Pick 5

[Stonecutter]

*Exhale*

Oh man.

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1) War Craft 3 + Frozen Throne. Every 6 months or so I go back to this and play Footies and an assload of TDs and I play nonstop for like 3 months. Can't go wrong with that.

2) Tecmo Super Bowl, the NES version. When NFL 2kX (99% of the gaming community can pretend I said Madden XX) came out, I played the hell out of it for a few months, if I were to put it in now, I couldn't stand it for more than 30 seconds. I can STILL play TSB for months on end, in fact, I think I'm going to fire it up soon as I finish this post.

3) Rise of Nations + Thrones and Patriots. I never thought any game would ever supplant Age of Empires 2, but I think RoN:T&P did. I've only had it for a few months so I hesitate to put it here, but....

4) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The best Zelda game, and rot in hell if you think otherwise. I've probably beat this game over a dozen times, and I still really enjoy a majority of the dungeons to almost the same extent that I did the first time around.

5) Mario Golf. GC or N64? I'm so torn. I think I'd have to go with the GC version because of the added depth, even though I don't particularly care for the swing mechanics as much (hypocritical of me in that the main difference is that GC's swing mechanics are more involved.)

Game's I'd strongly consider:

Metroid Prime: Only beat it once, and I'd really like to do it again, but will I enjoy it the 15th time through?

Panzer Dragoon Orta: I think it's been about 18 months since I've begged the board to buy this game, but I'm not sure I wouldn't eventually tire of it in much the same way I might tire of Metroid Prime.

Ace Combat Anything: I enjoy too many specific parts of the indivdual games to take just one, and I can't justify taking more than one.

Civ #: Civ 2 was so good, but later games did so many things that I wish it was able to do, so it loses a lot of it's charm. Civ 3 really sucked. I haven't played Civ 4, but I hear good things, maybe that could make the list one day.

Secret of Mana: Haven't played it in about 5 years, I fear if I fire it up it won't be anywhere as good as I remember it.