Best Old Games by Console

[Neil_H]

I've been playing a lot of old games recently thanks to all the emulators you can get (SNES emulator on a Nintendo DS, NES emulator on an iPhone!). What are the best games for the old formats?

NES - never had one but obviously Mario Brothers/ Donkey Kong spring to mind?

SNES - Super Mario World, Prince of Persia (best version of this IMHO), Super Ghouls & Ghosts, Pilot Wings, DK Country, Street Fighter II, Super Mario Kart (how could I forget!), Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past

N64 - Goldeneye, Pilot Wings 64, Blast Corps, Wave Race

PC Engine - R-Type, Bomberman, Gradius, Splatterhouse

Mega Drive - Sonic, Altered Beast, Golden Axe (can't remember any more!)

Playstation - Worms, Tekken, Resident Evil, Destruction Derby, Silent Hill, Coolboarders, Tony Hawk's, Fifa 98, Gran Turismo

Atari Lynx - California Games, Rampart

Atari Jaguar - Tempest 2000

Gameboy - Tetris, Tennis

Game Gear - Puyo Puyo 2

Saturn - Sega Rally Championship

Dreamcast - Crazy Taxi

3DO - Need For Speed, Return Fire, Road Rash 3D, Wing Commander

Edited by Neil_H on Wednesday 21st January 15:25

[M@T.R]

Megadrive- Streets of rage series, sonic, Kid Cameleon...

[rebelstar]

You missed Super Mario Kart for the SNES.

And I'm probably the only person who owned one, but:
Jaguar - Tempest 2000 (one of my all-time favourite games, but that's probably another thread)

[markoc]

+1 for Goldeneye on the N64. I lost literally months of my life to that at Uni.

Also need to add all of the Bomberman series for the various Nintendo consoles.

Edited by markoc on Wednesday 21st January 11:41

[Neil_H]

rebelstar said:

You missed Super Mario Kart for the SNES.

And I'm probably the only person who owned one, but:
Jaguar - Tempest 2000 (one of my all-time favourite games, but that's probably another thread)

Never played the Jaguar, but I was tempted to pick one up on Ebay as newish ones are quite cheap. There was only about 20 games IIRC?

Updated first post to include Playstation!

[WildCards]

Crackdown. I 'think' I had it on the Megadrive, I now have it on the Wii (as a download) as it's still bloody brilliant.

[Roop]

Master System : Out Run, Enduro Rider, Monaco GP
Megadrive : Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, NHL Hockey
NES : Super Mario Bros
SNES : Top Gear
N64 : Goldeneye
Saturn : The semi-3D Sonic one. Sonic Adventures...???
Dreamcast : Crazy Taxi, House of the Dead
PC Engine : Always wanted one of these...!!!

[The Dirty Bubble]

The Neo Geo was pretty good, it was basically a games console which played arcade machine games so the quailty of graphics were way ahead of the SNES/Megadrive.

Back in the day they were very expensive though.

[Neil_H]

The Dirty Bubble said:

The Neo Geo was pretty good, it was basically a games console which played arcade machine games so the quailty of graphics were way ahead of the SNES/Megadrive.

Back in the day they were very expensive though.

Yeah I remember those, they actually made arcade machines using Neo-Geo hardware.

The games were £100+ as well.

Plenty around on Ebay and they are just as expensive as they used to be

[paulm3]

Sega Saturn - Sega Rally Championship

[DoubleYellow]

NES: Marble Run
SNES : Zelda, Mario Allstars, Goof Troof, Mario Kart
Megadrive : Streets of Rage
N64 : Goldeneye (Obviously!), SSX Tricky
Saturn : Sega Rally Championship
Playstation: Coolboarders, Tony Hawk's, Fifa 98, Gran Turismo
Dreamcast : Crazy Taxi
Playstation 2: Nightfire
Xbox: Forza, Rainbow 6

Given, the last few aren't old, but they are not new either.

Edited by DoubleYellow on Wednesday 21st January 13:42

[V6]

Roop said:

Megadrive : NHL Hockey

YES!! I would play it with the sole aim of starting a fight.. Good times

[markoc]

Original Tekken on the PS1.

[Mr_Yogi]

3DO - Need For Speed, Return Fire, Road Rash 3D

[skOOby]

Playstation - Wipeout

Playstation 2 – SSX Tricky

[Roop]

Mr_Yogi said:

3DO - Need For Speed, Return Fire, Road Rash 3D

I will have to get my 3D0 out of the cupboard for some NFS. It's the original 3D0 with the sort of leatherette padding on the case...!

[Neil_H]

Mr_Yogi said:

3DO - Need For Speed, Return Fire, Road Rash 3D

Ah I remember borrowing my mates 3DO at Uni, and NFS and Return Fire were the games of choice. Trying to get the top speed in the Diablo...

I also quite enjoyed Wing Commander, complete with FMV cut-scenes featuring Mark Hamill!

[WildCards]

Neil_H said:

I also quite enjoyed Wing Commander, complete with FMV cut-scenes featuring Mark Hamill!

that was brilliant

[Mr_Yogi]

WildCards said:

Neil_H said:

I also quite enjoyed Wing Commander, complete with FMV cut-scenes featuring Mark Hamill!

that was brilliant

+1

[A1GOY]

SNES - Mario Kart, Donkey Kong (I remember a mate had them both. T'was great)
Mega Drive - Anything Sonic related
PS1 - Wipeout, the original Tomb Raider, Gex 3D (Lesley Philips' voice work was amazing, Final Fantasy VII, Crash Team Racing, Metal Gear Solid and WipEout 2097
N64 - Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros
PS2 - GTA San Andreas, MGS 2&3, Devil May Cry 3, FFX, War of Monsters, SSX 3, Singstar, Black and Gran Turismo 4
Gamecube - Super Smash Bros Melee, MGS remake (pretty...), Mario Kart Double Dash
GBA - Mario Kart Advance, Golden Sun