System of the Year

[Mzo]

*ahem*The Adventures of WILLY BEAMISH!?? (althought it and MI could be found on the PC, too...)

Yeah, I meant Earthworm Jim: Special Edition with the extra levels. You're right about the Saturn having the best version of EWJ2.

Ecco 2 had FMV scenes added. WHOOO!

Prince of Persia is best on the SNES (GORGEOUS and crazy extra levels), and I'd rather own the Sega CD version than the Genny one.

OK, the Sega CD isn't GREAT, but it's hardly the worst system around.

What about the Adventures of Batman and Robin? VROOM

And yeah, EC and Silpheed do suck ;_; but I own them... I guess they were better before.

EDIT: Dude, of course the GC is better. I was just being difficult.

[Adrian]

Final Fight CD and Shining Force CD are fantastic. Crap system though.

[gamevet]

I quite like the Gamecube but the list below reads like a sarcastic hate post. It's not an exceptional system by a long shot but this year I really enjoyed PN.03, F-Zero GX and Metroid Prime.

Was'nt being sarcastic at all. I was naming titles that are'nt being thrown on the list. Sure everyon mentions F-Zero GX, Metroid Prime, Mario Sunshine, Veiwtiful Joe, and Wind Waker, but there are other titles that are at least enjoyable to play. I thought I'd take the time to list a few of those titles. It's not like if a person only owned a Gamecube, that they would'nt have enough games to play, to have a year's worth of fun with it.

[Mzo]

Oop, forgot those, too.

[MVS]

XB has PGR2. Hence, the vote for that.

[Melf]

The Sega CD had about 8 games worthy of real play time. Lunar:EB, Lunar:SSS, Vay, Dark Wizard, Snatcher, Sonic CD, Thunder Strike, Cobra Command and maybe F-14 Tomcat. The rest were more like bad FMV showcases, than viable games. Sure I enjoyed Prize Fighter, but I could think of a lot more 3rd party games on the Gamecube, that would be more enjoyeable.

Aside from the ones Mzo mentioned, you could add:

- Dungeon Explorer
- Eye of the Beholder
- Robo Aleste
- Android Assault
- Lords of Thunder
- Road Avenger

..and a bunch others. The Sega CD version of EJ had a redbook soundtrack and more levels. The Saturn version was EJ2, not 1.

Everyone spouts off about games like Mario Sunshine and Metroid Prime, but what about titles like Ikaruga, Pro Rally, Rogue Squadron 2/3, Tiger Woods, Madden, Medal of Honor, Mario Golf, Mario Kart, Legends of Wrestling, Star Fox Adventures, Resident Evil (1 and 0), Skies of Arcadia, Billy Hatcher, Pac- Man VS, Wrestlemania XIX, NBA Street Vol.2 and SSX3. Sure some of these titles are on the other consoles as well, but that does'nt take away from the fact, that the Gamecube has a solid library of games. Comparing it to the Sega CD, is like comparing GBA to the Virtual Boy.

Who's comparing the Sega CD to the GC? All I said was that the Sega CD was a cool system for what it had.

Funny how 10 of the 19 games you mentioned are on other systems though. I think the reason everyone mentions Sunshine and Metriod (Nintendo games) is because no one bought the GC for the 3rd party games.

[Adrian]

Funny how 10 of the 19 games you mentioned are on other systems though. I think the reason everyone mentions Sunshine and Metriod (Nintendo games) is because no one bought the GC for the 3rd party games.

Without Sega and Capcom I would never have given the GC a passing thought. Nintendo's finest is on GBA.

[Victrix]

Can I be a tard and say none of the systems impressed me much this year?

[Master]

Do the people that voted GameCube own other systems? And did they NOTICE what was coming out on the other systems?

I can see not voting Xbox, or even PS2, but voting for GameCube over GBA is just criminal. And don't feed me that "I play my GBA games ON my GC ROFLMFAO *giggles*"

GBA rocked my face all year long. Gamecube didn't.

[K3V]

I own every system on that list and I voted for GameCube. I find myself going to it more than the other systems mostly because of the Wavebird. That thing is a work of genius.

GBA did have some great games this year, though...Metriod Fusion, Mario & Luigi, etc. I almost always play them on my GB player, though. With the Wavebird.

Right now I'm playing my Xbox a bunch thanks to KOTOR. My PS2 collected the most dust of all the systems this year.