TDMMC: VGB - Round 1 (Warcraft 2 vs. Super Mario Kart)

[jtex316]

Konami Bracket

Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness (1995, PC)
Blizzard Entertainment



Travel back to medieval times with Blizzard Entertainment’s 1995 PC release, Warcraft 2.  While the game was originally released for DOS, it was playable on the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system.  Players could play online, and play on either a user-created or computer-generated world map, in this strategic masterpiece.

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Super Mario Kart (1992, Super Nintendo)
Nintendo



If you look beyond the seemingly kiddie façade of “Super Mario Kart”, you’ll find a down and dirty racer that’s impressive to look at with depth to match, and gave birth to the kart-racing sub-genre that is still popular today. “Super Mario Kart” featured a cast of characters, each with different characteristics and a boat-load of quirky weapons to use on your opponents. It was the first in a series of Mario Kart racers that has appeared on every subsequent Nintendo console. It also used Mode 7, a graphics mapping technique that allowed for relatively simple hardware to carry out pseudo-3D movement. Oh yeah…and the game is super fun, too.

[GUATARICCAN]

Never played Warcraft 1 or 2. So that leaves the latter.

[TonyB0D]

both were cool games, but if warcraft is up here, i better be seeing command and conquer or starcraft here

and mario kart beats them all....this was THE game back in 5th grade

[jtex316]

but if warcraft is up here, i better be seeing command and conquer or starcraft here

Have you seen this post:

http://www.thedolphinsmakemecry.com/forums/index.php/topic,9228.0.html

[Dave Gray]

I got really fond of the Mario Kart series for the N64.  They also made a very good version of it for the Gameboy Advance.

[Thundergod]

both were cool games, but if warcraft is up here, i better be seeing command and conquer or starcraft here

TBod,  I don't get how these games are chosen either. I don't see how Blizzard ends up in quadrants made up of the companies chosen. And of course wherever these choices came from are all based on personal taste when it comes to "fun" and "overall best",  as far as influential...some of 'em...no.

If there's a game I haven't played or just outright sux,  I just don't vote.

oops,  gotta go masturbate to hentai now...   

[Fau Teixeira]

starcraft is the class of the genre .. even though warcraft 2 was good .. starcraft was better and more popular .. however .. comand and conquer was a pretty good franchise as well

[Dave Gray]

I don't get how these games are chosen either.

Games were chosen based on:
- my, JTex's and Guat's personal experience with games
- research that I did coming up with a good list of games that I either didn't play or didn't personally care for, but recognized as relevant
- research that I did into reputable review sources' "games of the year" and "top games lists"
- a respect for nostalgia

Believe it or not, as much as I loved games, I didn't play every game ever made, and I probably don't completely agree with every one of you about which games are the best.  (GASP!)  But considering that this isn't my job, and I put together a list with the help of some friends over a few of my spare-time hours last week, I think you might want to give me a break.

I don't play strategy games.  Warcraft, Starcraft, Command and Conquer...I've played them for 10 minutes combined, maybe.  ...but I realized they're important, and looked up reviews and read, and to me, it sounded like Starcraft was essentially Warcraft in Space.  Warcraft 2 was made out to be the best combination of trendsetting and quality, so I chose it.  I could be wrong, but that's what you have to work with.

...and in the end, it will all work out.  ...because the kind of people that liked Warcraft liked Starcraft.  If Warcraft 2 goes up against Zelda and loses, then Starcraft would've lost as well....the end result will most likely be the same.

I don't see how Blizzard ends up in quadrants made up of the companies chosen.

The quadrants are name only...that is described in my original post that is stickied.

[Thundergod]

Believe it or not, as much as I loved games, I didn't play every game ever made, and I probably don't completely agree with every one of you about which games are the best.  (GASP!)  But considering that this isn't my job, and I put together a list with the help of some friends over a few of my spare-time hours last week, I think you might want to give me a break.

Hey I know this is all in good fun.  I was just wondering how they were chosen.