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poll: favorite game of all times
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Non-SMAC related
poll: favorite game of all times
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| Author | Topic: poll: favorite game of all times |
| threeover |
posted 06-14-99 10:56 AM ET 
or, if you were trapped on an island, which game would you want with you. Just ONE. I'm still thinking about my choice... |
| MikeH II |
posted 06-14-99 11:02 AM ET
Half-Life. That game is so good I can't think of the words to describe it. No other game has made me literally (  ) jump out of my skin or have to stop playing because I am too scared. It's a bit unfair comparing different genres but I think my second favourite of all time is Pirates! |
| Picker |
posted 06-14-99 11:09 AM ET
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV. I have never gotten bored of this game. |
| Dutch Boy |
posted 06-14-99 12:01 PM ET
Pirates! all the way baby (on C64) |
| JohnIII |
posted 06-14-99 01:18 PM ET
FPS: Half-Life Multiplayer: Team Fortess Classic FPS (S=Sneaker): Thief RTS: Total Annihilation TBS: Civ II RPG: Daggerfall Space Combat: X-Wing Alliance Cricket: Brian Lara Football Management: Championship Manager 3 Football Action: FIFA 99 Best Sports: Champ Man 3 Best Overall: Champ Man 3 (or TFC and a Cable Modem) John III |
| Hugo Rune |
posted 06-14-99 02:29 PM ET
FPS: TFC RTS: Red Alert TBS: Civ II Driving: Micro Machines 2 Sports Sim: FIFA 99 Footie Management: Champ Manager 3 Best Strategy: Civ II Overall: MM2. By far. I've never enjoyed a game so much. |
| JohnIII |
posted 06-14-99 02:43 PM ET
I have... doubts about MM2's singel-player longevity. John III |
| Hugo Rune |
posted 06-14-99 02:50 PM ET
Simple: It has none. The only thing Single-Player is good for is time trial and testing your home-made tracks. You definately need acess to a friend or two to truly enjoy it. however the most enjoyable feature is neither single player nor multiplayer. It's the stupendous, great, excellent, perfect, superb, sublime level editor. I've never had so much fun. Have you ever tried designing a track together with a friend? I love this game. And then, play it against them. The shuffling fest is wonderful. |
| JohnIII |
posted 06-14-99 02:57 PM ET
"if you were trapped on an island" With a friend? I stand by CM3, although BLC would be nice too. John III |
| Picker |
posted 06-14-99 02:58 PM ET
Perhaps RTK II. |
| Hugo Rune |
posted 06-14-99 03:09 PM ET
Why not with a friend? If not with a friend, then Civ2. |
| Thue |
posted 06-14-99 03:39 PM ET
Umm, nobody mentioned SMAC!? |
| JohnIII |
posted 06-14-99 03:54 PM ET
That's because Civ II is better. John III |
| Valtyr |
posted 06-14-99 04:38 PM ET
Hmmm... Well, my favourite game ever is Settlers 1, but I've played that so much that I'm kind of tired of it. Same with Diablo, Daggerfall and Civ2. There's just no challenge any more. So if I was trapped on an island I would probably need a game that I still haven't mastered yet and the game I'm playing these days is Imperialism 2 (bought it last week). So I wouldn't take my favourite game with me if I was only allowed one  . |
| Pinko34 |
posted 06-14-99 04:44 PM ET
Any game i haven't played yet. |
| Pinko34 |
posted 06-14-99 04:46 PM ET
Except little kid games. |
| JohnIII |
posted 06-14-99 04:46 PM ET
Even (shudder) The X Files? John III |
| Pinko34 |
posted 06-14-99 04:47 PM ET
Um.....no! |
| Spoe |
posted 06-14-99 04:48 PM ET
A deck of cards and a copy of Hoyle's. Not many electric outlets on deserted islands(pretty much the only type one can be trapped on), y'know. |
| JohnIII |
posted 06-14-99 04:49 PM ET
Solar power, wind power, wave power, nuclear power... John III |
| ZRand007 |
posted 06-14-99 04:52 PM ET
Best Game of All Time Is... Well, that's tough. I have a few. (In no particular order) 1) Rainbow 6 -007 |
| Pinko34 |
posted 06-14-99 04:59 PM ET
Any RPG, Action, Sim, or Strategy game I haven't played yet and isn't 7 years old or corny, or a little kid game. |
| Smeagol |
posted 06-14-99 05:51 PM ET
Do N64 games count? If so, then All Star Baseball 2000 easily... if not, I'm not sure. Favorite PC game of all time I guess is SMAC, but if I had some friends with me a good baseball simulation would be more welcome. Best baseball sim has to be Diamond Mind Baseball. |
| walruskkkch |
posted 06-14-99 06:09 PM ET
Mine would be strat-o-matic. Since it includes all the players from every season since 1901 and you can draft leagues and recreate seasons you have an almost infinte variety of combinations to try out. As long as you like baseball, and I certainly do. "Take me out to the ballgame" Your faithful and obedient servant |
| ZRand007 |
posted 06-14-99 08:32 PM ET
If console games were allowed: PSX: Final Fantasy VII or Syndicate Wars I realized after my above post that we could only choose ONE, so here it is... PC: Independence War |
| Frodo83 |
posted 06-15-99 04:20 PM ET
I'd go with the playing cards. unlimited possibilities. |
| JohnIII |
posted 06-15-99 04:23 PM ET
Nearly limitless, but not unlimited.... John III |
| DanS |
posted 06-15-99 04:31 PM ET
I have played so many good ones... Monster Construction Kit -- or whatever it was called. Excellent multiplayer. Unique replayability. Simple. C64. M.U.L.E. -- Again, excellent multiplayer. Simple, engaging economics game. C64. Pirates! -- Adventure. Story-driven. Again, simple concept. C64. Civilization -- much more addictive, although not nearly as polished as Civ2. PC. The winner is Pirates! Civilization is certainly the most memorable. But then, when you think back on Civilization, do you get that wistful feeling of pleasant memories? Pirates! wins hands down in this regard. I suppose this proves that simple games are better. |
| Philip McCauley |
posted 06-15-99 06:36 PM ET
Half Life is my fav, if I can include the TFC mod. HL singleplayer kicked ass! (except for Xen) My old time favorite is Pirates!. I liked both the C64 and the NES port. Pirates! Gold didn't compare with either. |
| Pinko34 |
posted 06-15-99 06:38 PM ET
Give me an idea of what Pirates is like. |
| El Presidente |
posted 06-16-99 12:22 AM ET
Emperor of the Fading Suns wins hands down. It is also the favorite game of everyone reading this board, but you just don't know it because you've never played it. Hell, most of you probably haven't even heard of it. |
| Provost Harrison |
posted 06-16-99 03:46 AM ET
Never heard of it. What's it about? |
| Doctor Who |
posted 06-16-99 07:46 AM ET
If it doesn't have to be a computer game, I would take the new puzzle 'Eternity'. Maybe in five years you could win that 1.ooo.ooo � prize. |
| DanS |
posted 06-16-99 10:03 AM ET
Pinko34: Pirates! is an adventure game set in the Spanish Main of 1540-1700. You are an ambitious young pirate captain seeking your fortune in this world. As a hard-fencing swashbuckler, with a couple of hundred men at your side, you can raid and capture enemy boats and cities. Plunder their gold, and ehm... be nice to their ladies. Receive land grants and military rank from European powers. Marry the governor of Panama's beautiful daughter. Find your long-lost family members who have been cast to the four winds by fate. Ahhh!!! What a game! |
| NoMercy |
posted 06-16-99 05:11 PM ET
Got to be Syndicate. First game I ever played with gratuitous, authentic, running screaming burning men (and women!). Graphics were pretty ggod for the time and it was the first RTS/TBS game I ever played. |
| Valtyr |
posted 06-16-99 05:14 PM ET
Yes, Syndicate was pretty fun. I played it on the Amiga. |
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