A pity vote?
Gaming RedCafe's Greatest Video Games Of All Time Contest (ROUND 1)
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I've listed the generations according to Wiki and Atari 2600 was second generation. I decided to start 3rd generation as that's when games became massively popular thanks to NES and Master System but even the, as you can see from the responses here, a lot of people didn't really jump in until the 4th generation (SNES, Mega Drive). As for computer games away from PC, wouldn't even know where to put them in... as I stated in the opening post, it's going to be hard to fit everything in!
I'll take any kind of voteA pity vote?
Can I count on you to do it?
Maybe put a category of PC-games only. Would be a pity to have genuine contenders for best game ever (Half Life, Half Life 2, Deus Ex, etc) to not be at all considered.I've listed the generations according to Wiki and Atari 2600 was second generation. I decided to start 3rd generation as that's when games became massively popular thanks to NES and Master System but even the, as you can see from the responses here, a lot of people didn't really jump in until the 4th generation (SNES, Mega Drive). As for computer games away from PC, wouldn't even know where to put them in... as I stated in the opening post, it's going to be hard to fit everything in!
I'll take any kind of vote
Can I count on you to do it?
NB: I see you are doing it in Round 8.
There is a category for exactly this. Round 8.
100% - what a trio of games they were. HL 2 was phenomenal and DEUS EX, wow! I loved that game.
There are some quality PC games but I doubt they can beat the console gens 4-6.
If Counter Strike 1.6, which is objectively the best game of all time in 3 categories(FPS, online multiplayer, e-sports), don't win the PC category I'll.... I'll.... I'll express my disappointment in the form of a comment!
CS 1.3 - 1.6 cost me two relationships!
Half Life is far more important then Counter Strike considering it was a mod of the game.
This from someone who has been actively playing CS in some forms for 20 odd years.
This from someone who has been actively playing CS in some forms for 20 odd years.
At least where I was, it was a lot bigger in local multiplayer. The absolute cornerstone of every LAN party.
That's a funny way of spelling Deus Ex
Monsterkill > Monsterdong
Here as well. We also played Quake 3 and Battlefield Vietnam etc, but CS 1.6 was the game. I loved the grassroots competitive scene and the juvenile trash-talk. Travelling around the country with massive CRT monitors to compete was a bitch, but also a lot of fun. Good times!
Indeed, that was kinda what I started playing FPS multiplayer with. And then Unreal Tournament which was crazy fun as well. HL/CS though blew these games out of the water.
Exactly! CS was probably the best I've ever got at a game, de.dust has still got to be one of the best MP maps in a FPS. [ICU]-VoLuMiZa rocked!
Spectrum / C64 would be third gen (8 bit)I've listed the generations according to Wiki and Atari 2600 was second generation. I decided to start 3rd generation as that's when games became massively popular thanks to NES and Master System but even the, as you can see from the responses here, a lot of people didn't really jump in until the 4th generation (SNES, Mega Drive). As for computer games away from PC, wouldn't even know where to put them in... as I stated in the opening post, it's going to be hard to fit everything in!
I'll take any kind of vote
Can I count on you to do it?
AtarI ST / Amiga would be fourth gen (16 bit)
All of these were as popular as gaming machines, if not more so, as their console competition at the time
Loving all the nostalgia this thread is bringing about, top work @Dirty Schwein !
I've been thinking about my all time faves because if this thread. Genuinely think Breath of the Wild is right up there.
I loved Half Life 2 on the 360 but how much better was it on PC?
nothing to do with being better just how good it was at that period in history.
Ahh see these don't appear on the console generation list on wiki. If enough people request it, I can change it.
Thanks mate!
I agree. Cannot wait for the sequel. It’s dragged on for ages! Was absolutely blown away by the original.
I must have spent hundreds of hours on the GOTY Unreal Tournament. I found the follow ups quite disappointing though.
100% with you on this. 2004 was good but nowhere as good as the GOTY. The rocket launcher was sweet on that but yeah, GOTY was the real shit. Absolutely spent a lifetime playing that as well. Deck 16 was our favourite multiplayer map and there was also one that was basically one huge room with rocket launchers spawning at two ends. Absolute mayhem.
Medal Of Honor Allied Assault was the multiplayer game that got me played it for a solid 7/8 years.
Went back to it in lockdown and there was still a solid community of people i knew from back then.
only 19 years old, even got in some clan matches like the old days, nostalgia is great
Went back to it in lockdown and there was still a solid community of people i knew from back then.
only 19 years old, even got in some clan matches like the old days, nostalgia is great
What other games do you enjoy? I have shamefully never played BOTW but my girlfriend now has a Nintendo Switch so I would love to 'borrow' that and play through it at some stage. I think on paper it's right up my street.
I like a broad range. Ocarina of Time was one of my favourites, so I guess it is not a surprise. Still, I have it over any other 'open-world' game.
I wish Nintendo games weren't so expensive otherwise I would absolutely pick it up. It's just annoying that years after their release they remain about £40.
Probably aren’t enough oldies
Had watched this some time ago, decent docuseries on the history of consoles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Score_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Score_(TV_series)
Deck 16, that's a blast from the past haha, I can still see it. Gotta love some Gauntlet and November, quality maps all over the shop100% with you on this. 2004 was good but nowhere as good as the GOTY. The rocket launcher was sweet on that but yeah, GOTY was the real shit. Absolutely spent a lifetime playing that as well. Deck 16 was our favourite multiplayer map and there was also one that was basically one huge room with rocket launchers spawning at two ends. Absolute mayhem.
The mad jumps.
And at that period in history it was seminal.
Yeah you old fart... Wait, I know the same games... Does that make me an old fart too?Probably aren’t enough oldies
Theres still an online community believe it or not. I downloaded it a few months ago (it’s free to download now) for a nostalgic blast on Deck 16. It’s easily one of my favourite games of all time.Deck 16, that's a blast from the past haha, I can still see it. Gotta love some Gauntlet and November, quality maps all over the shop
The mad jumps.
Last day of voting guys and girls! if anyone wants to get Alex Kidd into the finals, need some votes today!
please?
You don't understand what objectively means.
Hmm, I'm starting to think that you like Alex Kidd!
This comment actually explains a lot
Objectively?This comment actually explains a lot