best video game of all time

Zelda I was awesome, awesome, awesome. Took me like two or three months to beat that fucker during my sophomore year. I'd play that again in a heartbeat.

then Zelda II came out and I whipped that puppy in like two weeks. booooring.

 

I did that too! I'm such a loser.

 

What, no love for Guitar Hero 3?

 

Zelda II was the first (and one of the only) games I was ever able to do a speed run on. At my best, I think I was able to go from start to finish in about 2 1/2 hours.

 

Always thought Blades of Steel was saying "Flip the Puck!" Love that opening music as they take the ice.

Zelda I was a game I eventually was able to clear in 2 and a half hours. Was all proud when I cleared it for the first time after two weeks. Zelda II was a bitch, just because it was so easy to die. Fall into a pit of lava on the way to the final temple, and you're done. Took me a month.

Metroid was awesome too; using thse maps from good old Nintendo Power magazine (as I did for Zelda), got my time down to 45 minutes.

Zelda: A Link to the Past for SNES was amazing. "I won! I won! I beat Ganon! Damn, this game was short . . Oh, CRAP!" Then he takes you to the dark world, and you have to use the magic mirror to go back and forth . . . great, difficult, original game.

I'm not surprised at the love for Super Mario 3. I thought Super Mario World took it to the next level - piano dork dude played the theme from that at the Video games Live concert last fall. But my favorite was always Super Mario 2; it was so unique and remains so. Puling up grass to get weapons? What the hell? Unlike any other game in the series.

I am always surprised by the love for RBI. I think time has made everyone forget about the laughable throws, where a shortstop or third baseman's toss to first would bounce two or three times. A friend always sold that as "Cool, because it's proportional to the batter's speed!" I preferred Bases Loaded, down to the ping of the bat, the "You BUM! Out!" when you struck out with on out and the bases loaded, the "hit the opponent's best batter twice before the fifth and h'e'll rush the mound and get ejected" glitch, the screwy pitching motions some dudes had, all the scoreboard animations, and of course, the great bullpen cart.

For me, the Metal Gear Solid series for PlayStation is the greatest ever. Love the mix of graphics, innovation, saving the world, humor, plot, character and weird boss battles (the 45 minute war of attrition with The End in MGS 3 is astoundingly great).

But that old Mega Man series (especially the first two) was my addiction in junior high. Zero wasn't enough to keep it from feeling repetitive, though.

 

There was some pitcher on that game (I think for NY) who could make the ball curve in any direction imaginable for the first 50-60 pitches or so. Literally whatever combination you put into the directional pad was how the ball would travel to the plate.

Also worthy of love

 

Wait 'til you play God of War II!

 

Double Dragon. Damn! Haven't thought about that one in years.

NBA Jam ought to get at least honorable mention status. Dunno if that's been brought up yet.

 

Atari's Adventure

 

Four pages and nobody has mentioned this coin-operated game this yet?

 

Yar's Revenge

 

Exactly what I was going to say. II is awesome and the way it sets up III, that one could have an amazing storyline.