VIDEO GAME DRAFT- Honorable Mentions

[gravedigger]

Everyone had some games in mind that just didn't quite make the cut. What were yours? Post them and maybe a quick explanation as to why they didn't make it. Why do this? Because legendary prop comedian Gallagher commands you!

I'll post some of mine after I draft this afternoon.

[Matt Goldberg]

Um, maybe this should wait until after the draft is completely over.

[gravedigger]

Yeah, I thought about that, but figured it wouldn't be a big deal as lots of people were throwing around other games that haven't been drafted in the discussion threads.

[Dan Laugharn]

Yeah, but the idea of this thread is games that didn't get drafted. Draft has not ended. Thus thread is kinda useless.

Edit to add: For now, that is.

[Nick Nunziata]

Fuck it. Here's the few I was torn over for my last pick:

The Incredible Machine
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Flashback
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2003
Haunting, Starring Polterguy
Virtua Fighter 2

[gravedigger]

Alex Kidd...fun stuff...

Vying for the last couple slots on my line-up, but denied because I tried to keep a variety were...

Ghostbusters (SMS)
Altered Beast
Rock N Roll Racing (SNES)
Sonic Adventure
Shenmue
R-Type
Spyro the Dragon
Elemental Gearbolt (PS1)
Die Hard Trilogy
Gargoyle's Quest
Aliens (arcade)

[BigRoundSailor]

I had a few more that I was eyeing:

Solar Jetman, NES
Descent 2, PC
Freespace 2, PC
TIE Fighter, PC
Einhander, PSX
Radiant Silvergun, DC
Rise of the Triad, PC
Shadowgate, NES
Life Force, NES

[Waco]

Nick Nunziata:
Flashback
Yes.

And, had I remembered yesterday, I would have actually picked Out of This World, what I consider to be the "original" in that style of interactive adventure console game.

Fuck.

[Frost]

Baseball Mogul 2003
Front Page Sports Football '98
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
Gender Wars
X-Com: Apocalypse
Lode Runner (Apple II)
Rescue Raiders (Apple II)
Uninvited (MAC)
Gran Turismo 2 (PS1)
Defender (arcade)
Buck Rogers (Genesis)

[Sir Pinch-a-Loaf]

hmm...

Flashback
Out of this World
Dr. Mario
Worms 2
The Immortal
Space Invaders
Twisted Metal 2
Gran Turismo 2 or 3
....

there's more, I can't think of them. A lot of these were from series where similar games were picked, making mine moot. i.e. picking Worms 2 when Worms Armageddon was already gone.

[BigRoundSailor]

Frost:

Lode Runner (Apple II)
Rescue Raiders (Apple II)[b]
Hell yes and hell yes. Those two would be on my honorable mentions list as well. Rescue Raiders was one of the first games I had for the Apple, and my fond memories of it are boundless. Not only a great action game, but one that required quite a bit of strategy to win. Good choices.

[Ludwig]

Some of Mine:

TIE Fighter, IBM
Ghostbusters, C64
Space Taxi, C64
Realm of Impossibility, C64
Ultima Underworld I, IBM
Ultima VII pt I & II, IBM

[Richard Dickson]

Joust, Arcade
Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer, PC
Phantasy and Phantasy II, C64
Haunted House, Raka-Tu, and Invasion Force, TRS-80

[Gemini]

Jet Force Gemini (N64)
Ikaruga, (Dreamcast import)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)

I seriously considered Shenmue for my last pick, but Samba won me over.

[voltes5]

Bret Stewart:
Descent 2, PC
Freespace 2, PC
TIE Fighter, PCDitto here. I'd also like to add:

720º [Arcade] (Can't believe I didn't choose this!!!)
Return of the Jedi [Arcade]
Alex Kidd in Miracle World [Sega Master System]
Shining in the Darkness [Genesis]

Can't continue. Will only cry if I did.....

[Andrew Sweeney]

Lots of choices that I remembered as soon as I was done with my last pick...

Bump N' Jump
Virtua Fighter 4
Pengo
Legend of Kage
720 (Skateboard game with track ball)
Toobin'
Rival Schools
1942
Time Pilot
Guilty Gear X
Strider

Edit: Forgot Two-
River Raid
Pitfall (Did this really go unchosen?)

[voltes5]

Pengo, now that's a game that I played for hours at the local Chuck & Cheese as well as Nintendo Tennis. I still remember greasy joysticks and the scent of fried chicken and soggy pizzas. Ah, the good ol' days.

Andrew, nice pick on 720º!

[voltes5]

The great billylove had chosen Pitfall.

[BigRoundSailor]

720° reminds me of another great game: Skate or Die for the NES.

Oh, and another great PC game, System Shock 2. That game is seriously scary.

[Matt Goldberg]

From my original list of forty, here's what remained:

From my idea to just pick the crapiest games should all my favorites get taken:
Superman 64 (N64)
Zelda: Wand of Galemon (CDi)
And my favorite on sheer concept alone -
Custard's Revenge (Atari)

Real honorable mentions go to:
Tekken 3 (PSX)
Wolfenstein 3-D (PC)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
Crash Bandicoot: Warped (PSX)
Arkanoid (Arcade)

[Sir Pinch-a-Loaf]

Bret Stewart:
720° reminds me of another great game: Skate or Die for the NES.

Oh, and another great PC game, System Shock 2. That game is seriously scary.I know, that's why I picked it. wink

[BigRoundSailor]

Sir_Pinch-a-Loaf:
Bret Stewart:
720° reminds me of another great game: Skate or Die for the NES.

Oh, and another great PC game, System Shock 2. That game is seriously scary.I know, that's why I picked it. wink That's right, you did. Then that makes 5 games that I wish an oliphaunt would run over you for.

[Sleeplesslumber]

Though I wasn't in the draft I'd have to say you guys were great. I hope to get into the next draft and be apart of it.

One thing though I still can't believe nobody has even listed Earthbound (SNES) as a Honorable Mention.

[Blunt]

Here are the games remaining on my initial list, barring those who had already been mentioned here (flashback and radiant silvergun: yay!)

Fear Effect
Suikoden 2
Dino Crisis 2
Sreet Fighter Alpha 3
Nocturne
Contra 3
Bahamut Lagoon
Fatal Fury Special (and almost every SNK game)
Star Trek: 25th anniversary
Legend of Kyrandia
Onimusha 2
Sunset Riders
Blazing Dragons
Driver
Blade Runner
Quackshot
Road Rash
Duck Tales
Batman: the animated series
Demon's Crest
Aladdin (genesis version)
Vandal Hearts
Bonk
Pop'n Twin Bee
Super Tiny Toons
Final Fight
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Goof Troop
The Lost Vikings
Any of the "Strike" games (desert, jungle, soviet, nuclear)
Rocket Knight Adventures
Shinobi
Streets of Rage 2
Broken Sword
Castle/World of Illusion
Parasite Eve
Prince of Persia
Speedball 2
Valkyrie Profile
Rayman
Ecco the Dolphin
Front Mission 3rd
Aliens vs Predators (arcade)
Abe's Odyssey
Shadow of the Beast
Bushido Blade
Operation Wolf
Final Match Tennis
Tomb Raider
Sylpheed
Discworld
Parodius
Capcom vs Snk 2

Choosing only ten was heartbreaking.

[voltes5]

Awesome list, Blunt. You're a stronger man than I am.

I do have a question though: Bonk. Did you mean Bonk's Adventure for the TurboGrafx 16? Or is this a completely different Bonk?

Quackshot and Castle of Illusion were fantastic Disney games. I had many sleepless nights where I'd be bouncing around on my derriere, courtesy of COI.

Hell yeah, and The Lost Vikings! Man, such a fun game. Now I remember Lemmings (it was hard to play on the SNES, but fun nevertheless).

And when you mentioned the Genesis version of Aladdin (very fluid animation for a 16-bit), all of a sudden I remembered the arcade game Rolling Thunder. These guys are really thin but they move quite fluidly as well. Totally unrelated, but then that connected to Ikari Warriors (what the hell do you call those rotating joysticks?!).

Hell yeah too for Prince of Persia. Out of this World and Flashback are great bedfellows.

So many games.....

[Sir Pinch-a-Loaf]

Bret Stewart:
Sir_Pinch-a-Loaf:
Bret Stewart:
720° reminds me of another great game: Skate or Die for the NES.

Oh, and another great PC game, System Shock 2. That game is seriously scary.I know, that's why I picked it. wink That's right, you did. Then that makes 5 games that I wish an oliphaunt would run over you for.Wow, 5?!?! lemme guess, see if i remember the list... System Shock 2, Civ II, RC Pro Am, Link to the Past, and.......Ninja Gaiden(?)

[Waco]

Ever since my first post in this thread, I've had Out of this World in the back of my mind. Its really been pissing me off that I *forgot* it. It was on my damn list, too the extent of doing the Mr. Burns-hands-wringing with every round that it lasted.

Maybe someday in the near future, my boxes of earthly possessions might actually make it across their own Oregon trail to my new home, and when they do, a rousing session of World is in order. Followed by Flashback, cause that should have been picked too, and I still gots all da ol' cartridges, yo.

[Blunt]

voltes5:
Awesome list, Blunt. You're a stronger man than I am.

I do have a question though: Bonk. Did you mean Bonk's Adventure for the TurboGrafx 16? Or is this a completely different Bonk?Yup, that's the one. Mind you, it was called PC Kid Adventure over here, but I remembered that the US title was Bonk, forgetting about the "adventure" bit. But yeah same, game, little prehistoric guy smashing foes with his head.

And I'm not the bigger man, just a poor little geek who has spend the better part of the last 11 years playing games while he should have been out kissing girls wink

[voltes5]

Well, see it this way: You're now a formidable expert of your joystick.

<exits stage right>

[Richard Dickson]

Correct me if I'm wrong: Did no one take any of the Madden games?

[Michael Rabattino]

To name a few:

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Kingpin: Life of Crime
Shenmue

For whatever reason, I didn't pick them.