OFF TOPIC - What are your top five games?

AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
edited November -1 in Miscellaneous
As the title says, what are your five favourite console/computer games? I know there are loads and hard to cut down but if you could only have five in your collection, what would they be?

Here's my list (in no particular order):

1. Super Mario Kart (SNES)
2. Need For Speed (3DO)
3. Street Fighter 2 SCE (Mega Drive)
4. Shenmue (Dreamcast)
5. California Games (Commodore 64)

Those games just managed to knock Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) from the top five list, for me.
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  • TaidakenTaidaken Member Posts: 271
    hmmm just off the top of my head my all time faves

    1.final fantasy 7
    2.shenmue(dreamcast)
    3.super street fighter 2
    4.diablo
    5.final fantasy 8
  • ToastKittenToastKitten Member Posts: 360
    Limiting to one game per franchise:

    1. Banjo-Tooie (N64)
    2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
    3. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii)
    4. Paper Mario (N64)
    5. Mega Man II (NES)

    I was exposed to console games through renting them at Blockbuster while growing up. I do love games like MW2 and GOW2, but all the games listed above have happy memories behind them, mostly growing up :]

    Honerable Mentions: Portal, All Super Smash Bros, Super Mario 64, Super Mario World, MW2, GOW2, Star Fox Adventures, SSX Tricky, DDR, FlashFlashRevolution (RIP), Donky Kong 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Perfect Dark, Yoshi Story, Bumps, Twilight Princess, Croccer, .Hack/Infection, .Hack/Mutation, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Crash Bandicoot 3, Rayman 1 & 2, I Wanna Be The Guy, Math Blaster Mystery, and Soooooo much more...

    Edit: I've edited this post like 100 times in my mind! Make it a top 15 list and we'll be square xD
  • IsabelleKIsabelleK Member, Sous Chef Posts: 2,807
    1. Half-Life 2 (PC)
    2. The Sims 3 (PC)
    3. Heavy Rain (PS3)
    4. Nicky Boum (Amiga)
    5. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
  • synthesissynthesis Member Posts: 1,693
    1) Call Of Duty (any version)
    2) Battlefield 1942
    3) Doom 3
    4) Quake II
    5) Plants Vs. Zombies

    What can I say...I like shooters! :)
    PvZ is for my wife to play...her fav (but I like it too)...best iPod game to date IMO.
  • victorkin11victorkin11 Member Posts: 251
    not in order

    1.)Jet set Radio
    2.)Katamari
    3.)The Sim 3
    4,)Silent Hill
    5.)Super Mario 64

    another games want to mentions
    PC game:Jet fighter (16color), Little Big Adventure (LBA), Doom
    Nes: Solomons Keys, Metroid
    MD: Sonic, Road Rush
    Saturn: Panzer Dragoon, Night
    PS: Metal Gear
    DreamCast: Shenmue, Crazy Texi
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    Ah, Battlefield 1942, I totally forgot about that! Still not my top five but close! Love that game and I generally don't like FPS games. GoldenEye (N64) was another.
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    MarcinMakaj said:

    4. Nicky Boum (Amiga)

    Never heard of it! I shall Google! Lotus Turbo Challenge was my top Amiga game ;-)
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    1. Yoshi's Island (SNES)
    2. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
    3. Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
    4. Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition 1999 (PC/MAC)
    5. Zork (Apple ][e)
  • hrsmediahrsmedia Member Posts: 522
    No particular order

    1. Doom (PC)
    2. Half Life(PC)
    3. Company of Heroes (PC)
    4. Battlefield 2 (PC)
    5. Super Mario Kart (SNES)

    Other favourites:

    Goldeneye (N64), Little Big Adventure (PC) Theme Park (PC), Syndicate Wars (PC), Marvel vs Street Fighter (MAME), Day of the Tentacle (PC), Sam & Max Hit The Road (PC), 7th Guest (PC), PES (PS2)
    POLYGAMe said:
    2. Need For Speed (3DO)

    @POLY - I thought I was the only one who had a 3DO :)
    Return Fire was a great game on the 3DO
  • UtopianGamesLtdUtopianGamesLtd Member Posts: 120
    In no order the games below hold special memories.

    Mario Kart - Wii

    Metal Slug series on Neo Geo

    Warcraft TFT - PC/Mac, loved this game and even got a gig working for Blizzard doing an AC for the battle net season one final (watched it live) as i used to work for replayers.com under the nick BlooDLusT doing AC's for them.

    http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/seasonone.aspx my claim to fame lol.

    House of the dead - DreamCast

    SSX - Playstation 2

    I could go on and on....crazy taxi anyone? Sega Rally? as you guessed i love Sega and Nintendo.

    Darren.
  • design219design219 Member Posts: 2,273
    I really don't do much in the way of games, but one I really enjoy and play at least a little almost every day is Think Tanks, an online tank battle game.

    http://www.torquepowered.com/products/thinktanks

    A lot of fun.
    _________________________

    Nesen Probe http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nesen-probe/id377766693?mt=8
    Tickle Stones http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tickle-stones/id363484260?mt=8
    Food Fight! (free) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/food-fight/id352646643?mt=8
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    If I was going on a trip to Mars today, and there was only room for five games, I'd pick the following games...

    1 - Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3)
    2 - Halo (PC)
    3 - World of Warcraft (Pre-Expansions - No Trolls in Stormwind!)
    4 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
    5 - Arcade Action (iPhone / iPod Touch)

    Heh, but four of those games are (or include) multiplayer... three have online multiplayer features... so without fast Internet access, quite common in space, it would be pretty dull. (Maybe it could be modified as a local area network thing, where the other astronauts could play along.)

    As for the fifth game - Arcade Action - I'm waiting to update it with Game Center, so that too is supposed to have online features.
  • RHRH Member Posts: 1,079
    I don't have a huge portfolio of games played and I can't claim to be a serious gamer but here are my top 5 [in no order].

    1 - Super Mario Bros (NES)
    2 - Mario Kart (Wii)
    3 - Call of Duty (MW2 - can't say I've really played any of the others)
    4 - Need For Speed Underground 2
    5 - Transworld Snowboarding

    Halo Reach is climbing the ranks fast.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Photics said:
    As for the fifth game - Arcade Action - I'm waiting to update it with Game Center, so that too is supposed to have online features.

    Quick - edit your post! You forget to linkify 'Arcade Action'!!!

    Anyway, back to the topic at hand:

    It's a difficult question, and will probably change every time you ask. But here goes:

    1. Tetris (Gameboy)
    2. Elite (BBC Micro/Zx Spectrum/C64 and dozens of others - the NES version is quite good too)
    3. Galaga - arcade
    4. Star Wars - arcade (I'm thinking the sit down version)
    5. Super Aleste/Space Megaforce - SNES

    There are countless others that I could swap in and out = Zelda OoT, Outrun, Mario, Sega Rally, 1942, Space Harrier, 3D Deathchase, Cyclone, TLL, The Hobbit (last four on the Speccy!) etc etc

    But there you have it - check 'em out if you can!

    QS :D

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    quantumsheep said:
    Quick - edit your post! You forget to linkify 'Arcade Action'!!!

    One link per app, per post, is enough. Heh, the spam filter might block me again if I put too many links.
    quantumsheep said:
    4. Star Wars - arcade (I'm thinking the sit down version)

    There are two... I'm thinking you mean the 1980's version, not the 1990's version.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Arcade
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Trilogy_Arcade

    Heh... the Sega 32X... that's where Sega really went wrong.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    @Photics - I am indeed referring to the GLORIOUS 80s version :D

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • UtopianGamesLtdUtopianGamesLtd Member Posts: 120
    Anyone remember the sit in Space Harrier game in the arcade that moved?

    The only arcade game i completed, think it was 10p a go and i spent about £1.20 lol

    Darren.
  • ToastKittenToastKitten Member Posts: 360
    UtopianGamesLtd said:
    Anyone remember the sit in Space Harrier game in the arcade that moved?

    The only arcade game i completed, think it was 10p a go and i spent about £1.20 lol

    Darren.

    I remember playing the sega genesis version. Wasn't the boss at the end of every level a dragon?
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    Photics said:
    One link per app, per post, is enough. Heh, the spam filter might block me again if I put too many links.

    There are two... I'm thinking you mean the 1980's version, not the 1990's version.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Arcade
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Trilogy_Arcade

    Heh... the Sega 32X... that's where Sega really went wrong.

    Wash your mouth out! The 32X version of Star Wars Arcade was AWESOME! As was Virtua Racing! ;-)
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    History says otherwise...

    1994, in a toy store in Staten Island, I stood around a Donkey Kong Country kiosk. I was Nintendo game demonstrator, but there wasn't much to show. The conversation was basically...

    "Is that the game."
    "Yes."
    "Do you have it?"
    "Yes, here's a slip."

    The customer took the paper slip to the register to get their game. Meanwhile, the kiosk would reset like every 10-15 minutes. I eventually got very bored and quit. I lasted about a month. I realized that I had much better things to do.

    ...but the point is this... next to the Nintendo display was the dark and depressing aisle for Sega stuff. The 32X was not drawing the same fanfare... it was more like the Island of Misfit Toys. If not for the failures of the 32X and the Sega Saturn, perhaps the Dreamcast wouldn't have died such a quick death.
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    I agree that the 32X was a balls-up, but there were a COUPLE of good games ;-)

    And the Saturn was MASSIVE! Only in Japan, though. LOL.
  • daverennerdaverenner Member Posts: 133
    @Poly...sold my Saturn and about 50 games so i could buy my GS license and apple license...miss it all ready....Also, the C64 was freaking awesome. Ahhh the days of peeks and pokes....
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    I used to have a few Saturns. I loved the Japanese Sega Ages range (although I don't think they were called that on Saturn(later on PS2)) - PowerDrift, Outrun etc :) Arcade perfect!

    I still play C64 (via emulator since my one died :( )
  • CapCap Member Posts: 225
    POLYGAMe said:
    As the title says, what are your five favourite console/computer games?

    Let's be honest: Mario Kart Wii may not be perfect, but it's hilarious to NOT call it the best game ever. ;-) I played it almost 1400 hours. ;-)
    So here's my list (only one game per series):

    1. Mario Kart Wii
    2. Day Of The Tentacle
    3. Monkey Island 2
    4. Super Mario Bros. 3
    5. Super Mario Galaxy

    PS: why not a list of the top 25? ;-)
  • ShpintShpint Member Posts: 404
    I'm not really a hardcore gamer......I'm really not a gamer.

    1) Any Mario Game (Preferably Mario Cart DS)
    2) Pokemon Platinum (NDS)
    3) Archetype
    4) Angry Birds
    5) Can't think of one, but right now "Beyond YNTH!!!"
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    We can only list five! :) (I'm gonna list 6 & then some!)

    1) Super Mario World (snes)
    2) Yoshi's Island (Snes)
    3) Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past (SNES)
    4) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (playstation)
    5) Paper Mario (N64)
    6) Castle of Illusion: Mickey Mouse (genesis)

    (I'm adding a few more!)
    Secret of mana (snes)
    Mario Land (gameboy)
    Kirby super star (SNES)
    Legend of Mana (playstation)
    Mega Man 2 (NES)
    Ducktales (NES)
    Jumping Flash 2 (playstation)

    Oh I could list many more!
  • RattleheadRattlehead Member Posts: 485
    Wow. Tough call.

    1) Doom (PC. Yay shareware!)
    This game and it's sequels sucked an untold number of years worth of productivity out of me and probably cost me a finance.

    2) Minecraft
    Newer game and even though I have only been playing it for a couple of days, it is starting to suck what could be another couple years of productivity out of me. Timer is on... NOW!

    3) Full Throttle
    What can I say, I loved the rest of the classic Lucasarts games as well but this one had me glued until I finished it. Maybe it was the soundtrack...

    4) Siege & Dogs of War Add-on (PC)
    By Mindcraft. Google it. Take that C&C.

    5) Revenge of the Mutant Camels (C64)
    First game we got with our C64 and it was close enough to battling AT-ATs on the surface of Hoth as I would get until Super Empire Strikes Back came out.
  • FanStudioUKFanStudioUK Member Posts: 459
    1 Silent Hill 1 (PS)
    2 Broken Sword I (PC)
    3 Broken Sword II (PC)
    4 Siberia (PC)
    5 Myst III (PC)
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    Ah, the Broken Sword games. I've only completed number three but I LOVED it.
  • dee99dee99 Member Posts: 100
    Super mario bros

    Megaman (all of them!!)

    Team fortress 2

    fallout 3

    mario kart wii
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