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Kenryoku_Maxis on 15 December 2009

1. Dragon Quest
2. Sim City
3. X-Wing Series (AKA X-Wing/Tie Fighter/X-Wing vs Tie Fighter/X-Wing Alliance)
4. Age of Empires
5. Suikoden
6. Castlevania
7. Diablo
8. Metroid
9. The Legend of Zelda
10. Chrono Series



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Dgc1808 on 15 December 2009

1) Sonic the Hedgehog
2) Metal Gear
3) Streets of Rage
4) Megaman
5) Tetris
6) CastleVania
7) Final Fantasy
8) Metroid
9) Gran Turismo
10) Zelda



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Dv8thwonder on 15 December 2009
09tarheel said:
c0rd said:
09tarheel said:
Dv8thwonder said:
Donkey Kong (Arcade)
Pacman (Arcade)
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Legend of Zelda (NES)
Contra (NES)
Castlevania (NES)
Bionic Commando (NES)
Sonic the Hedgehog series (Genesis)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Street Fighter 2 (Arcade)
Mortal Kombat 2 (Arcade)
Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)

Hey, not trying to be picky, but I have a couple questions. First which order is the list, is Donkey Kong 1 or 10? Also maybe it will remain the same, but we are ranking franchises not individual games, so do you want to keep the same order? Finally, the Dreamcast is part of the PS2/GC/Xbox generation, so Soul Calibur doesn't qualify for this, so which franchise do you want to replace it? Thanks.

Oh, could you clarify what counts and what doesn't?

You put Super Smash Bros. on the OP, and that came out the same year as Soul Calibur on the DC (it actually came out 98 in the arcade). Actually, by the time Paper Mario came out most of the great Dreamcast games were already released (JSR, Shenmue, SoA, Grandia II, etc).

I guess we can remove the Dreamcast games, but that still leaves me confused on when to stop counting PC games. I just assumed anything before the PS2 counted.

Thats a good point and I should have done a better job defining it, as I was thinking by console generation, which makes it hard to decide which PC games count. Basically, I'm counting PS/N64/Saturn era fitting in but not Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox/Gamecube. So the qualifications will be if is on a 5th gen console or before it counts. But if it is not on a console, it needs to have been released in 2001 or before (when the N64 was discontinued and the Xbox/Gamecube were released which I'm going to say officially eneded the 5th gen). Thats not a perfect set of guidelines, but hopefully it will work and seems somewhat logical. I'll also put it in the first post so everyone can see it.

 

The list is follows as from 1 to 10 Soul Calibur could be seen as 7th generation console to the layman but it is actually a 6th gen console. This could be debated until eternity though. If I had to pick an 11 or 12 it would be Guilty Gear X and Super Magnetic Neo



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mrstickball on 16 December 2009

1. Mario
2. Mega Man
3. Dragon Quest
4. Final Fantasy
5. Phantasy Star
6. Quintet/Terranigma series (Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma/whatever one was for PS1)
7. Betrayal At series (Krondor, Antara, Return to Krondor)
8. Sim series (city, farm, ect)
9. Mechwarrior
10. Falcon .0 series



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09tarheel on 16 December 2009
mrstickball said:
1. Mario
2. Mega Man
3. Dragon Quest
4. Final Fantasy
5. Phantasy Star
6. Quintet/Terranigma series (Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma/whatever one was for PS1)
7. Betrayal At series (Krondor, Antara, Return to Krondor)
8. Sim series (city, farm, ect)
9. Mechwarrior
10. Falcon .0 series

Thanks for voting, for this countdown I'm considering games that have direct sequels to be their own franchises. So Sim City, and The Sims etc are their own franchises, do you want to vote for a specific part of the Sim series?



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SHMUPGurus on 16 December 2009

1. The Legend of Zelda
2. Metroid
3. Mario
4. Star Fox
5. Gradius
6. Sonic the Hedgehog
7. Contra
8. Wing Commander
9. Command & Conquer
10. Mechwarrior



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noname2200 on 16 December 2009

1. Super Mario Bros.
2. The Legend of Zelda
3. Metroid
4. Ogre Battle
5. Resident Evil
6. F-Zero
7. Ys
8. Harvest Moon
9. Soul Blazer
10. Final Fantasy



mrstickball on 17 December 2009
09tarheel said:
mrstickball said:
1. Mario
2. Mega Man
3. Dragon Quest
4. Final Fantasy
5. Phantasy Star
6. Quintet/Terranigma series (Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma/whatever one was for PS1)
7. Betrayal At series (Krondor, Antara, Return to Krondor)
8. Sim series (city, farm, ect)
9. Mechwarrior
10. Falcon .0 series

Thanks for voting, for this countdown I'm considering games that have direct sequels to be their own franchises. So Sim City, and The Sims etc are their own franchises, do you want to vote for a specific part of the Sim series?

Sure, the Sim City series then.



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starcraft on 17 December 2009

The Legend of Zelda
Perfect Dark
Banjo Kazooie
Mario Main Series
Pokemon
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Commander Keen
Age of Empires
Doom
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--OkeyDokey-- on 17 December 2009

1. The Legend of Zelda
2. Super Mario
3. Final Fantasy
4. Metroid
5. Gran Turismo
6. Pokemon
7. Resident Evil
8. Tomb Raider
9. Doom
10. Mortal Kombat