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Brave Fencer Mushasi
Oddworld Abe's Oddysey
Oddworld Abe's Exodus (absulote fun and hilarious; kill or save mudakens?
AAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHH, I can't decide, oh well; KILL EM!)



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crash bandicoot 1, 2, and 3

Most of the crash games now are mediocer at best, but the first three I thought were outstanding.



Some games my dad bought me for my NES I enjoyed playing:

Captain Skyhawk
Journey to Silius
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II



nes: track & field 1-2, duck tales, rescue rangers, bionic commando, double dragon 2 ............ I'm suprised nobody mentioned ......kung fu, and contra..... do not read if you do not remember the code for 30 lives

Snes: blackthorne, wwf royal rumble, zombies ate my neighbors

Sega: golden axe 2 ... streets of rage 2,

Playstation: parappa the rapper

n64: rayman 2, wrestlemania 2000



Sega Mastersystem - Alex Kid, Safari Hunt, Phantasy Star

Sega Genesis - Sword of Vermillion, Shining Force, Mickey Mouse:Castle of Illusion, Gauntlet 4

Sega Saturn - Legend of Oasis, Shining the Holy Ark, Lunacy, Dragon Force, Baku Baku, Panzer Dragoon

Sega Dreamcast - Record of Lodoss War, Samba De Amigo, Seaman, Rez, Jet Grind Radio

NES - Burgertime, Legendary Wings, Ikari Warriors, Castlevania, Fester's Quest, Athena

SNES - Sim City, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Battle Toads, Tecmo Super Bowl, Captain America

N64 - OO7, Perfect Dark, Sin and Punishment, Turok, Beetle Battle, Battle Tanks

Turbo Grafx 16 - Blazing Lazers, Bonk's Revenge, Splatter House

Atari Jaguar - Aliens vs Predator, Tempest 2000, Defender 2000, Pittfal:The Mayan Adventure

3DO - Gex, Panzer General, Dragon's Lair



         

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PC: definitely the Lucasfilm Games classics.
- Monkey Island I & II
- Day of the Tentacle
- Sam & Max
- Indiana Jones
- Grim Fandango

NES:
- Kickle Cubickle
- Faxanadu (maybe it's just me though)
- Snake Rattle'n'Roll
- R.C. Pro Am

SNES:
- Illusion of Time
- Axelay
- Parodius



Currently playing: NSMB (Wii) 

Waiting for: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii), The Last Story (Wii), Golden Sun (DS), Portal 2 (Wii? or OSX), Metroid: Other M (Wii), 
... and of course Zelda (Wii) 
ElRhodeo said:


NES:
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- Snake Rattle'n'Roll

Snake Rattle'n Roll was an awesome, totally orignial game, and I can't say that I've ever seen anything like it sense.  There was another NES gem released around the same time, "Cobra Triangle"

Both those games were fun and very challenging.



PeoplesChamp said:

Playstation: parappa the rapper


Anybody who owns a PSP and actually buys games should pick up this PS1 game that has been brought to the PSP.  Parappa is a short game, but has quite a bit of replay value, is fairly challenging, and the storyline is hillarious.

 



Pitfall to the 2600

Lost Patrol for the Amiga

Super Giana Sisters - Amiga/C64



C64:
- Raid Over Bungling Bay
- M.U.L.E.
- The Bard's Tale
- Ultima IV (also III, V and VI)
- Raid Over Moscow
- Maniac Mansion
- Another World
- Beach Head
- Elite
- Gold Box AD&D games

PC:
- Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
- King's Quest (I, II, etc)
- Space Quest (I, II, etc)
- Wing Commander I & II
- Ultima 7: The Black Gate
- Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle
- Grim Fandango
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

As far as multiplayer games go M.U.L.E. really stands out because it was simply brilliant.  You had to set up a colony with other players and in order to win you both had to screw over other players but you also had to work with them in order for the colony to survive.  Actually come to think about it, it shares a few simularities to tv shows like Survivor in that way, the game could get pretty cutthroat.  Also according to the wikipedia page for it, it was an exercise in supply and demand economics.  My two sisters and I (very young at the time) played it a lot and really enjoyed it dispite the fact we probably didn't even realize we were learning valuable economic lessons (of course one of us would end up crying when we got screwed over by the other players and the rest would end up laughing).

For single player games Ultima IV stands out because it was not only a very influential rpg (the Ultima series heavily influenced rpg games in Japan) but it did something that was groundbreaking at the time and I'm not sure if any rpg ever did it again.  Instead of having to defeat a major bad guy or enemies being the main point of the game it instead had a morality system that you had to master in order to become the "Avatar".  Basically you had to explore three principals (truth, love, and courage) and learn how they applied to 8 virtues (honesty, compassion, valor, justice, sacrifice, humility, and spirituality).  It was a game in which you went on a moral quest to become a leader and an example to all people in order to save that gaming World.  I feel it transcends just playing games because of the fact that the ideas can be applied to not just the game but to a person's real life as well.