TGVGD The Great Video Game Draft (n64 Draft)

[Fool's Requiem]

Quality over quantity amirite?

Quality from the big N and Rare. Less so from everyone else.

Edit: I guess Treasure knew what they were doing, but at this point, that was kind of a given.

 

[Ants!]

Just now realizing that there are only 296 (297?) North American Nintendo 64 games, and 388 internationally. Meaning that this draft will contain at least 23% of the total N64 library from an International perspective, and 31% of NA games. Wow lol

Noob. Bandicoot pointed this out ages ago.

 

[Tommy Boy]

Noob. Bandicoot pointed this out ages ago.

Oh shid oops lol

 

[Banana]

im going to go with a game that i currently feel is an underrated gem on the system.

Gex 64: Enter the Gecko

up next is @Fool's Requiem

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Quake 2

One of the few games that allow you to remove that annoying N64 AA blur that hampers so many games. Oh how I wish Perfect Dark had that option. That game is blurry as balls.

@Fire Queen

 

[Fire Queen]

it wasn't the greatest port ever but i do love the original game to death so

Mega Man 64

 

[Rick52]

Pokemon Puzzle League

probably the weakest of the panel de pons thanks to the low-effort american pokemon dub wrappings around it but the weakest panel de pon is still better than most puzzle games

also I am coping because both of the good Turoks got taken in the million picks between my last pick and this one

@The Flame with Pick 64

 

[The Flame]

Well fuck me, those two Pokemon games were my strongest ones left. Wish I still had my copy of Hey You Pikachu but it's one of the things that has mysteriously disappeared at some point during my childhood. Probably stolen by some kid along with the microphone and 2 controllers. Ugh.

Well if there's one thing I know about this place, it's that you're all old as fuck. So what better game to pander to the geezers than Namco Museum 64?

@Ants!

 

[Ants!]

BattleTanx: Global Assualt and Quest 64!

There's something I wanted to pick sooner, but I feel like Quest is more likely to get snatched up. (And don't even say it, naysayers, I have others mwahahaha)

 

[Ants!]

Oh yeah. @The Flame

 

[The Flame]

Uhhh screw it, Glover

@Rick52

 

[Rick52]

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

@Fire Queen

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Uhhh screw it, Glover

@Rick52

Lol, I was wondering when that would show up.



Supposedly, the PS1 version was easier, but critics absolutely shit on that version.

 

[Fire Queen]

i will be taking the only n64 game with an in-game clock

Dōbutsu no mori

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I haven't played this much (yet), but it's highly rated and I feel like SOMEONE was bound to jack it.

Wipeout 64

@Banana

Also, that's 4 racing games in my draft now. I might end up adding one more by the end...

 

[finlandguy]

Man. I was wondering if anyone would pick Pokémon puzzle league. It was a fun time for sure. Now I got to find a different game instead of that.

 

[Jon]

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

@Fire Queen

That's 2 you've sniped from me Rick. I hope you're happy.

 

[BigDaddy]

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

I played this at a friend's house quite a bit in the early N64 days. It was pretty ambitious with it's varying play styles in each stage. The Hoth battle was a really cool opening level.

 

[Smacktard]

Glover, Mega Man 64, and Puzzle League were going to be my next picks, in that order

 

[Banana]

ok so i guess we really are into hidden gem territory now? im going to go with one of the most unique but surprisingly fun games on the n64.

Hybrid Heaven

@Cole

 

[Cole]

Road Rash 64

 

[BigDaddy]

@Tommy Boy is up

 

[shortkut]

@Tommy Boy is up

He might be sleeping

 

[Quagmire]

@Tommy Boy is up

@Benzine can make his pick

 

[Bandicoot]

ok so i guess we really are into hidden gem territory now? im going to go with one of the most unique but surprisingly fun games on the n64.

Hybrid Heaven

@Cole

And that now leaves just two games that I owned that have yet to be picked.

 

[Fire Queen]

there's several games still on the board that i'm shocked have lasted this long. that said i think we've accounted for almost every single first-party game lol

 

[Smacktard]

there's several games still on the board that i'm shocked have lasted this long. that said i think we've accounted for almost every single first-party game lol

There's one left that I'm shocked is still there, but I've never played it and know nothing about it, so I'm not going to pick it.

I have my next two picks ready. I don't think anyone will pick them, but they're not all-star picks, either

 

[Fool's Requiem]

My last pick shouldn't be picked... I would imagine. There are numerous other games in the genre that should end up getting picked before it. It's definitely a game I need to snag at some point.

 

[VashTheStampede]

There's one game I'm  shocked hasnt been picked.

and another one that maybe only 2-3 of us would pick but I really liked

 

[Fool's Requiem]

there are 4 that I'm kinda surprised haven't been picked yet.

 

[Ants!]

Yall are lying we ran out of games in the second round remember? That's what they keep telling us.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Yall are lying we ran out of games in the second round remember? That's what they keep telling us.

To be fair, some of y'all have picked some really shitty games

 

[Smacktard]

To be fair, some of y'all have picked some really shitty games

Now you have me curious. We should have a vote to see who has the shittiest lineup, too. All in good fun!

 

[BigDaddy]

To be fair, some of y'all have picked some really shitty games

Easy for you to say, looking down on us in the trenches from your ivory tower as we futilely attempt to navigate this primitive polygonal minefield.

 

[Ants!]

Now you have my curious. We should have a vote to see who has the shittiest lineup, too. All in good fun!

I like this idea too

 

[Smacktard]

I'm sure @Zell 17 would agree!

 

[VashTheStampede]

Easy for you to say, looking down on us in the trenches from your ivory tower as we futilely attempt to navigate this primitive polygonal minefield.

You chose this minefield of your own volition. There was no way I was leaving this tower. It has air conditioning.

 

[Cole]

You chose this minefield of your own volition. There was no way I was leaving this tower. It has air conditioning.

this is some bullshit.

you've grown incapable of updating your own lists in your old age, towerboy. and you want us to do it for you.

well I say no more.

who's with me? let's strike for fair compensation.

 

[VashTheStampede]

@Tommy Boy has a little over 12 hours left

 

[VashTheStampede]

this is some bullshit.

you've grown incapable of updating your own lists in your old age, towerboy. and you want us to do it for you.

well I say no more.

who's with me? let's strike for fair compensation.

Whoaaaaaaa this game rules

 

[VashTheStampede]

Whoaaaaaaa this game rules

Actually this looks way better than the 64 game

 

[Cole]

Whoaaaaaaa this game rules

see if you and your tower talk shit when I do a barrel roll straight through the windows.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Frame rate will be so slow I'll have plenty of time to escape

Assuming I can see it through all the "fog"

 

[Cole]

Frame rate will be so slow I'll have plenty of time to escape

Assuming I can see it through all the "fog"

what're you gonna do? jump out and hope the magic of your stupid three triangles will save you?

 

[Ants!]

Just use a nova bomb.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Just use a nova bomb.

you don't waste those on the first boss when the crit spots are hidden?

 

[VashTheStampede]

what're you gonna do? jump out and hope the magic of your stupid three triangles will save you?

If you're referring to the Triforce, they give me the Courage to jump out the tower window, the Wisdom to use the hookshot to reach the ground safely, and the Power to withstand the urge to join drafts for inferior consoles.

 

[Ants!]

you don't waste those on the first boss when the crit spots are hidden?

Just want to nuke Vash's face for his trash talk and for not updating the list because he's too busy playing eggpets on some other inferior system.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Just want to nuke Vash's face for his trash talk and for not updating the list because he's too busy playing eggpets on some other inferior system.

List is updated though

 

[Ants!]

List is updated though

Oh. It's okay though, still have two nova bombs left. Don't let it happen again!