nes
super dodge ball...could play that game for hours, with or without friends around

snes
mario kart...great drinking and driving game with the boys

psx
tekken 3...still get the urge to throw this one in
mgs...couldn't put this one down until I beat it
MOH series

ps2
gta 3...originality at its best..fight the fuzz
mgs2
SSX

MGS2
GTA3

Don't be sorry!

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"All Hail the Magic Conch!"

Adventure (Atari 2600)
Utopia (Intellivision)
Golden Axe (Sega Genesis)
Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)
Virtua Fighter 4 (PS2)
Starcraft, Everquest (PC)

And if/when I get them:
Star Wars Rogue Leader (Gamecube)
Halo (Xbox)

Although I own an Xbox I am still waiting for that game.

As good as Halo is I could not get into the controls.

Perhaps Project Ego, Knights of the Old Republic, Elder Scrolls or something else will make me feel I was glad I got the system

Goldeneye 007

GTA3

Got me back into gamming altogether.

PS2
***
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It
SSX
SSX Tricky
NBA Street
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Hot Shots Golf 3
Aggressive Inline

Gamecube
********
WWE Wrestlemania X8
Super Monkey Ball

PC
**
The Sims
The Sims: Livin' Large
Rollercoaster Tycoon

PS
**
Dance Dance Revolution
Jeopardy
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

Dreamcast
********
Virtua Tennis
Sonic Adventure

N64
***
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
Extreme G-II
Rush 2: Extreme Racing

Genesis
*******
Skitchin'
Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
NBA Jam
NHL 1993

These are games I honestly feel are worth buying a whole system just to play and all are games I bought and felt they were well worth full price. I limited it to my favorite two or three for each console. No future games are listed because you can't judge a game strictly by how great you think it will be. Game Cube will have many games worth getting a system for, but until they are out I'm not listing them.


NES
Legend of Zelda
Metroid
Super Mario Bros 3

Super NES
Super Metroid
Super Mario RPG
Chrono Trigger

Genesis
John Madden Football
Sonic
Shining Force

Sega CD
Snatcher
Shining Force CD
Lunar the Silver Star

3DO
Star Control II
Lost Files of Shelock Holmes
Return Fire

Saturn
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Shining Force III
Nights

Playstation
Final Fantasy VII
Chrono Cross
Xenogears

Nintendo 64
Super Mario 64
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Paper Mario

Dreamcast
Skies of Arcadia
NBA2K2
NFL2K2

Playstation 2
Grand Theft Auto III
Metal Gear Solid 2
Gran Turismo 3

Game Cube
Resident Evil
Tony Hawk 3

Xbox
Halo
Tony Hawk 2X

Game Boy Advance
Tactics Ogre
Golden Sun
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Neo Geo Pocket
Card Fighters Clash
SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millenium
Sonic Pocket Adventure

Added my picks for the Dreamcast and original Gameboy to my post on the first page, as I forgot them the first time around.

I plopped down $150 for a genesis just for that game, and i must say it was more than worth it. Best game ever for me!

Ive never had a console that has dissapointed me, theres always those one or two games that you can play forever.

Atari-Frogger, Pitfall
NES-Tecmo Bowl
SNES-Street Fighter 2, NBA Jam
Dreamcast-Tennis 2k2, NFL2k1, NBA2k1, Crazy Taxi
PSX-MGS, HSG2, Tony Hawk
N64-WWF No Mercy, Mario Tennis
GBA-Castlevania, Super Mario World
PS2-MGS2, Hot Shots Golf 3, Tony Hawk 3, Aggresive Inline, High Heat 2k3, Jak and Daxter, NFL2k2, Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance
GCN-Mario Sunshine, Mario Tennis & Golf
Xbox-Morrowind, JSRF

This is tough but:

Dreamcast:
Virtua Tennis - no question, Sega Tennis 2k2 is a better game overall, but Virtua Tennis was just so much better than anything else at the time.
Grandia 2 - just a very polished rpg and i loved the first so..
Shenmue - Not something I would play over and over, but what an experience

PSX:
FF7 - still my fav even after playing the old ones and tactics
Tekken 3 - pure fun
Grandia - would have been nice to play on the Saturn but I didn't have too much trouble with the psx slowdown.

I have heaps of good psx games but somehow I have trouble coming up with many individual titles that aren't either bettered on other platforms, or weren't really that great in the long run (like Xenogears was well worth playing once but I don't think I could ever bring myself to play it through again).

Genesis
Streets of Rage series - still no better game of this genre has been made since
Phantasy Star - go and read some of the web tributes to this great series
Populous - still incredibly addictive despite console interface
Toejam and Earl - awesome 2 player fun with a neat theme
EA Hockey - EA's first ice hockey game on the genesis and so smooth and addictive even though I couldn't care a less about the sport.

Chris

Dead or Alive Xtreme Volleyball for Xbox :P