Those ever so important games. The games you could keep playing over and over until the break of dawn. The time, thought and programming that went into establishing a re-playable game is one of the hallmarks of a great gaming company. Sometimes games were made that were accidentally re-playable. A couple of those games are on this list, proving that sometimes the re-playability factor could happen out of nowhere. Try to add up the time you spent playing these next games and compare it to how much you lived your life. You’ll see that it had to have take up at least a small percent of your lifespan thus far. These games you can still play today, even though they’re all older games; the true test of the re-playability of a game.
10. Super Street Fighter 2
All those characters, all those moves, all those different areas to fight in. With all this diversity in game play, you could play this game for hours. Just when you thought that Dhalism was the character to choose because of his long reach, you realized that Ryu could easily penetrate this by throwing fireballs at him from a distance. When you thought you couldn’t beat your expert friend at the game, all you had to do was choose M.Bison and do his super move into your friend’s character back and forth forever. All these different techniques and all these different ways at stopping the techniques. This was only on 2 player mode. In 1 player mode you had to beat the game with all those characters. This game was endless fun and would solidify itself as the ultimate fighting series in fighting game history.
9. GoldenEye 007
007 was patently addicting. How ridiculously amazing the multiplayer action was made this one of the most re-playable games of all time. Almost every level was amazing to play in (except for the cavernous areas). Who could ever forget “The Facility”; the premiere 3D shooter level in all of gaming history? Play this with Rockets, Proxies, whatever you wanted, and this level would be amazing. The most fun a person can have playing this game is have 2 people secretly gang up on a 3rd person in the facility playing with proxy detonators. You throw them in every spot where a player can start and all that the player getting wrecked can do is press start and die. Controllers will be broken after this, possibly along with some jaws. This game can be played forever. It’s possibly the best 3D shooter ever made.
8. Doctor Mario
Tetris on Acid? Doctor Mario was a different approach to Tetris. The goal was to rid your screen of all the viruses. You did this by connecting the blocks with the appropriate colors coming down from your blocks. The way you laid the blocks down was vastly different from Tetris. Some sideways laying you would do in Doctror Mario, you would never do in Tetris. A great idea off the already great Tetris, Doctor Mario solidified itself as one of the better multiplayer games for the 8 and 16bit platforms.
7. Rampart
Rampart was a pure strategy game that would become endless fun upon learning how to actually play it. Don’t count on learning how to play it when playing the computer 1 on 1. The computer will destroy you with the first shots from their ships. Play against a friend and figure it out, then you will know the power in the replayability of this game. You choose your main castle and build around it to fortify the castle and the eventual cannons that go inside of it. Your opponent then smashes your walls to pieces. After this you’re in rebuilding mode taking pieces (much like Tetris) and putting them in place to envelop your castle and retain the points needed to win a match. Great game, great concept, this game can be played for hours.
6. Bomberman 1
Bomberman 1 was replayable in numerous ways. Firstly it had an amazing co-op 2 player mode where you had to destroy level upon level, boss upon boss. Not losing your weapons was key to winning at this game. Once you lost your weapons and had to start over from the level you were at with no weapons, it was deflating. Playing the battle mode was a joy too, but you had to start at level 1 difficulty or the computer would have it’s way with you. They would race around, trapping you in corners while you were just trying to find an extra bomb to lay down. Once mastered though, you could increase difficulty level and feel proud of the fact that you were challenging the well-programmed computer. Then it was just you and your human opponent fighting for Bomberman supremacy.
5. WWF Royal Rumble
WWF Royal Rumble was a great game. You could replay matches against opponents, have tag team matches and Royal Rumble it up against the computer and friends, and of course this game had Mr. Perfect in it, making it one of the most perfect games of all time. Believe it or not, this game isn’t just button smashing, but knowing when to eye gouge and to kick your opponent when he was down (as this would do a large amount of damage to him). The button smashing came in the grapples against the rope when you needed to throw them over the ropes. This game was classic, and not just because Mr. Perfect was in it, although that helped.
4. Metal Warriors
Metal Warriors is the ultimate Mutiplayer game for the sci-fi fan. Robots, rockets, different levels; this game was the sci-fi gamer fan’s dream. All the robots had different characteristics. Some would have agility but not a lot of strength. Others would barely be able to move because they were so slow but a couple shots of their weapon would destroy their opponent. The replayability factor came in the fact of trying to master all the different robots. Accordingly, you should be able to beat any robot that you choose regardless of how weak some may seem when you use them for the first time. To become the ultimate Metal Warrior player, you had to master all the robots. This made it one of the most re-playable games of all time.
3. Mario Kart Double Dash
As was stated in previous lists, Mario Kart Double Dash took up most of this author’s college life. It singlehandedly brought downmy GPA from a 3.8 to a 3.4. Papers were edited in haste as coming in a close first at the Mushroom Cup proved to be more important than letting your professor know that you weren’t lazy and actually spent time looking over your papers. Mario Kart excelled in replayability because not only could you have race battle, but the battle mode was even more addicting. All the levels were designed perfectly and the skill required to become good at the game kept growing the more each player played. Much time had to have been put into this game for this to occur. Mario Kart Double Dash will always prove itself as the ultimate racing game.
2. Super Bomberman 2
With 4 players Super Bomberman 2 is the ultimate replayable game. You could go 7 hours straight without thinking of drink or food playing this game. Bombs, explosions, kicking the bombs into explosions right where your opponent is and then accidentally hitting the other opponent…man what a feeling. Sometimes you’ll start a battle mode and everyone’s already dead in 5 seconds and you ask yourself “What did I do”? but you’ll happily take the win. There are numerous battle areas, some great, some good, and some really really bad. Just avoid the really bad ones and this is one of the most fun multiplayer games of all time.
1. WWF Raw
WWF Raw is the most Re-Playable game of all time. It has many modes to play, but most importantly it has the Royal Rumble mode. The only thing missing from the game is that Mr. Perfect wasn’t included. Instead you have to deal with the utterly annoying and uncontrollable Luna Vacahon (weren’t Women supposed to be relegated to the managerial role in wrestling?). Besides this small shortcoming to the game though, you were in for endless hours of button smashing. Start drinking while playing this and you could go into the morning playing this game. You’ll be in your 12th beer and not notice that your button smashing abilities haven’t unraveled even though your hand muscles are strained to the limits. At the end of the match though, you’re literally breathing as if you ran a marathon because of how much energy you put into throwing opponents over the ropes. The satisfaction of having no energy left but enduring 6 more wrestlers to win a Royal Rumble is the one of the best that any human being can have. This satisfaction will always bring the player back to playing this incredible game.
Awesome list.
Delta made a great point there. You don’t RE-play a MMO. Its not like you’re doing the same level over and over again. Or fighting against the same character over and over again. Therefore I agree, MMOs shouldn’t count.
Yeah, MMOs definitely shouldn’t count. You don’t re-play them as much as you just don’t stop playing.
Why not have a newer wrestling game on the list, rather than two SNES wrestling games?
The lack of any mention of modern games in this list is surprising, but slightly more surprising is the fact nobody in the comments has even mentioned Team Fortress 2. Jesus Christ that thing is replayable.
OW has to live in the past because the Wii just doesn’t really cut it anymore:P sure they have a few(very few) gems, but it is severely lacking in the game department.
And Wii motion control innovative as it may be, being that it came out first it has allowed Microsoft and Sony to improve on the technology and soon the 360 will have Natal and the PS3 will have its own wand which people in the industry are saying is even more accurate than Wii motion plus.
What about Age Of Empires? You could spend days playing that game without even realising it.
AoE was a great game. But I don’t think it compares to Bomberman in replay value, for me anyway. In fact, my only problem with this list is that Bomberman isn’t #1.
What about Zombies Ate My Neighbors? I could play that game forever.
Shadow Hog, you wouldn’t be nearly as surprised about their being no new games on this list if you had ever visited OW before. They are well known as a site that only likes games from 1996 or before.
Berserkr what’s your problem with the Wii? I could easily put Super Smash Brothers Brawl on this list. Me and my friends have played that game for endless hours. Also, Wii Bowling could possibly be even #1 on this list. Hell, my girlfriend and even my mom likes that game. I couldn’t count the number of hours I’ve spent playing Wii Bowling.
um Duke, he SAID why. The Revolution(“Wii” is incredibly fucking retarded and Nintendo fucked-up changing the name) has few good games now. They use “innovative” as a substitute for “fun,” “intense” or “entertaining.” Not to mention it’s online is slightly more advanced than that of the Sega Dreamcast, and in ways is less advanced. They can’t even give voice chat?
@The Duke
I have no real problem with the Wii, i have one as well as a PS3 its just that OW says that the Wii has more good games than PS3 or 360 when this is totally false, Wii has more Shovelware(throw away titles) than any other system and the fact is the 360 and PS3 have a lot more quality games for them.
>i Agree only with Mario Kart, but not with the GC version (I alwasys love the N64 version, the best Mario Kart ever made) and with 007 Golden Eye (the best console 1st person shooter ever). But not include any RPG (Chrono, FF), the Advance Wars series, Need for Speed, Smash Bross, the RTS, sorry guys, this list stink, i don’t agree with this.
Sorry, dude, the Wii > PS3 and Xbox360 combined.
Super Mario Galaxy blows away any crappy GTA game. Besides that and SMBB, the Wii has Super Paper Mario, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, Marvel Super Hero Squad, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010, Twilight Princess, Okami, Wii Star Wars – The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels, A Boy and His Blob, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Animal Crossing – City Folk…. I could go on and on. Also, who really cares about playing online anyway? Gotta hear eight year olds calling you a “n00b” and shooting trees and rocks.
As for this list, I think it is amazing. WWF Raw was undoubtedly one of the most addicting games ever made. I must have played that game 20 million times. And don’t even get me started on bomberman.
Thank you for getting back to video games, guys. This was why I first started coming to this site. Its really the only interesting site that talks about the games of yester-year. Great video game list as usual, and please keep em coming!
I pretty much only agree with one of these. Also, I agree with some other posters who said that 1 SNES wrestling game would have made the point.
Here’s my list:
1 Golden Eye (N64)
2 Perfect Dark (N64)
3 Gran Turismo (PS1)
4 Tony Hawk (PS1)
5 Turok (N64)
6 Super Smash Brothers (NGC)
7 Metroid 1 (NGC)
8 Zero FX (NGC)
9 Rouge Fighter (NGC)
10 World of Warcraft (PC)
“Jeff says:
October 25th, 2009 at 2:41 am
Sorry, dude, the Wii > PS3 and Xbox360 combined. ”
LMAO!!! Yeah, that’s called “delusional.” Not to mention the fact that almost half the games he mentioned are also on 360 or PS3, and BOTH look, and, more importantly, play BETTER, on the non-gimmick consoles.
The only thing that was really replayable about the original TUROK was playing it with cheats on.
Didn’t play the others on the N64, heard they had multiplayer, but never got the chance to try them.
@Jeff
Its 2am here right now so i will come back with a list of better games for both PS3 and 360 in the morning, most of the games you listed are shitty kids games, Lightsaber duels was absolute garbage look at all the reviews, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is out for 360 and PS3 so that one does’nt count, Marvel Super Hero Squad(crappy Kids game), how about the MUCH better Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 an both 360 and PS3, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010, AGAIN! also on the 360 and PS3 and much better than the Wii version, Okami, is a port of a PS2 game!:P the only games i can give you are Twilight Princess, Smash Bros, Marrio Galaxy, A boy and his blob and Metroid, Thats a grand Total of 5 amazing games for the Wii, i will be back tomorrow for the list of PS3 and 360 games, as well as upcoming games for all systems and then we can compare.
yes i do, and it does not mean what most people think.
OKAMI’s an inferior port of the PS2 game. It doesn’t even control as well as the PS2 original, and no improvement in graphics. While I’m of the gameplay over graphics mind-set, it certainly is a bad sign if a game is ported onto a more powerful system and doesn’t even get an improvement in graphics at this point in the Revolution’s lifespan. When porting a game to a more powerful system, the LEAST a developed should do is improve the graphics. At this point they should be adding more content. Oh, Nintendo’s not even doing that with their old GameCube games they’re porting over with gimmicky motion controls.
Whoops, typoed “developed” instead of “developer.”
Put it this way, guys: We all know that OW doesn’t like most new games, but the games that are one the Wii are more like the old school Nintendo and SNES games than are the games for the PS3 and Xbox360. So while some people might like the PS3 and Xbox360 better and like those “newer” types of games, I think for OW they like the Wii better because it reminds them more of the games they grew up with. So I think while the PS3 and Xbox360 have MORE quality games, in the minds of most gamers today, I don’t think we’re gonna convince the OW staff anytime soon. That’s my theory anyway.
@Berserkr:
“Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is out for 360 and PS3 so that one does’nt count, “
Have you played it on the Wii? Its about 20X better than the 360 or PS3 versions.
“Twilight Princess, Smash Bros, Marrio Galaxy, A boy and his blob and Metroid, Thats a grand Total of 5 amazing games for the Wii,”
You completely forgot Wii bowling. While the PS3 maybe has more games, the games for the Wii are far more replayable. And not to mention the massive price difference. So yes, many of the games are the same, but would you rather buy a PS3 or a Wii to play the same games when one system is 2 or 3 times the price?
Mario Kart 64 > Mario Kart Double Dash
Bomberman , but no tetris ? WTF ?
Civilisation 4 is one of the most re-playable games that I can think of, you can lose so many hours playing it. You start playing it in the afternoon and before you know it it’s two o’clock in the morning. Awesome game.
LMAO So being cheaper makes the game BETTER? huh Thought the more expensive price tends to mean the developer didn’t call it in like most Revolution games seem to be nowadays.
And Duke, you’re actually trying to stretch the various sports games that come packed-in as different games instead of essentially cutesy tech-demos?
That’s not my point at all if you paid attention. My point is, I can play Tiger Woods on PS3 or the Wii, right? So do you want to pay $350 for a PS3 with no games, or a Wii for $200 that comes with sometimes up to 3 games? So I think its dumb when people make fun of the Wii saying, “OH some of its best games are on other systems.” Whoopty-do. If you want to go pay a ridiculous amount of money for a PS3 go right ahead, buddy. (I’ve actually seen Wii’s for a lot less than $200 also).
And, I can tell you obviously have never played Wii bowling or Wii golf. Damn I could play those “cutsey games” for hours on end. I really don’t care how childish they look. At least they’re fun. Then again, I played Candyland a little while ago too, and I’m almost 30, so I guess I am a little immature.
Nope, your point is terrible.
A lot of those third-party games on the Revolution that’re also on the 360 and PS3 not only LOOK better, but play better. The motion control gimmick is poor for many of them.
Not to mention lacking online features on the other two.
And the Revolution is so behind the times it doesn’t even have DVD playback, at least currently. Sure, games should be the main focus, but that’s REALLY FUCKING sad in this day and age if a console comes-out and can’t even play DVDs. That’s like more standard than air conditioning on a car nowadays. It doesn’t even have as powerful a processor as the original Xbox.
And you didn’t get my point either. You’re trying to name all the individual mini-games on SPORTS as different games entirely?
I said “cutesy tech-demo” because that’s all it really is. It’s barely even a game taken as a whole. Any real Sports game has a lot more to offer than, well, just playing the basic game.
Mmmm I disagree with double dash, I say the original was more addicting. lol I never thought I would tell Old Wizard a older game was better than something new.
The Nintendo Wii has a handful of good exclusives at best. It’s nothing compared to the PS3. Here’s a list of the AAA PS3 exclusives out now:
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools Of Destruction
Resistance: Fall Of Man
Resistance 2
Killzone 2
Metal Gear Solid 4
LittleBigPlanet
Infamous
Heavenly Sword
Folklore
PS3 games that are not PS3 exclusive but are not on Wii:
Grand Theft Auto IV
Assassin’s Creed
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Wanted: Weapons Of Fate (Didn’t review that well but you can’t judge unless you’ve played it, this game ROCKS!)
Fallout 3
Upcoming PS3 games:
Assassin’s Creed 2
Gran Turismo 5
God Of War 3
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy IV
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time.
I could go on……the simple fact of the matter is. If you think, even for a second, that the Wii has better games than the PS3 you must either not like video games or you must have learning difficulties.
I own the 3 systems and I barelly touch the WII.
The Wii is great if you want to play with your grandparents or somebody who is just learning about videogames.
I love my PS3 and only touch my 360 to play dead rising or Gears 1 & 2
But even better I LOVE MY GAMING COMPUTER, I can play my old and new games there, over and over again
My personal favorites
Total war games
CIV 2, 3 and 4
Fallout 3
Killer instinct 1
Street Fighter
Gears of war
and Mortal Kombat 2
I have played Fallout for over 60 hrs, still playing and I keep finding new things everytime and I have not played as an Evil character yet
I’ve never been one for PC gaming. The only PC games i play are Age Of Empires and Fifa Manager and if i could get those games on PS3 i would.
@President Steve
You make good points but i am at least as old as the guys at OW and i LOVED the old Nintendo games and still do just as much as they, I even own a Wii and a PS3 so am am not all together biased i am just logical and factual, the Wii just doesn’t have that many good games, not even that many that remind me of the games i played as a kid.
@DUke
As i said i have a Wii as well as a Ps3 i would rather play all those games that are for both on my PS3, Games are pretty much the same price between all systems, i have Wii sports and got very tired of the gimmicky waggle controls real quick, i hardly ever touch the my Wii anymore.
@Macphail
Wow i can’t believe we are actually starting to agree on things:P I will now add to your list of upcoming games worth playing:P
Wii.
1.Super Mario Galaxy 2
2.Super Mario Bros. Wii
3.Metroid: Other M
PS3/360
1. Dragon Age: Origins
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3. Assassin’s Creed II
4. Saboteur, The
5. Darksiders
6. BioShock 2
7. Dante’s Inferno
8. Super Street Fighter IV(Better than Street Fighter 2 any day)
9. Bayonetta
10. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow( GOW 3 eat your heart out.)
11.DC Universe Online
12.Final Fantasy XIV Online
13.Mass Effect 2
The list goes on….
Don’t forget:
Quantum Theory
Demon’s Souls
White Knight Chronicles
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
White Knight Chronicles 2
Resistance 3
Mafia 2
God Of War Collection Pack
The Agent
Heavy Rain
MAG (Massive Action Game)
PS3 owners are spoilt for choice whereas Wii owners will have a long year of eating Mario breakfast cereal’s and crying themselves to sleep
what the fuck
i thought this was about replayable games. jesus.
Here at old – Wizard nearly every article results in a large number of hotly heated debates that have nothing whatsoever to do with the original article.
I guess you could call it extreme improvisation.
DigDug is my choice for replayability. If I have a few minutes to jump into a game, this Virtual
Console classic game is the one I play.
If I want to replay a game in its entirety, then Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (and Path of Radiance) is my choice.
DOTA!!! There are so many heroes to choose from.
Guys have any of you here played a game called”Kingdom Under Fire”? Why is it not as famous as warcraft? It’s,by the way, an unknown game here in the Philippines.
Royal Rumble sucks
Here you go, Nintendo’s own President knows the Wii has hardly any good games.
Nintendo’s slipping performance has not gone unnoticed by the publisher’s president. As reported by Japan’s Mainichi Newspaper and translated by GameSpot, Nintendo executive Satoru Iwata told analysts and investors as part of a post-earnings Q&A that a weak software lineup has contributed to the Wii’s sluggish performance.
Finally a video game list.Thank fucking god it’s about fucking time.
Good list, but there are definitely better games than the ones listed. I’m sure that Mortal Kombat 2, Tetris, and Megaman have at least some credibility.
And I know no one is even thinking of considering Halo or WoW as even worthy because if they do they need to find another game to play. How do you even consider WoW “replayable”?
Punch-Out! is a great games and I think it should be up there on the top 5. I’ve seen people play that game for hours on end. Same goes for Starfox64.
The list should be looked at again and remove one of the WWF games.
cody has a point but somethings about this
why is Zeromage keep isnisting on doing the same topic ove and over again and now its fucking WWE?
Oh yeah. Wii for the win. Wii for the win!
Okay, let’s try to keep it on topic: Which system has more replayable games?
Well, personally, I’d say the Wii. But some people prefer lots of shooters with good graphics. I’d much rather play Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn again and again… bit I digress, it comes down to the simple point: different people enjoy different games.
@Megagamer200
If you think all the PS3 and 360 has are shooters then you must not know much about video games, i take it you enjoy RPG’s? well you wont be seeing amazing RPG’s such as Dragon Age and Final Fantasy 13 and 14 on the Wii. I will now conclude by repeating a quote from the President of Nintendo HIMSELF! proving the Wii’s lack of quality titles.
“Nintendo’s slipping performance has not gone unnoticed by the publisher’s president. As reported by Japan’s Mainichi Newspaper and translated by GameSpot, Nintendo executive Satoru Iwata told analysts and investors as part of a post-earnings Q&A that a weak software lineup has contributed to the Wii’s sluggish performance.”