I was just wondering: If you were to chose one game that best
represents or is most strongly associated with a given game maker,
(on any system) what would it be?
Some of my choices:
Nintendo: Super Mario Brothers
Namco: Pac-Man
Capcom: Ghosts and Goblins
Atari: Pong
Konami: Castlevania
Taito: Bubble Bobble
Irem: R-Type
Activision: Pitfall
Electronic Arts: M.U.L.E.
Seibu Kaihatsu: Raiden
Psikyo: Strikers 1945
I'm sure I've forgotten quite a few, but that's a start...
--The Eidolon
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Game companies' iconic games
Started by The Eidolon, Oct 7 2003 1:09 PM
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 1:41 PM
Hrm.... I can think of three...
Sega: Sonic the Hedgehog
Maxis: SimCity
Rareware: DonkeyKong
Sega: Sonic the Hedgehog
Maxis: SimCity
Rareware: DonkeyKong
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 1:46 PM
The Eidolon said:
I was just wondering: If you were to chose one game that best
represents or is most strongly associated with a given game maker,
(on any system) what would it be?
Some of my choices:
Nintendo: Super Mario Brothers
Namco: Pac-Man
Capcom: Ghosts and Goblins
Atari: Pong
Konami: Castlevania
Taito: Bubble Bobble
Irem: R-Type
Activision: Pitfall
Electronic Arts: M.U.L.E.
Seibu Kaihatsu: Raiden
Psikyo: Strikers 1945
I'm sure I've forgotten quite a few, but that's a start...
--The Eidolon
represents or is most strongly associated with a given game maker,
(on any system) what would it be?
Some of my choices:
Nintendo: Super Mario Brothers
Namco: Pac-Man
Capcom: Ghosts and Goblins
Atari: Pong
Konami: Castlevania
Taito: Bubble Bobble
Irem: R-Type
Activision: Pitfall
Electronic Arts: M.U.L.E.
Seibu Kaihatsu: Raiden
Psikyo: Strikers 1945
I'm sure I've forgotten quite a few, but that's a start...
--The Eidolon
The only things on your list I'd change would be:
Capcom: Street Fighter II
Taito: Elevator Action
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 2:31 PM
Taito: SPACE INVADERS
Punk!
(And to that end, I'd also pick Donkey Kong as "the" game for Nintendo...)
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 2:37 PM
imagic- atlantis
coleco- donkey kong (i know nintendo but...)
intellivision- burgertime
odyssey- kc munchkin
williams- defender
squaresoft- final fantasy
data age- BUGS!
EA- madden
vectrex- minestorm of course
coleco- donkey kong (i know nintendo but...)
intellivision- burgertime
odyssey- kc munchkin
williams- defender
squaresoft- final fantasy
data age- BUGS!
EA- madden
vectrex- minestorm of course
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 2:42 PM
Mythicon: Firefly
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 2:50 PM
Room 34 said:
Taito: SPACE INVADERS
Punk!
(And to that end, I'd also pick Donkey Kong as "the" game for Nintendo...)
I was thinking about SI but for some reason I always associate Taito with Elevator Action.
Punk.
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 2:57 PM
Well, Taito Bubble Bobble has Space Invaders in it.
They usually kill me, too. The punks!
Oh, and I forgot:
Infocom: Zork
--The Eidolon
They usually kill me, too. The punks!
Oh, and I forgot:
Infocom: Zork
--The Eidolon
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 3:37 PM
capcom: megaman
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 4:50 PM
Synapse: Alley Cat :wink:
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 4:57 PM
skeletor said:
capcom: megaman
heheh definitly
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 5:09 PM
I disagree with Christianscott27 on his choices for Imagic and Data Age.
It should be:
Imagic - Demon Attack
Data Age - Journey
And now, A few of my own:
Mystique - Custer's Revenge
Starpath - Communist Mutants from Space
Parker Bros. - Frogger
It should be:
Imagic - Demon Attack
Data Age - Journey
And now, A few of my own:
Mystique - Custer's Revenge
Starpath - Communist Mutants from Space
Parker Bros. - Frogger
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 5:31 PM
I'd say Atari might even be more well-known for Asteroids than for any other game... Even Pong. Of course, Atari is replete with iconic games. Asteroids, Battlezone, Centipede, Missile Command, and Tempest are all equally iconic. (Which is why they all end up in PC compilations.)
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Posted Tue Oct 7, 2003 7:04 PM
i'm biased toward atlantis, it just had those laser line graphics that seemed to really match the imagic box style, they even had that atlantis in the bahamas contest. its probably an even race, i see both in almost every 2600 pile.
i gotta say though that i should have put SNAKE for data age, i think that may be the most reviled 2600 game of all, if nothing else it iconic of the low quality flood that edged the "crash" along
moving on with a few more
parker bros- frogger
tigervision- miner 2049er
gottlieb- q*bert
hudson- bonk
i gotta say though that i should have put SNAKE for data age, i think that may be the most reviled 2600 game of all, if nothing else it iconic of the low quality flood that edged the "crash" along
moving on with a few more
parker bros- frogger
tigervision- miner 2049er
gottlieb- q*bert
hudson- bonk
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