And that's Round 4 complete!
There were 90 different games that got votes and the two games proceeding to the finals are:
PES (series) was the overall winner (makes sense as this is a football forum and it was the best of football gaming!) and GTA: San Andreas.
Below is a list of all 90 games and how many points they got in case you're interested in that.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
So now onto Round 5! Please read the rules carefully before voting (please make sure you do this. Voting after the deadline for example causes me massive headaches, which I don't need right now as I'm in the middle of a house move with limited wifi).
Each Monday, I will set up a new round for the contest.
Each round will represent a different generation of gaming.
The generations are below (BOLDED IS THE CURRENT ROUND FOR THIS THREAD):
Round 1 - Third Gen - NES, Master System, Atari 7800
Round 2 - Fourth Gen - Mega Drive, Neo Geo, SNES
Round 3 - Fifth Gen - Saturn, PS1, N64
Round 4 - Sixth Gen - Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube, Xbox
Round 5 - Seventh Gen - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii
Round 6 - Eighth & Ninth Gen - Switch, Wii U, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Round 7 - Special Round 1 - PC Gaming
Round 8 - Special Round 1 - Handheld & Mobile
Round 9 - Bonus Round - (TBA)
Round 10 - Bonus Round - (TBA)
For each round, please list your top 5 games for that generation in list view.
Please do this by Friday 11:59pm GMT
5th = 2 pts, 4th = 4 pts, 3rd = 6 pts, 2nd = 8 pts, 1st = 10 pts.
The top 2 games from each round will go through to the final round.
In the event of a tie, I will need to run a poll for 24hrs.
If you have voted, then changed your vote, please let me know, otherwise I may miss your vote by accident.
I will try to start each new round on the Monday after a vote round has finished.
At the opening post of each round, I will put in the results from the previous round and start the voting of the current round.
Once we have gone through the 10 rounds, I will make a FINAL Round thread where you all can vote for all the finalists.
Then once that voting is done, I will post the finalists in order from last to first and crown the overall winner.
NOTES:
If a game has a bunch of updates instead of sequels, all the votes will count towards that game as a series. Example below:
Street Fighter 2, Super Street Fighter 2, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo etc are all updates to the same game so you can vote for any iteration(s) and all the votes count towards Street Fighter 2 Series.
Tekken, Tekken 2, Tekken 3 etc. however are sequels as the games are not updates but fully fleshed, new games.
There are also specific rules for sports games. Example below:
Sports games with yearly releases (PES, FIFA, Football Manager) are considered updates. You can vote for any iteration(s) and all the votes count towards the series.
However, numbered sequels (and not yearly releases) such as Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo 2, Gran Turismo 2 etc. are classified as sequels so each game gets its own place in the rankings.
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I know this is probably not the BEST way but I doubt there is a BEST way to do this!
Remember, I have 2 kids, a full time job and in the middle of a house move so there may be times where I miss deadlines or post later than anticipated. Apologies in advance.
I hope this is fun and you guys enjoy it
There were 90 different games that got votes and the two games proceeding to the finals are:
PES (series) was the overall winner (makes sense as this is a football forum and it was the best of football gaming!) and GTA: San Andreas.
Below is a list of all 90 games and how many points they got in case you're interested in that.
Round 1
| Super Mario Bros 3 | 196 |
| Super Mario Bros | 58 |
| Legend Of Zelda | 56 |
| Alex Kidd | 42 |
| Sonic The Hedgehog | 40 |
| Tetris | 40 |
| Double Dragon | 30 |
| Sonic 2 | 26 |
| Mega Man 2 | 24 |
| Duck Hunt | 22 |
| Punch Out | 22 |
| Streets Of Rage | 22 |
| Super Mario Bros 2 | 22 |
| Contra | 18 |
| Tecmo Super Bowl | 18 |
| Wonderboy 3 | 18 |
| Double Dragon 2 | 16 |
| Adventure Island | 14 |
| California Games | 14 |
| Duck Tales | 14 |
| Altered Beast | 12 |
| Mega Man 3 | 12 |
| Blades Of Steel | 10 |
| Castlevania 3 | 10 |
| Final Fantasy | 10 |
| Galaga | 10 |
| Kid Icarus | 8 |
| R-Type | 8 |
| Sonic Chaos | 8 |
| The Legend Of Kage | 8 |
| Castlevania | 6 |
| Earthbound | 6 |
| Kickle Cubile | 6 |
| Legend Of Zelda 2 | 6 |
| Metroid | 6 |
| Road Rash | 6 |
| Wonderboy | 6 |
| Cyber Shinobi | 4 |
| Darkman | 4 |
| Donald Duck: The Lucky Dime Caper | 4 |
| Maniac Mansion | 4 |
| McDonald Land | 4 |
| Ninja Gaiden | 4 |
| Out Run | 4 |
| Aladdin | 2 |
| Batman | 2 |
| Psycho Fox | 2 |
| Turtles 2 | 2 |
| Willow | 2 |
| World Championship Dodgeball | 2 |
Round 2
| Street Fighter 2 (Series) | 134 |
| Super Mario World | 114 |
| Mario Kart | 100 |
| The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past | 68 |
| Sonic The Hedgehog 2 | 64 |
| Streets Of Rage 2 | 58 |
| Chrono Trigger | 56 |
| Super Metroid | 54 |
| Final Fantasy VI | 52 |
| Micro Machines | 36 |
| ISS Deluxe | 34 |
| Sonic 3 (& Knuckles) | 30 |
| Golden Axe | 24 |
| NBA Jam | 24 |
| Desert Strike | 18 |
| Donkey Kong Country | 18 |
| Killer Instinct | 18 |
| John Madden NFL (Series) | 16 |
| Mortal Kombat | 16 |
| Sonic The Hedgehog | 16 |
| Aladdin | 14 |
| F-Zero | 12 |
| Flashback | 10 |
| Mega Man X | 10 |
| Puzzle Bobble | 10 |
| Sensible Soccer | 10 |
| Shining Force 2 | 10 |
| Toe Jame & Earl | 10 |
| Earthworm Jim | 8 |
| Lufia 2 | 8 |
| PGA Tour Golf (Series) | 8 |
| Road Rash 2 | 8 |
| Samurai Showdown | 8 |
| Super Ghoulds 'n' Ghosts | 8 |
| Super International Cricket | 8 |
| Final Fantasy IV | 6 |
| Micky Mania | 6 |
| Micro Machines 2 | 6 |
| Super Bomberman | 6 |
| Test Drive: The Duel | 6 |
| Donkey Kong Country 2 | 4 |
| Dynamite Headdy | 4 |
| FIFA International Soccer | 4 |
| Ghostbusters | 4 |
| Mickey Mouse: World Of Illusion | 4 |
| Mortal Kombat 2 | 4 |
| Secret Of Mana | 4 |
| Star Fox | 4 |
| Super Mario Land | 4 |
| Super Off Road | 4 |
| Jungle Strike | 2 |
| NHL (series) | 2 |
| Paper Boy | 2 |
| Sim City | 2 |
| Super Smash TV | 2 |
| Super Tennis | 2 |
| The Revenge Of Shinobi | 2 |
| Virtua Racing | 2 |
Round 3
| Final Fantasy 7 | 226 |
| Metal Gear Solid | 222 |
| Goldeneye | 110 |
| Zelda: Ocarina Of Time | 108 |
| Tekken 3 | 86 |
| Tony Hawks: Pro Skater 2 | 82 |
| Final Fantasy 8 | 64 |
| Mario 64 | 60 |
| Zelda: Majora's Mask | 60 |
| ISS (Series) | 52 |
| Resident Evil 2 | 50 |
| Final Fantasy 9 | 46 |
| Mario Kart 64 | 40 |
| Crash Bandicoot | 38 |
| WWE Smackdown 2 | 38 |
| Tomb Raider | 36 |
| Final Fantasy Tactics | 30 |
| Gran Turismo 2 | 28 |
| Silent Hill | 24 |
| FIFA (Series) | 22 |
| Suikoden 2 | 22 |
| Gran Turismo | 20 |
| Grand Theft Auto | 18 |
| Colin McRae Rally | 14 |
| Premier Manager 99 | 14 |
| Tony Hawks: Pro Skater | 14 |
| Xenogears | 14 |
| Chrono Cross | 12 |
| Driver | 12 |
| Rayman | 12 |
| Resident Evil | 12 |
| Wipeout 2097 | 12 |
| Doom | 10 |
| Medal Of Honor | 10 |
| SEGA Rally | 10 |
| Spyro The Dragon | 10 |
| Starcraft 64 | 10 |
| Suikoden | 10 |
| Tekken 2 | 10 |
| The Italian Job | 10 |
| Vagrant Story | 10 |
| Brian Lara Cricket 99 | 8 |
| Bust A Groove | 8 |
| Crash Bandicoot 2 | 8 |
| Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver | 8 |
| Ogre Battle 64: POLC | 8 |
| Ridge Racer Type 4 | 8 |
| Syphon Filter | 8 |
| Virtua Fighter 2 | 8 |
| WWF No Mercy | 8 |
| Crash Team Racing | 6 |
| Duke Nukem 3D | 6 |
| Star Wars: Masters Of Teras Kasi | 6 |
| Tombi | 6 |
| WCW/NWO Revenge | 6 |
| 1080 Snowboarding | 4 |
| Colin McRae Rally 2.0 | 4 |
| Crash Bandicoot 3 | 4 |
| Diddy Kong Racing | 4 |
| Driver 2 | 4 |
| Jonah Lomu Rugby | 4 |
| Legend Of Dragoon | 4 |
| NBA Showtime | 4 |
| Panzer Dragoon Saga | 4 |
| Super Smash Bros | 4 |
| Tenchu | 4 |
| Tomb Raider 2 | 4 |
| Toy Story 2 | 4 |
| Vandal Hearts | 4 |
| Dead Ball Zone | 2 |
| Digimon World 3 | 2 |
| Mario Party 2 | 2 |
| Star Fox 64 | 2 |
| Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles | 2 |
| Street Sk8er | 2 |
| Twisted Metal 2 | 2 |
Round 4
| PES (Series) | 166 |
| GTA: San Andreas | 144 |
| GTA: Vice City | 98 |
| Metal Gear Solid 3 | 94 |
| Metal Gear Solid 2 | 72 |
| Shadow Of The Colossus | 68 |
| Star Wars: KOTOR | 62 |
| Halo 2 | 58 |
| Final Fantasy X | 54 |
| Resident Evil 4 | 54 |
| Zelda: Wind Waker | 44 |
| WWF Smackdown! (Series) | 28 |
| Shenmue | 22 |
| Halo | 20 |
| Burnout 3 | 18 |
| GTA 3 | 18 |
| God Of War | 16 |
| Silent Hill 2 | 16 |
| Dragon Quest VIII | 14 |
| Metroid Prime | 14 |
| Final Fantasy XII | 12 |
| Gran Turismo 4 | 12 |
| Mario Kart: Double Dash | 12 |
| Persona 4 | 12 |
| Soul Calibur | 12 |
| Burnout Revenge | 10 |
| Call Of Duty: World At War | 10 |
| Fable | 10 |
| REZ | 10 |
| Shadow Hearts | 10 |
| Super Smash Bros. Melee | 10 |
| Tekken Tag Tournament | 10 |
| This Is Football 2002 | 10 |
| Super Monkey Ball 2 | 10 |
| Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | 8 |
| GUN | 8 |
| ICO | 8 |
| Midnight Club: Dub Edition | 8 |
| Morrowind | 8 |
| Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory | 8 |
| Star Wars Battlefront 2 | 8 |
| Star Wars: KOTOR 2 | 8 |
| Street Fighter 3: Third Strike | 8 |
| Summoner | 8 |
| The Warriors | 8 |
| Timesplitters 2 | 8 |
| Way Of The Samurai | 8 |
| Super Mario Strikers | 8 |
| Bully | 6 |
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 6 |
| Def Jam: Fight For New York | 6 |
| Devil May Cry 3 | 6 |
| Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles | 6 |
| Kingdom Hearts | 6 |
| Mario Sunshine | 6 |
| Mortal Kombat: Deception | 6 |
| NFS: Underground 2 | 6 |
| Power Stone | 6 |
| Soul Calibur 2 | 6 |
| Splinter Cell | 6 |
| Suikoden 3 | 6 |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour (Series) | 6 |
| Virtua Tennis | 6 |
| LMA Manager | 6 |
| Capcom vs. SNK 2 | 4 |
| FIFA (Series) | 4 |
| F-Zero GX | 4 |
| Gladius | 4 |
| Gran Turismo 3 | 4 |
| Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | 4 |
| Kingdom Hearts 2 | 4 |
| NFS: Most Wanted | 4 |
| Project Gotham Racing 2 | 4 |
| Quake 3 | 4 |
| Xenosaga 1 & 2 | 4 |
| Shadow The Hedgehog | 4 |
| Dynasty Warriors 3 | 2 |
| Grabbed By The Ghoulies | 2 |
| Guitar Hero | 2 |
| Jade Empire | 2 |
| Okami | 2 |
| Onimusha 2 | 2 |
| Prince Of Persia: The Warrior Within | 2 |
| Samurai Warriors | 2 |
| SSX 3 | 2 |
| Stra Wars: Rogue Squadron 2 | 2 |
| Suikoden 5 | 2 |
| Tony Hawk 3 | 2 |
| Virtua Fighter 4 | 2 |
| Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 | 2 |
So now onto Round 5! Please read the rules carefully before voting (please make sure you do this. Voting after the deadline for example causes me massive headaches, which I don't need right now as I'm in the middle of a house move with limited wifi).
Each Monday, I will set up a new round for the contest.
Each round will represent a different generation of gaming.
The generations are below (BOLDED IS THE CURRENT ROUND FOR THIS THREAD):
Round 1 - Third Gen - NES, Master System, Atari 7800
Round 2 - Fourth Gen - Mega Drive, Neo Geo, SNES
Round 3 - Fifth Gen - Saturn, PS1, N64
Round 4 - Sixth Gen - Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube, Xbox
Round 5 - Seventh Gen - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii
Round 6 - Eighth & Ninth Gen - Switch, Wii U, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Round 7 - Special Round 1 - PC Gaming
Round 8 - Special Round 1 - Handheld & Mobile
Round 9 - Bonus Round - (TBA)
Round 10 - Bonus Round - (TBA)
For each round, please list your top 5 games for that generation in list view.
Please do this by Friday 11:59pm GMT
5th = 2 pts, 4th = 4 pts, 3rd = 6 pts, 2nd = 8 pts, 1st = 10 pts.
The top 2 games from each round will go through to the final round.
In the event of a tie, I will need to run a poll for 24hrs.
If you have voted, then changed your vote, please let me know, otherwise I may miss your vote by accident.
I will try to start each new round on the Monday after a vote round has finished.
At the opening post of each round, I will put in the results from the previous round and start the voting of the current round.
Once we have gone through the 10 rounds, I will make a FINAL Round thread where you all can vote for all the finalists.
Then once that voting is done, I will post the finalists in order from last to first and crown the overall winner.
NOTES:
If a game has a bunch of updates instead of sequels, all the votes will count towards that game as a series. Example below:
Street Fighter 2, Super Street Fighter 2, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo etc are all updates to the same game so you can vote for any iteration(s) and all the votes count towards Street Fighter 2 Series.
Tekken, Tekken 2, Tekken 3 etc. however are sequels as the games are not updates but fully fleshed, new games.
There are also specific rules for sports games. Example below:
Sports games with yearly releases (PES, FIFA, Football Manager) are considered updates. You can vote for any iteration(s) and all the votes count towards the series.
However, numbered sequels (and not yearly releases) such as Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo 2, Gran Turismo 2 etc. are classified as sequels so each game gets its own place in the rankings.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I know this is probably not the BEST way but I doubt there is a BEST way to do this!
Remember, I have 2 kids, a full time job and in the middle of a house move so there may be times where I miss deadlines or post later than anticipated. Apologies in advance.
I hope this is fun and you guys enjoy it
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