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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
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How skewed can a video games list compiled by a magazine and voted by its readers get? Well... (Note that the list is broken as it doesn't sort numbers intelligently, so the list jumps from 2000 votes to 19000 votes.)
It goes all over the map in terms of history, so don't let it be said that they're too old or too young to write up a list of 100 relevant video games.
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Jaks
Title: A very confused person
Joined: Jan 09 2011
Location: California
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This list confuses me.
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History is made by stupid people,
Clever people wouldn't even try.
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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I see Zork, Wizardry, Lode Runner, Ultima IV, Wing Commander, Dune II, Myth the Fallen Lords and Grim Fandango among the others that are always on these lists, so I'm very happy.
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| The-Excel wrote: |
| (Note that the list is broken as it doesn't sort numbers intelligently, so the list jumps from 2000 votes to 19000 votes.) |
| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| The list itself also doesn't appear to be in any particular order. |
The list is in chronological order. They came up with 100 games and then listed them by release date.
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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That's cool, at least. I always hate how magazines/sites always try to rank them in terms of quality or whatever, just to get comment sections all riled up and build up site hits. It's a solid list that just recognizes great games, and I appreciate that.
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So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
| The-Excel wrote: |
| (Note that the list is broken as it doesn't sort numbers intelligently, so the list jumps from 2000 votes to 19000 votes.) |
| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| The list itself also doesn't appear to be in any particular order. |
The list is in chronological order. They came up with 100 games and then listed them by release date. |
What I meant is it doesn't appear to be in "worst to best" order.
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Bob Dylan`s Blues
Title: Worlds Strongest Man
Joined: Jun 08 2011
Location: Your nightmares
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No mention of Ocarina of Time? Crazy.
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LeshLush
Joined: Oct 19 2009
Location: Nashville, TN
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It looks like they only went with one game per series. No SMB3 or Super Mario World either.
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Fighter_McWarrior
Title: Gun of Brixton
Joined: Jun 05 2011
Location: Down by the River
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| Greg the White wrote: |
| That's cool, at least. I always hate how magazines/sites always try to rank them in terms of quality or whatever, just to get comment sections all riled up and build up site hits. |
*cough*
I only found this site because of the NES countdown...
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Incorrect. SMB1 and Mario 64 are both on the list. As are Metroid/Metroid Prime and Final Fantasy VII/Final Fantasy Tactics. Maybe one per franchise per genre?
Also, in most cases, they went with the first game in a series (Castlevania, King's Quest, Mega Man, Mortal Kombat) when a sequel was significantly better.
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Freaking Hunt the Wumpus is on this list. Nice.
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LeshLush
Joined: Oct 19 2009
Location: Nashville, TN
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I remember coding up a hunt the wumpus clone as a teenager and feeling like a boss. Good times.
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
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I honestly feel it's a little weird that they picked the first Mega Man, the first Silent Hill, the first Mortal Kombat, and Grand Theft Auto III when there are other better games in those respective series, but opinions, opinions etc.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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Mortal Kombat 1 is the only one I'm kinda okay with over a sequel. Yes, MK2 was a MUCH better game, but MK1 was the one that made all the news broadcasts and the one with the greatest TV commercial ever.
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
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Only one Super Nintendo game on this list? Fuck you.
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LeshLush
Joined: Oct 19 2009
Location: Nashville, TN
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Also, who's idea was it to give the Chrono Trigger write-up to a guy that clearly hates Chrono Trigger?
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
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They seem to have went with games that made appreciable impacts on the industry and pop culture as a whole. A sensible way to do a list like this for a magazine that's all about changes in culture, I suppose. It would explain Hunt the Wumpus if nothing else.
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
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| The-Excel wrote: |
| It would explain Hunt the Wumpus if nothing else. |
If nothing else? Hunt the Wumpus kicks ass.
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