What do you think is the best 2-D game ever?

[javeryh]

As much as I love Viewtiful Joe, Tetris, and Ms. Pac Man, I think Yoshi's Island is the best 2-d game ever. What do you think?

[Tromack]

Hmm...Yoshi's is damn fine. If I'm allowed to cheat I would say Super Mario All-Stars. Otherwise, Castlevania:SOTN is definitely up there. So is Legend of Zelda:A Link to the Past. I'd probably say Link to the Past.

[AlucardDE]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

[Cornfedwb]

I'd go with Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages.. but it's hard to ignore Link to the Past, Castlevania, SMB3, Mega Man 2, hell, even the early Final Fantasies I guess count as 2D.

[Grave_Addiction]

Willow.

[abrannan]

Intellivision NFL Pro Football.

[legion_stxds]

SMB3, Legend of Zeld: Link to the past, or blaster master.

[fieldkillah]

Castlevania: SOTN

[greatwhitedope]

flashback or space quest

[jaybird]

Tecmo Super Bowl.

[Tromack]

SMB3, Legend of Zeld: Link to the past, or blaster master.

I recently got Blaster Master out and started playing it again. I had forgotten how sweet that game is.

[Wshakspear]

as far as overall enjoyment, for me, i'd have to say Earthworm Jim 2

[PittsburghAfterDark]

2-D is too generic. That's like saying name the best 3-D game ever. Every game used to be 2-D like 98% of all games now are 3-D.

- Platformer: Yoshi's Island
- RPG: Final Fantasy II (US FF II)
- Action game: Castlevania, the original one.
- Shooter: Xevious
- Puzzler: Tetris
- Sports: EA NHL series, the 16 bit NHL's were better hockey games than the Maddens were football games.
- Racing: Outrun
- Maze chase: Ms. Pac Man

If you're going to take one game out of the thousands of 2-D games ever made the answer is simple.

Tetris, no other game is as widely accepted, sold, played, recognized etc. than Tetris. It is what every "major" game with high production values, budgets, marketing and the like will never be... an icon playable by any age, race or culture. You can give Tetris to any person on Earth and they "get" it the second it's picked up. When Satoru Iwata talks about simplicity in game play? When he wants more games to be enjoyed by people? He wants the next Tetris.

Unfortunately the marketplace now has probably shot down the "next" Tetris as a design document. I don't think any publisher on Earth will come close to such an iconic game in the next decade.

[Cornfedwb]

flashback or space quest

Good lord.. space quest brings back memories. I miss the old Sierra games, King's Quest, Space Quest and Quest for Glory were amazing series.

On a related note though (for anyone who misses them or wants to try them out):

http://www.agdinteractive.com/

They're recreating the old Sierra games with updated sound and graphics.. right now King's Quest I & II are available as freeware.

[Tromack]

flashback or space quest

Good lord.. space quest brings back memories. I miss the old Sierra games, King's Quest, Space Quest and Quest for Glory were amazing series.

On a related note though (for anyone who misses them or wants to try them out):

http://www.agdinteractive.com/

They're recreating the old Sierra games with updated sound and graphics.. right now King's Quest I & II are available as freeware.

That's kickass. I hope they do Space Quest next, I loved that series. King's Quest was good, but for me it was all about the Space Quest. Then Sierra had to turn their back on their origins. I was also a huge fan of the LucasArts adventure games. The Monkey Islands were great, and Sam and Max is still one of the best games ever.

[crissy1616]

flashback or space quest

Good lord.. space quest brings back memories. I miss the old Sierra games, King's Quest, Space Quest and Quest for Glory were amazing series.

On a related note though (for anyone who misses them or wants to try them out):

http://www.agdinteractive.com/

They're recreating the old Sierra games with updated sound and graphics.. right now King's Quest I & II are available as freeware.

Thanks for the info......all the old Sierra games were my favorites.....wow, I had almost forgotten how much I loved them! Especially Quest for Glory.

I also really liked Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max and the Indiana Jones comp. games. Those were the days....

[bfg9k]

Bionic Commando

[Rodimus]

Mega Man 2, none better.

[greatwhitedope]

flashback or space quest

Good lord.. space quest brings back memories. I miss the old Sierra games, King's Quest, Space Quest and Quest for Glory were amazing series.

On a related note though (for anyone who misses them or wants to try them out):

http://www.agdinteractive.com/

They're recreating the old Sierra games with updated sound and graphics.. right now King's Quest I & II are available as freeware.

whoa, thats awesome. i never really did get into kings quest at all, but i think youve just given me a reason to.

yea sq1, 2, and 3 were magnificent, as were the early police quests, but after that i think sierra got too involved and jacked it all up. IMO anyway.

[ElfAngel7]

Micheal Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City









Just fookin' w/ ya :-D Seriously, I'd have to say either Super Mario World/Yoshi's Island/SMB 3 or Sonic 2. That defined my childhood right there.

[Tromack]

Dammit. Why do developers think that people don't want point and click adventure games? I know it won't sell as much as GTA3 but I believe they can still sell.

[magilacudy]

Me like Earthworm Jim.

[Cornfedwb]

Oh, there's also a new King's Quest being made.. King's Quest IX, actually looks pretty solid for a home-brew.

http://www.kq9.org/

And for those that were asking, agd is working on Quest for Glory II right now.

[flybrione]

Super Street Fighter. I used to pop quarters into that like crazy plus I owned and played the SNES version constantly!

[WarrenGekko]

Bionic Commando is my pick also.
What a fun game

[DesertEagleXIX]

Bionic Commando was a blast!

Does anyone rememebr near the end of the game, when the guy who looked like Hitler's head exploded? (Communication was shown with talking heads in the game, like Metal Gear)

I thought it was the most amazing thing thing at the time.

[defender]

awesome...I am the winner since no one else has mentioned what is easily the best 2d game!

Super Metroid

[Tromack]

awesome...I am the winner since no one else has mentioned what is easily the best 2d game!

Super Metroid

Yeah, I thought about Super Metroid, but I thought that Castelvania:SOTN took Super Metroid and improved on it in pretty much every way.

[captainfrizo]

I love Castlevania: SotN but my all time favorite 2D game is Super Mario Brothers 3. I put tons of hours into that game when I was younger.

[raybert]

my daughter just happens to be playing Symphony of Night as we type...the best? Oh, Yeah.

[CaseyRyback]

awesome...I am the winner since no one else has mentioned what is easily the best 2d game!

Super Metroid

I scrolled through and was wondering if anyone was going to mention that. It is def. the best 2D game

[daphatty]

Guardian Heroes.

[vanlandw]

impossible question...so many good games...i could prob. narrow it down to may favorite 10 games then i would feel i was short changing some

[zewone]

Guardian Heroes

[Sartori]

Quest for Glory series, Super Mario BRothers 3, etc..

[Explosion]

yoshi's island, super metroid, and zelda:lttp

viewtiful joe isnt really 2D. its a side-scrolling cel-shaded 3D game

[epobirs]

Why don't we try a more narrowly defined question, like what is the best quadrupedal mammal?

[Derwood43]

:applause: Well done with the remake of King's Quest. I really hope they do the police quest games. They were very ahead of their time. (in my opinion)

My vote for best 2-D game has to be Mega Man 2.

[Tromack]

yoshi's island, super metroid, and zelda:lttp

viewtiful joe isnt really 2D. its a side-scrolling cel-shaded 3D game

I disagree. While the graphics might be 3d, the gameplay is definitely only played in 2 dimensions.

[daphatty]

yoshi's island, super metroid, and zelda:lttp

viewtiful joe isnt really 2D. its a side-scrolling cel-shaded 3D game

I disagree. While the graphics might be 3d, the gameplay is definitely only played in 2 dimensions.

That's called 3D on rails which is not the same as 2D.

[KingDox]

Bangi-o for the DC. Is the best 2-d game.

[Wshakspear]

Bangi-o for the DC. Is the best 2-d game.

Thats a shooter, right? Its one of the few games for DC i havent played...

[sying]

Metal Slug Series

[friedram]

X-Men Vs. Street Fighter - Sega Saturn (4 M Cart)
Marvel Vs. Street Fighter - Sega Saturn (4 M Cart)

[guardian_owl]

Bangi-o for the DC. Is the best 2-d game.

Thats a shooter, right? Its one of the few games for DC i havent played...

Fun game, I own it as well. Nothing quite like being an 1/8 of an inch from death and then responding back with a barrage of 400 homing missles :twisted:

Dammit. Why do developers think that people don't want point and click adventure games? I know it won't sell as much as GTA3 but I believe they can still sell.

I suppose part of the problem is, there not usually overly long. That's one of the main reasons Ico didn't sell well right?, it was a big rental.

[CaseyRyback]

X-Men Vs. Street Fighter - Sega Saturn (4 M Cart)
Marvel Vs. Street Fighter - Sega Saturn (4 M Cart)

X-Men Vs. Street Fighter rules. No load times, killer graphics, and a quick pace make it one of my favorites.

[DenisDFat]

I can agree with Yoshi Island

[SupremeNumNuts]

New Castevania Circle of the Moon
Old Mega Man 2

[Nirvanaguy777]

SMB3 is my fave

[dracula]

castlevania(nes) tho there are some great 2b shooters as well.

I also love the Ys games, (and curious to see how Ys vi ark of napishtim looks in 3d)

[TomCloud9]

Tecmo Super Bowl.

Hell yes, I miss the flea flicker.

[Pylis]

Ys VI is freaking gorgeous! And a very, very solid game (which Konami is releasing to PS2... hopefully it'll come over to the states, too). As for the best 2D game? I really don't know, there're too many great ones, but I'm surprised to high hell nobody even mentioned River City Ransom, Bubble Bobble, or the original Contra...

[Ultimatallica]

FINAL FANTASY 3!!!! (US)

[Quackzilla]

Zelda: Links Awakening
Best. Game. Ever.

[snotknocker]

I have to go with Super Metroid as well

[LinkinA]

duck hunt, smb3 or zelda:oracle of seasons

[Kaijufan]

Baldur's Gate 2 on the PC, though it does have some 3d (like the spell animations), Final Fantasy IV, Chrono Trigger.

[yellowaznboy]

Sonic the Hedgehog 2...

Honorable mentions: Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug series, Mega Man series, Aladdin (Genesis), TMNT (all), Metroid series, and many more.

[Final Starman]

Any of the early Mega Man X games (1-3) on the SNES. Damn, now that was a game I never got tired of until Capcom fucked X5 onward.

Haha, on another note, it really does change my swearing automatically!

[Rodego]

Castlevania: SOTN

[FriskyTanuki]

Yoshi's Island.

[Rayray]

I like Super Empire Strikes Back for SNES...too damn hard though!

[batman2million]

Duck hunt baby!

[Pylis]

Duck hunt! How did that damn gun work?! I mean, the thing KNEW what I was shooting! ...It's amazing to me that the damn Zapper came from 1985 or whatever.

[Mospeada_21]

Street Fighter II, Arcade Standup Cabinet.

Combat on the 2600 was good too.