Simple as it gets top 5 you have ever played - Harder then i thought
Honorable mentions: Dragon age Origins, Halo 1, Fable 1, Sonic Adventure, Star Craft 2 WOL, GTA V & Vice City, Final Fantasy X and VII, Mario Kart 64, Mortal Kombat SNES, Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow and Mass Effect 2
I'll take out duck hunt and doom and replace it with TFC and Golden Axe :)
1) Duck, Duck, Goose
2) Handball (with intos but no ghosties)
3) Bullrush
4) Tip
5) Demon Hacky Sack
Honourable mentions: Peekaboo, Hide and Seek, Pass the Parcel, Musical Chairs, Pin the tail on the Donkey.
Edit: Forgot Beam Wars and SF Cave!
sm:)e
Deus Ex
Diablo 2
Counter Strike
DayZ
Minecraft
in no particular order.
excellent list
For best memories…
At home:
Microsoft Flight simulator (and Flight Unlimited series)
Interstate '76
EGA Trek
Round 42
Wolfenstein 3D (original)
At arcade:
Daytona (and Sega Rally Championship)
ChopLifter
Thunderblade
Top Landing
P.O.W. or Galaga
At work:
Solitaire
Doom
Tetris
Hearts
Poker
Don't play games much anymore.
Love the 'At Work' section
Interstate 76 was classic. I remember the joy when I found the .wav files and ripped the sound track from the cd.
I would love to be able to play Doom at work :)
That's awesome. Your colleagues will be asking "Why is John always around the printer these days?". I love the hackers ingenuity for discovering these security flaws in the first place.
Tonnes more to mention but that's a good top 5.
Rome Total War
World in Conflict
Mass Effect 2
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
TES Oblivion
:)
Battlefield bad company 2
Forza
Halo
GTA
Rise of nations
CS 1.6
FIFA '96
Commandos - all of them except the fps one
NFS HP2
Silent Hill
Pretty much only games I played, yes, I am old!
Shadow of the Colossus
Portal
The Last of Us
Day of the Tentacle
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Heaps of honourable mentions. Horizon Zero Dawn, Galaga, Bards Tale 3, Braid, Fallout 3, Star Control 2, Gravity Rush, Uncharted 4, Mirror's Edge, Bloodnet, Super Mario 64, The Witness, Super Meat Boy, Flower, Psychonauts, Demon's Souls, and more.
Star Control 2 in your honorables. Good show sir!
If anyone hasn't played Star Control 2, you can download it free as The Ur-Quan Masters (they couldn't use the Star Contol name, as it was trademarked). Created from the 3DO version of the game, from the original source code.
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ (original project)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/urquanmastershd/ (HD mod)
Go ahead, just do it. It's awesome. Melee mode is magic with a mate.
KOTOR 1/2
TES Oblivion
Fallout New Vegas
Halo 2
Ratchet and Clank 2
Bonus: SWTOR, Battlefield 2, Battlefield Bad company 1 and 2. Forza. Star wars battlefront 2 (the original) Star wars Republic commando.
Shame what happened with Halo4 onwards and Star Wars Battlefront "modern edition". Halo2/The original SWBF2 were fantastic.
Yes I agree, shooters have mostly all but blended into each other these days.
Honorable mentions: Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft, Ragnarok Online.
Witcher 3 and last of us? surprised I had to go down so far to find a comment that mentioned both…
He's on fire
Great read, thanks cannedhams :)
That was a really great read, highly recommended. Amazing how much legacy a truly great game can create.
@Agret: Yep. When a game was big in the 80s or 90s it was truly huge. EVERYONE played Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, Streeties, Mario 3 etc etc. It doesnt matter how big a game is these days, it will never have the same legacy as those old games did.
As for the even older games, Pac Man grossed over $10 billion in revenues in the arcades (over $20 billion adjusting for inflation). Nothing except bloody Candy Crush Saga will ever come close to that.
Bad Company 2!
In no particular order.
Mentions go to.
Duke nukem 3d
quake
All those developers that created such killer games back in the 80s and 90s that reached the peak of success to only realise the only way from the top is down and still live on in legend and tales over drinks of our childhood.
80s:
1. Leather Goddesses of Phobos
2. The Hobbit
3. Hitchhiker's guide
4. Space Invaders
5. Empire Strikes Back (2600)
90s:
1. Tekken series
2. Killer Instinct
3. Daytona
4. Sega Rally
5. Wipeout / 2097
Noughties:
1. GTA VC
2. Black
3. Burnout Takedown/Revenge
4. Test Drive Unlimited
5. Star Wars Battlefront 2
My newest full title is probably TDU. Or Portal 2. I'm still playing old Xbox games!
Honourable mentions:
6. The Last of Us (PS3)
7. Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
9. Bioshock: Infinite (PC)
10. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
Fifa 94 (Mega Drive)
Sensible World of Soccer (Amiga 600)
Age of Empires 2 (PC)
Die Hard Trilogy (PS)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Master System)
Street Fighter 2 (Arcade/Amiga 600)
Mortal Kombat (Mega Drive)
Punch-Out!! (NES)
Wipeout 2097 (PS)
Tomb Raider (PS)
GTA (PS)
Halo (Xbox)
Can't believe it took two pages for someone to mention SWOS.
Well played, sir. You are truly a goal-scoring superstar hero.
It was on page 1 when I replied.
Awesome game brings back lots of good memories.
Indeed. It was the pride of my Star Cursor joystick collection and the cause of my early onset RSI at age 16…
Duck hunt on the NES.
Top 5 in no particular order:
Half Life 2
Bioshock Series
Last of Us
Unchartered Series
Silenthill Series
Honorable mentions:
Resident Evil Series
Fallout Series
Dead Space Series
Halo Combat Evolved
Alan Wake
Far Cry Series
Left 4 Dead 1 & 2
Crysis Series
The Walking Dead Series
I like the cut of your honorables, particularly the Dead Space franchise & Alan Wake.
Dead Space
Dead Space 1 ^
Dead Space 2 ~
Dead Space 3 Ë…
Loved Bioshock 1 and infinite. 2 not so much.
Funny. I've always unconsciously separated Dota from War Craft 3. They've always been two separate games in my mind :P
OP says it's simple as it gets! But this would take ages for me to decide!!
Warcraft 3/Dota, Bioshock, Batman Arckam City, Super Smash Bros, Golden Eye, Wonder Boy 3, The Last of Us, World of Warcraft (thank god i managed to get away from this), infamous, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo Kazooie, COD 4, Metal Gear Solid….how the hell are you meant to separate these????
Monopoly
Hungry hippos
Tiggy
GTA v
Game of life
Half Life 2
Civilization V
Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap (Master System)
Star Control 2
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive and Master System)
I think you'd agree that the music for Star Control 2 was amazing for its time on the PC. Needed a Soond Blaster 2 iirc for best results! Would you believe I can still remember the disco tune when docked at the Earth starbase…
And the hilarious dialogue, like with the Orz.
Random memories: Orz marines, the brave raccoonish Shofixti and their ancient allies but lately enemies the Yehat (who feel ashamed for their behaviour…), the funny crablike Spathi, Mycon fungi, Zok-For-Pik. And the smiley Melnorme traders.
The music for SC2 IS amazing on PC, absolutely. Then I bought a 3DO recently and a longbox copy of SC2 for it, because I'm ridiculous and I like longboxed versions. Now that version is BANANAS fantastic (except for having to use crappy 3DO controllers)!
I would like to do a stream of that version one day.
Yep, that game is very silly and still holds up surprisingly well. Shame that SC3 was such a let down.
I'm curious to know the new Stardock developed prequel will hold up, when (or if it ever) it sees the light of day.
Thanks, didn't even know a prequel was in the works. Looks promising.
You know, I believe I still have the original SCII Star Map poster somewhere… Wonder if it's worth anything?
Yeah I hope it pans out.
A starmap might be worth $10-25 bucks by itself on Ebay for sure, considering the longbox versions of the 3DO game go for $80+ for pretty ordinary condition ones.
You ever give the remake of Wonder boy a crack? It is awesome and lets you go back to the old school graphics (not that you can)
Haven't played the remaster yet, but they are releasing a physical collector's edition on the 4th, so i'm absolutely getting that. It's got the master system original art and grid lines on a reversible sleeve with the new art on the other side, schweet!
Plus I own the original master system cart :)
Table tennis
Cricket
Aussie rules football
Basketball
Hockey
Damn thats tricky, but I still play all of these soo:
Doom 1/2
Freespace 2
Diablo 1/2
Skyrim
Kerbal Space Program
Honorable mentions: Deus Ex, Half Life, StarCraft, DaggerFall, System Shock 2, Halo, Joust, Pokemon Red, Sonic, C&C
Space Invaders, Galactica, Packman, Doom
Tetris, Snake, Space Impact
Pokemon Red, Pokemon Silver, Duke Nukem 3D, Mario Kart 64
Solitaire, Crash Bandicoot 2, Tekken 3, Gran Turismo 3, Soul Reaver 2
Abe's Odyssey, Age of Mythology, Quake 3, Tony Hawks ProSkater 3
War of the Monsters, Midnight Club 2, Gran Theft Auto: Vice City, Need for Speed Underground 2
Metal Gear Solid 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Spore, Battlefield 3
New Super Mario Bro Wii, Basara: Sengoku Samurai Warriors 3, CoD Black Ops/2
Lego Marvel Superheroes, South Park Stick of Truth, Uncharted 2/3, Red Dead Redemption
Infamous 2/3, GTA V, The Last of Us
Until Dawn, Fallout 4/Shelter, Doom
…there's too many to list, obviously some games aged better than others but all were a "top 5" at some point
Surprised no one mentioned it earlier
A lot of people shit on BF1, but I think it's an amazing gaming achievement. The gameplay in multiplayer can be exceptional (with some frustration thrown in at times) and the campaign was short but fun. The music is incredible, the graphics are top notch, the mood/ambience is captured perfectly. The only thing that frustrates me is the lack of weapon customisation but there's not a whole lot you can do with WW1 weapons.
It is one of the best games ever made with so much realistic maps ( as per WW1 ) and great team play. I don't play any other game now.
There will always be haters who will hate anything.
To be honest for the battlefield franchise my personal list would be
Something about the gameplay just isn't as satisfying as the older titles, maybe the fact that the maps are just so open with the capture points so far away from each other and turn into a massive sniperfest more often than not and that you don't have access to vehicles to get you around quickly at most bases.
It's just me and 8 Meatsims
Not much of a gamer, and I'm sure some hardcore gamers would scoff at my choices, but the following games are ones I have spent so many hours playing, so they're the ones I've listed:
Stardew Valley
Pokemon X
Animal Crossing
Runescape
Pokemon Go
Tekken 3
tekken tag tournament
FF7
counter strike 1.3~
Xenogears
CnC Generals
Quake 3
NFS Underground 2
Bioshock Infinite
Super Mario 64
Bubsy 3d
E.T
Hotel Mario
Superman 64
Flappy Bird
Pepsiman!
Fallout 3
Bioshock 1
Pokemon Red
Halo: Combat Evolved
Morrowind
Unreal tournament
Comand and conquer
Warcraft 2
Diablo
Tactical ops
Basically ss good as it gets. Golden ears of gaming. Gave up after that. They just were not fun and simple anymore.
You liked Diablo but missed out on Diablo 2??
LOL UT. MMMMMMonster Kill.
Part 2 became to complicated one character couldn't do everything and I got stuck for hours figuring how to get out of town. Had to break through rocks blocking the way. Shrugs. Lost its charm. The butcher was awsome.
Don't remember having to break rocks to get out of town, too long ago. But yes, D2 was much more complicated. You could in fact do everything with one character but you would have to spend hours doing research on what build and gear to use so it's not good if you just want to jump on and start killing. I tended to like more hardcore/complex games back then.
Diablo 1 butcher was actually the most memorable boss for me in all 3 Diablos. Fresh Meat.
BF3
BF1
BF4
GTA V
Splinter cell
So much BF but no BFbc2?
I first started gaming during uni so bf3 was my first fps
Fair enough. I got an xbox 360 late and got put onto bfbc2 by a mate strait away. Great game and multiplayer. It made me buy bf3 on release which is something i never do. If you get the chance grab a copy, the single player story was much better than bf3 or bf4 i reckon.
Pokemon Platinum
Halo Reach
GTA V
Minecraft (Tekkit)
COD MW2
Chess
Hungry Hungry Hippo
Twister
Hide'n'Seek
Got Your Nose
Darksouls
Darksouls 3
Bloodborn
Dota
Cs 1.3-1.4
Wc3 tft
dota 2
ssb
oot
cs 1.6
pokemon blue
Project Zero II - Crimson Butterfly (PS2)
Donkey Kong (Nintendo game and watch)
Super Mario World (SNES)
FFVIII (PS2)
God of War III (PS3)
Aw let's see
GTA San Andreas
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
Runescape
The Last Of Us
Pokemon Go? It was a very incredible experience, but I think most people would argue it's not on the same calibre as a AAA title.
These are games that I felt I had a strong connection to.
Single Player:
GTA SA
Far Cry 3
DOOM (2016)
Red Faction
Diablo
Online:
CS
WC3 Dota & Mods
Quake
Killing Floor
(To many tie at 5th)
wizard of wor (C64), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_of_Wor
nethack, https://alt.org/nethack/
card hunter, http://www.cardhunter.com/
burnout*, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_(series)
mech warrior online, https://mwomercs.com/
Pokemon Gold
Skyrim
Age of empires 2
Assassin's Creed
Who negged?
Maybe because you left us hanging on what your no5 is?
Witcher 3
Ocarina of time
the last of us
grand theft auto v
final fantasy VII
Top 5 is the usual suspects but I could go on and on.
Honorable mentions:
Goldeneye
Runescape
Xenoblade Chronicles
Grand Theft auto: San andreas
Super Mario 64
Donkey kong country 2
Battlefield Bad company 2
Metal gear solid 3
Pokemon Red
Elder scrolls oblivion
Red dead redemption
Shane Warne Cricket 99
Tekken 2
Microprose Formula 1 Grand Prix
Railroad Tycoon 2
Special Mentions
SMW3 Yoshi's Island
GTA VC & SA
NHL 95-99
Final Fantasy 6,7 & 10
Honourable mentions: Battlefield Series, Karteka, A Mind Forever Voyaging, Choplifter, Autoduel, Galaga, 1942
Oh wow Karateka, so simple yet so addictive
(profanity) you and that (profanity) bird. :P
That (bleeping) bird… that (bleeping) gate and even that (bleeping) princess…. I mean you go through the whole game 100x times… finally get to the princess and she kills you in one hit if you do not get out of fighting stance…. I mean why did she not just kill everyone that captured her in one hit??
Super Mario 64. Brilliant graphics, gameplay and plot for its time. I have it now on my Wii u with improved graphics and still enjoy every minute of it.
I didnt put older games as i was younger and I actually think 'nostalgia factor' wouldve weighted waaaay to favourable.
I'll take out lemmings and duck hunt replace it with Red alert and Age of Empire :)
1.Starcraft
2.Red Alert
3.Age of Empire
4.Doom
5.Wolf3d