Love for the unlikely

[digitalpress]

Take a look at the bottom three rows from our avatar grid:
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If you had to wave your banner for one of these game companies, which would it be... and why?

For me, it would be the mighty CommaVid, publishers of such classics as Cosmic Swarm and Cakewalk for the Atari 2600. There are two reasons why I'd fight to the end for CommaVid: 1) because an entire legacy of game collection rooms has spawned from the thievery of one of their game titles to my home: "Room of Doom" and 2) because I know the owners, both the originals and the current ones, personally. :)

How 'bout you?

[AB Positive]

Blizzard, hands down.

I mean, Diablo 2 sucked away two years from my life... sure they have the tendancy to delay games until forever but they always bring quality stuff to the table. Hell, in Korea they have 2 channels dedicated specifically to StarCraft tournaments.


-AG

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Acclaim
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[SegaTecToy]

Blizzard would be my second choice.

The Warcraft series is just great, Starcraft is one of the most played games of history (where is Starcraft 2?) and they really know how to make an enjoyable game.

[Mayhem]

Hard choice, but I'd be tempted to say Technos. You don't get away with publishing Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun (Renegade), Double Dragon and Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom) and not get noticed in the scheme of things!

Of course although Technos is dead, they still live on through Million, which meant the update of two great franchises onto the GBA recently :)

[Keir]

If you had to wave your banner for one of these game companies, which would it be... and why?
What do you mean, if? :D

If I had to pick another, it would probably be Psygnosis. They were the reason I got an Amiga! Unfortunately, they also had a lot of duds among their hits.

[dreams]

I'm not a die-hard gamer who knows who made every game. I just remember who made the games that I really enjoyed and define my "career" as a gamer. That's why I chose Namco as my Tribe (Tales of Symphonia - a truly beautiful RPG). And that's why I choose tri-Ace out of the bottom three rows.

I looked at tri-Ace and knew instantly that they are the ones responsible for Star Ocean: The Second Story, a well-loved RPG from my gaming past. Besides, it takes guts for a company to create an item in a game of themselves. LOL

[AB Positive]

BANG!

Mayhem - Three points! Congratulations!

Why? You gotta figure it out :D

-AG

[digitalpress]

If you had to wave your banner for one of these game companies, which would it be... and why?
What do you mean, if? :D

If I had to pick another, it would probably be Psygnosis. They were the reason I got an Amiga! Unfortunately, they also had a lot of duds among their hits.

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[Cmosfm]

Yeah, what DO you mean by If?

I've nabbed Color Dreams from the very beginning.

If I were to pick again I'd grab up Acclaim, excellent variety of games all around!

[Chunky]

Tecmo

It's not that i like the whole sports seen so much, but back in the day my friends and I used to sit back to back on the good old NES, one TV via RF adapter, the other via A/V Jacks and play TecmoBowl for ever. We played back to back because of the cheating factor, reading the others controllers.

We had 6 people and brackets and turneys. I think over time I played that game more than any other hands down.

[Quintracker]

Koei all the way. Their strategy games took up too many of my gaming hours during the nes and snes eras. Destiny of an Emperor, Nobunaga's Ambition, and the long running Romance of the Three Kingdoms series not only provided endless hours of gameplay, they also provided history lessons. Finding the item "Sun Tzu's Art of War" in RotTK led me to realize the book actually existed (Also a very good read). For a great mix of gaming and history Koei gets my vote, hands down.

[Dangerboy]

Oh man...I'd say Tecmo, because any company that nationally advertises it's true user fan base ("heh...she kicks high.") is okay with me. However, you've got Irem in there, which means R-Type, Ninja Spirit, and Vigilante...all TG16 games....SOB....

I go with....Tecmo....it's all about my baby's momma Kasumi.

[anagrama]

I'd probably have to plump for Psygnosis aswell - as I said earlier, the Amiga was my first love.

[downfall]

I'd go with Irem all the way. R-Type Final is more than enough to secure that choice with me.

[Mr. Smashy]

I'd go with Blizzard. Even from back in the day, when they went by the name "Silicon & Syapse", I'd be playing The Lost Vikings with my buddies from beginning to end without stopping. Rock 'n Roll Racing was also an extremely fun race/battle multiplayer game with far more attitude than it's only real competitor within the genre at the time (Super Mario Kart).

Once the days of Blizzard hit, it was orcs vs. humans in a little 14.4kbps dial-up with Warcraft. I needed to get a 2nd phone line installed in the house just to accomodate. A little while later, Warcraft II came along and kept the action going even more. Once Diablo hit, I simply had to find a crew of gamers for sleepless weekend Diablo LAN parties.

After that, there was Starcraft, Diablo II, Warcraft III, and a stack of expansions. Things have only been getting better and better.

[Pop Culture Portal]

I'd carry the flag for Psygnosis, simply because it produced/developed the first game my wife was excited about playing...Destruction Derby for PS1! If any company can do that, they deserve my support.

Although it would be difficult deciding which Psygnosis "flag" to carry, since they really don't exist anymore, at least separately from Sony. So much for Lemmings 2005 for the PC!

[digitalpress]

I'd carry the flag for Psygnosis, simply because it produced/developed the first game my wife was excited about playing...Destruction Derby for PS1! If any company can do that, they deserve my support.

Although it would be difficult deciding which Psygnosis "flag" to carry, since they really don't exist anymore, at least separately from Sony. So much for Lemmings 2005 for the PC!

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[VinnyT]

I'd go for Koei. Some of the greatest games i've played are from them. They make great stragety games, including Liberty and Death(which is on Genesis!).

*Waves tiny Koei flag*

[Crush Crawfish]

I'm torn between Koei and Technos. Koei created the greatest music game ever (Gitaroo Man), while Technos created the greatest beat-em-up ever (River City Ransom). Hooray for indecision!

[goatdan]

As odd as it may sound, I would probably go with Color Dreams. Even though they only have a few games that I really like, I know more about the company than any other one and would happily argue for Captian Comic all day long :)

[Daria]

I almost went with Tri-Ace, gotta love Valkyrie Profile and Tales of Eternia. But then I remembered the evil that is Star Ocean the Second Story. I spent an eternity playing that game, searching for all the private events only to accidently unlock Indelico's limiter and render the game impossible to actually beat.

*sighs*

Such painful memories. :(

[tholly]

I'd pick the Nokia N-Gage....as weird as this sounds, I really want to get one cheap to try out some of the game on it.....I mean, I'd never spend $200 on the phone / system, but for $50 I'd be willing to get one and give it a shot.

[Ze_ro]

I'd go with Psygnosis.... Masters of amazing graphics, box art, and impossibly, frustratingly, swear-inducingly hard video games.

--Zero

[Lady Jaye]

Blizzard, for their respect of the Mac community (heck, they just released a patch that makes the venerable StarCraft Mac OS X-compatible!). Also, they have some of the oldest computer games on the market (StarCraft and WarCraft II have outlived sooo many PC games on the shelves that it's unbelievable).

[Azazel]

I'd still have to go with Technos. I can play Double Dragon and River City Ransom a 100 times and never get bored of it.

Also they bought 3 of there games to the GBA not 2. They did DDA, RCREX, SDBA

[davidleeroth]

Obviously I would have to go with Konami. Famously known to be the breeding ground for key Treasure staff like Maegawa, Iuchi and NON.
Games like GB Castlevanias and Contras are classics and they made some of my favourite NES games; Bucky O'Hare and Antarctic Adventure.

Now they're back with Gradius V and indeed Treasure. :D But that's enough of this "if" thing. Snap out of it. 8-)

[digitalpress]

I'd still have to go with Technos. I can play Double Dragon and River City Ransom a 100 times and never get bored of it.

Also they bought 3 of there games to the GBA not 2. They did DDA, RCREX, SDBA

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[Aussie2B]

I almost went with Tri-Ace, gotta love Valkyrie Profile and Tales of Eternia. But then I remembered the evil that is Star Ocean the Second Story. I spent an eternity playing that game, searching for all the private events only to accidently unlock Indelico's limiter and render the game impossible to actually beat.

It's not impossible. I've done it. ;)

As for replying to the topic, if it wasn't for me, tri-Ace wouldn't even be on the list. :P If I HAD to pick another, I'd go with Tecmo. Tecmo Bowl, the Ninja Gaiden series, Solomon's Key, and Rygar rock. :)

[Daria]

I almost went with Tri-Ace, gotta love Valkyrie Profile and Tales of Eternia. But then I remembered the evil that is Star Ocean the Second Story. I spent an eternity playing that game, searching for all the private events only to accidently unlock Indelico's limiter and render the game impossible to actually beat.

It's not impossible. I've done it. :)

I spent two years periodically going back and leveling up my party. I just don't care enough to do it anymore.

[Mayhem]

I'd still have to go with Technos. I can play Double Dragon and River City Ransom a 100 times and never get bored of it.

Also they bought 3 of there games to the GBA not 2. They did DDA, RCREX, SDBA

True... I was just talking about the updates to the three main Technos games I loved. Just a pity with Atlus publishing Double Dragon Advance and River City Ransom Ex, that they are quite hard to find!

[Kid Ice]

For me, it would be the mighty CommaVid, publishers of such classics as Cosmic Swarm and Cakewalk for the Atari 2600. There are two reasons why I'd fight to the end for CommaVid: 1) because an entire legacy of game collection rooms has spawned from the thievery of one of their game titles to my home: "Room of Doom" and 2) because I know the owners, both the originals and the current ones, personally. :)



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[AB Positive]

For me, it would be the mighty CommaVid, publishers of such classics as Cosmic Swarm and Cakewalk for the Atari 2600. There are two reasons why I'd fight to the end for CommaVid: 1) because an entire legacy of game collection rooms has spawned from the thievery of one of their game titles to my home: "Room of Doom" and 2) because I know the owners, both the originals and the current ones, personally. :)



:rocker:

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[gamergary]

I'll have to go with the colors I'm around waving which is Technos. They took a simple cliche such as saving your girlfriend or breaking out of jail and made them into the best beat em ups of all time. :band: Rock on Technos.

[Dahne]

If I had to pick one, it's be Koei.

Just because I've been sucked into Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII for the past couple days.

[Mayhem]

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O_O :rocker: :smash: :D :devilish: :oops:

[le geek]

If I had to pick another, it would probably be Psygnosis. They were the reason I got an Amiga! Unfortunately, they also had a lot of duds among their hits.

:band:

I can't count the number of times I watched the Shadow of the Beast II intro on my Amiga! I did use the TEN PINTS cheat though LOL

My second pick would be EPYX :) Super Cycle and the "Games" series are quite fun...

Cheers,
Ben

[DDCecil]

Koei, cause they made Gitaroo Man. Which in turn sucked away 3 months of my life trying to beat Stage 2 on Master Mode.

[Azazel]

I'd still have to go with Technos. I can play Double Dragon and River City Ransom a 100 times and never get bored of it.

Also they bought 3 of there games to the GBA not 2. They did DDA, RCREX, SDBA

True... I was just talking about the updates to the three main Technos games I loved. Just a pity with Atlus publishing Double Dragon Advance and River City Ransom Ex, that they are quite hard to find!

You would think you a fairly big name pubisher like Atlus that the games would be easier to get your hands on.

[-hellvin-]

Defenitely psygnosis or epyx. Jumpman consumed unbelievable amounts of time when I was about 8 on my atari 800xl.

[badinsults]

When I saw Acclaim, I just had to choose it. Who else would make a games based on Mary Kate and Asheley Olsen. x_x x_x x_x

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Blizzard. Starcraft is the best RTS game ever released, and will be until they hopefully make SC2. Even then, it will still own you.

[Azazel]

When I saw Acclaim, I just had to choose it. Who else would make a games based on Mary Kate and Asheley Olsen. x_x x_x x_x

Can't argue with that.

[Dahne]

Who else could be accused of running the Mary Kate and Ashley liscense into the ground? (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13959,00.html)

Seriously, how high above the ground could it really have been in the first place?

[Mayhem]

I'd still have to go with Technos. I can play Double Dragon and River City Ransom a 100 times and never get bored of it.

Also they bought 3 of there games to the GBA not 2. They did DDA, RCREX, SDBA

True... I was just talking about the updates to the three main Technos games I loved. Just a pity with Atlus publishing Double Dragon Advance and River City Ransom Ex, that they are quite hard to find!

You would think you a fairly big name pubisher like Atlus that the games would be easier to get your hands on.

They deliberately seem to underproduce though! Perhaps paranoid about having stock overflow...?

[digitalpress]

When I saw Acclaim, I just had to choose it. Who else would make a games based on Mary Kate and Asheley Olsen. x_x x_x x_x

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[PapaStu]

Everyone in the bottom three had their own merits of ass-kickedness but im going with a very overlooked one it seems by everyone else here. Koei. At least I know that everyone in Japans gonna back me up on this one if a survey was taken right now.

[digitalpress]

I'd pick the Nokia N-Gage....as weird as this sounds, I really want to get one cheap to try out some of the game on it.....I mean, I'd never spend $200 on the phone / system, but for $50 I'd be willing to get one and give it a shot.

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[digitalpress]

I'm torn between Koei and Technos. Koei created the greatest music game ever (Gitaroo Man), while Technos created the greatest beat-em-up ever (River City Ransom). Hooray for indecision!

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[Porkchop]

I would pick Ngage, because I alway had a soft spot in my heart for the under dog or the kid that no one else liked. Ngage is a kid no one seems to want to play with.

I would love to have one, but can't bring my self to spend $200 for a hand held.

[Dahne]

I'd have to consider Blizzard, too. World of Warcraft has me drooling, and Diablo 2 is fun, if a tad on the carpal tunnel inducing side.

[digitalpress]

I'd have to consider Blizzard, too. World of Warcraft has me drooling, and Diablo 2 is fun, if a tad on the carpal tunnel inducing side.


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[Dahne]

I'm getting all these points and I don't even know why LOL Like mashing buttons in Mortal Kombat.