As I’ve mentioned before and anyone who has read my forum posts knows, I like making lists of gaming-related things.\u00a0 I’ve posted the best and most useful ones of those already here — the futuristic racing games list, the save types list, and the TG16\/CD multitap-games list.\u00a0 I have lots more much less interesting lists, though, but since I did spend time putting them together over the years and it gives me something to post, I’m posting them.\u00a0 There will also be the occasional review, because I have a few more of those to rewrite (they need a fair amount of work, though, the easy ones are done), but more of these for a while.\u00a0 This one is a pure opinion piece, unlike most.<\/p>\n
I am only considering games in each series I have played, of course.\u00a0 I list subcategories for some series.<\/p>\n
Mario overall\u00a0 (& 3D) – Super Mario 64 (N64) As I’ve mentioned before and anyone who has read my forum posts knows, I like making lists of gaming-related things.\u00a0 I’ve posted the best and most useful ones of those already here — the futuristic racing games list, the save … Continue reading
\n2D Mario – Super Mario World (SNES)
\nZelda overall (3D) – Ocarina of Time (N64)
\n2D Zelda – Link’s Awakening (GB)
\nF-Zero overall (& polygonal) – F-Zero GX (GC)
\nsprite F-Zero – F-Zero (SNES)
\nWipeout – Wipeout 64 (N64)
\nMega Man overall (& Classic) – Mega Man 4 (NES)
\nMega Man X – Mega Man X4 (PC\/PS1\/SAT)
\nMega Man Zero and ZX – Mega Man ZX Advent (DS)
\nMega Man RPGs – Mega Man X: Command Mission (GC\/PS2)
\nHeroes of Might & Magic – Heroes of Might & Magic II (PC)
\nWizardry – Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (PC)
\nQuest for Glory – Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero (though Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness is just about tied with it)
\nStar Wars (Overall & Space Sims) – TIE Fighter CD-ROM Collection (PC [DOS ver.])
\nStar Wars First or Third Person Shooters – Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight (and its expansion, Mysteries of the Sith; overall I think I have to rank the base JK1 higher than MotS, but the last few missions of MotS are so amazingly good…)
\nStar Wars Arcadey Flight Combat Games – Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (GC)
\nStar Wars Platformers – Super Return of the Jedi (SNES; the GB version is also good)
\nStar Wars Strategy Games – Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga (PC)
\nStar Wars Action\/Beat ’em Up Games – Lego Star Wars Complete (Wii)
\nIkaruga\/Radiant Silvergun – Ikaruga (Arcade\/DC ver.)
\nStrikers 1945 – Strikers 1945 II (Arcade\/PS1\/SAT)
\nDonpachi – Dodonpachi (Arcade ver.)
\nMonkey Island – The Curse of Monkey Island (PC)
\nExtreme-G – XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association (GC\/Xbox vers.)
\nRush – San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64 ver.)
\nWario Land – Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (GB)
\nLolo – The Adventures of Lolo III (NES)
\nNinja Gaiden – Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Ship of Chaos (NES)
\nStartropics – Startropics (NES)
\nSoul Blazer – Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
\nMana – Final Fantasy Adventure (GB)
\nFinal Fantasy (franchise) – Final Fantasy Adventure (GB)
\nFinal Fantasy (turnbased RPGs) – Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
\nFinal Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (franchise) – FFCC: My Life as a Darklord (Wii WiiWare)
\nWave Race – Wave Race 64 (N64)
\n1080 – 1080 Avalanche (GC)
\nSSX – SSX 3 (GC\/PS2\/Xbox; have for GC)
\nHardball – Hardball 3 (PC\/Genesis; PC ver. is better)
\nThunder – Hydro Thunder (Arcade\/DC\/PS1\/N64; Arcade ver. is best)
\nGradius – Gradius III (SNES ver.)
\nR-Type – R-Type (Arcade\/TG16 vers.)
\nAdvance Wars – Advance Wars Dual Strike (DS)
\nKing of Fighters (series) – The King of Fighters XIII (PC\/X360\/PS3; played on PC)
\nKing of Fighters (Neo-Geo) – The King of Fighters ’02 (Arcade\/Neo-Geo)
\nKing of Fighters (3D) – The King of Fighters 2006 (PS2)
\nStreet Fighter – Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Arcade\/DC\/PS2\/Xbox)
\nLast Blade – The Last Blade 2 (Arcade\/Neo-Geo\/DC\/PS2)
\nSamurai Shodown – Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa’s Revenge (Arcade\/Neo-Geo ver.)
\nDead or Alive – Dead or Alive 4 (X360)
\nSoul – Soul Calibur 2 (GC ver.)
\nArmy Men – Army Men: Air Combat (N64 ver.)
\nBaldur’s Gate: Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC)
\nBanjo – Banjo-Tooie (N64\/X360)
\nDonkey Kong overall – Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
\nDonkey Kong Country series: Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES)
\nClassic Donkey Kong – Donkey Kong Jr. (Arcade\/NES)
\nDonkey Kong [’94]\/Mario vs. Donkey Kong – Donkey Kong [’94] (GB)
\nToshinden: Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy)
\nBattleTanx: BattleTanx: Global Assault (N64)
\nDept. Heaven series: Riviera: The Promised Land (GBA ver.)
\nCastlevania (overall & Classic) : Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
\n3d Castlevania: Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (N64)
\nMetroidvania: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)
\nBionic Commando: Bionic Commando: Elite Forces (GBC)
\nShock (System\/Bio) – System Shock 2 (PC)
\nBomberman – Bomberman GB (US) aka Bomberman GB 2 (Japan) (GB)
\n2D Bomberman – Bomberman GB [US] (GB)
\n3D Bomberman: Bomberman 64 (N64)
\nBubsy – Bubsy 3D (PS1) (yes really)
\nBurnout – Burnout 2: Point of Impact (GC\/PS2\/Xbox)
\nCity Building Series – Caesar II (PC)
\nCruis’n – Cruis’n Exotica (Arcade\/N64)
\nCapcom vs. SNK – Capcom vs. SNK 2 (Arcade\/PS2\/Xbox\/DC\/GC; GC is my favorite version)
\nCastles: Castles – The Northern Campaign (expansion to the original Castles) (PC)
\nStarcraft – Starcraft w\/ Brood War (PC)
\nWarcraft – Warcraft III (PC)
\nAge of Empires – Age of Empires II w\/ The Conquerors (PC)
\nSupreme Commander – Supreme Commander Gold (PC)
\nCommand & Conquer – C&C Red Alert 2 (w\/ Yuri’s Revenge expansion) (PC)
\nCommander Keen – Keen III: Keen Must Die! (or the first trilogy, Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons, if we count it as one game) (PC)
\nContra – Contra: Hard Corps (Genesis)
\nCrazy Taxi – Crazy Taxi (DC ver.)
\nPanzer Dragoon – Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox)
\nSpace Harrier – Space Harrier (Arcade\/Saturn\/Dreamcast\/32X\/WiiVC vers.)
\nThief – Thief 2: The Metal Age (PC)
\nTenchu – Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (PS1)
\nSega Rally: Sega Rally Championship (Saturn)
\nDaytona – Daytona USA (Arcade, first Saturn ver., or X360\/PS3 ver.)
\nDisciples – Disciples II: Dark Prophecy (PC)
\nDoom – Doom (PC\/etc.; SNES is my favorite ’90s console version)
\nWolfenstein – Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC ver.)
\nDriver – Driver (PC\/PS1)
\nDuke Nukem – Duke Nukem 2 (PC)
\nAnnet series – El Viento (Genesis)
\nExcite series – Excitebike 64 (N64)
\nFinal Fight – Final Fight 3 (SNES)
\nFire Emblem – Fire Emblem [7] (GBA)
\nFrogger (series) – Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge (GBC)
\nFrogger (classic) Frogger (Arcade\/etc.)
\nFrogger (modern) – Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge (GBC)
\nRayForce\/etc. series – RayForce\/Layer Section\/Galactic Attack, whatever you call it
\nCastle of Shikigami – Castle of Shikigami III (Wii)
\nMetroid (franchise & 3D)- Metroid Prime 1 in the Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii ver. for better aiming)
\nMetroid (2D) – Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
\nTales – Tales of Symphonia (GC ver.)
\nGauntlet (series & 3D) – Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (GC\/Xbox vers.)
\nGauntlet (classic) – Gauntlet (Arcade)
\nGoemon – Goemon’s Great Adventure (N64)
\nLunar (series) – Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (Sega CD ver.)
\nLunar 1 versions: Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PSX)
\nGrandia – Grandia (Saturn\/PS1)
\nGuild Wars – Guild Wars: Prophecies (the original game) (PC)
\nIndiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC)
\nShinobi – Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Genesis ver.)
\nKing of the Monsters – King of the Monsters 2 (Arcade\/NeoGeo\/SNES ver.)
\nKirby (series) – Kirby’s Dream Land 2 (GB)
\nKirby spinoffs – Kirby’s Pinball Land (GB)
\nKing’s Quest – King’s Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
\n___Stalker – Landstalker: The Treasure of King Nole
\nLemmings – Lemmings (original) (PC ver.)
\nThunder Force – Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar (Genesis)
\nDarius – Darius Gaiden (Arcade\/Saturn\/PS1; have on PS2 collection)
\nRaiden – Raiden (Arcade\/etc.)
\nLode Runner – Lode Runner 3D (N64)
\nLords of the Realm\/Magic – Lords of the Realm II
\nCivilization – Civilization II, w\/ Conflicts in Civilization and Forgotten Worlds addon discs (PC)
\nMario Kart -Mario Kart 64 (N64)
\nMDK – MDK 2 (PC ver.)
\nMaximo\/Ghosts n Goblins – Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (PS2)
\nBattletech – MechWarrior 2 (PC)
\nTotal War – Medieval: Total War (PC)
\nTurrican – Super Turrican (SNES)
\nMetal Slug – Metal Slug 3 (Arcade\/Neo-Geo\/etc.)
\nMicro Machines – Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament (PC ver.)
\nNBA Jam – NBA Jam T.E. (32X and Jaguar vers. are best; also on many platforms)
\nNeverwinter Nights – Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (expansion) (PC)
\nDarkstalkers – Darkstalkers 3 \/ Vampire Savior (Saturn ver.)
\nThe Lost Vikings – The Lost Vikings (PC & Genesis vers.)
\nOutrun (series) – Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PS2\/Xbox\/PC\/PSP)
\nThe Longest Journey – The Longest Journey (PC)
\nPac-Man (series)- Pac-Man (Arcade ver.)
\n3D Pac-Man – Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (DC\/PS1\/N64)
\nPaper Mario – Paper Mario (N64)
\nPhantasy Star – Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst (PC)
\nPokemon – Pokemon Puzzle League (N64)
\nAleste – Super Aleste\/Space Megaforce (SNES)
\nPuzzle Quest – Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (DS ver.)
\nUnreal – Unreal Tournament (PC ver.)
\nHexen\/Heretic (series) – Hexen 2 (PC)
\nRayman (series) – Rayman 2: The Great Escape (DC\/PS2\/PC\/N64)
\nRayman (2D) – Rayman Legends (PC ver.)
\nStar Soldier – Soldier Blade (TG16)
\nResident Evil – Resident Evil 2 (N64 ver.)
\nRollcage – Rollcage Stage II\/Death Track Racing (PC ver.)
\nShadowgate – Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers (N64)
\nSilpheed\/Sylpheed – Silpheed (Sega CD)
\nGate\/Lords of Thunder – Gate of Thunder (TCD)
\nSimCity – SimCity 2000 (PC ver.)
\nSonic (Overall & 2D) – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles(Genesis) (Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is only just<\/em> barely behind it)
\n3D Sonic – Sonic Adventure 2 (DC\/GC vers.)
\nSonic racing games – Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed (PC ver.)
\nStar Fox – Star Fox 64 (N64)
\nStar Ocean – Star Ocean: The 2nd Story (PS1)
\nStar Trek licensed games – Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force (and its Expansion Pack) (PC)
\nSummon Night (overall) – Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (GBA)
\nSummon Night (not Swordcraft Story games) – Summon Night Ex-Thesis (PS2)
\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – TMNT III:\u00a0 The Manhattan Project (NES)
\nTiny Toon Adventures (overall)- Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge (SNES)
\nTiny Toon Adventures (platformers) – Tiny Toon Adventures 2 (NES)
\nTomb Raider – Tomb Raider (Saturn ver.)
\nTop Gear (overall) – Top Gear (SNES)
\nTop Gear (polygonal 3D) – Top Gear Rally (N64)
\nTribes – Tribes: Vengeance (PC) (also my favorite Irrational Games title)
\nTurok – Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (N64)
\nMortal Kombat – Mortal Kombat II (Arcade\/SNES\/32X vers.)
\nWorms – Worms 2 (PC ver.)
\nZork – Zork: Grand Inquisitor (PC)
\nRygar – Rygar (NES)
\nGolden Axe – Golden Axe (Arcade\/Genesis)
\nThe Need for Speed – Need for Speed: High Stakes (PC ver.)
\nHalf-Life – Half-Life 2 (PC ver.)
\nWario Ware – Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Games (GC)
\nChrono – Chrono Trigger (SNES\/DS)
\nPicross (Nintendo) – Picross 3D (DS)
\n3-D Ultra (line of games) – 3-D Ultra Pinball: Lost Continent (PC)
\n7th Dragon – 7th Dragon (DS)
\nEtrian Odyssey – Etrian Odyssey III (DS)
\nAdventure Island – Super Adventure Island II (SNES)
\nBatman (franchise) – The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Genesis)
\nKing’s Quest – King’s Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (PC)
\nValkyrie (Namco) – The Legend of Valkyrie (Arcade\/TG16)
\nAladdin (franchise) – Aladdin (Genesis)
\nAlien Syndrome – Alien Syndrome (Wii\/PSP game; Wii ver.)
\nPrince of Persia – Arabian Nights: Prince of Persia (DC)
\nArkanoid – Arkanoid (Arcade)
\nAssault Suits – Target Earth (Genesis)
\nBattleTanx – BattleTanx: Global Assault (N64)
\nWonder Boy \/ Monster World (overall) – Wonder Boy in Monster World \/ The Dynastic Hero (Genesis\/TCD)
\nWonder Boy or Monster Lair (ie non-Action-RPGs in the franchise) – Monster Lair (TCD ver.; also on Arcade, Genesis)
\nBit Generations \/ ArtStyle (line) – Digidrive (GBA\/DSiWare)
\nBlazBlue – BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (PSP ver.)
\nGuilty Gear – Guilty Gear X2 #Reload (Xbox\/PS2\/PSP)
\nBonk – Bonk’s Adventure (TG16)
\nBurnout – Burnout 2: Point of Impact (GC\/PS2\/Xbox)
\nBust-A-Move – Bust-A-Move 3 \/ ’99 (Arcade\/PS1\/N64; N64 has the best version)
\nDr. Brain – The Island of Dr. Brain (PC)
\nCentipede \/Millipede – Centipede (Arcade, Atari 7800 vers.)
\nChoplifter – Choplifter (Arcade\/SMS ver.)
\nMickey Mouse (license) – Disney’s Epic Mickey (Wii)
\nDonald Duck (license) – Donald Duck: The Lucky Dime Caper (GG)
\nDragon Quest\/Warrior – Dragon Quest IX (DS)
\nFatal Fury – Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves (Arcade\/Neo-Geo\/DC\/etc.)
\nK.C.\u00a0 – K.C. Munchkin (O2)
\nGunstar Heroes – Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA)
\nHot Wheels (license) – Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge (PC ver.)
\nJurassic Park (license) – Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues (SNES)
\nLegend of Kage \/ Demon Sword – Legend of Kage 2 (DS)
\nLooney Tunes (license) – Looney Tunes (GB)
\nMagical Drop – Magical Drop 3 (Neo-Geo\/PS1\/Saturn)
\nMedal of Honor – Medal of Honor: Infiltrator (GBA)
\nMoto Racer – Moto Racer 2 (PC ver.)
\nNaruto (license) – Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution (Wii)
\nOddworld – Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath (Xbox)
\nAlabama Smith games – Arctic Adventure (PC)
\nPuyo Puyo (overall) – Puyo Puyo Fever (Arcade\/DC ver.)
\nPuyo Puyo (by Compile) – Puyo Puyo CD (TCD)
\nRoad Rash – Road Rash 3D (PS1)
\nRolling Thunder – Rolling Thunder (Arcade\/NES)
\nColumns – Sakura Wars: Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (DC)
\nShanghai – Shanghai II (TCD)
\nNiGHTS – NiGHTS into dreams… (Saturn)
\nMysterious Dungeon – Shiren the Wanderer [3] (Wii)
\nTempest\/Space Giraffe – Tempest 2000 (Jaguar)
\nGalaga\/Galaxian – Galaga (Arcade or Atari 7800 vers.)
\nSpace Invaders – Space Invaders (SNES)
\nSpider-Man (license) – Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge (Genesis\/SNES\/GG)
\nTetris – Tetris DS (DS)
\nBlockout \/ 3D Tetris – 3D Tetris (VB)
\nSurvival Kids \/ Lost in Blue – Survival Kids (GB\/C)
\nTaz (license) – Taz-Mania (GB)
\nTekken – Tekken 3 (PS1)
\nTest Drive – Test Drive 6 (DC ver.)
\nToaplan Shmups – Truxton (Genesis) (2nd: Daisenpuu Custom (TCD))
\nVectorman – Vectorman (Genesis)
\nVirtua Fighter – Virtua Fighter 5 Online (X360\/PS3)
\nX-Men – X-Men (Arcade)
\nYoshi (platformers) – Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario World 2 (SNES)
\nYs – Ys: The Vanished Omens (SMS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"