Best Videogame Companies Ever

[buttasuperb]

here is my top 5

1. Nintendo - Stumbled a little bit with the 64, but they more than make up for it with their work on nes and snes games. So many classics im not even gonna try to list them. The gamecube seems to picking up some steam as well, i just wish for another 2D mario. heh.

2. Sega - I guess their only drawback was a failure to promote their systems, because their games have always been top notch, and will continue to be top notch. Even though they failed, the saturn and dreamcast might be my 2 favorite consoles.

3. Capcom - Been around forever as well, and have been making great games the whole time. Struck it big with street fighter 2 and havent looked back. Plenty of great franchises and games. Although they tend to make a lot of sequels (see SF) usually the games are all top notch and they pretty much debut something fresh and new every year.

4. SNK - What can i say, i love 2D games, especially fighters. From King of Fighters to Samurai Shodown nearly every one of their fighters has been great. And you cant forget Metal Slug. RIP, but long live 2D gaming. Here's hoping playmore continues to release games for the mighty neo geo.

5. Konami - Another company that has been around forever, they consistently put out good games. They've withstood the test of time, and it looks like they'll continue to put out great games for a long time.

so, whats your top 5 list?

[Raedon]

No to redo your list (sega, Nintendo are always on my top) along with:

RARE - nuff said

EA - before sports they had a storied history of Bards tale among other publishing credits for C64, Amiga, Apple..

HAL - Kirby, Lolo, NES perfection

Taito - Arcanoid, Things with bubbles..

Tengen - Soo much unlicensed goodness

[geelw]

i'll add my five, but only comment on the new additions (or where necessary):

nintendo
sega
konami- i'll add- they've been inconsistent with some of their "modern" stuff, but contra & castlevania have gotten revitalized, and theirsilent hill games keep me more scared than i need to be!
enix- to me, more quality and innovative RPGs than squaresoft, almost all consistently underrated by people who've probably never played them in favor of the yearly squaresoft flood o' good lookin' crap...
namco- sure, they're inconsistent, but hell, if it weren't for that fruit, no one here would know who's who, lol! now i'll have to post 40 more times to catch up to the stuff i lost ( :cry: ). that and soul calibur on the dc is still near-flawless almost 3 years after i first played it...

[BHvrd]

My 5 favorite "in order based on who I truly think are the innovators, not my personal faves":

Sega/Smilebit- They turn out more quality software in a month than most companies dream of in a year!

Nintendo- They aren't what they used to be, but you gotta give it up for big N, they revolutionized half the games we play!

EA- They have a tendency to get things right, and quite honestly they have made some of my all time favorite games "especially when they were developing for Genesis." Their track record cannot be denied!

Sierra- They have made the games that are closest to me, and there are in a leaque all their own. When I hear Sierra, I think nastalgia, and they know how to pump originality, and quality baby "they are my personal fave", but i'm trying to not be bias.

Atari- How can you not mention them? Shakey years? Oh yeah! Denying them though is like denying gaming, and they re starting to prove that they still got it, and are a force to recon with in the next gen. FINALLY!


Good topic butta, how about the 5 worst, eh? Please make that topic too!

[briskbc]

In order

Squaresoft
Nintendo
Sega
EA
Rockstar (because of recent games)

[Captain Wrong]

1. Sega- for all the reasons butta mentioned
2. Capcom- again, like butta said
3. Atari- though the company had some bad times at the end, what a run
4. Williams- another very innovative company that kind of dissapeared (or was bought out)
5. Konami- still kicking

Honorable mentions: Namco, Treasure, Midway, SNK, Psyiko (RIP)

[Sothy]

Capcom

Squaresoft "8 and 16 bit days"

Namco

Rockstar "Yes they are officially going to be remembered for a long time if things continue"

Sega

Nintendo

Who made Robotek and Lufia? sammy? anywya they were up there with square for awhile.

[TheRedEye]

Technos Japan (in the 8-bit days) and Lucasarts (early to mid '90s).

[Ascending Wordsmith]

You guys left out Hudson Soft. They've been around since the early days of the NES and have made games for just about every console since.

Their most notable mascot being Bomberman.

http://www.wizard.net/~john/images/bombss.jpg

Saturn Bomberman

[Sylentwulf]

Squaresoft
Nintendo
Sega
Capcom
EA Sports (Grudgingly, damn sports floods)

[Arrrhalomynn]

Black Isle! All their games are pure rpg goodness.

And as many already mentioned, sega of course.

[Griking]

Blizzard - Whaty other game companys can you think of who haven't released a dud yet. Everything they release ends up at #1.

Atari - Hell, they practically invented games. I still playt adventure regularly.

Activision - How does nobody mention Activision? Pitfall, River Raid, Kaboom!, etc..

Infocom - I absolutely loved their games.

Nintendo - Even though haven't played their more recent games you can't ingore the company that created Donkey Kong, Mario Bros and Punch Out.

Namco - Pacman anyone? Soul Calibur, Galaga, Dig Dug?

[ventrra]

Data Age
Sachen
Mythicon
Telegames
Wisdom Tree

....something like that :)

[Revolt]

Capcom- they gave us streetfighter
Namco- they gave us tekken
Konami- they gave us Contra and Gradius, and so on :lol:
Sony- they gave us the playstation
Nintendo- too much to list (they are Gods) :D

[GENESISNES]

Nintendo
Sega
Rockstar
Atari
Squaresoft

Weird nobody said SONY for the PS2 yet....

[Raedon]

Data Age
Sachen
Mythicon
Telegames
Wisdom Tree

....something like that :)


Wisdom Tree? uhh, you really liked those religious NES games?

[Tetsu]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Treasure yet! They were the masteminds behind Konami's best games: Castlevania, Contra, Axelay, etc. After they became Treasure, the legacy continued with Gunstar Heroes, Guardian Heroes, Dynamite Headdy, Yu Yu Hakusho, Alien Soldier, Radiant Silvergun, Bangai-0, and Sin and Punishment. Sure, some of their games are a bit "wierd" (See Silohuette Mirage and Stretch Panic) But kudos to Treasure for trying innovative new things in all their games.

[Revolt]

Nintendo
Sega
Rockstar
Atari
Squaresoft

Weird nobody said SONY for the PS2 yet....

I did say Sony

[ventrra]

@Raedon

Wisdom Tree? uhh, you really liked those religious NES games?

It's really a matter of how strange they are. Plus, notice my tag :D

[Raccoon Lad]

SEGA!!!!
Failed consoles have nothing to do with how good a company is. No one has ever turned out as many consistently high-quality titles as SEGA!

Atari comes in second. Even though I don't like all of the games Atari made, no company has ever been as innovative as Atari.

Remembar people, it all about the GAMES!

[NvrMore]

Nintendo - No explaination needed.

Sega - They screwed the pooch on the hardware but they really do hold their own on the games.

Rare - Made some damn fine games.

Capcom - All the reasons mentioned above.

Enix - They've created some great games and have made some very interesting and innovative RPG's which weren't afraid to break away and try new things.

Honorable mentions to: Sensible Software, Virgin, Interplay and Laguna.

[mauigamer]

If your going to include PC games on the list I would definitely add Blizzard. I can't think of many outstanding Sony titles. The only one that comes to mind is Intelligent Qube.

[Captain Wrong]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Treasure yet!

Actually if I had a top 10 list, they would be on it (see my honorable mentions.) It was a tough choice leaving them out of the top 5, but I didn't count stuff before they were "offically" Treasure since I've read conflicting reports about what they actually did and didn't work on while they were still part of Konami.

[theaveng]

MicroProse - made amazingly realistic sims for a $200 budget computer (C=64). Impressive.

Atari - I wouldn't list them. They didn't really do anything amazing. They just got lucky to be #1 console. Their games were often inferior and disappointing. :cry:

Squaresoft - Took RPGs away from a tiny niche market and Made them comprehensible to the masses.

[ashbourn]

I would have to say SEGA is #1 most games they put out are top notch and run great.

The one game they made that is real real real real bad is Sonic game for Game.com. Game.com is just too slow for the game and makes it no fun.

[Captain Wrong]

Atari - I wouldn't list them. They didn't really do anything amazing. They just got lucky to be #1 console. Their games were often inferior and disappointing. :cry:

At first I thought whoever wrote this must be on crack, then I saw it was you and it all made sence. :lol:

Have you ever played an Atari arcade game? Not emulated, not chopped up for 2600, but the real deal? Just curious.

[mauigamer]

I would definitely put Atari on this list. Atari is to video games what Elvis is to rock and roll.

[theaveng]

Have you ever played an Atari arcade game? Not emulated, not chopped up for 2600, but the real deal? Just curious.


I don't know? I didn't visit the arcade much when I was young. I'm a home-based gamer. Name some of the outstanding Atari arcade hits.
Troy

P.S. I don't find your personal attack amusing. Learn to TOLERATE people's opinions... even if they differ from your own.

[Captain Wrong]

I'm not here to amuse you. :P

Try Battlezone, Asteroids, Pong, Breakout, Klax, Gauntlet, Tempest, Centepede, etc. So many good games.

[mauigamer]

Lets not forget Road Blasters, Area 51, Breakout, dig dug, Star Wars arcade (one of my all time favorites), Stun runner, Rampart, and Marble madness. These are all outstanding games for there time.

[johnny arcade]

Thank God somebody mentioned Technos... and somebody else mentioned Hudson! I was expecting to be appalled, but I actually quite enthralled.

SEGA! welco
metot
henex
tlevel

I'm just gonna shake my head at that one remark about Atari.

[Raedon]

Every village has an idiot.. :wink:

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

If I had to name one company as the best...it'd have to be Namco. Sure, for Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaga, Pole Position, Xevious and so on, but also for their lesser-known but very fun stuff - Motos, Phozon, Warp Warp, Dragon Saber, even the wacky and weird stuff like Cutie Q and King & Balloon.

They also introduced color monitors (as opposed to B&W monitors with color overlays) to video games.

Atari and Midway also had excellent track records in the arcade; I've got a soft spot for Nichibutsu as well, though they haven't got nearly as good a track record. They turned out some wildly different stuff - i.e. Crazy Climber and Frisky Tom - back in their day, and inventive takes on existing formulas like Moon Cresta and Seicross. It's a pity that most of their time is spent on racy variations of Mah Jongg these days.

For home games, I have to give high marks to the console game-writing powerhouse that was Ed Averett's reign as the guy who wrote the bulk of the Odyssey2 games. Imagic turned out gold for almost every system they touched, especially the Intellivision. And for the early computer systems, let's not discount Broderbund. They did an awful lot of good stuff, both games (Lode Runner, Choplifter!) and otherwise (a little thing they still sell today...what's it called? Something to do with printing?).

[theaveng]

Every village has an idiot.. :wink:


Hillary Clinton knows that well. She married one.

[buttasuperb]

Hillary Clinton knows that well. She married one.

what does that have to do with anything. are you retarded?

[consoledatabase]

Hmmm... It's so hard to make an ordered top 5 list -- it's too hard to choose which is best!
But here's a list of 5 of my favorites, in no particular order:
Nintendo - they made my favorite game: The Legend of Zelda OOT
Sega - so many original titles
Sunsoft - they also made some great original games + Ufouria (another favorite of mine)
Rare, Taito and others as well because of their originality and overall excellence in all aspects of game producing.

[tynstar]

1. EA, no other company has killed more of my time then them. It all started with NHLPA 93.

2. Sega, So many good games.

3. Square, I love RPG's.

4. Id, Sometimes mindless violence is fun.

5. Atari, helped start is all.

[digitalpress]

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE, ANCIENT TOPIC!

:vamp: :devilish: :vamp:

[cheesystick]

My top five:
-Nintendo: Nothing really needs to be said here.
-Capcom: Steel battalion, Megaman X, and pretty much everything except P.N. 03.
-Konami: As stated before, they are a solid hitter. They also developed my favorite game of all time, so I got to give them props.
-Rare: Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct, Conkers bad furday, Bond, enough for you?
-Namco: Hey, I'm a fighter fan. What can I say? I think their history says everything. Everything they put out isnt golden, but a lot of it is.
-crispy

[Dr. Morbis]

My top 5:

-Nintendo-all reasons mentioned above
-Konami-Contra AND Castlevania? You better believe it.
-Atari-awesome arcade games, really fun 2 player 2600 games, and I really like most Tengen nes games.
-Capcom-the blue bomber, SFII, Bionic Commando, etc. etc.
-Rare-for DKC and Goldeneye, etc.

[sabre2922]

CAPCOM: like ali "the greatest"
SEGA: Panzer Dragoon Saga is proof that they are true gaming gods!
Konami: Castlevania and the SILENT HILL series are brilliant.
Treasure: excellent when they actually do release a game LOL O_O
Nintendo: its sad to see that the "mass public" is almost completely brainwashed by sony and rockstar , pitiful actuallly.
later gamers!!!

[Zubiac666]

1: Nintendo: Shigeru Miyamoto is GOD (even Billy said this)
2: Konami
3: Capcom
4: Treasure
5: Hal
6: Silicon Knights
7: Factor 5
I must mention Silicon Knights (for Eternal Darkness) and Factor 5 (for Turrican) :D

and definitively NOT:
Rockstar for crossing the thin line between "fun" and "perversion" (MANHUNT)...disgusting! just sad :(

[Gunstarhero]

SNK Took 2D to the limits with the NEO GEO.

ATARI Gave us the NeoGeo of 1983, the Atari 5200, and brought home the greatest and closest ports of Arcade games to the common home.

Midway I just loved the NBA Jam series, along with Blitz, and the San Fransisco Rush series. Midway is my pick for best publisher on N64.

Konami Whats not to like? Castlevania, Contra, Gradius, Track & Field, Double Dribble, Jackle, RushnAttack. This company may not be the cream of the crop today, but over the long haul this is a top 5 pick easy.

Nintendo Probably the most consistent of them all. You can always, always count on quality games coming from the Nintendo camp. Even while the mascots are overused, the games are still fun.

[Solid Snake]

Sega/Konami/Capcom/Square

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

In no particular order
Atari(pong, astrorids, centipede, battlezone, etc.)
Midway(Tapper, tron, Gorf, etc.)
Nintendo(DK, DK jr. SMB, etc,)
Konami(Gradius, Gyruss, Contra, Track n Feild, Time Pilot, Tutankham, etc.)
Namco(Pac Man, Dig Dig, Pole Position, etc)
Stern(Berzerk, Frenzy)
Sega(Zaxxon, Sonic, Congo Bongo, etc)
Williams(Joust, Robotron, Defender, Sinastar, Stargate, etc.)
Capcom(194x series, SF series, etc.)
and more later

[BrAInDeD]

Sega, nintendo, konami, taito (mostly in nes ages), natsume (also nes), capcom, SNK, ultra games LMAO, namco, tecmo

[BrAInDeD]

Sega, nintendo, konami, taito (mostly in nes ages), natsume (also nes), capcom, SNK, ultra games LMAO, namco, tecmo

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

contuining on
Tatio-Space Invaders, Elevator Action, Bubble Bobble, Qix, Bust a Move, etc.
Square-FF Series
UBI Soft-Ghost Recon, Rainbow six, Splinter cell,
and Many others.

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

contuining on
Tatio-Space Invaders, Elevator Action, Bubble Bobble, Qix, Bust a Move, etc.
Square-FF Series
UBI Soft-Ghost Recon, Rainbow six, Splinter cell,
and Many others.

[Classicgamesdepot]

In No order,

Nintendo
Sega
Capcom - just about every game has excelled in graphics and gameplay
treasure - Damn I wish treasure would still make genesis games
Konami
Taito (for the nes days as one mention) - I mean , take panic resuraunt and little samson for example, some of the most fun and gorgeous games on the nes

[Classicgamesdepot]

In No order,

Nintendo
Sega
Capcom - just about every game has excelled in graphics and gameplay
treasure - Damn I wish treasure would still make genesis games
Konami
Taito (for the nes days as one mention) - I mean , take panic resuraunt and little samson for example, some of the most fun and gorgeous games on the nes

[Classicgamesdepot]

In No order,

Nintendo
Sega
Capcom - just about every game has excelled in graphics and gameplay
treasure - Damn I wish treasure would still make genesis games
Konami
Taito (for the nes days as one mention) - I mean , take panic resuraunt and little samson for example, some of the most fun and gorgeous games on the nes

[Classicgamesdepot]

In No order,

Nintendo
Sega
Capcom - just about every game has excelled in graphics and gameplay
treasure - Damn I wish treasure would still make genesis games
Konami
Taito (for the nes days as one mention) - I mean , take panic resuraunt and little samson for example, some of the most fun and gorgeous games on the nes

[Ed Oscuro]

Sega, nintendo, konami, taito (mostly in nes ages), natsume (also nes), capcom, SNK, ultra games LMAO, namco, tecmo

Heh, Ultra was a pretty lame name for a company.

However, I'd just bundle Ultra up with Konami, since they're the same thing.

Random thought (not topical unless you pretend I was making a "top 10 most unloved game companies" thread):

Akklaim (the funniest thing about this company is that people consistently get the name wrong because it's so darn wierd...)

[Ed Oscuro]

Sega, nintendo, konami, taito (mostly in nes ages), natsume (also nes), capcom, SNK, ultra games LMAO, namco, tecmo

Heh, Ultra was a pretty lame name for a company.

However, I'd just bundle Ultra up with Konami, since they're the same thing.

Random thought (not topical unless you pretend I was making a "top 10 most unloved game companies" thread):

Akklaim (the funniest thing about this company is that people consistently get the name wrong because it's so darn wierd...)

[sabre2922]

ummm.. ultra is Konami, the big K just used that as a side thing becuase way back when the big N controlled just about everything in the late 80's/early90's Nintendo had some "agreement" with game producers/publishers that they could only release so many games within a certain amount of time. some kinda quality contol thing. I know it sounds strange but its like GMC/CHEVROLET kinda. anyway all it was was a publishing thing that only lasted during the NES dominance days so Konami could spit sales to satify Nintendo or something like that.

[sabre2922]

ummm.. ultra is Konami, the big K just used that as a side thing becuase way back when the big N controlled just about everything in the late 80's/early90's Nintendo had some "agreement" with game producers/publishers that they could only release so many games within a certain amount of time. some kinda quality contol thing. I know it sounds strange but its like GMC/CHEVROLET kinda. anyway all it was was a publishing thing that only lasted during the NES dominance days so Konami could spit sales to satify Nintendo or something like that.

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

However, I'd just bundle Ultra up with Konami, since they're the same thing

or Konami should have used Ultra to port konami games on to SMS and 7800.

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

However, I'd just bundle Ultra up with Konami, since they're the same thing

or Konami should have used Ultra to port konami games on to SMS and 7800.

[BrAInDeD]

I know thats why i type LMAO after it because i read about that shit :o

[BrAInDeD]

I know thats why i type LMAO after it because i read about that shit :o

[Ed Oscuro]

However, I'd just bundle Ultra up with Konami, since they're the same thing

or Konami should have used Ultra to port konami games on to SMS and 7800.

Interesting idea, but I don't think the Nintendo license's stipulation that licencees must only develop for Nintendo systems had been overturned while the SMS was alive.

Would've been really nice to have some Konami stuff on the system, but unfortunately even in the Mega Drive/Genesis days Konami's stuff wasn't that good (until 1994, that is).

[Ed Oscuro]

However, I'd just bundle Ultra up with Konami, since they're the same thing

or Konami should have used Ultra to port konami games on to SMS and 7800.

Interesting idea, but I don't think the Nintendo license's stipulation that licencees must only develop for Nintendo systems had been overturned while the SMS was alive.

Would've been really nice to have some Konami stuff on the system, but unfortunately even in the Mega Drive/Genesis days Konami's stuff wasn't that good (until 1994, that is).

[RoboticParanoia]

Nintendo
Namco
Williams
Konami
Capcom
Maxis (making some great Simulations)
Microprose
Atari

[RoboticParanoia]

Nintendo
Namco
Williams
Konami
Capcom
Maxis (making some great Simulations)
Microprose
Atari

[tom]

SSI
EA
Infocom
Origin
Micropose
Sierra
interstel
Broderbund
Mindscape (The Halley Project still rules)
Sir-Tech (including the excellent Star Saga: one and two, published by MasterPlay)
Atari
Activision

USA gaming rocks.

[Megid]

Capcom
Konami
Hudson Soft
Working Designs
Telestar
Sega
Nintendo
Enix
Squaresoft
SNK
ATLUS :evil: Love those TBS games

[hu6800]

Oh man hands down HUDSON SOFT...
they made bomberman and lords of thunder and what not..


Konami being second on my list


Can't forget NAMCO and the great games they made.


SNK , i like SNK alot but its not my first pick.


CAPCOM

[waxpoet]

Funny with 3 pages of replies no one mentioned my personal favorite company....


Bungie Games

Halo Series, Myth Series, Marathon Series.....all three of those rank in my top 15 'series of games' and every title is top notch.

Besides from Bungie I like Treasure, Konami, Capcom, and of course oldschool Technos Japan

[pango]

sachen

[shoes23]

I think that Interplay deserves at least an honorable mention. They have turned out some quality titles for years now. Fallout, Wastleland, Rock N Roll Racing, The Lost Vikings...all quality games IMO, and a company that I really used to keep my eyes on.

[GamerNerd]

My faves are:

Nintendo
Sega
Namco
Williams
Bally/Midway
Atari
Data East
Konami
SNK
Tengen
Hudson Soft
GameTek
Sierra
Taito
Capcom

[Jumpman Jr.]

Panesian ;)
Naw... its all about Nintendo

[rick weis]

#1= Atari ;)
#2= Nintendo
#3= Sega
#4= Activision
#5= Konami

Rick

[GLASSJOE]

1 Acclaim
2 Konami
3 Imagic
4 Taito