Favorite game by game publisher or Developer: day 18

[7th lutz]

This is how it works, you pick the game you like the most from the game publisher or delevoper that the topic creator picks. Each game There will be publishers or developers for pc, arcade and console/hand held gaming that will be picked in the future.

You are free to to pm me on what game publisher or developer you want me to pick next.


You are still able to vote on the other days in this tread.

If you found a better list for games for each developer/Publisher, please let me know.
Day 1: Working desings
Day 2: Monolith - List found here- http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/6173.html
Day 3: Toaplan - list found here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/46146.html
Day 4: Pysngnosis
Here is a list of the games they made.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/72468.html
Day 5: Data East
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/12726.html
Day 6: Treasure -list found here:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/36590.html
Day 7: epyx -Best List found here http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/
Day 8: Exidy List here:
http://www.klov.com/manuf_detail.php?letter=E&manuf_id=404
Day 9: Blue Sky Software- here is a list of games they did:
http://www.skygames.com/Games.htm
Day 10: BroderBund-lists of games they did:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/382.html
http://vgrebirth.org/games/company.asp?id=1078
Day 11:technos-Here is the list of games they did:
Arcade games: http://www.klov.com/manuf_detail.php?letter=T&manuf_id=1677
Game Console games:
http://vgrebirth.org/games/search.asp?publishers=535
http://vgrebirth.org/games/search.asp?developers=535
Day 12: Vic Tokai
http://vgrebirth.org/games/search.asp?publishers=108
http://vgrebirth.org/games/search.asp?developers=108
day 13: New World Computer-list of games
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/72467.html
Day 14: Cinematronics-list
http://www.klov.com/manuf_detail.php?manuf_id=258&game_id=9637
Day 15: Visual Concepts- List http://vgrebirth.org/games/search.asp?developers=277
Day 16: Bullfrog Productions-list of games
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/41971.html
Day 17: Seibu Kaihatsu List-
http://www.klov.com/manuf_detail.php?manuf_id=1619&game_id=9244
Game console games-http://vgrebirth.org/games/search.asp?developers=929

Day 18: Hal Laborartory List-
http://vgrebirth.org/games/search.asp?developers=661

[Blitzwing256]

Cadash didn't make me puke.

[MrSmiley381]

Dragon Force.

I think I hated just about everything else they did. I liked Dragon Force because of the storyline and combat, which I don't think Working Designs technically had anything to do with.

Just my $0.02.

[roushimsx]

I think I hated just about everything else they did. I liked Dragon Force because of the storyline and combat, which I don't think Working Designs technically had anything to do with.


Curse you for stealing my post. Fine, I'll vote for Iron Storm. Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't throw in some animuphile crap in it :)

To further throw some positive juju at Working Designs (who, for the most part, I outright hated and was glad to see die off), they did improve Alundra a good bit for the US release. Screwing with monster tables and such is normally a good way to fuck up a perfectly good game (example: Exile 2, also localized by Vic), but cutting the boss fight lengths in half was a damned good thing.

...and I know they're not a super big name developer, but if you could find it in your heart to give a day to Monolith (the No One Lives Forever guys!), I'd love you forever :(

[milhouseOFpain]

i enjoyed most of the games that Working Designs brought over. i didnt get instantly excited when i saw their logo on a game, but i did look forward to what they would do next. my favorite game developed by would probably be


Dungeon Explorer

[Kid Ice]

Raystorm (PSX)

[Austin]

I'll second RayStorm.

[j_factor]

I have to say, I really really enjoyed Exile: Wicked Phenomenon.

[smork]

I'd say either of the PSX Lunars or the Growlanser pack for the PS2.

If I can sorta cheat and say any game they were associated with, I'd say Silhouette Mirage. Mind you, i've only played the JP Saturn version, and I understand the PS port is pretty bad, but I quite like the game.

[roushimsx]

If I can sorta cheat and say any game they were associated with, I'd say Silhouette Mirage. Mind you, i've only played the JP Saturn version, and I understand the PS port is pretty bad, but I quite like the game.

It's not the Playstation port that's bad (it's not as good as the Saturn version, but it's pretty damn far from bad), it's the US localization of the Playstation version that sucks :(

Piggybacking on Exile, that game was pretty damn awesome. I should play through the end portion again to see if that small graphical glitch during the ending is still present in the newer builds of Mednafen.

Shame about the second one. Even Vic admits that he royally fucked up the localization on the second game, which is really telling since that assclown was always super defensive over his work.

edit - oh wait, you ARE talking about the second game. How on earth could you enjoy that unbalanced fucking mess? Hell, the core game wasn't even as nice as the first ...it seemed like a lazy sequel, with cut and paste town designs and generic music. Plus, the hitbox was seriously messed up on your character, so ducking was absolutely pointless because you were still going to get hit.

[Xexyz]

Alundra

[Aussie2B]

Of what I've played, I'd probably go with RayStorm. Yes, I am nuts about RPGs, but I feel Working Designs was often scraping the bottom of the barrel as far as what Japan had to offer (that is, what wasn't already picked up for localization by bigger companies). While I still haven't played several of their games, so I admit ignorance on some, the RPGs I have played didn't thrill me that much.

[7th lutz]

Day 1: Working Designs

Mine favorite game published and translated from them is Lunar 2: enteral Blue -ps 1

[roushimsx]

Day 2: I love you!

Tron 2.0

My third favorite first person shooter ever and easilly in my top 10 games ever. Inventive use of the license (really expanding on the universe) with that special "Monolith look" in the characters and animation. As is par for most Monolith games, it's got some flat out amazing level designs (hard drive format!) and creative weapons (nothing beats the claw!). The game encourages replayability without resorting to Rare-like tactics and has a truely memorable final battle.

If there's one thing the game could be faulted on, it's the ending. The game was set up for an expansion pack that it'll never get because the game sold like complete shit on both PC and Xbox :( You can't go wrong with either version!

Disclaimer: I've yet to play FEAR or Condemmed because I have a ghetto PC. That'll be rectified next month

[j_factor]

edit - oh wait, you ARE talking about the second game. How on earth could you enjoy that unbalanced fucking mess? Hell, the core game wasn't even as nice as the first ...it seemed like a lazy sequel, with cut and paste town designs and generic music. Plus, the hitbox was seriously messed up on your character, so ducking was absolutely pointless because you were still going to get hit.

Actually, I did mean the first one, I just confused myself. Although I don't think the second is as bad as people say.

[milhouseOFpain]

Condemned by default - i am pretty sure its the only game by them that i have played

[7th lutz]

Day 2: Monolith

Here is a list games this developer has done: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/6173.html

[milhouseOFpain]

Toaplan = Batsugan, a Saturn shooter that i am actually pretty ok at. mainly because its one of the easier ones. someone will say Zero Wing because of the "all your base" stuff i am sure.

[DeputyMoniker]

I havent played any of their titles but I think they deserve credit for helping bring Tron back. I heard it was pretty good too.

[7th lutz]

Day 3: Toaplan

Toaplan used to make arcade games and a couple game console games.

Here is a list of the games they made.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/46146.html

Some of these games on that list, you may recongize on game consoles, Like Zero wing, Twin Cobra to name a couple.

My favorite game is M.U.S.H.A. -Genesis. Truxton, Snow Brothers and Hellfire close behind.

[j_factor]

Day 3, Truxton: Grind Stormer.

Day 4, Psygnosis: Wow... really tough call here. I'm a big fan of Psygnosis. They were one of the best around during the Genesis/Amiga days and then the Playstation days. As much as I love Shadow of the Beast and Roll Away, I think I'm gonna have to give the nod to Fatal Rewind. That was one seriously intense game.

[DigitalSpace]

Day 1: Believe it or not, I've never played a single Working Designs game.

Day 2: Ditto with Monolith.

Day 3: Fire Shark (Genesis). My third favorite vertical shmup of all-time, behind Ikaruga and Space Megaforce.

Day 4: Destruction Derby (PSX). It's especially fun in multiplayer.

Also, to the OP, I suggest listing the companies you selected for the previous day in the first post, for those who missed out on them but wanted to respond. Saves a lot of time scrolling through the thread to figure things out (not that I don't encourage reading through the thread, but you get the point).

[DeputyMoniker]

Day 4: Psygnosis
Wipeout XL without a doubt! I can't say enough about this game. It's the reason I bought a Playstation. There just isn't any compliment I can give it that you haven't heard from 5-10 people in the last 12 months. That tells you how damn good Wipeout XL is. 10 years after its release, you still can't go any extended period of time without someone mentioning its music, style, mechanics, battle elements and graphics all in the same sentence.

[Bloodreign]

Day 3 Twin Cobra, the game screams difficult, the Genesis saw a nice port of it.

[DeputyMoniker]

Day 3 Twin Cobra, the game screams difficult, the Genesis saw a nice port of it.

Just answering a previous day makes it difficult to navigate this page. Cant you throw a Day 4 in there too?

[2Dskillz]

Day 4: Alundra

the DREAM WARRIOR

[dreamcaster]

Day 4: Destruction Derby, only because Wipeout 64 isn't on the list. :/

[DeputyMoniker]

Day 4: Destruction Derby, only because Wipeout 64 isn't on the list. :/

Midway & Sony did WO64. How did the Sony/Psygnosis thing go? Did Sony aquire the Psygnosis team? Heck, Psygnosis may have done WO64 in that case.
You prefer WO64 over WOXL?

[Kid Ice]

Psygnosis is one of my favorite developers. Wipeout XL.

I don't remember who did WO64 but it wasn't Psygnosis. And yes they were absorbed into Sony.

CORRECTION: WO64 was developed by Psygnosis and published by Midway. Sometimes it's easy to confuse the publisher/developer thing.

[DeputyMoniker]

Psygnosis is one of my favorite developers. Wipeout XL.

I don't remember who did WO64 but it wasn't Psygnosis. And yes they were absorbed into Sony.

CORRECTION: WO64 was developed by Psygnosis and published by Midway. Sometimes it's easy to confuse the publisher/developer thing.

I thought it was Midway & Sony that did WO64, which is why I asked how the Sony Psygnosis thing worked. I wasnt sure if Sony just aquired the name, projects & licenses from Psygnosis or if Sony actually kept the Psygnosis team too.

[milhouseOFpain]

Day 4 - Discworld, not alot to pick from again today for me at least.

[j_factor]

Sony bought Psygnosis in 1994. Psygnosis was still able to release games for Saturn and N64 by giving them to other publishers.

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

Day 1: RayStorm
Day 2: Have not played a Single game from them But am temped to try some of their games.
Day 3: Tiger Heli
Day 4: Lemmings but I do want to Try WipeOut
Day 5: Bump 'n Jump
Day 6: Radiant Silvergun or Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)
Day 7: Winter Games
Day 8: Pepper II

[Aussie2B]

Day 4 - Honestly, I've yet to play a Psygnosis game that I've thought was particularly good. However, I'll go with the Turbo CD or FM Towns Marty versions of Shadow of the Beast on the basis that some of the music is REALLY good. It's nice in other versions too, but not quite so much.

[idrougge]

Day 4: Psygnosis

Must say Agony at the moment.
I can't remember any good Psygnosis games developed in-house, though.

[7th lutz]

Day 4: Lemmings

Day 5: Boulder Dash-nes

I think this is the best Data East game I played.

[DeputyMoniker]

Day 5: Data East
Burger Time : INTV
One of my top 5 of all time.

[j_factor]

For Data East, I give my vote to Panic! I absolutely adore that game, just because it's so bizarre.

[DigitalSpace]

Day 5: I'm going with Joe & Mac for the SNES. It was good enough to stand on its own against all the other games in the over-abundant prehistoric themed platformers at the time.

[7th lutz]

Gunstar Super Heroes is my favorite game from them.

[j_factor]

My favorite Treasure game would have to be Bangai-O. Dynamite Headdy is a close second.

[o2william]

That GameFAQs list doesn't include McDonald's TreasureLand Adventure. Probably won't be anybody's favorite Treasure game, but it's a good one.

My favorite Treasure title has to be Ikaruga. I can play that over and over. I entertain fantasies of becoming an Ikaruga master, but I know it's not gonna happen.

Ironically I just started playing Dynamite Headdy again yesterday; I guess that's my second favorite. That or Gunstar Heroes.

Wasn't too impressed with Alien Soldier, Light Crusader seemed OK, not spectacular though. Haven't played Radiant Silvergun, unfortunately.

[DigitalSpace]

Day 6: Ikaruga's my favorite here. The game kicks my ass time and time again yet I can't get enough of it. Wario World is a close second. Too bad it was so short, though.

[Kid Ice]

Day 6: Radiant Silvergun. I'm still in that "this is the best shooter ever" crowd.

[evil_genius]

treasure - radiant silvergun

[jeffg]

Day 1 Working Designs: I have almost all the WD games for SCD, Saturn, PS1, PS2 so it is really tough for me to pick, but I will go with Dragon Force. I have played through 6 or 7 of the scenario's on that game.

Day 6: Treasure

Without a doubt Radiant Silvergun, it is hte best shooter ever.

Another great one no one has mentioned is Sin & Punishment for N64. I just got this and it is pretty dang cool. Not RSG or Ikaruga cool but close.

[Roagie]

Monolith: No One Lives Forever. What a classic.

[7th lutz]

My favorite game from them is California games-2600,sms,and lynx.

[Kid Ice]

Epyx - Impossible Mission

[j_factor]

Day 7: For some reason I really liked Todd's Adventures in Slime World.

[Bloodreign]

Day 3 Twin Cobra, the game screams difficult, the Genesis saw a nice port of it.

Just answering a previous day makes it difficult to navigate this page. Cant you throw a Day 4 in there too?

No favorites from them sorry (perhaps Lemmings).

Day 5: Data East: Burger Time
Day 6: Treasure: Gradius V (they worked on it)
Day 7: Epxy: Blue Lightning, one of the Lynx's best games

[7th lutz]

Exidy: Boulder Dash. If the arcade version is like the nes version then I would pick it.

[j_factor]

Day 8: I really liked Pepper II...

[7th lutz]

Day 9: Vectorman is my favorite game by them.

[j_factor]

That list for Blue Sky Software is grossly incomplete. I'm sure all of the GameFAQs lists are incomplete to some extent, but that's missing a large number of titles. Here (http://www.skygames.com/Games.htm) is a full list of all the games they made.

Anyway, my favorite game by them was also Vectorman.

[DigitalSpace]

I haven't played anything by Epyx or Exidy, so I skipped days 7 and 8.

Day 9: Vectorman is my favorite as well. Thanks for the more accurate list, j_factor.

[7th lutz]

That list for Blue Sky Software is grossly incomplete. I'm sure all of the GameFAQs lists are incomplete to some extent, but that's missing a large number of titles. Here (http://www.skygames.com/Games.htm) is a full list of all the games they made.

Anyway, my favorite game by them was also Vectorman.
Thanks for letting me know. I put the link to this list on the first page now.

[le geek]

Day 1: Working desings - Lunar the Silver Star Story (Sega CD)
Day 2: Monolith - TRON 2.0
Day 3: Toaplan - Sky Shark
Day 4: Psygnosis - Lemmings (Amiga)
Day 5: Data East - Burgertime
Day 6: Treasure - Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
Day 7: Epyx - Summer Games II
bigger list here: http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/
Day 8: Exidy - Mouse Trap
Day 9: Blue Sky Software - Vectorman

Cheers,
Ben

[7th lutz]

My favorite game is Choplifter from them.

[j_factor]

I guess my favorite Broderbund game is Prince of Persia. Had a lot of fun with that.

[Bronty-2]

I haven't played many but did enjoy karateka for pc back in the day..

[7th lutz]

My favorite game by technos is River city Ransom-nes.

[j_factor]

I'd say my favorite Technos game is Return of Double Dragon. That's the Japanese version of Super Double Dragon - for some reason they made the US version worse.

[DigitalSpace]

Day 10: Haven't played anything by Broderbund, so no pick for the day.

Day 11: Tough choice. I'll go with River City Ransom, with Double Dragon II being a close second.

[7th lutz]

Vic Tokai- Decap Attack

[DigitalSpace]

For Day 12, Whip Rush is a fun shmup. Still trying to hunt down a copy for my Genesis collection.

[j_factor]

Vic Tokai: Clash at Demonhead. Columns III is one of my favorite games ever, but I just feel weird calling it a Vic Tokai game.

[7th lutz]

cinematronics-star Castle

[j_factor]

It's all about Space Ace.

[7th lutz]

Day 15: Trog-nes

[DigitalSpace]

I skipped Days 13 and 14 for the same reasons I've skipped other days.

For Day 15, I'm going with Claymates (SNES). It's a pretty good platformer with some unique aspects and having to figure out where to direct the robots you release at the end of each level to clear the obstacles that blocked your way to the next one was a nice concept, despite being frustrating at times.

[B - Mark]

My List:

Day 3: Toaplan
Day 5: Data East
Day 6: Treasure
Day 11:technos
Day 12: Vic Tokai

[7th lutz]

Day 17: Raiden

[DigitalSpace]

Raiden for me as well.

[7th lutz]

Day 18- Earthbound.

Very tough to chose from.