selectbutton.net's top 64 vidcons 2020 - THE NOMINATION

Excite Truck rules I gotta play that again soon

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Speaking of Excite-branded racers, how was Excitebots?

Like, did anybody actually play it?

Put me down for:

EXCITE TRUCK ā€“ I love that game. It had custom soundtrack support didnā€™t it?! I think Excitebots was fine but not as excite as EXCITE TRUCK. I do not nominate Excitebots.

Ikaruga
Radiant Silvergun
Iā€™m going to spur a revival of Radiant Silvergun appreciation even though I never want to play that game again in my life.

WARIO WARE
Super Mario 3D Land
Sonic Adventure

BULK SLASH ā€“ put it on the list just cuz it looks cool!!

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snoodbutton

ADD SNOOD TO THE LIST and also please make this an emote on the forum, thank you

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yes yes to ikaruga and radiant silvergun even though i am not gamer enough to have successfully completed either of them

one time @haley and i spent two hours trying trying to complete the first stage of radiant silvergun on coop and only managed to get just past the midboss

i did not know that excite truck supported custom soundtracks, ill admit im quite fond of the original soundtrack, where they asked the metroid composer to go ham for an hour of generic dad rock instrumentals

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Alien Solder ā€“ cuz itā€™s the official game of the SB prodigal sons who love Tim and refuse to stop calling everyone ā€œdudeā€

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Puyo Puyo Tetris is a good way to sneak Tetris past me. What a clever strategem.

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I donā€™t trust anybody who doesnā€™t put Spelunky on their list

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Just going to list a bunch oā€™ games straight off the dome:

Doom
GTA 3
Dragon Quest 3
Super Mario Bros. 3
Noiz2sa
rRootage
Sky Force
Galaga
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Hero Core
Castlevania
Bionic Commando
Double Dragon
Halo 3
Contra 3: The Alien Wars
Breakout
Todd McFarlaneā€™s Spawn: The Video Game
Ghost in the Shell (PSX)
Spelunky
Ikaruga
Portal
Minecraft
Final Fantasy IX
Earthbound
Parsec47
Titanion
QWOP
Super Meat Boy
Star Guard
Iji
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
Half-Life
Quake
Wolfenstein 3D
Metroid Prime
Carrion
Rez
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

And Iā€™ll probably list some more later!

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Dwarf Fortress
Space Station 13
Rimworld
ADOM
IVAN
TOME
Fallout: New Vegas
Metal Gear Solid 3
Dark Souls 3
Stalker: Call of Pripyat
The Darkness 2
Team Fortress 2
Deep Rock Galactic
Doom 2
Fallout 2
SMT Nocturne
Donkey Kong Country
Escape from Butcher Bay
Sonic Adventure 2
The Wind Waker
Night in the Woods
Undertale
Enter the Gungeon
Oddworld: Strangerā€™s Wrath
Hypnospace Outlaw
Knights of the Old Republic 2
Stories Untold
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Half Life Alyx
Gone Home
Sonic Generations
Portal 1-2
Halo: The Master Chief Collection

most of the time ive spend playing games has been on pc and it shows

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46vo0prgut721

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what if being surprised that no one else has mentioned celeste but

instead of celeste itā€™s wayne gretzkyā€™s 3d hockey

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RAD Robotic Alchemic Drive for having the coolest control scheme for a giant robot game

YS 1 and 2 Yeah these go together, theyā€™re two halves of a whole story, also the bump system rules and is fun

YS Oath in Felghana The remake of Ys 3 is the best one, and is just all around legendary. Such a great game

Gundam vs Zeta Gundam Good early gundam vs with what if story modes

Nier

Drakengard 3 This game runs at 10 fps sometimes and thatā€™s beautiful. I also think the story and music are some of the best in the series (includes Nier and tomato)

Soul Blazer A better feeling top down Zelda than most top down zeldas, with no bloat

ActRaiser

Dragonā€™s Dogma

Godzilla PS4 The only giant monster game that captures the feel and weight that are supposed to be conveyed.

Hyrule Warriors Musou perfected

SoulCalibur 6 I like the whole series but this is pretty much the best one

Castlevania Order of Ecclesia I really like how all your attacks are tied to your magic, like a stamina meter, and I like how the game rewards you for trying to no hit bosses

Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance This one has two dashes! SOme of the best music yeah i said it

Rune Factory 4 for making everything feel good to do

Ehrgeiz for the menu sounds

i think im doing this wrong so im just gonna list the rest
edit aight fuck it im gonna justify some of these
Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure
gets the feel of a game down perfectly
and gives you a ton of stuff to do, and a bunch of people to play as

Digimon Battle Spirit 2
ok but what if super smash bros on gba kinda

Digimon World
There is just so much stuff that is weird and fun to discover. You just gotta explore at all times of day and try out a bunch of different training methods. Perfect playground game imo

Guardian Legend
hot lady turn into space ship

Super Aleste
haha lightning weapon go voom

Judgement Silversword
this game is just really fucking cool, im glad it got ported to steam just a little bitty shooter on a neat handheld

Dicing Knight
this game is also really cool, and idk it feels good to hit stuff and the wonder swans controls are cool. good sprites

Golden Axe (Master System)
is it ironic that i put this here instead of zelda 1? what is irony

Sonic Adventure/DX

Sonic Advance 3
this one has the best music out of the 3

Ninja Five-O
great grappling hook
Bullet Witch
Halo 3

Bloody Roar 2
the combo of the character roster, the ps1 polygons and the textures does a ton for me

Gotcha Force
Progenitor of the Gundam VS style games, while having a toy theme. Rules but dont try and unlock everything you meatball

Malicious
this game has style imo. I really like how itā€™s got the mega man thing with the powers, but the bosses patterns all change depending on when you fight them in the roster, and thereā€™s so many different ways to fight. Parrying a gatling gun made me feel like a god

Kettou Beast Wars
the game boy has a fighting game sound the hooter

Donkey Kong GB
i called it gb so nobody else gets war flashbacks

Gundam Wing Endless Duel
This is my favorite fighter on the snes, it feels really good to play

Power Rangers Fighting Edition
the prequel with two characters that should have been ported over imho

Glass Wing
ive never beaten it but it means a lot to me and i found the dev on twitter and accidentally played one of their other games without 100% realizing it

100% Orange Juice
having played this just recently, its the best board game type monopoly shit becaus eit doesnt take 30 years to do a round

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
KH2 with a cool re4 briefcase level system. (idk how else to describe it) Has a really cool multiplayer mode and a kingdom hearts ass story.

From Primordial Egg
A little dinosaur romp through a temple. How you kill scientists determines how your dino evolves. Really fun to play thru multiple times

ok this is too long im gonna pull a @VastleCania and just do posts
Fairune
Minecraft
Xanadu NEXT
Snood
Summer Carnival '92 Recca
Otogi
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (ps2)
Crystalis
Elevator Action Returns
Kirby 64
Granstream Saga
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Battle Network 3 Black/White/Blue
Shinobi (PS2)
CY Girls
Power Stone

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Somehow I canā€™t bring myself to put celeste on the list!!! Even though it made me cry, and also I watched my boss play the same room about 50 times and die every time (it was the DLC, he is really good at the game but it was his first time playing those extra hard levels) and I will never forget the sheer Anime Determination he had on his face.

Actually no Iā€™m putting it on my list now

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the ghost is too scary for me to want to ever play it again, sorry

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bowling with guns

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YES THROWING MY HAT IN FOR :snood:

snood

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Psyvariar 2
Homura
Recca
Digidrive
Ketsui
Dodonpachi
Galaga 88
Nights into Dreams
Steep Slope Sliders
Panzer Dragoon
King of Fighters 97
Street Fighter 3 (any version) / Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
Wing Commander II
Wing Commander IV
Streets of Rage 3 / Bare Knuckle 3
Godhand
10,000 Bullets
Double Dragon II (Nes)
Oh Deer!
Ziggurat
Gunsport
Videoball
Outrun
Final Freeway 2R
Lethal Crash Race
Change Air Blade
Uo Poko
Doom
Cameltry / On the Ball
Off the Wall
Contra: Hard Corps
Super C
Metal Slug
Battlezone (1998)
Sunset Riders
Ninja Assault
House of the Dead
Silent Scope
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest V
For the Frog the Bell Tolls
Tetris (any version) / Tetris (Game Boy)
Tetris the Grand Master 2 / 2+
Castlevania
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Ninja Five-O
Megaman X2
Joust
Bonkā€™s Adventure
Ai Cho Aniki
Super Mario Bros.
Space Quest
LSD: Dream Emulator
Cosmology of Kyoto
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Wily & Right no RockBoard: Thatā€™s Paradise
Jet Set Radio / Jet Grind Radio
Deus Ex
Umihara Kawase
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This?
Pursuit Force
Wipeout XL
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Shadow Warrior (1997)
Thief
Thief II: The Metal Age
Way of the Samurai
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Metal Gear Solid
Kingā€™s Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Tie Fighter
Katamari Damacy
Gunstar Heroes
Alien Soldier
Battle Mania 2 / Battle Mania Daiginjō
Biometal
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Thexder Neo
Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact
Time Pilot
Luftrausers
Bushido Blade
Street Basket(ball): Ganbare Dunk Heroes
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
Ninja Gaiden (nes)
Ranger-X
Metroid
Gears of War
Ghost in the Shell (PSX)

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This. Best 8 bit shooter ever made, actually. IMO.

Also:

  • Soldier Blade
  • Bomberman 94
  • Ys I, the PCE version but Books I&II also counts as a single entry
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Jetpack (DOS) ā€” I made too many levels in this as a kid. Also, a decade ago I submitted a bunch of levels for a grotesque-looking official sequel made by the original guy and I guess it finally came out a couple years back or something, but I never kept up with its development so I donā€™t even know if my levels were ever incorporated into the final product and oh yeah its a flash game and what the heck the level editor has a scripting language??? why donā€™t i play new games?? EDIT: looks like one of my levels was selected to start chapter 3!!

Super Monkey Ball ā€” While SMB2 gave us the amazing character of Dr. Bad-Boon, this original game has a certain elemental purity that the sequel lacks ā€” and by that I mean that the sequel had pointless starting platforms on every stage for gord knowā€™s what reason.

QWOP ā€” woqpwopqwoqwwoqpowpowoqwoqwowoqwpqowqpwopqowo

Hero Core ā€” IIRC I was one of the earlier boosters of this game on SB, so I figure I should also nominate it. <3 the fuzzy-scratchy soundtrack

Recca ā€” I also second or third this or whatever. Itā€™s an excellent entry in the genre of ā€œgames where I always game over by the third levelā€, by which I mean every traditional shmup ever (maybe I should get good at these games).

Rokko Chan ā€” Completes the Mega Man 9/10 trilogy, and is perhaps secretly the best one of the three (or at least shows the least disdain towards the player).

Uniracers (aka Unirally) ā€” The injustice Pixar committed against this game shall never be forgotten. Let this game get re-released. Let this become the next hot e-sport. Let this become the next hot battle-royale-MOBA-auto-chess racing game. Let this game take its rightful place in the pantheon of vidcons. :stampstampstamp: :gotohell: Death to the Disney-Pixar copyright hegemony. :gotohell: :dansemacabre: :dansemacabre: :dansemacabre:

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