Board 8 > The Mount Rushmore of: Video Game Starting Stages

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azuarc
08/15/25 5:15:06 PM
#51:


Central Highway
Ceres Station (Super Metroid)
Normandy (Medal of Honor: Frontline)
No Russian (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)

Yeah, 1-1 and Green Hill Zone should be here, but they're getting in regardless. The latter of these two picks aren't necessarily great gameplay, but they are very memorable.

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XIII_Rocks
08/15/25 5:26:44 PM
#52:


Yeah

Remove 1-1 from Mario
Add Uncharted 2

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Underleveled
08/15/25 5:39:23 PM
#53:


You know what?

Remove: Great Deku Tree
Add: Uncharted 2 chapter 1

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5tarscream
08/15/25 6:00:47 PM
#54:


Green Hills
Bombing Mission


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White_Wing
08/15/25 6:04:57 PM
#55:


Bob-omb Battlefield
Castle Keep (SotN)
Village of the Doomed (American McGee's Alice)
Basic Braining (Psychonauts)

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lordjers
08/15/25 6:07:01 PM
#56:


Chaeix posted...
elwynn forest is on my list because it's the most iconic starting zone in WoW and is a significant chunk of the South Park WoW episode which was not only a huge deal when it came out but also played a huge role in South Park keeping going (to my understanding).

Elwynn Forest is a really good one, but I consider Northshire Valley the real first "stage". It's technically inside Elwynn but it's still its own self contained area.

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Lopen
08/15/25 6:17:43 PM
#57:


1-1 (Super Mario Bros)
Big Apple, 3am (Turtles in Time)
Central Highway (Mega Man X)
Final Stage: Bloodlines (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)

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Snake5555555555
08/15/25 6:17:52 PM
#58:


azuarc posted...
No Russian (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)

No Russian is the fourth mission of the game

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Isquen
08/15/25 6:32:21 PM
#59:


SMB 1-1
Resident Evil's Spencer Mansion
Green Hill Zone
Great Plateau from BotW

MMO nerd in me also wants to say Durotar, but alas.

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sull56ivan2010
08/15/25 6:38:28 PM
#60:


Snake5555555555 posted...
No Russian is the fourth mission of the game
There's a couple war games I would choose as honorable mentions

Your Finest Hour (Medal of Honor Frontline)
Not One Step Back (Call of Duty Finest Hour)

The intro to Not One Step Back is one of the greatest introductions to the first minute or two of a level.

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Snake5555555555
08/15/25 6:49:18 PM
#61:


I think FNG on CoD4 should be in the convo too

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azuarc
08/15/25 7:58:54 PM
#62:


Snake5555555555 posted...
No Russian is the fourth mission of the game

Is it really? I have memory of it opening the gameplay, but I guess that's just because it's so infamous.

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slykirby
08/15/25 8:21:23 PM
#63:


1-1 (SMB)
Green Hill Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Great Plateau (BotW)
City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2)

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Great_Paul
08/15/25 8:24:10 PM
#64:


Spiral Mountain
Bob-omb Battlefield
1-1
Green Hill Zone

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BlueCrystalTear
08/15/25 8:24:38 PM
#65:


Fiop posted...
Super Mario Bros. - 1-1
Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hills
Midgar/Bombing Mission
The Great Plateau (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
Yeah, this looks good to me too.

FFVII would get a vote no matter what because it's awesome how the game just thrusts you right into the action.

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Bat178
08/15/25 8:30:51 PM
#66:


Emerald Coast (Sonic Adventure)
Sand Wilderness (Mega Man Zero 2)
Tanker (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
The Fairy Glade (Rayman 2: The Great Escape)

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Haste_2
08/15/25 8:47:43 PM
#67:


SMB 1-1
Green HIll Zone
Bombing Mission (FF7)
Bob-omb Battlefield

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Johnbobb
08/15/25 9:08:01 PM
#68:


1-1
Green Hill Zone
City Escape
Uncharted train

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skulltrumpets
08/15/25 9:18:57 PM
#69:


1-1
Green Hill Zone
Bombing Mission
The Great Plateau

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Mega_Mana
08/15/25 9:39:21 PM
#70:


World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.)
Highway (Mega Man X)
Warehouse (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater)
Bombing Mission (FFVII)

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Zazabar
08/15/25 10:02:08 PM
#71:


Super Mario Bros. - 1-1
Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone Act 1
Super Mario 64 - Bob-omb Battlefield
Minecraft - The Overworld

Why are people voting for 1-1 from SMB, yet voting for all of Green Hill Zone from Sonic 1? Is it a particular level/stage/zone/area we're voting for or is it the entirety of the first level/stage/zone/area?

Also, does The Overworld in Minecraft count? If not, feel free to exclude that choice.

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Underleveled
08/15/25 10:06:04 PM
#72:


Zazabar posted...
Why are people voting for 1-1 from SMB, yet voting for all of Green Hill Zone from Sonic 1? Is it a particular level/stage/zone/area we're voting for or is it the entirety of the first level/stage/zone/area?
1-1 is not only iconic in and of itself, but it is substantially different, aesthetically and functionally, from the rest of the stages in world 1. Green Hill, not so much.

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MacArrowny
08/15/25 10:09:52 PM
#73:


I think most people saying Green Hill Zone mean Act 1.

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lordjers
08/15/25 11:26:33 PM
#74:


Yeah I definitely meant Act 1.

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v-charon
08/16/25 12:16:23 AM
#75:


Green Hills Act 1
Elwynn Forest
Village RE4
Bombing Mission

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GenesisSaga
08/16/25 12:17:37 AM
#76:


Resident Evil 4 - Village

For my last

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Bitto
08/16/25 9:32:55 AM
#77:


1-1 (Super Mario Bros)
Bloodlines (Castlevania SOTN)
Village (Resident Evil 4)
The Great Plateau (Breath of the Wild)

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Bitto
08/16/25 10:10:20 AM
#78:


Also, does The Overworld in Minecraft count? If not, feel free to exclude that choice.

Overworld is...interesting. I saw one for Zelda 1 too and for Myst. All games I haven't played too!

I feel like it goes against the spirit of the question because it is so broad. Overworlds in general can really be their own Rushmore category.

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