11:21 PM on 10.09.2007
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Fronz
Last week's debate was a brawl between the twenty-five masters of Super Smash Bros. Melee. Some cast characters didn't do nearly as well as others, but the race for the only trophy that matters was close. Who did we decide was the best fighter of them all? Here are the ones who received six or more votes:
- 1st Place (13 votes): Captain Falcon -- winner two weeks in a row!
- 2nd Place (9 votes): Roy
- 3rd Place (8 votes): Peach
- 4th Place tie (7 votes): Ganondorf, Dr. Mario
- 5th Place tie (6 votes): Zelda/Sheik, Fox
This week we travel way back to the days when some of the most popular PC games were the ones that came with the computer. A time when Windows 95 continually presented us with the dilemma on how to best prevent boredom at work or school: with SkiFree, or with Rodent's Revenge? It was an age when games on a computer no longer implied that a deck of cards were involved, and when using guns and gore graphics to kill time wasn't yet prevalent, but soon would be.
The two games contained completely different game mechanics and goals, but they were equally addictive at the time. Which game did you play more, and why? Give us a reason for your decision, get some coworkers to give their opinions as well, and check back next week for the Windows 95 winner. Say Solitaire and you die.
[Thanks to MrJunko for the awesome art you see above.]
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Contest:
for christ's sake, def skifree. that damn yeti always kills me. can you even get past him?
Rodent's Revenge had more tight controls and goals, with strategies that involved the preventing mouse genocide by overcoming obstacles such as mouse traps, yawn, and black holes. 50 different levels gave the game structure and the pleasure of being able to finish the game, but robbed the game of some replay value.
I probably enjoyed Rodent's Revenge more since it had a solid theme and simple strategy, but losing to a friggin cat in that game after dozens of levels of progression would make me so damn angry. Whereas i've never not laughed when getting eaten by an abominable snowman. SkiFree was like Katamari Damacy before King of the Kosmos existed, it always put me in a good mood no matter what.
Vote: SkiFree.
Also, refraining from voting due to lack of knowledge of either game.
But since that didn't come with most people's computers, SkiFree.
Chip's Challenge.
but since it's not a choice, rodents revenge because i never could outrun the yeti and it just pissed me off. But i could get pass the mouse traps.
The Yeti always scared me. But I guess, so did cats.
...shut up, I was like 5..
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I haven't played either game, but from what I have read, I would choose Rodent's Revenge. Mice & puzzle games really go together.
Also Chip's Challenge ftw.
SkiFree
Fronz, I'm sure you already have my vote marked down. Skifree is still on my computer, and I still fire it up whenever I want to go ultra-retro. Glad you folks dig the avatar.
Not a problem man, Ill try and keep up with the demand! But since I enjoy doing this way too much, I dont think youll have a problem not having some kind of artwork for your articles. haha! THanks again Fronz!
Anyway, I got into the whole Windows 95 thing late, and as a Norwegian. As a result, the timewaster that came with the computer is some sorta 3D pinball thing that, admittedly, was pretty decent for what it did.
It also came with a demo disc full of utterly lame game demos as an example of the so-called awesome stuff a Windows 95 computer could do. Hmm.
Ski Free
I think I'll go with rodent's revenge.
SKI FREE!!!