Board 8 > Top 100 Classic Games list - NOMINATIONS

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Gonna start counting dem jauns for reel. This is day #5. I'll probably close this in the next day or two.

Top 5

Tetris
Super Mario Bros. 3
Final Fantasy 7
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Metal Gear Solid

Next 15

Chrono Trigger
Baldur's Gate 2
Half-Life 2
Super Metroid
Contra
Pac-Man
Street Fighter 2/Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (The latter, if you're counting them separately)
Final Fantasy 6
Fallout
Grand Theft Auto 3
Resident Evil 4
Starcraft
Deus Ex
Doom
Pokemon RBY

The Rest

Castlevania: SotN
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Secret of Monkey Island
System Shock 2
Civilization 4
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy 10
Call of Duty 4
Sonic the Hedgehog 1
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
River City Ransom
Final Fight
Pong
Space Invaders
Donkey Kong
Defender
Pitfall
Half-Life
Grim Fandango
World of Warcraft
Planescape: Torment
Mass Effect 2
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Castlevania
Shining Force
Dragon Quest 5
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Mega Man 2
Star Fox 64
Silent Hill 2
Halo
Gradius
Goldeneye 007
Mortal Kombat 2
Virtua Fighter
Soul Calibur
Gran Turismo
Metroid Prime
Minesweeper
Team Fortress 2
Dark Souls
Skyrim
A Madden game (If I have to pick a specific one... Let's say 2006.)
Oregon Trail
Persona 4
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Fire Emblem 7

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SuperNiceDog won the Guru contest. Good job.

If you want to see what has been nominated so far, either for ideas or for going "oh yeaaahh....*facepalm*", I'm tabulating everything on the following spreadsheet. (Note that everyone's actual submissions are intentionally being hidden.)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoS8GGHS9FDGdDhCZm1UZnFJc1FyTXFVNXdQbVNtdlE



edit: I should add, don't worry about whether or not the specific iteration of a series is nominated or not. Just nominate the one you think belongs. I'm likely in many cases to merge the votes and officially assign those noms to the highest vote-getter. (So if Mega Man 2 has 5 votes and MM3 has 2 votes from other ppl, I'll treat it like MM2 has 7.)

Now that I've got *most* of the posts tabulated, we've got a pretty decent list. I will additionally be nominating the following:


Bard's Tale
Aladdin (GEN)
Bio-Shock
Bust-a-Move (aka Puzzle Bobble)
COD4
C&C
Conker's
CS
DW3 (well, any DW really)
EQ (I thought I did nom that)
F-Zero
HoMM3 (thought I did that also)
MK64
Ogre Battle
Punch-Out!!
Shinobi
KOTOR
Discs of Tron
Wii Sports

and also adding Stunts

TOP FIVE
Pac-Man
Super Mario Bros.
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Final Fantasy 7
Portal

NEXT FIFTEEN
Super Mario 64
Mega Man 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (though S&K's the best and S1 can kiss it)
Halo
Goldeneye
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil
ESPN NFL 2k5 (what the direction of sports-games should have been)
Starcraft
Metal Gear Solid
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Tetris
Pokemon Red/Blue

TWENTY EXTRAS
Metroid Prime
Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Wii Sports
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Banjo-Kazooie
Donkey Kong
Contra
Guitar Hero 3
Mario Kart 64
Star Fox 64
Shadow of the Colossus
Galaga
Pong
Chrono Trigger
Silent Hill 2
Bioshock
ICO
Resident Evil 4
Morrowind

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Tabulating what I've got left to do. Not keeping this open much longer. If you intend on posting, say so.

Some smart people said I should give a deadline before closing, so that's what I'm doing.


DEADLINE: Thursday at midnight EDT.

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Just an FYI, it's much easier on me if you either alphabetize your list, or you leave out the numbers for position on the list so I can easily do so myself.

And again, here's the list of current noms:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoS8GGHS9FDGdDhCZm1UZnFJc1FyTXFVNXdQbVNtdlE#gid=0

EDITED FOR ALPHABETICAL ORDER

#1. Super Mario Bros.
#2. Super Mario Bros. 3
#3. Sonic the Hedgehog
#4. Tetris
#5. Pong

#6. Metal Gear Solid
#7. Final Fantasy VII
#8. Uncharted 2
#9. Street Fighter II
#10. Super Mario 64
#11. Mass Effect
#12. Halo
#13. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
#14. Donkey Kong Country
#15. Pokemon RBY
#16. The Legend of Zelda
#17. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
#18. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
#19. Starcraft
#20. The Oregon Trail

Age of Empires
Assassin's Creed
Asteroids
Banjo-Kazooie
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Braid
Burnout 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Castlevania
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Centipede
Chrono Trigger
Civilization II
Civilization IV
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Contra
Dance Dance Revolution
Demon's Souls
Diablo II
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Dragon Quest
Earthbound
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Everquest
Fable
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy Tactics
Fire Emblem
Frogger
Goldeneye 007
Gradius
Gran Turismo
Half-Life
King of Fighters '98
Kingdom Hearts
Kirby's Dream Land
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Mario Kart 64
Mario Party
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Math Blasters
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man X
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metal Gear Solid 4
Minesweeper
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Myst
NBA Jam
Pac-Man
Pokemon GSC
RC Pro-Am
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 4
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Secret of Mana
Silent Hill
The Simpsons Arcade Game
The Sims
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Generations
Space Invaders
Spore
Spyro the Dragon
Star Fox 64
Streets of Rage
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Super Mash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
TMNT Arcade Game
Toejam & Earl
Tomb Raider
Wii Sports
World of Warcraft
Worms: Armageddon
Xenoblade Chronicles
X-Men Arcade Game



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Top 5:
Doom
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Metal Gear Solid
Super Mario World
Tetris

Next 15:

Civilization
Deus-Ex
Final Fantasy VII
Half-Life
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mega Man 2
Pokemon R/B/Y
Portal
Quake
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sonic the Hedgehog
Starcraft
Super Metroid
Super Street Fighter II
Super Mario 64

The Rest:

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Banjo-Kazooie
Bioshock
Cave Story
Descent
Descent: Freespace
Doom II
Diablo II
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest V
Duke Nukem 3D
Earthbound
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
F-Zero X
F-Zero GX
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X
Freespace 2
Galactic Civilizations
Gradius III
Goldeneye 007
Half-Life 2
Halo
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kirby Super Star
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Mario Kart 64
Master of Orion II
Mega Man 3
Mega Man X
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metroid Prime
Mother 3
Myst
Panzer Dragoon
Paper Mario
Paper Mario: TTYD
Phantasy Star IV
Phantasy Star Online
Resident Evil II
Riven
The Secret of Monkey Island
SimCity 2000
Soul Calibur
Star Fox 64
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Kart
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Mario World II: Yoshi's Island
System Shock 2
Team Fortress II
The Legend of Zelda
Vectorman
Wolfenstein 3D
World of Goo
Worms Armageddon
Zork

I may have allowed a little too much personal bias into this list, since a few of these selections aren't actually -that- popular or even that influential, but I figure it'll be okay.

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I put this in alphabetical order and just to remind you, this is my 6-20 set of games

Angry Birds
Asteroids
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Donkey Kong
Farmville
Grand Theft Auto III
The Legend of Zelda
Madden 2004
Mega Man
Metal Gear Solid
Pokemon R/B/Y
The Secret of Monkey Island
Space Invaders
Tetris
Wii Sports

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Here are a lot of other games that occupy #21 and beyond:
Animal Crossing
Assassin's Creed II
Backyard Baseball
Banjo-Kazooie
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Beyond Good & Evil
BioShock
Braid
Bully
Castle Crashers
Centipede
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
Chrono Trigger
Civilization IV
Counter-Strike: Source
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Crash Team Racing
Crazy Taxi
Dance Dance Revolution
de Blob
Defender
DiRT 2
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong Country
Doom
Earthworm Jim
Far Cry 2
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy X
Gauntlet Legends
Ghost 'n Goblins
God of War II
Goldeneye: 007
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grim Fandango
Guitar Hero
Half-Life 2
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Ice Climber
Jak III
Killer7
Kirby Super Star
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Lego Island
MVP Baseball 2005
Mario Golf
Mario Party
Mass Effect
Max Payne
Metroid Prime
Myst
NBA Jam
Paper Mario
Peggle
Pikmin
Portal
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Project Gotham Racing 2
Punch-Out!!
Q*Bert
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rez
Rock Band
Rocket: Robot on Wheels
Root Beer Tapper
Shadow of the Colossus
Shining Force
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Sonic the Hedgehog
SoulCalibur II
Space Station Silicon Valley
Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Star Fox 64
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Tomb Raider
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Twisted Metal 2
Wolfenstein 3D
World of Warcraft
Worms

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What's happening after the nomination period? Further culling or straight to write-ups?

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... as if rights are like muscles - the more you use it, the better it gets. Indeed he may be exercising his first amendment-- but he's an IDIOT!
- A. Scalia

I will cull the list slightly myself, and then to write-ups. My culling will mostly be to ensure we don't have over a quarter of the list taken up with Mario, Zelda, and Final Fantasy.

Would you prefer something else?

Sounds good to me.

I think the nominations have done a great job covering the standout games as well as the different genres, but I didn't know if we were going to discuss the direct results, e.g. this game vs. that game or how much each genre should be represented on a list of 100.

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- A. Scalia

Posting to make sure I remember to do this tomorrow!

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PSN: Mik2Pick

I am more than willing to listen to input on the matter. Like, how many platformers, how many arcade games, etc. I'm just trying to make common sense decisions. However, while I might say no to multiple NES Mega Man games, should I exclude any of SMB1, 2, or 3 if they all would be top 100? They're rather different and all very culturally important in their own way. So by all means, discuss!

I would just wait and see what you end up with before making any decisions

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well, yes, KCF, except I don't intend on sharing the list's contents with the whole board to help me decide, or else there's no entertainment value in the big reveal

The best advice I can offer you then is use your best judgment.

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I didn't add up the values but we've nominated a bunch of games in addition to the big three you mentioned (FF, Mario, Zelda) so maybe you won't be over-inundated with those. They'll likely be the most represented franchises but it looks like you'll end up with about four of each.

I think you can safely umbrella the SF2 original / updates.

100 makes for a pretty substantial list considering how few voters we have. When you have a small sample size, a minority opinion can become inflated if a couple people are really behind it. Might be some adjustments there.

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- A. Scalia

I know. I was hoping we'd get more than 21 respondents. =(

less than 12 hours

Top 5

Super Mario Bros
Tetris
Ocarina of Time
Pokemon R/B/Y
Sonic The Hedgehog

6-20

Final Fantasy 7
Halo
Metal Gear Solid
Pac-man
Pong
Donkey Kong
Half-Life
Wii Sports
World of Warcraft
Street Fighter 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Super Mario 64
Chrono Trigger
GoldenEye 007
Final Fantasy X

Will likely do 1 pointers later!

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PSN: Mik2Pick

6 hours, omg!

I'm going to throw on a few more one pointers

Freespace 2
F-Zero GX
Gunstar Heroes
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Myst
NBA Jam
Phantasy Star 4
Rock Band
Star Ocean 2
Star Wars: KotoR
Tales of Vesperia
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Wii Sports
Wolfenstein 3D

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SuperNiceDog won the Guru contest. Good job.

almost down to 3 hours now, oh no!

Oh why not, more 1 pointers to add on.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Animal Crossing
Banjo-Kazooie
Balloon Fight
Catherine
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Clannad
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Demon's Souls
Devil May Cry
Diddy Kong Racing
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Elite Beat Agents
Fate/stay night
F-Zero GX
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy IX
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
God of War
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Ice Climber
Jump Ultimate Stars
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Lufia II
Mario Kart 64
Mario Tennis
Mega Man 2
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metroid Prime
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
No More Heroes
Okami
Persona 3
Persona 4
Pokemon G/S/C
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Resident Evil 4
Shadow Hearts
Shadow of the Colossus
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 + Knuckles (If they're not counted together, then count them separately)
Star Fox 64
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tales of Symphonia
Tales of Vesperia
The World Ends with You
Tsukihime
Wario Ware, Inc: Mega MicroGame$
Wii Sports
Yoshi's Island


Well that certainly ended up being more than I thought it would....

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Officially closing like now, but if you still want to submit go ahead. I'll count it np. Last chance~

Ok...

Final Fantasy VII
Super Metroid
Tetris
Pokemon Yellow
Shadow of the Colossus

Sonic 2
Metal Gear Solid
Age of Empires II
Myst
100 Classic Books for Nintendo DS

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IngmarBirdman posted...
I didn't add up the values but we've nominated a bunch of games in addition to the big three you mentioned (FF, Mario, Zelda) so maybe you won't be over-inundated with those. They'll likely be the most represented franchises but it looks like you'll end up with about four of each.

I think you can safely umbrella the SF2 original / updates..

I'd personally like to see the list with no tampering - just straight-up how many points each game got (for tie-breakers you could use how many 3- or 2-point votes it got, or just your own judgment), besides, as mentioned above, something like Street Fighter 2 where it's just different versions of the same game and can be pooled into one game. Everything else should be separate, I think, like Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic 2, or the different NES Mario games. The NES Megamans are pretty similar, but the second one was much more popular than the first.

First, I'd like to thank you for this idea, man, you've noticed I used it to make a similar list on my blog that people enjoyed quite a bit (I gave you credit there, too, of course). :)

This is a really great idea. It's also nice to keep the entries one-per-franchise!

Here's my list:

Top Tier (5):
Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985)
Tetris (PC, 1986)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1, 1997)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1, 1998)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, 1998)

2nd Tier (15):
Pong (ARC, 1972)
Pac-Man (ARC, 1980)
Rockman/Mega Man (NES, 1987)
Street Fighter II (ARC, 1991)
Mortal Kombat (ARC, 1992)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMD, 1992)
Pokemon Red/Blue (GB, 1996)
Tomb Raider (PC/SAT, 1996)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1, 1997)
StarCraft (PC, 1998)
Diablo II (PC, 2000)
Grand Theft Auto III (PS2, 2001)
Half-Life 2 (PC, 2004)
World of Warcraft (PC, 2004)
Mass Effect 2 (PC/360, 2010)

Others (30):
Space Invaders (ARC, 1979)
Duck Hunt (NES, 1984)
Arkanoid (ARC, 1986)
Dragon Quest (NES, 1986)
Double Dragon (ARC, 1987)
Prince of Persia (PC, 1989)
Contra (NES, 1988)
Dune II (PC, 1992)
Super Mario Kart (SNES, 1992)
Doom (PC, 1993)
Super Metroid (SNES, 1994)
Earthworm Jim (SNES, 1994)
Samurai Shodown II (ARC, 1994)
Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994)
Chrono Trigger (SNES, 1995)
Duke Nukem 3D (PC, 1996)
Gran Turismo (PS1, 1997)
The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest (ARC, 1998)
Dance Dance Revolution (ARC, 1998)
The Sims (PC, 2000)
Counter-Strike (PC, 2000)
Halo: Combat Evolved (XBOX, 2001)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC, 2001)
Ratchet & Clank (PS2, 2002)
Ninja Gaiden (XBOX, 2004)
Resident Evil 4 (GC, 2005)
God of War (PS2, 2005)
Portal (PC, 2007)
Team Fortress 2 (PC, 2007)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3, 2009)

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Umm, you guys...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/62750549


Nominations are definitely closed at this point.