Favorite old-school games?
 

I know we've had plenty of discussions on some of these areas before, but I was curious as to what were the true standout - and perhaps classic, but forgotten, titles on various platforms.

What I propose is people list up to four of their favorite titles on any or all of the following old-school systems:

1980s Arcade Games
NES/SNES
N64
PS1
Dreamcast

or any other "outdated" device.

I'll go first below.

Arcade:
Track & Field
Gyruss
Tron
Golden Axe
Galaga

NES/SNES:
Super Metroid
Super Mario All Stars

PS1:
Ape Escape
Parappa the Rapper

Dreamcast:
NFL 2K1
Virtua Tennis
Soul Calibur

1980s Arcade Games:
Ms. Pac Man
Mario Bros (the original)

NES/SNES
Megaman 2
Final Fantasy 3 (japanese)
Zeldas (all of them)
There are so many great games for both NES and SNES that it would be cruel to make me try and think of them all.

N64
Mario Kart
Zelda: OOT

PS1
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Final Fantasy VII
Parappa the Rapper
Suikoden
FF Tactics
Metal Gear Solid


Dreamcast:
NesterDC
Soul Calibur
Grandia II
Shenmue
Jet Grind Radio

Sorry mrquackers, I can't get some of my lists down to 4.


NES
BattleToads
Bionic Commando
Contra
MegaMan 2, 4, and 5 (though all of them are real good)
Little Nemo
Super Dodgeball

SNES
Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
(hmm...Mario seemed to have made the SNES for me)

Genesis
Sonic And Knuckles
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Eternal Champions
The Simpsons: Virtual Bart
Contra: Hard Corpse (I think that was the name of it)
Dynamite Headdy
Boogerman
Earthworm Jim

N64
Perfect Dark
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64
WWF No Mercy
GoldenEye

PS1
Final Fantasy 7
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions

Dreamcast
NFL 2K
Chu Chu Rocket
Worms Armegeddon (sp?)
Guantlet Legends
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
House Of The Dead 2

Contra: Hard Corps was definitely a classic on the Genesis... Probably the best Contra game I ever played. The SNES one was good, but Hard Corps had way more feeling to it, it was just a better game.

I just had to hook up my Dreamcast again today cause I wanted to play it. Some fantastic stuff on that system.

These were my favorite games growing up...

NES -
Contra
Wrestle Mania
ExciteBike
Zelda

SNES -
Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball
Donkey Kong Country
Street Fighter 2

N64 -
Mario Kart
Goldeneye

1980s Arcade Games
frogger
galaga
kung fu
pac-man

NES
Mario series
dodgeball
base wars
excitebike

SNES
the street fighters
Legend of Zelda
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Super Metroid

N64
Goldeneye
Conkers bad fur day
gaunlet

PS1
intelligent qube
final fantasy tactics
vandal hearts
suikoden

For Arcade:
Galaga
Space Invaders
This may not count, but I'm going to say Pinball games, cause that's where I spent my money

NES:
Zelda
Gumshoe
Super Mario Bros.

PS1:
Final Fantasy VII
Castlevania- Symphony of the Night
Azure Dreams

N64:
I hate to say it, but, Pokemon Snap!

80's Arcade:
Dragon's Lair
720
Gauntlet
Punch Out

NES:
Super Mario Bros
Legend of Zelda
Excitebike
RC Pro AM

Super NES:
Mario Kart

super nintendo/genesis platform games.
early N64 games
nuf said

Arcade - Marvel Vs. Capcom 1 and 2
N64 - Goldeneye 007
Playstation - NBA Live 2000
NES - Bomberman
SNES - Duckhunt
Dreamcast - NBA 2k
Genesis - NBA Jam

ps: I forget if which version of nes duckhunt and bomberman belong to, so, in ignorance, i just stuck them in opposite corners.
Original Gameboy - Tetris

Amstrad - Jet Set Willy
Amstrad - Captain Comic

Trigger, Kirby, DK3, Zelda Link to the Past, Links awakening,

4 words.
Teenage
Mutant
Ninja
Turtles!!!

Back in the good old days, the word "teenage" does not lead to porn or spam.

Defender

Joust

Zaxxon

Battlezone

Super Cobra


All of you who post games from consoles released within the past 10 years don't know what old school is.

oh man, i spent $$ at arcades on:

mortal combat 1, 2 & 3

killer instinct

stargate

joust

space invaders

SPY HUNTER!

gyruss (never made it to earth damnit:mad: - someone tell me what happened)

NES
- Double Dragon 3
- Megaman
- Mario Bros

SNES
- Super Metroid
- Prince of Persia
- Secret of Mana
- Flashback

GENESIS
- Sonic series
- Streets of Rage series
- Light Crusader
- Sword of Vermillion

waverace 64

NES: Castlevania 1, 2, 3
Final Fantasy
Crystallis
Legend of Zelda 1

SNES: Final Fantasy all of them
Link to the Past

Genesis: Phantasy Star 2, 3, 4
Warsong
Road Rash 3

NES
Mario 3
Tecmo Bowl
Legend of Zelda

SNES
Super tecmo Bowl
street fighter 2
Super Metroid
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 6

N64
Goldeneye
Wave Race
Conker
Legend of Zelda OoT

Dreamcast
Soul Calibur
Starlancer
Worms Armageddon
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Skies of Arcadia

PsONe
Castlevania
Final Fantasy Collections
Metal Slug x
Xenogears
Silent Hill

1980s Arcade Games
PACMAN

NES/SNES
super sprint
nba jam
super mario world
mortal combat series


N64
golden eye
smash brothers
perfect dark

Genesis:
Kid Chameleon.

1980s Arcade Games
Gauntlet
Altered Beast
X-men (that might be the 90's though) the one with up to six players playing as Cyclops, Storm, Wolvie, Dazzler, Colossus or Nightcrawler

NES
Metal Gear
Final Fantasy
Contra
Mike Tyson's Punch Out

SNES
FF2
FF3
Crono Trigger
Super Mario RPG

PS1
Metal Gear Solid
FF7

Tecmo Super Bowl

Still my favorite game ever.