#1 Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening DX (Game Boy Colour)
#2 Kirby Super Star (SNES)
#3 Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
#4 Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
#5 Sonic Colors (Wii)
#6 Luigi's Mansion (Game Cube)
#7 Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis)
#8 Startropics (NES)
#9 Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
#10 Heart of Darkness (Playstation)
Over the course of my life as a video game fan, these games made the biggest impression on me, and really felt like something special. The type of things I like in video games can be fully encapsulated in these 10 titles.
Not sure if this a personal nostalgia list or overall opinion list so I'll do personal nostalgia. This is off the top of my head and if you asked me next week, my list would probably be slightly different.
PS1 era and prior, no particular order, personal nostalgia, listed with version I played most:
Sonic the Hedgehog (GEN)
Twisted Metal 2 (PS)
Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64)
Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS)
Doom (PC)
Dark Earth (PC)
Goldeneye 007 (N64)
Final Fantasy VII (PS)
some close calls: Starflight (GEN), Castle of Illusion (GEN), Road Rash (GEN), Road Rash (PS), Sonic 2 (GEN), Super Mario 64 (N64), Super Metroid (SNES), Mario Kart 64 (N64), Myst (PC), Wing Commander III (PC), Donkey Kong Country (SNES), Duke Nukem 3D (PC), etc...etc...
PS2 era to present day, no particular order, personal nostalgia:
Age of Empires II (PC)
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (PS2)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Bioshock (PS3)
Battlefield 2 (PC)
Battlefield 3 (PS3)
Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex (PS2)
Mass Effect 2 (PS3)
Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (PC/PS3)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
some close calls: Uncharted 2 (PS3), Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (PC), Mario Kart Wii (Wii), Life is Strange (PS4), Firewatch (PS4), FF XIII (PS3), Heavy Rain (PS3), SSX Tricky (PS2), Bully (PS2), Beyond Two Souls (PS3/PS4), etc..etc...
So many alternate choices I could've picked especially with long running series to pick from. Too many good games to pick from! I know I left out a lot of great games.
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1. Super Mario RPG (SNES)
2. Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
3. Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Chrono trigger
#2 Kirby Super Star (SNES)
#3 Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
#4 Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
#5 Sonic Colors (Wii)
#6 Luigi's Mansion (Game Cube)
#7 Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis)
#8 Startropics (NES)
#9 Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
#10 Heart of Darkness (Playstation)
Over the course of my life as a video game fan, these games made the biggest impression on me, and really felt like something special. The type of things I like in video games can be fully encapsulated in these 10 titles.
I have never played a game that was more charming.
And the overall theme, level design, and play control, are pretty much unrivaled.
best game ever!
Startropics is too far down the list. It needs more votes!
I have never played a game that was more charming.
And the overall theme, level design, and play control, are pretty much unrivaled.
best game ever!
Well it is Super Tied for 6th!
I agrew though, its a great game! Not quite my favorite but I've enjoyed it since i was a kid!
Startropics is too far down the list. It needs more votes!
I have never played a game that was more charming.
And the overall theme, level design, and play control, are pretty much unrivaled.
best game ever!
Well it is Super Tied for 6th! I agrew though, its a great game! Not quite DEFINITELY my favorite and I've enjoyed it since i was a kid!
Fixed it for you!
Myth II
A Link to the Past
Total Annihilation
Ikaruga
Baldur's Gate II
Final Fantasy III/VI
Chrono Trigger
2. Xenoblade Chronicles
3. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
PS1 era and prior, no particular order, personal nostalgia, listed with version I played most:
Sonic the Hedgehog (GEN)
Twisted Metal 2 (PS)
Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64)
Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS)
Doom (PC)
Dark Earth (PC)
Goldeneye 007 (N64)
Final Fantasy VII (PS)
some close calls: Starflight (GEN), Castle of Illusion (GEN), Road Rash (GEN), Road Rash (PS), Sonic 2 (GEN), Super Mario 64 (N64), Super Metroid (SNES), Mario Kart 64 (N64), Myst (PC), Wing Commander III (PC), Donkey Kong Country (SNES), Duke Nukem 3D (PC), etc...etc...
PS2 era to present day, no particular order, personal nostalgia:
Age of Empires II (PC)
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (PS2)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Bioshock (PS3)
Battlefield 2 (PC)
Battlefield 3 (PS3)
Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex (PS2)
Mass Effect 2 (PS3)
Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (PC/PS3)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
some close calls: Uncharted 2 (PS3), Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (PC), Mario Kart Wii (Wii), Life is Strange (PS4), Firewatch (PS4), FF XIII (PS3), Heavy Rain (PS3), SSX Tricky (PS2), Bully (PS2), Beyond Two Souls (PS3/PS4), etc..etc...
So many alternate choices I could've picked especially with long running series to pick from. Too many good games to pick from! I know I left out a lot of great games.
2. Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
3. Mega Man 2 (NES)
4. Super Mario Bros. (NES)
5. Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES)
2. Link's Awakening
3. Goldeneye 007
4. GTA V
5. Super Mario World
2. Castlevania (NES)
3. Castlevania III (NES)
4. Secret of Mana (SNES)
5. Mega Man 2 (NES)
6. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1) <- LOL, only PS1 game that would make my top 500
7. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
8. The Battle of Olympus (NES)
9. Contra (NES)
10. Bonk's Adventure (TG-16)
I'm not even going to bother listing. Just put me down for +1 on the entire list. All my faves are on there.
Just throw out your top 3 or favorite game, lol, adding 1 to everything wouldn't change anything on the list and would be silly!
I'm not even going to bother listing. Just put me down for +1 on the entire list. All my faves are on there.
Just throw out your top 3 or favorite game, lol, adding 1 to everything wouldn't change anything on the list and would be silly!
Gah damn you DQ. Ok.. I'll do my top 10, in no particular order.
Earthbound SNES
Crystalis NES
Chrono Trigger SNES
Secret of Mana SNES
Secret of Evermore SNES
Brutal Legend PS3
Mega Man 2 NES
Thousand Arms PS1
GTA Vice City PS2
aaaaaaaaand
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1. Final Fantasy VI
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Legend of Zelda
4. Mega Man 2
5. Super Mario Bros.
6. Super Metroid
7. Final Fantasy VII
8. Donkey Kong Country 2
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
10. Castlevania III
Horable Mentions -
Tetris
Earthbound
Sonic the Hedgehog
Super Mario Bros. 3
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Metal Gear Solid
Shadow Squadron
Doom
Secret of Mana
Final Fantasy X
Shining Force 2
Lunar: The Silver Star
Super Mario World
Contra
Gargoyle's Quest
Final Fantasy IV
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Popful Mail
Metal Gear Solid 3
Streets of Rage 2
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
DuckTales
Kirby Super Star
Donkey Kong
Mega Man X
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Golden Axe
Mortal Kombat II
Twisted Metal 2
Star Fox
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Xenogears
Super Mario RPG
Xenoblade Chronicles
Castlevania: Order of Ecclessia
Radiant Historia
Mass Effect
Mario Kart Wii
World of Warcraft - just the best overall (referring up the WOTLK obviously...)
Rayman Legends - for best platformer