# The Best Game Ever Created **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520 "2002-04-03T01:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ACK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@ACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ACK)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/1 "2002-04-03T01:43:02Z")
There are no other games that rank except for the infamous Chips’s Challenge. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/2 "2002-04-03T01:53:02Z")
[Diplomacy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103487) [sub]Location: That place with riots[/sub] You mean College Park, MD? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/3 "2002-04-03T07:34:26Z")
Grand Theft Auto 3. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Meleemancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Meleemancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meleemancer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/4 "2002-04-03T07:37:38Z")
Hmm… I’ll assume based on Chip’s Challenge you’re talking about electronic games. It has to be easy to learn, hard to master. Timeless and well-known. I’d go with **Civilization II** , except for that “easy to learn” part. Saw a newly-introduced friend get thoroughly addicted this past summer. So I’ll take the easy, cliched way out, and pick **Tetris**. Anyone wanna try and argue against that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FunLvnCriminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@FunLvnCriminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FunLvnCriminal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/5 "2002-04-03T07:49:14Z")
my $0.02 The best game, IMO, is a series. Final Fantasy. I am playing FFX right now, but it has been great to see the game progress from the stick figure battles that were in the eairly ones. As for FFX, the movie-like plot is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Epistaxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Epistaxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epistaxis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/6 "2002-04-03T07:56:58Z")
Final Fantasy? The older ones are nice, but the new ones are hardly even games. Not that interactive movies are necessarily bad but still… No game can ever beat chess. Never! ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/7 "2002-04-03T08:53:21Z")
I’m gonna go with an old classic here, even though I’m a video-gamer at heart. Chess. Best game, ever. ---
**Author:** ![ObiWan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@ObiWan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ObiWan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/8 "2002-04-03T10:34:42Z")
The Championship Manager series. ---
**Author:** ![Neptune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@Neptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptune)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/9 "2002-04-03T10:53:00Z")
Rock Paper Scissors (It’s a lot more fun once you’ve unlocked the level 7 cheat codes.) ---
**Author:** ![ObiWan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@ObiWan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ObiWan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/10 "2002-04-03T11:05:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neptune \* > > \*\*Rock Paper Scissors > > (It’s a lot more fun once you’ve unlocked the level 7 cheat codes.) \*\* For advanced strategy and opening gambits I suggest you look at the [World Rock Paper Scissors](http://www.worldrps.com/index.html) website. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/11 "2002-04-03T12:16:59Z")
**Civilization II**. In the pantheon of games, it’d be Zeus. But **Tradewars** - and does anyone here know how I can get my hands on a copy? That was a great game. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/12 "2002-04-03T13:41:34Z")
I’m going to cast my vote and say Sword of the Samurai. It’s an old game, bad graphics and sound. Yet even with it’s handicaps I find it incredibly addictive, every couple of months I’ll pull it out and play it for a few weeks, repeatedly. The replay value is great I think. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/13 "2002-04-03T14:24:12Z")
Freeze Tag! ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/14 "2002-04-03T14:46:03Z")
Chess would have to get the nod - but if we just consider computer games then Civ (1) would take it for me. Civ2 builds too much on the 1st and is more difficult to learn on it’s own to take the title. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/15 "2002-04-03T15:09:43Z")
Spin the bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/16 "2002-04-03T15:28:17Z")
The Ultima Series is the best video games ever. ---
**Author:** ![Toaster52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Toaster52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster52)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/17 "2002-04-03T15:34:06Z")
**Neptune** > [@](#): > > _(It’s a lot more fun once you’ve unlocked the level 7 cheat codes.)_ …I snorted coffee out of my nose when I read that…messed up my new shirt. I’ll have to send you the bill… Chess for me!! Endless variations! While I do love RPG’s (I have all the FF series and the DragonWarrior series and the Myst series and…), once you’ve done them, it’s the same thing all over again when you replay them (and I do). But chess is different every time you play it. Second favorite (not necessarily the 2nd BEST, mind you) for me would be cribbage. Geez, am I EVER dating myself… ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/18 "2002-04-03T17:29:54Z")
Dr. Mario blows Tetris out of the water. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/19 "2002-04-03T17:51:33Z")
I don’t think there’s a best game overall. Best computer game: _M.U.L.E._ Best two-player game: Go Best four-player game: Bridge Best board game: _Starfleet Battles_ Reduker, I believe you can get a license for USD35 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520/20 "2002-04-03T17:56:43Z")
“Indiana Jones- The Pinball Adventure” by Williams Seek it out, Play it and Agree. truth or dare is pretty good, too! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-game-ever-created/101520.md?page=2)