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[42david42]

Inspired by Side Meier's Top 5 games on msnbc, I thought I would make a top 5 of my own (and perhaps encourage others to do the same...):

1. Civilization IV
2. Super Mario World
3. Football Manager 2008
4. World of Warcraft
5. Monkey Island 2

Bubblers: StarCraft, Diablo II, Monkey Island 3, Grim Fandango, Championship Manager 95/96, Super Mario Bros 3, Premier Manager 97, Sensible Soccer, Bubble Bobble aaaaaaand Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Civilization

[zaphod_x86]

1. GTA series (no special one)
2. Realms of Arkania 1
3. Fallout 2
4. Bard's Tale series
5. A-Train (DOS)

As longer as I think about it this list keeps changing so I just wrote down a snapshot of my mind.

[Infinitenoodles]

1. Portal
2. Chrono Trigger
3. EVE Online
4. Forza 2
5. X3

[Eagle of Fire]

1. Transport Tycoon Deluxe for Windows. This ought to be the game I wasted the most time playing in my entire life and got the best fun out of it in the process. And I still do from time to time...
2. Ufo: Ennemy Unknown. Same than TTD, but come second. All other sequels are pretty much clones of this game.
3. Master of Orion. Pretty much a Civilization clone, but in space. Pretty much spawned the whole 4X genre.
4. Civilization. The best of the Civilization series with eyes closed and a hand tied in the back, all other games of the same genre are clones of this game. This unfortunately include Colonization and Master of Magic, which would also otherwise get their entry on this hall of fame.
5. MechCommander. Even though it has a very closed story and extremely linear gameplay, I have played this game from start to conclusion so many times that I lost count. It probably number easily around the 20.

Honorable mention:
6. Starcraft. Without it's expention, of course, simply the best RTS ever made. Coma. 'nuff said.
7. Original War. One of the best strategy game I ever played. I just can't believe it's so underrated and such an unknown game. Hardcore strategy game players: wake up if you never played that game!
8. Fallout. Incredible RPG, too bad the replayability is so low. It would be higher on my list if so.
9. Chrono Trigger (SNES). Too bad it's a SNES console game, otherwise it would have been higher in my list too. It's without the shadow of a doubt the best SNES RPG ever made, overshadowing Final Fantasy III (and especially FF7) easily.

[42david42]

I would really like some more replies. Is there already a post like this since noone is replying? If this is the case - where? If this is isn't the case - gief me some answers please - I crave inspiration!

[Panthro]

Far too tough to pick out 5 games... I could give you my 5 fave adventure games, my 5 fave sim/management games, my 5 fave SNES games etc. etc. but best 5 overall?? Every time I put it at 5 I miss out some that should be mentioned...

This is also why I cant say what my favourite films of all time are.

[42david42]

Originally Posted by Panthro

Far too tough to pick out 5 games... I could give you my 5 fave adventure games, my 5 fave sim/management games, my 5 fave SNES games etc. etc. but best 5 overall?? Every time I put it at 5 I miss out some that should be mentioned...

This is also why I cant say what my favourite films of all time are.

This is the exact reason, that making top 5's is such great fun. It's hard and it forces you to make tough decisions.

Why, for that matter, is it so much easier making genre- or platform-specific top 5's? You are faced with the same tough choices and you would surely feel that you would be leaving out a lot this way as well.

Is it because it is easier to compare within the confines of one genre or platform? This argument doesn't hold in my opinion. If you make a top 5 SNES Games you are faced with choosing between games from many genres and if you make a top 5 simulation games you will have to choose between games from different platforms.
In other words - choosing between games from different genres and platforms is possible according to the view that you defend.
Making an overall top 5 is the same on a larger scale - and hence much more fun.

(And why in the world can't you make a movie top 5? I always have mine at the ready)

Originally Posted by gufu1992

I don't like the entire "X top games of Y". it doesn't work well. Do we count console games? PC? Arcades? Board games FFS?You can't really make top 5, because your tastes will change - you may like this game more than that one today, and differently tommorow.

So make one top 5 today and another one tomorrow. I didn't ask for a "top 5 that must never be changed, but must be written in stone and placed upon your forehead for all to see". Of course your taste will change, and you obviously do not know what it will be like in 10 years, which is why I meant your top 5 right now.

As for which game platforms to include - it's entirely up to you. However as it is an overall top 5, I would think it obvious to at least include consoles (and probably arcade games as well). I don't know why you would want to include board games - but if you want to - knock yourself out.

[I LOVE NEDDA H]

1 rastan the master system version damn how fun was the game, what a shame you cant play that game with an emulator if you only have the keyboard because you need tha diagonal button from the pad the cursors up and down somehow dont work for the high jumps lol you couldnt play it even on master system without the original sega controller...
you guys really have this game a try the endbosses of the levels were so awesome like centaur with a sword or dragon and allways a princess....
2 shinobi master system and arcade version
3 civilization the first part as before mentioned is the definite best of all games of that genre, not only were the other clones no game was so fun as that, man even the music was awesome can someone remember the music at the beginning when you see the birth of our world in the intro damn i loved that music it really gets me thinking so nice, i cant remember now but i think it was somehow mysterious
4mach rider this game is pretty fun.. somehow i cant get it running on pc if anyone can get a working version post it please... this
game really rocks!! actually this game is from a genre i usually dislike put this game is just perfectly made the music is love it or hate it but
it stimulates the action and the game is pretty addicting
5gun smoke and doom 1 +2 both were awesome and ground breaking... lol ninjas in a western game how awesome was that...
but thats only a short list many so good games i cant rememer the names, there are i guess at least 5 really cool games in the arcade i cant remember and over 100 amiga and pc games i have forgotten.....
not to mention mega drive, snes, nes and master system titles....
man i just wished the gameplay of the immortal would have been better, than i would have been a top 5
or they would have made the story better of shadowrun mega drive version and dropped that cyber levels, damn how cool was that dark atmosphere and the idea with the big corporation and those thugs who work as slave controlling everything for the guys with the big pockets how cool how realistic lol i really thing thats were the world is going...
and not to mention rings of medusa wich would have been a jewel if had been produced by better programmers and better thought through

«PC»

1. Doom (1 & 2)
2. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
3. Day of the Tentacle
4. Duke Nukem 3D
5. Wolfenstein 3D

[gufu1992]

I don't like the entire "X top games of Y". it doesn't work well. Do we count console games? PC? Arcades? Board games FFS?You can't really make top 5, because your tastes will change - you may like this game more than that one today, and differently tommorow.