Best games ever countdown

[Iced]

I may as well have a go at this

83: ????

82: warioware smooth moves?

81: conker's bad fur day ....maybe?

80: ???

79: I don't know, Bomberman?

78: Worms 3D?

77: Mickey's Magical Quest or Mickey Mania?

[Zanarkin]

#81:Conker's Bad Fur Days

#80:Sunset riders?

#77:Mickey's Magical Quest

[Dracohon]

I forgot all about this. <_<

Anyway, here's my guesses:

#83: Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest

#82: WarioWare: Smooth Moves

#81: Conker's Bad Fur Day

#80: Sunset Riders

#79: Bomberman

#78: Worms 3D

#77: Mickey's Magical Quest

On a side note, I think this is the first batch where I've made guesses for every game. Even though all but one of these guesses was already made by either Quac or Mordecai.

[Santino]

The list so far:

Good tier:

138: Metroid

137: Ice Climber

136: Brainies

135: Goof Troop

134: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

133: King's Bounty

132: Megaman 7

131: Megaman & Bass

130: Inspector Gadget

129: Wario World

128: Kirby's Adventure

127: Fire Emblem 7

Very, very good tier:

126: The Mask

125: Heroes of Might and Magic

124: Mario Party 4

123: Ashte Kashte

122: Tetris

121: Starfox

120: Lego Island 2

119: E.V.O. Search for Eden

118: Mortal Kombat

117: Final Fight series

116: Warcraft 3

115: Super Mario Bros 2

114: Zombies Ate my Neighbors

113: Mortal Kombat 4

112: Metroid 2

111: Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

110: Mario Kart 64

109: Final Fantasy 6

108: The Legend of Zelda

107: Biker Mice from Mars

106: Geometry Wars

105: Paper Mario

104: Metroid: Zero Mission

103: The Addams Family

102: Mother

101: Metroid: Fusion

Excellent teir:

100: Mortal Kombat 2

99: Super Mario Bros

98: Toy Story 2

97: Bubble Bobble

96: Lego Loco

95: TMNT 4: Turtles in Time

94: Knights of the Round

93: Zelda: Link's Awakening

92: Super Mario World

91: Mickey Mania

90: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link

89: TLoZ: Phantom Hourglass

88: Supr Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 2

87: Game & Watch Gallery Advance

86: Mega Man's Soccer

85: The Lost Vikings

84: Super Metroid

Cash:

Dracohon: 220 + 35

Dio: 95

Balcerzak: 70

Suichimo: 50

Mordecai: 30 + 20

Quac!: 40

Severlan: 20

Integrity: 10

I'm being a strict a-hole on Worms. I left the "for" as an intentinally vague hint : )

This marks the beginning of the Better than Super Metroid Teir

#83:

The Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest

Console: SNES

Genre: Platformer/Puzzle

LV2 is simply an improved continuation of its predecessor. The vikings are kidnapped, but ambush their kidnapper robot and steal all his cool equipment, giving them new sci-fi moves. As they travel through new and better puzzles and levels, they also team up with a wolf and a dragon.

#82:

Wario Ware: Smooth Moves

Console: Wii

Genre: Minigames

Smooth Moves

Wario Ware: Smooth Moves is exactly what one might expect: a ton of short (as in a few seconds each) minigames using the wiimote to the max. The game is split into many chapters with their own theme and set of minigames, and you have to get through a certain amount as it gets steadily harder. Each chapter also has its little silent story. OH, and there's good side content.

In humor, this game hits it perfectly. Look out for the way different holding positions are introduced.

#81:

Conker's Bad Fur Day

Console: N64 (though there's an Xbox remake)

Genre: Kinda 3D platformer with lots of story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLLT7kKdnPs&feature=related

Banjo Kazooie gets kinda inappropriate, but this game takes it all the way. When a game starts with a drunk squirrel trying to navigate home, you get what's coming. Gameplay in this game is okay, but not great - what I care about is the story and the way it's delivered. Superb and self-parodyous all the way. Favourite expression: Context sensitive.

#80:

Sunset Riders

Console: SNES (maybe also arcade and some other)

Genre: semi-DoubleDragon shooter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-mjqi1rtw

You control one of four cowboys, and have to catch the bad guys. This game follows the Double Dragon style, where you walk from start to boss in each level and have to finish in one sitting. This too is best played with a friend. Here however the air is filled with bullets from all the enemies, and one hit gets you dead. It's not so hard though as you bullets go a hundred times faster.

Running on cattle and following trains on horseback included.

#79:

Standard Bomberman

Console: Lots

Genre: Bomberman?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRW-6xljsYU

This covers pretty much any Bomberman game looking like the pic above. They are all about the exact same, and they are all awesome. I love taking this out when there's a group of people over. Premise is simple: Bomb everyone else before they bomb you and the time runs out. Get lots of good powerups. I usually try playing tactically but the stress prevents such action.

#78:

Worms 4 Mayhem

Console: PC

Genre: Turn-based fps-ish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6KpsY6AC0k

When Worms turned to 3D I was concerned, but it turned out quite good. There was a lot of bad stuff though, and this is the game which fixed it. The world is much larger than in 2D Worms, which gives a lot of opportunities but it still feels very similar. There's a good one player mode with lots of missions, this makes good training for the quite dangerous multiplayer.

#77:

Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse

Console: SNES

Genre: Platformer

When I was a kid I knew two things about Disney. 1 - Donald Duck was fun and Mickey was boring. 2 - Mcikey had the good games though. From the first time I borrowed this I was hooked - a somewhat short platformer with unique mechanics and just the right atmosphere. Each level has a theme, and most have a new suit. Every boss is Pete (though I didn't realise when I first played it) and you beat him by jumping on his head and throwing things at him. I'd like to think of the game as Super Mario World with more interesting mechanics and in a better "world".

Hints for next batch:

76: Big Daddy cars

75: Herd them to the goal or to death, your choice. Worms1ish graphics.

74: Flash simplified Risk.

73: Old sidescrolling series gets new game on Wii after DS success.

72: SNES ninjas going through towns and other places.

71: 2D Worms to death.

70: Littlest toons for the SNES with a starry finish.

[Mousefire]

I only got one :/

73. New super mario bros. wii

[Nightmare]

Norse by Norsewest isn't the title for the SNES version, it's for the enhanced 32-bit version made for the Sega Saturn and PC. The SNES game is just Lost Vikings II. And that guy...forgot his name, isn't a wolf btw, he's a werewolf.

Edited April 17, 2010 by Robin Mask

[Santino]

Norse by Norsewest isn't the title for the SNES version, it's for the enhanced 32-bit version made for the Sega Saturn and PC. The SNES game is just Lost Vikings II. And that guy...forgot his name, isn't a wolf btw, he's a werewolf.

Heh, yeah. I heard Norse by Norsewest as the name before I played it so I always considered that to be the name. And yep.

Edited April 17, 2010 by Santino

[Iced]

76: Age of Empires (they all had the cheat I think)

75: Lemmings?

73: NSMBW

71: Worms armageddon

Edited April 18, 2010 by Quac!

[Suichimo]

72 is Goemon/The Mystic Ninja. I've never played it but my friend has a game for the SNES about ninjas running around and it was one of those two names, possibly both.

70 is Tiny Toon Adventures.

[Santino]

The list so far:

Good tier:

138: Metroid

137: Ice Climber

136: Brainies

135: Goof Troop

134: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

133: King's Bounty

132: Megaman 7

131: Megaman & Bass

130: Inspector Gadget

129: Wario World

128: Kirby's Adventure

127: Fire Emblem 7

Very, very good tier:

126: The Mask

125: Heroes of Might and Magic

124: Mario Party 4

123: Ashte Kashte

122: Tetris

121: Starfox

120: Lego Island 2

119: E.V.O. Search for Eden

118: Mortal Kombat

117: Final Fight series

116: Warcraft 3

115: Super Mario Bros 2

114: Zombies Ate my Neighbors

113: Mortal Kombat 4

112: Metroid 2

111: Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

110: Mario Kart 64

109: Final Fantasy 6

108: The Legend of Zelda

107: Biker Mice from Mars

106: Geometry Wars

105: Paper Mario

104: Metroid: Zero Mission

103: The Addams Family

102: Mother

101: Metroid: Fusion

Excellent teir:

100: Mortal Kombat 2

99: Super Mario Bros

98: Toy Story 2

97: Bubble Bobble

96: Lego Loco

95: TMNT 4: Turtles in Time

94: Knights of the Round

93: Zelda: Link's Awakening

92: Super Mario World

91: Mickey Mania

90: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link

89: TLoZ: Phantom Hourglass

88: Supr Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 2

87: Game & Watch Gallery Advance

86: Mega Man's Soccer

85: The Lost Vikings

84: Super Metroid

Better than Super Metroid tier:

83: Lost Vikings 2

82: Wario Ware: Smooth Moves

81: Conker's Bad Fur Day

80: Sunset Riders

79: Standard Bomberman

78: Worms 4 Mayhem

77: Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse

Cash:

Dracohon: 255

Dio: 95

Quac!: 40 + 35

Balcerzak: 70

Suichimo: 50 + 20 (vague about Mystic Ninja but eh you get the points)

Mordecai: 50

Severlan: 20

Integrity: 10

Mousefire: 10

#76:

Age of Empires

Console: PC

Genre: Strategy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJDIVlNKEBY

There are a lot of strategy games using the same formula as AoE, but AoE is one of the oldest (I think) and one of the best. Take a civilisation and make it grow through the early stages of society, starting with stone age. The basic units are the villagers, they gather resources and build buildings which spawn warriors and technology. Civilisations are peoples like the greek, romans (expansion pack) and persian, each with their unique troops. War Elephants ftw.

Also there's campaigns and a good map editor. And if you grow tired or end up in a very dire situation you could always cheat a few killer cars into the world.

#75:

Lemmings

Platform: Several

Genre: Puzzle

Lemmings is great (duh). Simple task: guide a certain amount of the lemmings from start to finish, using a various selection of commands. Stages are varied both in theme and puzzle, and after a while they also get dangerous.

#74:

Dice Wars

Console: PC flash game

Genre: Strategy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BALa0Z8UHMc

Too much of the time I should have spent on high school homework was spent on this game. It is basically a simplified version of the board game Risk: the board is split into many territories, and the goal is getting all of them. The higher amount of dices you have in a territory, the higher the chance of winning battles with it. You get more dices each round, the amount based on the number of bordering territories you have.

Easily found in a rush with Google. Best used while waiting for something.

#73:

New Super Mario Bros Wii

Console: Wii

Genre: Platformer

A successfull effort at mixing old with new, this Mario sidescroller brings many elements from all "main" Mario games from SMB1 to SM64, ++. The new thing (dunno if this is in NSMB on DS or not) is multiplayer with many people on screen at the same time, and the entertainment and hassles this gives. Playing this game with a friend was some of the most fun I've had with a Mario sidescroller, but also the most tedious. We always push each other off cliffs accidentally or pick up the other and throw him for luls.

Stages go through the regular themes, ending with a Bowser theme and then secret levels. New powerups are good though I miss the cape/raccoon.

#72:

Legend of the Mystical Ninja

Console: SNES

Genre: Fighting/platformer

Control a japanese (?) guy/ninja and his mentor (?) as they go on some quest, I never paid much attention to the story. Consept is simple - you go around beating up people, getting money and better weapons, before you come to the platforming segments and bosses. Test or watch this yourselves - dunno if it is the simplisity that makes it awesome or what. Best played on multiplayer.

#71:

Worms 2++

Console: PC++

Genre: Worm genocide

This pretty much includes all the games resembling Worms 2 significantly: Armageddon, World Party, Worms 2: Armageddon and probably more. This thing works best in 2D: get to the other worms and find the best weapon to blast/drown them with. Bazooka is pretty basic here, banana cluster bombs, super sheeps and old ladies, air strikes and hallelujah bombs are much more fun.

#70:

Tiny Toons Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!

Console: SNES

Genre: Platformer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42v_krO-xsg&feature=related

Doesn't really sound that great, does it.. but of course it is. Go through school, the west, haunted territory, a footbal court, Star Wars etc, this game takes oft-used themes and make them better than usual. And very good minigames.

Hints for next batch:

69: Racing, build your own car from bricks.

68: SNES and PS, new series beats old series to dust. No matter what a lot of people say.

67: One of the first Lego games, includes the mean Brickster.

66: A href=url to previous times

65: Mortal Kombat 64 flashback.

64: Find the Fl0w

63: Spielberg + Lucasarts = great adventure game

Oh, and looks like Conker beat Banjo by one vote.

[Dracohon]

I finally got around to making guesses on these :)

[spoiler=My Guesses]69: Lego Racers

67: Lego Island

64: Fl0w

63: The Dig

For the others, I have no idea. :(

Oh, and now you've gotten me addicted to Dice Wars...

I can't believe I never got this one.

66: A Link to the Past.

Edited May 14, 2010 by Speedwagon

[Life]

69: Racing, build your own car from bricks. Lego Racers

68: SNES and PS, new series beats old series to dust. No matter what a lot of people say. Final Fantasy

67: One of the first Lego games, includes the mean Brickster. Lego Island

66: A href=url to previous times A Link To The Past

65: Mortal Kombat 64 flashback. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

64: Find the Fl0w flOw

63: Spielberg + Lucasarts = great adventure game Star Wars

[Santino]

SMB3 wins the poll.

The list so far:

Good tier:

138: Metroid

137: Ice Climber

136: Brainies

135: Goof Troop

134: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

133: King's Bounty

132: Megaman 7

131: Megaman & Bass

130: Inspector Gadget

129: Wario World

128: Kirby's Adventure

127: Fire Emblem 7

Very, very good tier:

126: The Mask

125: Heroes of Might and Magic

124: Mario Party 4

123: Ashte Kashte

122: Tetris

121: Starfox

120: Lego Island 2

119: E.V.O. Search for Eden

118: Mortal Kombat

117: Final Fight series

116: Warcraft 3

115: Super Mario Bros 2

114: Zombies Ate my Neighbors

113: Mortal Kombat 4

112: Metroid 2

111: Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

110: Mario Kart 64

109: Final Fantasy 6

108: The Legend of Zelda

107: Biker Mice from Mars

106: Geometry Wars

105: Paper Mario

104: Metroid: Zero Mission

103: The Addams Family

102: Mother

101: Metroid: Fusion

Excellent teir:

100: Mortal Kombat 2

99: Super Mario Bros

98: Toy Story 2

97: Bubble Bobble

96: Lego Loco

95: TMNT 4: Turtles in Time

94: Knights of the Round

93: Zelda: Link's Awakening

92: Super Mario World

91: Mickey Mania

90: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link

89: TLoZ: Phantom Hourglass

88: Supr Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 2

87: Game & Watch Gallery Advance

86: Mega Man's Soccer

85: The Lost Vikings

84: Super Metroid

Better than Super Metroid tier:

83: Lost Vikings 2

82: Wario Ware: Smooth Moves

81: Conker's Bad Fur Day

80: Sunset Riders

79: Standard Bomberman

78: Worms 4 Mayhem

77: Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse

76: Age of Empires

75: Lemmings

74: Dice Wars

73: New Super Mario Bros Wii

72: Legend of the Mystical Ninja

71: Worms 2++

70: Tiny Toons Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!

Cash:

Dracohon: 255 + 50

Dio: 95

Quac!: 75

Balcerzak: 70

Suichimo: 70

Mordecai: 50

Severlan: 20

Life: 20

Integrity: 10

Mousefire: 10

#69:

Lego Racers

Console: PC++

Genre: Racing

Quite a good racer, this game begins with building your own car and driver. Throw reality aside, you can even cage in the driver with no windows if you like. The way the car is built has no effect on its abilities but it's still quite nice. You race through a series of cups (and a LOT of stages) sort of like Mario Kart, and of course the challenge rises underway. Winning cups gives more pieces to use for the driver and car.

#68:

Megaman X

Console: SNES

Genre: Platform shooter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-G-D_pz1U

A wise FE4-Threader once said the original series beats the X series. That is just so wrong on all levels. You might consider this spot to include all X games (they are all really similar) but the first is the best in my opinion. It's short, you get to choose your order of levels (and thus the difficulty of the levels depending on which gear you get) and each level has its own challenges. Of course the penguin level will always be insanely easy and the water level will always be insanely hard though.

#67:

Lego Island

Console: PC

Genre: Exploration? Random mission-doing?

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The first Lego Island was one of the first video games from Lego. It's all about exploring the island and interacting with everything on it. You get to choose between five people to go around town, helping people out, building boats and helicopters, racing and driving, feeding the local jailed criminal a cake with a file in it and hunting him down afterwards. This is a very light 3D game which is mostly about just having fun. I haven't played it since I was a kid but I'm pretty sure I would enjoy it as much now as I did then.

#66:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Console: SNES

Genre: RPG

Best 2D Zelda, no doubt. I always kinda compare the other 2D Zeldas to ALttP in hopes of them being as good, but of course this makes me think less of them. This game has everything: the flow, excellent music, good graphics and environments, super dungeons and good story. And the master sword of course. The dark world works well.

#65:

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero

Console: Nintendo 64

Genre: Fighting/very violent platformer

http://www.youtube.com/watchhttp://www.youtube.com/watch ?

Maybe it's a bit disturbing that I played this as a kid. Where I like the other MK games almost just for nostalgia, this is quite a good game today still. Imagine Mortal Kombat mixed with Zelda 2.

Mortal Kombat Mythologies takes you away from the small battle stages and into large levels with quests and such, all the while having a Mortal Kombat-like control scheme. You control Sub-Zero and meet some other familiar characters along the way, some of which you end up fighting. Along the way you also learn new techniques. The difficulty in the later levels is high. This is a kinda dark game with a very nice atmosphere. The story sucks though. (duh)

#64:

flOw

Console: PC flash game, later got improved PS3 + PSP versions

Genre: Evolution

http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/

This had the easiest hint ever I guess.

The point of this game is implementing the «flow experience», a comfort zone between anxiety and boredom or something. You start as a small creature in the sea, and eat other creatures to grow. Some you have to fight, and after eating and growing to the bottom you start again as a new creature. All the while you are fed with relaxing music and the relaxation from the game itself.

The big downpoint in this game is the controls and the «lag» in lack of a better word. You steer with the mouse but sometimes it doesn't do the movements planned. Of course the PS3 version fixes all this and provides awesomely improved graphics. Do not play this for challenge, play it for comfort.

#63:

Console: PC

Genre: Adventure

Any Lucasarts game not being about Star Wars is good, this one is great. An asteroid is heading for earth, and you control the head of a team of astronauts sent to stop it. It takes you through an abandoned alien world where a big part of the story is the effect this world has on the humans and how they start conflicting. The story is too good to be spoiled much more than that. It's point'n click so the challenge is in creative puzzle solving. Accompanied by a great score though it does at times get overly dramatic.

I think they spent five to seven years on this, and still it came out kinda rushed. It got a lot of dedication probably due to Spielberg working on it at some phases.

Hints for next batch:

62: In this game Indy breaks in pieces every time he dies. (first of two)

61: Hard yet simply built ninja game for Xbox after flash success.

60: Xbox splosion madness.

59: Beast bots for PC/PSX.

58: SNES, a strengthy guy addicted to strength brew

57: How do you turn this on cars

56: Ass King Nation