Choosing these based on the Games I Spent The Most Time With divided by LOVE

10. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive) - This just blew my tiny mind when it came out. Me and my best friend both got it, and spent months playing it, competing with scores and times.

9. Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360) - The first game I really played online heavily, thanks in huge part to the FNF we had via Oldrum. So many amazing laughs had when we wanted to, but also super serious racing too, which I was inexplicably and annoyingly good at at times. Such a shame we don't have the same numbers playing FM4.

8. Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PSP) - This version wins because it truly shines on that screen. Almost perfect arcade gaming. Love it.

7. Amplitude (PS2) - In my opinion, the best rhythm-action game there's been. Harmonix were already masters of the genre before anyone mentioned plastic peripherals.

6. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PS2) - I've spent all of my gaming life playing various interpretations of The Beautiful Game. This still stands as the finest attempt at it.

5. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 (PS1) - Much the same reasons Reg listed for 3. It was the right game at the right time for me.

4. We Heart Katamari (PS2) - The game that changed everything for me. Stopped me from being so close-minded when it came to the hobby. Just couldn't believe there was a game like this out there, and it was ours. Made me think games were the best medium ever. (I'm not as eloquent as others. I can't put it into words gud).

3. Virtua Tennis (DC) - Arcade perfection, pretty much.

2. Power Stone 2 (DC) - See 3. Also, I had the Jap version about 9 months before it reached the UK. It was so awesome feeling like it was my own little secret, that only I out of my friends owned. Whilst they were buying the Fifa's and Need For Speeds and Goldeneyes of the day, I had my little Japanese disc of multiplayer mayhem, and everybody loved it. That disc and the console went with me pretty much everywhere.

1. Rez (PS2) - Don't know what to say, really. Kinda like Katamari in that it really changed what I perceived games could do to me at that point. It brought out such euphoric emotions while I played it for the first year or so.

Safe to say that I'm not good at talking up games when pressed. Much better at this over Live, drunk.

The story so far.  Reading them together, there are some clear forerunners, inexplicably dominated by fucking Zelda.  Halo, MGS, FF and GTA franchises are also well represented.  I think, in fairness, we should press some of you to plane your list down to ten specific games.  If you've got a franchise in your top ten, pick your favourite, if your list has less than ten, provide more, more than ten, trim some off.  If you want to PM me edits, formats, exact titles and so on, I can keep it up to date, and JonB can add to the OP.  Any statisticians out there can play with the results.

mk64
Tetris (DS)
ISS2000 (N64?)
Advance Wars DS (DS)
Mario 64 (N64)
Street Fighter 2 HDR 
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
North and South
Outrun 2
Halo 3 (360)
Double Dragon (Arcade)

jmw
Plankwalk (BBC)
Elite (BBC)
Tetris (Gameboy)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
MAG (PS3)
Railfan (PS3)
Everybody's Golf (Vita)
Jetpack Joyride (IOS)
Burnout Paradise (PS3)

JonB
Dark Souls (360)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Mario 64 (N64)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Street Fighter 2 Turbo (SNES)
Fire Emblem (GBA)
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)
Dragon Quest IX (DS)
Bayonetta (360)
F-Zero X (N64)

Aaroncupboard
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)
God of War (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
Goldeneye (N64)
Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
Gears of War (360)
Theme Park World (PS1)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (360)
Peggle (360)
Darksiders (360)

retro74
Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Demon's Souls (PS3)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
GTA : Vice City (PS2)
Phoenix Wright
Double Dragon
International Track & Field
Bioshock
Goldeneye (N64)
Outrun

Dark Soldier
Trials HD (360)
Championship Manager 01/02
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Peggle (360)
Super Metroid
Borderlands
Trials Evolution (360)
Resident Evil 4 (GC)
F.E.A.R.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Shinji
Silent Hill 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Super Metroid
Monkey Island 2
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
Picross
Silent Hill 3
Dark Souls
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (SNES)
Trials HD (360)

TheDJR
Half-Life 2
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Final Fantasy IX
Chrono Cross
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Persona 4
Dark Souls

Nick
Demon's Souls (PS3)
Super SF2 Turbo
Dark Souls
Silent Hill 2
Lone Survivor (PC)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (N64)
Street Fighter IV
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Super Mario World
Final Fight

Fentonizer
Pokémon Fire Red/Leaf Green
Super Metroid
Donkey Kong Country 2
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Braid
Super Mario World
Timesplitters 2 (PS2)
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Metal Gear Solid 1 (PS1) & Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
Spacechem

Raiziel
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Civilization 4
Final Fantasy X
Baldur's Gate 2
Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire expansion
Dragon Quest IX
World of Warcraft
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Halo
Geometry Wars

Tempy
Dark Souls (360)
Bayonetta (360)
Age of Empires II (PC)
Rome Total War (PC)
Metroid Prime (GC)
Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)
Pokemon Gold (GBC)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)

Sasukekun
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (N64)
Ico (PS2)
Final Fantasy IX
World of Warcraft
Final Fantasy X
Time Crisis
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey (PS1)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)

LazyGunn
Damocles (Amiga)
Elite (BBC)
Frontier (Amiga)
Unreal Tournament (PC)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (360)
X-Wing (PC)
Super Probotector (SNES)
Streetfighter 2 Turbo (SNES)
Ironman's Offroad (NES)
Snake Rattle & Roll (NES)

Skade
Warning Forever (PC)
Baldur's Gate 2 (PC)
MAG (PS3)
Everybody's Golf: World Tour (PS3)
Warhawk (PS3)
Dragons Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King (PS2)
Alpha Centauri (PC)
Psycho Fox (MS)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)

acemuzzy
Super Mario World
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (N64)
Super Metroid
Final Fantasy VI (III)
Secret of Mana
Civ II
Final Fantasy XII
Super Meat Boy
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Ico
The Secret of Monkey Island
Final Fantasy VII
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)

stormyskiesahead
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
Half Life 2 (360)
Halo: Reach (360)
Oddworld: Strangers Wrath (Xbox)
Fable 2 (360)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360)
Far Cry 2 (360)

Liveinadive
Banjo Kazooie (N64)
Timesplitters 2 (PS2)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Sonic 3 / Sonic & Knuckles
Micro Machines 2 Turbo 96
Streets of Rage
F-Zero X
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Smash Bros Melee
Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga)

davyK
Warlords (Atari 2600)
Worms Armageddon (PC)
Asteroids (Arcade)
Tetris (Wii)
Super Mario World (SNES)
F-Zero X (N64)
Oshaberi Parodius (Saturn)
Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Mario Kart: Double Dash (GC)
Tempest X3 (PS1)

optimark_prime
NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn)
Streets of Rage 2 (MD)
Gunstar Heroes
Dragon's Fury
Super Tennis (SNES)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
Left 4 Dead (360)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Sonic Jam (Saturn)
Samba de Amiga (DC)

hylian_elf (Nintard mode)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB)
Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Mario 64 (N64)
Yoshi's Island
Mario World
Super Metroid

hylian_elf (Standard mode)
5The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
Super Metroid
Journey (PS3)
Ico (PS2)
Terranigma
Secret of Mana
Halo 3
Half Life 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS3)

Choke
Unreal
Dungeon Keeper
Pharoah's Tomb
Metroid Prime
Grim Fandango
Deus Ex or Riddick: Butcher Bay
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)
Onimusha 2
Killer7
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

Mod74
Battlefield: Bad Company (360)
Frostbite (Atari 2600)
Pac-Man CEX (360)
Residential Evil 4 (GC)
Metroid Prime (GC)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Gran Turismo (PS1)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)

Roujin
UFO: Enemy Unknown
Fallout 2
Tekken Series
Cannon Fodder
James Pond 2: Robocod
Mario 64 (N64)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Minecraft (PC)
Bayonetta 
10. Dead Rising (360)

Bollockoff
Half Life
Team Fortress 2
Baldur's Gate 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
Dark Souls

kollarn
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (PS2)
Secret of Mana (SNES)
Yoshi's Island (SNES)
F-Zero (SNES)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Metroid Prime (GC)
Resident Evil 4 (PS2)
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)
Wipeout (PS1)
Final Fantasy VIII (PS1)

daviedigi
defender (Arcade)
Ridge Racer (Arcade)
Colony Wars (PS1)
Road Rash
Bushido Blade (PS1)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)

LarryDavid
Advance Wars (GBA)
Super Probotector (Snes)
Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
Virtua Tennis 2 (DC)
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (PS2)
Power Stone (DC)
Okami (PS2)
Jumping Flash (PSone)
Sega Rally (Saturn)

I_R
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (360)
Galaxian (Arcade)
Lords of Midnight (ZX Spectrum)
Project Gotham Racing 4 (360)
Elite (ZX Spectrum)
Goldeneye (N64)
Sega Rally (Saturn)
Flashback (Megadrive)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Xbox)
1080 Snowboarding (N64)

adkm1979
Ico (PS2)
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
Bushido Blade (PS1)
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3)
Colony Wars (PS1)
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (Atari ST)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PS2)
Kessen (PS2)
Gears of War 2 (360)
Grand Theft Auto (PS1)

monkey
Monkey Island 2
Gunstar Heroes
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Mario World
One of the PESes - round the 2002 / 2003
Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast
NHL 94
Flashback
Starfox 
Mass Effect 2 (360)

Mouldywarp
Advance Wars (GBA)
Ikaruga
Mario 64 (N64)
Mario Galaxy (Wii)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Donkey Kong Country (N64)
Dark Souls
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Okami
Goemon (N64)

MattyJ
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
BioShock (360)
Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Gears of War (360)

regmcfly
Super Mario World (SNES)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
We Love Katamari (PS2)
Blast Corps (N64)
Resident Evil 4 (PS2)
Fallout 3 (360)
Left 4 Dead (360)
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (GC)
Diablo 2 (PC)
Borderlands (360)

Paul the Sparky
Flashback (MD)
Mario 64 (N64)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (PS2)
Resident Evil (PS1)
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (360)
Dark Souls (360)
Red Dead Redemption (360)
Wipeout 2097 (PS1)

JRPC
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
Goldeneye (N64)
Resident Evil 4
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Half Life 2
Halo 3 (360)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

afgavinstan
Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (MD)
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PSP)
Amplitude (PS2)
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PS2)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1)
We Love Katamari (PS2)
Virtua Tennis (DC)
Power Stone 2 (DC)
Rez (PS2)

I'll make my 10th Burnout Paradise then, to represent a genre that I don't massively like but do play a fair bit of. It got more right than most and is still one I can pick up today and bomb around in for a while. Screw you Ultimate for not coming up with something I'd still want to play now.

Burnout Paradise was very very close to my top ten. Don't think I've ever played a game through from the start 4 times. I did with that, loved every bit.

Hence why I have massive expectations for NFS:MW.

Yep, that's the one I've got it on.

How is Pilotwings a platformer?

Shit, Burnout 3 could easily be in my Top 10 actually. Played that to death and it remains the only racing game i've ever loved, outside of Mario Kart.

Also, only 11 PC games. Shocking. Stop using the box to post piffle here and get some classic games on there!

I can almost feel the fury from your posts Temps. I need to revise my list.

Burnout Paradise is a great call - magic game.

TheDJR wrote:

I can almost feel the fury from your posts Temps. I need to revise my list.

I'm just surprised at the lack of PC games, mainly because they always appeared leagues ahead of what was around at the time. I took a break from the Gamecube until recently, but I was always looking out for the PC stuff and envying it. A lot of it is dumbed down these days I guess, but they have still do some things that consoles can only dream of. RTS games have evolved a lot since the sublime AoE2, with Call of Heroes adding a new twist to it. It is a crime that people haven't played Mechwarrior 2 or 3 though. Everyone goes a bit weak at the knees to Steel Battalions UBER controller, but PC geeks were doing it years before. Mechwarrior 3 had controls for everything, walk one way whilst turning your chassis another and firing weapon group b at that enemy before using jumpjets to crest a hill and unleash a salvo of missiles on a enemy before flushing your heatsinks. Heh, I think PC gaming filled me with wonder as a kid because it was my Dad's schtick, and they just seemed so incredible compared to the PS1 stuff.

Shame they're all such a diversion from the original.

Rather than asking me to follow those edits, you could just give me your top ten. PM if you like.

I'll PM mine too.

The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (Gamecube)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
Half Life 2 (360)
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (Xbox) 
Metal Slug 3 (Arcade/Wii)
Phantom Crash (Xbox)
Fable 2 (360)
The Elder scrolls IV: Oblivion (360)
Far Cry 2 (360)
Bioshock (360)

I'm fairly delighted with my list. Until whatever pish that get a 7-8 I inexplicably fall in love with this year comes out.

adkm1979 wrote:

Mod74 Pac-Man CEX (360)

Pac-Man CE:DX

Pac-Man CEX would be a very different game