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Oxgoad
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I'm just curious, what do you guys think is the greatest game of all time? I looked through a few pages and didn't find any with this question, so if there is one already, forgive me.

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SECRET OF MANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It kicks ass!
I dunno why...it just does

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Pac-Man.


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Elite!........I think.

I like lots, it's hard to say, but most of the time I am trying to make an Elite game.

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What systems are these games made for?

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Elite is old, and is best played on the C64, or wait for my version.

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My favourate game ever is Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Megadrive.


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Neil19533
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Its goto be splinter cell 2 for the xbox it looks stunning and is just a superb game.

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Splinter Cell 2 is a fantastic game I agree. One of my favourite games of all time was Urban Chaos for the witty (and very well written, for a change) dialogue [Quote "That's IT copper! I'm gonna kick your ASS!"] and the fact that it was one of the first games that really let you run around as you please and approach missions in different ways.

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Super Mario 64

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Quote: "I looked through a few pages and didn't find any with this question"

Really? It's asked every 4 or 5 months on this forum. And I always say Elite. Every time.

Super Mario 64 was tops BTW. That and Mario Kart on the Advance made me love Ninty almost as much as a PC. But only those two annoyingly. Oh, and Starfox of course. But only them unfortuantly. Zelda didn't quite (close though!) get to me as much as most.

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DOOM. The original is 10 years old and still the greatest game of all time. (But credit also to Wolfenstein/Catacomb Abyss/the few other FPS games that ID made before it.) Doom 1/2/Final/Ultimate/Whatever is the greatest in so many ways. And the total customizability of it from weapon editing, graphic altering, and complete level-making made it 100x better.

But while DOOM is the greatest, it and Ocarina of Time are the top interchanging 2 for my "favorite"...
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Deus Ex or Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time


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I was kiddding about pac-man...


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Syndicate (the original) was an absolute classic, come to think of it, during the early nineties Bullfrog was one of my favourite companies. When they broke up, some formed Lionhead and went on to make Black & White whereas others formed Mucky Foot who went on to make URBAN CHAOS! Sadly, Mucky Foot died in November 2003, and along with them went any hope of a sequel

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Robotron, natch.

Well, either that or Deus Ex 1.

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I agree with DOOM being a catalyst as well. Those guys (carmack and the other john) forced industry change as well


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depend on what I feel like:

rpg: Never Winter Nights

action: Jedi Knight 3

Shooter: Enter the Matrix

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FPS:Half-life/Team Fortress Classic is tied with Doom 1&2.

RTS: Command&Conquer Red Alert.

Misc:Black&White.

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Daikatana


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Yeah, definetly Secret of Mana for SNES. I was addicted to that game, argh, I wanna play it now. It was awesome that it was an RPG-ish game, yet you could have multiple players all helping each other through the game world. Yep, definetly my all time favorite. (For the PC it would still have to be original Half-Life. That game was just, wow, wow)

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FF7(PS1) and Earthbound(snes), both RPGs, but equally good.

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The legend of Zelda - A link to the past
for SNES, I still have it, and I still play it (when I have time)

and I really like the AOE series.

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what are you saying those for, there nothing compared to todays 'super games'

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All the FF games are the best

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cstrike any day

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Paper boy for the nes was awsome...for the first 12.3 second..


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Uber: thanks for that info, youve made my day! Cheers!

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i also enjoy sonic games, twin bee rainbow adventures and chu chu rocket

i am 12 years old and became interested in retro gaming a while ago since then i have bought (second hand) a megadrive, mastersystem, dreamcast, snes, 2 spectrums and one hell of a lot of games on an income of £5 per week! i find the best place to get them is e-bay and cash generater




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Secret of Mana, followed closely by its sequel (never released in Europe) Seiken Denseitsu 3

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Duke Nukem 3D

oh and Soul Reaver 2, it has the best storyline

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Oh, but there's so many! How can one choose? These are the games I've gotten most involved and engrossed with...

Text Adventure:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Zork

SIM:
Elite II - Frontier
Archemedean Dynasty

FPS:
Duke Nukem 3d
Jedi Knight II
Unreal

RTS:
Emperor - Battle for Dune
Age of Empires

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One of the best RTS games was and still is Tiberian Sun. Adventure game - Broken Sword (the first one). Shooter, dont really know as theres so many.

[edit] actually, scratch that last one, Rainbow Six 3 is duh bomb.

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SD3 was fun as well
I have a translated rom of it

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I've always liked Starcraft the most for RTS games, I've played all the other C&C games as well as Dark Reign but they just can't compare to Starcraft, a huge LAN game of SC is great fun.


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Final Fantasy VI

Lord of the Rings: ROTK

GTA: VC

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Undoubtedly UFO: Enemy Unknown. Phenominal.

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Turn-Based :tie Fallout 1,2 & BOS && X-Com

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i kick at Starcraft, my bro didnt know about Protos Carriers so he nearly had a heart attack when i attacked him with 12!

my favourite game, hmm, HL ruled, UT ruled (cos i did at it), um Tiberian Sun ruled for a while, but i like Civ 2 the best, i must have spent at least 4 hours a day on that for at least 2 yrs!

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Quote: " Turn-Based :tie Fallout 1,2 & BOS && X-Com"

Evidence of a C programmer.

My favourites are:
Strategy: Command and Conquer: Red Alert II (either yuri's revenge, or Brasil Mod)
FPS: UT or UT2k3. Haven't played the UT2k4 yet.
also, That old helicopter game I used to play on a 286 pc.

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its already been said once but its gotta be said again The Doom series were the best games ever made, now the source code has been released, even the original has all the options u expect from a modern fps, such as online play or ability to create mods etc. Can't wait for Doom 3!

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I think that Super Mario Brothers 3 could be considered to be one of the best games ever by some. It most certainly was a milestone in gaming!

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Jet Set Willy & Boulder Dash on the Spectrum
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Thanks guys. Yo MicroMan: what's your favorite Zork game?
By the way-has anyone played anything in the Rayman series? In my opinion the best games ever! Rad storyline, characters, and perfect controls (something not many games have

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Captive (1990 Mindscape):


Best RPG game ever - very similar to the classic Dungeon Master, but with robots and aliens and umpteen cool weapons.

Other than that I'd say UT on the Dreamcast, Halo, Half-Life, and Kung-Fu-Chaos.


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I'm surprised no ones has mentioned the King's Quest or Space Quest games from Sierra. Personally I was a bigger fan of the Space Quest series, because of the humor. It was cool to watch those games go from glorified text adventures to fully graphical adventures.

I recommend all of the Space Quest games to anyone who likes adventure games!

Police Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, etc. were also fun. Sierra had sauce back in the day.

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HALF-LIFE?

Just to add to the confusion.
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