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| IkariDC
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|  "Games you treasure"
, posted Fri 19 Dec 17:17
Speak of those games you love from the bottom of your heart.
Let me start with Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
I had this game as Christmas present when it was released for the first time. It was my first action rpg, my first zelda game, so I was very excited about it.
I started playing it, I was very pleased with the intro secuence and music. I had a shield and I had to obtain a sword, but it was blocked by some sea urchins... I didn't know what to do next, then I learned that if you hold the shield button down, you could move those sea urchins without hurting yourself! It was so rewarding...
I liked very much those moments were the action was like in Zelda II, and those Mario Brothers enemy cameos!
Going with Marin was so damn fun! I almost wet my pants when I entered the crane game with her, she just did what I tried to do when I was playing alone!! Yes, she caught the poor crane game owner LOL!
So step by step I kept going further in the game, experiencing with items, weapons and characters, learning new ways of defeating monsters and discovering hidden things...
This game was very well balanced. It had a great story, it's very different from what you could see in previous Zelda games. It had a very nice soundtrack, many funny events and characters, well designed and challenging dungeons, and the ending of the game still gives me goose pimples (is this how you say it in english?) because of the Wind Fish, the anime cutscenes and the music. It was so cool at that time! And the scene you see after playing again all the instruments, so beautiful...
Then after playing this game I thought that A Link to the Past would be much better, but I was quite dissapointed with it...
I really want this game to have a sequel and the game's ending hinted the posibility of doing it. I'm also happy that Miyamoto didn't have many relation with the game, as IMO it happened to be a perfect game!
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| talbaineric 5661th Post
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|  "Re(1):Games you treasure"
, posted Fri 19 Dec 18:11
Kingdom Hearts-What can I say? I'm a Disney fan,and I was always expecting great things with Kingdom Hearts. Disney had another hit on their hands with this game. And combine Squaresoft's awesome graphics and good gameplay,KH is a treasure all in it's own. I'm glad I own it. Probably the only RPG I ever bought in my life. I hope for KH2,Stitch and Koda are summons.
Sly Cooper-Even though the game was short,this still holds a place in my gaming collection as one good game. The cartoon-style of it all,the missions,music,and not too mention the hero Sly's a pimp.
Ratchet and Clank-Another hit that left me in awe. Great graphics,characters and sound helped this game deserve a treasured spot in my VG library. And Ratchet has one cool voice.
Cannon Spike-Heck,a game starring Cammy deserves to hold a special spot in my library. The game was really short,but for pure novelty,this owns. And not too mention,Cammy looks awesome in rollerblades.
MvC2-I remember spending the last of my paycheck on this 3 years ago,when the DC was at it's height of fame. 56 characters all meshed into one game(although no Talbain,argh!) is awesome.
Darkstalkers 3-Jon Talbain owns. He just owns everyone for free. And probably the only Darkstalker I ever bothered to play constantly. DS3 made me even ore of a no.1 fan of him than anything. Go Talbain,and DS. DS owns the sucky GG series for free,and GG will never compare to this gem of a gem.
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| Joe Randel
47th Post
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| "Re(1):Games you treasure" , posted Fri 19 Dec 18:14
I love, love, love. lovelovelovelove... my Mega Man 2. Now while I haven't played it in a while when I do, I like to make it an event. I gotta get myself comfy with some Vanilla Coke and some Corn Puffs, then it's game time. I remeber when I rented it for the first time. Man, I thought this was the 'be all' of games. Wood Man, Metal Man, Bubble Man, Dragon Boss, acid drops in the end cave... Ahhh... now those are memories ^_^
I also love my Mega Man 3, Super Mario 2 and 3, Startropics... and the list goes on...
Oh, on a funny note I loved Zelda for the SNES and was very dissapointed with the GB Zelda. I thought it was a poor title all around.
draw draw draw... that's all I do...
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| thebigword
132th Post
Regular Customer
| "Re(5):Games you treasure" , posted Fri 19 Dec 21:26
Super Mario Bros 3. I remember begging my mom to rent this every weekend when I was younger.
Karate Champ. <_< haha damn. I hated that fuckin game, but I played it everyday on my NES, even if I couldn't break those fuckin bottles in the bonus rounds...
Flashback: The Quest For Identity. My favorite Genesis game period. I still have it, but my Genesis is broke.
Castlevania:SOTN. The first game that I found completely enjoyable for it's challege. Of all the PSX games I bought, this is my favorite.
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins. Everything about this game is awesome, imo. And, the music, incredible. I remember wanting to play through the game everyday for the music alone.
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4. My favorite racing game ever. I still play this regularly.
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike and Fatal Fury: MOTW. I can't explain it, but I still play these on a regular basis, everything about these two games just screams quality. I get a fuzzy feeling whenever I think of em.
That's it. There really hasn't been any games that I treasure from this current generation of consoles...
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| Mosquiton 1037th Post
Red Carpet Premium Member
| "Re(2):Games you treasure" , posted Sat 20 Dec 07:04
I really liked Desert Falcon (Atari 7800) for some reason. Probably the (at the time, and considering the system) badass graphics. It's not a bad shooter though, honestly... maybe a bit gimmicky, but fun. I also remember pulling Super Mario Bros. 2 out of my dresser drawer very often in middle school, and for some reason I associate it with a fresh summer breeze.
But first and foremost in my heart would be my SNES Ogre Battle cart... and I've played the everloving hell out of it. It rattles a bit, but still works. I somehow missed the game when it first came out, until I saw a small article in Nintendo Power about Tactics Ogre. That game looked cool beyond belief. NP used to be cool like that, and this is way before I had internet.
So I went through old NP's (I had subscribed for a while) and read up on what little they had on Ogre Battle, then I made it my life's mission to get that goddamn cart... which took almost an entire year due to it being so rare. That cart is sitting at my parent's house actually... but I know it's safe.
Man, thanks for the memories. Anyway, I was f'ing overjoyed when Atlus ported Tactics Ogre and Square brought Final Fantasy Tactics to the PlayStation... but it's hard to treasure a CD -that- much. Carts were such a great size, and so sturdy, you could give the bastards a hug if you wanted to.
Speaking of SNES carts, I too still love my copy of Final Fantasy III, which I also played the hell out of. And possibly even more I love Seiken Densetsu 3, which always had a converter stuck to it because I didn't want to risk operating on my deck. My brother and I played that game like we were chain smoking, starting a new game the same day we finished the old one. I think we finished it five times in one summer... three of those games within one month.
More recently I was really attached to the gleaming yellow Rival Schools discs. Owing mostly to the great intro and ending sequences, amazing character design and aesthetic, and a badass Sakura/Daigo team. And no matter what anyone says, the game was fun and I never met anyone I couldn't thoroughly beat down.
I'm sure this is too long a walk down memory lane for most people, but the last game I was actually physically attached to was Shinobi because of overcoming its murderous difficulty, unlocking everything, and its badass cover art.
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| CrazyMax 318th Post
Bronze Customer
| "Re(1):Games you treasure" , posted Sat 20 Dec 09:03
So many games from the Dreamcast were treasures. But topping the list of treasured games if Fire Pro Wrestling D. If I had to measure a game by the hours spent playing it, then the game is worth the weight of a cargo ship in gold. The replay value of this game was off the charts.
Giant Gram 2K, another fun wrestling game. Not quite the replay depth of FPD, but very enjoyable.
The rest of the Fire Pro Series.
Marvel VS Capcom 2 & Capcom VS SNK 1 & 2 on DC.
Mechassault for the Xbox, my first xbox game, and got even better on Live. At it's height, the game was the epitome of joy on Xbox Live.
Mark of Kri. Just like Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper, surprising titles you should own. Mark of Kri gets the nod cause it combined Disney like graphics & look, with Metal Gear Solid stealth, and some very enjoyable violent kills it's a PS2 requirement. Great way to blow off steam from a hard day too.
Simcity 2K. My first Sim City game, and an incredible time waster.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I can sum up the greatness of this game simply. I am NOT a Star Wars fan, haven't been since I was traumatized by the reekness of Return of the Jedi and Boba Fett's pointless death. I LOVED this game. Being able to choose between light and dark & lightsabers restored my faith in the Force. Even after hearing about metachlorines!
Whew! That's enough, ...for now!
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| CrazyMike 786th Post
Red Carpet Regular Member+
| "Re(2):Games you treasure" , posted Sat 20 Dec 13:25
Okay here is my list
In the RPG category:
Phantasy Star 4: Ironically, I do not own this game due to its steep 100 dollar price tag in its day. I completely beat it when I used to have the Sega Channel and to this day I find it to be one of my fav RPG's.
Lunar: Silver Star Story: Sega CD version good, PSX version better. One of the reasons I value this game is the extra care Working Designs put into the special package with the cloth map, making of CD, music disc, etc.
And during the era of Final Fantasy 7 and 8, it was nice to play a more lighthearted, classic Japanese RPG with hand-drawn characters and small parties that devoted time to character development.
Final Fantasy 6/3, and Chrono Trigger: Lucky to have these sought after carts for SNES. I remember my Mom drove me around town on my birthday trying to find FF3 and we got the last copy at Sears of all places. Nothing more can be said.
Everything else:
Castlevania: SOTN
Marvel Superheroes: Crappy PSX port I own, but the arcade is still my favorite Marvel fighter, above all the v.s crap.
Sonic CD: Proof that the Sega CD DID have quality games if you were willing to try it
Final Fight CD: Again, more Sega CD goodness. And 2 player support and Guy, screw the SNES version!
There are many more I could name, but to keep it short, one more game, last and certainly not least...
Excitebike for NES. My first NES game ever.
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| EternalNewbie
73th Post
Occasional Customer
| "Re(3):Games you treasure" , posted Sat 20 Dec 20:17
For me, I have most of my high ranking games in this nice little display I set up against the middle of the main wall in my room. There are quite a few games in the collection (a good amount of old SNES games with boxes and instructions still with them; all of the Legend of Zelda games; etc.), but a few stand out among them. Those games would probably be Super Mario 3, Super Metroid, most of the Legend of Zelda games, Lunar 1 and 2, Lufia 2 (Lufia 1 is also in the collection, but 2 was better), Breath of Fire 2, Chrono Trigger, FFVI, Robotrek, Super Mario RPG, and Megaman X1 are the main ones that come off the top of my head. There are lots more games in the place, and I do take out them out and play them occasionally, but those are the ones that I remember fondly right now. One set of games that I wish I had in the display but don't are the old Megaman games. When I was little, it was always my 2 best friends that had the Megaman games so I would always play at their houses and didn't buy them. I still remember those days when we would take turns playing through the stages, sometimes going out of the boss order to make it harder for ourselves or to mix it up. Ah, good times indeed....
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| Gojira 1233th Post
Red Carpet Executive Member
| "Re(1):Games you treasure" , posted Sat 20 Dec 21:55
Hmm...
Double Dragon (arcade version of course) would have to be one. It was nothing but violence from start to finish, yet it was so much fun. The first time I figured out how to grab one of those thugs' heads and pound my knee into it was such a satisfying thing back then. Even better when I figured out how to throw them off a cliff. Eventually I was able to play for over an hour on one credit. To a kid with no allowance that is a damn good thing.
Ninja Gaiden would have to be another. Not the arcade version, but the NES ones. I only rented the first one and never could beat it, so I ended up buying the second one. Lots of fun, great story (for the time), and great music (I spent so much time in those music test menus). Never had a chance to play part 3 for too long.
After that, R-type was the first shooter I really enjoyed. I had played Gradius and others but R-type had such a great style and imaginative enemy layout. I had a friend who really liked the game too, and we used to alternate on it for hours at the local convenience store.
Then came Street Fighter II. So much of my time in high school was spent just trying to figure out how to do a damned "Dragon Punch" while playing the local Chun Li scrubs. Forget sports; that game was the first thing to show me the spirit of competition, which continued with all the fighting games to follow.
Shortly after, Final Fantasy 2/4 became an important thing to me. Few games made me want to get up so early in the morning to play for as long as possible. Not only did it open my eyes to the potential of video games to tell an epic story with meaningful characters, but also showed me what a rich sound the SNES/SFC could produce in the right hands. FF3/6, while certainly more grand and enjoyable, didn't really mean as much to me.
Finally, the most recent (but not really) game: Radiant Silvergun. If I could have half a cent for every time I played and enjoyed the hell out of this game, I would be a millionaire. The presentation, the difficulty, the variety of weapons, the music, even the story which I could only understand through actions at the time, were all amazing. I have never loved any other Treasure game quite as much.
There's one more - an RPG I worked on for GBC - but unfortunately I can't talk much about that. :P
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| fausty
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New Customer
| "Re(1):Games you treasure" , posted Sat 20 Dec 23:07
It's funny, I'm almost afraid to play the games I treasure again, like I'll discover they really aren't worth the amount of "devotion" I give them.
But anyways:
Snatcher - I remember beating this in one day, it was raining and the end credits were rolling, and I was sitting on my bed, seriously depressed. Never before had I become so involved with a gaming experience, and never before had I been so sad to see one end.
Final Fantasy VI - A standard choice, but a solid one. I was almost fired from my job at the time because of my "long lunch" which involved me going to four stores trying to find this sucker. Played it, beat it, and played it again. Four times in a row, which is a record for me. Especially for an RPG. But I'll never forget the first time through - the world falling apart, the opera, the end boss...still makes me smile thinking about it.
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - Another standard example, but it was the first game I remember playing through and "losing time" to. Started the game the evening I got it, and stayed up the entire night completely ungulfed, didn't even notice what had happened until my mom came down, all pissed off that I didn't go to bed. :)
Mega Man 2 - Me and my friend beat this game so many times I lost count. SO much fun, we'd trade off the controler whenever one of us died. That game was the staple of a young summer.
Policenauts - I didn't actually ever play this, but my friend did, and I sat next to him the entire time, as he translated. My god, so grand, and such a shame it never hit these shores. I picked up the Saturn version a few years later, and played through most of the game again, trying to remember the key plot points and suffering through with my shit Japanese. The memories it uncovered though, made it still worthwhile.
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| IkariDC
19th Post
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| "Re(2):Games you treasure" , posted Sun 21 Dec 04:36
I see lots of people here with a great taste.
I also love Castlevania SOTN. I've known the series from the beginning (Vampire Killer on MSX). At the time SOTN appeared, I still didn't have a PSX. I saw the game at a friend's place, I felt so envious because I couldn't play such a great game! Some years later this same friend managed to find in a store this game for me. It was supposed to be out of print, but they kept the game in that store since the game was released. This meant I had to pay the same price as if it would be a new game, but I was happy to pay that much for it!
Arcade games that I love: Double Dragon and Super Dodgeball. I could reach the end of these games with 1 credit in any of these. And sometimes I could beat Super Dodgeball. Namennayo! The funny thing about this is nowadays I can't beat Double Dragon that easily LOL!
Other games I love but sadly I had to play them emulated: Many Castlevania games to mention, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Final Fantasy 6 and Chrono Trigger, my favourite RPGs of all time (at least I could buy the PSX version of FF6, sadly CT wasn't released in Europe...), Snatcher, Megaman X...
I'd love to play all the NES Megaman games, I think I'll wait to that PS2/Cube compilation of the games.
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