I could use some honest advice, people, and nothing from a list, but hopefully something where someone will listen and actually tell me some good stuff -- sort of like a advisor, if you will.
The Gunstar Heros thread got me thinking -- there's a whole mess of systems I've never even touched. I grew up as a major Nintendo fan and never touched anything non-Nintendo until I got my PlayStation in early 1998. Since then I've bought a Sega CD/32X and a 3DO, picked up the Intelivision software releases for the PC, played the eariler Atari's, and still plan to get a Saturn and a Dreamcast at some point.
That leaves me with the Genesis, the Master System, and the Game Gear.
I'm trying to get some suggestions on what the 'best' games for those systems are, so I can check them out with my emulator, and since there are a LOT of games to go through I thought this was a good place to ask.
Here's the 'rules', if you will:
1) I'm mostly into RPG, Adventure, and Simulation only. I don't mind a shooter if it's a really GOOD one (the Contra and Gradius series come to mind) or a platform if it's also very good (Mega Man). I actually enjoy sports games a lot also, but nothing from a system THIS old can be any good anymore. :P Can't stand fighting or puzzle or racing games.
2) I'm interested in games that are eihter EXCLUSIVE to one of the three above systems, or has the best PORT of a game. Games like The Immortal and Mega Man Wily Wars come to mind.
3) I'd like a game that is still a lot of fun to play NOW. Sad to say many games that were fun if you played them when they were new 10-20 years ago are now junk and totally borring. I'd like to try games that are still fun to go through.
4) I actually have allready played SOME of the best games for these systems -- I've gone through all the Phantasy Stars, all the Shining Forces, and also think Strider for the Genesis is as much fun as the NES version is. Plus I've played the two games mentioned above -- and I THINK that's it.
Thanks in advance.