Game Series (obsolete)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Molyneux#Games
Might want to revise that list Sandrick

I'm not following, Thilian. You think Mac titles belong under PC Games? If so, I disagree. Technically even Commodore, Amiga, and Atari ST are 'personal computers', but I think that 'PC Games' should imply only DOS/Windows versions. In fact, I'd favor splitting up the massive PC Games section to DOS and Windows as there are many titles during early Windows years that had both DOS and Windows versions, and some DOS games that got ported over to Windows in future years.

:) Sorry dude, should've asked me before xP

Just finished this list: Dungeons & Dragons - Baldur's Gate and onwards

It's a continuation of my D&D Classics, and its all PC-released titles from Baldur's Gate onwards, including the upcoming new stuff.

I decided to abandon my Gamespot Editor's Choice 2007 list, because after going thru the list, i discovered they smoke too much strawberry tobacco and drink too much red bull. They put Super Mario Bros. 3 as one of best of 2007 because it got released on Virtual Wii Console. They lumped Orange Box PS3 along with Xbox360 and PC versions, even though the pathetic framerates on PS3 version make the game unplayable thru some parts. They rated Halo 3 a 9.5 and Bioshock a 9.0 when every respectable gamer out there says it should be the other way around.

so anyways, i deleted that list, but i never finished it anyways so no big loss. i'll look for other sources for top 2007 releases.

A new quick little list: Star Control series: one of the best games ever made is on this list -- Star Control II.

I'm loving the new 'add note' feature! thanks a bunch, Tom

To everyone who's already made list, thanks a ton for making this thread so popular and finding it useful, but just a quick suggestion: if you've already made a list, could you go back and fine tune it with some personal commentary on the titles that are most important to you, with the new 'add note' feature?

see the example in my latest list:
www.listal.com/list/star-control-series

obviously not all items need to be documented, but if some of the best entries in the series are given a bit of commentary, it brings life to the list, as well as makes those major key entries stand out more.

I'll be going thru my older lists, but first, i want to finish up 'Most Controversial Games' and add detailed note to every entry (big task, but it helps to explain WHY they were controversial).

Also, I'm going to start a thread in listal development for a suggestion: allow commenting on individual items in the list, rather than the list itself (if that's possible). So list creator get 'ADD NOTE' option, and everyone else has 'ADD COMMENT' option at each entry. and list creator would retain power to delete comments if they want to. so if you have thoughts on THAT suggestion, post in listal development thread.

i denounce that nomination because its in chaotic order :P

speaking of which, wouldn't it be awesome to have 'sort by date' feature in to quickly re-arrange our lists?

www.listal.com/list/descent-series

Descent series, all versions included

www.listal.com/list/freespace-series

Freespace series, US and EU versions. i left out bundle packs that added no new content

www.listal.com/list/sid-meiers-pirates-series

Sid Meier's Pirates! series - all versions

Since we made this bunch of series, I have no idea on what to start workin' now.

one more: www.listal.com/list/ascaron-games

List of some of the best games released by German gaming developer Ascaron (hits such as Port Royale, Sacred, Patrician)

Oddworld Series.

Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tomb Raider, Kirby. There are lots of people who would be happy to have lists of these series. If you're jonesing to whip up a list for a franchise, here's a good starting point for ideas.

I just re-read Thilian's Castlevania list, and its brilliant. I think we all would do well to aim for the type of narrative he achieves here. Hitting not only on the overarching story of the series, but taking the pains to describe the changes in structure, gameplay, and quality of each release (though I hope he gets to play out the later chapters, to give us his impressions of those as well). This is what a well done list should do (at least in my opinion). Bravo.

yeah, awesome job, Thilian.

I gave your list the prelude bump in first post ;)

I'm also lovin' the 'add note' feature and making 'Most Controversial Games' the first to get a fresh treatment, though I plan on doing same to all lists. Next I'll add narratives to the 'Worst Games Ever' list. That one will be fun. ;)

Mortal Kombat would be a nice list for someone to do, especially since I've added 3 arcade version of the series :)

Also, it doesnt have to be game series only. I like series such as 'The Works of .... ' or perhaps related-game lists, such as 'World War II games' or 'Space Simulators' or 'Forumla One games' or 'EA Sports' series. Or maybe 'Games about Japanese History' or 'Educational games' or 'Games based on Movies' or make a list in Movies sections about 'Movies based on games'. Let your imagination go nuts, people :)

www.listal.com/list/pole-position-series

short-lived Pole Position series

not included are F1 Pole Position for SNES and N64, as they have no relation with Atari's classic racing game

Here's a nice one: Civilization & spin-offs - I've also included a long interview with Sid Meier answering questions about Civilization series.

enjoy!

Prelude, here's what you asked for.

Mortal Kombat Series It's a bit short of games, I maybe added 3 or 2.

maybe add the arcade versions too:

www.listal.com/game/mortal-kombat-arcade
www.listal.com/game/mortal-kombat-ii-arcade
www.listal.com/game/mortal-kombat-3-arcade

www.listal.com/list/indiana-jones-games

List of Indiana Jones titles, in chrono order

I update the list of Worst Games of All Time to add great descriptions of WHY they are such bad games. The first 20 are taken from SeanBaby's Worst 20 games ever made list, and I 'borrowed' his often hilarious comments (though I had to re-word some parts and tone down his language).

I have 3 other games at end of that list, and more to come.

enjoy the read on this one ;P

EverQuest series

Theme Park series

Best Selling PC Games... not finished yet

SCUMM powered games... not finished yet

will be expended soon:
http://www.listal.com/list/available-for-freeabandoniacom

Another new list:

Elder Scrolls series

I originally added all EU/UK/PAL versions as well, especially since many of the older games are (incorrectly) on people's lists as the wrong version, but my list became way too big and distracting from its main purpose, which is to list all Elder Scrolls releases and not every single Elder Scroll version in listal's database. If anyone wants to make EU/UK/PAL versions of any of my lists, please do so, but I won't be bothering with them and will rather hope one day that we have sub-items showing all versions on each item's page.

I would love to do such things but I don't have any list of options what I should start doing now.

EA Fifa Series Something new added.
Note: I excluded the J2ME series, as these are not needed.
I added games manually there, too, but only three.
Fifa 08
Fifa 2000: Major League Soccer
Fifa Worldcup Germany 2006

Diablo series (complete with links and notes)
www.listal.com/list/diablo-series

Monkey Island series
www.listal.com/list/monkey-island-series

Sam & Max series
www.listal.com/list/sam-max-series

Cossacks series
www.listal.com/list/cossacks-series

and a pretty major one
Games powered by Source Engine
www.listal.com/list/powered-by-source-engine

I've decided rather than make separate EU/UK/PAL lists, but also rather than to completely shunning those versions, I will go back thru my lists and add any EU/UK/PAL variants of the most popular titles only. This way, my lists should get the most exposure and usefulness, and it saves me from going thru and trying to figure out which title had a PAL version and which didn't and manually adding missing PAL versions of some titles. If someone wants to make separate lists for EU/UK/PAL, please do so, but I will make mine as stated above.

Here is an example of this:
www.listal.com/list/halflife-series

F.E.A.R. series
www.listal.com/list/fear-series

No One Lives Forever series
www.listal.com/list/no-one-lives-forever-series

and anther game engine list - Lithtech
www.listal.com/list/powered-by-lithtech

Battlefield series... enjoy!

Aliens vs Predator games
www.listal.com/list/aliens-vs-predator-series

What do you guys think of something like this?

www.listal.com/list/classic-dos-series

I'll make a few more series, such as 'FPS Shooter series' and 'Role-Playing Fantasy series', but basic idea behind it is to link up the original titles of each related series, and also to server as dynamic master lists rather than relying on this thread to list all lists.

As you may notice, I'm also adding a real nice intro to each series, as well as link to the listal list directly. If anyone wants to help out and make some master list similar to this one, such as a 'Nintendo series' list, or 'Survival Horror series' list, or so on, or even help me in writing up intros to certain lists, let me know.

cheers

Similar to Ipanema's great idea of listing abandonware games, here is one I'm working on now:

www.listal.com/list/freeware-games

Freeware or Open-source games, trying to concentrate on only newer titles. Lots of neat FPS and even online multiplayer FPS games on that list. Any suggestions welcome.

Sasaki's Playstation 2 Games All my games in NTSC/Pal order, almost, except the Naruto Ultimate Ninja is PAL and Crash Bandicoot is NTSC.

a ton more lists:

www.listal.com/list/sin-series
www.listal.com/list/bloodrayne-series
www.listal.com/list/postal-series
www.listal.com/list/deus-ex-series

www.listal.com/list/unreal-series
www.listal.com/list/unreal - EU/PAL versions
www.listal.com/list/splinter-cell-series
www.listal.com/list/splinter-cell - EU/PAL versions
www.listal.com/list/rainbow-six-series
www.listal.com/list/rainbow-six - EU/PAL versions

basically, once a game list gets past 20 items, I like to split up the NA and EU versions into seperate lists

also a few more 'game engines'

www.listal.com/list/powered-by-unrealengine1
www.listal.com/list/powered-by-unrealengine2
www.listal.com/list/powered-by-unrealengine3