What is the greatest console video game of all time?

[slj0101]

No poll this time, because there are too many good choices.

[mainegreen]

1. Nintendo 64. Because cartridge systems automatically beat CD systems.

And Nintendo 64 was the best cartridge system.
The games rocked, the controller rocked, stable as hell, all around great system.

edited: crap: mis read as greatest console video game system, not greatest console video game. Best console video game? I'd still pick a N64 game: Zelda (obvious huh?). That game was absolutely the most engrossing perfect blend of everything.

[GirlinContempt]

2. console, or console game?

[slj0101]

3. console game.

:hi:

[GirlinContempt]

16. hmmmm

Bravoman :P

[Omphaloskepsis]

4. Totally subjective, but:

The original Legend of Zelda or Metroid.

[av8rdave]

5. Xevious

Good old fashioned video game with one joystick and a couple of buttons. Great graphics by 1980s standards. I'm just too &%$# old to handle the newer game systems!

[Dragonbreathp9d]

6. Oh god

Super Metroid, Super MArio RPG, Metal Gear Solid, Zelda (all except the few really shitty ones) especially Majora's Mask (first game to make me cry - when I got the Kafei quest complete), Mario 64, MGS2, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark..........


so hard to choose one!

[Inchworm]

7. Zelda

Which one? All of em :D

:hi:

[Akoto]

8. So many, but ... The Dragon Warrior/Quest series!

[DS1]

9. Probably Super Mario Bros. Just because it really kick-started the console industry

[realisticphish]

12. this

it was the first real game in the way we think of it... primitive, yet awesome

[racaulk]

21. That was my favorite as a kid!

I would play that game for hours. I played it so much that I got to a point where I could play the entire game, all 32 levels, without losing a single life. Yeah, I was a geek! Then when I got Tetris, you could not pull me away from my Nintendo. I still remember having bruises on my thumbs because of all the time I spent playing those games! But I guess the good thing is that it kept me out of trouble. :)

[Fox Mulder]

10. For me, it's a toss-up between Super Metroid and Zelda:Ocarina of Time.

Edit: How could I forget Donkey Kong Country? That was a great game as well.

[HughBeaumont]

11. PAC MAN FOR ATARI 2600!!!!11!!!!!1!!

LOOK at those graphics! STATE of the ART.

[Deja Q]

22. Did you enjoy it at the time?

Underwheming, the 2600 version was, but it was still... not unreasonably fun.

Even if Mr Hooper did hawk it...

[HughBeaumont]

26. Like, for two weeks.

Then, aware of the lazy effort put into the game and eyes hurting from the blinking and busy maze, went back to Space Invaders, Asteroids and Defender.

I was sad that Tempest for the 2600 never made it out of prototype.

[slj0101]

13. Okay, here's mine. It's tough to choose just one, so:

The Super Star Wars Trilogy games for Super NES
Super Mario All-Stars (all 3 games in one)
Silent Hill (creepiest game ever)
Grand Theft Auto-Vice City (best of the franchise)
Gran Turismo 4
WWF War Zone (lots of fun kicking ass with my custom-made skinny green luchador named Torque)
Twisted Metal 2 - best of the TM series.
Ultimate Mortal Kombat Trilogy


many more. too many to mention

[Fenris]

19. The Super Star Wars Trilogy is one of the most maddeningly difficult series I've played.

I *hated* the opening levels of Return of the Jedi.

[Archae]

14. Spyro the Dragon for the PS1

1998 game, was just about perfect.
Spawned several sequels, a couple average to bad, most good.

This October the next one in the series comes out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNeDd9wGs_A

[billyskank]

15. WipEout 3 on the PS1

but nobody bar my brother and me seem to think so. We were ninjas at that game.

[datasuspect]

17. degenatron

http://www.rockstargames.com/degenatron/

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Mike Tyson's Punch Out! or Super Mario Bros. 3

And if you're feeling nerdy, I'd rank Chrystalis pretty high, even though I sucked ass at it.

[blockhead]

20. Mario Kart 64

[usaftmo]

23. Final Fantasy (the first one)

This was my first real experience with an RPG game. Although I never got involved with Dungeons & Dragons, I like the idea of controlling a small party of weak characters...building up their levels...getting more people (or whatever) to join your party...and on and on

The 1st Final Fantasy game also had a class change. Each character's physical appearance changed dramatically. Attack power (strength or magic) greatly increased, and a lot of weapons/armor can be equipped that couldn't previously.

[AllegroRondo]

27. FF2 and 3 for the SNES were darn good

I really liked 3 because it was the first RPG where the plot was non-linear, meaning you didnt have to do X then Y then Z to win; and you could choose from a number of different characters to have in your group at any particular time.

[usaftmo]

31. FF3 is my favorite one in the series

Now the series is too cartoonish for my liking. In FF3 I liked Umaro and Gau the best. At least that's what I think their names are. One was like a snow monster, and the other was a little guy who imitated attacks from enemies that he survived through. If both of them were in my party Umaro would pick Gau up, twirl him around in the air rapidly, then let loose turning him into a live slingshot.

[Deja Q]

24. Vectrex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8eZOJr5rs4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1KQ4i5oRrM

[pinniped]

25. The N64 wins because it played the greatest console game of all time, Goldeneye.

.

[Lyric]

28. Zelda: The Ocarina of Time

In my world, that game will never be topped. :hi:

[Ariana Celeste]

29. FFVI

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

30. Demon Attack for the Atari 2600. Burger Time for the Intellivision. Shinobi for the NES.

The very first FIFA Soccer for the Sega Genesis.

Never had consoles after the Genesis.

[distantearlywarning]

32. Super Mario Brothers. n/t