3 Must-Plays for each System

[boatofcar]

Pretend that you have a friend who is just getting into gaming. No matter what system he or she chooses, give your advice on the 3 must-plays for every system. I don't have enough knowledge to cover every system, but here are my pics for the ones I do.

Atari 2600:
Pitfall
Kaboom
Combat

NES:
Super Mario Bros.
The Legend of Zelda
R.C. Pro Am

SNES:
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World

Genesis:
Sonic (any one)
Ecco the Dolphin (any one)
Sonic Spinball

N64:
Goldeneye
Mario 64
Mario Party 2

Gamecube:
Super Monkey Ball (1 or 2)
Animal Crossing
Star Wars:Rogue Squadron

Boy, that was tough! I tried not to used any sports games, though I'm not really sure why.

[sabre2922]

N64: Mario 64
Gamecube:Metroid Prime(s)
PS2:ICO
XBOX:Splinter cell

[Saturn2]

Sega Dreamcast
Shenmue
Shenmue 2
and
Skies of arcadia
Very good RPG/adventure games!

[classicb]

Nes:
Tecmo Super Bowl
River City Ransom
Super Mario Bros 3

SNES:
Pilotwings
Zelda
Metroid

Genesis:
Toe Jam and Earl
Sonic 2
Streets of Rage 2

Saturn:
Nights
Daytona USA
Panzer Dragoon Zewi

Dreamcast:
Marvel VS Capcom 2
Soul Calibur
Dead or Alive 2

Neo Geo Pocket:
Match of the Mellenium
SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters Clash
Metal Slug 2nd Mission

Very hard I feel like changing some entries but I'll just leave it as is. They were my first thoughts and that's probably means something.

[jdc]

With the systems that I'm most familiar with:

Genny: Shining Force....Domark's Formula 1....Sonic Spinball

PSX: Silent Hill....Gran Turismo #1....Final Fantasy 7

N64: Super Mario 64....Banjo Kazooie....World Driver Championship

Dreamcast: Soul Caliber....Speed Devils....Sega Marine Fishing

GameCube: Phantasy Star Online V2....PN03....Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

XboX: Brute Force....Morrowind....Halo #1

PS2: Final Fantasy 10....Star Wars Battlefront....The Mark Of Kri

It's actually kind of hard to come up with just 3.....so I've thrown some unique games into the list.

[anagrama]

Master System: Fantasy Zone, Wonderboy III, Power Strike II
Mega Drive: Gunstar Heroes, Streeets of Rage II, Sonic Compilation
Saturn: Nights into Dreams, Guardian Heroes, Virtua Cop 2
Dreamcast: Space Channel 5, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi

[le geek]

3DO: Return Fire, Road Rash, Zhadnost: The Peoples Party

Atari 2600: Pitfall, Frogger, Space Invaders
Atari 5200: Berzerk, Choplifter, Miner 2049er
Atari Lynx: Rampart, Blue Lightning, Shanghai
Atari Jaguar: Tempest 2000, Iron Soldier, Rayman

C64: Master of the Lamps, Space Taxi, Times of Lore
Amiga: Lemmings, Cannon Fodder, Pinball Dreams

NES: Super Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda, Metroid
SNES: Final Fantasy III, Super Metroid, Street Fighter II Turbo
N64: Super Mario 64, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Sin and Punishment
GBA: Warioware, Metroid Fusion, Astroboy
Gamecube: Metroid Prime, Zelda: Windwaker, Beyond Good and Evil

PSOne: Gran Turismo 2, Suikoden 2, Vib Ribbon
PS2: ICO, Katamari Damancy, SSX

Genesis: Alien Soldier, Gunstar Heroes, Earthworm Jim
Sega CD: Snatcher, Lunar Eternal Blue, Earthworm Jim: SE
32X: Doom, Knuckles Chaotix, Virtua Racing DX
Saturn: Nights, Panzer Dragoon 2: Zwei, Vampire Savior
Dreamcast: Jet Grind Radio, Shenmue, Soul Calibur

SNK Neo Geo: Last Blade, Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown II

T16: Devil's Crush, Ninja Spirit, Splatterhouse

[Arcturius]

Master System: Fantasy Zone, Wonderboy III, Power Strike II
Mega Drive: Gunstar Heroes, Streeets of Rage II, Sonic Compilation
Saturn: Nights into Dreams, Guardian Heroes, Virtua Cop 2
Dreamcast: Space Channel 5, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi

I agree totally with those choises anagama }:)

[imanerd0011]

NES:
Super Mario Bros 3
Legend of Zelda
Mike Tyson's Punch Out

SNES:
Super Mario World
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Bomberman 2

N64:
Super Mario 64
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Goldeneye 007

Sega Genesis:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Streets of Rage
Nba Live 1995

[boatofcar]

SNES:

Super Bomberman 2


Good choice, I forgot about that one!

[Retsudo]

NES: Tiger Heli, Blaster master, Gradius

SNES: Contra 3, Gradius 3, MK2

PS1: Tekken3, Doom, Resident Evil

PS2: Tekken Tag, Ace Combat 4, Red Faction. In the near future: GT4, Tekken 5, Socom 3

Saturn: Darius Gaiden, Galatic Attack, Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter

Oh yeah boatofcar, Super SF2 Turbo never came out for the SNES. Drop the turbo, and you got it right.

[Berty]

Saturn - Radiant Silvergun, Guardian Heroes, Panzer Dragoon Saga
SNES - F-Zero, UN Squadron, Super Bomberman
Megadrive - Alien Soldier, Sonic (s), Gunstar Heroes
N64 - Resident Evil 2, Goldeneye, Mario 64
Dreamcast - Shenmue 2, Ikaruga, Bangaioh
Neo - Garou: MOTW, Metal Slug 3, League Bowling
GC - Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 4, Shikigami no Shiro 2
PS2 - Gradius 5, Guilty Gear XX Reload, Silent Hill 2

I'm sure that i have forgotten heaps.

Im also a bit biased toward treasure games :P

[Kid Ice]

3 good ones (not necessarily the 3 best):

2600 - Space Invaders, Spiderman, Stampede

O2 - Pick Axe Pete, KC Munchkin (can't think of a 3rd)

Intellivision - AD&D, the baseball game, Night Stalker

Vectrex - Minestorm, Fortress of Narzod, Star Castle

C64 - Phantasie, Lode Runner, Miner 2049er

NES- SMB 3, Castlevania, Dr. Mario

Genny - Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage, Space Invaders 91

SNES- Super Metroid, Mortal Kombat II, Street Fighter 2

3DO - Bladeforce, Wolfenstein, Guardian War

PSX - Wipeout XL, Colony Wars, SOTN

Saturn - Radiant Silvergun, Soukyugurentai, Panzer Dragoon Saga

N64 - Goldeneye, Excitebike 64, Mario 64

Dreamcast - Soul Calibur, Jet Grind Radio, Rush 2049

PS2 - GTAVC, Burnout 3, Rez

Cube - RE4, Metroid Prime, Ikaruga

[Kid Ice]

Oh yeah boatofcar, Super SF2 Turbo never came out for the SNES. Drop the turbo, and you got it right.

SF2 Turbo did. Just drop the Super.

[Retsudo]

Oh yeah boatofcar, Super SF2 Turbo never came out for the SNES. Drop the turbo, and you got it right.

SF2 Turbo did. Just drop the Super.

I know SF2 turbo came out for the SNES. SSF2 Turbo didnt.

[vulcanjedi]

Does the Sega 6-PAK count as 1 or 6? :)

[atomicthumbs]

Atari 2600:
Phoenix
Barnstorming
Night Driver

NES:
Bionic Commando
Raid on Bungeling Bay
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

SNES:
Chrono Trigger
Super Return of the Jedi
EarthBound

Genesis:
Altered Beast
Sonic & Knuckles
Rocket Knight Adventures

N64:
Star Wars - Episode I: Racer
The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
Wave Race 64

Gamecube:
Wario Ware, Inc.
Luigi's Mansion
The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker

Playstation:
Tomb Raider II
Final Fantasy VII
Lunar - Silver Star Story Complete

Dreamcast:
Jet Grind Radio
Re-Volt
Space Channel 5

Playstation 2:
Ico
Mister Mosquito
Katamari Damacy

Sega Master System:
Double Dragon
Golden Axe
Choplifter

32X:
Tempo
Space Harrier
Knuckles Chaotix

Sega CD:
Final Fight CD
Sonic CD
Sewer Shark

Sega Saturn:
Magic Knight Rayearth
Nights... Into Dreams
Mr. Bones

3DO:
The Need For Speed
Icebreaker
Way of the Warrior

Xbox:
Crimson Skies
Blood Wake
Burnout 3

Intellivision:
Las Vegas Blackjack
Pitfall!
Night Stalker

TI-99:
Moon Patrol
Defender
Parsec

[Lone_Monster]

Hmm...

Neogeo Pocket Color:
Card Fighters Clash
Picture Puzzle
Dark Arms

Nintendo DS:
Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits
Feel The Magic
Super Mario 64 DS

Playstation:
Monster Rancher 2
Not Sure
Not Sure

Nintendo 64:
Ogre Battle 64
Harvest Moon 64
Not Sure

XBox:
Star Wars: Battlefront / Halo
Ninja Gaiden
Metal Slug 3

Playstation 2:
Dark Cloud 2
Not Sure
Not Sure

Dreamcast:
Skies of Arcadia
Power Stone 2
Jet Grind Radio

GameBoy/Advance:
Mario golf: Advance Tours
Tactics Ogre
Not Sure

SNES:
Super Mario RPG
Earthbound
Kirby Super Star

[Kid Ice]

Oh yeah boatofcar, Super SF2 Turbo never came out for the SNES. Drop the turbo, and you got it right.

SF2 Turbo did. Just drop the Super.

I know SF2 turbo came out for the SNES. SSF2 Turbo didnt.

Right...and you said "Drop the Turbo"...

oooh yeah, you meant SSF2. When I read boatofcar's post I assumed he meant SF2 Turbo. My bad. Or my good, if he indeed meant SF2 Turbo instead of SSF2.

Nothing like splitting a few hairs. Man us gamers are anal. :)

[MikeBoh8]

xbox-Dead or Alive 3,HALO,HALO 2, espn football 2k5

gamecube-Super smash bros melee, viewtiful joe,paper mario 2

gameboy- tetris, Zelda,super mario land 2

snes- street fighter 2 turbo, mario rpg, NHL '96

ps2- Mega Man Anniversary Collection, Nascar 2005, Madden 2005

n64- harvest moon 64, goldeneye, star fox 64 (for the bad dialog)

[Dr. Morbis]

NES:
Bionic Commando
Raid on Bungeling Bay
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Seriously??? Raid on Bungeling Bay @_@ Is there something about this game I'm just not getting?

My NES picks:
Super Mario 3
Legend of Zelda
MT's Punch Out!!

2600:
Kaboom
Warlords
Pitfall!

SMS:
Phantasy Star
Wonder Boy
Ghouls 'N Ghosts

[atomicthumbs]

NES:
Bionic Commando
Raid on Bungeling Bay
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Seriously??? Raid on Bungeling Bay @_@ Is there something about this game I'm just not getting?




I just LOVE that game!!! It's like Tiger-Heli, but not on a track. You just go around finding enemy shit to blow up. Great game once you get used to the controls.

[anagrama]

Genesis:
Altered Beast

Altered Beast? @_@ If you ask me, that would have struggled to even qualify as one of 3 must-play Genesis games in 1989 when there were only 4 games available for it...

[Cauterize]

Genesis:
Altered Beast

Altered Beast? @_@ If you ask me, that would have struggled to even qualify as one of 3 must-play Genesis games in 1989 when there were only 4 games available for it...

I was gonna say the same, SURELY altered beast was made as a joke... right?

[Damon Plus]

Genesis: Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 2, Gunstar Heroes
Nes: River City Ransom, Super Mario Bros 3, Legend of Zelda
Game Gear: Sonic Drift 2, Tails Adventures, Arena: Maze of Death
Master System: WonderBoy 3: Dragon´s Trapp, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Shinobi (maybe Sonic)
Super Nes: Final Fantasy VI, Super Mario Kart, Starfox
Gameboy: Legend of Zelda: Link´s Awakening, Donkey Kong 94 and Super Mario Land 2
Neo Geo: Windjammers, King of Fighters 97
Turbografx: Bonk´s Revenge, Dungeon Explorer

[sleepycal]

Well here's my version. I've got tons of games, but really haven't devoted much time to some systems. Some I won't even have 3 choices for yet.


Amiga
Moonstone
Supercars 2
any of the AD & D gold box games

C64
any of the AD & D gold box games
Wasteland
so many other games, hard to pick a third, but I did enjoy Infiltrator and Infiltrator 2

Colecovision
Donkey Kong Jr
Lady Bug
Tapper

Game Boy Advance
Advance Wars 2
Mario & Luigi Superstar Sage
Warioware!

Gamecube
Mario Kard Double Dash
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 0


N64
Mario Kart 64
Turok 2
haven't played it enough to have a 3rd

NES
RC Pro Am
Super Mario Brothers
Tetris

Sega Dreamcast
Crazy Taxi
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Sega Bass Fishing

Sega Genesis
Golden Axe
Musha
Streets of Rage 3

Sega Master System
Phantasy Star
Shinobi
Wonderboy III - Dragon's Trap

Sega Saturn
haven't played my games enough to tell yet

Sony Playstation
Metal Gear Solid
Parasite Eve 2
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis

Sony Playstation 2
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance
Devil May Cry
GTA Vice City

Super Nintendo
Rock 'N' Roll Racing
Super Mario Kart
Super Star Wars series

Turbografx 16
R-Type
haven't played enough other games yet

Xbox
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
haven't played enough other games yet

[suppafly]

Genesis: Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage 2, Sonic 2
SNES: Starfox, FF2, Actraiser

[IntvGene]

Intellivision:
AD&D Cloudy Mountain
Thunder Castle
World Championship Baseball

Atari 2600:
Adventure
Yar's Revenge
Supercharger Frogger

Vectrex:
Protector
Minstorm
Star Castle

[atomicthumbs]

Genesis:
Altered Beast

Altered Beast? @_@ If you ask me, that would have struggled to even qualify as one of 3 must-play Genesis games in 1989 when there were only 4 games available for it...

I was gonna say the same, SURELY altered beast was made as a joke... right?


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[jslithy]

C64--Paradroid, Impossible Mission, MULE

Apple ][--Ultima IV, Conan: Halls of Volta, Wastland

2600--Adventure, Yars Revenge, River Raid

NES--SMB3, Dragon Warrior 3, Castlevania 3

SMS--Phantasy Star, Psycho Fox, Aleste

TG-16--Ys: Book 1 & 2, Blazing Lazers, Military Madness

Genesis--Phantasy Star 4, Phantasy Star 2, Thunderforce 3

SNES--Final Fantasy 3, Mario World, Mario Kart

[Muscelli]

neo geo pocket

metal slug 2nd mission
cool cool jam
match of the millenium

dreamcast

Sonic adventure
Tony hawk 2
Shenmue 2

Saturn

Virtua fighter 2
Magic Knight rayearth
Metal slug

GBA
Pokemon ruby
metal slug
Astroboy

DS
mario 64
Sprung
feel the magic