Your Favorite Game Company?

[zektor]

Which is your favorite. Mine is Psygnosis (or Psyclapse). They just made some absolutely beautiful games. Everything about them was just quality. Mind you there are so many game companies I love, but for some reason this one just made such a huge impact on me. Everyone knows "Shadow of the Beast", but what about "Agony" or "Obliterator"...or even "Menace". Great games that I will always remember.

[hezeuschrist]

It's an honest tie between Nintendo and Square. I grew up with the both of them, and the SNES is the reason why I still play games today =P

[Ed Oscuro]

Sega or Konami, followed by Nintendo and Capcom.

Konami...they made the games that sold our consoles. Ah, they did lose points for a while after they changed logos...but things are cool again.

Capcom...they've got to prove themselves again, to me and everybody else. Oh, and Megaman should be "retired." Heh.

Remember the second Airport movie, with William Shatner (if memory serves right)? There was a poster on the walls of the terminal reading something like "Rocky XXIV" and a wizened, scrawny old Rocky standing in the middle with his gloves up. Yeah, that's about how I feel about Megaman right now. Who says video game characters don't age?

[Raccoon Lad]

SEGA, the company who doesn't know how to make bad games.

[Ascending Wordsmith]

*hits Zektor over the head with a spade shovel*

That's for asking such a difficult question. Hmm... now let's see here. Hudson Soft comes to mind. They are the masters of party games. They developed the Bomberman series as well as the Mario Party series. They've also got Bonk, Cutie Honey, and other gaming icons under their belt. Konami and Capcom are my other favorites. EA is good too, for sports I suppose.

[buttasuperb]

SNK

[AB Positive]

SNK as well, followed by square, then sega

-AG

[Rogmeister]

Lots to choose from...Konami (especially in the 16-bit era for me), Capcom, Sega, etc. But I have to go with Nintendo for all the great series they've given us...Mario, Metroid, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox...tons of great games.

[ventrra]

It's a toss-up between Sachen and Color Dreams/Wisdom Tree. Both of them consistently created some of the strangest/most unlikely games I've seen.

[hydr0x]

well as funny as this is: Sega, Nintendo and SNK LOL

but also LucasArts, Westwood, Blizzard and Square

[Britboy]

Conspiracy Entertainment (makers of Road Trip as well as Seek and Destroy)

Fresh Games (makers of Mr. Mosquito and Mad Maestro)

[Arqueologia_Digital]

SEGA, followed by Atari & Nintendo
Also Psygnosis

[Zaxxon]

Bally/Midway

[TheJuggala]

Nintendo followed by Rare

[brandver3]

Capcom, all the way.

And Mega Man should never retire. Mega Man is forever!!!!!!!!

Why are you all looking at me like that......

[Dire 51]

gad... Konami, Capcom, Treasure, Namco, Sega and Compile for me.

[SuperPsycho]

I'd say Sega followed by Nintendo.

[Captain Wrong]

Conspiracy Entertainment (makers of Road Trip as well as Seek and Destroy)

Fresh Games (makers of Mr. Mosquito and Mad Maestro)

Are you sure these companies made the games? I was under the impression they just localized them.

For me it's gotta be Sega, SNK, Capcom, Cave, and Atari Games (the arcade side.)

[zmeston]

Conspiracy Entertainment (makers of Road Trip as well as Seek and Destroy)

Fresh Games (makers of Mr. Mosquito and Mad Maestro)

Are you sure these companies made the games? I was under the impression they just localized them.

For me it's gotta be Sega, SNK, Capcom, Cave, and Atari Games (the arcade side.)

Road Trip and Seek and Destroy were developed in Japan by Takara, and localized for the U.S. by Conspiracy.

Mr. Mosquito and Mad Maestro were developed by... Sony Japan, I wanna say, and localized by Eidos' short-lived Fresh Games division.

-- Z.

[Daltone]

Access Software - the creators of the best Adventure series I've played. What do you mean you've never heard of Tex Murphy?!

Anyhow, consolewise....ummm.....probably SEGA.

[petewhitley]

Access Software - the creators of the best Adventure series I've played. What do you mean you've never heard of Tex Murphy?!

Agreed. I remember back in the day if you saw their logo you just KNEW it was gonna be a kick-ass game.

[hezeuschrist]

I'm also going to add Working Designs to the list. I don't know why, but I love re-releases, and they do them with class. And with extra stuff. And a hefty price tag. Hey, it makes it more collectable.... right? :/

[scooterb23]

I don't know why, but most of my favorite companies were at their best (IMO) during the C64 era...anymore, I barely know or care which company made the game I just bought

Electronic Arts
Access
Accolade (Accolade Comics, you must try this game)
Sega
Nintendo
and I'm going to throw two in here whose games were never that great, but I always bought them when I saw their names on the packaging, just because they were usually fun...Mastertronic and Sharedata.

[Drexel923]

Nintendo followed by Square

[zektor]

Maybe we should compile a "Top 20" list of the absolute BEST videogame designers. I see many great ones listed!

[jaybird]

I've got to go with Activision based on how much I love their 2600 stuff & that they're still pumping out decent games today.

I'm also fond of Tecmo stuff for NES to present. They're a close #2.

[Bratwurst]

No one's mentioned Taito yet, and dangit, I like Darius Twin.

[Nature Boy]

"My favourite company of all time" also answers the question "which company's games will you automatically consider purchasing, based on the fact that they made it"

It's an easy answer: Nintendo. Nobody makes better games - even after almost 20 years of me owning their machines.

[Kid Fenris]

I have thought longer and harder about this than I probably should have, and my answer is Square. (Or "was Square," since they're now Square Enix.) Ever since I figured out that the Squaresoft that made Final Fantasy II also made Secret of Mana, I've been a huge fan. Sure, they'll throw out a Saga Frontier or CyberOrg every now and then, but so many of their games are gorgeous, immersive marvels that interest me as few forms of entertainment can. Yep, I'm a Square bitch. No way around it.

Oh yeah, for runners-up, I'll take Treasure, Konami, Sega, Namco, and Compile.

[gamergary]

Activision,Imagic,Konami,Capcom and Treasure because they came up with innovative game ideas (to me at least).

[NintendoMan]

#1 by 1,000 times is Nintendo.
My second company would be Sega

[Oobgarm]

Nintendo, then Konami, Capcom, Sega, EA, Activision.

I've also taken a liking to Kemco and Codemasters.

[Miguel_The_Machine]

Rare :rocker:

[downfall]

Konami is first for me, with Capcom right behind.

Why Konami?

Not so much because of the long standing series (Contra, Gradius, TMNT, etc.) that they have, which is still very cool, but because it seems as if they've almost always been consistent throughout the years. Even when they've tried new things, they've still 9 times out of 10 produced a game that you can count on. And they've produced some of my favorite games of all time. That's what does it for me. Same goes for Capcom, but not quite to the extent of Konami.

[drwily008]

ENIX, Nintendo, Sega, Capcom, Working Designs, and 16-bit era square

[jdc]

Rare, Working Designs, Codemasters, Polyphony Digital and AM2 (Yu Suzuki)

For their work on the N64.....Boss Game Studios. It's a shame they went under.

[8-Bit Master]

1. Nintendo ("simply the best, better than all the rest")

2. Konami (some of my favorite franchises, and as mentioned before, they are very consistant)

3. Sega (can always be counted on for some good arcade style action games, and their quirky games are usually pretty good, like Super Monkey Ball)

4. Capcom (I'm more a fan of their older stuff, but when they aren't cranking out Super-Ultra-Hyper-Turbo-Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition 2004 vs. SNK ( LOL ) they still make some good action games. No offense to hardcore 2D fighting fans.)

[ECWSandmanECW]

EA Sports

[Milk]

Lately, it's been Konami and Sega. A few months ago, I would have said Enix. I would like to add Treasure in there, but I just haven't played much of their stuff (Gunstar Heroes, Guardian Heroes, and McDonald's Treasure Hunt).

[-hellvin-]

konami

[KirbyStar27]

NIntendo
Square
Tecmo
Sega
Accolade

[Evil E]

I would have to say Working Designs because they make great games, and they truly appreciate you buying their games--they state over and over in their games that "we are nothing without you" meaning us gamers. They thank you over and over for buying their games, and ask for feedback so they can continue to produce quality games people want. I like it when a company realizes, and truly appreciates when you spend your hard earned money on their product. :hail:

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[poe]

I'd have to say Atlus. I can't entirely distinguish between what they developed and what they published, but I've enjoyed everything that had their name on the package; Ogre Battle series, Persona series, Disgaea, etc. Plus, they're the ones publishing River City Ransom EX. Gotta give 'em some love there.

[Richter]

SNK/Playmore/Brezzasoft

[lym]

Sega followed closely by Nintendo.

[MonkeyWizard]

This question is always really hard for me, so I think I''ll just name the companies that I think are particularly outstanding:

Nintendo: Not only did this developer make my favorite system of all time, it also was able to churn out a rediculous number of great games.

Capcom: I HAVE to give this company acknowledgment for being able to make so many great Disney games. They also produced Bionic Commando, one of my favorite games.

SNK: This company gets on my list for having so many great shooters and fighting games.

Taito: For producing some of the more obscure classics.

[optic_85]

Sega is my all-time number one. I love sega, and i dont think they will ever stop making great games. I also like Taito, and Electronic Arts(especially their genisis stuff).

[Yago]

Back in the early PC days I liked Sierra. Early 90's it was Psygnosis and Team 17 on the AMiga platform.

[StrychNiNE]

When I was a wee-one it was all about Nintendo, Sega was dirty and evil and probably molested children. But as time went on, I realized that Sega was probably the savior. Though they have their occasional mistakes, they consistently turn out gold...However, they are not my favorite company, though they rank high.

Cave, Atlus, Working Designs and SNK are probably my favorite. Breaking it down, Cave and Atlus tie for first, SNK second, and Working Designs third. Square has been dead to me for a couple of years now.

I could list the many, many games by Atlus as to why I enjoy their games...but I think most people know (or SHOULD KNOW!!). Cave - just for their wonderful, wonderful shmups.

[michael_lynx]

My favorites:
Blizzard www.blizzard.com
Lucasarts www.lucasarts.com
3D Realms www.3drealms.com
Theres some others that I like that I cant think of at the moment but they kick A§§. O_O

[Gapporin]

(in no particular order):

Konami
Sega (esp. development companies AM2, Overworks, Hitmaker, United Game Artists, etc.)
Taito
Compile (I love Gun Nac.)

[Sibs]

A list of my favorites and why:

Nintendo(For the NES and SNES, two of the best systems ever!)
Squaresoft(Final Fantasy, Mana Series, Kingdom Heart)
Capcom(Mega Man, Street Fighter)
Konami(Castlevania, Contra)
Sega(Sonic, Phantasy Star, Streets of Rage, etc.)
Taito(Lufia Series)
Rare(Battletoads, Captain Skyhawk, Donkey Kong Country(SNES Series)
Namco(Tekken, Soul Blade/Calibur, Pac-Man)

[Escape•From•Jenny•Island]

Wow... Like a billion way tie between-

Nintendo, SNK, Enix, Cave, Treasure, Taito, Technos, SEGA / AM2, Irem, Nazca, Square Soft, Capcom, Sammy, Arc Systems, Atlus, Noise Factory, Free Radical, Rareware, Retro Studios, Psikyo, Takumi, Eighting, Raizing, Hudson Soft, Sunsoft, Kemco, Namco, Mitchel, id Software, Camelot, Inteligent Systems, ...A lot more? yeah... a lot more

[Escape•From•Jenny•Island]

Whoops... Kaneko, not Kemco.

Natsume and Compile as well.

[neo-zen]

Nintendo : they have just made so many awsome games and have giving me 20 years of pure pleasure in nearly every game they have put out.

sega : same as above

capcom: mega man , resident evil , un squadron and many other games that are just awsome.. many hours have been lost to capcom games.

Natsume: love harvest moon

square: in the snes days ffII and ffIII were awsome.

[Ruffie]

Imagic - Not only did they make some of the best Atari VCS games, not only did they make some incredible and original Intellivision games, but they released 2 of them of the Odyssey 2 as well. Also some Colecovision and Commodore VIC 20 games/translations.

Nintendo - I think everyone here knows their record pretty well

Epyx - An early to late -80s publisher of computer (and some Colecovision) games, including the Apshai series, Crush Crumble and Chomp, and many more.

SSI - Strategic Simulations Inc, whose catalog of strategy and adventure games was unmatched in the 80s

Infocom - they took the text adventure to new heights in the days before graphics caught up to designer imagination, and also were the first to publish games in really innovative packaging

Honorable mention : Cosmi, Penguin Software, Origin, Muse Software, Activision, and early Electronic Arts

Ruffie

[BloodshedPlague]

1. Square
2. SNK
3. Capcom
4. Konami

too many......

[BloodshedPlague]

also forgot to add treasure, which is one of the best.

[Kamisama]

Besides the usual Konami/Capcom things, I also like Cave, Treasure and 8ing/Raizing a lot, thanks to their great shooters and other games!

[Richter Belmount]

Quintet mostly
Konami 2nd
falcom 3rd
the squaresoft

[Lord_Magus]

#1 Easily Nintendo... What can I say? The reason I still play games :)

#2 SqaureSoft, mainly for their 16bit masterpieces.
#3 Konami, for combining great graphics and sound with classic gameplay
#4 Capcom, for the endless hours I've spent playing Street Fighter II!
#5 Psygnosis, for providing games of extreme quality for the Amiga
#6 Team 17, probably the best programmers that ever worked on the Amiga

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

1. Square

2. Nintendo

3. Capcom

4. Konami

5. Sony
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[Nez]

No one has menitoned game arts :( I love some of the games they released.

#1 Sega they make some of the most original games

#2 Nintendo " ' second to Sega

#3 Konami Silent Hill Metal Gear Castlevania

#4 Game Arts Grandia anyone?

#5 Capcom ughhhhhhhhh grouhhhhhhhhhh STAHHHRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSS. Resident evil the series kick some ass.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Konami is the best in my eyes easlily. With series like castlevania,contra,goemon,gradius (Parodius),metal gear and all of those old cool genesis and snes classic. Games like the tiny toon games and rocket kight Adventures.

I also would like to give praise to working designs and atlus.

[robotriot]

Bitmap Brothers, Graftgold, Psygnosis and Team17 are my favorites :)

[Joelius]

Now i know that Nintendo, Taito, Square, Rare and others previously mentioned kick butt, but no one has said Ultra. I mean they came out with the TMNT games on the NES, and they were pretty sweet!

[classicb]

hmmm..... I feel like I need to be obscure or something but when it comes down to the games I play the most its...

Tecmo

creator of my favorite game of all time:

Tecmo Super Bowl

they also have other great games

[Neonsolid]

Gone.

[max 330 mega]

mine would have to be , in this order:
taito
snk
working designs

[LiquidX01]

Sega, They paved the way for what we know as gaming today with original innovations.

[alexkidd2000]

Westone

I love Monster Land...

Sega is the best overall, but since Dreamcasts demise I feel the quality of games just isnt there anymore.

[Aboliax]

Blizzard: For giving us the perfectly balanced game in the form of StarCraft.

Capcom: So many awesome series, my favorites being Megaman and Devil May Cry

Square(not SquareEnix): I'm one of those people who loved 7 and the previous FF's but none of the later ones.

ION Storm: The last minute release of Anachronox (before they shut down), one of the best Sci-Fi RPGs of all time.

[SegaAges]

check me name dude, i am a hardcore sega fan.

if you want me to be specific, Sonic Team is awesome. Sure they have had a couple really bad games (Sonic R), but they made up for it with their good games (Nights). I know these are both saturn games, but look at st's other games.

[SegaAges]

my edit button didn't want to show up so i am just going to post again.

capcom is my #2 (very close to 1, but just not sega).

[Jasoco]

I think about this all the time.

I am confident it is Nintendo. They have a presence. And a kick-ass slew of popular characters. Sure, they do stupid "What the hell?" things once in a while, but dammit, they rock.

They've been around the longest and are like the Apple of the game world. They innovate. And their hardware just looks cool.

If I had to sell off a chunk of my games and consoles, I would keep all my Nintendo followed by my DOOM collection. But no way would I get rid of my Nintendo stuff.