Crazy Taxi (DC)
Tony Hawk 1 (PS)
L.O.R.D.(PC)

Marathon Trilogy(Mac)
Jagged Alliance 2
Unreal Tournament
Fallout 2

It has to be... QUAKE2 and QUAKE3 !!! :)
non-fps would be Baldurs Gate and Fallout 1 :)

I am an NES freak, I liked Crystalis and Legend of Zelda( the original)

In no particular order:

Red Alert 2
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 3/6
Tales of Phantasia
Terranigma
Half-Life
Unreal Tournament
Commandos 2
No one Lives Forever

Metroid (original)

Myst (original)
Wolfenstein - "Mein leiben!!!"
Unreal Tournament

nethack

<a target=new href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/deusex/index.html"><b>Deus Ex</b></a> - The most in-depth story driven game I ever played. It sucked you in. I can't wait for the sequel. It took 32 hours to beat this game (it gives you the time) and when it was done, I was sad it over…L

<a target=new href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/starcraft/index.html"><b>StarCraft</b></a> - The classic. Great story, great play. And Multi-player was outstanding

<a target=new href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife/index.html"><b>Half-Life</b></a> - The first game to make me jump – fucking Headcrabs! I'm sure enough has been said about this game…

<a target=new href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/homeworld/index.html"><b>Homeworld</b></a> - This game is just beautiful to watch. I've never played anything that can compare to it.

<a target=new href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/starsiegetribes/index.html"><b>Tribes</b></a> - I still play this at work. Great to hop on and frag a few.

<a target=new href="http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/twistedmetal2/index.html"><b>Twisted Metal 2</b></a> - My all time favorite Playstation game. Its all about trash talking.

Xenogears
Final Fantasy Tactics
Unreal Tournament
Starcraft
Super Smash Bros

DOOM, doom doom doom.
other than that, legendof zelda, links awakinging for the gameboy was a pretty good ghame, wasted many an hour on that.

GTA III - PC
For the open ended, non linear gameplay and the awesome mods. I mean where else could you throw grenades at starbucks (shame it didn't do anything!). And go Vigilante hehe...
Halo - Xbox
One of the best FPS for a long time. Can't have thousands of weapons, and the little tiny touches (such as Marines punchin' the air and swearing) and atmosphere were superb. Also like the fact they didn't try to personalise the main character too much, just called him a general name. Story lines are cool but when I name my character I don't want all the cut scenes to call him alex (or whatever) /rant over :)
Spy Hunter - Classic
Oldie but goodie, still love playing it on shockwave. Just thought it was fun!

Tetris - one of the most addictive games ever

Super Mario Brothers 3 - classic

GTA 3/VC - really fun to play

Tetris
Unreal Tournament
WWF Wrestlemania 2000

Hands Down,

Starcraft: Broodwars

Still playing this after 5 years =]

Deus ex, Xenosaga (not done yet,) Dragon Warrior 3, Ogre Battle 64, Zelda: OoT, more probably, oh yeah DOOM II!!

I think the Mega Man series are my favorite games. They are still fun to play after all these years.

Metal Gear Solid gets an honerable mention!

Lets go with old-school here.

Master of Orion
X-Com
Jagged Alliance
Serf City
Panzer General
Transport Tycoon
Master of Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic (HOMM, the 1st and original one)
Wing Commander
Privateer

Why play that, when you could play Revenge? Seriously, Wrestlemania 2000 was a huge disappointment for me. There is some magic about Revenge that was lost with the subsequent AKI releases. I think the create-a-player mode had something to do with it.

AKI is still the master of wrestling games though, hands down. The grappling system is just awesome.

Yeah, I bought DefJam Vendetta:D

Fallout
Fallout2
The only two games actually worth buying for PC.
HL mods -
DoD and Firearms

Dragon Warrior 1,2,3 Final Fantasy all of them, Breath Of Fire series, Harvest Moon

fallout 2- do anything you wanted to. A large game with heaps of secrets and extras

dues ex- it was great the way you could get those implants and pump yourself up+ it had a cool story

Thief 1/2 - from Looking Glass Studios (RIP) the same bunch that did System Shock 1/2 and Ultima Underworld 1/2 amongst others. Awesome storylines with nice twists. Amazing atmosphere and some of the most original gameplay ever. Scared me shitless on a number of occasions. 3 difficulty settings that not only offer more challenge, but demand a totally different style of play. Very in-depth background to the games that wasn't actually written out as long boring stories in the manuals, but which could be pieced together in-game.

Team Fortress Classic - Multiplayer only Half-Life mod. Very fast capture-the-flag gameplay and clan matches can be insanely intense.

Baldur's Gate series - Just epic.

The Secret of Monkey Island - Hilarious. Spent many an hour playing this one with a friend when I was a kid.

Myth 1/2 - Brilliant games, very original and VERY challenging. Myth 3 might have been up there too if it weren't for terrible level design, over-use of hero/elite units and a ridiculous end-game.

X-Com: UFO Defense - My ALL TIME favorite game. I have wasted MONTHS of my life playing this game. I've still got it installed on 3 computers and play it regularly. By far the best squad-based strategy game I've ever played. The atmosphere (music, graphics) is PERFECT for this game and the first time I came across a chrysslid I nearly shit myself (ok, I was 12 at the time).

Doom - Not the first but definately the most innovative FPS ever. Another game with perfect atmosphere and edge of your seat action. Nothing since (except maybe Serious Sam) has been able to match the insanity of this game.

Battlezone II - A very overlooked game that provided hours of fun in my old office. After a long day at work we'd all fire up Battlezone and blast each other to smithereens.

Fallout - Favorite CRPG by far. I'm a big post-apocalypse fan and this game embodied the genre perfectly. Amazing game.

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games - Another great and often overlooked squad-based strategy game. My main reason for including this was that I built TONS of levels for this game, including a re-enactment of the bank robbery from Reservoir Dogs, complete with Mr. Pink and the rest of the crew.

Half-life - Not the most technically amazing game but incredible in all other aspects. The AI in this game freaked me out and it really showed how good a story-line can be in an FPS. BIG departure from the Doom/Quake/Unreal style gameplay.

Combat Mission: Beyond Barbossa - BEST computer wargame ever. I'm a tabletop gamer, and nothing else has even come close to that feel except the Combat Mission series of games. I'm a sucker for the Eastern front so this game suits me perfectly.


Well, that's by no means an exhaustive list, but those are a few of my faves, most of which still reside on a computer or two at my place.

Jason Abels

Starcraft Custom Map: (use map settings) V-TEC Paintball
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This was a really fun custom map for starcraft that was more or less capture the flag but to win u need to accumalate 50 kills. U would start with a civilian and bring it to one of 6 tubes to get a different character. the choice of ur character was like a game of rock paper scissors becuz certain characters always remain victorious against another certain characters. example a marine could kill 2 zergling no prob at a decent location and a dragoon could kill 2 marines easily but 1 zergling could kill the dragoon, maybe even 2 of them. I know one day in 10 years im gonna be feening to play it. i miss it now, might get a copy of starcraft and search around for the map see if anyone remembers it.

Soul Calibur 2
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The best fighting game ever, and whats cooler than a fighting game? Nuff said.

Super Mario Brothers 3
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Its the best 2d mario. by far. so many different worlds, so many levels, so many powerups. plus his world revolves around mushrooms....

Galaga
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The best old school arcade game in my opinion. when i get a house of my own ill prolly buy one. double ships rock. perfection is fulfilling. high scores are addictive. always good for a nice session of galaga, cant play too long tho gets repetitive, better in doses.

Other favorites that were my favorites at one point but not now were: MK1 and MK2, Adventures of Willy Beamish (pc) Grand Theft Auto 1, GTA3, Goldeneye N64, Killer Instinct

man i wish they would reincarnate killer instinct, even tho it would be on xbox since ms owns rare now id buy an xbox just for it if it was true to the original.

I have to say X-COM, the whole series.

It's nice when a game grows as new titles come out, not just in the sense of quality, but also in history, events interlocking etc.

Definatly agree on the Starcraft. Would add Lunar SSS, Worms Armageddon, and Unreal Tournament.....becuase sometimes you just have to kill things.

Daytona USA (arcade)
IL-2 Sturmovik & Forgotten Battles
Thief
Undying
A-10 Cuba!
Sports Car Gt
EA f1 2002>Gtr 2002 mod
Vietcong

No order in specific.

Xenogears
Final Fantasy Tactics
Chrono Trigger

Empire Earth, Battlefield 1942, any old atari game.

Lots of old school games (tetris!)
Any of the Final Fantasy series
Chrono Trigger

Still playing Starcraft.

Just recently bought the Gameboy Advance SP, tried to play "The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past" but found myself scrounging for the original Gameboy cartridge of "TETRIS"!

q3 and legend of zelda $$$$

tonyhawkproskater2,3
mafia
ski stunt simulator
elastomania
starcraft
starcon1,2
quake2
unrealtournament
...

ARGH! so many!

One rpg that really stuck in my mind was Vagrants Story on the PSone. That's prolly the best RPG that I've played in a while and it's been a while since I've played it...

Diablo and Diablo 2
Motocross Madness
Counter Strike
Myst Series
Freelancer

:D

My top five:

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PS2
Contra - NES
Earthbound - SNES
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Gameboy
Super Smash Brothers: Melee - Gamecube

Runners up: River City Ransom - NES, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - N64

It's gots to be NBA Live 2003, just because of it's addictiveness level

Read my sig... Tesshu is a bad-ass.

Nethack, Or as it's known in college circles: Gradewreaker :D without a doubt the greatest game ever.

Download it at www.nethack.org

Long live "@"

Final Fantasy VII was probably hands down the best game I have ever played. It had just about everything.

Oh man:

1. Ocarina of Time for N64 was great, so expansive, you could ride a horse and shoot arrows at the same time, sometimes when I think about this game I seriously get tempted to go out and buy an N64. There was soo much to do.

2. Soul Calibur for Dreamcast. I still play it almost everyday. Simple to learn, difficult to master. Kilik is my favourite but I'd love to learn Taki - so fast...

That game is still bad ass!