might be just divided enough)

I do think there'll be a lot of platform funneling though. So I wouldn't be surprised to see a near sweep by older console games (like 2 or 3 Mario titles, a couple Zelda, +FF7 or something) or a reversal of that and a near sweep of the top tier PC games (HL2, HL1, Deus Ex, a couple Elder Scrolls games).

I'm betting the "shock" of the list will be what games DON'T make it. Like a few games that we mutually agree should appear on a list, but it just happened that not many of us actually played it. Like a Starcraft:Broodwar, System Shock 2, Deus Ex type of game.