BEST OF THE BEST

[The_Laird]

I own near enough every Lynx game bar a few of the homebrews and have compiled a list of what I think are the best games in each catagory. What do you guys think?

 

Shoot 'em Ups

1. Zarlor Mercenary, 2. Gates Of Zendocon, 3. Raiden.

 

Driving Games

1. S.T.U.N Runner, 2. A.P.B, 3. Checkered Flag.

 

Sports Sims.

1. Alpine Games, 2. Awesome Golf, 3. European Soccer Challenge.

 

Beat 'em Ups

1. Rampage, 2. Ninja Gaiden, 3. Pit-Fighter.

 

Strategy Games

1. Lemmings, 2. Rampart, 3. Super Skweek.

 

Arcade Adventures

1. Xybots, 2. Xenophobe, 3. Dracula: The Undead.

 

First Person Shooters

1. Steel Talons, 2. Battlewheels, 3. Cyber Virus.

 

Puzzle Games

1. Klax, 2. Shanghai, 3. T-Tris

 

Retro Classics

1. Robotron 2084, 2. Super Asteroids/Missile Command, 3. Joust.

 

Platformers

1. Pacland, 2. Toki, 3. Switchblade 2.

[xubidoo]

ok my selection quite different and u may not agree with some of my choices but there you go

 

 

 

 

Shoot 'em Ups

1.Blue Lightning, 2. Gates Of Zendocon, 3.Zarlor Mercenary

 

Driving Games

1. Checkered Flag, 2. A.P.B, 3. Roadblasters/Hydra.

 

Sports Sims.

1. California Games, 2. Awesome Golf, 3. Alpine Games.

 

Beat 'em Ups

1. Rampage, 2. Ninja Gaiden 3 , 3. Pit-Fighter.

 

Strategy Games

1. Rampart, 2. Super Skweek. 3.Electrocop

 

Arcade Adventures

1. Xenophobe, 2. Gauntlet 3, 3.Xybots

 

First Person Shooters

1. Warbirds, 2.Steel Talons,

 

Puzzle Games

1. Klax, 2. Cystal Mines 2, 3. Chips Challenge

 

Retro Classics

1. Ms Pacman, 2. Rygar

 

Platformers

1. Viking Child, 2.Scrapyard Dog, 3.Slime World

[Trip_Cannon]

Not to pick on your list Mr. Kizza, but you'd call Dracula: The Undead an arcade adventure?

[Emehr]

Based only on the titles I actually own. Please excuse my non-traditional categories, it's more of a "What am I in the mood for?" system than anything else.

 

Drive 'n' Blast

1. S.T.U.N. Runner, 2. Road Blasters, 3. Hydra

 

Fly 'n' Blast (1st or 3rd person)

1. Warbirds, 2. Steel Talons, 3. Blue Lightning

 

Job Simulators

1. Paperboy, 2. A.P.B., 3. [vacant]

 

Recreation Simulators

1. California Games, 2. Lynx Casino, 3. [vacant]

 

Side-Scrolling Beat 'm Up

1. Ninja Gaiden, 2. Rygar, 3. Batman Returns

 

Sci-Fi Action

1. Slime World, 2. Xybots, 3. Xenophobe

 

Play It For Points!

1. Klax, 2. Pinball Jam, 3. Blockout

 

Tile-Based Puzzlers

1. Chip's Challenge, 2. Crystal Mines II, 3. Super Skweek

 

Bird's Eye View Adventure

1. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, 2. Gauntlet III, 3. [vacant]

 

Racing

1. Checkered Flag, 2. Hard Drivin', 3. [vacant]

 

Some Thinking Required Action

1. Lemmings, 2. Rampart, 3. Shadow of the Beast

 

No Thinking Required

1. Rampage, 2. [vacant], 3. [vacant]

 

Oops, ran out of games.

 

- Jason

Edited July 25, 2005 by Emehr

[cthulhu]

Shoot 'em Ups

1. Zarlor Mercenary, 2. Blue Lightning, 3. Gates Of Zendocon

 

Driving Games

1. Battlewheels, 2. Checkered Flag, 3. Roadblasters.

 

Sports Sims.

1. California Games, 2. Tournament Cyberball, 3. -.

 

Beat 'em Ups

1. Rampage, 2. Ninja Gaiden , 3. Pit-Fighter.

 

Strategy Games

1. Super Skweek, 2. Electrocop. 3. -

 

Arcade Adventures

1. Xenophobe, 2. Dracula The Undead, 3. Gauntlet 3

 

First Person Shooters

1. Warbirds, 2. Steel Talons, 3. Cyber Virus

 

Puzzle Games

1. Klax, 2. Block Out, 3. Chips Challenge

 

Retro Classics

1. Rygar, 2. Joust, 3. Ms Pacman

 

Platformers

1. Toki, 2.Slime Wolrd, 3. Switchblade II

[davidcalgary29]

I don't think it's fair to compare Alpine Games with other titles, as it outclasses them all in terms of its technical achievements. I think we'll have to wait for the next "next generation" Lynx title so that we can place it in its appropriate context.

 

I'm surprised that no one's mentioned Loopz as a prime puzzler. It's very addictive! Also underrated: Lexis and Electrocop.

Edited July 25, 2005 by davidcalgary29

[xubidoo]

id agree that ALpine games easily surpasses other Lynx titles in Technical/gfx depts ,but and im prob the only 1 who thinks this ,but imo it just isnt much fun to actually play.

 

unlike Cal games i just dont have any urge to try and beat my scores.

Dont get me wrong im glad it was made and it just shows wat the Lynx is capable of,but it isnt a game i can see myself going back to very often.

 

 

Electrocop was actually my 1st lynx game i bought and completed,at the time i thought the gfx was stunning,great game.

Edited July 31, 2005 by xubidoo

[bergbros2]

Problem with these lists is that some games are not easy to classify (Rampart in arcade, puzzle? Roadblasters, Arcade or Driving? Rygar, side scroller, platformers arcade?) and some classifications are kind of suspect (Arcade Adventures? Dracula in Arcade Adventures? Uh huh?) I'll just keep the categories as simple as possible:

 

Arcade Classics- 1. Klax 2. Joust 3. Rampart

 

Sports- 1. Awesome Golf 2. European Soccer Challenge 3. Jimmy Connors Tennis

 

Multiplayer- 1. Warbirds 2. Checkered Flag 3. Battlewheels/ Xenophobe

 

Driving 1. Checkered Flag 2. S.T.U.N. Runner 3. Road Blasters

 

Puzzle 1. Shanghai 2. Lemmings 3. Chips Challenge

 

Beat Em Up Fighters (Best of a bad lot) 1. Double Dragon 2. Ninja Gaiden 3 3. Ninja Gaiden

 

Shoot em ups- 1. Zarlor Mercenary 2. Raiden 3. Gates of Zendocon

 

Flying- 1. Blue Lightning 2. Desert Strike 3. Steel Talons

 

Platformers 1. Slime World 2. Toki 3. Scrapyard Dog

 

Again, this was hard becasue I could put any number of these games in other categories. I just tried to chose the best in what I thought was traditional genres.

[JagFan422]

i wouldn't class Steel Talons and WarBirds as first person shooters, i'm pretty sure they would be flight sims.

 

I don't own that many games to make a list like everyone else.