Writer's Block: Top Five Video Games

[kismet09]

Saw this on the homepage and had to answer:

1. Tetris (Nintendo).  Couldn't get enough, back in the day.  I got to level 19 regularly, rocket ships, etc. on the nintendo version.
2. We love Katamari (PS2).  I play til I get nauseous, then I eat ginger candies and play some more.
3. Zoo Tycoon (PC).  i love creating exhibits, although I'm still

Comments

[crosstables]

What? No Track & Field cartridge for the Atari 2600!? I put a lot of work into that one! Making things work with 128 bytes of RAM is challenging! :-)

[nagekinoki]

Wow, I really wonder what would fit in this for me, overall.

I'm amazed that you could fit just 5 onto a list. Of course, I think that just shows how much more I need to get out.

I guess my list would have some of the following:

a) DDR/ITG/IIDX
b) Doom/Q1/Q2/Q3
c) FF7/FFX/CC/CX/Xenogears
d) Starcraft/Warcraft 1-3/Diablo
e) Civilization II
f) Bushido Blade/Dead or Alive
g) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (BEST GAME EVER!)

[kismet09]

oh yeah, i did love carmen sandiego, and oregon trail, when i was a kid. i was one with my world almanac.

i never got that into video games - i have more fun watching other people play.

[cislocative]

I love Super Mario Kart 64! I was Toad fairly frequently as well.

[key_lime_guy]

Tetris!! Man, how many thousands of hours did I spend playing that in my younger days? I got a hankering for Tetris about a year ago, and, given that all of the versions I've seen for the modern systems suck ass, I went on Ebay and bought an old NES for the express purpose of playing Tetris. Still haven't gotten as good as I used to be (I could get up around 700,000 on a good day), but still an awesome game. What I like to do sometimes is start on level 19 and see how far I can get.

[kismet09]

i never start lower than level 9, because it's boring at any speed slower than that.