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AB Positive

01-15-2006, 09:59 PM

Here's something I've wanted to see for some time. How would we, the people of Digital Press, connoisseurs of classic, rate some of the greatest video games of all time? Here's your time to make your voice heard. For the next fifteen days, we'll be taking your top 25 games of all time, ranked 1-25. Voting ends on Jan. 31st. Each game will be inversely scored, meaning your #1 game earns 25 points while your #25 game earns one. Ties will be settled by who earned the higher value votes. At the end of voting, scores will be tabulated and we'll have ourselves a people's Top 100, the games you all thought were best.

There are a few small rules to follow:

1) Do not PM or post your votes, only emails sent to gorgargames@gmail.com will count.

2) Only one list per poster will count. No multiple votes, or sending an email from a separate account pretending to be a different user. Please be honest.

3) Game votes are tallied independant of platform if it was released in multiple forms, unless there are huge differences between platforms.

For example: Super Street Fighter 2 is essentially the same through Arcade, Genesis, SNES, etc... and a vote for it would count regardless of platform. Beavis and Butthead was a vastly different game between the Genesis and SNES, those votes would be separated.

4) Ties will be broken by number of highest place votes. Say Metroid and Super Mario World are tied at #20. If Metroid got 3 4th place votes and SMW only got 2, and neither got a higher placing, then Metroid would be 20, and SMW would be 21.

Please send your lists to gorgargames@gmail.com with the subject line:

DP Top 25 List

And put it in this format:

DP User Name

1) #1 Favorite Game Name [platform]
2) #2 Favorite Game Name [platform]
...
25) #25 Favorite Game Name [platform]

Remember, games are scored inversely. Your 1 pick scores the most. Your 25 pick scores the least.

Any video game, any system, is votable. Arcade, console, PC, old style computer, whatever YOUR top 25 is works.

When all the voting is completed, I will post the results in chunks of ten in the first week of February from 100 all the way to #1.

Remember, all lists go gorgargames@gmail.com and we look forward to seeing your votes!

-AB+

Mr.FoodMonster

01-15-2006, 10:30 PM

Oh man. I thought I would never have to create such a list, but I think I'm going to try for it. All I know is that #1 is already picked, it'll be the others that are tough.

keiblerfan69

01-15-2006, 10:38 PM

# 1 is a lock for Super Mario Bros. I'm gonna work on my list tonight, got a lot of thinking to do.

pacmanhat

01-15-2006, 10:46 PM

I did this a while ago across a bunch of forums...I'll definitely be participating this time around as well.

Red Hedgehog

01-16-2006, 12:17 AM

Wow. I don't think that I could ever manage to do this. I mean, I guess I was able to do a list of the top 50 NES games (that I own and have played), but across all platforms and all years? That would take forever.

VG_Maniac

01-16-2006, 12:27 AM

Since Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming Monthly did their top 200 lists, I have recently been thinking about what my favorites are...more like my top 25, not 200. So, I basically already got my 25 favorites down. :)

classicb

01-16-2006, 05:00 AM

hydr0x

01-16-2006, 05:49 AM

this sounds a lot like those power rankings Anthony 1 did a while back. I must compile a list now.

what i don't like about doing lists like these though is I sometimes force myself to leave some of my favorite games off the list in favor of game I don't play much. I mean I know Final Fantasy 3 is a better game than Wall Street Kid but I personally would rather play Wall Street Kid. its hard for me to make a list of what are the 25 best games vs what are my 25 most favorite games.... wait what kind of a list are we doing again.

you're supposed to list your 25 favourites, not what you think are the 25 best games...

and damn you AB+, i just went through my collection and listed every game i enjoyed so much that it deserved a spot in this list... and i ended up with EXACTLY 100 games :( how in gods name am i going to sort those now :/

Mayhem

01-16-2006, 07:51 AM

The hard part for me will not be picking the games in question (I've got a good set of 20-30 already in mind) but actually putting them in order!

le geek

01-16-2006, 10:14 AM

List sent! :) BTW, for me the game that barely didn't make the cut was HALO...

Cheers,
Ben

Jibbajaba

01-16-2006, 02:26 PM

I like the fact that the lists are not posted publicly. This way none of us will be influenced by others.

Building on what classicb said, you should rank your favorite games, not the ones you think should be the best. If you would rather play Wall Street Kid than FF III, then what does that say about the two games in your eyes? I am just saying that you shouldn't be swayed by games' 'status', but rather just put down the games that you like the best.

A couple of pointers to people having trouble: Go through your whole collection and make a list of all of the games that you like playing. It doesn't matter how long the list is. Then just go down the list, and consider each game compared to the one below it. Which should be higher than the other? When you get to the bottom, go back to the top and do it again. Keep moving from top to bottom and back again until you have no more changes to make. When you are done, you will have ranked the games. Then just chop off the top 25.

Chris

CYRiX

01-16-2006, 03:04 PM

I'm sure you have to consider modern games in a top 100 and halo is the top (or up there atleast) of modern games...

classicb

01-16-2006, 03:11 PM

I'm sure you have to consider modern games in a top 100 and halo is the top (or up there atleast) of modern games...

not on my list ... although some meseta might sway my vote ;) LOL jk I already sent my list in

Rogmeister

01-16-2006, 03:16 PM

Before I start my list, I want to make sure there aren't any choices that are not allowed. Basically, I'm wondering two things...

Can any console game be included, no matter how recent? For instance, Super Rogmeister for the GameCube is released tomorrow, can I include it?

Are arcade games allowed?

Inquiring minds need to know... :D

classicb

01-16-2006, 03:26 PM

Any video game, any system, is votable. Arcade, console, PC, old style computer, whatever YOUR top 25 is works.

Crush Crawfish

01-16-2006, 03:36 PM

Awesome. I'm gonna get started on my list right now. I'm gonna have quite a few difficult decisions to make....

Rogmeister

01-16-2006, 03:42 PM

Thanks, classicb...somehow, in my excitement to get started, I missed that part :embarrassed:

Julio III

01-16-2006, 03:59 PM

Woo! I love favourite lists. I pretty much know whats in my top 5 but all the way down to 25 is hard, and in order. The thing which always gets me is games which are in a series, I like to only include one installment in there, otherwise lists can get filled with varients. I wonder how this will effect the overall top list, with people choosing pretty much the same game but preferring a different installment in the series.

drwily008

01-16-2006, 05:14 PM

The ultimate list has been sent! Sorry about all of the RPG's...but that is the way we roll here in the hood.

badinsults

01-16-2006, 11:24 PM

I made up my list, and was somewhat shocked to see how much Nintendo and Square titles there were. No doubt for a reason.

Buyatari

01-16-2006, 11:59 PM

Anthony1

01-17-2006, 12:18 AM

I'm cool with this list. Sure, the system isn't ass pimp as the Anthony 1 Power Rankings (TM), but it'll do. I do have one major request. You can single out the top 100, but could you still tally the numbers for the top 200 or 300 or more? The reason why is because it's later down the list that you really start to see some cool things.

If you had a huge sampling of everybodies top 25, then you could have a list of the Top 400 games, but just single out the top 100 and give the top 100 elite status.

But for me, I would be more interested in seeing what games got ranked from 101 to 400. I can list you 50 games right now that I "KNOW" will end up in the final tally of this list. But you ask me to list 25 of the games that are ranked between 200 and 300, and I couldn't come close. I also wish it was "home console only". Allowing for portables and PC's and Arcade games adds alot of variables into the mix. Myself personally, my list will be strickly home console games from NES to Dreamcast.

By the way, my Number 1 ranked game was recently ranked by EGM in their "Top 200 games of Their time" list. I don't remember it's exact ranking, but I was absolutely shocked to see it ranked in the 70's of their top 200. Mind Boggling, really.

AB Positive

01-17-2006, 12:41 AM

Well, I was going to do small blurbs for the top 100, but at the end, yeah I can do the entire full 100% list just in list form, since I'll have that anyway.

We've got around 15 or so entries, and only 24 hours so far, we're going to have one HELL of a list.

Top 25's are being done rather than top 10's because 25 allows for variety, and therefore gives a greater chance for 100 separate titles to be included and multiple votes for each so we're not breaking ties across 10 different games.

-AB+

Dimitri

01-17-2006, 01:13 AM

But for me, I would be more interested in seeing what games got ranked from 101 to 400. I can list you 50 games right now that I "KNOW" will end up in the final tally of this list. But you ask me to list 25 of the games that are ranked between 200 and 300, and I couldn't come close.
Indeed. More than likely, everything that ends up in the top 100 are games that everyone knows, and the most interesting thing is the order and what we selected as the top choices. Beyond that point, you start getting into games that you might not have heard of before, and finding some great new gems you might never have tried otherwise. Or maybe some dusty carts in your collection you never had the time to give have a chance. :)

Austin

01-17-2006, 08:27 AM

Man, you rock for doing this. I love huge lists, and I'm sure DP's will be a lot better than the boring, fanboyish lists we see in EGM, IGN, etc.

Putting mine together. So PC games are allowed? That makes it sooo much harder, but I think I can manage it.

SegaAges

01-17-2006, 04:40 PM

I got my list done, but what I see as a perfect game is probably way different from what others do. It will be interesting to see what places where.

(yes, Katamari Damacy is on the list, but way down near the bottom :devilish: )

calthaer

01-17-2006, 05:02 PM

chrisbid

01-17-2006, 10:22 PM

25 is too many for people to come up I think ten at most would get you many more entires. While most of can name 100+ games we would consider great 25 is too many for public opinion poll.

I can tell you why #3 on my list is better than #4 but once you get to the teens and twentys its not as well defined. On any given day I could say its #16 but the next day its #23 and the next not in the top 25 at all or back up to #13.

i agree

ranking games likes this is completely subjective, which in turn makes the entire poll meaningless. there is no simple way to turn subjective numbers like this into an objective result.

if you want to remove a lot of the subjectivity, then simply ask for a list of 25 titles without ranking them. each title listed will get one vote. the more popular games will still most likely be at the top of the list, and youll get a far more interesting result later down the list.

AB Positive

01-18-2006, 12:41 AM

I have a question:

What about games in a series that do not significantly differ from one another? Are we allowed to vote for a series overall, or how would these things be counted? Of course, I suppose what is considered "significant differentiation" is open for debate.

I'm thinking things like:

-sports games that are largely identical year-to-year
-games released with two different "versions" (i.e. - Pokemon Red / Blue), or
-remakes that perhaps update graphics but don't change gameplay

Just curious.

As for the sports games, each year is a new game and therefore a separate title

Pokemon is a weird beast. Red/Blue is essentially the same entry while Yellow would be separate. Each "generation" in the line seems to have this... Gold/Silver... then Crystal. The opposites will be the same vote while the "compilation" pokemon is it's own entity. If that makes sense.

Any votes for just remakes will be essentially a vote for original. Compilations don't count either.

And as someone stated in their email, just so it's know (and for anonymity's sake) let me clear another game's point:

Sonic & Knuckles is it's own game. A vote for "Sonic X plus Knuckles" needs to be separated.

If there are still questions about anything, please bring them up so there's no debate on the list.

-AB+

Fuyukaze

01-18-2006, 02:34 AM

My only question is on sequals to games that directly follow the story of the original and are playable, without the first, yet leaves a great portion of the story from the original out. A few examples would be....
.hack// 1-4
Digital Devil Saga 1+2
Final Fantasy X + Final Fantasy X-2

The .hack games are playable alone, but game builds off the previous one's story untill you arive at the final ending in the 4th game. In the Digital Devil Saga series, it isnt untill the second volume you get the full story hinted at in the first.

So, the point would be if we are required to list each individual game as an entry because they were sold sepratly, or would they count twords the same due to their direct story conection? Hopefully I am not confusing anyone.

jcheatle

01-18-2006, 02:38 AM

Ick... list is done and in, but it was way tougher than I thought it'd be. Nearly 2 hours of my life well spent? I've got nothing at all better to do?

Oh wait, I don't, not right now anyway. Can't wait for the results, should be interesting.

Jumpman Jr.

01-18-2006, 01:43 PM

I sent my list. There was a lot of Nintendo exclusives listed in there. Practically every Super Mario and Legend of Zelda game made.

Austin

01-18-2006, 01:55 PM

Yeah, I'm also having trouble with games that vary little between releases.

I'm having trouble with a few in particular... which DDR do I choose? Which Worms game do I choose? Amplitude or Frequency? In my mind, I've played all the games in these series throughout the years and love them all.

I'll put one of each on the list, but I'd hate for no Worms game to make it into the top 100 because everyone who put it down chose a different one.

Hm. Decisions, decisions.

SegaAges

01-18-2006, 04:47 PM

Yeah, I noticed that there were a buttload of super good games that I excluded from the list.

I completely forgot to put a worms title in there, but I will say right now (and I know this won't count as a point, that is ok with me), that worms armageddon is definately my favorite worms title.

I wonder if anybody is going to put zoop in there list?
It is the super every platform game :)

hydr0x

01-18-2006, 07:41 PM

I wonder if anybody is going to put zoop in there list?
It is the super every platform game :)

zoop is a puzzle game, not a platformer, zool on the other hand...

classicb

01-18-2006, 07:55 PM

I wonder if anybody is going to put zoop in there list?
It is the super every platform game :)

zoop is a puzzle game, not a platformer, zool on the other hand...

I think he meant platform as in console.

squidblatt

01-19-2006, 09:11 AM

This was harder than I thought it would be. Too bad there are only 25 spots in a 25 item list. Every game I chose was a PC title except for one arcade (Gauntlet). I'll be interested to see what the ratio of PC to console titles will be. A pretty good chunk of my list is from the eighties, so I'm not expecting many of my choices to make the list at all.

Cryomancer

01-19-2006, 12:27 PM

I sent the email without mentioning my DP username, but the email is from Cryomancer@gmail.com so it should be obvious. i didn't see the sonic and knuckles thing ebfore sending it either, sorry, so feel free to make my vote be for sonic and knuckles by itself instead of with sonic 3. sorry for the problems.

squidblatt

01-19-2006, 01:25 PM

I forgot to include my name, too. The email is from Lambert if that helps.

kirin jensen

01-19-2006, 06:45 PM

Shouldn't there be a "Best Homebrew" category?

AB Positive

01-19-2006, 10:42 PM

We're up to over 30 responses, but hey we can get a LOT more can't we?

Then again, there's still over ten days to go, keep bringing them in, some really interesting choices showing up. This should be good.

-AB+

Valhalla

01-20-2006, 05:20 AM

Sent in a list, picking games I just had fun with rather than what games I think deserve to be called the best ever. Was suprisingly hard, played so many good ones over the years, on all platforms across every genre.
List ended up nearly being half PC games, and hardly even play games on a PC.

blissfulnoise

01-20-2006, 02:04 PM

Pretty hard to make the cut. I don't want to sound too biased, but I'd be willing to bet folks like myself who have legitmately been playing video games for more than 20 years will have a very, very hard time doing this list.

It's great that people go back and try games that came out before they were born/were very young, but I strongly doubt that playing Adventure or Metroid or Yars Revenge 10 years later can have the same impact as it did when it was played at its original launch.

EDIT: Left out my cut list as it's too close to listing what I DID vote for.

Looking forward to the results.

goatdan

01-21-2006, 12:15 AM

I want to do this, but I know that I am going to have a huge problem differentiating between the top 25 for me. Too many games, not enough spaces.

I do like the idea though, except that I think that this could be all over the place. Other than the top 25-50, I bet there will be a lot of relatively unknowns. As collectors, we tend to come across rarer stuff like that.

Out of curiosity, I'm not even sure that this would make it, but I really like the Star Fox Competition Cart for the SNES, but I'm not such a fan of the original game. I don't know if this would make it to my top 25, but if it does, would it be considered seperate from Star Fox?

Vectorman0

01-21-2006, 10:00 AM

I don't know how it differs gameplay wise, but if the change is enough to make you really like the game from not being a big fan of the original, I would say that it should be considered different.

I want to do this, but I know that I am going to have a huge problem differentiating between the top 25 for me. Too many games, not enough spaces.

I do like the idea though, except that I think that this could be all over the place. Other than the top 25-50, I bet there will be a lot of relatively unknowns. As collectors, we tend to come across rarer stuff like that.

Out of curiosity, I'm not even sure that this would make it, but I really like the Star Fox Competition Cart for the SNES, but I'm not such a fan of the original game. I don't know if this would make it to my top 25, but if it does, would it be considered seperate from Star Fox?

calthaer

01-21-2006, 10:10 AM

Sent my list in...

I'd love to see us do this same thing next year - maybe get more votes in, etc. My list would most likely be the same - I don't see any incredible games on the horizon that would really bump any off mine of the list...but maybe others will log in Feb 2nd and wish they had voted and whatever.

squidblatt

01-21-2006, 10:17 AM

If this is done every year, maybe the games that consistently make it to the top twenty or so every time should be sent to a DP Hall of Fame like Computer Gaming World used to have.

Crush Crawfish

01-21-2006, 05:59 PM

Finally finished mine and sent it in.....man, there were some difficult decisions made. I'm really looking forward to the results, though I'll be surprised if some of my choices make the top 100. I have quite a few obscure choices on there....

classicb

01-21-2006, 08:09 PM

though I'll be surprised if some of my choices make the top 100. I have quite a few obscure choices on there....

it would be interesting to see the numbers on how many games were only listed once.

hydr0x

01-22-2006, 04:40 AM

Icarus Moonsight

01-22-2006, 07:28 PM

Just sent my list in... very tough job when you like so many games :/ Overall though I'm satisfied with my selections :D Can't wait to see the results... @_@

Schenley

01-22-2006, 09:15 PM

Just finished my list. I like this idea!

I based my list on games that I enjoyed playing - and games that I spent extensive time playing. I didn't include any games just because I thought they should be on the list.

In the early days, I only had a Coco (yup, there is one Coco game on my list), a PC, and of course, the good ole' arcade. I also had a friend with a 2600. I didn't own an NES until a couple years ago, hence there are no NES games on my list.

Can't wait to see the final tally, and probably won't see 25% of my games on the list.

FantasiaWHT

01-23-2006, 04:32 PM

Sweet poll! Can't wait to see what shows up!

googlefest1

01-24-2006, 09:30 AM

would we get to see everyones votes or only the tallied top 25?

what about for games that are diferent from each other but have the same title

like ninja gaiden has the arcade versions and the nes/sms versions

AB Positive

01-24-2006, 10:16 AM

googlefest1

01-24-2006, 10:24 AM

whoops!! the only part that i registered was game votes would be tallied independent of platform -Sorry

AB Positive

01-24-2006, 10:27 AM

no problem, man!

We've got 45 lists so far, a great sample but more is always better with this!

We've got 7 days, can we hit 75 lists perchance? If you've ever thought of contributing to something like this, make your list today!

/shill

-AB+

Anthony1

01-25-2006, 12:54 AM

3) Game votes are tallied independant of platform if it was released in multiple forms, unless there are huge differences between platforms.

For example: Super Street Fighter 2 is essentially the same through Arcade, Genesis, SNES, etc... and a vote for it would count regardless of platform. Beavis and Butthead was a vastly different game between the Genesis and SNES, those votes would be separated.

Ok, I think you are making a mistake with this. It's not a good idea for one person to arbitrarily decide which games should be considered multi-platform and which should be ranked individually. I know that you probably feel like you know which systems have a version of a game that really needs to be ranked seperately from another like Beavis and Butthead, but I still think this is a bad idea. I understand why you are doing it. You feel that certain games that have been ported to many systems are in danger of not getting the proper respect because of the fact that their score will be diluted because it will be spread across several platforms.

But ultimately, I just don't think it's a good idea to take peoples lists out of context. I definitely understand why you would go that route, it makes things easier for you, but I would like to offer a suggestion.

Could you take the data and do it both ways? Taking certain games and making them "multi-platform" and also having them where every version is ranked seperately? I know it adds some work to the tallying, but ultimately, I think it will result in a better final ranking for people to look at. Those of us that can't stand games being ranked as "multi-platform" can see what games made the top 25 the hard way, and those of us that think grouping versions of the same game on different platforms is no big deal and makes perfect sense can see that list.

Anthony1

01-25-2006, 12:59 AM

Can't wait to see the final tally, and probably won't see 25% of my games on the list.

I think that we are going to get everygame ranked from 1 to however many we have to rank, but the top 25 will be highlighted seperately. So that way, you will actually see if any of your more eccentric votes will have anybody else thinking the same way!

sabre2922

01-25-2006, 09:08 AM

My votes are SENT :D

Surprisingly I only voted for 2 Silent Hill games and one BARELY made the cut ;)

But only 25 of ALL TIME? quoting the (in)famous words of QuiteRiot "ITS A BITCH BAAAAYBE YEAH ITS A BITCH YESS ITS CRAZZZZYYY"

googlefest1

01-25-2006, 01:46 PM

OK my list is in - damn that was Hard !

wish we could send in a list of 50 games and have the total be 200

Had to go through a list of almost 150 titles - feel bad for all the ones that deserve to be on the list but had to be left out.

man PC games fill up a short list like that fast - too bad PC games are just so good - mabey PC should have been left out - they take over great console games which have strict size and scope limitations unlike PC games

man im curious as to what others have submited

zerohero

01-26-2006, 08:24 AM

The way I choose mine, was to choose which 25 games, I've played the most/enjoyed the most, and if I had to play them all over again in order, which would be 1st, and 25th.

FantasiaWHT

01-26-2006, 08:34 AM

zerohero

01-26-2006, 08:53 AM

The way I choose mine, was to choose which 25 games, I've played the most/enjoyed the most, and if I had to play them all over again in order, which would be 1st, and 25th.

That's pretty much what I did... I thought "If I wanted to just sit down and play any game right now, what would it be". Had to struggle to come up wtih 25 games I could sit down and play at almost any time. Harder for me was thinking "ok which do I want to play MOST" hehe

I agree,

One thing I don't think people understand is, when I make my list, another factor comes into play, and thats what I grew up with. I grew up more Nintendo wise than Sega. I could only pick one system, and thats what I choose NES/SNES. Lucky for me there was an abundance of great games for each of thsoe systems that I still GREATLY enjoy today. I'm sure many of others votes will be dictated this way as well.

Other games from other platforms made it on the list as well, but you'll see what dominated heh ;)

zerohero

01-26-2006, 09:18 AM

though I'll be surprised if some of my choices make the top 100. I have quite a few obscure choices on there....

it would be interesting to see the numbers on how many games were only listed once.

I agree, I want to see ALL varying results, as well as everyone's Top 25 "subjective" list. I like subjective list personaly. Tells more about the person, than trying to do a over all top 100 of all time thing :roll:

Fuyukaze

01-26-2006, 10:08 AM

I picked my 25 games on what ones had the most impact on me. What ones showed me that either gaming wasnt dead, or, if it was alive in the first place. Games I loved that were either a completely new genre for its time that I loved, or games that reinvented the genre showing me it wasnt a dead horse waiting to be kicked again. As my tastes tend to differ from the popular, I cant help but wonder how many of my selection will make it in the top 100. Something tells me at best 10-20%. Eh, its my list though and it was a hard one to make. Way to many great games to pick from, only 25 places to go.

googlefest1

01-26-2006, 12:29 PM

like others have said - i made my list up with games that had some sort of affect on me -- which games realy captivated me, which games realy suprised me and which games made me take a step back or pause for a breath and say wow what a game.

zerohero said he would like to see lists people made becasue it tells something about that person. Why i do agree with that statement - i don't whole heartedly agree.

for example i wadded though a huge list of games that had the properties i started above. Now one may look at it and say this guy is a PC gamer, a sega gamer, a rpg gamer, or serious gamer. Haveing played games since the early 80s i have seen the giant leaps that have come forth in gameing and still i get wowed by games that i have never played in the 80s that i am trying for the first time today.

some one may also look at my list and say that i have no idea what a good game is becasue i dont have thier favorite games on my list. My list was long - It had games from many, many systems and im sure many games that are other peoples favorites- i even had an atari 2600 game that almost made the cut

im sure that the majority of people here on DP would have many of the same favorite games but i chose mine based on the criteria i felt was the proper way.

Like im sure super mario brothers will be on members lists. It was also on mine, but it didn't make the cut becuse other games beat out the level of wonder it created for me. Dose it mean its not a favorite of mine - no, it is a favorite, it just didn't tip the scale when trying to weigh its effects on me and i realy like the game a whole lot.

Hypnotuba

01-27-2006, 06:29 PM

I picked my 25 games on what ones had the most impact on me. What ones showed me that either gaming wasnt dead, or, if it was alive in the first place.

Well said! I did pretty much the same.

If anyone is on the fence about submitting a list, do it! :) If you already have a master list of your library, it probably won't take that long, and it will make the final results more interesting.

Plus, you may even surprise yourself with your choices -- I wouldn't have guessed that I would have 5 Atari 800/XL/XE titles in there, but I did! And I would've guaranteed that Super Mario Bros. would be on there, but it isn't.

Can't wait to see the final list!

Mayhem

01-30-2006, 06:40 AM

Sent my list out over the weekend, so I hope it was received :)

Original list I drew up had games from 18 systems on it, so that was quite the wide selection of choices!

Rogmeister

01-30-2006, 12:46 PM

I started to make my list right after the project was announced...but I got distracted and never finished it. I guess I better restart and get it done today...I wonder if I'll be the only one to pick Shaq Fu? Kidding! :D

Julio III

01-30-2006, 08:20 PM

Finally sent mine in. There seems to be far too many PC games, quite a few of which were far too hard to order and many got clumped together in a bunch there. The bottom 5 or 10 could easily be changed for a stack of different games, its quite hard really to get it accurately a top 25. The weird thing is these are not neccesarily the best games I've played and despite the fact that last year was the year I got back into buying games, in part due to stumbling across DP (and the DS) but only one game I played for the first time last year made the list, odd, I guess its the games I remember spending a lot of time on that really made it there

Teknik_SE-R

01-30-2006, 10:33 PM

its quite hard really to get it accurately a top 25. The weird thing is these are not neccesarily the best games I've played and despite the fact that last year was the year I got back into buying games, in part due to stumbling across DP (and the DS) but only one game I played for the first time last year made the list, odd, I guess its the games I remember spending a lot of time on that really made it there
I hear ya about all old games getting on the list and none of my recently played games making my list. But I don't think its weird at all. It's supposed to be your personal favorite 25 not your most recently played favorites. IMO the majority of recent games don't compare to the oldschool. sure vice city was fun, but replay value and uniqueness as a game is far from close to that of an old adventure game like oh, say, metroid or zelda. same goes with movies and cartoons made in the 70's and 80's compared to nowdays. there is hardly any imagination in media anymore.

Austin

01-30-2006, 11:28 PM

Like others, PC games quickly dominated my list. (Sent today)

Strangely, quite a few recent games also made the list. Didn't expect that.

DigitalSpace

01-31-2006, 01:27 AM

Sent in my list. Looking forward to the results!

Anthony1

01-31-2006, 03:06 AM

The final results of everybodies list is going to be cool to check out, regardless of the format that we are using or anything along those lines. But I hope we can do more of these rankings with more focused guidelines. I mean, it's definitely a good idea to do a top 25 list of any video game, whether it's a PC game or an Arcade game or a Genesis game or a FM Towns Marty game or whatever.

The only thing is, with such wide open parameters like that, we might end up discovering that a list of 25 games wasn't enough. What I mean by that, is that everybodies lists might be so varied, that you don't get that many games that are ranked on a number of peoples lists. Of course, I'm sure there will be certain games that get ranked on alot of lists, but once those handfull of games are taken care of, then I think it might turn into more of a free for all, with alot of games that only end up getting one vote.

Again, the results should be quite interesting to look over, and I'm very much anxious to check out the final results, but I hope we can continue to do these types of rankings in the future, just with more focused parameters. Some time ago I did a Power Rankings thing on these forums that alot of people participated in, for both the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. The narrow focus of those power rankings helped in having more defined results. Alot of people didn't know about those power rankings, and we didn't get as much participation as this one. Part of the reason for that, is that the power rankings that we did, wasn't anything that was officially sanctioned by DP, and the threads didn't get the "sticky" treatment.

For those that didn't get a chance to check out these power rankings, here is a link

Super Nintendo Power Rankings

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21571&highlight=power+rankings

Sega Genesis Power Rankings

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55618&highlight=power+rankings

My hope with the Power Rankings was that we could get alot of participation and really have a very insightfull and detailed ranking. The key was participation, the more lists that were submitted, the more valuable a final ranking would be. I could have only dreamed of having as many participate in those, that are participating in this one. My hope was that we would slowly but surely cover all the major systems. So maybe with the success (in terms of participation) of this top 25 list, we can possibly revisit that.