The Bus

Everyone has that one game that clinched the decision to buy a specific console. Which were yours, with each system?

I'll start it off...

NES: Super Mario Bros.
SNES: Super Mario World, F-Zero
Nintendo 64: Mario Kart 64
Dreamcast: Sonic
Playstation 2: Twisted Metal Black ( )
Xbox: Halo
Xbox 360: Oblivion

For most of them, it was not so much playing the game, but seeing what the system could do with the game.

pinata242

Xbox: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Everything else I either already had because of multiple games or was given as a gift (PS2).

Goldberg74

Gamecube: Luigi's Mansion and Starfox Adventures

BeanDip0001

halo2 for xbox
mariokart ds for nintendo ds
streetfighter 2 for sNES
tekken 2/3 for ps1
duck hunt for NES

PixyJunket

PS1: Street Fighter Alpha
PS2: No single game at the time I got mine.
Xbox: Jet Set Radio Future
Xbox 360: Possibly Blue Dragon?
Cube: Metroid Prime
Wii: The controller.
GBA: Mr. Driller 2
DS: Again, for the library, not a single game.

Liver&Onions

Colecovision - Mousetrap
NES - I didn't care, I just wanted one.
SNES - skipped this generation.
N64 - Mario 64
PS1 - FFVII
Gamecube - The anticipation of Zelda
Xbox - Fable/Knights of the Old Republic
360 - Nothing in particular - just cause it's the latest (and currently greatest)
DS - Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Mario Bros, - the whole damn thing now that I have one.

Deadpool

Dreamcast: Soul Calibur

I had no plans to pick it up, but when I first played SC I was sold.

darkside

Atari 2600: Astroids
NES: Super Mario Bros.
Genesis: Sonic the Hedgehog
SNES: Super Mario RPG
Sega CD: Lunar the Silver Star
3DO: Star Control II
Saturn: Panzer Dragoon Saga
Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64
Dreamcast: Soul Calibur
Playstation: Final Fantasy VII
Playstation 2: None, just the potential of Square.
GameCube: Luigi's Mansion

glasschicken

NES: Super Mario Bros
SNES: More Zelda
Gameboy: Don't know. Had to have it.
Gamegear: Sonic
N64: Super Mario 64
Color Gameboy: Zelda 4 DX.
Virtual Boy: Teleroboxing
PS1: Parasite Eve
Gamecube: Future Zelda
GBA: Link to the Past and Castlevania
PS2: GTA 3
Xbox: Halo and KOTOR.
DS: New Super Mario and Animal Crossing WiFi
Wii: Controller, virtual console, more Zelda/Mario
360: Halo 3
PS3: Something eventually

Blitz6Speed

same for me PS1 wise.
PS2 - Tekken Tag
Neo Geo - Magician Lord
Gamecube - Zelda WW (Insanely huge disapointment)
Xbox - Halo 1/2 (Huge disapointment)
NES - Mike Tysons Punch Out
SNES - Super Metroid/Super Mario World
3D0 - Way Of The Warrior (WHITE ZOMBIE RULED IN IT!!)
Dreamcast - Street Fighter 3
Gameboy - Tetris (Didnt own this system long, lost intrest fast)
Sega CD - Lethal Enforcers W/Gun!
N64 - Got it for nearly free (And i still think its not worth $$$) and wanted to try out Mario 64 (Again, repetitive huge letdown)
Saturn - Nights/Virtua Fighter Series
TG16 - Bonks Adventure

fumanstan

A single game wouldn't convince me to drop 150-300 dollars on a console, but the Final Fantasy series pushed me to get a PS2.

maxfisher

Here they are, in the order I got them...
NES - Contra
SuperNES - Super Mario World
Playstation - Tomb Raider/Alien Trilogy
Gamecube - Star Wars: Rogue Leader
N64 - Zelda: Ocarina of Time
PS2 - wasn't for a specific game, just needed a second dvd player and thought it'd be nice to have the games as an option
Gameboy Micro - Zelda: The Minish Cap
Nintendo DS - a lot of games, though the promise of a new Zelda pushed me over the edge

Canis Firebrand

Hmmm...

Atari 2600: Pitfall
ColecoVision: Zaxxon
Genesis: Sonic
NES: Mario
Dreamcast: Sonic
N64: Mario
PS1: Final Fantasy VII
XBox: Halo
PS2: Final Fantasy X
GameCube: Mario Sunshine
XBox 360: Halo 2 in HD, and wanting the newest system
Nintendo DS: Mario Kart
PSP: Daxter
Wii: Controler, Mario
PS3: If I get one, it will be for Final Fantasy XII

Eric D.

Genesis: Sonic and Quackshot.
Dreamcast: Sonic
Super Nintendo - Killer Instinct
N64: Mario 64
Gamecube: Resident Evil
XBox: Halo
PS2: Zone of the Enders
XBox 360: Call of Duty 2
Nintendo DS: Mario Kart DS

matome

N64: GoldenEye
PS2: Grand Theft Auto 3
Xbox360: Perfect Dark Zero

flix1

N64: Goldeneye
Gamecube: Zelda The Wind Waker (I bought in anticipation of the title, which I was somewhat disappointed in)

jidaigeki

NES - Legend of Zelda
SNES - Final Fantasy II (IV)
TG16 - Devil's Crush, Y's
Genesis - No games really, got it at a garage sale
Saturn - Nights into Dreams
Playstation - Final Fantasy VII
Dreamcast - Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue
PS2 - honestly, I got it because it had a DVD player and could play my PS1 games. None of the games at launch I thought were that great. Closest would me MGS2.
Gamecube - Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing
Xbox - Halo, Morrowind
Xbox360 - Oblivion

DVDChris

NES - Mike Tyson's Punch Out
SNES - Super Mario World
PlayStation - Parappa the Rapper
N64 - WCW/NWO Revenge
PlayStation 2 - Gran Turismo 3
Xbox - Halo 2
GameCube - Rogue Squadron 2
GameBoy Advance - Mario Kart
Nintendo DS - WarioWare Touched

Waiting for Halo 3 to get an Xbox 360...

joeblow69

I just bought a PS2 this weekend for Guitar Hero.

HN

N64 - Goldeneye
PS2 - MGS2:SOL

Save Ferris

Nintendo 64: Goldeneye

Xbox: Halo but was disappointed by it. KOTOR has been my best gaming experience in years however.

Gamecube: The add-on that let you play GBA games on TV. Never used it really though.

Xbox 360: No game specifically

neiname

I promised myself I wouldn't buy a N64 because I wasn't that into video games at the moment. I played Mario 64 and realized I had to own it....

rgarcia

Dreamcast - Shunmue
PS1 - FF VII
PS2 - FF X
Xbox - Halo
Gamecube - just wanted to complete the trio
Xbox 360 - Oblivion

As you can see, I'm a rpg junkie. Its my favorite genre of all. The sad thing I don't finish most of the ones I start. They are always there if I want to go back to finish...

Blade

I picked up an XBox 360 because I didn't want to spend even more money upgrading my computer, and because I'd heard about how much fun Halo was.

I, of course, still have never played Halo

Josh H

NES: Mario Bros
SNES: Super Mario World
N64: Super Mario 64
GBA: Castlevania Circle of the Moon
Playstation: Final Fantasy VII
PS2: Final Fantasy X
X-box: KOTOR