Your top 10 games per generation list

[XtremelyBaneful]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss what your top 10 games are, broken down by generation.

I started playing games heavily in the 5th gen, so that's where I'll start

10. gran turismo 2
9. silent hill - never played it but i respect it
8. resident evil - never played it but i respect it
7. crash team racing
6. Spyro the Dragon - thoroughly enjoyed this more than crash
5. Metal Gear Solid - never played it but I respect it
4. zelda ocarina of time - never played it but I respect it
3. Tekken 3 - best fighting game ever period, and one of the greatest games ever made period.
2. Final Fantasy VII - never played it, but this game's got a huge legacy, so I gotta put it ahead of Tekken.
1. Super Mario 64 - one of the greatest games of all time.

the best game of the 5th generation.

6th gen
10. Gran Turismo 3
9. Final Fantasy X - never played it but I respect it
8. Metal Gear Solid 3 - never played it but I respect it
7. Half-Life 2 - never played it but I respect it
6. Metroid Prime - never played it but I respect it
5. God of War 2 - never played it but I respect it
4. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (san andreas was too much, too over the top)
3. Soulcalibur 2 - the first may arguably be better, but this was more memorable for exclusive characters
2. Super Smash Bros Melee - although all the games are good, this has to be a fan favorite since everyone wants to stick with the gamecube controller to continue playing the game
1. Halo 2 - never got into it but can't deny its legacy

7th gen
10. Modern Warfare 2
9. Skyrim - never played it, but it definitely belongs much higher on the list.
8. Bioshock 2 - never played it but I respect it
7. Uncharted 2
6. Mass Effect 2
5. GTA4 - coz I think GTA4>GTA5
4. Halo 4 - one of the Halos definitely belong on this list...
3. Metal Gear Solid 4 - never got into it but it's considered one of the best, ever.
2. LittleBigPlanet 2 - the quintessential couch, social gathering, and even multiplayer game. Super cute too.
1. The Last of Us - never got into it, but can't deny the fact that it is considered one of the greatest games ever.

wat are your lists? start from whichever generation you were playing

also I'd say 6 and 7 are interchangeable on the 7th gen list

 

[Soapy]

never played it
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What is even the point?

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

What is even the point?

yeah can't say i didn't see this coming. just coz i didn't play a game doesn't mean i can't acknowledge it as one of the best

 

[Poetic Chaos]

Gen 5: Grandia
Gen 6: Shadow of the Colossus
Gen 7: Skyrim

 

[Soapy]

yeah can't say i didn't see this coming. just coz i didn't play a game doesn't mean i can't acknowledge it as one of the best

Sure, but the title of thread isn't, "What do you think are objectively the top ten games per generation?", it's, "What are YOUR top ten games per generation?".

You can obviously put whatever you want on your list, it just seems pretty strange to include a bunch of games you've never played on a personal list like this.

Whatever.

I did this on another forum a while back, except it was 25 instead of 10.

3rd Generation

• The Adventures of Lolo
• Battletoads
• Bubble Bobble
• Castlevania
• Dig Dug
• Double Dragon
• Duck Hunt
• DuckTales
• Ghosts 'n Goblins
• The Legend of Zelda
• Mega Man
• Mega Man 2
• Mega Man 3
• Monster Party
• Paperboy
• River City Ransom
• Snow Bros.
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Star Tropics
• Tetris
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Toobin'
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

4th Generation

• Aladdin
• Chrono Trigger
• Cool Spot
• Donkey Kong '94
• Donkey Kong Country
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
• Doom
• Earthworm Jim
• Final Fantasy VI
• Final Fight 2
• Kirby's Dream Land
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
• Mega Man X
• Mega Man X2
• Secret of Mana
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Star Fox
• Streets of Rage 2
• Super Ghouls n' Ghosts
• Super Mario Kart
• Super Mario Land
• Super Mario RPG
• Wonder Boy in Monster World

5th Generation

• Age of Empires
• Age of Empires II
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Colony Wars
• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Goldeneye 007
• Half-Life
• Legend of Mana
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Metal Gear Solid
• Mega Man Legends
• Mega Man X4
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
• Paper Mario
• Perfect Dark
• Pokemon Blue
• Quake II
• Resident Evil 2
• Super Smash Bros.
• Tomb Raider
• Tomba!
• Twisted Metal 2
• Vagrant Story

6th Generation

• Animal Crossing
• Deus Ex
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• Final Fantasy XII
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Half-Life 2
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Jet Grind Radio
• The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Phantasy Star Online
• Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
• Resident Evil (remake)
• Resident Evil 4
• Rez
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Shenmue
• Soul Calibur
• Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
• Unreal Tournament
• World of Warcraft

7th Generation

• Alan Wake
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Bayonetta
• Burnout Paradise
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Darksiders
• Dark Souls
• Deadly Premonition
• Demon's Souls
• Dragon Age: Origins
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Mass Effect
• Mass Effect 2
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Persona 4
• Portal
• Portal 2
• Red Dead Redemption
• Rayman Origins
• Saints Row: The Third
• Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Valkyria Chronicles

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

3rd gen (is NES? Ok here goes)
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/Track and Field (totally counts)
Dodgeball
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Super C
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Willow
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man 2
Kid Icarus

4th gen (ugghhh this one is so difficult. easily the best gaming gen ever)
Earthbound
Super Metroid
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario World
Super Mario RPG
Donkey Kong Country
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Megaman X
Super Castlevania IV
Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis)

5th gen
Super Mario 64
Mario Kart 64
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 9
Metal Gear Solid
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Star Fox 64
Super Smash Bros
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Donkey Kong 64

6th gen
Shadow of the Colossus
Okami
Metroid Prime
The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker
Halo: Combat Evolved
Super Smash Bros Melee
Splinter Cell
SSX Tricky
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Ratchet and Clank


Those were the majority of my gaming gens. I didn't name a single PC or handheld game because... wouldnt PC technically be considered the longest running generation of gaming? It should pretty much get a category all its own. And I've played a solid amount of 7th gen games but the consoles/PC/handheld i played them on tend to blur and don't count in my opinion. The world of gaming has definitely evolved.

And if a single person puts an iOS game on here they deserve to be banned.

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

OP, I'm very confused by your list.

A. Do you play video games?

and if A, then B. Have you ever considered playing some of those good video games?

 

[Tron Bonne]

Yeah, it's pretty weird to start the thread off like that. And what do you mean the 6th and 7th generation games are interchangeable, like huh

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Whatever.

Ok I'm sorry.

OP, I'm very confused by your list.

A. Do you play video games?

and if A, then B. Have you ever considered playing some of those good video games?

Yes I have man but I don't have all the temperament or resources.

Yeah, it's pretty weird to start the thread off like that. And what do you mean the 6th and 7th generation games are interchangeable, like huh

Ok I'm sorry! But just keep the discussion going, nevermind my OP

and wat I meant was on the 7th gen list, numbers 7 and 6 are interchangeable

 

[CJ]

I'm not quite sure where Dreamcast fits in all of this. Sega already had the Saturn during the first wave of 3D consoles, so it doesn't fit in that era, yet the Dreamcast came out as the N64 and Playstation were on the way out.. and it died before the XBox and GameCube.. I guess I'm going to include it in the Ps2/GameCube/XBox era..

8-Bit Generation (NES)
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Kirby's Adventure
3. Tiny Toon Adventures
4. Darkwing Duck
5. Wacky Races
6. M.C Kids
7. Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers
8. Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
10. Battletoads

Honorable Mentions: Super Mario Bros, Contra, Metal Gear, Mega Man 5

16-Bit Generation (SNES/Genesis/Game Gear/Game Boy)
1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2. Donkey Kong Country
3. Rocket Knight Adventures
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (+Knuckles lock-on)
5. Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure
6. Donkey Kong Country 2
7. Super Mario World
8. Mega Man X
9. Aladdin
10. TMNT: Turtles in Time

Honorable Mentions: The Simpsons Arcade Game, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mickey Mania, Cool Spot, Kirby's Super Star and The Flintstones (Genesis version, based on cartoon show, not the live-action movie)

3D Generation (N64/Saturn/Playstation)
1. Super Mario 64
2. Mario Kart 64
3. Crash Bandicoot: Warped
4. Final Fantasy 8
5. UmJammer Lammy
6. Crash Team Racing
7. Conker's Bad Fur Day
8. Mega Man Legends
9. Spyro the Dragon
10. Fear Effect

Honorable Mentions: Tomb Raider II, Snowboard Kids, Diddy Kong Racing, Rugrats: Search for Reptar

Next-Gen (Dreamcast/XBox/Ps2/GameCube) Era
1. Sonic Adventure 2
2. Kingdom Hearts II
3. Shenmue II
4. Shenmue
5. Jet Set Radio Future
6. Soul Calibur II
7. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
8. Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
9. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
10. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

Honorable Mentions: Hydro Thunder, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Power Stone 2, SSX Tricky, TMNT 2003, Sonic Heroes

The Future (Ps3/Wii/360) Era
(I haven't played a lot of games from this gen. My 360 red-ringed on me and I only recently got a Ps3 so I haven't had time to get a good collection going)
1. Sonic Generations
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum
3. Batman: Arkham City
4. Uncharted 2
5. Uncharted 3
6. Sonic Unleashed
7. Beyond: Two Souls
8. Bioshock
9. Mirror's Edge

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

Ok I'm sorry.

Yes I have man but I don't have all the temperament or resources.

Ok I'm sorry! But just keep the discussion going, nevermind my OP

and wat I meant was on the 7th gen list, numbers 7 and 6 are interchangeable

Yo man, I didn't mean to offend. I just find it odd. I get the point though. The title is not "top 10 games you've completed" or even "top 10 games you've played." Hell, even I haven't beaten Kid Icarus for NES. Or for that matter Super C without cheating (has anyone?).

I guess the point I was trying to make was "why haven't you played them?" But if you don't have the resources, I don't accept that response!

I postulate that a person with enough tenacity can play any game made in the 20th century for free with the magic of the internet. Even if your PC is podunk ghetto, (or a laptop) I'd say any game before 1995 (which is still a metric crapton).

Emulators work extremely well for any game released on a cartridge. In laymens terms, that's: NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo Pocket, GB, GBC, GBA. For many others there's great deals on Steam (Final Fantasy games as well as many platformers and shooters). And depending where your morals stand, there's always online piracy for anything newer.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Yo man, I didn't mean to offend. I just find it odd. I get the point though. The title is not "top 10 games you've completed" or even "top 10 games you've played." Hell, even I haven't beaten Kid Icarus for NES. Or for that matter Super C without cheating (has anyone?).

I guess the point I was trying to make was "why haven't you played them?" But if you don't have the resources, I don't accept that response!

I postulate that a person with enough tenacity can play any game made in the 20th century for free with the magic of the internet. Even if your PC is podunk ghetto, (or a laptop) I'd say any game before 1995 (which is still a metric crapton).

Emulators work extremely well for any game released on a cartridge. In laymens terms, that's: NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo Pocket, GB, GBC, GBA. For many others there's great deals on Steam (Final Fantasy games as well as many platformers and shooters). And depending where your morals stand, there's always online piracy for anything newer.

I suppose it is possible for me, but emulators from the internet aren't a completeley legitimate way to play them, are they?

besides, if those are the lengths I gotta go to play the oldies, I'd rather still put em off until I really got time for that. For now, I'll continue playing my new and most recent console games. But thank you for understanding.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Hell, even I haven't beaten Kid Icarus for NES.

God, why would you?

 

[Spider-Aziz]

3rd Generation

• Super Mario Bros
• Duck hunt
• Dig Dug
• Tetris
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

4th Generation

• Aladdin (GENESIS)
• Mortal Kombat 2 (32x is my favorite of the home ports)
• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Sonic 2
• Sonic 3 & Knuckles (yes, the combination)
• Streets of Rage 2
• Streets of Rage 3
• Shinobi 3
• Batman 1989 (Genesis)
• Street Fighter 2 (all versions)
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (Genesis port)
• Pacmania
• Phantasy Star IV

5th Generation

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skaters
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skaters 2
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skaters 3
• Metal Gear Solid 1
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 3
• Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter
• Marvel vs Capcom
• Spider-Man (Playstation)
• Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy (PS)
• Mortal Kombat 4 (PS)
• Tekken 3
• Grandia
• Alundra 2
• Chrono Cross

6th Generation

• Resident Evil Code Veronica X
• Resident Evil 4
• Devil May Cry 3
• Onimusha
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
• Spider-Man 2 (Playstation 2)
• Ultimate Spider-Man (PS2. Treyarch were on a roll with Spidey games, a shame they did not hit big)
• Winning 11/Pro Evolution Soccer 2005
• Winning 11/Pro Evolution Soccer 2006
• Guilty Gear X2 Accent Core
• Guilty Gear X2 Reload
• Guilty Gear Isuka
• Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks
• Marvel vs Capcom 2
• LEGO Batman
• Super Smash Bros Melee (Played it with my cousins)

7th Generation

• Batman Arkham Origins
• Batman: Arkham City
• Spider-Man 3
• [PROTOTYPE]
• [PROTOTYPE 2]
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Saints Row the Third
• Saints Row IV
• Assassin's Creed 2
• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
• Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
• Devil May Cry IV
• DmC Devil May Cry
• Tomb Raider (2013)
• LEGO Batman 2
• LEGO Lord of the Rings
• LEGO Marvel Superheroes
• Resident Evil 5

 

[Galactus123]

10 games from every generations I have had a console but not in any particular order. I list some PC games too.

4th Generation(I haven't played 10 games)

Mortal Kombat
Sonic The Hedgehog
Mickey Mania

5th Generation

Metal Gear Solid
Syphon Filter
Syphon Filter 2
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
Dino Crisis 2
Resident Evil 2
MediEvil
MediEvil 2
The Sims

6th Generation

Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Spider-Man 2
GTA: Vice City
GTA: San Andreas
Peter Jackson's King Kong
God of War
Fahrenheit(Indigo Propechy)
Max Payne
Max Payne 2

7th Generation

Red Dead Redemption
GTA IV
GTA V
L.A. Noire
Mafia II
Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed III
Max Payne 3
Batman: Arkham City
The Last of Us(I'm playing it right now and it's awesome so it already belongs in this list)