Oh you are so wrong about getting great gameplay from your .25.

Battlezone

Robotron 2084

Pac Man

1942

Xevious

There are other good examples too, but these games gave me hours of gaming pleasure and as I got good at them, .25 meant 30 to 40 minutes of play.

I could make a night out of 1.00 back in the 80's. I have MAME on all of my home systems so I can revisit these wonderful games whenever I want. Not to mention the TRON and Discs of TRON arcade machines sitting in my garage calling my name!

My top 10 (in no particular order)


All arcade games, BTW


Tron
Discs of Tron
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Mr Do
Qix
Galaga
Battlezone
Pac Man
Shinobi
Double Dragon

Here are some of my favorites. This is an ever-morphing list as I keep coming across old C64 and Amiga 500 titles that I loved. Let's just say I have "many" top 10 games of all time I've thought so much about these classic games, I'm spacing when I try to think about newer titles; but I've thrown a couple of those in here. Dang, I've played so many games in my life it's not even funny.

I think of all the games I've played over the past 25 years, and I've played many -- we'll just leave it at that -- Thief 2 is my #1. That may change if I think about it more... but as of this second it's #1 in my book.

1. Thief 2: The Metal Age (PC) - Thief games still set the bar with regards to enemy AI, imo. And the stealth gameplay is unrivaled. Don't read anything about this game before getting it. NOTHING. The less you know about what it's about or its characters, or anything, the better. Heck, don't even look at the back of the box. I like Thief 2 better than the latest Thief: Deadly Shadows. And like it better than Thief 1. I started with Thief 2, not Thief 1, and I'm glad I did. Even though Thief 2 was made in the late '90s, the graphics aren't that bad at all as it's all about shadows and gameplay with this one. I've re-installed this game into my system more times than any other game -- just to get a taste of it every now and then. Just get it for $5 or $10 and play it -- with the lights out. With headphones on, even better. The only thing you need to know is if you have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and need to Rambo your way through levels, or need machine guns and futuristic environments, you may not have the patience for this one. If you have patience and play it how it's meant to be played, I think you'll be impressed. Note: While installing, pay attention the hints it gives you on the install screens.

Now, these rank high, but it's hard to say if they're in my Top 10. I have so many games that I consider 'greats':

Faery Tale Adventure (Amiga 500) - Amazingly large, continuous world to roam around in. Fun adventure, overhead perspective. It took a long time before I played a game that had a world that felt as large as this one and had a similar gameplay style as this one (isometric?). Most other games for a long time had noticeable load zones where you had to leave one map and go onto another one. Not this one. - http://zorro.kicks-ass.org/classics/faerytale.htm
Age of Empires (PC) - I've probably played AoE II more than the first AoE, but I liked both. When I play the first incarnation now, it's kind've slow and boring, but I loved it when it was new. I've played a lot of AoE II. Even though it can see computer AI patterns after a while, it's stil fun to conquer other civilizations. I'm pretty much done with it now, but it's probably in my Top 10.

Zyll (IBM PC, Jr.) - Text based adventure game, yet real-time action. A good mix. A step above Zork in that respect. Could also play side-by-side (competitively or cooperatively) with someone else (split screen) -- using two different parts of the keyboard. Very cool and a lot of fun for the time. - http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/zyll.htm / http://www.freeoldies.com/download.php3?game=Zyll
Defender of the Crown (C64/Amiga 500) - Sweet game back then. The recent PS2 reincarnation kind've sucked, imo.

Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony (C64) - Fun adventure game. Weird... not the greatest graphics in the world... but interesting to get to know - http://c64.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,27/gameId,1623/gameShotId,88827/
Bruce Lee (C64) - A sound that's used in the movie TRON is also actually in this game. I love it! I think it's one of the noises a light blip makes on the wall in the background of the "Vacate entry port, program!" scene. I think of it every time I watch TRON. I'm a total geek, eh?

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There's too many great games that I've played to even consider a top 10 list, but here goes...

10) Final Fantasy VI -- Played this on a emulator. Now I own the actual game in FFAnthology. It's really good game to try out. ^^
9) Final Fantasy VIII -- My first FF game. XP I'd get in fights with FF7 fanboys... no, really. Some of the extreme fanboys were angry that I got FF8. I don't understand them... (I didn't get a console until 2001! I got FF8 for pc in 1999. Then when Silver gave me his PSX, I finally bought FF7 and FF8 for psx...)
8) Gorf -- I had to fit this game somewhere in here. Crazy C64 port....
7) Final Fantasy X and X-2 -- The first Final Fantasy to have a sequel. I don't understand why people hate Tidus. I liked him. X-2 was sheer fun! Girl power~!
6) Xenosaga -- Precedsor (sp?) to Xenogears... but the story needs to be tweaked.
5) Devil May Cry -- I'm not sure how to describe this, but the game kicks butt. o_o Again, for PS2. (Seeing a pattern here?)
4) Kamatari Damacy -- It's like crack! Kind of. A game for PS2 and it's so much fun rolling everything up with a kamatari.
3) Shadow Hearts 1 and 2-- really awesome series for PS2. The story is very well connected! ...only if I knew what was going on in Koudelka (the first in the series)... doh!
2) Tron 2.0 Killer App for gbasp -- Need to finish this!
1) Tron 2.0 -- I just loved this so much. I would just stare at the opening credits and going "Shinyyyyyy~"
1) Xenogears -- PSX game. The storyline ... wow. Just incredible.

(yes, I have two 1 spots. :P) Most of the games I play are usually on PS2. ... you know, I should really give Silver his psx back now that I finally bought the LAST psone. *whistles*

KiaPurity Wrote: 6) Xenosaga -- Precedsor (sp?) to Xenogears... but the story needs to be tweaked.

I was playing that right before I got my X-Box. I did like it, but the enourmous cut scenes were sometimes too long in my opinion.

4) Kamatari Damacy -- It's like crack! Kind of. A game for PS2 and it's so much fun rolling everything up with a kamatari.

I have heard lots of good things about this one. I would like to pick it up (hehheh)

Here's my no particular order to ten:

Mario Bros. (Arcade)
Usagi Yojimbo (C64)
Quartet (Arcade)
Baby Pac-man (Arcade/Pinball)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
South Park (PC) [BTW, the pinball game's not bad either!]Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
Double Dragon Advance (GBA)
Vagrant Story (PS1)
Tron 2.0 (PC)

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The first three that come to mind

Fallout (PC)
Bloodnet (PC)
Phantasy Star (SMS)

I'll also say Xenogears but Im not sure if that will be in my top ten. That game seriously rocked though, good choice Kia.

I'll reply later with the rest or just edit this post lol

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I think Lunar Lander was actually the first video game I ever encountered. As I recall, it was in the lobby of one of the local movie theaters.

I think it's still a challenging game today.