As I seem to be in the company of like mined people, whats the best video game ever?

Elite on the BBC was the most absorbing
Speedball 2000 on the Amiga was fun
Granturismo is the best driving game (GT2 was not a good)
Metal Gear solid was just stunning and imaginitive.

I think its got to be Elite for me......

 

Grand Prix Legends.

F1GP was fantastic in it's time.

Star Raiders - a true classic.

Rescue on Fractalus. "Argh - it's a Jaggie!"

 

Oh dear I can see everyone getting all nostalgic over their Commodore 64s and Spectrums. If you remember Commodore 64 and Spectrum games as being excellent DON'T download any of the emulators as you will realise how crap they really were! Better just to have the memories.....

Anyway my favourate games ever (The ones which kept my attention longest) :

Gran Tourismo (Playstation)

Wizball (Commodore 64)
Last Ninja 1 and 2 (Commodore 64)

Super Mario World (SNES)
Pilot Wings (SNES)
F Zero (SNES)
Zelda 3 (SNES)

Tetris (Gameboy)
Mario Land (Gameboy)

Super Mario Kart (Nintendo 64 4 player, using a lightning bolt on Wario Stadium before the jump ment a kick in the head!!)

Red Alert (Multiplayer PC)
Quake (Multiplayer PC)
X wing vs Tie Fighter (Multiplayer PC)

As you may have guessed I used to live in a house with 3 other IT guys so the first thing we did when we moved in was install a network!! Games such as Red Alert and X wing vs Tie Fighter are amazing when you have 4 players!!

 

I'll go GT, GT2, Mcrae 2, Driver on platform, but best video game is Ferrari 355 Challenge - only 'arcade' at moment, but PS/dreamcast version coming!! ... non driving PS games? what are those then??


Of the dozens of PS F1 games that were launched this year which is the best?

 

Ooops I forgot I love Driver

and dont forget in Driver 2 YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE CAR!!!!

 

Hi

Based on the fact that until recently i could not play any quake type games (motion sickness ) here's my
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<LI>Sensy soccer for 2 player footy action
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Si


[This message has been edited by Mr.Cookie (edited 16 October 2000).]

 

Hmmm, where to start?

Sports:
Sensible Soccer (Amiga)
World Games (C64)
Microprose Soccer (C64)
Racing:
Microprose GP (Amiga)
Top Racer (SNES)
Other
Zelda (SNES)
Icicle Works (C16) (Boulderdash as Santa Clause)
C&C Red Alert (PC)

Bound to be hundreds of others, 20 years of playing computer games makes it difficult to favourites list off the top of your head, oh Magical Hats Turbo Flying Adventure (Mega Drive), better post now before I add any more ...

 

I've been playing games since atari vcs so here's my not so short list'.

atari vcs & commodore 64 - river raid.
spectrum - knight lore, sabre wulf, lotus esprit, head over heels, laser squad.
commodore 64 - paradroid, uridium, way of the exploding fist, international karate plus, football manager, lode runner, mission impossible.
Amiga - f1gp, (cant think of any others, though i loved the amiga!)
snes - super mario, mario kart, street figter 2.
megadrive - sonic (1)
nintendo 64 - mario 64, zelda.
atari jaguar - tempest (still the best version of this great old game).
playstation - destruction derby, tekken 1+2, gran turismo, wipeout 2, crash bandicoot, driver.
Sega saturn - sega rally, virtua fighter, virtua cop.
dreamcast - crazy taxi, sega rally 2.
pc - quake, quake 2, quake 3, unreal tournament, halflife, deus ex, formula one grand prix.

 

I have fond memories of a game on the Spectrum where you had to drive around the streets in a Lotus Esprit chasing after the bad guys.

Unfortunately memories are so fond I can't remember what it's called.

PFF

Having just read ptholts full answer I find that it was surprisingly called Lotus Esprit. Sheesh

[This message has been edited by Phantom_Flan_Flinger (edited 16 October 2000).]

 

P.F.F

I think the game your refering to was lotus esprite turbo challenge or very similar

Si

 

I think Lotus Turbo Challenge was an Amiga game (and crap with it -- got an Esprit and an Elan alternately to play with).

The game you mean is Turbo Esprit by Durell. Still excellent, even though Romford isn't like it is in the game (don't remember any six-lane highways when I was last there...)

I understand Driver/Driver 2 is the modern-day Turbo Esprit -- must get a copy.

 

Sorry but, best games ever:

1) Perfect Dark (Multiplayer) (N64)
2) Goldeneye (Multiplayer) (N64)
3) Gran Turismo 2 (PSX)
4) C&C Red Alert (PC)

Kelvin

 

atari vcs - star raiders, defender

c64 - elite, way of exploding fist, mule (with 4 players) archon, and revenge of the mutant camels.

pc - quake, quake 2, quake 3 (all online though), shogun total war,toca2 and colin mc crae.

never been into consoles.

best ever ? Well Counter-Strike does the business for me and its all i play anymore!

steve

 

Can't believe no one has mentioned DOOM or DOOM 2 yet.

F16, F22 (by whoever)

Gunship 2000

Descent was excellent.

Delta Force 1 & 2.

Command & Conquer, all variants.

 

1) Elite on The BBC. Looked apnts but had the most absorbing gameplay ever. It was the daddy of its day
2) Resident Evil. I've never been scared palying a game before.
3) Syphon Filter. Not as good looking as Metal Gear but having played both, Syphon Filter is more involving.
4) Dyna Blaster ( Super Bomber Man) the most fun you can have with 4 friends ( unless they are 4 lady friends)
5) Gran Tourismo 2. The best driving game.. well I think.
6) Galaxians.. you can't beat it !!


AllanB

 

Wolfenstein was the first game of its type I ever played, crude now but ground breaking at the time.

Half-Life is my favourite though, followed by Quake, Quake 2 and Colin McRae rally.

TOCA & TOCA 2 are great if you fancy doing a track day from home.

 

Turbo esprit by durell, that was the one. good game in its time. have thought of a few more since hehehehe.

Ever get the feeling i've spent most of my life playing games...........

1. commando - c64/amiga
2. bubble bobble - every machine !
3. dropzone - c64
4. ikari warriors - atari st.
5. bruce lee - atari 800xl
6. crystal castles - c64
7. boulderdash 1,2 +3- c64 - ACE game
8. manic miner - spectrum
9. match day - spectrum
10. falcon patrol 1+2 - c64
11. paperboy - c64/amiga
12. pong - anything
13. yie ar kung fu - c64
14. hypersports - c64
15. shinobi - megadrive
16. kickstart 1+2 - c64
17. jetpac - spectrum
18. joust - c64
19. barbarian 2 - c64
20. bombjack - anything
21. gauntlet - anything
22. mercenary - c64

 

From the Arcades (early 80's):
Pacman
Ms PacMan
Phoenix
Mr. Do
Defender

BBC Micro:
Elite
Revs

Playstation:
Resident Evil
FFVII
Rage Racer
GT
MGS
Iss Pro Evolution

 

Best video game EVER - surely they haven't made it yet.......??

 

I'm with GT on this - Speedball on the Amiga was fantastic. Still get a kick playing Doom on the Playstation and my all time favourite - the original wire frame graphics Star Wars found in all the best arcades in the early 80s - the only game I was ever truely any good at.

Good memories

Cheers

Chris

 

GT on Playstation is quite good.

But can anyone remember good old "KickStart" on the C64 ? Now that is a classic.

But my favorite ever is Defender (arcade version). If anyone knows of a pukka (not improved) version for the PC, let me know.

Cheers

Ian

 

My top for each console I own are as follows.

Bandits at six o'clock BBC...
Kickstart C64
Goldeneye N64
Rainbow six PC
GT2 PS

and the best game of all time goes to GT2000 When it comes out anyway.

But all the games mentioned so far are classics still play elite now!!!

 

Way of the Exploding Fist - Spectrum
Speedball - Atari ST
The Chaos Engine - Amiga

... aarrrr .. the good old days.

 

It's Got To Be

Kevin Toms Football Manager For The Speccy

The Match Day Graphics Were Near Enough Virtual Reality !!!!!!!!!!

Apart From That Any Computer With A Tape Loader, Especially The Spectrum Fo When Somebody Walked By As You Were Loading A Game Only To Hear The High Pitched Whines Go Flat..... Only Think To Do Rewind And Start Again

Jase

 

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Any ideas/opinions?

 

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Of the dozens of PS F1 games that were launched this year which is the best?[/quote]

Any ideas/opinions?

 

aaahhhh

What a great trip down memory lane!

Yesteryear...
Revs - BBC
Elite - BBC / Spectrum
Turbo Esprit - Spectrum (top game!!)
Rescue on Fractalus

Current Day
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
Colin McRae 2
GPL
GPL

 

In the arcades there was a table top footie game called Teikan World Cup. Players were controlled using a rollerball type input. This remains the finest football game ever, IMHO.

I also notice not many votes for Megadrives here, Sonic the Hedgehog was a great platform game and EA Sports Ice hockey was tremendous, you could start fights and there would be blood on the ice.

They just don't make them like they used to

 

Elite on the BBC is my top one - I played it non stop for weeks - couldn't put it down !
I was also into Adventure games back then too......Lords of Time was a CLASSIC.
Tomb Raider 1 was cool - 2 & 3 not so great.

Brew.

 

Too many good ones to have an outright winner.

Arcade - Dawn of the Dead
Playstation - Doom or Wipeout 2097
PC - Unreal Tournament or GPL
Megadrive - Sonic or Kid Chameleon

A special mention must go to Defender from Williams though. How many people spent all their dinner money trying to get throught the space stages with no smart bombs left!!

Ah, nostalgia!

Geezer