Desert Island Games

[Kevin]

I was recently asked (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/column_index.php?story=8618) what my "5 desert island games" would be. After "coconut bowling" was soundly rejected, I chose:

1. The Witness
2. Animal Crossing
3. Super Mario World
4. Katamari Damacy
5. Brain Age



I was wondering what some of your choices would be?

Kevin

[Shauntron]

1: Tetris, because I will never get tired of it for as long as I live.
2: Garry's Mod, because you can do anything.
3: Brain Age, for the reasons you mentioned.
4: Cave Story, because of its compelling platform gameplay and high density of secrets.
5: Loom, because I STILL haven't beaten it.

[Haggis]

1. The Settlers IV - I would take the entire series, but I'll just pick the one that will keep me occupied for a while.
2. FIFA 06 - It may be just another sports game, but I can see myself playing season after season after season...
3. Civilization III: Complete - Same reason I picked Settlers IV.
4. Transport Tycoon Deluxe - Maybe I could practice setting up a transport company on the island.
5. Wii Sports - I may feel terribly lonely, but at least I'll stay in shape, playing the Fitness mode every day. And maybe I can get a monkey or two to play along.

So basically, no games with a definite ending (like adventure games or platformers), but games that'll keep me occupied by offering a new challenge every time I play.

[AdamG]

Gosh, I don't think I could pick 5. There's just too many good ones. : / I can't decide.

[Mel]

Riven - Even though this is a solitary exploration AG, when I got sick of the environment of the island I was on, I could explore Riven (plus it has incredible music)

Psychonauts - I suck playing this game but it's fun (well I never got that far before I gave up)! Again, an incredible place to explore and I would finally master the learning curve for it.

Day of the Tentacle - another game I've never finished. It's funny (and an extremely hard game for me) and I might actually finish it.

MahJong - it's nice to have a good puzzle game.

The Longest Journey - terrific story and characters and locations that I love to revisit.

[Hero1]

Sam & Max: Hit The Road
Day of the Tentacle
Grim Fandango
Prince of Persia
Donkey Kong Country

[ShaggE]

1. Blood- Best FPS Evar.
2. The Neverhood- As you know, I love all things Neverhood.
3. Crysis- Sitting by a palm tree, shooting down virtual palm trees? Yes please!
4. GTA: San Andreas- Need I say more?
5. Sam and Max series- Lagamorph is the best medicine.

[Welshy]

1. Jagged Alliance 2
2. Columns (even after all these years it still has its appeal and im sure it would keep me going)
3. Starfox 64
4. Fallout
5. Stunt Car Racer

[Maratanos]

Wait, wait, wait... What do you mean, "desert island"?

[jp-30]

It means if you were to be marooned on a desert island (which miraculously had a number of video gaming systems all in good working order), which 5 games would you take to amuse yourself?

Mine would possibly be;

Tetris - can spend hours on this game
Day of the Tentacle - favourite game ever, and one of the funniest
X-Wing - Huge amounts of gameplay & replayability, especially with the new missions on the CD.
Knights of the Old Republic - Never finished this one, nice long game with intriguing plot & characters.
The Movies - Never really got into it, but given a lot of time to waste, could probably come up with some real gems.

[Squinky]

1. Grim Fandango, if only just to play Year 2 in Rubacava over and over again.
2. Dance Dance Revolution, to keep up my m4d d4nc1ng sk1llz.
3. Zelda: Twilight Princess, because I still have yet to finish it.
4. Cubert Badbone P.I., so that I could marvel nostalgically at the brilliance I achieved at the tender age of sixteen. (Or cringe, depending on what kind of mood I'm in.)
5. Tetris. Duh.

[Harald B]

Covert Action
Worms: Armageddon
Crusader: no Remorse
KGB - I have a love-hate relationship with this game. Maybe on a deserted island I can actually finish it without a walkthrough.
Tetris - undeniable

[genuineparts]

1. Monkey Island Series - Just to good
2. The Movies - Cool game :)
3. Street Legal Redline - This game has egdes but its fun....
4. GTA Series. - No explanation necessary
5. Bully - Little Gta :)

[fajerkaos]

Mario Kart 64
Some 2d Worms
Starcraft
Heroes: of Might and Magic 3
... And a A collection with every Mega Man game ever made! :D

I think those games could entertain me forever and never even get the slithest bit of boring. :)

[Melrond]

MONKEY ISLAND - From the 3rd part it did low the game BUT its still the BEST GAME EVER MADE (i wish they make like this and start a new saga of MK)

SAM & MAX - Just ANOTHER GREAT game!!.. And as soon i start playing this new saga i know i can die happy!! jaja


Day Of The Tentacle - YES! i know i´ve always love Adventure Games

Leisure Suit LARRY!!! - EXCELENT!.. I love Larry.. he IS the gratest when trying to pick up women!!

Age of Empires - The 3 of them are great games... cant get tired of playing them!

[Emily]

Hmm... tough one. Probably these (in no particular order):

Shadow of Destiny
Gabriel Knight 2
Final Fantasy 8
King's Quest 6
Sims 2

The first four are games I could play again and again. (And often do!) I love the stories and never seem to get tired of them.

Sims 2 I can play for hours/days/months on end, so I think it would keep me nice and busy while I was waiting for the rescue crew to show up.

[ShaggE]

Wait... isn't it your job as a PR to list only Telltale products as desert island-worthy games? :P

[jp-30]

You know you don't even need a computer to play space invaders, pong or pole position on a desert island - just a large number of fellow castaways and some chairs...

http://www.notsonoisy.com/gameover/