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what do you think the best game is ever?
Think about lengh of the game, graphics, role-play and the story of the game.

what do you think

what do you think the best game is ever?
Think about lengh of the game, graphics, role-play and the story of the game.

what do you think

Ocarine of Time. Simply. The. Best.

Outrun.

easy :)

I'll break them down into categories, but these are just some of the games I've had the most fun with over my gaming career. (in no particular order):

Fighting Games
Street Fighter 2 (SNES)
Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES)
Budokan (Amiga)
Samurai Showdown (Neo Geo/Arcade)
Tekken 3 (PS1)
Killer Instinct (N64)

Strategy/RTS Games
Red Alert 2/Yuris Revenge (PC)
Red Alert (PC/PS1)
The Settlers 1 + 2 (Amiga/PC)
X-Com : Terror from the Deep (PC)
Tiberian Sun (PC)

Driving Games
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga)
Gran Turismo 2 (PS1)
Vroom! (Amiga)
Road Rash (3DO)
PGR2 (XBOX)
Test Drive 2 (Amiga)
Carmageddon 2 (PC)
Grand Theft Auto 1 + 2 (PC)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2/XBOX)
Grand Theft Auto Vice City (PS2/XBOX)
Mario Kart (SNES)
Rollcage (PS1)
Burnout 2 (XBOX)
Stunt Car Racer (Amiga)

First-Person Shooters
Doom 1 + 2 (PC)
Unreal Tournament (PC)
Hired Guns (Amiga)
Quake 3 (PC)
Halo (XBOX)
Rainbow Six 3 (XBOX)
Goldeneye (N64)
Perfect Dark (N64)
Dark Forces (PC)
Jedi Outcast (PC)
Operation Flashpoint (PC)
Hidden and Dangerous (PC)
Medal of Honor : Allied Assault (PC)

2D Platformers/Platform Shooters
Super Mario World (SNES)
Alex the Kid in Miracle World (Master System)
Mickey Mouse (Master System)
Super Mario All-stars (SNES/NES)
Contra 3 (SNES)
Cybernator (SNES)
Turrican 2 (Amiga)
Walker (Amiga)
Mario 2 : Six Golden Coins (GB)
Flashback (Amiga)

Point and Click Adventures
Secret of Monkey Island
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Monkey Island 2 : LeChucks Revenge
Day of the Tentacle
Discworld 2
Star Trek the Next Generation : A Final Unity

Air/Space Combat Simulators
X-wing (PC)
Tie Fighter (PC)
X-wing vs Tie Fighter (PC)
F-18 Interceptor (Amiga)
Fighter Bomber (Amiga)
F-19 Stealth (PC)
Falcon (Amiga)
F-29 Retaliator (Amiga)
Rogue Squadron (N64)
Gunship (Amiga)
Thunderhawk (PS1)

3D Platformers
Mario 64 (N64)
Prince of Persia : Sands of Time (XBOX)


Miscellaneous Titles
Worms (PC)
Lemmings (Amiga)
Worms 3D (XBOX)
Metal Gear Solid 1 + 2 (PS1/PS2)
Splinter Cell (XBOX)
Tenchu (PS2)
Max Payne (PC)

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I got bored listing them, but you get the general idea.

I think it's safe to say that there is NO definitive "best game ever", as they are all great in their own way, e.g. you can't compare a great FPS to a great driving simulator, they are totally different.

If I had to choose one based on how long I'd spent playing it, then it would be either :

DOOM (PC)
Red Alert (PS1)
Perfect Dark (N64)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Street Fighter 2 (SNES)
or
Unreal Tournament (PC)

That is all .... :D

Contra for the nes Just.Brilliant

Borat - you have the BEST taste in games dude...

plus, it makes me happy that someone else remembers Budokan on the Amiga :)
... and it's hideous loading times.... ;)

heh, my mates older brother actually flew over to america to play in the international Budokan championship.

I wouldn't have thought it was that good that it needed a championship, but hey.

At the time it was viewed as the most advanced fighting game ever made, of course, that was before the glory days of the street fighter 2 series.

I don't play fighting games anymore, I must be getting less patient in my old age, but they just wind me up.

I'm more of a Mortal Kombat fan myself. Not only was it good in the arcades, but it's fantastic on the PC, with plenty of progrmaamble commands, plus plenty of gory finishing moves and great game play, obviously.

I would say Ultima IV... back in 1984, having a fully realised world, with hundreds of characters to talk to, who went to work, had jobs, ate breakfast and dinner, and providing one of the most in-depth gaming experiences to date - and is still the most open ended game I've ever seen (with the possible exception of Ultima V) ... It was just a shame they wnet downhill from Ultima VIII onward :(

Yeah.