Your five favorite games of all time?

[fnord_too]

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Wizardry (anyone remember Wizardry?), 'cause I wrote it.

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You're not Andrew Greenberg are you?

[Stephen H]

Tie Fighter definately deserves more love. Also, a game I think is missing here is SSX Tricky. That's one of those games that even non-gamers liked playing it. SSX III was actually a step back.
I don't know if I could make a top 5 I'd be even remotely happy with; just too many difficult comparisons to make across genres and technology levels. I'd probably put Nethack on it, and definately SSX Tricky, but not sure what else.

[AJW]

1 ZELDA OCERINA OF TIME
Great graphics, music and game play combined in a nearly perfect game.

2 CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER, various editions
A text based soccer management game which is deeply compelling and horribly addictive.

3 ULTIMA UNDERWORLD 2,
I’m surprised no one else mentioned this one. Atmospheric 1st person graphics, a great magic system and a rich and compelling world.

3 SUPER MARIO KART
Possibly the most fun racer ever and truly great in two player mode.

4 SUPER MARIO WORLD 2 YOSHI’S ISLAND
Utterly magical 2d platformer charming and imaginative.

5 INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR SOCCER DELUXE
I had so many competitive matches of this while in Uni it had to make the list if id put half the effort into studying that I put into trying to score from long range I might have got a 1st.

[Duke]

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Tie Fighter definately deserves more love. Also, a game I think is missing here is SSX Tricky. That's one of those games that even non-gamers liked playing it. SSX III was actually a step back.
I don't know if I could make a top 5 I'd be even remotely happy with; just too many difficult comparisons to make across genres and technology levels. I'd probably put Nethack on it, and definately SSX Tricky, but not sure what else.

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Even the original SSX was a great game. I never played 3, but was looking forward to it at one point. If it's worse, then I'm happy I didn't play it.

I really liked Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on the Dreamcast, too.

[Stephen H]

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Even the original SSX was a great game. I never played 3, but was looking forward to it at one point. If it's worse, then I'm happy I didn't play it.

I really liked Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on the Dreamcast, too.

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Don't get me wrong; if SSX Tricky is a 9.5/10, then SSX 3 is probably an 8.5/10. Still good, but not AMAZING. Took things a little too far over the top, IMHO.

[JDforce]

1. MGSs (all)
2. GTAs (all)
3. Pro Evolution Soccer (all)
4. Championship/Football Manager (all)
5. Mario Kart (all)

LoL I cheated.

[ilya]

Cool to see the great diversity of taste in this thread....lots of the games ppl have mentioned would make it onto my list if I was in a different mood

1, Call of Duty 2

2, Grim Fandango

3, No One Lives Forever 2

4, Wizardry 8

5, Project Gotham Racing 1

[mickii]

5-nba live 95, averaged 56 ppg with mitch richmond
4-starcraft, been a while but what a great game
3-GTA san andreas, murder and sex, yes please!
2-mvp baseball 2005, the closest think to realistic simulation
1-Fable, short but i have a kid so that works

[JuntMonkey]

1. Super Mario 64 - Nothing need be said. IMO it's the best game ever made as well as my favorite.

2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - I scoffed at the whole GTA craze until I found out that Vice City takes place in Miami in the 80's. Best real-world setting and soundtrack ever. San Andreas is a better game, but I love the 80's.

3. Maniac Mansion - I prefer the NES version because it has music. Classic adventure game. The NES version is censored in parts, but in one case that makes it even funnier. In one of the rooms, an arcade machine called "Muff Diver" on the PC is called "Tuna Diver" on NES. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

4. Deus Ex - This game is dripping with atmosphere. Everyone loves a disturbing dystopian future. Deus Ex has it all, from futuristic skyscrapers to the slums of New York and Hong Kong. It also might be the scariest game I've ever played. I'll never forget crawling through an air duct and turning around to find a small escaped dinosaur attacking me in the enclosed area.

And there's nothing worse than when the "Grays" (your typical skinny big-headed hairless aliens) spot you and start sprinting at you faster than you can run.

5. Leisure Suit Larry 3 - There's a ton of games this spot could belong to, but I'll choose LSL3. The bulk of the game is explorable right from the start, as opposed to the more linear, cutscene-laden adventure games of recent years. You just walk around finding girls and figuring out how to get them in the sack. The puzzles are tough but logical.

[ilya]

haven't played those early Wizardries, but Wizardry 8 is one of my very favorite games ever. Combat system is so fun.