PLATFORMER
Castlevania III (NES)
Super Mario Deluxe (GBC)
Mega Man III (NES)
ACTION
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistance (PS2)
Dead Rising (360)
Streets of Rage III (Genesis)
FIGHTING
Virtua Fighter 4 (PS2)
Capcom vs. SNK 2 (PS2)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat III (SNES)
SIM
The Sims 2 (PC)
Simcity (SNES)
SimEarth (SNES)
SANDBOX
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
PUZZLE
Deja Vu 1 & 2 (GBC)
Fire n' Ice (NES)
Tetris (GB)
OTHER
Pokemon Pearl (DS)
Max Payne 2 (PS2)
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)
...man, that was hard...
Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
Posts: 6749
Posted:
Mar 31 2009 01:06 am
Cameron wrote:
Where does survival horror fall? Oh well, I'll just assume it's "Adventure".
Depends, Adventure, Action, or Other I guess. Except for "Dead Rising", I would put that one under SIM.
Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
Posts: 5603
Posted:
Mar 31 2009 01:12 am
Haha, Cam, I love how you put the Blitzball segments from FFX. I agree, alot of people disliked those, but I always thought they were kind of fun and helped to authenticate the story and atmosphere.
FPS
Unreal Tournament
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Metroid Prime
RPG
Final Fantasy IV
Lufia 2
Final Fantasy VI
SPORTS
Mario Kart Double Dash
NHL94
VirtuaTennis
STRATEGY
Warcraft II
ADVENTURE
The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
PLATFORMER
Sonic 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Metroid
ACTION
This is a top level genre of games... many of its subgenres are listed already.
SIM
Sim City 2000
FIGHTING
Street Fighter 2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
SANDBOX
n/a
PUZZLE
The Lost Vikings
OTHER
MMORPG - World of Warcraft - I may no longer play it, but I did enjoy most of the 3050 hours I logged. That said, never again.
MMO MUD - Gemstone III - I no longer play it, but I did enjoy most of the ... I don't know how much time I played this for, but it was close to WoW... NEVER AGAIN!!!
tuddy
Title: can't defeat AirMan
Joined: Oct 11 2008
Location: The UK
Posts: 97
Posted:
Mar 31 2009 08:05 am
FPS (Anything that is played in 1st person view)
Bioshock (PC)
Half-Life 2 (though this can be replaced by pretty much any of the Source engine games) (PC)
Doom (PC)
RPG (Final Fantasy, KOTOR, etc)
Final Fantasy IX (PS1)
Persona 4 (PS2)
Secret Of Mana (SNES)
(you have no idea how hard it was to pick three)
SPORTS (Wrestling and Driving games can go here too)
Initial D - Street Stage (PSP)
Konami Krazy Racers (if kart games count. If not- screw you!) (GBA)
WWF Attitude! (PS1)
(again, hard to pick three, because I think I've only played like 5 sports games in my life)
STRATEGY (RTS games, turn based wargames, Tactics games, etc)
Advance Wars (GBA)
Super Robot Taisen Alpha 3 (PS2)
Super Robot Taisen J [Justice] (GBA)
ADVENTURE (Lucasart style games and the like)
Sam and Max Hit The Road (PC)
Day of The Tentacle (PC)
Maniac Mansion (PC or NES, I'm not too fussed)
ACTION (Everything from shoot em ups to lightgun games to beat em ups)
Touhou Project 9 - Phantasmagoria of Flower View (PC) (it's a shoot 'em up, if you didn't know)
Streets of Rage (MegaDrive/Genesis)
Probotector (MegaDrive) (it's the European localization of the contra game for the Genesis, btw)
SIM (Flight sim, Driving sims, etc. All "SimWhatever" games can go here too.)
The Sims 2 (PSP)
The Urbz (DS)
The Sims 2 Castaway (PSP)
(Console Sims games > PC Sims games)
FIGHTING (Street Fighter to Smash Bros goes here)
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 (Dreamcast)
Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Wii)
Guilty Gear XX (PC)
SANDBOX (GTA type games)
Elder Scrolls Morrowind (PC)
Elder Scrolls Oblivion (PC)
GTA - San Andreas (PS2)
OTHER (Everything else, including Rock Band, DDR, etc)
Pokemon Silver (GBC)
Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Stardust Accellerator - World Championship Tournament 2009 (DS) (though this could be ANY of the Yu-Gi-Oh games on the PS1, GBA, PS2 or DS)
Yume Nikki (PC) (quite an odd Japanese indie game that's hard to classify. It has RPG elements, but is nothing like any RPG I've ever played)
Quote:
Playing Video Games all day, alone and friendless, is simply the best way that we have to prepare our children for a life of solitude in a bare wasteland
The M Blaze
Title: Emo Git
Joined: Feb 15 2009
Location: Finland
Posts: 72
Posted:
Mar 31 2009 10:28 am
FPS
Portal (PC/360)
Fallout 3 (360) - okay, so I think FO3 is more an RPG or a sandbox game than an FPS, but I guess it can go here as well.
Left 4 Dead (360)
RPG (Final Fantasy, KOTOR, etc)
Persona 4 (PS2)
Persona 3 FES (PS2)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC/Xbox)
(guess how hard it was to pick three)
SPORTS (Wrestling and Driving games can go here too)
King of Colosseum II (PS2) - the undisputed champion of wrestling games.
OutRun (arcade/Shenmue II minigame) - I love me some OutRun.
Daytona USA (arcade/Dreamcast) - ROOOOOLLLING STAAAAAAAART
STRATEGY (RTS games, turn based wargames, Tactics games, etc)
Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle-Earth (PC) - the only RTS I own at the moment
Combat Mission (PC) - this was pretty cool back in the day
Steel Panthers: World At War (PC) - as was this
ADVENTURE (Lucasart style games and the like)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - my favorite game of all time
Shenmue II (Xbox/Dreamcast)
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (PC)
(I could really have just listed three Zelda games...)
PLATFORMER (Mario, Castlevania, Metroid, etc)
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Mega Man II (NES)
ACTION (Everything from shoot em ups to lightgun games to beat em ups)
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
Earth Defense Force 2017 (360)
Rez HD (360)
SIM (Flight sim, Driving sims, etc. All "SimWhatever" games can go here too.)
Grand Prix Legends (PC)
Grand Prix 4 (PC)
Extreme Warfare Revenge (PC) - a manager-type game where you run a wrestling promotion. Great freeware fun, although its sequel (Total Extreme Warfare series) is bigger and better (and costs money).
FIGHTING (Street Fighter to Smash Bros goes here)
Mortal Kombat II (SNES/Xbox/PS3)
Killer Instinct (arcade/SNES)
Virtua Fighter 3 (arcade/Dreamcast)
SANDBOX (GTA type games)
Grand Theft Auto IV (360)
Saints Row 2 (360)
GTA: San Andreas (PC/PS2)
RPG
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Shining Force Series (All three games are too epic to seperate and rank) (Genesis)
Phantasy Star Series (All four games are too epic to seperate and rank) (Genesis)
Beyond Oasis (Genesis)
SPORTS
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Mutant League Hockey (Genesis)
Mutant League Football (Genesis)
NHL '95 (Genesis)
SANDBOX
Postal 2 (PC)
Grand Theft Auto 2 (PC)
Nightshade (NES)
PUZZLE
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Columns (Genesis)
Dr. Mario (NES)
Zoop (Genesis)
Racing (Added in the section, because I've got a top three Racing games too, and I don't think Racing is a sport)
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Road Rash Series (Genesis)
Need for Speed : Hot Pursuit 2 (PC)
Twisted Metal (Playstation)
OTHER
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Democracy (PC)
Sonic Spinball (Genesis)
Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 4637
Posted:
Apr 01 2009 09:12 pm
M3GA MAN wrote:
SANDBOX
Nightshade (NES)
I looked this up on wikipedia, and it sounds pretty interesting. I'll have to hunt it down.
tomrussell
Title: Chief Bottle -Washer
Joined: Mar 11 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 49
Posted:
Apr 05 2009 12:46 am
FPS: N/A.
RPG:
Final Fantasy VI
SPORTS:
Punch-Out!!
STRATEGY:
Battle of Wesnoth
ADVENTURE:
Anything but Myst
Maniac Mansion
PLATFORMER:
Super Mario Bros.
Mega Man II
Run Jump-- okay, that one's mine, but I just can't resist the urge to plug:
If I have to choose a different third, I'd go with... let's see... Knytt Stories ?
ACTION (Indie Shmup Edition):
Clean Asia!
Fractal Fighter
White Butterfly
SIM:
SimCity
Oregon Trail
FIGHTING:
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
SANDBOX: N/A
PUZZLE:
Tetris (the perfect game)
Lumines
Lolo/Eggerland series
OTHER: N/A
With a lot of the N/As, I have of course played games in that genre but not enough where I feel comfortable declaring a favorite.
Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
Posts: 5603
Posted:
Apr 05 2009 02:31 am
Cameron wrote:
M3GA MAN wrote:
SANDBOX
Nightshade (NES)
I looked this up on wikipedia, and it sounds pretty interesting. I'll have to hunt it down.
Yea, I had never heard about it either and checked it out. Very cool game.
I looked this up on wikipedia, and it sounds pretty interesting. I'll have to hunt it down.
Yea, I had never heard about it either and checked it out. Very cool game.
If you want to do a "Let's Slay" then vote for it in the poll that I have set-up... I'm in Season 3 and everytime I have that up it either ties or loses by one. But it's not really a sandbox...
