Your top five formats of all time

[kingoffighters]

Originally posted by Shin Johnpv
I took a shit yesterday that was better than the Sega CD............................................


But it didnt make my list

That's too bad...

I wouldn't put Sega CD as top 5 platform, but it did see light to many many great games, such as:

Lunar 1/2
Popful Mail
Dark Wizard
Battlecorps
Soulstar
Shining Force CD
Snatcher
Eternal Champions CD
Sonic CD
Heart of the Alien
Final Fight CD
Fatal Fury Special

[Finch]

Yay, Frostwolf EX for including N64!

1) Gameboy Advance- I'd sell everything else before i sold my Gameboy. It has a huge amount of games that i love, all the way back to the original Gameboy and i can hold the thing in my hands and take it anywhere. Granted, my hands are probably horribly malformed from growing up with it, but now i can cradle the GBA SP just right. Now that i can light up the screen without a nasty glare and fold it into a tiny box, it goes up a hundred times. Simple games and a simple system for a simple mind, i guess.

2) PS2- I can't deny that my favorite rpg series have moved onto the PSX and then the PS2. If it weren't for FFX, Breat of Fire Dragon Quarter and BoF IV, Tales of Eternia, Megaman Legends 2, The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, Silhouette Mirage, Um Jammer Lammy, and Gitaroo Man, it wouldn't even be on my list, but those are already a bunch of games. Then there are the ones i just like, and there are a lot of those too.

3) N64- It's a tough choice between the N64, Saturn, and Gamecube, but Majora's Mask just barely pulls the N64 to the front. It's a tough little system. The only thing hurting it is the ridiculous price of cartridges. Paper Mario, Ogre Battle 64, Zelda: OoT, Mischief Makers, Wave Race, Sin and Punishment, Mario 64, and the original Smash Bros. are all great.

4) Gamecube- It's cute and it has fun games. I've probably put more time into Super Smash Bros. Melee than any other non-rpg. The visuals of Zelda the Windwaker are my favorite of any videogame and only my second favorite in the series to Majora's Mask. Mario Sunshine, at its time, was the most fun i'd had with a game for a while. Metroid Prime did the impossible and made me like a first-person game. Mr. Driller: Drill Land is my second favorite looking game ever and has my favorite music EVAR.

5) Saturn- Poor Saturn. It looks tough enough, and it has a nice cd-player set-up thing, but it's also kind of clunky and i always have the fear that it's going to break next time i turn it on. The games are what matters, i suppose. Nights alone is better than any Sonic game, for me. Then there are the Capcom fighters, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force III, Shining in the Holy Ark, Burning Rangers, Gaurdian Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, and Princess Crown, which all really do it for me.

[FX]

NES - Everyone knows this one, even my mother, who referred to every gaming system I played, as a Nintendo. There's no denying the impact of this system. So many classics, this is the system to beat.

Saturn - Lots of fighters and shooters, home to Radiant Silvergun, and many classic SNK translations.

Dreamcast - Poor DC, why did you have to go? Obviously, one of my fav systems ever.

NeoGeo - Home of one of my favorite fighting series, King of Fighters 2-D forever!

Playstation - Made gaming "easy-access" and "cool" for adults. Brought me lots and lots of hits ( we'll let the poor design out of our heads for a moment ). I remember when I got Street Fighter Alpha, or even Ridge Racer. Grand Turismo. SOTN. Too many hits to name.

[cigsthecat]

(no order)

PC Engine- Brilliant, and not overrated in the slightest.

Jap PSone- Home to some of the weirdest and greatest imports around, seasoned with a bunch of great shooters.

JAMMA- Couldn't beat it with a stick.

SNES/Super Famicom- So many great games.

Saturn- While not "the greatest 2D/shooter console ever like everyone likes to say, there's still a ton of great games on offer.

[Jeremy]

Yoshi, thanks for the clarification.

[frostwolf ex]

yoshi,if you want, i can expand on why i picked gc and box.
the gc,as i said, has the library that fits me the best. yeah,i know that the ps2 has more games, but i am interested in less of them than on the gc, honestly i can say that wind waker blows away everything i have seen on the ps2, animal crossing had my attention for as long as a good pso bender, the gc had the first version of pso ep2, which got me back into it for a while,smash bros melee is the best multi player fighter i have played,more strategic than powerstone, deeper in terms of both items and moves than kung fu chaos,and faster then godzilla. Ps2 may well have some great games, but not for me.

x-box,this system seems to have the most coherent online out look,yeah ps2 has an online outlook ,but live is more coherent. Plus the sega games on the box are the seriesthat i care the most about. I also like how a good number of box games are very open ended. fable,unless it gets horribly boggled,will be the kind of game i have dreamed of for quite some time, a REAL role player, not a j-rpg with cliched plots and a story line that i barely impact at all. Also i realy love custom soundtracks,i am infamous for getting sick of a game's sound track and just putting on my headphones,the box lets me hear the on screen action,while still being able to hear the crappy music that i like

[gamevet]

Originally posted by BenT
Yes, but the NES did most of those things first.

I was more experienced by the time 16-bit rolled around -- I knew what to expect, and was harder to surprise. So I don't think 16-bit had as much impact on me as a gamer.

I played the shit out of C-64, so by the time NES arrived, most of the titles were nothing new to me. Standouts like Punch-Out!!!, Zelda, Super Mario and Final Fantasy, made the system worth owning, but by comparison, the C-64 with over 10,000 titles spoiled me long before the NES. Still, I could'nt vote any 8-bit system as being my top 5.

[Drewbacca]

Here are the must haves that make the lineup for me, multiplatforms have been kept out because they're a plus to all consoles, thus cancel each other out. Unless they did something for me that I really liked. I also tried to limit it to games I've played or are looking forward to within the year:

Sony
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PSone
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Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 9
Final Fantasy: Origins
Final Fantasy: Chronicles
Final Fantasy: Anthology
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Xenogears
Metal Gear Solid
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy Tactics
Gran Turismo
Twisted Metal 2
Vagrant Story


PS2
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Dynasty Warriors 3
Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth
Grand Theft Auto 3
MGS 2: Sons of Liberty
ICO
Dark Cloud 2
Kingdom Hearts
Devil May Cry
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Not a bad listing of must haves for the Sony brand of consoles. Actually, a really good list. But think how many games are published for the system is ratio to this list for me. It's a good system, and thus why it's on my listing, but it's not that far above that of the Gamecube, which I will now compile:


Nintendo Gamecube with GBA player
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GBA
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Super Metroid
Advance Wars
Golden Sun
Metroid Fusion
Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire 2
Bionic Commando
Bubble Bobble
Donkey Kong Country
Dragon Warrior 1 & 2
Earthworm Jim
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
Fire Pro Wrestling
Kirby's Tilt'n Tumble
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening DX
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mega Man Battle Network
Ninja Gaiden
Pantasy Star Collection
Rampage
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Super Mario Advance
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Wario Land 2
Wario Land 3
Wario Land 4


I would add pokemon, but I'm not a huge fan. I also kept the upcoming games off the list that I want such as Mario and Luigi, Mario and Donkey Kong, River City Ransom EX and Double Dragon, or Fire Emblem. This list is bigger than that of the PSone and 2's combined. I did put Tactics on there though, but I kept off Golden Sun: The Lost Age. I'm not sure if that's even dropped yet. Onto the 'Cube!

Gamecube
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Resident Evil remake
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Pikmin
Super Mario Sunshine
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Star Fox Adventures
Luigi's Mansion
Sega Soccer Slam
Soul Caliber 2
Metroid Prime
Ikaruga
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ()
Super Smash Brothers: Melee


I'll be the first to admit that Gamecubes lineup always seems to be better in the coming year, for some reason. But the system does have a lot of good to it, and it's future (listed below), coupled with its GBA connectivity and present, make it one of my selections. Don't count the following on the list, because they can't be since they're not actually on the system yet.


Viewtiful Joe
Wario World
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Pikmin 2
F-Zero GX
Geist
Giftpia
Harvest Moon: It's a Wonderful Life
Killer 7
Mario 128
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Pilot Wings
Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Too Human
Eternal Darkness 2
Super Monkey Ball 2


I was contemplating putting the Harvest Moon: It's A Wonderful Life on the PS2 list, but the n64 version of the game is far better. Gameplay/Mechanics > Graphics for me, which is another thing that would make somebodies list change, depending on taste. I also only picked games that made a huge impact for me to buy or enjoy the system. (I don't own a GBA, but I have friends who do and abuse this friendship liberty to its fullest). So while I may love Bomberman Generations, it isn't the kind of game that will rattle me enough to put it on there as a 'must-have' sort of game.

Also, feel free to question me about games I may have missed, or why I chose one game on a system over another. (Resident Evil remake, or Tactics on BOTH) I'm not above giving my selections a thoroughly shake-out, like most would. I think more people should back up their claims around here, to be honest. (speaking strictly of userbase, not staff)

Sorry it took me a bit longer to make the list, just busier today.

[Yoshi]

I never even thought about including the GB Player functionality with the GameCube. Using that rationale, you could easily make a case for it in the Top 5.

Good show.

[Drewbacca]

LOL, that listing was for nothing then! I said that in my original post.... I think...