Sunday, June 29, 2008

Video games meme

While I'm distracted working on the plot for Hal Spacejock 5, here's a meme for the games players amongst you.


1) Look at the list and bold those you have played

2) Underline the games you LOVE(D).

3) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've played 6 and force games (and probably emulators) upon them.


Note - I'm a PC gamer so console games are usually an automatic no. My comments are in []


100 - River City Ransom (aka Street Gangs)

99 - Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

98 - BattleToads [Sinclair Spectrum version]

97 - F-Zero

96 - Mafia

95 - Herzog Zwei

94 - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

93 - Quake II

92 - Dragon Warrior (aka Dragon Quest)

91 - Virtua Tennis

90 - Master of Orion

89 - Alone in the Dark

88 - Final Fantasy VII

87 - Thief II: The Metal Age

86 - Final Fantasy X

85 - Prince of Persia [Original 286 version]

84 - Ultima VII: The Black Gate

83 - Contra

82 - Gunstar Heroes

81 - Freedom Force

80 - Baseball Stars

79 - Shining Force II

78 - Star Wars (Arcade)

77 - Archon: The Light and The Dark

76 - Tetris Attack

75 - Crimson Skies

74 - Syndicate

73 - Return Fire

72 - Galaga

71 - Half-Life: Counter-Strike

70 - Pokemon Red/Blue

69 - Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs

68 - Starsiege: Tribes

67 - Rayman 2: The Great Escape

66 - Homeworld

65 - MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat [Loved tricking out the robot with 8 machine guns]

64 - Advance Wars

63 - Sonic the Hedgehog

62 - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

61 - Sam & Max Hit the Road ["You'll fry like a Pork Sausage." Oh yes.]

60 - Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle

59 - Bionic Commando

58 - Super Smash Bros. Melee

57 - Mike Tyson's Punchout!

56 - Final Fantasy III (VI)

55 - Fallout

54 - Panzer Dragoon Saga

53 - Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

52 - Metroid Prime

51 - Grand Theft Auto III

50 - Wing Comander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi [I was an Atari ST gamer at this point]

49 - Grim Fandango

48 - The Secret of Mana

47 - NHL 94

46 - Super Mario World

45 - Battlefield 1942

44 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

43 - Soul Calibur

42 - Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

41 - System Shock 2

40 - Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution

39 - DOOM [Got an SB card for my wife's new 486DX2 just so I could play this]

38 - Madden NFL 2004

37 - Wave Race 64

36 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert

35 - Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty

34 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

33 - God of War

32 - Resident Evil 4

31 - SimCity 2000

30 - Halo

29 - GoldenEye 007

28 - Half-Life 2

27 - Burnout 3: Takedown

26 - Final Fantasy II (IV)

25 - Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

24 - Tecmo Super Bowl

23 - Super Mario Bros. 3

22 - Half-Life

21 - Deus Ex

20 - Ms. Pac Man

19 - Metal Gear Solid

18 - ICO

17 - Star Control 2

16 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

15 - Super Mario Kart

14 - Rome: Total War

13 - Chrono Trigger

12 - X-COM: UFO Defense

11 - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

10 - Super Metroid

9 - Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM

8 - Street Fighter II

7 - StarCraft

6 - Sid Meier's Pirates!

5 - Super Mario 64

5a - Lego Star Wars

5b - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

4 - Sid Meier's Civilization II

3 - Tetris

2 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1 - Super Mario Bros


Simon Haynes is the author of the Hal Spacejock and Hal Junior series (Amazon / Smashwords / other formats)

2 comments:

Casey Goodrow said...

You've never played chrono trigger or secret of mana? What's wrong with you man?! :)

Simon Haynes said...

We have a PSX but I lost one too many saves when the kids were using it (e.g. they overwrote my Gran Turismo save at about 80% completion) I bought multiple ram cards but it never seemed to help.

Therefore I stick to PC gaming where I can back stuff up & control my own data.

We also have a PS2 but we only got it for the kids - Singstar and Eye-toy. No other games.