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Top 10 (or 20 or 30) games for each system
AxelSteelBMX:
I freakin' LOVE lists! Almost as much as I love categorizing things! FUCK YEAH IT'S PARTY TIME
Note: All games are games I have actually played but may not necessarily own, and no console with games less than 10 were considered.
NES:
01) Mega Man 2
02) The Legend of Zelda
03) Super Mario Bros. 3
04) Mega Man 3
05) Blaster Master
06) Super Mario Bros. 2
07) Mega Man 6
08) Castlevania
09) Mega Man 5
10) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
SNES:
01) Mega Man X
02) Chrono Trigger
03) EarthBound
04) Super Metroid
05) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
06) Rockman & Forte
07) Mega Man 7
08) Demon's Crest
09) Super Mario World
10) Super Punch-Out!!
Genesis:
01) Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (Lock-On isn't cheating, baby)
02) Mega Man: The Wily Wars
03) Phantasy Star IV
04) Beyond Oasis
05) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
06) Dynamite Headdy
07) Toe Jam & Earl
08) Sonic 3D Blast
09) Castlevania: Bloodlines
10) Disney's Aladdin
Sega CD:
01) Snatcher
02) Sonic CD
03) Android Assault (Bari-Arm)
04) Lunar: Silver Star Story
05) Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
06) Flashback: The Quest for Identity
07) Batman Returns
08) Jurassic Park (Only because I like point & clicks)
09) Sewer Shark (Completely ironically)
10) Night Trap (Also completely ironically)
Nintendo 64:
01) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
02) Neon Genesis Evangelion
03) Super Mario 64
04) Mario Kart 64
05) Super Smash Bros.
06) Starfox 64
07) Banjo-Kazooie
08) Pokemon Stadium 2
09) Goldeneye 007 (But it has NOT aged well)
10) Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Dreamcast:
01) Sonic Adventure 2
02) Sonic Adventure
03) Power Stone
04) Cannon Spike
05) Marvel Vs. Capcom
06) The House of the Dead 2
07) Half-Life
08) Space Channel 5
09) Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
10) Tomb Raider: Chronicles
PS1:
01) Mega Man Legends 2
02) Chrono Cross
03) Resident Evil 2
04) Final Fantasy VII
05) Mega Man Legends
06) Metal Gear Solid
07) Mega Man X4
08) Final Fantasy IX
09) Um Jammer Lammy
10) Parasite Eve
PS2:
01) Shadow of the Colossus
02) Mega Man X8
03) Kingdom Hearts II
04) Guitar Hero II
05) Gitaroo Man
06) We Love Katamari
07) Kingdom Hearts
08) Silent Hill 2
09) Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
10) Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
GameCube:
01) Resident Evil
02) Metroid Prime
03) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
04) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
05) Final Fantasy: The Crystal Chronicles (It's all about the Multiplayer)
06) MegaMan Network Transmission
07) Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
08) Super Mario Sunshine
09) Super Smash Bros. Melee
10) Mega Man X: Command Mission
Wii:
01) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
02) Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
03) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
04) Mario Kart Wii
05) Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
06) Super Smash Bros. Brawl
07) Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
08) Super Mario Galaxy
09) Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
10) Kirby's Epic Yarn
Saturn:
01) NiGHTS: Into Dreams
02) Sonic Jam
03) Christmas NiGHTS
04) The Legend of Oasis
05) Sonic 3D Blast
06) Mega Man X4
07) Mega Man 8
08) Sonic R
09) Duke Nukem 3D
10) Resident Evil
PS3:
01) Assassin's Creed II
02) Rock Band 2
03) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
04) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
05) Dead Space 2
06) Saint's Row 4
07) Bioshock
08) Bioshock Infinite
09) Ghostbusters: The Video Game
10) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
GameBoy/GBC:
01) The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
02) Pokemon: Blue Version
03) The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
04) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
05) Mega Man V
06) Mega Man IV
07) Mega Man Xtreme 2
08) Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
09) Kirby's Dream Land
10) Metroid 2: Return of Samus
Game Gear:
01) Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
02) Sonic Blast
03) Sonic Labyrinth
04) Sonic Spinball
05) Sonic Chaos
06) Sonic the Hedgehog
07) Tails' Adventure
08) Sonic Drift 2
09) Mega Man
10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(Seriously, other than the Sonic games, I don't feel like there was much worth getting on the Game Gear.)
GBA:
01) MegaMan Battle Network 2
02) MegaMan Battle Network 3: Blue Version
03) Metroid: Zero Mission
04) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
05) Metroid Fusion
06) Mother 3
07) MegaMan Battle Network
08) MegaMan Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar
09) MegaMan Battle Network 5: Team Colonel
10) Rockman.EXE 4.5: Real Operation
DS:
01) Chrono Trigger
02) Mega Man ZX
03) Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
04) New Super Mario Bros.
05) Super Mario 64 DS
06) Trauma Center: Under the Knife
07) Mario Kart DS
08) MegaMan Battle Network 5: Double Team DS
09) The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
10) Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
PSP:
01) Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
02) Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
03) Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
04) Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
05) Gitaroo Man Live!
06) Mega Man: Powered Up
07) Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
08) Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
09) Sonic Rivals 2
10) Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Kriegspire:
Some of my favorite games for the DS are the Etrian Odyssey series.
Incredible, challenging RPGs that take some time getting used to, but they're great.
Music is really good too.
Other DS games:
Infinite Space - the Kotor of the DS, space travel, influence on the story, characters can die, etc
Dragon Quest series - Especially Hand of the Heavenly bride.
Pokemon HG/SS - Speaks for itself
Animal Crossing - Fun overall, plenty of stuff to do every day
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Great gameplay, lots of stuff to collect
wiggy:
--- Quote from: Arseen on October 05, 2013, 12:28:43 PM ---SNES:
#01 - Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds Redone 1.1
#02 - Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past
#03 - Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds
#04 - Secret of Mana
#05 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshis's Island
#06 - Super Mario World 2+2
#07 - Super Mario World 2+
#08 - Super Mario World
#09 - Super Mario World: Return to Dinosaur Island
#10 - Illusion of Gaia/Time
#11 - Soul Blazer
#12 - Lagoon
#13 - Final Fantasy 6
Reds are hacks, not sure can #6 and #7 even be done as carts.
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Seriously?!
Arseen:
--- Quote from: wiggy on October 05, 2013, 04:52:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: Arseen on October 05, 2013, 12:28:43 PM ---SNES:
#01 - Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds Redone 1.1
#02 - Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past
#03 - Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds
#04 - Secret of Mana
#05 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshis's Island
#06 - Super Mario World 2+2
#07 - Super Mario World 2+
#08 - Super Mario World
#09 - Super Mario World: Return to Dinosaur Island
#10 - Illusion of Gaia/Time
#11 - Soul Blazer
#12 - Lagoon
#13 - Final Fantasy 6
Reds are hacks, not sure can #6 and #7 even be done as carts.
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Seriously?!
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Yeah, those are the games I most have enjoyed. 8)
kaysow:
did a list not too long ago so here it is - best of the seventh gen. 360 and on later only, nothing pre-2005. also had a top 100 all-time but that's way out of date now.
Omitting most previous gen ports, and only one entry representing each series except Metal Gear.
~ Honorary mention to Rock Band 3 (Harmonix, 2010) ~
40. Lollipop Chainsaw (Grasshopper Manufacture, 2012)
39. Trauma Center: Under the Knife (Atlus, 2005)
38. God of War III (SCE Santa Monica, 2010)
37. Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (Nippon Ichi, 2008)
36. Back to the Future: The Game (Telltale Games, 2011)
35. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda, 2011)
34. Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare, 2009)
33. Tropico 4 (Haemimont Games, 2011)
32. Sleeping Dogs (United Front/Square Enix London, 2012)
31. L.A. Noire (Team Bondi, 2011)
30. Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo, 2009)
29. Civilization V (Firaxis, 2010)
28. 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (Chunsoft, 2010)
27. Max Payne 3 (Rockstar Vancouver, 2012)
26. Catherine (Atlus, 2011)
25. Bastion (Supergiant Games, 2011)
24. Dead Rising (Capcom, 2006)
23. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Kojima Productions, 2008)
22. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar North, 2008)
21. BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Arc System Works, 2010)
20. Valkyria Chronicles (Sega, 2008)
Story is predictable anime fare but the gameplay carries it. At the time, we were stoked to see X-Com influences in a japanese strategy action game.
19. Little King's Story (Cing, 2009)
Never played Pikmin, which supposedly inspired this. Unexpectedly solid and gratifying.
18. Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft, 2009)
First Asscreed had the freerunning gimmick but was otherwise half-baked. The sequel gave us a better protagonist and more varied missions and settings, raising the bar that it's upcoming sequels failed to top despite the addition of apprentices in Brotherhood and some lesser feature experiments.
17. Shogun 2: Total War (Creative Assembly, 2011)
Empire has a better map to play with but Shogun improved on it in every other aspect while bringing back some missing features from Medieval.
16. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Platinum Games, 2013)
Went in without expectations and now I need to look up more spectacle fighters. Blade mode sounded incredible in theory but I had huge doubts, turns out they actually pulled it off. Also 60 fps was extremely welcome after years of pushing the current consoles past their limits.
15. Elite Beat Agents (iNiS, 2007)
Simple and intuitive rhythm game with hilarious short stories. Theatrhythm is basically the same game but lots easier.
14. Nier (Cavia, 2010)
Yoko Taro is a magnificent bastard.
13. Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream, 2010)
Successor to Fahrenheit with less asspull. Admittedly not the kind of genre you'd want to catch on.
12. Portal (Valve, 2007)
It's not that overrated. Second game was just as good.
11. Saint's Row 2 (Volition, 2008)
A bit sillier than you'd expect from a sequel to San Andreas, but way ahead of GTAIV.
10. Journey (Thatgamecompany, 2012)
This one isn't overrated either.
09. The Last Story (Mistwalker/AQ Interactive, 2011)
The fundaments of a Final Fantasy game mixed with a bit of Suikoden V and an original strategic combat system.
08. Left 4 Dead (Turtle Rock Studios/Valve, 2008)
Only game I've cared to play online more than once or twice, a whole summer was wasted on versus.
07. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Capcom, 2011)
Ace Attorney guy's still got it.
06. Mass Effect (BioWare, 2007)
Mechanically the sequels are superior, but it was the world painted here that made me persevere through it all.
05. Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Level-5, 2010)
Great little games to play in bursts until your brain gives up. Trilogy ended with a bang, maybe they should have stopped here.
04. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (Nihon Falcom, 2004/2011)
Vivid and detailed world, a great journey to immerse yourself into. Shame the localisation efforts ended on a cliffhanger. [EDIT: Sequel recently announced for Steam and other digital platforms]
03. Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright - Justice for All (Capcom, 2002/2007)
Mostly because the last case here was the best in the series, apart from that they're pretty equal.
02. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Kojima Productions, 2010)
A Metal Gear you keep playing after you've finished it. Kojima's excused for MGS4.
01. Dark Souls (From Software, 2011)
Genuine challenge and immersive atmosphere out of fucking nowhere, right when we were starting to forget about these things. I've said this before; keep your Bioshocks and trippy color games, this is vidya as an artform.