What are your favorite games of all time, any console

[Turbo D]

Mine are:

Chrono Trigger- snes
AirZonk- turbografx-16
StreetFighter2 turbo- arcade
sonic series- genesis
mario series

[OldRover]

I have quite a few faves over the years, but sometimes it's hard to focus on one. I'll try anyways.

Starting from the beginning...

Atari 2600: Pitfall II
Commodore 64: Impossible Mission
NES: Final Fantasy
TurboGrafx-16: Neutopia
SNES: Final Fantasy III
Genesis: Phantasy Star IV
Sega Saturn: Dark Savior
Sony Playstation: Xenogears
Sony Playstation 2: Mortal Kombat Deception
and recently...
Sega Master System: Phantasy Star

Favorite Arcade Game: Golden Axe II
Favorite PC Game: Quake
Favorite Online Game: RuneScape

EDIT: Forgot about the handhelds!

Atari Lynx: Shadow Of The Beast
Gameboy: The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening

[termis]

Whooo, that's gonna take a while...  So many games out there.

Ones that come to mind over the years are, in alphabetical order:

After Burner
Double Dragon
Karate Champ
Kung-Fu Master
Phantasy Star II
Radiant Silvergun
Son Son
Stadium Heroes
Street Fighter 2: CE
Tapper
Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
Warsong

I can just keep on going, but I'll stop... 

[Keranu]

We've probably already had this thread, but a new one never hurts . It's really hard for me to list a few of these, so I'll list my favorites for various genres.

Adventure: Leisure Suit Larry 1 and 2(PC), Myst (PC), Super Mario 64 (N64), Zelda: Orcarina of Time (N64)

Art: Color a Dinosaur (NES)

Fighting

• 2D: King of Fighters '98 (Neo Geo), Last Blade 1 and 2 (Neo Geo), SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Millenium (NGPC), Street Fighter II series
• 3D: Fighters Megamix (Saturn)

Light Gun: Gumshoe (NES), Missile Defense 3-D (SMS), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Genesis)

Pong: Pong (any version), Pong (Playstation), Windjammers (Neo Geo)

Platformers: Bonk's Revenge (TG16), Shadow Blasters (Genesis), Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis), Super Mario Bros 1 - 3 (NES), Super Mario World (SNES), Quackshot (Genesis), many more.

Puzzle: Dr. Mario (NES), Money Idol Exchanger (Neo Geo), Puzzle Bobble (Neo Geo)

Racing: Mario Kart 64 (N64), Night Driver (Atari 2600), Virtua Racing (any version)

RPGs

• Action (overhead): Secret of Mana (SNES), Ys Book I & II (TGCD), Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (PCE)
• Action (platform): Blood Gear (PCE), Cadash (TG16), Ys III: Wanderers From Ys (TGCD preferably, though any version is good), Zelda II: The Adventures of Link (NES)
• First Person: Crossed Swords (Neo Geo), Double Dungeons (TG16), Shining in the Darkness (Genesis), Shining of the Holy Ark (Saturn)
• Turn-based: Cosmic Fantasy 2 (TGCD), Final Fantasy IV (SNES), Lunar (Sega CD)
• Sports: Dodge Danpei (PCE), Final Lap Twin (TG16) 
• Strategy: Dragon Force (Saturn), King's Bounty (Genesis), Shining Force (Genesis), Shining Force II (Genesis), Vantage Master Online (PC)

Shooters

• Horizontal: Insector X (Genesis), Gate of Thunder (Duo)
• First Person: Chex's Quest (PC), Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight (PC, if that counts), DOOM (PC), Wolfenstein 3-D (PC)
  
• Platform: Metal Slug (Neo Geo), Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo)
  
• Puzzle: Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo Geo)
• Vertical: Blazing Lazers (TG16), Demon Attack (Intellivision), Phelios (Genesis)

Space Exploration: Space Shuttle Project (NES), Star Control II (PC), Star Trek 25th Anniversary (NES)

Sports: Baseball (Intellivision), Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo), League Bowling (Neo Geo), NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (any port), Tennis (Atari 2600), Wii Sports (Wii)

Tagging: Tag (Odyssey)

Let me know of any big genres I am missing because it seems like I am missing a lot of important ones.

[Tatsujin]

would be something like this..

Top 25:

1. Akumajou Dracula X "chi no rondo" (PC Engine) Konami '93
2. R-Type (Arcade/PC Engine) Irem '87
3. Akumajou Dracula "Gekka no Yasoukyoku" (PSX/Saturn) Konami '97
4. Daimakaimura / Ghouls'n'Ghosts (Arcade) Capcom '88
5. Street Fighter II Turbo (Arcade/Super Famicom) Capcom '92
6. Gate of Thunder (PC Engine) Hudson/RED '92
7. Axelay (Super Famicom) Konami '92
8. Contra Spirits (Super Famicom) Konami '92
9. Tatsujin (Arcade) Toaplan '88
10. Out Run (Arcade/Saturn) Sega '86
11. Mahou Daisakusen (Arcade) Raizing '93
12. Winds Of Thunder (PC Engine) Hudson/RED '93
13. Seirei Senshi Spriggan - SC'91 (PC Engine) Naxat '91
14. Makaimura / Ghosts'n'Goblins (Arcade) Capcom '85
15. Super Mario World (Super Famicom) Nintendô '90
16. Thunder Force 3 (Mega Drive) Techno Soft '90
17. Contra the Hardcore (Mega Drive) Konami '94
18. Ginga Fukei Densetsu - Sapphire (PC Engine) Hudson '95
19. Bomberman '93 (PC Engine) Hudson 90-94
20. Super Aleste (Super Famicom) Compile '92
21. Musha Aleste (Mega Drive) Compile/Toaplan '90
22. PC Genjin 1~3 (PC Engine) Hudson/RED 90 - 93
23. Star Parodia (PC Engine) Hudson/Kaneko Interstate '93
24. Donpachi (PSX/Saturn) Cave '96
25. Snatcher CD-ROMantic (PC Engine) Konami '92


Aditional 5:

26. Daytona USA (Arcade/DC) Sega '94
27. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Arcade/PC Engine) Konami '88
28. Turrican 2 (Amiga) Factor 5 90/91
29. Shen Mue 1 (Dreamcast) Sega '99
30. Gradius Gaiden (PSX) Konami '97

[Joe Redifer]

It's always hard for me to pick absolute favorites, but here are some of mine off the top of my head:

Shenmue 1 & 2 - Dreamcast
F-Zero GX - Gamecube
Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2 - Gamecube versions only
Super Castlevania IV - SNES
Dracula X - TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM
Thunder Force II & III & IV - Genesis
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse - Genesis
Shadow Dancer - Genesis
Shinobi - Arcade, TurboGrafx-16, SMS
Space Harrier - Arcade, SMS, 32X, Saturn
Burnout Revenge - Xbox (when hooked up to an awesome 5.1 sound system and playing Yuzo music from the hard drive)

Lots more...

[NecroPhile]

Here's my list, off the bottom of my head and in no particular order:

Gameboy: Tetris, Final Fantasy
TG-16: Ys I & II, Ys IV, Dracula X, GoT, LoT, Bonk's Revenge, Godzilla, Bomberman '94
SNES: Super Castlevania IV, Actraiser, Super Mario World, Chrono Trigger
NES: Castlevania I and III, Contra, SMB 3, Double Dragon
Genesis: Contra: Hard Corps, Castlevania: Bloodlines, Sonic, Streets of Rage 3
PC: Heretic, GTA, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, C&C, Duke Nukem

I'm sure I left out quite a few gems, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

[offsidewing]

I give you my top 10 of all time.

10. Perfect Dark - N64
9.  Tetris (any platform)
8.  Ys 1 & 2 - TG-CD
7.  Blue Max - Atari XE
6.  Bomberman '94 - PCE
5.  Joust - Atari 7800
4.  Gran Turismo - PSX
3.  Return Fire - 3D0
2.  Cosmic Fanasty 2 - TG-CD

and...

1.  Goldeneye - N64

[Digi.k]

grandia - sega saturn
ultimate parodius - sega saturn
panzer zwei - sega saturn
radiant silvergun - sega saturn
panzer dragoon saga - sega saturn
Puyo Puyo Sun - sega saturn
Nights - sega saturn
Vampire Hunter/Darkstalkers revenge - sega saturn
Guardian Heroes - sega saturn
Marvel Vs Street Fighter - sega saturn
Lunar 2 Eternal Blue - Sega Saturn
Fighters Megamix - sega saturn

tekken 3 - playstation
ridge racer 4 - playstation
Castlevania SoTN - playstation

parodius - pc engine
ys book 1 & 2 - pc engine
dracula x - pc engine
splatterhouse - pc engine
Salamander - pc engine
Devil Crash - pc engine
Dungeon Explorer - pc engine

Phantasy Star IV - Genesis
Shining Force II - Genesis

Daytona USA 2001 - Dreamcast
soul calibur - dreamcast
Street fighter III 3rd Strike - Dreamcast
Phantasy Star Online - Dreamcast

Ganbare Goeman/Legend of the Mystical Ninja - SNES
Final Fantasy III - SNES
Chrono Trigger - SNES
Puyo Puyo - SNES
Castlevania IV - SNES
Mario Kart - SNES

Animal Crossing - DS
Mario Kart DS - DS

Phantasy Star Universe - XBOX 360
Oblivion - xbox 360

Mr. Do! - Arcade
Bubble Bobble - arcade
Virtua Fighter 3TB - Arcade
Spikeout - Arcade

[rolins]

I limited myself to one game from each system.

Galaga (Arcade)
Zanac (MSX)
Metal Gear (MSX2)
Gunhed (PCE)
Nexzr (PCE CD)
Ninja Gaiden (Nes)
Final Fantasy III (Snes)
Power Strike (SMS)
Fire Shark (Genesis)
Strikers 1945 (Saturn)
Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
Dodonpachi DOJ (PS2)
Mahou Daisakusen (FM-Towns)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC Windows)

[Seldane]

Wow, this is really hard.

THE best game I have ever played is Super Mario World. After 15+ years, I'm still playing through that game AT LEAST once a year (although I played through it 6-7 times in 2006, hehe). It's just as fun every time. Amazing game. I could easily live with a single game if that was it.

Other favorites are... (only choosing two per system, I always prefer the game I mention first)

Computer games
Mac - Cythera, Bugdom
PC - Avernum, Brandish 2 (thanks again, CrackTiger!)
PC-9800 - Brandish 3, The Legend of Heroes 4
X68000 - Lagoon, Star Trader

Console games
SMS - Golden Axe Warrior, Golvellius
MD - Soleil (Crusader of Centy), Landstalker
Mega-CD - Dungeon Explorer, Popful Mail
Saturn - Linkle Liver Story, Magic Knight Rayearth

NES/FC - Radia Senki: Reimei Hen, Super Mario Bros. 3
SNES - Super Mario World, Illusion of Time
N64 - Zelda: Majora's Mask, Jet Force Gemini
GC - Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime

PS1 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Wild Arms
PS2 - Radiata Stories, Burnout Revenge

PCE - Ys 4, Neutopia 2

GB - Dragon Slayer Gaiden, Super Mario Land 2
GBC - Pokémon Silver Version, Star Ocean: Bluesphere
GBA - Pokémon Ruby Version, Zelda A Link to the Past/Four Swords
DS - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Super Princess Peach
PSP - Burnout Legends, Gurumin

[Hobo Xiphas]

I'll just take Keranu's list since it is pretty much the same as what I would put down, except for a few choices.

Ys, I'm lookin' at you!

[GUTS]

Shining Force
Chrono Trigger
Super Mario World
Panzer Dragoon II
Wonder Boy III The Dragon's Trap (master system version)
Final Fantasy X
Bonk's Revenge
Eye of the Beholder (sega CD)
Ultima 6

There's more, but I find I quit reading people's lists after about 10 or so games so I'll stop there.

[Seldane]

Nice. GUTS knows where it's at.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Heres my fav's for my top 5 favorite consoles:

NES:  Batman, Ultima: Quest of the Avatar, Kid Kool, Xexyz, SMB2, shadow of the Ninja, Shatterhand, Castlevania III

SNES: Contra III, Castlevania IV, Axelay, Mystical Ninja, Gradius III, Zelda III, SF2Turbo, Out of this world, Super Mario Kart

TG16: Ys Book I & II, Ys IV, Dracula X, Lords of Thunder, Gate of Thunder, Air Zonk, Dungeon Explorer II, Order of the Griffon, Beyond Shadowgate

Genesis: Sonic 2, Warriors of the Eternal Sun, Phantasy Star II, Gunstar Heroes, Contra Hardcorps, Castlevania: Bloodlines, Centi

Saturn: Layer Section, ThunderForce V, Sonic Jam, Shining of the Holy Ark, Magic Knight Rayearth, Dragon Force, NiGHTS, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Panzer Dragoon II, Saturn Bomberman

pretty general best of's...

[Kitsunexus]

Way too many, and too many ties to easily list...

[runinruder]

TG16: The Legendary Axe
TGCD: Ys Book I & II
Genesis: El Viento
SNES: Super Castlevania IV
NES: Shadowgate
PSX: Star Ocean 2
N64: Ocarina of Time
PS2: Final Fantasy X

[Seldane]

runinruder's list rules too. All awesome titles, except The Legendary Axe.

[Sparky]

<<you will rise from the dead>>

such a good topic...

i will pick just one game, one i can remember and i enjoyed playing so damn much!!! Phantasy Star for the SMS... got this on xmas when i was young and played it with bed head all day long.... took some time to solve but man i freak'n enjoyed it !!! still go back and play the last battle with DarkFalz.... and sometimes get my ass handed to me ....

[Alt-Nintega]

Castlevania III (Japanese version with the better sounds)
Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
Gradius Gaiden
Streets of Rage 2
Contra: Hard Corps
M.U.S.H.A.
Splatterhouse 2 (Japanese version)
Fire Shark
Phantasy Star IV
Sonic CD (Japanese version with the better music)
Lunar: The Silver Star
Gunhed (Blazing Lazers)
Soldier Blade
Ys 1&2

[albinoMithos]

Way too many, and too many ties to easily list...

Same here........

[Digi.k]

pce - parodius, Salamander
pce cd - Ys book I & II, Dracula X, Wonder boy III Monster Lair
Genesis - Bare Knucle, Phantasy Star IV, Shining Force II
SNES - FFIII & Chrono Trigger, Super Puyo Puyo
Saturn - Puyo Puyo Sun, Grandia, Radiant Silvergun, Panzer Dragoon Saga
Dreamcast - Phantasy Star Online, Soul Calibur, Daytona USA 2001, Crazy Taxi

[turbokon]

runinruder's list rules too. All awesome titles, except The Legendary Axe.

Actually this game is not bad after playing a few stages with it. 

Anyway, here's mine:

1) Lords of Thunder
2) Gate of Thunder
3) Sapphire
4) Dracual X (TGCD)
5) Super Mario Brothers
6) Sonic The Hedgehod
7) Streets of Rage
Street Fighter II Turbo
9) Thunder Force V
10) Einhinder

Just pulled this out of my head.  Next time I'm sure the list will be different.

[Tatsujin]

10) Einhinder

[rag-time4]

NES: Contra, Super Mario 2, G.I. Joe, Mega Man 2, Nobunaga's Ambition 2, Zelda 2, River City Ransom, Super Dodge Ball, Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!
SNES: Metal Marines, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 and 3, Lord of Darkness, Inindo, Final Fantasy 2 and 3
PCE: Image Fight, Legendary Axe, Blazing Lazers, Sinistron
PCE CD: Image Fight 2, Ys 3, Shapeshifter, Gate of Thunder
Arcade: Street Fighter 1, 2, and 2', Double Dragon 1 and 2, G.I. Joe, Renegade
Genesis: Flashback, Contra Hard Corps, Sonic 1 and 2

[WoodyXP]

Famicom Disk: Akumajou Dracula, Metroid, Mario 2
Famicom: 1943, Double Dragon II
Super Famicom: Knights of the Round, Combat Tribes, Super Metroid
Mega CD: Sonic CD, Final Fight CD
Mega Drive: Splatterhouse III
PCE: Kyuukoku Tiger, Street Fighter II', Ninja Spirit, Splatterhouse
Neo Geo: Art of Fighting, King of Fighters '98, Metal Slug, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Mark of the Wolves
Saturn: Panzer Dragoon Saga, Layer Section 2, Metal Black, SF Zero 3
Dreamcast: Border Down, Capcom vs SNK 2

[MissaFX]

I'm gonna try to just name one game from each system:

NES: Wizardry I - This is the perfect port of Wizardry.  It has updated graphics and an origional soundtrack (unlike basically all other versions of Wiz I).  Further it doesn't leave anything out that was in the PC version.  The only way it could have been more perfect would have been if it had some of the Wiz I expansions accessable once you beat the main game.  I easly put 1000 hours of my life into this title on the NES alone.  To hide it from my religious zealot parents I put Wiz inside a Golf cart shell which I purchased at a used game store for about 5 dollars.

PC-Engine: HuVideo - Can an old 8bit processor handle passable FMV?  Oh yes it can.  Oh yes it can.  I am simply impressed the PC-Engine can do this at all.

Gameboy: Final Fantasy Legend I - Another great hour killer.  It has a brutal leveling system involving nothing more than millions of hours of gold earning to buy stat increase potions while you travel up a tower and visit other worlds.  It also had great graphics for the time and has a wonderful soundrack.

Genesis: Gain Ground - I simply love playing the unforgiving bitch 2 player.  Who ever heard of a game so brutal it is a special ability practically to shoot in any direction but up?  On top of it, once you get hit once, by anything you not only die, but loose that character unless you can rescue their body with another character before time runs out.  On yeah, and you have a time limit, so you cannot just wait to take every perfect shot.

SNES: Street Fighter II: Turbo - Again, another port that makes my head spin it is so good.  I don't know if it is the most faithful home port of this game, but I suspect it is.  The voice samples sound very good.  The action is smooth and fast.  I remember some background animation missing, but that is probably because of a lack of power and space on the SNES.  On top of all of this, to this day I still believe this is the ultimate fighting game.  There is just so much right about SFII: Turbo and so very little to complain about.

Virtual Boy - Red Alarm: Red Alarm is a wonderful 3D vector shooter.  The fact that it is on the Virtual Boy makes the 3D impressive, not gimmicky.  The sound track is as alright as any first gen VB game and the sound effects are not unpleasant.

PC-FX: Zenki - I don't think there is anything more I can say about Zenki that I haven't already.  Simply the best FX game hands down.

Sega-CD: Silpheed - A very graphically impressive game for it's time, and a good port of the PC-88 game Silpheed.

CDI: none - the CDI deserves to be burried with ET.  No game can be good on the CDI.

Jaguar: Tempest 2000 - I must admit this is the only game I give a stale fart about on the Jaguar.  Sorry baby, but I just have not been too impressed with your cart games I have played.

3DO: Starblade - The most perfect version of Starblade assuming you do not own the dual LD arcade version.  If you own that, you are a far better fan than I.  Starblade though is one of my all time favorite rail shooters...this comming from a person who loves railshooters.  The 3DO version has faithful voice to the arcade version and the graphics are only worse in a few places like when your ship launches (because LD FMV is replaced with 3DO FMV).  A must own if you have a 3DO.

PS1: Vib Ribbon - In a vector side-scroller, populated by one lone inhabitant "Crack-Rabbit", who must navigate through the dangers of your own personal CD collection, this is one of the few PS1 games I am SHOCKED there is not a special PSP version of.  The Vectrex could have handled the graphics, but does that matter?  No.  Crack Rabbit is simply one of the best games ever developed and is a wonderful party game.

DC: Ikaruga - One of the best shooters of all time.  In Ikaruga, you can change yourself to either black or white like Michael Jackson.  If you are white, white bullets and people enemies will not harm you.  Your white bullets while they will harm a white enemy a little, if you change to black and hit a white enemy with black bullets, it will die much faster.  There is a real skill to being able to switch your color correctly every time.  Again, great graphics and sound.

Xbox: Shenmue 2 - Free Shenmue 1 video disc, no disc swapping, works wonderfully from HD for the ultimate shenmue experience, English as well, which for this game series is a must.

PS2: Fatal Frame 1 - The most creepy survival horror game ever made.  Never to be re-produced as well.  Play this baby at night with the lights off and the sound up.  Basically you are trapped in a Japanese mansion for whatever reason, the only thing standing between you and the gates of hell is a camera.  Full of depraved FMV scenes and creepy twisted Japanese rituals, this game will keep you squirming the whole way through.

Gamecube: Resident Evil 4 - After years of stale RE games, the finally had the balls to re-think the genre.  Instead of being a hunt and fetch puzzle game, it is much more a FPS game.  Zombies work together to stop you, the bosses are actually a tiny bit challenging at times.  It was new lifeblood the series badly needed.

DS: DS wars, the 2nd one - It's just a very solid "wars" title.  The multiplayer mode is great, even if you just have 1 DS.  If you have multiple DSs, I find it most fun to play seperate games on each one.  You pass the DSs around and you have to try to win multiple games at once.

PSP: Every Extend Extra - My favorite puzzle game of all time.  You play a mine, you goal is to blow up as many things as you can at once.  If you blow up enough things, you get more mines!  Combined with a rockin' tracker soundtrack, there is no way to go wrong with this game.

Xbox 360: Rez - Why Rez on the 360?  Because Rez is proof that even the 360 cannot screw up the best game of ALL time.

PS3: I have not looked into this system much.

[PCEngineHell]

Although this could prob change sometime,at the moment if I just had to name the current top 4 I can think of (based on me wanting to play that I own now  or hope to own in the near future that I don't currently have) although all of this is subjective,as top favs can change over time. Some are simply constant though for me and never change much,like the ones listed for Ds and TG/PCE. A top 10 would be better,as I could fit many more I don't think I could live without,but Im trying to keep it basic and quick.

IBM/PC via Dos: Megarace, Wolfenstien 3D, Mortal Kombat, and Doom.

Pc via modern Windows: Return to Castle Wolfenstien, Chronicles of Riddick Butcher Bay, Shogo,and Red Faction 2.

Nes: Bionic Commando, Ikari Warriors 2, Double Dragon 2, and Batman.

Master System: M.Mouse Castle of Illusion, Choplifter, Kenseiden,and Golvellius.

Genesis and Sega CD: Streets of Rage 2, Robocop Versus Terminator, Shinobi 3, and Shadow Dancer (sorry,no cd titles make the cut above the carts mentioned).

Snes: Actraiser, Gradius 3, DraculaX, and Super Castlevania 4.

TG16/PCE & Cd: Exile, Bloody Wolf, Splatterhouse, and Vigilante.

Neo-Geo: World Heroes 2, Art of Fighting 3, King of Fighters 96,and Samurai Shodown 4.

Jaguar: Doom, Wolfenstien 3D, Ultra Vortek, and Alien Versus Predator.

3DO: Way of the Warrior, Primal Rage,NFS,and Road Rash.

Saturn: Shin Shinobi Den, Dead or Alive. All Japan Pro,and Fire Pro 6 Men Scramble.

PS1: Tekken 3,Ridge Racer 4,Guilty Gear,and Mortal Kombat 3.

Dreamcast: Giant gram 2000, Jp release of D2, Dead or Alive,and Guilty Gear X.

[rag-time4]

Although this could prob change sometime,at the moment if I just had to name the current top 4 I can think of (based on me wanting to play that I own now  or hope to own in the near future that I don't currently have) although all of this is subjective,as top favs can change over time. Some are simply constant though for me and never change much,like the ones listed for Ds and TG/PCE. A top 10 would be better,as I could fit many more I don't think I could live without,but Im trying to keep it basic and quick.

IBM/PC via Dos: Megarace, Wolfenstien 3D, Mortal Kombat, and Doom.

Pc via modern Windows: Return to Castle Wolfenstien, Chronicles of Riddick Butcher Bay, Shogo,and Red Faction 2.

Nes: Bionic Commando, Ikari Warriors 2, Double Dragon 2, and Batman.

Master System: M.Mouse Castle of Illusion, Choplifter, Kenseiden,and Golvellius.

Genesis and Sega CD: Streets of Rage 2, Robocop Versus Terminator, Shinobi 3, and Shadow Dancer (sorry,no cd titles make the cut above the carts mentioned).

Snes: Actraiser, Gradius 3, DraculaX, and Super Castlevania 4.

TG16/PCE & Cd: Exile, Bloody Wolf, Splatterhouse, and Vigilante.

Neo-Geo: World Heroes 2, Art of Fighting 3, King of Fighters 96,and Samurai Shodown 4.

Jaguar: Doom, Wolfenstien 3D, Ultra Vortek, and Alien Versus Predator.

3DO: Way of the Warrior, Primal Rage,NFS,and Road Rash.

Saturn: Shin Shinobi Den, Dead or Alive. All Japan Pro,and Fire Pro 6 Men Scramble.

PS1: Tekken 3,Ridge Racer 4,Guilty Gear,and Mortal Kombat 3.

Dreamcast: Giant gram 2000, Jp release of D2, Dead or Alive,and Guilty Gear X.

Mike, howcome Drac X is on your SNES list but not the PCE list? I still haven't gotten my hands on the PCE CD version...

[PCEngineHell]

The smart ass reply would be that my top 4 or 10 would not be like everyone elses, nor should it be.

The long polite explanation:
Because I basically barely even have a top 10 or 20 list for Snes and those make the very top, where as on PCE I actually have  a very solid top 10-20 list of favs, and Drac X for PCE does fit in there, just not in the top 4 "currently" as the ones I listed tend to be long time favs I play the most. I honestly have not played Drac X on PCE since I beat it quite a long while back,where as I play the top 4 I listed quite often. Does not mean I don't like Dracula X, just means its the type of game I wont visit again until it feels fresh to me again, as it is longer then most titles and takes longer to beat. As I said:

Although this could prob change sometime,at the moment if I just had to name the current top 4 I can think of (based on me wanting to play that I own now  or hope to own in the near future that I don't currently have) although all of this is subjective,as top favs can change over time. Some are simply constant though for me and never change much,like the ones listed for Ds and TG/PCE. A top 10 would be better,as I could fit many more I don't think I could live without,but Im trying to keep it basic and quick.

If there was actually plenty more Snes games I liked alot, Drac X for Snes prob would have possibly been bumped down from the top four to a top 8-10 position even. As it stands though most that I played/ own on Snes feels only slightly above average (C+ to B- titles) compared to what I listed as the top 4 and most wouldnt make a top 10 list. I honestly don't even put the same value on Snes games or Genesis games as I do Pce so my Snes fav list has no reflection or bearings on the situation on my PCE fav list in any way. The Snes and Genesis simply can not compete with the Tg/PCE in my book.

[NecroPhile]

PC-Engine: HuVideo - Can an old 8bit processor handle passable FMV?  Oh yes it can.  Oh yes it can.  I am simply impressed the PC-Engine can do this at all.

How sad - your favorite PCE game isn't even a game; you didn't even pick one of the games that features HuVideo.  If it wasn't for your appreciation of the FX, I'd be clamoring for your immediate banishment. 

[Tablet]

I thought I'd come out of the woodwork and share my thoughts. As with everyones list mine'll change over time, heck I remember looking back at a top 10 games list I posted in on another forum way back in 2005 and laughing at some of the games I thought were the best. Ok 3-4 games per console.

NES: Kirby's Adventure, Startropics, Megaman 1, Street gangs aka River City Ransom

SMS: Alex Kidd in a Miracle world (fav game of all time btw), Bubble Bobble, Master of Darkness, Sonic 1

Mega Drive: Sonic 2, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (leave me alone it has a kick ass multiplayer mode)

Mega CD: Sonic CD, Snatcher oh and Night Trap 

PCE: Gunhed, Volified, Street Fighter 2' CE, Download (This will change once I get a CD-ROM2 unit)

SNES: Sim CIty, Super mario world, Super Bomberman, F-Zero

Saturn: Super Puzzle Fighter 2, ClockWork Night, BUG!, Virtual On

PS1: FF7, Star Ocean 2, Tomb Raider 2, Croc

N64: Super Smash Bros, F-Zero X, Zelda OoT

Dreamcast: Carrier, Sonic Adventure 2, Freestyle Scooter, Shenmue

PS2: Shadow of the Colossus, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Beyond Good and Evil

Gamecube: Ikaruga (I suck at the DC version for some reason but not the GC one) Zelda 4 swords, Resident Evil Remake, Paper Mario the Thousand year door.

GB: FF Legend 2, Pokemon Blue, Kirby's Dream Land

GBA: Golden Sun (2nd Fav game of all time), Konami Krazy Racers, Advance Wars, Monster Rancher Advance 2

DS: Pheonix Wright (all of them), Mario Kart DS

GG: Baku Baku....actually just Baku baku, first JP import game I ever bought

PSP: Crisis Core FF7, Loco Roco, Valkyrie Profile Lennith, Legend of Heroes

Hmmmmm I've missed off consoles where I've only played like 1 game on them ala the Wonderswan

[MissaFX]

PC-Engine: HuVideo - Can an old 8bit processor handle passable FMV?  Oh yes it can.  Oh yes it can.  I am simply impressed the PC-Engine can do this at all.

How sad - your favorite PCE game isn't even a game; you didn't even pick one of the games that features HuVideo.  If it wasn't for your appreciation of the FX, I'd be clamoring for your immediate banishment. 

lol, I haven't honestly played enough PC-E games to really say which is my favorite yet.  I am too focused on the FX.
I do like FMV though, and HuVideo kicks SegaCD's video out of the water.  I stand firmly by my HuVideo and I dare you to find another console with an 8 bit processor which can out do it.

[drdre]

Oh god, where to start....here is the short and dirty list-subject to change at any time

Arcade- X-men (konami)
PC-Dungeon Keeper
SNES-Chrono Trigger/Earthbound/Castlevania IV/Super Metroid/MegaMan X,X2,X3 (endless tie)
Genesis-Musha (aleste)
N64-Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Saturn-Darius Gaiden/Shadow over Mystara (tie)
Dreamcast-Powerstone
Sega CD-Snatcher
TurboDuo-Castlevania: Rondo...
Gameboy:  Zelda:  Link's Awakening
GBA:  Castlevania:  Circle of the Moon
DS:  Electroplankton
PSone:  Chrono Cross
PS2:  Shadow of the Colossus
Famicom Disk System:  Arumana no Kiseki (Almana's Miracle)

not so short, sorry, I'll just stop there......

[Arkhan Asylum]

Atari 2600: Berzerk
NES: Contra, Dragon Quest 2, Castlevania 2, Contra
SNES: FFIV, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, SUper metroid, Contra 3, Super Castlevania
Master System: Zillion, Phantasy Star, Cyborg Hunter
Genesis: Ecco, Super Hydlide, Phelios
Sega CD: If it has Working Designs label, I like it.
Saturn: Magic Knight Rayearth, Panzer Dragoon, Knights, Bug
PCE: *gasp* Keith Courage, Shockman
PCE-CD: galaxy fraulein yuna, shadow of the beast, Buster Bros, Sailor Moon, CF2, ys 1 & 2
PS1: Lunar remakes, Chrono Cross, Oddworld
N64: Lol. no. >_<
Dreamcast: Ecco, PSO, Blue Stinger, Jet Grind Radio
PS2: I don't know. Probably like, man I dunno.  Definitely not Ff12
Cube: RE1, Fire Emblem
Wii: The Wii sucks. Does Ys 1 & 2 count as a Wii game now?
PS3: Golden Axe: Beast Rider (high hopes!)
Xbox 360: Dead Rising

[CrackTiger]

It looks like I somehow missed this thread the first time around. I don't usually do absolute favorites, but here are some of my most-favorited-

Arcade: Black Tiger
Atari: Pitfall
Intellivision: AD&D Treasure of Tarmin
Colecovision: Venture
SMS: Phantasy Star
Game Gear: Shining Force II
NES: FFIII
Genesis: Shining Force
Sega-CD: Shining Force CD
32X: Doom
Turbochip: Aeroblasters
TG-CD: Ys I & II
PCE HU: SFIICE
PCE CD: TM: Fuun Kabuki Den
SNES: FFVI
Neo Geo: Metal Slug
Neo Geo CD: TM: Shin Den
3DO: Lucienne's Quest
Jaguar: Doom
PC-FX: Zenki
Saturn: Shining Force III's
PSX: Castlevania SotN
N64: Mario 64
Dreamcast: PSO Ver 2
Gamecube: PSO Ep I & II
PS2: PSU AoI
Xbox: Halo 2
Wii: Super Mario Galaxy
PS3: nothing exclusive I like so far, I expect it to soon be Little Big Planet
360: PSU AoI
PSP: Phantasy Star Portable
DS: FFIV
GBA: Castlevania CotM
GBC: Magical Chase
GB: Zelda LA

[Joe Redifer]

Wii: Super Mario Sunshine

Sorry, but that game sucks just as much when you play it on the Wii as it does when you play it on the Gamecube, maybe even more since you have to navigate through the lame Wii menu with the WiiMote to start it before you can even use the Gamecube controller

[OceanBlueKirby]

Well, I think there may be some difficulty within this, but I will consider one game from  the consoles I've played with before, not necessarily own, and from emulation, as well. Indications will give as such to circumstances for each:

Arcade: Pac-Man*
Atari 2600: Sky Jinx*
NES: Mega Man 2*
TurboGrafx-16: Lords of Thunder*
Sega Genesis: Mega Bomberman
Game Boy: Kirby's Dreamland
Super Nintendo: Donkey Kong Country 2
PlayStation: Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Nintendo 64: Super Smash Bros.
Game Boy Color: Pokemon Gold Version
Dreamcast: Marvel vs. Capcom 2
PlayStation 2: Ratchet and Clank
GameCube: Super Smash Bros. Melee
Game Boy Advance: Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Nintendo DS: Custom Robo Arena
Nintendo Wii: Trauma Center: New Blood

Game Consoles that are in red indicate consoles I do not own. Games accompanied by asterisks indicate those I've played only in emulation. Consoles written in blue are ones that I no longer have (I still miss my Sega Genesis; where could it be ). Entries in this list are subject to change.

[CrackTiger]

Wii: Super Mario Sunshine

Sorry, but that game sucks just as much when you play it on the Wii as it does when you play it on the Gamecube, maybe even more since you have to navigate through the lame Wii menu with the WiiMote to start it before you can even use the Gamecube controller

Thanks for pointing out that misprint.

[somery]

It's really hard to pick just one game from each system, so I limited myself to a maximum of three for each  . Based mostly on hours spent playing. This is just for systems I own, obviously. List is subject to change at any second...

Atari 2600: Combat, Berserk, Pitfall

Colecovision: Bump 'n Jump, Congo Bongo, Burger Time

C64: Bruce Lee, Gyruss, Conan

NES: SMB3, Bionic Commando, Bubble Bobble

Gameboy/Gameboy Color: Tetris, Tennis, Bionic Commando: Elite Forces

TG16 (HuCard): Blazing Lazers, Parasol Stars, Military Madness
TG16 (CD): Ys I+II, Cosmic Fantasy 2, TurboDuo 4-in-1 
PC Engine (HuCard): (Haven't played enough yet to make an informed decision.)
PC Engine (CD): Rainbow Islands, Nexzr, Pro Yakyuu

Sega Genesis: Gunstar Heroes, Sonic 2, Star Control II
Sega CD: Snatcher, Heart of the Alien, Lunar

SNES: Earthbound, Super Mario World, SMW2: Yoshi's Island

Arcade (older): Rastan, Ms. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter (with the sit-down cabinet)
Arcade (newer): Pang x3, Raiden, Metal Slug

Atari Jaguar: Tempest 2000 (only game I own for it  )

N64: Super Mario 64, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Smash Bros.

Sega Saturn: Die Hard Arcade, NiGHTS into Dreams

Playstation: Castlevania: SotN, Azure Dreams, Street Fighter Alpha 3

Sega Dreamcast: MDK2, Tennis 2K2, Rez

DOS/Windows: Doom II, Wing Commander, Under a Killing Moon

Post-millennial consoles don't interest me, apart from handhelds - and even so, not enough to buy one. I just don't play "on the go" enough. I have a GBA SP, but only because I found it cheap at a thrift store. My favorite game for it so far? Capcom Classics Mini Mix with - surprise! - Bionic Commando!  O:) I'm constantly debating whether or not to get a DS just for New SMB and Super Princess Peach....

[blueraven]

Atari 2600 - Deadly Disks of Tron
NES - Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest
Genesis - Shadowrun (I miss my CDX) 
SNES - Final Fantasy III 
TG/PC Engine - Too many to choose from...
Arcade - Golden Axe II, Gauntlet 2, Cadash, Ninja Warriors, Arkanoid II

A more complete list someday...

[VestCunt]

Turbostar, nice list (6 months ago  ).  I'm a big Order of the Griffon fan and I've been meaning to check out Warriors of the Eternal Sun.  EDIT:  How's SNES Eye of the Beholder?

Also props to everyone else who put an Ultima console port on their lists!

I like a lot of old games with levels of depth and interaction that were unusual in their genres.

NES - Ultima Avatar, Metal Gear, River City Ransom.

SMS - I love the library as a whole but I was too old when I got this system (12yrs) for any one title to work its way into my heart :p.  Y's was great and I have been known to play a lot of Time Soldiers and Miracle Warriors.

TG16/PCE - SUPER RAIDEN!  Endless power-ups and music that kicks an unbelievable amount of ass.  Get some.

[oldskool]

Wow, you guys have some massive lists!  I'll keep mine simple, most of these are the series of a particular game:

Contra
Castlevania
Street Fighter II
Blaster Master
Zelda
Mega Man
Metroid
Mario
Simcity
Gran Turismo
Star Soldier
Lords and Gate of Thunder
Final Fantasy
Phantasy Star
Sonic
Enduro for the 2600 (with the Genesis arcade stick of course)

I could go on and on..