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[SirTerry-T]

Monty On The Run, you fucking philistines!

 

[RoboFu]

I actually had to pause a sec. I mean of course super Mario bros is legendary but ultima 4 and kings quest 2 were industry defining in their own right.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Super fucking Mario Brothers.

I seriously doubt anyone but the most dedicated hardcore gamer with a masochist disposition could pick up and play any of the others for more than 5 minutes these days, if they can even understand what you're supposed to do or how the interface even works. If you've played a game in your life, SMB is the definition of pick-up-and-play.

 

[teezzy]

Super fucking Mario Brothers.

I seriously doubt anyone but the most dedicated hardcore gamer with a masochist disposition could pick up and play any of the others for more than 5 minutes these days, if they can even understand what you're supposed to do or how the interface even works. If you've played a game in your life, SMB is the definition of pick-up-and-play.

Idk man, Gradius is p fuggin tight

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I aint even going to vote or look at the results. I already have the knowledge of what game won the poll.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

 

[DarkestHour]

Easy. Super Mario Bros is easily the greatest console game of all time.

 

[TwiztidElf]

OP needs a temporary ban for hate speech.

RUNNER UP: Mat Mania / Exciting Hour. (Best wrestling game)

 

[Goalus]

Ultima 4
I was living in that world for several months. Played it on a Sega Master System. And couldn't finish it because I wasn't humble enough. I had the other 7 virtues completed, but humility was a tough nut to crack.

And to the people who voted for another game:
Thou hast lost an eighth!!

 

[Irobot82]

Watching my mum play Ultima IV was one of the main things that got me into playing RPGs. It's some of my fondest memories.

 

[Markio128]

I went against the grain and voted Gradius because that was the game I spent most of my time playing during that period, though I understand Super Mario Bros. Being the most important - however, that was not the question.

 

[The Stig]

Hard choices

Mario
Gradius
Hang on

I know Ultima 4 was a big deal but I was too young......

 

[nikos]

Honestly, probably Super Mario Bros. but I couldn't leave Hang-On without a vote.

 

[TLZ]

Some good games in there but SMB no question.

 

[billthomas696969]

Not sure how/why this got necro'd, but an early 2000s remake of King's Quest II shouldn't be in the running for best game of 1985.

 

[Raven117]

While the answer is Super Mario Brothers....the real answer is Ultima IV...what they were able to achieve in that game is incredible.

 

[Moonjt9]

SMB is the correct choice of course, but man does it warm my heart to see votes for ultima IV! That game is the basis for open world rpgs and lord British was a goddamn genius back in the day

 

[Pejo]

I'll be honest, Mario Bros never really hit with me until SMB3, and even then I didn't really enjoy my time with it until World. Now THAT was a platformer. I picked Oregon trail. Countless hours as a kid were spent on that game, avoiding diseases, hunting stuff, forging rivers. I remember my kid self always wasting too much time/effort on ammo and hunting and never making it to Oregon because I kept making poor choices.

 

[Thabass]

Super Mario Bros. changed an industry. It has to be that.

 

[sadmaker]

ronald reagan's 2nd term is the best thing about 1985

Ok future boy, who's president of the United States in 1985?

Ronald Reagan?? The actor???

 

[Wildebeest]

Elite (Ports)
The Way of the Exploding Fist (C64)
Paradroid (C64)
Chaos - The Battle of the Wizards (ZX Spectrum)

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Didnt play many of those except ghost & goblins. Was mainly playing these