Games not to miss!

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Games not to miss!

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I'm trying to make a list of the older games (PS1/N64/Dreamcast and below) that you should certainly play. Let's make a list!

NES:
Super Mario 1, 2, & 3
Kirby
Final Fantasy
Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda 2
Ice Hockey
Bionic Commando
Double Dragon
Battletoads
Contra
Megaman 1-6
Metroid
River City Ransom
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
The Guardian Legend
Bignose the Caveman
Dr. Mario
Duck Tales
Excitebike
Heavy Barrel
Klax
Maniac Mansion
Qix
RoadBlasters
Spy vs. Spy
Star Tropics 1 & 2
Super C
Toobin
Turtles 1,2,3
Xevious

SNES:
Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart
Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, & 3
Secret of Mana
Seiken Denetsu 3 (Translated)
Chrono Trigger
Super Metriod
Legend of Zelda: LTTP
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Star Fox
Star Fox 2 (unreleased)
NHL 94
Mortal Kombat
Street Fighter II
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Top Gear 2
Sim City
Final Fantasy 2
Final Fantasy 3
Earthbound
Megaman 7
Megaman X 1-3
Megaman Soccer
Out of This World
Pilotwings
Raiden Trad
Sunset Riders
Toy Story
Uniracers
Killer Instinct
Contra III
Stun Race FX

Nintendo 64:
Legend of Zelda OoT
Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
Super Mario 64
Mario Kart 64
Super Smash Bros.
Paper Mario
Goldeneye 007
Perfect Dark
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Rayman 2
Wayne Gretzky 3D Hockey
1080 snowboarding
Wave Race 64
Fighting Force 64
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Diddy Kong Racing
F-Zero X
Banjo Kazooie
Donkey Kong 64
Starfox 64
Killer Instinct Gold
Blastcorps

Sega Genesis/ Sega CD:
Sonic The Hegdehog 1,2, & 3
Sonic & Knuckles
Mic and Mac Global Gladiators
Gunstar Heroes
Shining Force
Afterburner
Altered Beast
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Combat Cars
Decap Attack
Dinosaurs for Hire
Gaiares
Garfield: Caught in the Act
Marble Madness
Madden 9X
Maximum Carnage
Mercs
Mortal Kombat 1,2,3
Mutant League Football
Mutant League Hockey
NBA Jam
Outrun
Pac Attack
Ranger X
Ristar
Road Rash 1,2,3
Rocket Knight Adventures
Rolling Thunder 2
Scooby Doo Mystery
Stormlord
Streets of Rage 1,2,3
Sub-Terrania
Turtles Hyperstone Heist
Vectorman 1,2
Virtua Racing
Zoop
Sonic CD
Popful Mail
Lunar: The Silver Star
Lunar II: Eternal Blue
Android Assault
Snatcher
Toejam & Earl
Robocop vs Terminator
Chuck Rock
Knuckles Chaotix
Revenge of Shinobi
Outrun
Space Harrier II
Afterburner
Road Rash II
Phantasy Star
Zool
Columns
Prince of Persia
Sol-Feace
Sewer Shark
Double Switch

Sega Saturn:
Burning Rangers
Clockwork Knight
Daytona USA
Enemy Zero
Lunacy" ("Torico" for those of you in Europe)
NiGHTS Into Dreams...
Panzer Dragoon
Rayman
Sega Rally Championship
Sonic Jam

Sega Dreamcast:
Sonic Adventure 1 & 2
Soul Caliber
Grandia II
Skies of Arcadia
Powerstone 1 & 2
Bangai-o
Bomberman Online
ChuChu Rocket
Crazy Taxi 1 & 2
Dead or Alive 2
Giga Wing 1,2
House of the Dead 1 & 2
Jet Grind Radio
Mars Matrix
Sega Bass Fishing (really!)
Silent Scope
Space Channel 5
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Phantasy Star Online
Virtua Fighter 3tb
Imports:
Guilty Gear X
Ikaruga
Karous
Radirgy
Trigger Heart Exelica
Karous



Playstation 1:
Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX, Anthology, Chronicles, Origins, and Tactics :)
Metal Gear Solid
Medal of Honor
Castelvania: Symphony of Night
Vagrant Story
Grand Turismo 1 & 2
Resident Evil 1, 2, & 3
Demolition Racer
Road Rash
Silent Hill
Red Alert: Retailiation
Syphon Filter
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Time Crisis: Project Titan
Point Blank
Brave Fencer Musashi
Crash Bandicoot 1,2,3, Racing
Devil Dice
Driver 1,2
Einhander
Gekioh Shooting King
Heart of Darkness
Italian Job
NHL Rock the Rink
Parasite Eve
Qix Neo
Rampage 1,2,3
Road Rash
Starfighter Sanvein
Space Shot
Tekken 1,2,3
Test Drive 5
Theme Hospital
Time Crisis
Tomba! ! & 2
Spyro Series
Destruction Derby
Ridge Racer Series
Cool Boarders series
Jet Moto series
Megaman X4
Chrono Cross



That's All I can think of For now guys! Any other must-haves to the list?
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Re: Games not to miss + Windows Emulation.

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when I was running windows I never had any virus problems downloading ROMs. I used big websites so you could be pretty sure they weren't full of viruses or else they wouldn't be popular sites.

anyways, some games you are missing from your list:

NES:
Ice Hockey

SNES:
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Star Fox
Star Fox 2 (unreleased)
NHL 94

Genesis:
Sonic & Knuckles

N64:
Perfect Dark (may have to experiment with different graphics plugins for this one. I think Glide64 is most compatible.)
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Rayman (can't remember which one the n64 has)
Wayne Gretzky 3D Hockey


that's all I've got off the top of my head.
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Re: Games not to miss + Windows Emulation.

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Great! I'll add those to the list! I've remembered Harvest Moon 64 was supposed to be good. And it's Rayman 2 for the N64
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Re: Games not to miss + Windows Emulation.

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SNES:
Mortal Kombat
Street Fighter II
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

N64:
1080 snowboarding
Wave Race 64
Fighting Force 64
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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Re: Games not to miss + Windows Emulation.

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Ah, I remember Super Star Wars, back in the day when my parents said it was too violent for me :)
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Re: Games not to miss + Windows Emulation.

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Is emulating on windows safe?
yes
I'm a Mac guy,
Im sorry :P
and with no major viruses for Macs, I feel pretty safe getting ROMs and such. Are viruses a problem with ROMs on windows?
nope! just use that magical thing called "common sense" and you should be pretty safe.

also please no rom/emulator discussion, the list of must play games is OK but if your going to talk where to get roms or emulators do it in PMs or off the forums. flashcarts and stuff like that are banned in the trading post so i assume talk of roms/emulators is somewhat taboo as well. feel free to continue listing must play games tho!

Genesis:
mick and mac global gladiators
Gunstar Heroes!

SNES:
top gear 2
sim city
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N64:
- Diddy Kong Racing
- F Zero X

PS1:
- Demolition Racer
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Re: Games not to miss!

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Sorry Triton! I removed the emulation part from the post. I'll add your guy's suggestions to the list!
Oh, and of course Powerstone 1 & 2 for the Dreamcast and Shining force for the Genesis!
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Re: Games not to miss!

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NES
Bionic Commando
Double Dragon
Battletoads
Contra
Megaman 1-6
Metroid
River City Ransom
Mike Tyson's Punch Out


Snes
Final Fantasy 2
Final Fantasy 3
Earthbound
Megaman 7
Megaman X 1-3
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Re: Games not to miss!

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Finally, some good NES games besides the normal Mario/Zelda!
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NES: The Guardian Legened
Genesis: Rocket Knight Adventures, NBA Jam, Madden 9X
Sega CD: Sonic CD, Popful Mail, Lunar: The Silver Star, Lunar II: Eternal Blue, Android Assault, Snatcher
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Re: Games not to miss!

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Along with all the ones other people have mentioned:
NES
Battletoads/Double Dragon
Bignose the Caveman
Dr. Mario
Duck Tales
Excitebike
Heavy Barrel
Klax
Maniac Mansion
Qix
RoadBlasters
Spy vs. Spy
Star Tropics
Star Tropics 2: Zoda's Revenge
Super C
Toobin
Turtles 1,2,3 (2 and 3 mainly haha)
Xevious

SNES:
F-Zero
Megaman Soccer
Out of This World
Pilotwings
Raiden Trad
Sunset Riders
Toy Story
Uniracers

Genesis:
Afterburner
Altered Beast
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Combat Cars
Decap Attack
Dinosaurs for Hire
Gaiares
Garfield: Caught in the Act
Marble Madness
Maximum Carnage
Mercs
Mortal Kombat 1,2,3
Mutant League Football
Mutant League Hockey
Outrun
Pac Attack
Ranger X
Ristar
Road Rash 1,2,3
Rocket Knight Adventures
Rolling Thunder 2
Scooby Doo Mystery
Stormlord
Streets of Rage 1,2,3
Sub-Terrania
Turtles Hyperstone Heist
Vectorman 1,2
Virtua Racing
Zoop

PS1
Brave Fencer Musashi
Crash Bandicoot 1,2,3, Racing
Devil Dice
Driver 1,2
Einhander
Gekioh Shooting King
Heart of Darkness
Italian Job
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Metal Gear Solid
NHL Rock the Rink
Parasite Eve
Qix Neo
Rampage 1,2,3
Road Rash
Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein or Space Shot (one of them was ok the other was really good can't remember which is which)
Tekken 1,2,3
Test Drive 5
Theme Hospital
Time Crisis
Tomba!
Tomba! 2

Dreamcast:
Bangai-o
Bomberman Online
ChuChu Rocket
Crazy Taxi 1
Crazy Taxi 2
Dead or Alive 2
Giga Wing 1,2
House of the Dead 2
Jet Grind Radio
Mars Matrix
Sega Bass Fishing (really!)
Silent Scope
Space Channel 5

DC Imports:
Guilty Gear X
Ikaruga
Karous
Radirgy
Trigger Heart Exelica
Karous
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Re: Games not to miss!

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NES
Battletoads
Bionic Commando
Contra
Excitebike

Megadrive/CD
Toejam & Earl
Robocop vs Terminator
Chuck Rock
Sonic CD
Snatcher
Knuckles Chaotix
Revenge of Shinobi
Outrun
Space Harrier II
Afterburner
Road Rash II
Phantasy Star
Zool

Playstation
Resident Evil II
Road Rash
Silent Hill
Metal Gear Solid
Crash Bandicoot
Red Alert: Retailiation
Syphon Filter
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Time Crisis: Project Titan
Point Blank

Dreamcast
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
House of the Dead
Jet Set Radio
Crazy Taxi
Sonic Adventure
Chu Chu Rocket
Phantasy Star Online
Virtua Fighter 3tb
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Re: Games not to miss!

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Whoa! Thanks Guys!

I've added all those, tell me if I messed up somewhere. Now we have a staple collection of Genesis titles.
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Genesis:
Sonic 1, 2,3, & Knuckles
Toejam & Earl 1
Toejam & Earl 2

Playstation
Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Team Racing
Any of the Spyro games
Gran Turismo
Destruction Derby
Ridge Racer It's Ridge Racer! RIIDGE RACERRR! and its sequels
Cool Boarders series
Jet Moto series
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