Lurker > Paratroopa1

Most of the seedings I realize aren't your fault by the way, lol, it's just funny how it shakes out when we're not considering GFAQs strength

Odyssey being a 16 seed is perfectly fine, it's value is in name and achievement only, nobody here has actually played one any more than they've played whatever the hell a Sinclair Spectrum is. I think even something like the Colecovision would have a better playrate than the Odyssey.

GB as a 1 seed and GBC as a 10 seed isn't gonna pan out though, given that the GBC is basically a souped up GB and although the GBC era was relatively short and doesn't have many heavy hitters, it's almost entirely associated with the golden age of Pokemon (even though R/B is a GB game) and that combined with the fact that it plays all GB games and isn't particularly distinct from the GB means I'd almost consider giving it the edge over the GB outright.

Sure let's predict this mess

1) Playstation 2 - Based on fame alone, the Odyssey is far from the weakest entrant in the bracket.
16) Magnavox Odyssey

8) Sega CD - Tough match early on that's complicated by not really knowing whether or not voters know about the Famicom Disk System. But what's for certain is that more voters will actually own or have played a Sega CD, so even though Sega CD sort of... sucks, I think it gets the edge here.
9) Famicom Disk System

5) 3DS
12) Amiga

4) Game Boy Advance
13) Sega 32X

6) Saturn - What is a Pong? Like Pong, the game?
11) Pong

3) Switch - What in god's name is a Capcom Power System Charger? The Switch is going to push like 95-96% here and it only doesn't do better because of the name Capcom.
14) Capcom Power System Charger

7) Turbo-Grafx 16 - Tossup. I think GameFAQs is a more TG16 kind of place. I would take the Commodore 64 with the general population.
10) Commodore 64

2) Playstation 4 - ...There is a non-zero chance of an upset taking place here.
15) 64DD

1) Xbox 360
16) iQue Player

8) Intellivision - I would wager that fewer than 5% of GameFAQs voters have played either one of these. Intellivision is the more famous name.
9) SG-1000

5) Atari 2600 - I'm not sure about this one, honestly. I think that voters might favor prestige on this one (voting on what they would actually consider to be the "best console of all time" and giving respect to the Atari 2600 for being the first truly successful game console), given that the Game Gear is not especially beloved. But I wouldn't be surprised if more voters have actually played a Game Gear so who knows.
12) Game Gear

4) NES - The NES is a 4 seed? What?
13) WonderSwan

6) Gamecube - I haven't watched the video but I feel like some of these seedings have to be trolling (not on your part)
11) Neo-Geo Pocket Color

3) Playstation 3
14) PC-FX

7) Playstation Vita
10) 3DO

2) Wii
15) Colecovision

1) PC/Mac - PC and Mac being bundled together seems odd but it doesn't really matter
16) N-Gage

8) Ouya
9) MSX - I completely fail to understand how the Ouya got an 8 seed here, and despite voters being largely unfamiliar with the MSX I'm pretty sure it wins on antivotes alone.

5) Nintendo 64 - The CD-i might have stood a chance as a joke vote victor over the Atari 2600, but not here.
12) CD-I

4) Playstation Portable
13) Sinclair Spectrum

6) Dreamcast - I thought Oculus was the name of a brand/range of products, not a specific console? Anyway, that might have been interesting to debate in some contexts, but not here.
11) Oculus

3) Android/iOS
14) Virtual Boy - Yeah, I'm going spicy here. GameFAQs is a generation of gamers that feels a lot of simmering disgust over the mobile game market, and it's going to get anti-voted to all hell here, while meanwhile the Virtual Boy may be a terrible console but it's a terrible console that GameFAQs voters can rally behind. I'm actually pretty confident in this pick.

7) Master System - Neo-Geo might stand a chance but I don't think so.
10) Neo-Geo

2) Playstation
15) Satellaview

1) Gameboy
16) Lynx

8) Stadia
9) Game and Watch - How did the Stadia get an 8 seed? G&W is going to get like 80% here, maybe more. When I said the Ouya might be the weakest console in the bracket, boy I lied.

5) Genesis
12) Atari 5200

4) Xbox
13) Sega Pico

6) Wii U
11) Mattel Electronics Football

3) DS
14) Jaguar

7) Xbox One
10) Game Boy Color - How in the ACTUAL FUCK is the GBC a 10 seed?

2) Super Nintendo
15) Pippin

1) Playstation 2
8) Sega CD

5) 3DS
4) Game Boy Advance - This is a really tough call. I think nostalgia for the GBA narrowly wins out here, but the 3DS winning wouldn't surprise me at all given that console's success.

6) Saturn
3) Switch - This hardly even seems fair

7) Turbo-Grafx 16
2) Playstation 4

1) Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 getting a free ride to the round of 16 here
8) Intellivision

5) Atari 2600
4) NES - For a 4/5 matchup, this is an unholy slaughtering

6) Gamecube - I don't know. This one could go either way - I think the Playstation 3 might suffer from "Super Smash Bros Brawl" syndrome here where it's sort of lost in between an all-time greater console and the more recent and powerful version. Meanwhile, Gamecube is the Melee in this comparison, for obvious reasons.
3) Playstation 3

7) Playstation Vita
2) Wii

1) PC/Mac
9) MSX

5) Nintendo 64 - I find the idea of the PSP being a 4 seed and the N64 being a 5 seed on GameFAQs VERY funny
4) Playstation Portable

6) Dreamcast - The Dreamcast catches a break for once in its short life
14) Virtual Boy

7) Master System
2) Playstation

1) Gameboy
9) Game and Watch

5) Genesis - Yeah, this one isn't going to be close, either.
4) Xbox

6) Wii U
3) DS - I felt like this match was going to be close enough to write a blurb about, but I thought about it and there's really no justification for taking the Wii U here.

10) Game Boy Color
2) Super Nintendo - This is an unreasonable clash of juggernauts for a 2/10 matchup. In a GameFAQs contest the GBC draws no lower than a 4 seed I think. No console got done dirtier in this bracket.

1) Playstation 2
4) Game Boy Advance

3) Switch - I could see this going either way. It's hard for me to tell if the Playstation 4 is a console that GameFAQs voters LOVE, or if it's merely one that is a vehicle for a bunch of games that people like. The Nintendo consoles simply have a more defined brand nowadays and the Switch kind of stands out here.
2) Playstation 4

1) Xbox 360
4) NES - I genuinely think that the Xbox 360 is by no means reviled here on GameFAQs and I think the 360 did a lot to repair the Xbox brand's image. But uh yeah it's gonna get flattened here.

6) Gamecube - The SFF here is going to be hilarious. This is going to be the match (as well as Gamecube/PS3) that Board 8 gets right and casual bracketeers get wrong... unless of course I'm totally wrong and the PS3 or Wii wins here, then nevermind.
2) Wii

1) PC/Mac
5) Nintendo 64 - The PC probably is the greatest gaming system of all time, but that's basically cheating and voters all know that. Besides, this is just not a PC gaming website. N64 dominates.

6) Dreamcast
2) Playstation - The Dreamcast is, for me, one of the most nostalgic game consoles despite me never owning one - it feels like the last gasp of a particular era of gaming. I just felt like writing something about the Dreamcast.

1) Gameboy - Uhhh, I guess it's POSSIBLE the Genesis wins here...?
5) Genesis

3) DS
2) Super Nintendo - My god the SNES has it easy here.

1) Playstation 2 - It's possible that I am underestimating the PS3/PS4 in this bracket, but I am not going to underestimate the PS2.
3) Switch

4) NES - It's possible that I am overrating the NES here? Voters might be just a little bit too young to vote it in droves here, and the Gamecube boldly represents a very strong era of gaming.
6) Gamecube

5) Nintendo 64
2) Playstation - This is probably the toughest match to call in the bracket. The PS1 is probably held in higher regard overall, but the N64's top heavy lineup featuring OoT and SM64 cannot be counted out here.

1) Gameboy
2) Super Nintendo - The Gameboy always felt like a weaker version of the home Nintendo consoles. The SNES doubles up here.

1) Playstation 2 - PS2 just too strong.
4) NES

2) Playstation
2) Super Nintendo - SNES just too strong. These matches are both formalities.

1) Playstation 2
2) Super Nintendo - I don't think the SNES can possibly lose this contest. I don't think it has a single peer.

Joke's on them, furries were perfectly able and willing to sexualize Pikachu as-is

Paper Mario
Blast Corps
Super Mario 64
Mario Tennis
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Star Fox 64
Mischief Makers
Super Smash Bros.
Mario Kart 64
Banjo-Kazooie

Just two, and B-K is 10th

Luis_Sera89 posted...

I mean, nobodies saying "This game does not look like something I want to play" as if this is some kind of new IP they're casting judgment on. They're saying it doesn't look like something they want to play because the formulas strayed too far from the first two games. Which is a complaint.

I didn't dislike the last two Paper Mario games because they weren't like the originals, I disliked the last two Paper Mario games because I didn't think they were fun. The fact that they have the Paper Mario name just makes it a greater insult when they keep making them in the style that I don't find fun, where I have to acknowledge them as opposed to just ignoring them like any other series of games I don't like

I once played an indie platformer that has you like running through a dungeon with very old school graphics, and the whole gimmick is that it's secretly a social experiment where the game changes based on some unchangeable factors in your PC so that the game is easy for some people, hard for others, and literally unplayable for some other people, and the whole gag is everyone being confused that they're all having vastly different experiences with it. It was a while ago and I can't remember what it's called - does this ring a bell for anyone?

I genuinely don't like saying "I told you so" in this instance

whose alt

The Lincoln Project is not our friend

sephy is dying on a stupid hill? wow you don't fucking say, how out of character

Suprak the Stud posted...

Holy shit. I underestimated what you meant by "awful" by several orders of magnitude.

I'm a little baffled at the people who underestimated quite frankly

it's like you guys haven't heard of bullshit people before

Immune: Super Mario 3D World
Boot: Xenoblade Chronicles

Is it just because the entire Super Nintendo app is rated T?

Wait, what the hell, good catch

why IS DKC rated T

what the fuck

Ouya

The Switch Online service is completely embarrassing

Immune: Shovel Knight
Boot: Mario Kart 8

Not anyone in my non-online life, no. This is not something I use as an excuse to take the pandemic less seriously, I'm just fortunate.

Immune: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Boot: Hollow Knight

It's the best Slay the Spire-like that isn't Slay the Spire, I recommend it. It's not quite as good as Spire but it's close, it does a few things a little better and a few things a little worse. I have over 100 hours in it, so it surpassed my "does this game stay interesting after 50 hours?" barrier that I use to divide the good roguelikes from the great

KamikazePotato posted...

Capcom wants it to be Chris. The fanbase wants it to be Leon.

And yet, the obvious correct answer is Jill

Immune: Shovel Knight
Boot: God of War

could be Zelda II I guess, do people still find that game hard

Darkest Dungeon is the best one I can think of

It's hard to think of anything since most games don't seem that hard by the time I've beaten them lol

Goomba Division

1) Super Mario Bros.
5) Phantasy Star

3) Bubble Bobble
2) Ninja Gaiden - Maybe some possibility of Bubble Bobble winning here but I think Ninja Gaiden stands out in this field.

Barrel Division

1) Donkey Kong - I wouldn't be TOO quick to write off Donkey Kong here. It still commands quite a bit of respect, and I didn't give it a 1 seed for no reason.
4) Final Fantasy II

3) Prince of Persia
2) Duck Hunt - Yeah Prince of Persia is a bit out of its league here eh

Shy Guy Division

1) Super Mario Bros. 2
4) Kid Icarus

3) Galaga
2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Galaga has a boring path in this tournament and I probably could have given it something more exciting.

Met Division

1) Mega Man 2
5) Gradius

3) Punch-Out!!
2) Castlevania

Octorok Division

1) The Legend of Zelda
4) Super Mario Land

3) Ms. Pac-Man
2) Dragon Quest - I think? This is a really tough call because I have no idea how close in strength Ms. Pac-Man is to Pac-Man. They're practically the same game!

Zoomer Division

1) Metroid - Oregon Trail might have some upset potential... maybe. But Metroid's just a really strong name.
4) The Oregon Trail

3) Contra
2) Metal Gear - One of the few really good matches this round. Metal Gear's been quiet until now. Think it has the more well known name, even though Metal Gear Solid this ain't. Contra winning would not surprise me.

Blinky Division

1) Pac-Man
4) Donkey Kong Jr.

3) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
2) Mario Bros. - I think Castlevania II is too maligned to win against a Mario game here.

Z-Block Division

1) Tetris - I miiiight have considered DuckTales over something like Donkey Kong, maybe. MAYBE.
4) DuckTales

3) Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
2) Mega Man - Another pretty good matchup I think. The Lost Levels does have some allure, and it's a Mario game, but I think Mega Man 1 can hold up here.

Sweet 16

1) Super Mario Bros. - Someone had to go up against SMB1.
2) Ninja Gaiden

1) Donkey Kong - The rematch! This one's still hard to call, imo, but I'm once again not writing off Donkey Kong.
2) Duck Hunt

1) Super Mario Bros. 2 - I think this matchup is really fun - Mario 2 vs Zelda 2, and I'm curious to see how it plays out. If Mario 1 beats Zelda 1, then Mario 2 probably beats Zelda 2 as well, since Zelda 2 is probably a bit more of a disliked game. I think that Zelda II would beat Donkey Kong or Pac-Man though, so it has division-winning potential.
2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

1) Mega Man 2 - This is probably the most boring division. I think MM2 clearly dominates here.
2) Castlevania

1) The Legend of Zelda - This is a repeat of BotW vs DQXI, except probably a bigger blowout.
2) Dragon Quest

1) Metroid - I don't think there's much to say here.
2) Metal Gear

1) Pac-Man - I think only out of respect alone, but I think this one ends up being close because of the Mario name. Aside from DK/DH this is probably my favorite 2 > 1 pick if I had to take one. Pac-Man got a 1 seed only out of respect.
2) Mario Bros.

1) Tetris
2) Mega Man

Elite 8

1) Super Mario Bros. - I set this up for SMB1 vs Duck Hunt and everything, and yet I ruined it, oops.
1) Donkey Kong

1) Super Mario Bros. 2
1) Mega Man 2 - There are VERY FEW good matches in this bracket, but I think Super Mario Bros 2 and Mega Man 2 are two of the most fascinating games in this contest by far. Mega Man 2 has never really had a chance to flex its muscle in the past, and SMB2 has never appeared at all, so who knows what it does here? I think MM2 has a chance to be the 4th strongest game in this bracket and I think it can topple the Mario name, but I think it'll be close and a pretty hotly debated match. (And there's still a chance that Zelda II runs through this as well.)

1) The Legend of Zelda - I couldn't figure out how to give Metroid an interesting path here. It's hard to find a debatable matchup for Metroid to get into - it's not strong enough to beat the Marios and Zeldas of the world, but it should outclass things like Metal Gear and Contra.
1) Metroid

1) Pac-Man
1) Tetris - This would be a highly debatable match among more casual bracketeers, but there's really no contest here.

Final 4

1) Super Mario Bros. - MM2 gives SMB1 a run for its money and loses gracefully. SMB1's path is pretty much inevitable in this contest and there isn't much avoiding this.
1) Mega Man 2

1) The Legend of Zelda - I would NOT WRITE OFF Tetris here. Zelda 1 is by no means an unstoppable juggernaut, and I think Tetris has the power to win this entire contest. I think matchups like this have the potential to make at least the 64-game version of this bracket pretty interesting.
1) Tetris

Finals

1) Super Mario Bros. - I could see this going the other way, and I think Tetris is a possible champion too. But I think SMB1 is pretty much the pre-ordained champ here.
1) The Legend of Zelda

Goomba Division

1) Super Mario Bros.
8) Donkey Kong 3

5) Phantasy Star - I like this fourpack. I think this match is pretty reasonably debatable, and I think it's perfectly fair for the winner to bow out gracefully afterwards.
4) Ghosts n' Goblins

6) Balloon Fight
3) Bubble Bobble

7) SimCity
2) Ninja Gaiden - Possible upset for SimCity here? Maybe! I doubt it, but I figured this might be an interesting place to have a semi-debatable 2/7. SimCity could have gotten a higher seed.

Barrel Division

1) Donkey Kong
8) Missile Command

5) Bomberman
4) Final Fantasy II - Bomberman could win here but I'm going to assume Final Fantasy eats apathy votes like crazy.

11) Adventure Island
3) Prince of Persia - I dunno, people seem to not believe in Prince of Persia but I think it can pull out a narrow win here.

10) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
2) Duck Hunt - I feel a little bad for where I put Carmen Sandiego because it could probably go further based on memes alone, but it's not gonna get traction over Duck Hunt.

Shy Guy Division

1) Super Mario Bros. 2
8) Double Dragon

5) Marble Madness
4) Kid Icarus

11) King's Quest
3) Galaga

7) Final Fight
2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Met Division

1) Mega Man 2
8) Golden Axe

5) Gradius - I dunno, just a hunch here. I don't think people care about Frogger very much nowadays, but Gradius is still cool.
4) Frogger

6) Excitebike
3) Punch-Out!! - I think this match is low-key sort of interesting. I think Punch-Out wins pretty easily but I have absolutely no idea how much strength it has, I can't recall seeing it in a contest before. By the way, I made a mistake here - this is supposed to be Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for the NES, not the arcade Punch-Out which I didn't include in the bracket. I kinda assume people will realize this though.

10) Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
2) Castlevania - All of the 2 seeds in this bracket are pretty strong and there's really no way to avoid a lot of blowouts in r2 because of it

Octorok Division

1) The Legend of Zelda
9) Street Fighter

5) Pitfall
4) Super Mario Land

6) Double Dragon II: The Revenge
3) Ms. Pac-Man - This could go either way. Hard to tell how strong Double Dragon is.

7) Bionic Commando
2) Dragon Quest - Bionic Commando might get an upset here but I doubt it. Maybe a few years ago, but Dragon Quest is established now.

Zoomer Division

1) Metroid
9) Tecmo Bowl

5) Rampage
4) The Oregon Trail - I don't think people care about Rampage too much.

6) Blaster Master
3) Contra - Someone said Blaster Master got a shitty draw and they were 100% right. I misused Blaster Master in this bracket badly and should have put it somewhere with a winnable r2 matchup.

7) Gauntlet
2) Metal Gear

Blinky Division

1) Pac-Man - If there is a debatable 1 vs 8/9 matchup in this bracket, it's this one... but, nahhhh.
9) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game

5) Q*Bert
4) Donkey Kong Jr.

6) Dragon's Lair
3) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

10) Minesweeper
2) Mario Bros. - But I wouldn't be surprised if Minesweeper won. Maybe I should have put it somewhere else in the bracket - pitting it against Mario was cruel.

Z-Block Division

1) Tetris
9) Joust

5) Ice Climber
4) DuckTales - Another pretty dull fourpack. I think DuckTales has vastly greater recognition as a great game here.

6) Dig Dug
3) Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels - I wasn't sure if I should even include this game, and by what name, but I did anyway. I would say don't sleep on Dig Dug but... yeah you can sleep on Dig Dug

7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
2) Mega Man - Maybe some debate here? Mega Man is no Mega Man 2. I think it cruises though.

Zoomer Division

1) Metroid - Space Ace owns though
16) Space Ace

8) Zork
9) Tecmo Bowl - GameFAQs may not be a sports game sort of place, but I think Tecmo Bowl gets enough love here. Zork's probably DOA.

5) Rampage - Uhhhh, probably no upset here? I don't think?
12) Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

4) The Oregon Trail
13) Out Run

6) Blaster Master
11) Wonder Boy in Monster Land

3) Contra
14) R.B.I. Baseball

7) Gauntlet - Could go either way, Strider has a cool ninja in it.
10) Strider

2) Metal Gear
15) Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum

Blinky Division

1) Pac-Man - Should I have given DDS: Megami Tensei a higher seed? Does anyone care about this game? I have zero idea
16) Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei

8) Super C
9) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game - I forgot, have we ever seen a TMNT game in a contest? I think the brand name alone is gonna be enough to propel it here, given that Super C (aka Contra 2) probably doesn't have Contra strength

5) Q*Bert - Yeah I dunno why Ultima I is here either, Q*Bert kinda got a free win
12) Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness

4) Donkey Kong Jr. - This is another fourpack I hate, I think I made the 5 seeds too weak overall
13) Elite

6) Dragon's Lair - Tapper is a reasonable upset pick but man, Dragon's Lair really deserves more appreciation.
11) Tapper

3) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Given that Wonder Boy III got a remake recently, it might actually be a game that could win a match elsewhere, but I gave it a really low seed.
14) Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap

7) Ghouls n' Ghosts
10) Minesweeper - Yeah, this'll be fun.

2) Mario Bros. - I wonder how many matches Star Wars could win on name brand alone if it wasn't buried here under a Mario game. I didn't really want to give it that chance, but maybe it would have been fun to debate if I put it somewhere else? Probably something I would change in another draft.
15) Star Wars (1983)

Z-Block Division

1) Tetris
16) M.U.L.E.

8) Sid Meier's Pirates!
9) Joust - But, with the Sid Meier name... maybe...???

5) Ice Climber
12) Spy Hunter

4) DuckTales - Fully admit I did Ys dirty here, it's too low seeded
13) Ys: The Vanished Omens

6) Dig Dug
11) 1942

3) Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
14) Jetpac

7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
10) Pole Position

2) Mega Man
15) Hang-On

Here's my bracket.

1) Super Mario Bros. - I considered everything from leaving E.T. out entirely (it's basically a joke entry) and actually giving it a fair shot. In the end I decided to feed it to SMB1.
16) E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

8) Donkey Kong 3 - I felt this would be an interesting debate for the second match of the tournament. Adventure has some prestige and I don't think many people have played DK3, but DK3 is probably the more fun game nowadays imo and it has brand recognition so I think it edges out here. Felt like a good thing to feed to SMB1 round 2. (By the way, some sources I saw put Adventure as 1979 and some as 1980, so maybe it shouldn't be here)
9) Adventure

5) Phantasy Star - BurgerTime honestly might stand a chance in another match based on the name alone.
12) BurgerTime

4) Ghosts n' Goblins - I think I underseeded Altered Beast pretty badly here and this is a debatable match. I think GnG is the more highly-thought of game nowadays and takes it.
13) Altered Beast

6) Balloon Fight - A battle of two old NES titles that Nintendo cares about more than we do! I think this one wins on recognition and I think it's funny that the rumors of Mach Rider in Smash might propel Mach Rider to a victory alone - it does have a really good theme.
11) Mach Rider

3) Bubble Bobble - BEWARE, I LIVE. Sinistar is pretty iconic in its way but this is an easy match for Bubble Bobble I think.
14) Sinistar

7) SimCity - Maybe did Shadowgate just a bit dirty here? I think this is debatable but I think SimCity is way more recognized.
10) Shadowgate

2) Ninja Gaiden
15) Ikari Warriors

Barrel Division

1) Donkey Kong
16) Elevator Action

8) Missile Command - Some of these matches are SUPPOSED to make you squint and go "I dunno what the fuck to do here," because I think that's funny and it's part of the appeal of an 80's game bracket.
9) Defender

5) Bomberman - I almost snubbed Bomberman by accident.
12) Arkanoid

4) Final Fantasy II - FF2 is a total wildcard in this contest. It probably handles Alex Kidd with ease (gotta get those Master System reps in) but who knows what it does the rest of the way - if people confuse it for the SNES title enough it could win its division, or it could lose to Bomberman because it's the FF nobody likes.
13) Alex Kidd in Miracle World

6) Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
11) Adventure Island - I really like this match and I think it really sums up the 80's bracket in a nutshell. I'm giving the nod to the game I think more people recognize even though the other is more regarded as a masterpiece by enthusiasts.

3) Prince of Persia - I may have very well indeed way overseeded this one but can you blame me? Look at its competition. It's famous and liked enough that giving it a 3 seed felt right. (Insert clip of Space Harrier death scream here, I couldn't find it sadly)
14) Space Harrier

7) The Guardian Legend
10) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? - I think the memeiness of Carmen Sandiego being in the bracket propels it to a win here although The Guardian Legend is a great and very playable game today.

2) Duck Hunt - Duck Hunt feels like it got a free ride to round 4 lol
15) Hydlide

Shy Guy Division

1) Super Mario Bros. 2 - Fantasy Zone was my most afterthought inclusion in the bracket lol
16) Fantasy Zone

8) Double Dragon - I just liked the alliteration here. Maniac Mansion feels like a game that might win a match elsewhere but Double Dragon has this. Probably a little underseeded, but there were two DD games in the bracket and I wanted to split up their placements a bit.
9) Maniac Mansion

5) Marble Madness
12) Lode Runner

4) Kid Icarus - I feel like this 4pack is really boring and needs some spice, honestly looking at it I think I should have swapped Double Dragon and Marble Madness's placements, MM vs MM is more debatable and DD vs KI is a good r2 matchup. Hindsight on my part, this bracket was a first draft
13) Paperboy

6) Centipede
11) King's Quest - I ended up doing this like solely based on a suggestion in Discord lol, I think it's a tough one to call. Centipede was a juggernaut of its day but is it still remembered?

3) Galaga
14) Solomon's Key

7) Final Fight - This is another tough one, but Castlevania: The Adventure kind of sucks, I just put it in here because I thought more Game Boy reps was fun. Taking Final Fight here feels like I'm putting a lot of faith in voters.
10) Castlevania: The Adventure

2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
15) Yars' Revenge

Met Division

1) Mega Man 2
16) Jackal

8) Golden Axe - This one feels like a tossup.
9) Rygar

5) Gradius
12) Populous

4) Frogger - imo this is the most boring contest match imaginable but I thought Flight Simulator would be funny to put in here. Now I'm questioning that decision
13) Microsoft Flight Simulator

6) Excitebike - Space Quest slaps and might be a viable upset pick here?
11) Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter

3) Punch-Out!! - I only put Double Dribble in because baseball, football, and hockey all got entrants too
14) Double Dribble

7) Tempest
10) Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord - Extremely tough call here. Do people still remember Tempest? Wizardry isn't exactly the kind of RPG that people on GameFAQs really like but it seems more up our alley. Again, this is the kind of stupid match I would love to see.

2) Castlevania - I couldn't resist including Rogue when I realized it came out in 1980.
15) Rogue

Octorok Division

1) The Legend of Zelda - I loved The Bard's Tale as a kid but I couldn't justify giving it a winnable matchup
16) The Bard's Tale

8) R-Type
9) Street Fighter - R-Type is probably a little too obscure, yeah? It's a way better game and it's crazy advanced looking for 1987, but SF has name value even if the first one sucked. I sort of hate this match and there's a reason why I made sure SF1 got a strong opponent in r2, lol

5) Pitfall
12) Splatterhouse

4) Super Mario Land - This is another boring 4 pack. Something else should probably be in that 5 seed slot looking at it again, but I felt bad giving too many high seeds to late 80's NES games. Super Mario Land is a game whose strength I'd be very interested to see.
13) Blades of Steel

6) Double Dragon II: The Revenge - Tough call here. Mother could be pretty strong or it could... not be.
11) Mother

3) Ms. Pac-Man - I like this 4 pack. No idea who comes out of it. No idea if Ms Pac-Man is as strong as Pac-Man. There isn't any reason why it shouldn't be, I guess, but I dunno.
14) NetHack

7) Bionic Commando - Testing how weak Mario can get here
10) Wrecking Crew

2) Dragon Quest - I thought Battle Chess would be a funny entrant and it might gain traction with a better matchup. Thoughts?
15) Battle Chess

Although that said, if Quest for Glory is my worst miss, then I did really good honestly, nobody's named like an inexcusable snub yet

Calintares posted...

I'm missing Quest for Glory, The Colonel's Bequest and Wasteland

then again, pc-exclusives never did that well on this site.

Ahhh, Quest for Glory, that was a miss, yeah. Wasteland was one of my very last cuts but it could just as easily be in the field as anything else, lol. I don't know The Colonel's Bequest.

You do have some choice if you play the game with auctions only and no auto-buys for properties, which turns Monopoly from a 1/10 game to a 2/10 game

God I fucking hate 4th of july so much. Explosions are just constantly happening outside and it's giving me panic attacks

Immune: Sid Meiers Civilization V
Boot: Hollow Knight

Whatever will end the game the fastest

FFDragon posted...

no super dodgeball

bad bracket

Good call, that is indeed a snub

Oh, here's my faves bracket

1) Super Mario Bros. > 10) Shadowgate
2) Duck Hunt > 1) Donkey Kong
2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link > 1) Super Mario Bros. 2
1) Mega Man 2 > 2) Castlevania
1) The Legend of Zelda > 10) Wrecking Crew
1) Metroid > 3) Contra
6) Dragon's Lair > 9) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
2) Mega Man > 1) Tetris

1) Super Mario Bros. > 2) Duck Hunt
1) Mega Man 2 > 2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
1) The Legend of Zelda > 1) Metroid
2) Mega Man > 6) Dragon's Lair

1) Mega Man 2 > 1) Super Mario Bros.
1) The Legend of Zelda > 2) Mega Man

1) Mega Man 2 > 1) The Legend of Zelda

MM2/Zelda 1/Zelda 2 is an incredibly tough call for me, meanwhile Duck Hunt and Dragon's Lair ate some kind of weak divisions lol

(Wonder Boy III would have made it further if it didn't run into Dragon's Lair, a game I really do adore)

I did have a couple of games slip in here just because they're games I like, although I think every game I included in this game is fully justifiable

shane15 posted...

Favs:

Bubble Bobble>SMB
Alex Kidd>Space Harrier
Double Dragon>Final Fight
Castlevania>Golden Axe
Zelda>Double Dragon 2
Metal Gear>Outrun
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap>TMNT: The Arcade Game
Tetris>Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels

Bubble Bobble>Alex Kidd
Castlevania>Double Dragon
Zelda>Metal Gear
Wonderboy III>Tetris

Bubble Bobble>Castlevania
Wonderboy III>Zelda

Wonderboy III>Bubble Bobble

Hell yes another person who knows that Wonderboy III owns

I think it's funny that you ended up with two 11 seeds winning two matches, but Adventure Island did indeed get a hella weak 4 pack and Mother probably is a bit underseeded though I'm not sure I would take it to win that 4-pack. I'm okay with there being some weak 4 packs here and there though, especially since there definitely aren't enough slam dunk strong titles to go around and I think some weird things slipping through would make things interesting. I didn't want the seeding to be too tight although I do think most of the 1-2-3-4 seeds end up winning their fourpacks.

There are probably some things I could move around to create some slightly more interesting matchups and there's probably a couple of games that are too low-seeded to create some havoc (I kinda did E.T. dirty against SMB and Star Wars probably could have done better than getting a 15 seed and a matchup with Mario Bros)

ZeroSignal620 posted...

Dirk the Daring's first contest since 2002? I'm down

You're thinking of Dragon's Lair! Space Ace is the other one (and I couldn't resist including it because it owns)

I wanted to see what a Game of the 80's bracket would look like, mostly because I was curious how deep it would be, so I threw one together of the 128 most notable games that I could think of with a quick sweep of Wikipedia and Google to help me out.

I tried to seed this half by notability and half by raw strength, so seedings do not necessarily precisely reflect game strength - some stuff getting overseeded and underseeded is typical anyway, I just tried to get in the ballpark and put stuff where I think it looked good aesthetically. Obviously, due to the nature of this site and the nature of gaming as a whole in the 80's, this bracket is very NES-dominated, but has a lot of arcade games as well (even though they're mostly fodder), and I did my best to represent various computer systems, the Sega Master System, and even the Genesis and Game Boy (which both came out in 1989 in NA believe it or not!)

As per GameFAQs's usual standards, I went by North American release date, so if you notice a snub here, check to make sure it wasn't released in 1990 in North America, because a LOT of good games were released that year that were released in the 80's in Japan. Since I decided to include games that did not make it overseas by Japanese release date, that means Final Fantasy II somehow became eligible for this bracket, but Final Fantasy did not. It's awkward, but deal with it - I was pretty strapped to come up with games so FF2 made it in. I probably missed some other snubs, but feel free to suggest stuff if I missed something really embarrassing. I tried to be thorough though.

Goomba Division

1) Super Mario Bros.
16) E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

8) Donkey Kong 3
9) Adventure

5) Phantasy Star
12) BurgerTime

4) Ghosts n' Goblins
13) Altered Beast

6) Balloon Fight
11) Mach Rider

3) Bubble Bobble
14) Sinistar

7) SimCity
10) Shadowgate

2) Ninja Gaiden
15) Ikari Warriors

Barrel Division

1) Donkey Kong
16) Elevator Action

8) Missile Command
9) Defender

5) Bomberman
12) Arkanoid

4) Final Fantasy II
13) Alex Kidd in Miracle World

6) Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
11) Adventure Island

3) Prince of Persia
14) Space Harrier

7) The Guardian Legend
10) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

2) Duck Hunt
15) Hydlide

Shy Guy Division

1) Super Mario Bros. 2
16) Fantasy Zone

8) Double Dragon
9) Maniac Mansion

5) Marble Madness
12) Lode Runner

4) Kid Icarus
13) Paperboy

6) Centipede
11) King's Quest

3) Galaga
14) Solomon's Key

7) Final Fight
10) Castlevania: The Adventure

2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
15) Yars' Revenge

Met Division

1) Mega Man 2
16) Jackal

8) Golden Axe
9) Rygar

5) Gradius
12) Populous

4) Frogger
13) Microsoft Flight Simulator

6) Excitebike
11) Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter

3) Punch-Out!!
14) Double Dribble

7) Tempest
10) Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

2) Castlevania
15) Rogue

Octorok Division

1) The Legend of Zelda
16) The Bard's Tale

8) R-Type
9) Street Fighter

5) Pitfall
12) Splatterhouse

4) Super Mario Land
13) Blades of Steel

6) Double Dragon II: The Revenge
11) Mother

3) Ms. Pac-Man
14) NetHack

7) Bionic Commando
10) Wrecking Crew

2) Dragon Quest
15) Battle Chess

Zoomer Division

1) Metroid
16) Space Ace

8) Zork
9) Tecmo Bowl

5) Rampage
12) Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

4) The Oregon Trail
13) Out Run

6) Blaster Master
11) Wonder Boy in Monster Land

3) Contra
14) R.B.I. Baseball

7) Gauntlet
10) Strider

2) Metal Gear
15) Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum

Blinky Division

1) Pac-Man
16) Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei

8) Super C
9) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game

5) Q*Bert
12) Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness

4) Donkey Kong Jr.
13) Elite

6) Dragon's Lair
11) Tapper

3) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
14) Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap

7) Ghouls n' Ghosts
10) Minesweeper

2) Mario Bros.
15) Star Wars (1983)

Z-Block Division

1) Tetris
16) M.U.L.E.

8) Sid Meier's Pirates!
9) Joust

5) Ice Climber
12) Spy Hunter

4) DuckTales
13) Ys: The Vanished Omens

6) Dig Dug
11) 1942

3) Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
14) Jetpac

7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
10) Pole Position

2) Mega Man
15) Hang-On

Immune: Super Mario Odyssey
Boot: God of War

Immune: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Immune: Sid Meiers Civilization V

Boot: Hollow Knight
Boot: Xenoblade Chronicles

I don't want to boot ANY of these games

Monster Train

Crosscode's epilogue, to be clear, not its ending. It ends but there's an extra thing that... I thought it was gonna come out before the Switch version came out? I have no idea

anyway Crosscode is amazing

Why are so many people like this

I just don't get it

Immune: Celeste
Immune: Super Mario Odyssey

Boot: Batman: Arkham City
Boot: God of War

None of my top 6 games of all time have a metacritic score, they're too old (although in some cases a remake does have one)

My favorite game with a metacritic score, Crypt of the Necrodancer, has an 87

Adams

I probably would have voted for him last election too but I forgot because I wanted to at least give the others a fair chance and then I just got lazy. Jackson deserves no such chance

The fact that JQA swims nude in the Potomac fucking owns