What are your all time favorite games?

Mine are
1. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Resident Evil 4 (yeah - it's that good)
3. Resident Evil (gamecube version superior)
4. Doom
5. Chrono Trigger (my god I wish it would come out on the GBA SP already)

I'll limit myself. Some that do deserve mention as being great are:
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Doom 64 (I'm probabaly the only human to like this game)

What criteria do you use to deem as game as an all time favorite?

sonic 3 -sega megadrive
counter strike / halflife 2
mario - all
zelda ocarina of time -classic

1. Super Metroid (SNES): I've beat it 8 times. My best is achieving 100% in 2 hours, 37 minutes. I found 2 different ways to get powerbombs before you're supposed to.

2. Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES): The hours I spent mastering the dragon punch and those 2-in-1 combos (and this game still has the best combo system of any game ever IMO.) This game put more blisters on my thumbs than any other. I remember playing with bandaids...

3. Doom (SNES): Beating Hell on the hardest difficulty. I remember that there isn't enough ammo to kill all the baddies on some levels (you start with just a pistol), so I had to run around and rig it where they would shoot each other in the back, so I still get 100% kills.

4. Mortal Kombat III: I don't remember the button string, but I bet I could pick up a controller and pull of Kabal's 7 hit 45% damage combo first try...it's permanently programed into my thumbs.

Not saying these were the best games by any means, but that was back when I only had a SNES and didn't have the money to buy a new game very often. I got my money's worth out of these games.

I quit playing from 1996 to 2004, so I missed out the PS1 and N64.

I feel myself a kind of noob because i don't have any experience from consoles like NES, SNES, etc.

But, the list might be something like this:

1) Metal Gear Solid (PSX) - When this came out (was it 1998?), graphics, story and music were something special. In fact the story with excellent boss matches is still on of he best I've seen.
2) Half-Life (PC) - Revolutionary masterpiece wich remodeld FPS-games.
3) Can't decide.

Let's check it again when I get MGS3.

In no particular order, games that need mention:

Starcraft - Good story, great balance, and some of the best online multiplayer fun since... ever.

Skies of Arcadia - For me, it's often the intangibles that draw me to a game. SoA, on the outside, isn't very special, but it's got something about it that kept me happy when I was playing it, and nothing I've done in gaming matches the feeling of having your own pirate base.

Red Alert - Though, come to think of it, I haven't played all that many RTS games, I love the ones I have, and Red Alert is special. This game features some of the most outright enjoyable single player missions I've ever played, and the story is good fun.

I'm also partial to Final Fantasies VII and X.

I know I mentioned it in the PS2 forum but Final Fantasy VII is hands down the greatest game of all time. Well in my opinion at least.
To make this different I'll list some others.
Grim Fandango is a great game and if you're not familiar with it or Tim Schaefer's work you must play it.
Starcraft, which I know most people have played.
And of course The Sonic the Hedgehog series.
I'm sure there's a few I can't think of right now...

Mine are: Deus Ex, World of Warcraft, GTA (3, Vice City and San Andreas), Baulders Gate 1 and 2 on the PS2, Far Cry..... the list goes on. But my Clear winner is Deus Ex.

Not in order:

Tekken series
Devil May Cry series
Resident Evil series
Grand Theft Auto series
Doom series

1. Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)
2. Suikoden II (PS1)
3. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
4. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
5. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES/SNES/GBA)

Those are all good games from what I've played. I'd love to get my hands on Suikoden II... especially after playing the original.

Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
Soul Calibur (DC)
Halo & Halo 2 (Xbox)
Final Fantasy 8 (PS1)
Fable (Xbox)
All Contra games

Sam & Max Hit The Road
Fallout
Final Fantasy 7 & tactics (tie)
Half-Life 2

These are some of the most memorable games I’ve encountered…

Yars’ Revenge [Atari 2600]
Venture [ColecoVision]
Shamus [Commodore VIC-20]
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny [Apple IIe]
Bionic Commando [NES]
Phantasy Star II [Genesis]
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty [DOS]
Marathon II: Durandal [Mac OS]
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness [Windows]
Ocarina of Time [Nintendo 64]
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [PS]

I had a long, gameless break between the Atari and PS2, so ...

River Raid
Gran Turismo 3 (The reason I bought a PS2)
Red Faction
Grand Theft Auto III, VC and SA.
Grim Fandango (for the PC)

My favorite of all time is Dungeons and Dragons on the Intelevision system. After that:

Kid Icarus - NES
Legend of Zelda - NES
Rygar - NES
Mario 2 - NES
RBI Baseball - NES

These are my favorites mainly because they're a part of my childhood. I like new games, too, but they don't have much meaning beyond themselves like these do.

My Addictions over the years, starting with most recent and working back.

God of War (STORY STORY STORY and Gameplay)
Def Jam FFNY
Fight Night 2004 (best boxing game ever)
Halflife 2 (best 1st person shooter ever)
Ninja Gaiden (re-invented responsive gameplay)
Jedi Academy (best starwars game ever)
Soul Calibur (sold the Dreamcast)
Soul Reaver
Unreal Tournament
Quake2 (first mouse use in a shooter)
Bushido Blade
Tekken2
Resident Evil (invented Horror games)
Battle Arena Toshinden (reason I got a PS1)
Tomb Raider (defined modern 3rd person action)
Mario64
Strider
MegaMan
Mortal Kombat 1
Street Fighter 2 (rebirth of going to the archade to play)
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Super Mario Brothers (Game Revolution #2)
Spy Hunter (stand-up)
Kung Fu Master
Leasure Suit Larry 1
Kings Quest
Space Quest (bringing graphics to the RPG)
Ghostbusters (commodore 64)
Tron (stand up)
Karate Champ (1st fighting game)
Planetfall
Zork (inventing the RPG)
Pitfall (inventing the side-scroller)
Dragon's Lair & SpaceAce ('c-mon props to the graphics)
Grand Prix (atari 2600)
Yar's Revenge
Donkey Kong
Hyper MrsPacman
PacMan (Game revolution #1)
Asteroids
Pong (had to throw that out there, I will never forget my uncle saying "look.. You can PLAY the TV!!!")

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1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
4. Super Smash Bros. Melee
5. Burnout Revenge
6. Shadow of the Colossus
7. Ratchet and Clank 2
8. Wario Land
9. Bubble Bobble 2
10. Super Mario 64

I have a friend who keeps raving about the new Zatch Bell game (www.zatch-bell.com)--but I haven't been over to play it yet. Anyone played it? I've really gotten into the show, so i'm really anxious to see what it's like. I think my favortite game ever is probably the original Castlevania for Nintendo -- it's the first one that I ever disappeared for hours in. and now i hear they're making a movie!

Hmm...it's hard for me to mentally compare NES/SNES action games to RPGs. Those are the two types of games I like, but I never play them at the same time. I get on NES platform jags, and I get on RPG jags. So, I'll list them both separately.

Best RPGs (NOT in order):
Final Fantasy Tactics (Though, this is #1)
Tales of Eternia, Symphonia
Star Ocean 1, 2, 3
Xenogears
Valkyrie Profile
Final Fantasy 4, 5
Growlanser Generations
Lufia 1, 2

Best NES/SNES/Genesis platformers
Super Metroid
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(And the DISTANT seconds..)
Zelda 1, 2, 3
Mario 2j, 3
Ninja Gaiden 1, 2, 3
Castlevania 1, 3
Megaman 1, 2, 3
Sonic 1, 2, 3

id have to say FF7 followed closely by Zelda Ocarina of Time, but theyre pretty hard to compare, so it's more like a tie