[Shara]

I'm expecting a lot of pacman

[pedonbio]

Ms Pacman.

[Nimrod]

Humm - define "favorite".

I could answer in five different ways...

1) Favorite in terms of degree of investiture - STARFLIGHT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starflight
As I went so far as to buy guide books, made a laminated star map to mark up, kept copious notes and such - all for a game and I spent a whole summer playing it hold up in a room eating chips and **94** Dr. Pepper and listening to Samantha Fox.

2) Favorite in terms of total time spent playing - STAR CRAFT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Craft
As I have installed and played the whole thing at least 3 complete times plus many other repeats of favorite missions.

3) Favorite in terms of single longest play session - Commodore 64 Hollywood Poker
http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/hollywood.htm
This strip poker game had great graphics for the C64. A friend of mine told me how to download it via a BBS on CompuServe  (it was the first time I had even been "on-line" and this was in 1987). Only thing is this game was very difficult to beat and would blatantly cheat at the higher levels. Only one of the opponents was curvy enough to be considered sexy and was deliberately the "expert" level. Yes, the game would cheat and several times when I had a very strong hand the opponent would beat me with some of the same cards in their hand! Just how many queen of diamonds are in a deck? Played that thing for nearly an day (like 24 hours) in one sitting determined to get to the last of the 5 images. Even with the cheating and other stuff (like dealing the same card to me that I just discarded) I beat that thing... I then deleted it and went back to Dig-Dug.

4) Favorite in terms of type of game I like the most - BREAKOUT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_%28video_game%29
This was the first video game I ever played in 1976 (well before Pac-Man) and the simple design and game play is nice. They are a fun diversion, quick and to the point - something like potato chips. I have various derivations of these games. Just simple fun. I love the ones that give you block shooting lasers!

5) Favorite in terms of the single game I like the most - ROLLER COASTER TYCOON
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Coaster_Tycoon
It is just fun, creative and has many little elements that show that the programmer(s) had fun with the project.

[SDVchelseafan]

Got a few.

Favorite old-school: Contra III: The Alien Wars

Favorite arcade: Silent Scope

All-Time: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Pretty much all my gaming time is spent on Modern Warfare 2, but I've played a few great games recently (Uncharted 2, God of War 3).

[Shara]

best multiplayer game: Starcraft (followed by UT99)
best singleplayer game: Chrono Trigger

[Nimrod]

Got a few.

Favorite old-school: Contra III: The Alien Wars

Favorite arcade: Silent Scope

All-Time: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Pretty much all my gaming time is spent on Modern Warfare 2, but I've played a few great games recently (Uncharted 2, God of War 3).

best multiplayer game: Starcraft (followed by UT99)
best singleplayer game: Chrono Trigger

OK, why are those your favorite? At least give some back up to your statement...

Just giving names is nice but it is like listing names of past pets. Why are they significant to you?

Basically, if you do not know why something is your "favorite" it really is not your favorite.

[Shara]

OK, why are those your favorite? At least give some back up to your statement...

Just giving names is nice but it is like listing names of past pets. Why are they significant to you?

Basically, if you do not know why something is your "favorite" it really is not your favorite.

I could write 1000s of paragraphs about why but in short

Starcraft: Intense matches, perfectly balanced, great fun over LAN and Online, competitive to the brim and the feeling of finally beating a top 50 korean ********* is awesome Also the story, and campaign are really good

Chrono Trigger: great memorable music, 17 different endings, awesome graphics, great characters, superb story. Cutscenes by Akira Toriyama. Overal single best RPG

[Pacman]

Modern Warfare 2, Super Pacman, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3.

[robclassact]

best singleplayer game: Chrono Trigger

Shara, you's awesome again. :-D

singleplayer: Chrono Trigger is definitely awesome, but I would call Chrono Cross my favorite. While I would concede Trigger was definitely a better game (the several dozen playable characters in CC was a bit excessive), I found the Chrono Cross artwork and music to be absolutely beautiful and I found the story quite intriguing. Love the game.

Multiplayer: Either Mario Kart Double Dash (GameCube) or Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube). Mainly because I have fond memories of me and my three roommates playing countless rounds in college.

Has anyone played Echochrome? It's a pretty awesome M.C. Escheresque puzzle game. Not my favorite, but I'm really enjoying it at the moment.

[Shara]

Shara, you's awesome again. :-D

singleplayer: Chrono Trigger is definitely awesome, but I would call Chrono Cross my favorite. While I would concede Trigger was definitely a better game (the several dozen playable characters in CC was a bit excessive), I found the Chrono Cross artwork and music to be absolutely beautiful and I found the story quite intriguing. Love the game.

Multiplayer: Either Mario Kart Double Dash (GameCube) or Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube). Mainly because I have fond memories of me and my three roommates playing countless rounds in college.

Has anyone played Echochrome? It's a pretty awesome M.C. Escheresque puzzle game. Not my favorite, but I'm really enjoying it at the moment.

I did .... sidenote, Chrono Cross definitely has the best song, but all in all Chrono Trigger music is more recognisable

Time of the dreamwatch anyone?

[pedonbio]

What? No Space Invaders?

[homevintner]

I don't play the games any more, but back in the day I fed a lot of quaters to the arcades. My fave was Gauntlet, but having three other players that you got along with was sometimes problematic. I have enough computer addictions that I don't need to start any others. Other old school games I really liked were Battlezone and Joust.


Home"Elf needs food badly"vintner

[Shara]

Gauntlet was pretty damn awesome

[robclassact]

I did .... sidenote, Chrono Cross definitely has the best song, but all in all Chrono Trigger music is more recognisable

Time of the dreamwatch anyone?

I preferred "Girl Who Stole the Stars" but both were fantastic.

[rtpoe]

Ah, Nimrod's another Starflight fan!

To think that they fit the game, with its hundreds of star systems, each with their own set of planets, something like a dozen races with distinct personalities, and a planet landing sequence that (despite what is now considered crude graphics) brings tears to my eyes as I remember it, on two 360K floppy disks...

I don't do the console games at all; I'm strictly a PC gamer. I hang out at Armor Games quite a bit.

The last game I actually paid for was Immortal Defense. It's worth every penny, and I strongly recommend it to anyone who's getting bored with the usual run of tower defense games.

This brings me to where the game truly shines, where it is (in my opinion at least) better than Portal. The story is told in the form of a few simple passages of text the start of each level, introducing various characters to the player as well as detailing events. The text is succinct and brief – but each one holds a huge amount of meaning behind them. You are introduced to your ‘mentor’ – a path Defender that believes he is God and obsessed with being worshiped. You will meet others through your journey – your wife, your daughter and even the Bhavak you fought. There will be treachery, there will be betrayal – but the twists to these betrayals are so horrible to contemplate, it’s gut-wrenching.

"A Lie Worse than the Cake", A Singh, The Angry Pixel