List your favourite game for each console

[thaddeus6th]

This is damned tricky.

PS4 - The Witcher 3
PS3 - The Last of Us
PS2 - Shadow Hearts Covenant
Playstation - FFVII
Mega Drive - Phantasy Star IV
Atari (think this was it, it was a friend's) - Double Dragon

 

[Vaz]

Sega Mega Drive - Alex The Kid

Nintendo Entertainment System - Super Metroid

Super Nintendo - Super Mario bros

PlayStation one - Final Fantasy VII

N64 - Donkey Kong Country

PlayStation 2 - Shadow of the Colossus

Nintendo Wii - Pandoras Tower

PlayStation 3 - Metal Gear Solid Four

Gameboy - Pokemon Red

 

[Galactic Journey]

This is damned tricky.

Atari (think this was it, it was a friend's) - Double Dragon

I don't think Atari had DD -- NES sure did, though.

 

[Vaz]

How did I forget the GameCube?! My favourite game was the four disc, del shaded epic - Tales of Symphonia

 

[thaddeus6th]

Galactic, definitely wasn't a Nintendo system. Can't remember what it was, but I'm sure of that much.

 

[Bugg]

Amstrad CPC 464 - Harrier Attack
Amiga 500 - Frontier: Elite II
Gameboy - Robocop
Sega Mega Drive - Madden NFL
3DO (yes, I had one!) - FIFA
Xbox - Halo
PlayStation 2 - Gran Turismo 3
Gameboy Advance - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
GameCube - Metroid Prime
Xbox 360 - BioShock
PlayStation 3 - Uncharted 2
PSP - Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Nintendo DS - Chrono Trigger
Wii - Metroid Prime Trilogy
PlayStation 4 - The Last of Us Remastered
PC - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Think that's all of them. Honourable mentions for various X-COM/XCOMs, various LucasArts adventures, and Resi 4 (on GameCube).

 

[AlexH]

ZX Spectrum: Ghostbusters

Nintendo Gamecube: Rogue Squadron

Ghostbusters is a contender for me on Amstrad CPC. I loved kitting out the Beetle!

And wasn't Rogue Squadron on the N64? I think Rogue Leader was Gamecube. I didn't play the latter, but the former was great.

Nintendo DS - Chrono Trigger

I'm disappointed that isn't on the SNES Mini, as it never got a European release on the SNES, and I never had a Nintendo DS.

Amstrad CPC 464 - Harrier Attack

I remember the graphics to that being amazing at the time. I bought it from a friend on cassette, but he had a strop and I ended up having to give it him back!

 

[AlexH]

Amstrad CPC: Fantasy World Dizzy

NES: Snake Rattle 'n' Roll

Sega Mega Drive: Streets of Rage 2

Super Nintendo: Terranigma

PC / Windows: The Curse of Monkey Island

Nintendo 64: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Playstation 2: GTA San Andreas

Nintendo Gamecube: Super Smash Bros. Melee

Nintendo Wii: Okami

Nintendo Wii U: Mario Kart 8

Arcade: That 4-player The Simpsons game where random people came and joined in at any time.

Best console ever: Super Nintendo

That was difficult. I didn't bother thinking about it too much, because more and more awesomeness kept coming to mind, so a special mention for Perfect Dark on N64. The only easy one was the SNES, even though that has more of my favourites than any other console. I loved Terranigma so much, even ahead of playing another RPG, Secret of Mana, on 2-player with my bro'. I think the SNES influenced my adult tastes too - moving from Secret of Mana and Terranigma to Studio Ghibli, and similar music from the games.

 

[Bugg]

I'm disappointed that isn't on the SNES Mini

You mean you managed to get one? Jealous!

 

[AlexH]

You mean you managed to get one? Jealous!

Yep. I signed up for alerts direct from Nintendo, and got one about 2 hours after their alert was sent out. Have you signed up for stock alerts from the likes of Amazon?

 

[thaddeus6th]

Ah, Streets of Rage. I miss some aspects of old game, when you only had three buttons, and one of them called in a napalm strike.

 

[Bugg]

Yep. I signed up for alerts direct from Nintendo, and got one about 2 hours after their alert was sent out. Have you signed up for stock alerts from the likes of Amazon?

Nah. I probably would've got one if they'd been easily available, but I have more than enough other stuff to play

 

[Cathbad]

Sometimes I'm jealous that I can't play these great console games, sometimes I'm thankful I saved the money...

 

[EJDeBrun]

oh man oh man.

gameboy: kirby's dream world

SNES: Final Fantasy Six

N64: Mario 64

PS: Suikoden 2

GameCube: Super Mario Sunshine

PS2: Kingdom Hearts 2

PS3: Ni no Kuni

PS4: Tales of Zestria

WII: Super Paper Mario

3DS: Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance

Nintendo Switch: Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Looking at this it's so... repetitive. I swear I've played more than this.

 

[AlexH]

Sometimes I'm jealous that I can't play these great console games, sometimes I'm thankful I saved the money...

It sounds sad, but some of my favourite memories are from games, though usually multiplayer, which doesn't make it quite as sad. You could try an emulator, or find some that are playable online. I haven't ever bought a console actually, apart from a SNES of my own a few years ago so my brother could have the one bought for us, and then the SNES Mini recently, which isn't out for a few months yet.

PS3: Ni no Kuni

Looking at this it's so... repetitive. I swear I've played more than this.

You definitely like your Mario! I wasn't a big fan of Paper Mario for some reason. Ni no Kuni is one of the games I'd most like to play - it has a soundtrack by my favourite composer, Joe Hisaishi, and looks like an amazing game on top of that.

 

[Cathbad]

It sounds sad, but some of my favourite memories are from games, though usually multiplayer, which doesn't make it quite as sad. You could try an emulator, or find some that are playable online. I haven't ever bought a console actually, apart from a SNES of my own a few years ago so my brother could have the one bought for us, and then the SNES Mini recently, which isn't out for a few months yet.

No, the main reason I can't play today's video games is because both the "first-person" view and the 3D motion affects my motion sickness.

 

[AlexH]

No, the main reason I can't play today's video games is because both the "first-person" view and the 3D motion affects my motion sickness.

That's a shame. Most of my favourites are these sort of graphics:
http://fantasyanime.com/legacy/images/terranVWF.png

Though there are some sequences with 3D-ish motion in that one. There are point and click games, that don't have any of that sort of movement as far as I can remember. Games like The Curse of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango are really good fun (both PC, cheap as they're old and will also work on old PCs).

 

[EJDeBrun]

I just happened to think Mario Sunshine WAS the best gamecube game. I played the hell out of that one.

i like the Paper Mario franchise, but I'll admit it was close between that and Zelda: Twilight Princess. (<_<) I don't want to admit how much time I spend on the WiiFit... There really just wasn't that much else on the console!

Honestly, I could keep going for the SNES, PS and PS2. Those were glorious systems. Still, there's great stuff coming up for the PS4 and Switch plus the 3DS keeps me ticking...

 

[AlexH]

I just happened to think Mario Sunshine WAS the best gamecube game. I played the hell out of that one.

i like the Paper Mario franchise, but I'll admit it was close between that and Zelda: Twilight Princess. (<_<) I don't want to admit how much time I spend on the WiiFit... There really just wasn't that much else on the console!

Honestly, I could keep going for the SNES, PS and PS2. Those were glorious systems. Still, there's great stuff coming up for the PS4 and Switch plus the 3DS keeps me ticking...

I didn't like Mario Sunshine much for some reason, then played it years after it was released and wondered why I didn't. Perhaps I expected too much after Mario 64, which was magical at first, and still has something special today (I even tried it with a SNES pad on an emulator last week, and it was great!).

I only played Wii Fit once. Maybe some were hard to find or didn't get much promotion, but I think the Wii has some brilliant games; Ōkami (maybe you had it on PS2?), Xenoblade Chronicles, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (fantastic fun with a few players), Metroid Prime 3, Mario Galaxy 2, Little King's Story, the best multiplayer Bomberman I've played, Monkey Island, World of Goo, Bit Trip...there were loads more I wanted to play, but it was an era when I stopped playing by myself so much, and these days I only really play games with friends. Though I played Breath of the Wild at a friend's on the Wii U, and that's very tempting...

 

[EJDeBrun]

I totally played Okami on PS2... Didn't like X-Chronicles. Was too sad to find someone to play Brawl with. By the time WW came out, I'd already moved onto the PS3. Though I admit I did like Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 quite a lot.

Breath of Fire is amazing. And I'll admit right here, right now, I'm dying to play the new Kingdom Hearts 3.