Real Life Adventure Island (sort of...)

[allyourbase]

Ok, for this exercise's sake imagine this...

You are outcast to a desert island, in the middle of a nice tropical sea. No bad ass skateboards, no boomerangs or strange mutant plant life/animals. On the beach is a small shaded hut, a power source,big screen TV, a mini-fridge with some sort of magical never-ending supply of turkey legs and coke. Before being outcast, you were allowed to choose 1 system (retro, pre-ps2) and 5 games out of it's respective library. If, considering your here for an infinite amount of time until giant animals eat you up, what System/games do you choose and why?

Remember, 5 games for the rest of your life, think longevity, re-playability etc.

honestly, i'd choose the Dreamcast and some web browser peripherals... but i'm going elsewhere...

NES

Tetris (the music would probably drive me nuts, but puzzles would keep me sane)
NES Open (not sure why... but hey, 16+ years and I still play it monthly)
Mega Man 2 (one of my favorite MM's, plus you could mix up how you went through the game each time)
Bubble Bobble (Let us all journey to the cave of monsters...)
SMB3 (still one of my all time favorites for nostalgia, plus an exciting platformer that wouldn't wear too thin, too quickly)

Honorable Mention: some crazy large multi-cart (variety is the spice of life)

...arrgh, missing a shmup in there... oh well. Off to the island...

[Misto]

Hmm, I have two in mind. On one hand I'd take the N64 but I'd most likely take the Gamecube with

Tales of Symphonia
Skies of Arcadia
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Resident Evil 1
Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition or if compilations arent allowed
Pikmin 2

But I wouldnt last very long, I don't drink Coke

[Aussie2B]

SNES:

Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (hurray for cheating with compilations)
Chrono Trigger (because it's as close to perfect as a game can get)
Star Ocean (because I can't be without tri-Ace)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (nostalgia and an amazing game)
Pop'n TwinBee (because I can't just have platformers and RPGs and it's great fun)

And not so coincidentally, all of my choices have excellent music too.

[Ed Oscuro]

I would like to take a copy of Digital Press with me so I could relive all those glory days of having had this discussion in years past (complete with the desert without drinks that have little umbrellas in them).

I would probably go insane if I was stuck with any one type of system and couldn't shake it up. I would definitely like to have the Windows PC line in there; if that's no go then a PlayStation would be nice. A classic machine would be fine too.

That sort of situation would cause me to bring along a different list than the sort of games I am actually enjoying right now, where I generally follow one type of game with another (i.e. arcade or console games from certain eras and games) so it really isn't relevant to me.

[fredoche711]

I'll Choose my Nintendo 64 !

my #1 game would be
PERFECT DARK ! after you beat all the solo mission, you can replay them to finishing it as fast as you can, in each difficulty level ( your time is calculated and saved for each mission ) + unlock all the cheat + 30 challenge + combat simulator with saving stats for your character !!!

-GoldenEye : try to beat all the level has fast as you can in each difficulty level ! Best time is saved.

-Super Smash Bros : 1player mode with each character + break the target + platform mode


-DK64 : SOOOO much too colect in the game + DK arcade original ( with factory stage ) + jetpak game + Rambi arena !!!


-Wave race 64 : Time trail + stunt mode = alot of replay value

[kedawa]

Don't pick the N64. The analog sticks will be worn out in no time.