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Greatest Video Game Draft 2011 (1 Viewer)

Not a fan of the genre and the movie adaptation kind of sucked for this game. I guess I was never going to be scared while playing a video game. The movie Resident Evil had a few scary parts in it but they were more jumpy scary than "oh ####" scary. But, I don't remember this movie being scary at all. However, I have been told the game is scary so I will go with that. At least I am not drafting Zombies Ate My Neighbors for this category, which, by the way, is a great game for its time. That said, this game has been ported elsewhere but not much. Did I mention that the movie was not that good?

Mario Kart

Arcade(1) Dragon's Lair (5.12)

Arcade(2) Gauntlet (6.02)

Third Generation (1983-1990) Phantasy Star - Sega MS (8.02)

Fourth Generation (1987-1995)

Fifth Generation (1993-2001)

Sixth Generation (1998-2009)

Seventh Generation (2005-Present) LittleBigPlanet - PS3 (7.12)

FPS/TPS

Sports Baseball Stars - NES (9.12)

Strategy/RTS

Racing

Puzzle

Fighter Super Smash Brothers: Melee - Gamecube (10.02)

Action/Adventure

Platformer

Hack and Slash/Beat 'em Up

Role Playing

Suspense/Horror

Best Multiplayer

Best Story

Best Main Character(1) Link (1.12)

Best Main Character(2) Samus Aran (2.02)

Best Villain(1) Sephiroth (3.12)

Best Villain(2) Ganondorf Dragmire (4.02)

Worst Game

Flex Video Game(1)

Flex Video Game(2)

11.12 - Silent Hill 2 - Horror - PS2

Only category is horror. I will send my next pick to rikishiboy since he will probably be awake after Blue drafts and I probably will not be.

 
Chill out. I'm here. Making picks soon.

11.13 - X-Com - PC - Strategy/RTS

12.01 - Baldur's Gate 2 - PC - RPG

 
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12.2 MarioKart selects--- Gunstar Heroes - 4th Generation - Genesis

12.3 rikishiboy selects ---Monster Hunter2 Portable (Freedom in the states, I believe) ---Multi-player

----This game is the currrent rage here in Japan. All the kids are playing it, no matter the age or gender.

 
tommy300 said:
rikishiboy said:
madshot31 said:
rikishiboy selects,11.11 Panzer Dragoon II (Saturn)
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Just a note to explain the pick---I felt that Saturn needed some love, this was simply my favorite Sega Saturn game that I owned.
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My favorite Saturn game too, although after I had my Saturn for about a year, got rid of it to get PS1 and the rest is history for me with PS1, PS2, and PS3....
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pretty much same here...I actually felt that the Sega Saturn was the better product and had the better games early on, but PS mass produced tons of games in comparison and basically just out marketed the Saturn.edit---I also felt the same about Beta vs. VHS
 
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rikishiboy said:
tommy300 said:
rikishiboy said:
madshot31 said:
rikishiboy selects,11.11 Panzer Dragoon II (Saturn)
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Just a note to explain the pick---I felt that Saturn needed some love, this was simply my favorite Sega Saturn game that I owned.
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My favorite Saturn game too, although after I had my Saturn for about a year, got rid of it to get PS1 and the rest is history for me with PS1, PS2, and PS3....
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pretty much same here...I actually felt that the Sega Saturn was the better product and had the better games early on, but PS mass produced tons of games in comparison and basically just out marketed the Saturn.edit---I also felt the same about Beta vs. VHS
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Can you blame the lack of support for the Saturn? The 32X add-on for the Genesis/Mega Drive released November '94 and the Saturn was released only 6 months later in the US, and I believe at the same time as the 32X in Japan. Plus, there was even plans for a stand-alone 32X called the Neptune.
 
It's been an hour. Here's my pick:

12.5 PAC-MAN (Pac-Man), Main Character

Pac-Man is the original hero of video games. Before him, you were a nameless dot, line, vehicle or spaceship. Forget the fact that Pac-man was so popular that he was transformed into a cartoon and action figure icon. Or the fact that people like to wear retro Pac-Man shirts in order to prove the worthiness of their self-identity. Was there ever a more addicting hero to control in all of video game history than Pac-Man? And this little guy is about to have another cartoon and reality show based off of him 30 years later. Pac-Man, we salute you!

 
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6. bmarks6161 OTC til XX:21

7. wazoo11

8. Yo Mama

9. Yo Mama

10. madshot31

11. Andy Dufresne

12. biggamer3

13. pollardsvision

 
SlaX said:
It's been an hour. Here's my pick:

12.5 PAC-MAN (Pac-Man), Main Character

Pac-Man is the original hero of video games. Before him, you were a nameless dot, line, vehicle or spaceship. Forget the fact that Pac-man was so popular that he was transformed into a cartoon and action figure icon. Or the fact that people like to wear retro Pac-Man shirts in order to prove the worthiness of their self-identity. Was there ever a more addicting hero to control in all of video game history than Pac-Man? And this little guy is about to have another cartoon and reality show based off of him 30 years later. Pac-Man, we salute you!
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My picks through the 12th round.Slax

Arcade(1) NBA Jam TE (4.05)

Arcade(2)

Third Generation (1983-1990) Mega Man II - NES (5.09)

Fourth Generation (1987-1995) Super Metroid - SNES (3.09)

Fifth Generation (1993-2001) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - PS1 (7.09)

Sixth Generation (1998-2009) Half-Life 2 - PC (2.05)

Seventh Generation (2005-Present)

FPS/TPS

Sports

Strategy/RTS SimCity 2000 - PC (9.09)

Racing

Puzzle

Fighter Super Street Fighter IV - Xbox 360 (8.05)

Action/Adventure Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - N64 (1.09)

Platformer

Hack and Slash/Beat 'em Up Diablo II - PC (6.05)

Role Playing

Suspense/Horror

Best Multiplayer Team Fortress 2 - PC (11.09)

Best Story

Best Main Character(1) Pac-Man (12.05)

Best Main Character(2)

Best Villain(1) Dracula (10.05)

Best Villain(2)

Worst Game

Flex Video Game(1)

Flex Video Game(2)

Aside from PC games, I think I've been pretty diverse so far. I haven't taken 2 games from the same console yet.

 
SlaX said:
rikishiboy said:
tommy300 said:
rikishiboy said:
madshot31 said:
rikishiboy selects,11.11 Panzer Dragoon II (Saturn)
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Just a note to explain the pick---I felt that Saturn needed some love, this was simply my favorite Sega Saturn game that I owned.
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My favorite Saturn game too, although after I had my Saturn for about a year, got rid of it to get PS1 and the rest is history for me with PS1, PS2, and PS3....
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pretty much same here...I actually felt that the Sega Saturn was the better product and had the better games early on, but PS mass produced tons of games in comparison and basically just out marketed the Saturn.edit---I also felt the same about Beta vs. VHS
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Can you blame the lack of support for the Saturn? The 32X add-on for the Genesis/Mega Drive released November '94 and the Saturn was released only 6 months later in the US, and I believe at the same time as the 32X in Japan. Plus, there was even plans for a stand-alone 32X called the Neptune.
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I was a total Sega guy at the time. I went to college just with Genesis and then got the 32X. My brother was Mr.Nintendo but the Genesis was for sure my favorite retro-system. The shooters and sports games were much better than the other systems at that time imo... I even had the Sega CD with most of the games that came out for it. We had the Master system, Genesis, 32X, Sega CD, Nomad, then Saturn before my leap to Sony. I still have all of them along with my Turbo-grafix-16. Of course we also had NES, Super NES, 64, Cube.....wow, I guess we've had it pretty good game-wise. I was very careful not to drop any of my favorite titles bc the draft is still young. If you are in your late 20's to early 40's, between the arcade experience and the growth of the consoles at home, we have seen it all.
 
Write-ups for my squad so far.



1.01 Pac-Man (Arcade, 1980), Arcade

Cultural icon and outstanding video game. It toppled heavyweights, like Space Invaders and Asteroids, to stand alone as the greatest lasting symbol of the Arcade era.

2.13 Doom (PC, 1993), FPS

Not the first FPS ever (even from it’s own developer), but possibly the most important. Doom folllowed an industry pioneer (Wolfenstein 3D) by a year and improved on it in every way. Better graphics, lighting, sound. Hell, they introduced the world to “Deathmatch”. Any PC gamer that thinks FPS games should be played with a mouse and keyboard owes a debt of gratitude to Doom. It was the first to offer it as a standard set-up. Gamespy named it the greatest game of all-time in 2004.

3.01 Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out (NES, 1987), 3rd Generation

It’ll be on any kid of the 80s’ short-list if you ask them to list the greatest games of their childhood. Nothing beat the thrill of beating Tyson for the first time. It’s one thing for a game to be spectacular for it’s time. To fully realize it’s greatness, consider that it took almost 15 years (a millenium in gaming years) another boxing game to be released that was remotely as good Punch-Out. Even now, pushing a quarter-century later, it’s a short list of boxing games that are better than Punch-Out.

4.13 Pro Wrestling (NES, 1987), Sports

Maybe a reach, but for me, in 1987, if I wanted to jump into the ring and beat someone up, I’d reach for the Pro Wrestling cartridge over Punch-Out. This game was just badass and a joy to play. Simple, yet elegant. Wildy entertaining wrestlers without having to bother with licensing rights for real wrestlers. My personal favorite was The Amazon with his signature Piranha Bite move. The becomes all the more entertaining when toss your buddy controller #2 and beat the hell out of him for awhile. I’m no video game historian, but this had to be one of the best multiplayer experiences at the time. The football genre had Tecmo and Tecmo Super. The basketball genre had Double Dribble. The wrestling genre (which is now huge) had Pro Wrestling.

5.01 Need for Speed (PC, 1994) Racing

Launched a 100 million unit selling franchise, leaving every other racing franchise in the dust. The original made an attempt at more of simulation style racer, though the series later became the arcade-style racer of choice, leaving the simulation for the Gran Turismo series. The first edition incorporated police car chases, which later became a hallmark of the series with it’s Hot Pursuit editions.



6.13 Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega/Genesis, 1991) Platformer

IMO, Sonic marked the launch of the first console war as we know them today. There were certainly earlier console wars, but the losers of all of those became quickly obsolete and it’s hard to say anything about the 8-bit era was a war. It was just complete and utter annihilation. Sega entered 16-bit era with Sonic and the Genesis and for first time, gave Nintendo a worthy opponent. I grew up in a Nintendo family and I’ll never forget the first time I started hearing people telling me that Nintendo sucked and that I should go Sega. People telling you your system sucks? That tradition continues today and we have Sonic to thank for that. Along with Sonic, the fanboy was born. Sega need a character and a quality platformer to try to tackle the throne, difficult a quest as that might be. Maybe they never toppled Nintendo, but they made a worthy attempt throughout the ‘90s. Sonic got in the ring with Mario and lived to tell about it. To this day, Sonic might be Mario’s most worthy competitor yet. Sonic the Hedgehog gave people a truly fun, viable alternative to the Mario platformers. It was certainly no Mario knock-off. It couldn’t compete with Mario’s number and quality of levels, but they tried to take on the king with speed, urgency and fluidity of gameplay. Many would also say that Sonic was more challenging than the current Mario at the time. Maybe Sonic wasn’t better than Mario (though some would say so), but Sonic was the reason people bought a Genesis. Before the Genesis, only the Atari and NES ever sold more than 15 million consoles. 35 million or so Genesis’ were sold and for the first time ever, we had 2 major, viable gaming consoles to bicker about.



7.01 Mike Tyson (NES, 1987, character) Villain

Much of the reason for this pick was covered for Punch-Out. On the list of bosses you felt the most pride for beating, few top Mike Tyson. Taking puny Little Mac into the ring to beat this beast felt so overwhelming. Memorable and with odds stacked heavily against you, Mike Tyson was everything you could ever hope for from an end game boss or villain.It didn’t hurt that at the time, real-life Mike Tyson was possibly the most feared boxer in that sport’s legendary history. As an added bonus (though one I’m sure the judges are instructed to ignore), he became quite a real-life villain as well. Sent to prison for rape shortly after and in a downward spiral that few celebrities could compare to. Despite the wild success of his game that should’ve launched a major gaming franchise, Tyson’s name never appeared on another gaming title. Real life Mike Tyson was such a real-life villain that he single-handedly created then destroyed the boxing genre.

8.13 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3, 2009) Action/Adventure

This game's accolades precede it. 96 Metacritic score. Game of the Year awards from numerous sources, including Spike, AIAS Interactive, Playstation Mag and Playstation Mag UK. Had PS3 fanboys around the world thumping their ichests. Naughty Dog did it all right with this one. Compelling characters, amazing opening sequence, fantastic cut scenes, stunning graphics and environments, and a long, gripping story.



9.01 Nathan Drake (PS3, 2007, character, Uncharted series) Main Character

Handsome and funny. He’s everyman and Indiana Jones all wrapped up in one. Even the way his shirt is tucked (or not) merits a case study in game development. An unlikely hero in the video game world that can take players on a fantastic journey without the need for super speed, super strength, or crazy gadgetry weapons. For a character-driven, adventure series to work, there antagonist must be compelling and Drake is that and more.



10.13 Frogger (Arcade, 1981) Arcade

An icon of arcade era. Simple and addicting. Konami’s first big hit. No guns. No shooting. Not even a button to press. Just cross the street.

As far as I know, also the only game to star in and title a Seinfeld episode or Bad Religion song (thanks Acer).

11.01 Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (PC, 1992) Strategy/RTS

The game that really spawned the modern RTS genre and either invented or popularized many of the game elements still used today. Other RTS games that followed may have been better, but Dune II developed the blueprint that they are all based on.

 
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pollardsvision said:


10.13 Frogger (Arcade, 1981) Arcade

An icon of arcade era. Simple and addicting. Konami’s first big hit. No guns. No shooting. Not even a button to press. Just cross the street.

As far as I know, also the only game to star in and title a Seinfeld episode.
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Also a Bad Religion song
 
Anyboy left in the 12th round want to swap your 12th and 24th round picks for my 15th and 19th picks?

I'm trying to set things up so I won't have to pick tomorrow and hold up the draft while I'm away.

And Golden Tee was mine this round! That's like the 5th time you've done that, bmarks.

 
Yo Mama said:
Anyboy left in the 12th round want to swap your 12th and 24th round picks for my 15th and 19th picks?I'm trying to set things up so I won't have to pick tomorrow and hold up the draft while I'm away.And Golden Tee was mine this round! That's like the 5th time you've done that, bmarks.
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I would be willing to help again if you need it (but cant for a 12th obviously)
 
Explaining my last pick.

12.02 - Gunstar Heroes - 4th Gen - Genesis

A simple game and voted as one of, if not the best, Genesis game. Four SNES games were taken before in the 4th Gen category so I looked to another system to fill that spot. YouTube it if not familiar but this game is definitely better than three in that category already.

 
Mario Kart said:
Explaining my last pick.12.02 - Gunstar Heroes - 4th Gen - GenesisA simple game and voted as one of, if not the best, Genesis game. Four SNES games were taken before in the 4th Gen category so I looked to another system to fill that spot. YouTube it if not familiar but this game is definitely better than three in that category already.
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I loved this pick. I was hoping it would go unnoticed. This game was as good, if not better than Contra.
 
Mario Kart

Arcade(1) Dragon's Lair (5.12)

Arcade(2) Gauntlet (6.02)

Third Generation (1983-1990) Phantasy Star - Sega MS (8.02)

Fourth Generation (1987-1995) Gunstar Heroes - Genesis (12.02)

Fifth Generation (1993-2001)

Sixth Generation (1998-2009)

Seventh Generation (2005-Present) LittleBigPlanet - PS3 (7.12)

FPS/TPS

Sports Baseball Stars - NES (9.12)

Strategy/RTS

Racing

Puzzle

Fighter Super Smash Brothers: Melee - Gamecube (10.02)

Action/Adventure

Platformer

Hack and Slash/Beat 'em Up

Role Playing

Suspense/Horror Silent Hill 2 - PS2 (11.12)

Best Multiplayer

Best Story

Best Main Character(1) Link (1.12)

Best Main Character(2) Samus Aran (2.02)

Best Villain(1) Sephiroth (3.12)

Best Villain(2) Ganondorf Dragmire (4.02)

Worst Game

Flex Video Game(1)

Flex Video Game(2)

On a desert island, this is the best team, bar none.

I have the following systems: Sega Master System, Genesis, Playstation 3, Nintendo, GameCube, Playstation 2, Playstation (character). Pretty good variety here.

 
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12.08 Yo Mama selects:

Dr. Wily (Mega Man series) - Best Villain

The villain of the entire Mega Man series, which says something to his evil powers since Mega Man was so badass.

12.09 Yo Mama selects:

Civilization IV - PC - Strategy

 
Just to let you guys know. I'm not going to be updated the first pages after every 2-3 picks, I'm going to be waiting for a 8-12 to input. Its just takes much less time doing it that way.

 
AcerFC has gratiously agreed to another trade with me so I won't bog things down tomorrow.

He gives his 13th and 23rd picks

I give my 15th and 19th picks

So now all my picks between 15 and 19 are gone, which should get me through tomorrow and Saturday.

Thanks AcerFC!

 
madshot31 said:
Just to let you guys know. I'm not going to be updated the first pages after every 2-3 picks, I'm going to be waiting for a 8-12 to input. Its just takes much less time doing it that way.
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No prob dude. You've been doing a ton. :lmao:But it is your pick.
 
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madshot31 said:
Just to let you guys know. I'm not going to be updated the first pages after every 2-3 picks, I'm going to be waiting for a 8-12 to input. Its just takes much less time doing it that way.
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I do request that you add that my pick "Team Fortress 2" for multiplayer be pointed out that it was for PC. You know, when you get to it.
 
I don't really have my sheet that is updated ATM, so i'm just gonna wing it and pick someone I've been waiting to pick forever

12.4 Kefka

remember when I said Sephiroth wasn't the best Final Fantasy Villain ever and it wasn't even close?

That's because of this guy.

torture, murder, biological weapons, ACTUALLY SUCCEEDING IN DESTROYING THE WORLD AND BECOMING A GOD... Yeah, Kefka was crazy evil and an awesome villain...

Also, Kefka was the first console game character with voice acting as they had a laugh in the game for him...

 
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