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Started by lawliver, February 14, 2013, 07:41:18 AM

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Mysteryman

Right now I use my Xbox, Wii and PC for gaming, but no matter how awesome game quality gets, I will forever be in love with my super Nintendo and more specifically Super Mario world and street fighter II!
On, still on, I wandered on,
And the sun above me shone;
And the birds around me winging
With their everlasting singing
Made me feel not quite alone.

Christina G. Rossetti
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VegasLakers

I play COD Black Ops 2 on Xbox 360 and think it has the best multiplayer of any of the new games. I had Halo and thought that was the best, but decided to try COD and can see why people love it.

Love sports games and had NBA for awhile. Liked it, but I sucked at it, LOL. Should pick up FIFA or something.
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FTMDiaries

I've been a gamer since the 1970s. Like Christina, I also had an Atari 2600 - it was the highlight of my early childhood. :)

I've played all sorts of games in the past 30+ years, but I prefer games that involve a bit of puzzle-solving as well as the usual hack-n-slash stuff. I get bored if I'm just running around shooting things or driving vehicles.

So... my all-time favourite game has got to be Monkey Island 3; the best of the Monkey Island series, in my opinion. It was well animated, had fiendish puzzles, and of course it featured the song "A Pirate I Was Meant to Be", which had me in stitches at the time.

Currently I seem to play mostly on my XBox, but I also have Wii, PS3, PS2, PSP and various iOS devices. I tend to juggle between the XBox (when I can get some time to use the telly) and my iPad (when the family's using the telly).

I'm currently replaying (for the umpteenth time) Fable II on XBox 360. It's my favourite of the Fable series, even if it does have a very triggering mission towards the end (where you stumble into a room containing a potion that can permanently change the gender of your character). Despite that trigger, Fable I-III were pretty great in their treatment of LGBT issues. Fable IV was a disappointment for various reasons, not least because of the godawful tracking abilities of the Kinect.

You can pretty much guarantee that I'll buy any new Prince of Persia, Fable, or Assassin's Creed game that comes out. In fact, I upgraded my PC every time a new Prince of Persia was released, right up until I started playing PoP on my consoles. ;)





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JenSquid

My favorite game console would have to be the SNES, but the NES, which is where I started, is not far behind. I'm also really fond of the PlayStation 1, which I consider to be the rightful successor to the SNES, the Sega Genesis, which really gave the SNES a run for its money, and the Sega Dreamcast, which was criminally underrated and got more good games in a shorter period of time than any other console I've ever seen.
My favorite handheld is the PSP, which I didn't expect I would like, but completely blew me away. As much as I love the original GameBoy's library, I'll take my GBA SP any day. I'd also like to say that the Neo Geo Pocket Color and the Atari Lynx are both really good machines that were largely ignored.

My favorite game is a toss up between Secret of Mana for the SNES and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the PS1. Other games I really like include Centipede, Thunder Force V, the original Legend of Zelda, Breath of Fire, Quake II, Seiken Densetsu 3, Mushihimesama Futari, anything by Yasumi Matsuno, etc.

Favorites by console (tip of the iceberg):
Atari 2600: Demons to Diamonds, Turmoil, Galaxian
Jaguar: Tempest 2000

Colecovision: Frenzy, Pepper II, Mr. Do

NES: Legend of Zelda, Mega Man 3, Zelda II, Contra, Adventure Island II, Tiger Heli, SMB, Faxanadu, too many to name...
SNES: Secret of Mana, Super Metroid, Tetris Attack, Breath of Fire, Mega Man X, Super Mario World, R-Type III, moar
N64: Beetle Adventure Racing, Robotron 64, Super Smash Bros.
Gamecube: F-Zero GX, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Viewtiful Joe, Wind Waker, Phantasy Star Online, Metroid Prime

Master System: Golvelius, Power Strike, Phantasy Star
Genesis: Toejam & Earl, Thunder Force III, LandStalker, Shinobi III, Sonic the Hedgehog, Streets of Rage 2, Fire Shark
Sega CD: Lords of Thunder, Popful Mail, Final Fight CD
32X: Kolibri
Saturn: Thunder Force V, Shining the Holy Ark, Shienryu, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Necronomicon, Galactic Attack
Dreamcast: Bangai-O, King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999, ChuChu Rocket, Skies of Arcadia, SoulCalibur

PlayStation: Castlevania: SoTN, Final Fantasy IX, SoulBlade, Wipe'Out", Vagrant Story, Spyro the Dragon, Einhänder, etc.
PlayStation 2: Culdcept, R-Type Final, Dragon Quest VIII, Metal Slug Anthology, Atelier Iris, Ōkami
PlayStation 3: 3D Dot Game Heroes, Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Mortal Kombat, Outland

Xbox: Halo, Morrowind, PGR2
Xbox 360: Raiden Fighters Aces, Mushihimesama Futari, PGR4, Borderlands, Dead Space, Oblivion, Pinball Hall of Fame

Lynx: Rygar
GameBoy: Centipede/Millipede
Game Gear: Sonic the Hedgehog
Neo Geo Pocket Color: Match of the Millenium
GameBoy Advance: Yggdra Union
PSP: Gradius Portable
DS: Etrian Odyssey

I think the point is I like video games.
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VegasLakers

I loved Castlevania for PSone. It was one of the first Playstation games I got, along with FFVII. That game along with Syphon Filter were some of my favorites.

If we're going back then my favorite game was Mortal Kombat and Mass Effect. I was like eight and my parents bought me Mortal Kombat for Sega Genesis. I was a Street Fighter junkie, but Mortal Kombat changed that.

My best experience on the Xbox 360 was Mass Effect. I will never forget going to the Citadel or getting promoted to Spectre. My friends said it was an awesome game and they weren't lying. I loved it so much that I finished most of the game in one playthrough.
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