The most memorable villain from a video game is...

[The Night Owl]

After nominating the most memorable video game villain, please provide the title of the game it is from.

[RedStateShame]

1. Donkey Kong

'Cos his first name is Donkey, but he's an ape. :wtf:

[northzax]

43. And even people who haven't played a game

Since the reagan administration know donkey kong! My thoughts exactly!

[slj0101]

2. Pyramid Head, from the Silent Hill games.

[ghostsofgiants]

15. FUCK YES.

ALL CAPS 'N SHIT.

[amitten]

62. I don't see what's so bad about that one. n/t

[slj0101]

77. He's just freakin' creepy.

The whole Silent Hill franchise is creepy.

[Danger Mouse]

84. The first time you see him he's violating another one of the monsters.

Does it again the next time you meet him. You can't kill him, and when he goes away, it's only because he feels like it. He does shit purely to mess with your head, and always shows up when you least expect (or WANT) him to.
And at the end of the game, you have to fight two of them at once. I frickin hate Pyramid Head.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Tyranthraxus!

anybody know who that is without googling?

[Lethe]

21. pool of radiance

he was a dragon you had to fight at the end (beat his ass i did)

[NewJeffCT]

27. that was an old game

early 90s, if I recall. Maybe even late 80s?

I haven't played many other video games over the years.

[Lethe]

95. yeah man

it took me like all summer to beat that game. I busted out the graph paper and mapped every zone. That very last castle was a bitch cause you had to find the secret entrance inside to Tyranthraxus' room. Damn, I was proud though when i beat it. :)

[Bassic]

4. Sephiroth

of course.

[Danger Mouse]

40. Sephiroth was overrated. All he did was kill people and whine about his mommy.

:D

[Bassic]

75. No no no!

What you said is mostly true, but the key is that he looked really cool doing it. That's why he rules :D

And he had one cool sword :D

[Danger Mouse]

82. Looking cool doesn't make you cool.

Kefka was a much better FF villain IMHO...but my personal favorite is probably Vayne from FFXII.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Absolutely must be Sephiroth.

No contest.

[mainegreen]

45. oops

wrong spot

[AllegroRondo]

6. Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde

OK, thats four. But who can forget them?

[The Night Owl]

7. Speaking of the not so friendly ghosts...

http://tech.msn.com/products/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4967470>1=10138

[Kutjara]

8. Revolver Ocelot, natch.

Crazy name, crrrrazy guy!

[JVS]

9. King Koopa. Super Mario bros. series

[HEyHEY]

10. what about gannan!

[JVS]

14. I somehow beat the first part of zelda by violently flailing when I came against him.

I was shooting swords and arrows. Didn't even see him really, so that made him forgettable to me.

[Deja Q]

11. That psychedelic line thing in Qix

[Deja Q]

12. Or the little white ball in Pong?

[billyskank]

16. I have a screensaver like that

How stupid is that? A screensaver that, if you leave it on long enough, will burn your screen. :rofl:

[darkstar]

13. showadan (sp?): system shock 2

[The Night Owl]

20. Shodan

Technically, Shodan was a protagonist in SS2.

SS2 is a great game. I just wish I could get it to work under XP.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

87. "L-l-look at you, hacker. A p-p-pathetic creature of meat and bone...

...panting and sweating as you r-run through My corridors-s. H-h-how can you challenge a perfect, immortal machin-n-n-n-ne?"

What issues are you having with System Shock 2? I was able to get it to run on my machine (I had a hyper-threading processor, so I turned one of them off. Game runs fine after that.)

[GirlinContempt]

17. Zortan

From Bravoman. Best game ever made for the TurboGrafix16

[JVS]

19. TurboGrafix16? That was the expensive system that nobody owned except...

the true fanatics. I heard good things about splatterhouse

[GirlinContempt]

22. You calling me a fanatic?

[JVS]

58. Yes. Either that or a spoiled rich kid who had every system.

And I know that you are more likely a fanatic than that.

[ghostsofgiants]

32. Haha, that is a classic.

[Richard Steele]

18. I was gonna name that evil mad scientist from "Sonic the Hedgehog"...

But since I can't even remember his name, I really
can't call him "memorable", now can I?

[WildEyedLiberal]

36. Dr. Robotnik

(yes I am lame) :)

[Richard Steele]

71. You think you're "lame"? "HA", I say- I call your claims of lameness a silly thing!

Do you actually have a mint-condition "Sega Genesis"
plugged into your TV right now?

And is it sitting next to your prized Atari 2600- the one
with the copy of "Pigs In Space" always in it, in case some
serious Atari afficionados drop by?

I may be bad with names, but I got yer "lame" right here!

Right here next to the Weltron 2005 I play my 8-tracks on.

[WildEyedLiberal]

80. Well I've switched out the Genesis for my NES at the moment

Mario is winning the eternal Mario vs. Sonic battle at the moment, although I've been really wanting to play Sonic 2 for a while.

But I don't have an Atari so I think you win! :D

[Deja Q]

23. The big black box that gropes your pants in order to grab your quarters...

:rofl:

[Jed Dilligan]

24. Ken Oh

From Shinobi

[LynneSin]

25. Those ghost in pac-man

they kept trying to eat me

:cry:

[Jamastiene]

26. Evil Bob from Runescape.

It's a cat that kidnaps you while you are busy doing something else. It's evil.

[jpgray]

28. That little red devil from Ghosts 'n' Goblins.

[Jed Dilligan]

29. The puking pigmen from Ghouls 'n Ghosts. nt

[jpgray]

30. Puking? Let's just say we had a different interpretation as kids.

:P

[Jed Dilligan]

33. I actually can't imagine what that is!

I mean, it's green stuff coming out of his mouth... :shrug:

[jpgray]

35. Ah, you're talking about the sequel, no?

I meant the squatting horrors from the first game. :P

[Jed Dilligan]

38. Yeah, Ghouls and Ghosts was the sequel

It was the only one I had at home so I'm more familiar with it. I actually beat it a couple of times.

They very much puke in that one (Level 1), and when you shoot the stream of puke it sounds like metal. (The material, not the music, though that would also be cool.)

[Fox Mulder]

31. Mother Brain from Metroid and Super Metroid.

And Dr. Wily. Who could forget Dr. Wily from Mega Man???

[sniffa]

34. the finaL guy in doubLe dragon

or mr. x from "kung-fu master".

[WildEyedLiberal]

37. Umbrella

From Resident Evil.

I would've said Sephiroth but he's got a couple of votes already.

[Downtown Hound]

39. Nemesis from Resident Evil 3

Not the best RE game ever, but definitely had the coolest villain.

[KitchenWitch]

41. The "All your base" guy

:7

[ironflange]

65. Oops, didn't notice your post

Check out reply #64.

[KitchenWitch]

67. Cool - did not know its name!

:)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

66. Check post #64.

:D

[Danger Mouse]

42. I vote for Eddie Dombrowski from Silent Hill 2 because...

He's not an evil, supernatural force. He's not some kind of ancient demon or evil wizard. He's just an ordinary human with a gun and a grudge against the world. And he's incredibly fucking creepy. Eddie is scary to me because he's you, or me, or anyone else, who was pushed too far. The result is an amoral killing machine.
Some choice quotes:

"What does it look like? He always busted my balls. "You fat, disgusting piece of shit! You make me sick! Fat-ass, yer nothin' but a waste of skin! You're so ugly, even your mama don't love you!" Well maybe he was right. Maybe I am nothing but a fat disgusting piece of shit. But ya know what? It doesn't matter if you're smart, dumb, ugly, pretty... it's all the same once yer dead... and a corpse can't laugh. From now on, if anyone makes fun of me... I'll kill 'em. Just like that!"

"Do you know what it does to you, James? When you're hated, picked on, spit on, just cause of the way you look? After you've been laughed at your whole friggin' life? That's why I ran away after I killed that dog. I ran away like a scared little girl. Yeah, I killed that dog. It was fun! It tried to chew its own guts up, finally died all curled up in a ball. Then "he" came after me, I shot him too, right in the leg. He cried more than the dog, hah, hah, hah, hah!"

"Killin' a person ain't no big deal. Just put the gun to their head... pow!"

http://silenthill.kominet.ru:8101/pictures/characters/eddy.jpg
Incidentally, Silent Hill 2 is probably the best game I've ever played overall. I just <3 it.

[ghostsofgiants]

44. Silent Hill 2 is amazing, for sure.

But then, I'm a bit of a Silent Hill fanboy, haha.

[Danger Mouse]

47. I actually liked Silent Hill 4...I was such a weenie about the ghosts...

especially this one:

I practically shat myself when he showed up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V-UxQ1Ttc8
Edit to include his grand entrance...a little nightmare fuel for ya. :scared:

[ghostsofgiants]

49. The ghosts in SH4 were awesome.

I need to get a new gamepad for my PC so I can play it again.

[Danger Mouse]

53. Andrew and Richard didn't want to be left out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0oghDjYyx4&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N19P7xkkxmE

[ghostsofgiants]

54. I love the "camera" work in that game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiFaGtzJ7Ds

[Danger Mouse]

55. Why did I have to watch this? Now I won't sleep. At all. =P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7tmrx2VIK4&NR=1

[ghostsofgiants]

57. I actually meant to post this trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV21MirTN44

But whatever, haha.

[mainegreen]

46. Ur-Quan/(Kzer-Za/Kohr-Ah)

of course I'm biased.
;)



Followed up closely by the Uhlek

[Phoonzang]

48. Agreed on the Kohr-Ah.

Stupid bastards completely mess up the galaxy if you draw the game out too long.

[mainegreen]

51. Yup. I got my ass handed to me first time through because I dilly-dallied.

Next thing you know they were all over the place and species were going extinct left and right.

[EstimatedProphet]

50. Kane from Command and Conquer

The man has STYLE

[Inchworm]

56. Seconded!

:hi:

[mduffy31]

74. Kane is the MAN

[Phoonzang]

52. Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn

From the Wing Commander series. Of course he wasn't a bad guy until later, but still, what an epic character (especially as played by Malcolm McDowell).

[rockymountaindem]

60. WC4 is one of my favorite games of all time

I beat the last cutscene in one attempt!

[RoyGBiv]

59. Irenicus ...

For me anyway ...

[WildEyedLiberal]

81. OMG how could I have forgotten about BGII?

Irenicus was such a great villain.

[Akoto]

85. Irenicus is a great villain!

Superbly acted, superbly written. He wasn't one-sided, either.

[Lethe]

96. yeah man Irenicus was awesome

"YOU BORE ME, MAGELING!"

his dialog was great, and his little soliloquys were awesome. The voice actor was David Warner, a most notorious actor for playing villains. (he was in TRON too!)

[Adsos Letter]

61. actually, a group of individuals

the 91st Soviet Guards Regiment in one of the river-crossing scenarios of SPWAW...they really need a tactical nuke option in that game... :grr:

[Ariana Celeste]

63. Kefka, Final Fantasy VI.

Just look at him.

[Danger Mouse]

83. Nobody beats him for sheer flamboyance. WTH is with his clown getup, anyway

???
:P

[Lethe]

97. i seriously hated that asshole

god he was such a prick!

[ironflange]

64. CATS

HA HA HA HA

OK, OK, game is called Zero Wing

[Anaxamander]

68. M. Bison, Street Fighter II

Watch for that Psycho Crusher!

[ContraBass Black]

69. Joseph Stalin, of Red Alert.

[mduffy31]

72. Notice that Kane is the bald guy in the picture

[ContraBass Black]

78. But until the end, all he does is whisper in Stalin's ear.

And nothing matches Stalin's drunken victory dance.

[mduffy31]

93. After Command and Conquer 3

I can't wait for them to finally release Red Alert 3, if they do.

[Yukari Yakumo]

70. Kerrigan

Starcraft & Starcraft: Brood War

[mduffy31]

73. Ganon from The Legend of Zelda

[PVnRT]

76. Another vote for Gannon

My favorite incarnation of him being in Ocarina of Time.

[Broken_Hero]

88. Ditto on Gannon, nt

[mduffy31]

94. You mean this incarnation?

I like the fight with him at the end of Twilight Princess better though.

[PVnRT]

98. Ocarina was the last one I played

Well, that and parts of the one with the Masks, so I wouldn't know.

One of my proudest video game moments was fleeing his collapsing tower at the end of Ocarina and making it the first time I tried it.

[LanternWaste]

79. Unwitting evidence from me that "once a geek, always..."

John Irenicus from Baldur's Gate II.

"You'll get no standard villain's exposition from me..."

Voiced-over by the amazing John Warner.

[RoyGBiv]

86. I love his lines ...

At times so traditionally evil but with modern "aware" twinges to his speech and written dialog. As the "hero" I really wanted to follow that bastard around just figure out all he was up to.

[Matsubara]

89. King Koopa from Super Mario Bros.?

That's about the last game I ever played...

[Deja Q]

90. License plates

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6583406

:rofl:

[Evoman]

91. Frank Horrigan

From Fallout 2.

Huge, evil, fascist bastard who destroys the game's tribes and enslaves them. He and the "President of the United States" (in post-nuclear america) are obsessed with "genetic purity" and want to destroy the anybody with mutated DNA so they can retake the land.




Edited to add wiki picture:

[PVnRT]

92. And impossible to kill in the end

unless you've thought ahead and activated the security auto-turrets. Then you sit back and watch the killing.