[Nephets]

I'm a big fan of Dirk and Michael Finley, so I may stop by.

I've become a regular poster, since about the beginning of the season, before then, I was the expert lurker. :biggrin:

[FreeMason Jr.]

Yeah Dirk's awesome!

[KokoTheMonkey]

Do we have some video game fans in this forum? If so, name your favorite genre and favorite games of all-time. I',m not a complete gaming freak, but I'm pretty close.




Anyway, my favorite genre is....surprise surprise, Sports! NBA Live, and all of the baseball games are must-buys for me every year. I use to be into Madden 3-4 years ago, but since I've never been a football guy, the game has exceed my football knowledge. There's the occasional action game thrown in (For example, GTA), but about 80-85% of my collection is all Sports games.




Favorite games of all time:




Goldeneye 007 - Nintendo 64



Absolutely amazing game. I could pick up that game and play it hours and hours at a time. You know a game is great when you can play it over the course of 3-4 years.




Perfect Dark - Nintendo 64




Well, pretty much the same as above, just a featuristic style of Goldeneye. Also a very awesome game.



GTA series - Playstation, Playstation 2




Awesome, awesome game. It's amazing how much depth is put into each game.





That's all for now. I'll include more if we have any die-hard gamers other than me.

[LineOFire]

I also spend some leisure time with some video games. I'm more of a computer game person than a console person, but I did use to own a Nintendo 64 and Gamecube.

I'd have to agree with you on Perfect Dark and Goldeneye 007. Those are probably the two best console first person shooters ever. I'd give Perfect Dark the slight edge over Goldeneye just because I had so much fun playing it.

Another great game which for me is the greatest console game of all time is Super Smash Brothers. I can't even begin to explain how many hours I spent playing that game and maximizing my Ness skills. Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Gamecube is also great but just didn't have the impact that the first one did.

I have since sold both my Gamecube and Nintendo 64 so I can't play those games anymore. I have never really gotten a chance to play on an X-Box or Playstation 2 except for a few Halo battles or Grand Theft Auto sprees.

For the computer games, right now I have NBA Live 2005 (with updated rosters) :biggrin:. I also have World of Warcraft (awesome game, my first MMORPG), and Counter-Strike: Source (the greatest computer first person shooter).

[FreeMason Jr.]

I love video games. I haven't been a really sports gamer kinda of guy, but I'm starting to get into them. The last sports game I got was Madden 2005 for the Nintendo DS (sucks btw, but it's ok when your taking a long trip). Golden Eye and Perfect Dark were definitely two of the best N64 games, both way ahead of thier time (Perfect Dark wasn't really even completed because the game was too big for the N64) and Smash Bros. has to be the best game for Gamecube, but they're not my favorite games.

My favorite game of all time is argueably the best game ever, The Legend of Zelda: Ocaraina of Time. The graphics are a little out of date, but the game itself is a work of art.

A also really love Mario 64. It's a little easy, but that's great break from really tough games that always get me frustrated. If you liked that game you'll love it even more on the NDS. The graphics are upped, they're more stars, and you get to play as Mario, Wario, Luigi, or Yoshi. The DS version of this game is the only game I really play anymore, because the rest are too old and I rather play basketball (DUH!)


And I hate computer games! It's just too hard to control everything. The only game I ever play on the computer is The Sims.

Oh and my favorite genre is Platformer. Not sure what that means...but my three favorite games are those (Rayman, Zelda, and MArio 64) so I jsut picked that.

[Nephets]

Half-Life 2, Super Mario series, Diablo 2, Metal Gear, Resident Evil, Unreal Tournament, Metroid series, Zelda series, Dance Dance Revolution, Um Jammer Lammy, wow, so many favorite series of games, check out my IGN video game collection.

http://users.ign.com/collection/-Nephets-

I'm not a huge sports gamer, and I hate EA. They're buying out all sorts of independent publishers. Plus I don't think there's such a huge difference between Madden 04 and Madden 05, despite roster changes.

Oh, and guess what? The NFL signed an exclusive deal with EA, so now Madden, next year, will be 70 dollars.

I feel bad for anyone who buys them, because by the end of the year they'll be worth 10 dollars, and furtherly decreasing from then. I mean, Madden 01-02 and can bought for 1.99 now in used game stores.

[KokoTheMonkey]

Originally Posted by Nephets

Oh, and guess what? The NFL signed an exclusive deal with EA, so now Madden, next year, will be 70 dollars.

I feel bad for anyone who buys them, because by the end of the year they'll be worth 10 dollars, and furtherly decreasing from then. I mean, Madden 01-02 and can bought for 1.99 now in used game stores.

70 bones? Damn, I heard about EA buying the rights to the NFL and all of that, but I didn't hear the game was going to be $70. That's pretty absurd.

[FreeMason Jr.]

That's kinda dumb...I think they'd actually lose sales. No matter how popular thier games have gotten, you'd have to either be a complete idiot or a huge sports fanatic to buy a video game for 70 bucks.

[KokoTheMonkey]

You know what, I wouldn't be surprised if it still breaks records and what not, even with the record high price tag. However, going from 50 to 70 is still a big increase in money, so it would make sense if the lesser Madden fans just backed off, or just keep playing the older version. There's no doubt in my mind that the Madden freaks will still purchase the game. Madden is basically life to them.

[FreeMason Jr.]

I'm sure you'd know, Koko

Anyways, let's see where everyone stands on thier favorite systems.

Home Consoles:
Xbox
Gamecube
PC
PS2

Handhelds:
Gameboy
Nintendo DS
PSP

[TheRoc5]

i like xbox and psp the most man psp is so great

[texan]

I play video games every now and again. I really like the GTA series, and the Grand Tourismo series. I also like the sports games, especially baseball and football. Oddly enough, I'm not a big bball game fan.

[FreeMason Jr.]

Originally Posted by TheRoc5

i like xbox and psp the most man psp is so great

I like Gamcube and NDS the most. I haven't played PS2 much, besides at my friends house, or the PSP though. The next gameboy will probably be my new favorite when it comes out.

[XxMia_9xX]

dang i didn't even know we had this thread.... i usually dont look at the sticky threads... but yeah i'm on my spring break! woo hoo! i'm liking it so far... too bad i choose to stay home this fri and sat night so i can watch the spurs! hahah isn't that sad?

anyway, i'm not a big video game fan at all. i think the last time i played video game was Tomba II, i actually finished it. it's the pink haired boy, he was awesome!

i like mario kart and crash! hahah i use to play them way back in 6th grade.

[FreeMason Jr.]

Originally Posted by XxMia_9xX

too bad i choose to stay home this fri and sat night so i can watch the spurs! hahah isn't that sad?

...What are you implying?