What are your favorite games in each genre?

[xDragonWarrior]

Racing:

Need for speed underground 1&2

Bump N Jump

Mario kart Double Dash

Crash team Racing

Burnout 3: Takedown

 

Fighting:

Hyper Street Fighter 2

Tekken 3

Tekken Tag Tournament

Marvel VS Capcom(All)

Mighty Morphin power Rangers/The Movie(Gamegear)

Warpath:Jurassic Park(fu***** dinosaurs!)

 

maze:

ms.Pac-man

pac-Man

maze Craze

 

Platform:

Super mario bros.3

Super Mario World

new Super Mario Bros(DS and Wii)

Sonic the hedgehog 1&2

Sonic generations

Megaman Dr. Wiley's revenge

Jungle hunt

 

First person Shooter:

Goldeneye 007

Perfect Dark

Halo 3

Doom 3

Wolfenstein

 

Shooter:

Galaga

Blazing Lazers

Asteroids

Centipede

Space invaders

 

Hack n slash

Dynasty Warriors

 

So whats your favorites?

[lushgirl_80]

alright, for me i prefer....

 

 

Racing:

 

Grand Prix(Atari 2600)

RC Pro Am (NES)

ROck N Roll Racing (SNES)

Mario Kart-64 (N64)

Gran Turismo 2 (pS1)

San Francisco Rush(Arcade)

Out Run(Arcade)

 

 

 

 

Fighting:

 

Sonic Fighters(Arcade)

Darkstalkers (Arcade)

World Heroes 2 (Arcade)

Street Fighter II: Championship Edition(Arcade)

Streets of Rage 2(Sega Genesis)

 

 

maze:

 

Lock N Chase (INTV)

Muncher(Bally Astrocade)

Lady Bug(Colecovision)

Ms Pac-Man(Atari 5200)

 

 

Platform:

 

Monster Mansion(Cassette Vision)

Pesterminator(NES)

Bubble Bobble(NES)

Athena(NES)

Super Mario Bros 2 USA (NES)

Mr.Do's Castle(Atari 5200)

Pitfall II:The Lost Caverns(Atari 5200)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shooter:

 

Galaxian(Cassette Vision)

Legendary Wings(NES)

Stinger(NES)

Zanac (NES)

Musha(Sega Genesis)

Vanguard(Atari 5200)

Asteroids(Atari 2600)

Space Harrier(both Arcade and Sega Saturn versions)

 

RPG:

 

Adventure(Atari 2600)

Phantasy Star(Sega Master System)

Shadowgate(NES)

Legend of Zelda(NES)

Gauntlet 2(Arcade)

Venture(Colecovision)

Advanced D&D(INTV)

Super Mario RPG(SNES)

 

 

Puzzle:

 

Tetris(NES) *(both Tengen and NES versions)

Klax(Arcade)

Bust-A-Move 2(Sega Dreamcast)

Columns(Sega Genesis)

 

 

edit: are games like Double Dragon and Streets of Rage considered platform or fighting,or both????

Edited April 26, 2013 by lushgirl_80

[Gabriel]

Hmmmm.....

 

Fighting = Soul Calibur IV

 

I'd say Soul Calibur II, but I love that character creator so much.

 

Shooter = Raystorm

 

Every time I think that maybe I overrate this game, I play it again and realize that calling it the best shooter ever is UNDERRATING it.

 

Brawler = Streets of Rage 2

 

I've been playing this game for over 20 years now and it never gets old.

 

RPG = Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

 

The Perfect RPG.

 

TRPG = Dark Wizard

 

Near infinite replay value.

 

Golden Age Arcade = Joust

 

It's hard to choose just one classic arcade game, but Joust is definitely the one that I keep coming back to.

 

Platformer = Castlevania

 

Still haven't beaten it yet.

[retrorussell]

SPORTS:

Basketball: TECMO SUPER NBA BASKETBALL (Genesis)

Volleyball: KINGS OF THE BEACH (NES)

Football: MADDEN series

Baseball: BASES LOADED (NES)

Hockey: NHL (EA Sports series, Genesis)

Racing: SUPER HANG-ON (Genesis)

SHOOTERS:

INSECTOR X (Genesis)

GRADIUS (NES)

LIFE FORCE (NES)

GUNBIRD 1&2 (arcade)

GUARDIAN LEGEND (NES)

TIGER-HELI (NES)

PLATFORM SCROLLERS:

GUARDIAN HEROES (Genesis)

FLASHBACK (Genesis)

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 1&2 (Genesis)

SONIC CD (Sega CD)

CASTLEVANIA series (various ports)

RPGS:

PHANTASY STAR SERIES (Genesis)

STARFLIGHT (Genesis)

BEYOND OASIS (Genesis)

DRAGON WARRIOR (NES)

LUNAR (Sega CD)

POPFUL MAIL (Sega CD)

FF7 (Playstation)

WILD ARMS (Playstation)

ACTION/ADVENTURE:

METAL GEAR SOLID (PS)

METAL GEAR (NES)

RIVER CITY RANSOM (NES)

TECHNOS SAMURAI (NES)

FIGHTING GAMES:

FATAL FURY SPECIAL (NEO GEO)

REAL BOUT FATAL FURY SPECIAL (NEO GEO)

ART OF FIGHTING 2 (NEO GEO)

STREET FIGHTER II CE (arcade)

SCROLLING BRAWLERS:

COMBATRIBES (arcade)

FINAL FIGHT (arcade, Sega CD)

STREETS OF RAGE 2 (Genesis)

PUZZLE GAMES:

PUZZLE BOBBLE (NEO GEO)

WRECKING CREW (NES)

COLUMNS (Genesis)

[lushgirl_80]

Gotta add Alex Kidd in Miracle World as one of my all-time favorite Platform games. WHy is it that game is soo underrated?

[retrorussell]

Gotta add Alex Kidd in Miracle World as one of my all-time favorite Platform games. WHy is it that game is soo underrated?

Probably because it's too "kid-friendly" for some people.

Never played that one but I had Enchanted Castle. That one grew on me but I don't play it often anymore, because the Janken game (rock, paper, scissors) is so dul/overdone that being in a video game didn't really hold my interest much. And, the game got brutally hard at one point.

[Reaperman]

Ninja Golf is my favorite golf/beat'em-up game. It's followed very distantly by ATHF Zombie Ninja Pro-Am. It's a fairly under-represented genre.

Edited May 3, 2013 by Reaperman

[BydoEmpire]

No particular order in each genre, vaguely chronological.

 

Shooters:

Demon Attack (2600)

R-Type (SMS, Arcade)

Battle Squadron (Amiga)

 

RPGS:

Pool of Radiance (c64/Amiga)

Might & Magic (Apple 2)

Dungeon Master (Amiga)

Ultima Underworld (PC)

Final Fantasy 3 (SNES)

Morrowind (PC)

 

Fighting:

Street Fighter 2 (SNES)

Street Figher Alpha 3 (PS1)

Soul Calibur (DC)

Capcom vs. SNK 2 (DC)

 

Racing:

Enduro (2600)

Auto Racing (Intellivision)

Metropolis Street Racer (DC)

 

Platformer:

Super Mario Brothers 2 (NES)

Alex Kidd in Miracle World (SMS)

Super Mario World (SNES)

Sonic the Hedgehog (Genny)

 

Action/Platformer:

Shadow of the Beast (Amiga)

CastleVania: SotN (PS1)

Metroid (NES)

Super Metroid (SNES)

 

Strategy:

Utopia (Intellivision)

Star Fleet I (Apple 2)

Empire (PC)

Civilization (PC)

X-Com (PC)

 

FPS:

Doom (PC)

GoldenEye 007 (N64)

Metroid: Prime (NGC)

Bioshock (360)

 

Sports:

Summer/Winter/World Games (c64)

Ice Hockey (NES)

NHL '94 (Genny)

NBA Live (Genny, PS1)

Madden (multiple - mostly Genesis)

Edited May 3, 2013 by BydoEmpire

[sqoon]

Maze:

Super Pac Man (5200)

 

Racing:

Ridge Racer Revolution (PSX)

 

Puzzle:

Chetiry (VCS)

 

Area Capture:

Qix (5200)

 

Action:

Rolling Thunder (NES)

 

Platformer:

Super Mario Bros 2 (NES)

 

Fighter:

Mortal Kombat Kollection (PS2)

 

Adventure:

Faxanadu (NES)

 

FPS:

Alien vs Predator (Jaguar)

 

Mystery Solving:

Myst (3DO)

 

American Football:

College Football's National Championship II (Genesis)

 

College Basketball:

NCAA Basketball (SNES)

 

Wave Runner:

Jet Moto (PSX)

 

Baseball:

Tommy Lasorda (Genesis)

 

NBA Basketball:

NBA Live 95 (Genesis)

 

Space Shooter:

Darius (arcade)

 

3D Polygonal Space Adventure:

I, Robot (arcade)

[Emehr]

I really don't like pigeon-holing titles into genres since there's a lot of overlap but I'll give it a shot...

 

Adventure

Overhead: Legend of Zelda (NES)

Platform: Super Metroid (SNES) and Flashback (Mac) [tie]

1st person: Metroid Prime (GC)

3rd person: Basically any 3D Zelda game. I like 'em all equally.

Space: Starflight (Genesis) and Escape Velocity (Mac) [tie]

 

Shooter

Run 'n' Gun: Contra (NES) and Gunstar Heroes (Genesis) [tie]

Overhead: Space Invaders (2600) and Galaga (arcade) [tie]

Side-scrolling: Empire Strikes Back (2600) and Gaiares (Genesis) [tie]

1st person: Marathon (Mac)

3rd person: Xybots (Lynx)

 

Fighting

One-on-one: Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES)

Brawl: Ninja Gaiden (Lynx) and Golden Axe (Genesis) [3-way tie]

 

Racing

Overhead: Indy 500 (2600)

Isometric: RC Pro Am (NES)

3rd person: STUN Runner (Lynx)

 

Flight Action

Space: StarFox (SNES)

Atmosphere: Warbirds (Lynx), Steel Talons (Lynx) and Crimson Skies (Xbox) [3-way tie]

 

Flight Simulation

Space: TIE Fighter (Mac/PC)

Atmosphere: A-10 Attack! (Mac)

 

Action Strategy

Fighting: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES)

Side-view: Out of This World (Genesis/SegaCD/SNES/Mac) and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS1) [tie]

Overhead: Metal Gear Solid (PS1)

Isometric: The Immortal (Genesis)

 

Resource Management Strategy

Overhead (real-time): Warcraft II (Mac)

Overhead (turn-based): Advance Wars (GBA)

 

Resource Management Racing

1st/3rd person: Gran Turismo (PS1)

 

Abstract Action

Side-view: Super Breakout (2600)

Overhead: Warlords (2600)

 

Reflex

Gravity: Kaboom! (2600) and Guitar Hero (PS2) [tie, but they're basically the same game]

Other: Warioware Mega Microgames (GBA)

 

Puzzle Action

Gravity (side-view): Tetris Max (Mac)

Gravity (overhead view): Blockout (Lynx)

Gravity (front-view): Klax (Lynx)

Pattern-matching: Toyshop Trouble (2600) and Qb (2600) [tie]

 

Point 'n' Click: Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and Full Throttle (Mac/PC) [3-way tie]

Side-view: Donkey Kong '94 (GB)

 

Mini-game

Action: California Games (Lynx)

 

Pinball Simulation

Midnight Magic (2600), Pinball Jam (Lynx), and Metroid Prime Pinball [3-way tie]