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If you had to make a list of your top 20 all time favourite games, would the original arcade version of Space Invaders feature in it?
Or are there just too many good games out there now to rate it that highly?
Personally, for pure addictiveness, I'd rank it in the top 50 only, but I'd need a lot of time to think about it to be really sure.
Or are there just too many good games out there now to rate it that highly?
Personally, for pure addictiveness, I'd rank it in the top 50 only, but I'd need a lot of time to think about it to be really sure.
I wouldnt include space invaders at all, it may have been revolutionary in its day but it is a game from yesteryear, and pales in comparison to the titles being released these days.
I hated it then, and I hate it now.
I can't stand games that consist of one screen, if you know what I mean.
If I can't "go" somewhere in a game - around the next corner, into a mysterious building etc - I always think I may as well play Connect 4 or twiddle with a Rubik's cube.
I can't stand games that consist of one screen, if you know what I mean.
If I can't "go" somewhere in a game - around the next corner, into a mysterious building etc - I always think I may as well play Connect 4 or twiddle with a Rubik's cube.
I think Tetris would have to be somewhere in the top 20, but not Space Invaders.
I'm like you FM, I'd set FF7 as a bench mark. Though I think "Zelda: Ocarina of time" may well beat it. But FF7 comes in a very close second on my top 20. It does however, share that second spot with Secret of Mana.
from there I'm pretty much lost as to what 4-20 would be??
I'm like you FM, I'd set FF7 as a bench mark. Though I think "Zelda: Ocarina of time" may well beat it. But FF7 comes in a very close second on my top 20. It does however, share that second spot with Secret of Mana.
from there I'm pretty much lost as to what 4-20 would be??
No Space Invaders wouldn't make MY top twenty games of all time, as though I've played it, it had already been bettered by the time I did so.
If I had been older, and had seen it as an original, had seen that nothing else compared to it, then I might rate it higher.
And besides, when doing 'Top X' lists, I always leave something out, and feel terrible!
If I had been older, and had seen it as an original, had seen that nothing else compared to it, then I might rate it higher.
And besides, when doing 'Top X' lists, I always leave something out, and feel terrible!
S'funny you should say that, because I was just thinking about how I would rate my top 20, and being an RPG fan I'd be judging all games against Final Fantasy VII and trying to use that as a landmark.
Very few would go above it, many would go below it, but that's the one I usually set the standard with.
I suppose everyone has a benchmark game like that.
Very few would go above it, many would go below it, but that's the one I usually set the standard with.
I suppose everyone has a benchmark game like that.
I doubt i would be able to list my top 20 games of all time. Mainly because I would rate most of the more recent games higher than say Donkey Kong Country 2 which was a mighty fine game, and probably better than half of the games getting released about now.
If you had to make a list of your top 20 all time favourite games, would the original arcade version of Space Invaders feature in it?
Or are there just too many good games out there now to rate it that highly?
Personally, for pure addictiveness, I'd rank it in the top 50 only, but I'd need a lot of time to think about it to be really sure.
Or are there just too many good games out there now to rate it that highly?
Personally, for pure addictiveness, I'd rank it in the top 50 only, but I'd need a lot of time to think about it to be really sure.