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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:20 PM
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Smile What is your favorite game of all time?

It's a tough one for me, but I was severely addicted to Killer Instinct 1+2. I'm sure I could have bought the machine with the amount of quarters I pumped into it.

So what's your favorite game?
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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castlevania series. almost all of them. Dam this is a hard question
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:48 PM
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Bond for N64, and 1080 snowboarding for N64.

I had the highest score ever in 1080, it was like double the high score posted in Nintendo Power magazine

oh shit and the first tony hawk...

too hard to pick.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:51 PM
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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bond, doom2, simcity
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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Oof...Kinda like asking me to name my fave car or movie . But, anyhow:

For the NES:
- Ninja Gaiden II (Xbox version is making me scream uncle...way too hard)
- Mega Man II
- Castlevania III

SNES:
- Final Fantasy II (aka FFIV)
- Street Fighter II
- Contra

Dreamcast:
- Sega Tennis 2K2
- Soul Caliber
- Tech Romancer

NeoGeo:
- Metal Slug series

PS2:
- GT3
- Metal Gear Solid 3
- Virtua Fighter 4
- NBA Street series

Arcade:
- Marvel Superheros
- Contra

Xbox:
- TBA since I just bought it

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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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I know someone's going to be a smartaleck and say Frogger or Pong...
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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I was never into Pong. Before my time I think. But frogger was big time.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:01 PM
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i would say starcraft, the amount of time i put into that game was the most i've ever played anygame
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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I'm hoping for a Starcraft 2 sometime soon...
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:14 PM
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mike tyson's punch out is another all time favorite. I only just recently beat big mike
everyvideogame.com owns me (besides a-zine)
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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Bond Fckn Pwns
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:38 PM
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I remember playing Quake I and II a lot.

But the all-time game that consumed most of my time has got to be Counterstrike.

I dont know what my FAVORITE game is though
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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1942 and 1943.

Those games were like crack to me.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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mario bros 1. never ever get tired of that game.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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Gradius/Salamander/Life Force series.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rise
I remember playing Quake I and II a lot.

But the all-time game that consumed most of my time has got to be Counterstrike.

I dont know what my FAVORITE game is though
I would've guessed it would be King of Fighters based on your avatars...
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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Gah, hard to choose one, but here's 3.

Chrono Trigger
Half-Life: CounterStrike
1942 or Raiden
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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wow great thread

nice, I bought a SNES for the sole purpose of playing Killer Instinct... damn.

this is a very tough question, and can be expanded to a number of levels, that I feel is necessary... if I had to pick one favorite, it would be Gran Turismo 4. LOL.

BUT - I would rather break it down into consoles and platforms - in no order:

arcade: Street Fighter

Atari 2600: Enduro

Genesis: tie - Super Street Fighter / Golden Axe

Nintendo: tie - Contra / WWF Wrestling (the one with Starman) / Tennis

PC: Unreal Tournament '99

SNES: Killer Instinct

Dreamcast: tie - Virtua Tennis / Soul Calibur

Colecovision: Donkey Kong Jr.

Playstation1: Gran Turismo 2

Playstation2: Gran Turismo 4

Macintosh: Dark Castle

Commodore 64: tie - Way of the Exploding Fist / BeachHead II

ok enough for now
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:28 PM
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:31 PM
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seriously there are too many to list... just remembered F355 Challenge @ the arcade... that was just... heaven.
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:33 PM
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Super Mario World..........one of the fondest memories I have is playing it over the course of three months with my dad when he got home from work........
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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NBA Live '05

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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 06:26 PM
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Back in the day I used to play this game for hours!!
Now if I played it again it would bore me to death after 5 minutes

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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by majormojo


I've spent some hours in front of one of those.

And Q*Bert to go along with Frogger...

Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
Marathon Series (Mac)
GT1-4, of course
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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Resident Evil 4
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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God....alright, here we go:

NES:
Tecmo Bowl
Contra
Metal Gear
Commando
1942
Zelda

SNES:
Final Fantasy 3 (probably favorite of all time)
Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Super Baseball Simulator 1000
Donkey Kong World (?)

N64:
Bond (no other 64 game comes close)

PS1:
Final Fantasy 7 (right behind FF3 for all time)
X-Games
Resident Evil (game was the shit when it came out)

PS2:
NCAA Football 2005
GT4
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 08:10 PM
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Easy one for me. There's never been another game that entertained me as much. I know several other people that feel the same way.





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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 08:32 PM
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OMG I forgot all about that game! There was talk about a Full Throttle 2 coming out but I haven't heard anything recently.

I also loved this one:
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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probably halo 1 for me, but shining force for sega is damn near close..
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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Metal Gear Solid for the PS, Half-Life counter-strike for PC, damn game took so much of my time =(.
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Red-CL
1942 and 1943.

Those games were like crack to me.

I was smoking the glass dick right along with you mayn

Those games had me hooked and I really want them to make one for Xbox, those 1 D graphics were the shit.
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 03:47 PM
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Another big time game for me was Duke Nukem, that predated my porn years so the strippers were the best thing since sliced bread.

oh yeah, ROAD RASH 2, One of the best games EVER
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Billiam
Easy one for me. There's never been another game that entertained me as much. I know several other people that feel the same way.





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ahahaha omg, friend and i HS spent countless hours playing that game. wow.....
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 09:14 PM
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wow, so many.

Arkanoid
PacMan
Master of Orion
Mortal Kombat
Bond N64 version

but I think my fav is Street Fighter...I've still got the arcade version/console...
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 09:19 PM
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Tetris on the first game boy. At night before I went to sleep I would see the Tetris blocks on my ceiling, no joke.
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 10:31 PM
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SMB 1-3, World
Contra
Tecmo Super Bowl
Metal Gear 1, MGS 1-3
Halo
GT 1-4
Street Fighter 2+++
Marvel vs Capcom 1-2
Zelda 1 and 3
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 11:34 PM
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 11:50 PM
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hey guys, just found out there is an exhibit about the History of Video Games going on right now at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago... I heard it includes tons of playable machines... starts from the beginnings of video games, goes through all the generations, and on through future machines.... I think it will be sweet, hopefully I will go soon.

http://www.msichicago.org/gameon/index.html
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