Madmab Edition: New Feature.... Alternae Favorites, Who wants to help make "Best Of" lists? Options

[ressurectionx]

We will soon have the ability to load up alternate favorites lists. This is a great way to upload your own favorites lists for a system, but I think it would be a great way to include professional "Best Of" lists from magazines and websites.

If anybody wants to help with this, let me know.

For now, since the code hasn't been completely implemented or tested, I'm not sure exactly how it's going to work.

If you guys know of good links for best of lists for any systems, please post them here.

Just be sure to list what system it was for, what type of best of list it is, and who made the list.

Thanks!

~Rx

P.S. Don't bother compiling any lists yet, because I don't know if they're going to be usable in its final form. I'd like to see a way where we can designate numbers to the games so they show up in numeric order instead of alphabetical order. Madmab hasn't said if this would be possible either way yet, but he seemed to like the idea. Doesn't make much sense to have a top 100 NES games list if they're shown in alphabetical order, does it?

For now, just post good lists up here for us to use in the future. When the code is out and tested, I will change this top post and let everyone know what we need.

This post has been edited by ressurectionx: May 20 2009, 08:57 AM

[nkilian83]

I hang around the gamefaqs site on the SNES,NES,Genesis message board areas and i saw they had previous votes on the best of games for the site.

Here is SNES :

01. Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past ( 2923 ) 430 - 77
02. Chrono Trigger ( 2910 ) 386 - 110
03. Super Mario World ( 2499 ) 397 - 56
04. Final Fantasy VI ( 2423 ) 335 - 69
05. Super Metroid ( 1811 ) 293 - 40
06. Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars ( 1608 ) 268 - 33
07. Super Mario Kart ( 1251 ) 240 - 8
08. Super Mario All-Stars ( 1250 ) 213 - 20
09. Donkey Kong Country 2 ( 1016 ) 178 - 14
10. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island ( 1014 ) 185 - 7

11. Donkey Kong Country ( 967 ) 202 - 3
12. EarthBound ( 951 ) 155 - 26
13. Secret Of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2) ( 933 ) 172 - 14
14. Final Fantasy IV ( 896 ) 160 - 13
15. Mega Man X ( 618 ) 127 - 8
16. Kirby Super Star ( 536 ) 98 - 9
17. Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals ( 506 ) 85 - 15
18. Terranigma ( 453 ) 68 - 20
19. Secret Of Mana 2 (Seiken Densetsu 3) ( 414 ) 66 - 7
20. Final Fantasy V ( 399 ) 80 - 3

21. Tales Of Phantasia ( 361 ) 57 - 11
22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time ( 334 ) 73 - 2
23. Donkey Kong Country 3 ( 331 ) 71 - 2
24. Contra III: The Alien Wars (Contra Sprits) ( 325 ) 79 - 1
25. Super Castlevania IV ( 282 ) 60 - 5
26. Tetris Attack ( 268 ) 55 - 2
27. Star Fox ( 262 ) 69 - 2
27. Street Fighter II Turbo ( 262 ) 56 - 2
29. F-Zero ( 252 ) 62 - 1
30. Super Punch-Out!! ( 250 ) 54 - 1

31. Illusion Of Gaia (Illusion Of Time) ( 241 ) 50 - 2
32. Super Street Fighter II ( 228 ) 49 - 2
32. Secret Of Evermore ( 213 ) 36 - 7
34. Breath Of Fire II ( 212 ) 44 - 1
35. Harvest Moon ( 209 ) 47 - 3
36. Lufia & The Fortress of Doom ( 201 ) 32 - 4
37. Mega Man X3 ( 197 ) 48 - 1
37. Zombies Ate My Neighbors ( 197 ) 45 - 2
39. Killer Instinct ( 182 ) 44 - 0
40. Mega Man X2 ( 162 ) 40 - 2

41. Street Fighter II ( 155 ) 30 - 3
42. EVO: The Search For Eden ( 154 ) 34 - 1
43. Ogre Battle ( 144 ) 23 - 4
44. Star Ocean ( 137 ) 27 - 0
45. Breath Of Fire ( 121 ) 23 - 3
46. ActRaiser ( 120 ) 27 - 1
47. NBA Jam Tournament Edition ( 114 ) 24 - 1
47. Rock ’N Roll Racing ( 114 ) 22 - 2
49. Uniracers (Unirally) ( 110 ) 22 - 4
50. Soul Blazer ( 107 ) 27 - 0
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message detail 51. Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts ( 103 ) 25 - 0
52. Bahamut Lagoon ( 101 ) 19 - 1
53. Gradius III ( 90 ) 16 - 1
54. Super Bomberman 2 ( 79 ) 21 - 1
54. Tecmo Super Bowl ( 79 ) 15 - 1
56. Super Smash TV ( 76 ) 18 - 1
57. Mortal Kombat II ( 69 ) 19 - 0
58. SimCity ( 67 ) 18 - 0
58. Tetris & Dr. Mario ( 67 ) 17 - 0
60. Pilotwings ( 65 ) 16 - 1

61. Kirby’s Dream Course ( 64 ) 16 - 0
62. Umihara Kawase ( 63 ) 8 - 3
63. Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball ( 61 ) 12 - 2
63. Mortal Kombat 3 ( 61 ) 10 - 0
65. Mario Paint ( 60 ) 12 - 1
66. Shadowrun ( 58 ) 15 - 1
66. Super Bomberman 5 ( 58 ) 11 - 2
68. Mega Man & Forte ( 57 ) 12 - 1
68. Mega Man 7 ( 57 ) 14 - 0
70. NBA Jam ( 56 ) 14 - 0

71. R-Type III ( 55 ) 9 - 1
72. Goof Troop ( 54 ) 11 - 0
73. Gundam Wing: Endless Duel (Kidou Senshi Gundam W: Endless Duel) ( 52 ) 10 - 1
74. Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer ’94 ( 51 ) 7 - 1
75. Ken Griffey Jr.’s Winning Run ( 48 ) 10 - 0
76. NHL ‘94 ( 47 ) 8 - 0
77. Sunset Riders ( 46 ) 8 - 1
78. Demon’s Crest ( 45 ) 11 - 1
78. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest ( 45 ) 10 - 1
78. Live A Live ( 45 ) 7 - 2

78. Super Tennis ( 45 ) 12 - 1
82. International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (ISS2) ( 44 ) 7 - 1
83. Tactics Ogre ( 43 ) 7 - 0
84. Front Mission ( 42 ) 6 - 2
85. Street Fighter Alpha 2 ( 41 ) 9 - 0
86. U.N. Squadron ( 39 ) 8 - 1
87. Earthworm Jim 2 ( 38 ) 10 - 0
87. Top Gear ( 38 ) 7 - 0
89. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 ( 37 ) 9 - 0
89. Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons ( 37 ) 7 - 1

91. Earthworm Jim ( 36 ) 10 - 0
91. Shin Megami Tensei ( 36 ) 5 - 1
93. Super Bomberman ( 35 ) 8 - 0
94. Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage ( 34 ) 6 - 1
94. Super Double Dragon ( 34 ) 6 - 0
96. Battletoads In Battlemaniacs ( 33 ) 7 - 0
96. Doom ( 33 ) 6 - 1
98. Biker Mice From Mars ( 31 ) 4 - 0
98. Wild Guns ( 31 ) 6 - 1
100. Battletoads & Double Dragon ( 30 ) 9 - 0
100. Metal Warriors ( 30 ) 6 - 0
100. Super Return Of The Jedi ( 30 ) 7 - 0

NES :

DOUBLE PLATINUM (2000 points and higher)
1. Super Mario Bros. 3 ( 2970 )
2. Legend of Zelda, The ( 2740 )

PLATINUM (1000-1999 points)
3. Super Mario Bros. ( 1312 )
4. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! ( 1291 )
5. Contra ( 1175 )
6. Metroid ( 1132 )
7. Mega Man 2 ( 1120 )
8. Final Fantasy ( 1114 )

GOLD (500-999 points)
9. Super Mario Bros. 2 ( 855 )
10. Tecmo Super Bowl ( 825 )
11. River City Ransom ( 686 )
12. Zelda II: The Adventures of Link ( 653 )
13. Mega Man 3 ( 651 )

SILVER (250-499 points)
14. Kirby's Adventure ( 479 )
15. Tetris ( 475 )
16. Ninja Gaiden ( 471 )
17. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse ( 426 )
18. Castlevania ( 423 )
19. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest ( 379 )
20. Bubble Bobble ( 359 )
21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game ( 358 )
22. Dragon Warrior ( 349 )
23. Bionic Commando ( 335 )
24. Super Dodge Ball ( 316 )
25. Dragon Warrior IV ( 313 )
26. Baseball Stars ( 311 )
27. Crystalis ( 302 )
28. Excitebike ( 301 )

BRONZE (100-249 points)
29. Metal Gear ( 296 )
30. StarTropics ( 292 )
31. Duck Hunt ( 288 )
32. Dragon Warrior III ( 279 )
33. Kid Icarus ( 262 )
34. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos ( 260 )
35. Maniac Mansion ( 255 )
36. Blaster Master ( 252 )
37. Dr. Mario ( 220 )
38. Mega Man ( 209 )
39. Super C ( 205 )
40. Battletoads ( 190 )
41. Faxanadu ( 178 )
42. DuckTales ( 174 )
43. Double Dragon II ( 165 )
44. Guardian Legend, The ( 164 )
45. Double Dragon ( 162 )
46. Mega Man 4 ( 151 )
47. Dragon Warrior II ( 148 )
48. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 146 )
49. Ice Hockey ( 145 )
50. Life Force ( 138 )
51. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project ( 132 )
52. Tecmo Bowl ( 131 )

HONORABLE MENTION
53. Blades of Steel ( 99 )
54. RC Pro Am ( 98 )
55. Mega Man 5 ( 95 )
56. Adventures of Lolo ( 94 )
57. Marble Madness ( 89 )
58. Mega Man 6 ( 87 )
59. RBI Baseball ( 84 )
59. Kickle Cubicle ( 84 )
61. Battle of Olympus, The ( 81 )
61. Micro Machines ( 81 )
63. Little Samson ( 80 )
63. Rescue Rangers ( 80 )
65. Jackal ( 76 )
66. Nintendo World Cup ( 75 )
67. M.C. Kids ( 71 )
68. Superspike V'Ball ( 68 )
68. Snake, Rattle & Roll ( 68 )
70. Wizards & Warriors ( 67 )
71. Ghosts 'n Goblins ( 66 )
72. Baseball Simulator 1.000 ( 64 )
72. Donkey Kong ( 64 )
74. Goonies II ( 62 )
74. Paperboy ( 62 )
74. Mario Bros. ( 62 )
77. Willow ( 60 )
78. Shadowgate ( 58 )
79. NES Open Tournament Golf ( 56 )
79. Little Nemo the Dream Master ( 56 )
79. North and South ( 56 )
82. Pirates! ( 55 )
83. Rygar ( 54 )
84. Deja Vu ( 53 )
84. Guerilla War ( 53 )
84. 1943 ( 53 )
84. Destiny of an Emperor ( 53 )
84. Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball ( 53 )
84. Gradius ( 53 )
90. Ice Climber ( 52 )
91. Bucky O'Hare ( 49 )
91. Balloon Fight ( 49 )
93. Metal Storm ( 46 )
94. Crash 'N The Boys: Street Challenge ( 43 )
94. Double Dribble ( 43 )
96. Little League Baseball ( 41 )
96. Solstice ( 41 )
98. Shatterhand ( 40 )
98. Batman ( 40 )
98. Monster Party ( 40 )
98. Adventure Island ( 40 )

GENESIS

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 431(30 1st-place votes)
2. Gunstar Heroes - 279(24 1st-place votes)
3. Shining Force 2 - 214(22 1st-place votes)
4. Streets of Rage 2 - 178(14 1st-place votes)
5. Sonic the Hedgehog - 167(8 1st-place votes)
6. Phantasy Star IV - 166(18 1st-place votes)
7. Sonic 3 & Knuckles - 156(16 1st-place votes)
8. Shining Force - 153(13 1st-place votes)
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - 137(12 1st-place votes)
10. Toejam and Earl - 117(7 1st-place votes)
11. Streets of Rage - 110(2 1st-place votes)
12. Sonic & Knuckles - 108(7 1st-place votes)
13. Shinobi III - 98(8 1st-place votes)
14. Phantasy Star II - 82(6 1st-place votes)
15. Castlevania Bloodlines - 69(1 1st-place vote)
16. Contra Hard Corps - 66(2 1st-place vote)
17. Streets of Rage 3 - 55(1 1st-place vote)
17. Vectorman - 55(4 1st-place votes)
19. Ristar - 54(1 1st-place vote)
20. Comix Zone - 53(2 1st-place vote)
21. General Chaos - 52(7 1st-place votes)
22. Golden Axe - 46(3 1st-place votes)
22. Rocket Knight Adventures - 46(2 1st-place votes)
24. Pirates! Gold - 45(4 1st-place vote)
25. NHL Hockey - 44(4 1st-place votes)

26. Landstalker - 43(5 1st-place votes)
26. Lightening Force - 43(4 1st-place votes)
28. Alien Soldier - 40(5 1st-place votes)
28. Dynamite Headdy - 40(5 1st-place votes)
28. Kid Chameleon - 40(4 1st-place votes)
31. Revenge of Shinobi - 38(2 1st-place vote)
32. Super Street Fighter 2 - 36(3 1st-place votes)
33. Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition - 33(4 1st-place votes)
34. Herzog Zwei - 32(3 1st-place votes)
35. Beyond Oasis - 30(1 1st-place votes)
35. El Viento - 30(2 1st-place vote)
37. TMNT - The Hyperstone Heist - 29(2 1st-place votes)
38. Mortal Kombat 2 - 27 (1 1st-place vote)
38. Road Rash - 27(1 1st-place vote)
38. Shadowrun - 27(2 1st-place votes)
41. MUSHA - 25(2 1st-place votes)
42. Zombies Ate My Neighbors - 24(2 1st-place votes)
43. Mega Bomberman - 23(1 1st-place vote)
43. Mortal Kombat - 23(2 1st-place vote)
45. Ecco the Dolphin - 22
45. Ghouls 'n Ghosts - 22(3 1st-place votes)
45. Road Rash 2 - 22
48. Mutant League Football - 20(1 1st-place vote)
49. Earthworm Jim - 19(1 1st-place vote)
49. Virtua Racing - 19
51. Altered Beast - 18(1 1st-place vote)
51. Toejam & Earl 2 - POF - 18(2 1st-place votes)
53. Shining in the Darkness - 17
54. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - 16
54. Flashback - 16(1 1st-place vote)
54. Star Flight - 16(1 1st-place vote)
57. Forgotten Worlds - 15
57. Golden Axe 2 - 15
57. Yu Yu Hakusho - 15(3 1st-place votes)
57. Zero Wing - 15
61. Mutant League Hockey - 14
62. Aladdin - 13(1 1st-place vote)
62. Jungle Strike - 13
62. Mega Man the Wily Wars - 13(2 1st-place votes)
62. Micro Machines TTE '96 - 13
62. Warsong - 13
62. Wonder Boy in Monster World - 13
68. Outrun - 12(1 1st-place vote)
68. Phantasy Star III - 12
68. Thunder Force III - 12(1 1st-place vote)
71. D&D- Warriors of the Eternal Sun- 11(2 1st-place votes)
71. Ecco the Dolphin: Tides of Time - 11
71. Eternal Champions - 11
71. Golden Axe 3 - 11(2 1st-place votes)
71. Michael Jackson's Moonwalker - 11(2 1st-place vote)
71. Rock N Roll Racing - 11(1 1st-place vote)
71. Sonic Spinball - 11(1 1st-place vote)
71. Splatterhouse 3 - 11(1 1st-place vote)
71. World of Illusion f/Mickey&Donald-11(1 1st-place vote)

80. Arcus Odyssey - 10(2 1st-place votes)
80. Boogerman - 10(1 1st-place vote)
80. Dune: The Battle for Arrakis - 10(1 1st-place vote)
80. Ranger X - 10
80. Twinkle Tale - 10(1 1st-place vote)
80. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - 10
80. World Series Baseball - 10
87. Maximum Carnage - 9
87. Pit-Fighter - 9
87. Rolling Thunder 2 - 9
87. Shaq Fu - 9(1 1st-place vote)
87. Sonic 3D Blast - 9(1 1st-place vote)
87. Star Control - 9(1 1st-place vote)
87. Sunset Riders - 9
87. Target Earth - 9(1 1st-place vote)
95. Biohazard Battle - 8
95. Cool Spot - 8
95. Desert Strike - 8
95. Ghostbusters - 8(1 1st-place vote)
95. Madden Football - 8
95. Strider - 8

[Mega Man (?)]

Nice.
That has gotta be exactly what Rx, was talking about.
Thanks

[edwardar]

Great idea. I know for the C64 Lemon 64 is pretty much the ultimate site - it has a top 100 list (voted for by users):

Commodore 64

http://www.lemon64.com/games/votes_list.php

[ressurectionx]

Thanks guys,

That's exactly what I was talking about. When I first had that idea I thought I just thought it would be cool if we users could share our favorites list with each other, but then I got to thinking it would be a great way to put official lists like this together. Hopefully madmab can figure out a way to display them in the number order like this too for each list.

Please feel free to add more lists. I can't imagine a list like this would be too difficult to put together once we have the ability to display them and know how to format them.

~Rx

[waal]

I like Racket Boy's site. It was very useful to make my fav lists.

His Hidden Gems of Previous Gaming Generations:

http://www.racketboy.com/guide/hidden-gems

And his Games That Defined Retro Gaming Machines serie is excellent :

http://www.racketboy.com/guide/games-that-...gaming-machines

[madmab]

Well I was thinking maybe what to do is add an "edit" option to the pop-up menu for favorites and then the user can move items on the list up/down to place them in the order they want. And then modify the code so it wont sort alphabetically unless the user requests.

[ressurectionx]

Well I was thinking maybe what to do is add an "edit" option to the pop-up menu for favorites and then the user can move items on the list up/down to place them in the order they want. And then modify the code so it wont sort alphabetically unless the user requests.

That would work... if it were VERY hard to accidentally sort alphabetically.

For somebody like me, it would be very easy to get another copy to transfer to the Box, but if one of my bros or friends accidentally does this, they would have to fix these lists by hand or have me fix it for them.

Actually... I think there should be no way to sort them alphebetically at all. There would be no reason to do that in the favorites lists. However the user creates them, would be the way they should be viewed.

I suppose in order to make this work, there would have to be an edit option in the first place though. So the user could theoretically move the order of the games in a favorites list in this menu, but otherwise, the favorites shouldn't be sortable.

What do you think?
~Rx

[Cospefogo]

Hey guys,

In my opinion a favorite list SHOULD BE in alphabetical order list.
I don't like to have games locked to a BEST OF order.
This has no meaning for me. It makes no sense at all.

Why, for example, is Super Mario Bros better than Castlevania III to be on the top of the list?
It is like to compare vanilla ice cream with pizza. Both are superb.
You can't put #1 in front of pizza and #46 in front of Ice Cream.
They are different things, even being "eat-able food".

I think, besides the numerical Best Of order, it is very important to have a alphabetical sort method.
There is nothing worst in the world that search for something in a list of titles that is not presented
in alphabetical order. This is one of the most basic principles of ergonomics.

So, please, consider having both sorting methods.

Regards,
Cospefogo.

[ressurectionx]

When you make your own alphabetical list, it will remain alphabetical.

What good is a top 100 list in the order of that specific list if it's in alphabetical order?

One might think that Chiller was a better game than Super Mario Bros III that way...

[ultimate509]

so i was wondering about this is this (best of list) gonna be similar to what we have now a favorites list (meaning its gonna be in the same spot above or below the favs list) im guessing its gonna be coming out with the new betas is there any way we can turn it off=have it not show, cause to be honest im contemp with the favorites list and wouldnt really need to know what games are good or not i understand its helpful for younger gamers who grew up with the xbox or 360 and dont know what from what but i dunno i think its a good idea as long as you can turn it off no need to clutter the main emu menu + i know im not gonna use it so if theres an option for it not to be visible then i think thatd make better cause at the end of the day we all judge games different "i may like this but you may hate that"......just my 2 cents..