Comments on: Contest: Nerdiest gamer wins a nerdy game

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:34:09 +0000

Oh, wait, just saw the trackback. Thanks.

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:32:19 +0000

I don’t know if I should pre-empt any announcement, but I won! Thanks, CrunchGear! Anybody know if I got picked randomly, or for truly being nerdiest?

By: CrunchGear » Archive » Nerdy Gamers contest has a winner!

CrunchGear » Archive » Nerdy Gamers contest has a winner! — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:29 +0000

[...] over! Thanks for all your entries, I saw a lot of games I haven’t thought of in years — who geeks out on Night Trap?! I [...]

By: Brian Davis

Brian Davis — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:18:35 +0000

1. C&C Generals
2. Mario Kart Wii
3. Guitar Hero 3 I admit I sing along. HOpefully my wife gets me World Tour then I won’t look quite so dorky….nevermind.

By: mad dog

mad dog — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:46:18 +0000

Any news on when a winner will be selected?

By: Bessie

Bessie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:07:44 +0000

1. Night Trap – Sega CD, Just look up “Night Trap” on youtube if you’re not familiar.

2. Ultima Online – PC

3. Nintendogs – DS

By: Dragutin

Dragutin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:22:05 +0000

1. Call of Duty: United Offensive –
the expansion to the original magic which made it that much better.
2. Lumines –
definitely one of the best and most polished puzzle games I’ve played.
3. Heroes of Might and Magic III –
had a lot of good times playing hotseat games with friends back in the day.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:23:09 +0000

Props for the C64 and knoby TV reference. I was so excited when I got my color one and could see the C64 games better!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:18:08 +0000

1) Mario Brothers. Because when I first saw it I was 12 and said to my dad “Wow look at the graphics”. It’s what made me want to be a programmer.

2) Zork on the C64. Because I didn’t know it was Zork as I got it from a friend who knew a friend… Becomming my first “Shared” game, my first RPG, and the first game where I felt absolutely impossibly stuck in that spot with in the cave where you had to make a bridge by waving the want and I had the stick (wand) but didn’t know to wave it and make the bridge. My dad suggested it making it my first game where he and I co-op’ed on.

3) Finaly Fantasy VII. I was working at a video game store when the game came out…if this part doesn’t land me the win I don’t know what will… and so I wore the Promo t-shirt with Cloud on the back for 2 years after that until it started to tear and become indecent. Becoming the first game I was a fan-boy about. People would ask me about the shirt and I would turn around and say “Ha, I have a warrior on my back!”

phew, this list came to me frighteningly easy.

Honorable Mention goes to Doctor Mario for my Dad who used to start his game play on Level 20 (highest) and play 2 or three times for 2 – 3 hours until the game became too fast to play anymore and then he’d go to bed and repeat it the next day.

By: Trae Dorn

Trae Dorn — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:16:20 +0000

1. Total Eclipse
2. Guardian War
3. Zhadnost: The People’s Party

3DO for the win.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:35:11 +0000

1) Wofenstein 3D
1) Defender (Arcade)
3) Team Fortress 2

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:04:30 +0000

1. Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
2. Punch-Out!!
3. Super Mario World

By: gi joe

gi joe — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:07:19 +0000

1. Lode Runner
2. (tie) The Bard’s Tale & Zork series
3. Leisure Suit Larry

By: Scott Conklin

Scott Conklin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:05:27 +0000

1 Las Vegas 2
2 Gears of War
3 World of Warcraft

By: Carsten

Carsten — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:52:39 +0000

1. Phantasy Star Online
2. Winback
3. Metal Gear Solid

By: Nico

Nico — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:29:12 +0000

1. Runescape
2. Astrowars
3. Commander Keen

By: vozome

vozome — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:30:18 +0000

1. Wizardry I. I wasted the best hours of my childhood on seemingly never-ending dungeons, hours that could have been spent biking, exercising or generally acquiring social skills that could be useful 25 years later. When I first read a FAQ of the game by the turn of the century, I realized how tiny it was.

2. Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back. while I liked the original dungeon master better, the CSB extension allowed you to draw your characters (32×32 pixels portraits, using the 16 colour palette of the game). And sure thing, I made characters for all the high school people in my class (that’s “people” and not “friends”, because who needs a friend when you can have dungeon master?). Now if that’s not nerdy I don’t know what is.

3. Crusader: no remorse. I didn’t clock in nearly as many hours in that than in any of the two above, but I once was so engrossed with my game that I forgot time and missed the date I had with a Scandinavian model. but again, who needs dating models when you can play sub-par action games on a crummy laptop?

I’m sorry to report that I have many equally embarrassing game-related stories, but I’m restricting myself to 3 in the name of fairness.

By: v6sonoma

v6sonoma — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:58:56 +0000

1. Anything Metal Gear
2. Anything Resident Evil (well almost anything just the normal games not that online garbage or
not quite light gun crap)
3. Anything Metroid (mmm Samus… tasty)

By: Maddohhoek

Maddohhoek — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:50:04 +0000

3) Railroad Tycoon
2) Kings Quest 3 – Took me 2 years to find that dang eagle feather. Kicking that cat was the only thing that kept me going.
1) Pick Up The Phone Booth and Die

Some close runners up: Ancient art of war at sea, Lords of Conquest, and the Oregon trail

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:29:24 +0000

1.Super Mario Bros 3
2.Super Mario Bros 2
3.Super Mario Bros 1

Can’t seem to stay away from them…my Dad thinks I eat, sleep and think this stuffffff.