For me it's (in no particualr order):

1. Final Fantasy VII (PSX)
2. Resident Evil 4 (GCN)
3. Mega Man 2 (NES)
4. Mega Man 3 (NES)
5. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
6. Mega Man X (SNES)
7. Mega Man 7 (SNES)
8. Super Metroid (SNES)
9. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
10. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
11. Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World (SNES)
12. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles (GEN)
14. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie's Double Trouble (SNES)
15. Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX)
16. Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)
17. Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
18. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
19. Mega Man Powered Up (PSP)
20. Mega Man Legends (PSX)
21. Super Mario 64 DS (NDS)
22. Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA)
23. Mega Man Battle Network 2 (GBA)
24. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
25. Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
26. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
27. Breath of Fire III (PSX)
28. Final Fantasy III/VI (SNES)
29. Secret of Mana (SNES)
30. Battletoads & Double Dragon (SNES/GEN)

Now, it's your turn!

___EDIT___

Added and took away from my list. Not only have I added games that I think stand out that deserve the recognition, but a lot of these games also create a certain nostalgia for me.

Edited by Arkane on February 8, 2008 at 2:48:06.

Why can't we do just 10?

In no particular order:

1. Tales Of Symphonia
2. Tales Of Phantasia
3. MegaMan Battle Network 3 Blue
4. MegaMan Battle Network 4 Red Sun
5. MegaMan Battle Network 5 (any)
6. MegaMan Battle Network 6 (Greiga more than Falzer)
7. MegaMan Zero
8. MegaMan Zero 2
9. MegaMan Zero 3.
10. MegaMan Zero 4.
11. Empire Earth
12. Empire Earth II
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War
14. Age Of Mythology
15. Age Of Empires
16. Age Of Empires II: The Age Of Kings
17. Super Smash Bros.
18. Super Smash Bros. Melee
19. Soul Calibur II
20. Metroid Zero Mission
21. Golden Sun
22. Golden Sun II: The Lost Age
23. Rome: Total War
24. Armies Of Exigo
25. Mario Kart 64
26. Chronicles Of Narnia (for DS)
27. Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland
28. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
29. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
30. Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

There!

So true. I listed 30, and I still ended up with 31. Probably still alot more I could list, but, meh.

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos! Ah I remember that game..

Final Fantasy 7 and 8
Battle Network 2
and 3,4,5
Kingdom Hearts and #2
Power Stone *very good game for Dreamcast*
Super Smash Bros and Melee
Pokemon Blue was good when Pokemon was hip
Metroid Prime Hunters
Ocarina Of Time
The list goes on but I will stop there for now!

Hmmm.....30....wow. Well let's see. In no order.

1.Resident Evil 4 (most either way)
2.Shadow of the Colossus
3.Call of Duty: Finest Hour
4.Medal of Honor: Frontline
5.Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
6.Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
7.Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
8.Resident evil 2
9.Killzone
10.Dragon Ball Z: Budoki 3
11.Megaman Battle Network 3: Blue
12:Megaman Battle Network 5: Team Protoman
13.Megaman X: Command Mission
14.Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2
15.Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
16.Legend of Zelda: Ocorina of Time
17.Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
18.Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Speacial Edition
19.Tony Hawk's Underground
20.Star Wars: Battle Front 2
21.Soul Caliber III
22.Jak 3
23:Jak and Daxter 2
24:Tom Clancey's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
25:Burnout: Revenge
26:SpiderMan
27:SpiderMan The Movie 2
28:Lego: Star wars
29:Kingdom Hearts
30:Kingdom Hearts 2

30 is a big number, but here we go...

In no particular order...

Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask
Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes
Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater
Kingdom Hearts 2
Animal Crossing Wild World
Metroid Prime Hunters
New Super Mario Brothers
Advance Wars Duel Strike
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2
Soul Calibur 3
Battleon Wars
RuneScape
Anarchy Online
Tetris
Silent Scope (Arcade Game)
Jak 2
Rachet and Cland Up Your Arsenal
Super Smash Bros Melee
Star Wars Battle Front 2
The Sims (It's Broken Though :()
Age of Empires The Age of Kings+Conquers Expansion
Shadow of the Collusus
Hide and Go Seek
Laser Tag
Chase your little brother on a scooter
Russian Roulette with cap guns

In case if you don't know, the last 4 aren't video games.

Well, if I must...

30. Super mario world
29. Panzer Dragoon Saga
28.Chrono Trigger
27. Naruto Narutimate hero 3
26. Super smash brothers melee
25. Legend of zelda Ocarina of time
24. Megaman Battle network 5 Double team Ds
23. Super Mario RPG
22. Age of Empires 2
21. Kingdom Hearts
20. Megaman 3
19. Megaman 4
18. Megaman X1
17. Megaman battle network
16. Kingdom Hearts 2
15. God of War
14. Roller Coaster Tycoon
13. The legend of Zelda a link to the past
12. Megaman Legends
11. Megaman X3
10. Megaman Legends 2
9. Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3
8. The Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind
7. Xenosaga episode 1 Zur will dur macht
6. Megaman Battle network 2
5. The legend of Zelda Majora's mask
4. Final Fantasy 10
3. Final Fantasy 7
2. Megaman 1
1. Final fantasy 8

Edited by Black Dranzer.exe on July 2, 2006 at 13:25:09.

30 eh?... I shall step up to the challenge!

In no particular order, for reasons mentioned by the Doc.

1: The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind GOTY (game of the year)(Xbox)
2: The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Xbox360)
3: Dynasty Warriors 5 (Xbox)
4: Sudeki (Xbox)
5: Fable (Xbox)
6: Megaman Anniversery collection (Xbox)
7: Megaman Battle Network 5 Double Team DS (DS)
8: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS)
9: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
10: Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
11: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Xbox)
12: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
13: Metroid Prime Hunters (DS)
14: Metroid Prime (GCN)
15: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GCN)
16: Super Smash Bros. (N64)
17: Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
18: Kirby: Canvas Curse (DS)
19: New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
20: Wario Ware Twisted (GBA)
21: Shadow the Hedgehog (Xbox)
22: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles (Gen)
23: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Gen)
24: MMBN 3 Blue (GBA)
25: Mario and Luigi: Partners in time (DS)
26: The Pokemon series [RPG elements are second-to-none] (GBA)
27: Jak and Daxter: The Precurser Legacy (PS2)
28: Jak 2 (PS2)
29: Jak 3 (PS2)
30: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)

Haha! I have succeeded! Go me!... There are many others I forgot to mention, but it'd crash IO with it's immense weight, and we don't want that.

Well let me think of 30 of the best games I know of

In no particular order I'll try to group them

1. Trauma Center: Under the Knife (NDS)
2. Mario RPG (SNES)
3. Mario and Luige Superstar Saga (GBA)
4. Mario and Luige Partners in time (NDS)
5. Super Mario Bros. Series (NES)
6. Trace Memory (NDS)
7. Megaman X Series (SNES - PSX)
8. Megaman EXE Series (GBA)
9. Megaman Series (NES)
10. Megaman Zero Series (GBA)
11. Skies of Arkida (DC)
12. Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (NDS)
13. Sonic Adventure (DC)
14. Sonic and Knuckles (Sega)
15. Mortal Kiombat 2 (SNES)
16. Secret of Mana (SNES)
17. Crono Trigger (SNES)
18. Earthbound (SNES)
19. Mario Kart 64 (N64)
20. The Legend of Zelda A link to the Past (SNES)
21. The Legend of Zelda Links Awakining (GB)
22. The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker (GCN)
23. Tales of Phantasia (SNES)
24. Tales of Symphionia (GC)
25. Section Z (NES)
26. Final Fantsasy 6 (SNES)
27. Lunar The Silver STar Story Compleat (PSX)
28. Dragon Quest 4 (NES)
29. Dragon Quest 6 (SNES)
30. WCW/NWO revenge (N64)

God I started to get on a roll of games that I loved and almost could not stop. I know I left out a lot of games that I LOVED but I just wanted a little something more that castlevania Zelda and Mario on the list And I could have filled all 30 spots with just those games....I don't know I might make a top 100 list soon or something

Edited by J_Hibiki on July 3, 2006 at 1:47:49.

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Street Fighter Alpha 3
3. Starfox 64
4. Suikoden II
5. Suikoden V
6. Street Fighter III
7. Final Fantasy IX
8. Bomberman 64: The Second Attack
9. Chrono Trigger
10. Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
11. Way of the Samurai/Way of the Samurai 2
12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
13. Super Bomberman 2
14. Goemon's Great Adventure
15. Final Fantasy VIII
16. Mega Man 3
17. Mischeif Makers
18. Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
19. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
20. Harvest Moon 64
21. Breath of Fire V
22. Breath of Fire II
23. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
24. Breath of Fire IV
25. Mega Man X
26. Final Fantasy V
27. Super Metroid
28. Onimusha
29. Sonic Adventure
30. DragonQuest VIII(only played about half of the series though :/)

This is just what I thought of right now, it might not be terribly accurate for reasons like that Doc mentioned. The only three that are really cement on the list and their position are the first three. There are alot of games that I left out that I really, really, really like because I wanted to include a fairly broad base of games. So some, like the NES Megaman games didn't really make it, though I love all of them..

1) Resident Evil 1 (GC)
2) Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB/GBC)
3) F-Zero GX (GC)
4) Megaman 3 (NES)
5) Soul Calibur 3 (PS2)
6) Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX)
7) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: OMNI vs ZAFT (PS2)
8) Final Fantasy IX (PSX)
9) Megaman X2 (SNES)
10) Super Robot Wars J (GBA)
11) Super Smash Brothers Melee (GC)
12) Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GC)
13) Metroid Prime (GC)
14) Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
15) Killzone (PS2)
16) Halo (X-Box)
17) Battlefield 2 (PC)
18) Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (PC)
19) Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs Zeta (PS2)
20) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)
21) Starcraft + Brood War (PC)
22) Warcraft 2 + Expansion (PC)
23) Command & Conquer: Red Alert + Expansions (PC)
24) Conker: Bad Fur Day (N64)
25) Megaman 8 (PSX)
26) Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis)
27) Soul Calibur 2 (GC)
28) Marvel vs Capcom 2 (PS2/Arcade)
29) Capcom vs SNK 2 (X-Box)
30) Final Fantasy 5 (SNES)

That's all folks.

I copy pasted Necro's list because I thought mine would be close to his, but...nope.

1. Chrono Trigger (wow that's something I didn't know)

Everything after this point is kinda..up for debate?
2. Super Metroid
3. Dragonquest VIII
4. Final Fantasy IX
5. Breath of Fire II
6. Gradius III
7. Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
8. F-Zero X
9. Super Mario World
10. Super Castlevania IV
11. Contra III The Alien Wars
12. Nightfire
13. Super Mario Kart
14. Megaman 2
15. Megaman X
16. Street Fighter Alpha 3
17. Tetris Attack (Panel De Pon/Pokemon Puzzle League)
18. Live A Live
19. Monster Party
20. Little Nemo the Dream Master
21. Mario's Picross
22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV
23. Tecmo Superbowl (XD)
24. Megaman Legends
25. Snake Rattle N Roll
26. Earthworm Jim
27. Super Adventure Island
28. Super Turrican
29. Super Ghouls N Ghosts
30. Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time

I would kill for Horii, Toriyama, and Mitsuda.
I put favorite games of each series. I like FF IX and VIII equally, but I put IX since I think it's liked even less than VIII now. :
Here's a more accurate list:

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Super Mario Kart
3. Super Metroid
4. Live A Live
5. Pokemon Puzzle League
6. Link to the Past
7. Super Mario World
8. Final Fantasy VIII
9. Final Fantasy IX
10. Breath of Fire II
11. Gradius III
12. Breath of Fire V
13. Breath of Fire IV
14. Megaman X
15. F-Zero X
16. Any of the Picross games
17. Nightfire
18. Dragonquest VIII
19. Super Castlevania IV
20. Street Fighter Alpha 3
21. Super Mario Bros. 2
22. Megaman 2
23. Megaman X3
24. Castlevania 2
25. Wind Waker
26. F-Zero
27. Link's Awakening
28. Mario Power Tennis
29. Super Mario Bros. 3
30. Megaman Legends

I have a feeling I'm forgetting something. Also I have a feeling I'll be adding Ace Attorney to this list when I get it. ;P

1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Kingdom Hearts 2
3. Megaman 8
4. Megaman 2 The Power Fighters (Arcade)
5. Megaman X8
6. Megaman Battle Network 2
7. Zoids Saga 2/Zoids Legacy
8. Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs Zeon DELUXE
9. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs Zeta Gundam
10. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never endding Tomorrow
11. Mechassalt 2
12. Armored Core 3
13. Armored Core
14. Dino Crisis
15. Dino Crisis 2
16. Megaman Legends 2/ Rockman Dash 2
17. Megaman Legends/ rockman Dash
18. Mobile Weapon (Online Game. MW: Ep1 comes out Friday ^_^)
19. Megaman Battle Network 5 ToC/ToB
20. Megaman Battle Network 3 Blue/White
21. Megaman Zero 2
22. Gundam Battle Assalt 2
23. Grind Session
24. Megaman X6
25. Megaman X5
26. Crash Bash
27. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
28. Super Smash Brothers Melee
29. Jak 2
30. Jak 3

Don't stretch the tables. -Necro


Edited by Necro on July 6, 2006 at 0:27:49.

In no particular order. Bolded to represent games that I think people should pay more attention to. And these are among games that I have played, so don't be surprised that things like Final Fantasy Tactics didn't make the list.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS)
Final Fantasy V (SNES, NOT PS)
Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Cave Story (Win PC)
Mega Man 6 (NES)
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse (NES)
Mega Man X (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (originally Super Mario World 3) (SNES)
The Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past (SNES)
Metroid Zero Mission (GBA)
Metroid Fusion (GBA)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Pokemon GSC (GBC)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (GB)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
Donkey Kong (GB, 1994 expanded edition)
Hocus Pocus (DOS PC)

Okay, that's all I'm going to put down. That's 24 of them.

If you want a closer number, I'll give ya Mega Man X2 (SNES) for quirks and Mega Man X3 (SNES, NOT PS) and Ecoquest: the Search for Cetus (DOS PC) for music.

See, I would have put SotN on my list, but that game has NO replay value and is as boring as playing Pong (no offense to Pong fans). And Pokemon Crystal as well, but I wondered..do I REALLY like Pokemon that much? I decided no, I didn't.

Post redacted

I find it interesting that replay value tends to be one of the things I care about least. Not sure why, but it might be related to the fact that I only really have time to experience something once.

I was willing to play through Cave Story twice to get the good ending, but yeah, exploration games are easily "exhausted". Then again, so are story-oriented RPGs, and SMB/MM-type platformers, and even adventure games. Even for Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood, having multiple paths makes for only a handful of playthroughs.

The only games which can really afford replay value are (1) those in which you can vary a significant portion of the gameplay in many (not few, but many) ways, and (2) competitive games. In the first category, we have various games like Risk, Pokémon, and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance; in the second category, we have various games like Super Mario Kart and Counter-strike. Pretty much all other games become boring if you play them a few more times within a short period (say a week or two).

And my enjoyment of a game comes from the fun value as I play through it, and I very rarely replay games (except for those of the second type, such as the boss rush modes of Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow). So yeah, I guess, difference of priorities.

Okay, okay, I'm not a "gamer". At least, not hardcore.

In alphabetical order so not order of priority.

1. Azure Dreams
2. Chrono Cross
3. Final Fantasy
4. Final Fantasy II
5. Final Fantasy IV
6. Final Fantasy VIII (All time favorite game)
7. Final Fantasy IX
8. Final Fantasy X
9. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
10. Golden Sun
11. Golden Sun: The Lost Age
12. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
13. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
14. MediEvil
15. Megaman Battle Network
16. Megaman Battle Network 2
17. Megaman Battle Network 3
18. Megaman Battle Network 5: Team Colonel
19. Megaman Maverick Hunter X
20. Megaman X
21. Megaman X 5
22. Megaman X 6
23. Megaman Zero
24. Megaman Zero 2
25. Megaman Zero 3
26. Megaman Zero 4
27. Metal Gear Solid
28. Sonic the Hedgehog
29. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
30. Sonic the Hedgehog 3

A definitive list is sort of hard for me, I've wasted about 3 consecutive years playing videogames. My tastes vary a lot, especially over all these years. So here's the list, for now, with the most "For sure" in bold.

Day of the Tentacle (DOS
Sid and Al (DOS)
Rockstar (DOS)
Resident Evil: Code Veronica (DC)
Jet Grind Radio (DC)
Phantasy Star Online (DC)
Excitebike (NES)(I remember wasting countless hours on this game as a tot.)
Star Fox (SNES)
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Super Smash Brothers Melee (GCN)
Beyond Good and Evil (GCN)
Baten Kaitos (GCN)
Eternal Darkness (GCN)
Megaman X (SNES)
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (PS2)
Tales of Symphonia (GCN)
Shadowman (DC)
Crazy Taxi (DC)
Killer 7 (GCN)
F.E.A.R. (PC)
Half Life (PC)
Half Life 2 (PC)
Skate or Die (ARCADE)
Megaman Legends (PS1)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
The House of the Dead 2 (DC)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
Illbleed (DC)

As you can see, a pretty accurate list. There's quite a few I'm missing. Like Yoshi. God that game was awesome. And Maniac Mansion.

On a completely somewhat related side note: Hollow, I play SOTN all the time. Replay value may be lacking...but there's nothing like starting that game over again from scratch. It's a beautiful thing.

[EDIT]: Whoops! Megaman X is for the SNES.

Edited by Phatman Dover on July 28, 2006 at 2:24:03.

At least you admit it.

And at least you agree it has no replay value, Phat.

I don't see how oldschool Mario for example can be played over and over, but these new CV games get boring very quickly. I guess it's because Mario is somewhat challenging.

Well yeah, I mean, you beat it, and you go to pick it up again...and you kind of like, know where everything is..pick it up a while after that though and it's pure magic. Entertaining, but no replay value, kind of like a roller coaster.



More like CV has very little to do with strategy, except for boss battles. In Mario you need to actually plan out your attack beforehand so you don't get your ass handed to you. That and it's a lot of reflexes which is never a bad thing.