IGN's Top 100 Games

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Originally Posted by Dyne

besides, i like to see my games clearly, not like i have glaucoma.

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That's a valid complaint of any N64 game with a large amount of textured objects, though. Including a certain one people still insist looks fine. :(

The Japanese DC launch was less than a week after Ocarina of Time came out. That shit never looked good.

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Originally Posted by Dyne

starfox had the slot machine. because of this it smites SF64. besides, i like to see my games clearly, not like i have glaucoma.

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I understand most of the proud N64 owners at the time had a cure for that.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

5? Agh.

One listing that reads "Zelda Game" would be sufficent.

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I recall Next Generation magazine doing one of these lists once, and they had a pretty intelligent approach to it, which included combining largely similar games in a series. I don't have the issue anymore, but I remember their rational for most choices being pretty sound, and I'm pretty sure they qualified games on how good they are "today" (when the magazine was printed), and not how influential they were. That was a good magazine.

I don't think Tetris deserves such a high spot anymore. Probably still top 10 (based on popular opinion), but I'd rather play Lumines, Puzzle Fighter, or Kirby's Avalanche.

Not all versions of Tetris are created equally, either. If they're referring to the NES Tetris (pictured) I don't even think it belongs in the top 100.

edit: bonus game: which one of these things is not like the others?

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Originally Posted by some asshole

Some of those, like Puyo Puyo, are hugely influential in their own right. (Compile's game gave us the sub-genre of combo-focused puzzling, from which springs favorites like Bust-a-Move and Super Puzzle Fighter.)

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I generally don't care about these types of lists, but it saddens me that neither Star Control 2 nor Master of Orion 2 are on there.

Geograph Seal > Star Fox

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Geograph Seal > Star Fox

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As a huge JF fan, I wish I could agree with you. Geograph Seal is really, really difficult to play. I didn't know if there's an emulator setting to make it anything other than a slideshow, but I couldn't stand it for very long.

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Originally Posted by Grave

I didn't know if there's an emulator setting to make it anything other than a slideshow

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There is. It's just the CPU speed setting. The X68000 came in different models at different speeds and yes, the slowest one (10Mhz) is not well equipped to play that game at a framerate that a 2007 gamer would tolerate. Set it to 16Mhz or higher and it's fine. 23Mhz and up should get you a steady 30fps (the maximum refresh rate of the system).

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Originally Posted by Grave

That's a valid complaint of any N64 game with a large amount of textured objects, though. Including a certain one people still insist looks fine. :(

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Rogue Squadron? Wave Race 64?
The only n64 games that I still think "look fine" are Mario64 and Mario Kart, and they don't look good at all.

Also maybe MK:Trilogy.

Revisit any of the Saturn Panzer Dragoon games. You'll be begging for Star Fox 64's textures within minutes.