#BGE2020 - Round 2 - Pool 136

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What is the best game (again)?

Poll ended at 11 Oct 2020 00:59

The Legend of Zelda (1986, NES)
28
39%
Tetris (1989, NES)
10
14%
Viewtiful Joe (2003, GCN)
10
14%
ToeJam & Earl (1991, Genesis)
8
11%
Frontier: Elite II (1993, PC)
0
No votes
Strider (1990, Genesis)
9
13%
God of War: Chains of Olympus (2008, PSP)
4
6%
Alley Cat (1984, PC)
0
No votes
Metal Gear Acid (2004, PSP)
0
No votes
Road Avenger (1993, SCD)
3
4%
 
Total votes: 72

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#BGE2020 - Round 2 - Pool 136

Post by This Old Neon »

Welcome to the second round of #BGE2020 pools!

Each game is randomly seeded into pools using the sequence generator at Random.org. There's no seeding, no ranking, and no preference or prioritization.

The results of the pools will determine how each game stacks up in the elimination rounds, coming... realistically in early 2021.

HOW TO VOTE

Voting is ranked, but it's not super intuitive, so listen up.
  • You have 6 total votes to distribute.
  • You can only select up to 3 options.
  • You can only give each option up to 3 votes.
  • NOTE: The number you pick is not the RANK of your choice (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd), but the number of VOTES you're giving it.
  • The more votes (bigger numbers) a game gets, the better for that game.
EXAMPLES
  • You could pick three games and order them by giving them 3, 2, and 1 votes.
  • If you like three games equally, you could give them 2, 2, and 2 votes.
  • If you only like two games, you could give them 3 and 3 votes (or 3 and 2, etc.).
This gives you a lot of granularity for how you assign your votes and thereby a lot of influence over which games can do well. Use your power wisely!

If you have questions, ask before voting! :neon:
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The original Legend of Zelda is one of the best in the series. Still a great game that adheres to the wonderful video game formula of dropping you into the middle of a strange land, blind, with no gear and no instructions, and letting you figure out what to do for yourself. Draw a map and learn how to do stuff. Love it.

Second vote to Strider, looking swell on Genesis.

Final vote to Tetris, which in the NES version is maybe my second fave version of the old-school editions of the game.
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Re: #BGE2020 - Round 2 - Pool 136

Post by Sharecrow »

TJ&E is a great game either single player or coop. My son and I play it all the time.

Strider is pretty cool.

And Chains of Olympus is pretty cool too -shame that it’s obscure
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Viewtiful Joe was a fantastic game. Would kill for a remaster
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Zelda's good, Strider's one of my favorites, and I didn't quite get Viewtiful Joe, but it's all right.
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