What are your "comfort" games?

[MrPopo]

Go for Storm Eagle next, then follow the weakness circle.

[elvis]

Any Capcom "dial-a-combo" game (aka, any of X-Men/Marvel and SF/Capcom "vs" games). Just turn your brain off and piano-tap away. Great way to relax for me, for some reason.

And DoDonPachi. Popcorn enemies go "pop" so satisfyingly.

[TheyCallMeTheSwede]

Tetris
Shenmue
Super Mario Bros. 3

Mostly puzzle games, but I am not going to list them all.

[brickiemart]

Tons of Shmups, there are a lot I could name, but I will single out Esp Da Rae, Espgaluda, and Hudson's Soldier series.

Lost Winds, I just finished my second play through, not a big surprise choice considering my avatar. That game has a great aesthetic and matching ambience. I like taking my time and wandering through the environment. I can't wait for the rumored sequel.

Phantasy Star 1 or 2. Mainly for nostalgic reasons. I know the games so well I can fly through them except for the latter dungeons. I like playing them on an emulator where I can speed the game up to reduce the amount of time needed for level grinding.

Fire Emblem series, currently Shadow Dragon. These are great because once you know the series the gameplay in all the games is familiar. Plus you can play them in small bursts, just one scenario at a time.

[Majors]

Games I zone out/relax to:

Sega Rally on Saturn
Lumines on PS2, has to be the tunes.
Alien Crush and Power Golf for Turbo

[weasels]

i just picked up one of my other comfort games that goes back to my childhood, digimon world 3, and its still as fun as i remember it. ^^

[opethfan]

Gotta be:
Sonic 2,
Tetris,
Bejewled,
Puzzle Bobble (2, preferably)
MJ Moonwalker,
Street of Rage,
Lumines.

I like puzzle games... and the SMD

[Paul_B-C]

Twilight Princess and Super Smash Brothers Melee on Gamecube
Ridge Racer Type 4 and Grandia on PSX
Rocket Knight Adventures on Mega Drive
GTA: San Andreas and Shadow of the Colossus on PS2

Rocket Knight Adventures in particular I think I could almost play the entire game on hard without getting hit at one point, I knew EVERYTHING inside out and back to front.

[Reverend]

Tetris on an original PeaSoup GB

I go through so many batteries T_T

[Erik_Twice]

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!

Best. Game. Ever. For. Me.

That game is so powerful that it always makes me happy.