====== SB's Sacred Cows ====== I'm not sure what exactly a "sacred cow" is, but this page appears to be collecting results from some "wut r ur favorite gaems" threads. ===== The 2011 "Game of the Year of All Years" Thread ===== In 2011 [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=31344|this forum thread]] was made to determine Selectbutton's favorite games from 1980 to the then-present. There was some silly voting system and voters were given a good amount of leniency to define a release year that suited them, therefore the results might not be completely accurate as a representation of SB's opinions regarding the greatest games of //all time//. The list below contains every game that scored more than 3 points in that thread: ==== Results ==== * 10+ Points * Tetris - //20.5// * Super Mario Bros 3 - //17// * Mother 3 - //15.5// * Super Mario Bros - //14// * Demon's Souls - //13// * Doom - //13// * Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - //13// * Metroid Prime - //12.5// * The Legend of Zelda - //12.5// * Metal Gear Solid - //12// * Deus Ex - //10.5// * Super Mario 64 - //10.5// * Donkey Kong - //10// * Ico - //10// * 9.5 Points * Contra * Sonic 1 * 9 Points * Castlevania: SotN * Portal * Silent Hill 2 * Super Metroid * 8.5 Points * Galaga * Mega Man 2 * Mother 2 (Earthbound) * Resident Evil 4 * 8 Points * Metal Gear Solid 2 * Metroid * Street Fighter 3: The Third Strike * Yoshi's Island * Zelda 4: Link's Awakening * 7.5 Points * Halo: Combat Evolved * Katamari Damacy * Prince of Persia * Quake * Wizardry * 7 Points * God Hand * Pac Man * Sonic 2 * Streets of Rage 2 * Super Mario Bros 2j * Super Mario Sunshine * Tony Hawk 2 * 6.5 Points * Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter * Chrono Trigger * Jet Set Radio * Panzer Dragoon Zwei * Shadow of the Colossus * Sonic 3 & Knuckles * Super Mario World * Zork * 6 Points * Doom 2 * Fallout * Gears of War * Joust * The Secret of Monkey Island * Ultima IV * Zelda II * 5.5 Points * Bubble Bobble * Castlevania * Defender * Final Fantasy Tactics * Half-Life 2 * Killer 7 * Mirror's Edge * Robotron 2084 * Street Fighter Alpha 2 * 5 Points * Half Life * Missile Command * NiGHTs into Dreams * Soul Calibur * Street Fighter 4 * Tempest * Zelda 3 * 4.5 Points * Castlevania: Rondo of Blood * Dig Dug * Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days * Lemmings * Marble Madness * Ms. Pac Man * Parappa the Rapper * Resident Evil 2 * Spelunky * Spy Hunter * Star Wars * Strider * Tenchu * Zelda: Majora's Mask * 4 Points * Batman (NES) * Burger Time * Bushido Blade * Castlevania 4 * Castlevania: Bloodlines * Deadly Premonition * Flashback * Front Mission 3 * Goldeneye 007 * Gunstar Heroes * Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake * Mother * Oregon Trail * Punch-Out!! * R-Type * Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne * Star Control 2 * Theif * 3.5 Points * Another World * Chrono Cross * Crackdown * Devil May Cry * Final Fantasy 4 * Final Fantasy 7 * Grand Theft Auto 3 * Guardian Heroes * Legend of Mana * Mega Man * Persona 4 * Prince of Persia: Sands of Time * Qix * Quake 3 * Rogue * Sid Meier's Pirates! * Super Smash Bros * Super Smash Bros Melee * The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker * 3 Points * Addams Family Pinball * Armored Core 4 Answer * Balloon Fight * Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts * Beyond Good and Evil * Bomberman * Braid * Call of Duty to the 4th Power: Modern Warfare * Castlevania II * Cave Story * Civilization 4 * Donkey Kong Jr * Dragon Quest 5 * Ducktales * Eternal Darkness * Final Fantasy 8 * F-Zero GX * Ikaruga * Karateka * King of Fighters 98 * LSD * M.U.L.E. * Nier * Planescape: Torment * Rayman 2 * River City Ransom * Sim City 2000 * Space Invaders * Star Fox 64 * Super Hang-On * Super Meat Boy * The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind * Vagrant Story * WarioWare: Mega Microgames * X-Com: UFO Defense * Xenogears * Zelda: Ocarina of Time Note that SB's taste has probably shifted a good amount since this thread was conducted. ===== The 2017 "5 games that give a feel of who you are" Thread ===== In 2017 there was [[https://selectbutton.net/t/5-games-that-give-a-feel-of-who-you-are/5480|a forum thread]] that tasked posters to determine "5 games that give a feel of who you are" or "five games you tell your potential significant other to play to get a feel of who you are" (depending on whether one read the thread's title or the tweet quoted in the opening post). The thread elicited good number of serious responses for posters, as well as a good number of joke posts. About 140 posts into that thread some dork compiled all of the lists together (even if a poster submitted multiple lists or if a list was obviously a joke list). Of the 275 games people had named off, approximately 88% of them had only one mention. Below is a list of every game that got multiple mentions: ==== Results ==== * 5 Mentions * Earthbound * Katamari Damacy * 4 Mentions * Killer 7 * Metal Gear Solid 2 * 3 Mentions * Ico * Kane & Lynch 2 * Night in The Woods * Quake * Shin Megami Tensei 3 * Silent Hill 2 * 2 Mentions * Animal Crossing New Leaf * Dark Souls * Demon’s Souls * Devil May Cry 3 * F-Zero GX * Final Fantasy VI * Gitaroo Man * Journey * Majora’s Mask * Metal Gear Solid 3 * Morrowind * Mother 3 * Panzer Dragoon Zwei * Papers, Please * Rez * Riven * Shadow of the Colossus * Silent Hill 4 * Sim Ant * Space Funeral * Super Mario Land 2 * The Last of Us * World of Warcraft The dork who compiled this list still hasn't added the remaining 70 or so posts worth of lists to his dumb spreadsheet, so this list remains inaccurate. ===== selectbutton.net’s top 64 (later 85) vidcons 2020 ===== See [[sb:recommended:2020|]]