Favorite Video Game

[benjgvps]

What is your favorite video game (Any console/platform/OS) and why? Personally, I REALLY like the Half Life series. I just started playing the Half life 2 games (Half life2 and Half life 2: Episode One) this summer and it is the only first person shooter I actually enjoy. I'm asking for the Orange Box for PC this Christmas, if I don't get it, I'm spending the $68 I need to get it. I also have the original Half life on this computer right now, its taking a while to beat because it gets mighty intense and I have to stop because I start making mistakes. It took about 2 (full) days to beat Half Life 2 (on all day) and only a few hours to beat Episode One. Its such a good mix between science fiction, emotions, horror, and a little bit of teamwork thrown in. For me its like I'm almost in the game and I forget that I'm in my room sitting in a chair in front of a monitor. I recommend this game to almost everybody.

 

[II2II]

Zork. After all, why settle for 3-D graphics when you have a 5-D imagination.

 

[MacTCP]

Nothing beats Super Mario World [)] ]'>

 

[Dan 7.1]

Burning Monkey Solitaire.

 

[Scott Baret]

MVP Baseball 2005 for GameCube, any Madden game, and really sports games in general are my favorites. Was there ever a good baseball game for Macintosh?

You also can't beat Super Mario Bros 3, the sole reason I keep my NES around. Is it available on Wii virtual console so I can finally chuck that unreliable old NES and that huge game cartridge?

Outside of sports and Mario games, I'm not really that good at them or into them...on the Mac I once tried the demo version of Prince of Persia and couldn't even figure out the controls! I like the Cliff Johnson games, Battle Chess, and Lemmings on the computer, though I only have Lemmings for DOS (not Mac).

 

[benjgvps]

Oh I forgot to put lemmings on my post! I just had to sum up my love for half life into a decent size and I forgot to put lemmings! I should get some more NES games for my Wii.

 

[bluekatt]

sims 2

vampir eblood lines ( the reason i keep a pc around)

star war skotor 2

star wars jedi academy

blood rayne 2

final fantasy 7

ray tracers

bushido blade

grandia grandia 2

gundam federation vs zeon

and many many more

 

[wgoodf]

ROBOTRON!!

i am 10-12 years old in Johnneys arcade.

duel joysticks. one for 8 direction movement and one for 8 direction shooting.

its those bloody brains again.

kill kill kill.

must have been around 1982 or so.

the only game i have ever loved, that and chucky egg on the dragon 32.

robotron is my true love tho.

 

[equant]

Not to be too big a tool, but shouldn't this thread be in the lounge?

 

[chris]

Mmm, Quake 1...

Deathmatches are the most fast paced and best of ANY FPS of any time period.

Team Fortress 1 is awesome.

 

[Quadraman]

Call of Duty 2. It's the first game that got me interested in WWII combat shooters.

 

[Bunsen]

Defender

 

[Franklinstein]

For 68k machines:

Maxis stuff (SimCity, etc).

Oregon Trail

Why: SimCity is a fun way to waste MAJOR amounts of time. Oregon Trail makes me laugh (you have died of dysentery... hahaha)

For older Power Macs:

Duke Nukem 3D

Warcraft

Descent

Why: Duke Nukem is fun, Warcraft is cool, and Descent is pretty cool, flying around blowing up corrupted alien robots deep within mines inside of asteroids.

For newer Power Macs:

StarCraft

Diablo II

Why: StarCraft roxxors, and Diablo II is pretty cool. The armies of Hell don't stand a chance against me. I'm usually either the Necromancer or the Druid. I love my pets.

For peecees:

Half-Life and its derivatives (these games are the only reason I run Windows, actually)

Why: I AM Gordon Freeman. That game is probably one of the best ever made in the history of the universe. The story is fantastic, and the characters are well-developed and integral to the story. Some of it may not be terribly realistic (how can Alyx take that much damage wearing a tank top and jeans?), but it's still frickin' sweet.

For consoles:

Need for Speed (II and III are the best, IMO)

Resident Evil

Twisted Metal

Why: NFS is probably the only way I'll ever get my hands on a McLaren F1, and it's fun to run over road signs and drive the cops or other players into median rails and stuff. Resident Evil also has a good story, good enough to be made into a series of slightly campy movies. Twisted Metal combines driving and blowing stuff up, which is awesome.

 

[bluekatt]

need for speed 2 ? why that played it on the ps1 and absolutley hated it the graphics looke dlike a 16 bit console handeling was terrible

3 on the other hand was good

think il go play it now if i can tear meself free of the sims 2

 

[FerazelX]

Franklinstein, I find it interesting that Oregon Trail makes you laugh. It was certaintly NOT a laughing matter when a thief made off with ALL BUT ONE of my oxen!

 

[Franklinstein]

It's not really hysterical when my damn wagon capsizes when attempting to ford a river and everything floats off, either. But the deaths would often elicit a chuckle, as dark as that sounds. It's probably the direct, matter-of-fact way it's presented, it's just like, BAM! You dead. Cholera. And a snake bite. Game over. Try again.

 

[CaryMG]

I'd say the Paul Woakes masterwork "Damocles".

:b&w:

 

[aphetica]

FFVII.

I recently played it again after a few years when I realized I could play the PSX disc on my Mac with PCSX.

It looks way prettier on a good-quality CRT.

 

[coius]

Transport Tycoon. All the way!! It's a bit hard to find, but it is the original Tycoon game (Done by Chris Sawyer) and is a truly awesome game to play

One of my favorite bugs (That's not a bug, that's a feature!!!) is that in the original game, if you built a tunnel from one end of the world to the other, you would get like $6billion . They fixed it with the deluxe edition. But go ahead and give it a shot. it's also for mac too!!!

There is Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe

OpenTTD.org