Collaboration! 1000 games you must play before you die...

[DNT 2.5]

This sounds like fun. The rules are as follows
The game can be for any console, any era, any genre.
If people post their games you must play before you die, I will personally add the amount of votes a certain game gets, then I will post the list as decided by the community.

To start my picks:
Half life-PC
Sonic the Hedgehog 2-GEN
Jet Set radio series
Super mario bros-NES
Metal gear Series
Contra-NES
Shinobi-Gen
Ninja Gaiden Sigma/Black
Splinter Cell: Chaos theory

[Arbitern1]

Legend of Zelda OOT-64
Panzer Dragoon Saga-Saturn
Metal Gear Solid 4-PS3
Legend of Zelda-NES
Astroids-2600
Tempest 2000-Jag
Phantasy Star-Master System
Sonic 2-Gen
Yakuza 2-PS2
God of War-PS2
Rondo of Blood-PC engine
Symphony of the Night-Psone
Final Fantasy 7-Psone
Metal Gear Solid-Psone
Chrono Trigger-Snes
Super mario bros-Nes
Halo-Xbox
Mario 64-64
Skies of arcadia-Dreamcast
Jet Grind Radio-Dreamcast
Street Fighter 2-Snes
Resident Evil 4-Gcn
Resident Evil-PS1
Nights into Dreams-Saturn
TOejam and Earl-Gen
Persona 4-PS2
Uncharted 2-PS3
God of war 3-PS3
Portal-360/PS3
Rockband-360/PS3
Guitar Hero-PS2

[Golgo 14]

Kaboom! - Atari 2600
Indy 500 - Atari 2600
Tetris DX - GameBoy Color
Super Punch Out! - Super Nintendo

[dedalusdedalus]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX / PSP)
Chrono Trigger (SNES / PSX / GBA)
Dragon Warrior III (NES)
Dragon Warrior IV (NES)
Dragon Quest V (SNES)
Earthbound (SNES)
Einhander (PSX)
Final Fantasy III (SNES)
Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX / PSP)
Legend of Zelda (NES / GBA / GCN)
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (SNES / GBA)
Pikmin (GCN)
Pokemon Gold/Silver (GBC)
Resident Evil 2 (PSX / GCN)
Resident Evil 4 (PS2 / GCN)
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (PS2)
Silent Hill (PSX)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2 / Xbox)

[AmishSamurai]

Earthbound (SNES)
Phantasy Star (SMS)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Parasite Eve (PS1)
Goemon's Great Adventure (N64)
Live A Live (SNES)
Resident Evil 4 (GCN)
Survival Kids (GBC)
The Secret of Monkey Island (PC)
Oregon Trail (Apple II)
Portal (PC)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Mario RPG (SNES)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
Crash: Warped! (PS1)

[final fight cd]

final fight cd

[bobbynewmarkiii]

Deus Ex - PC
System Shock 2 - PC
Alien Versus Predeator - PC
Portal - Xbox 360 / PC
Demon's Souls - PS3
Ninja Gaiden - Xbox / PS3

[Shabba]

Y's- Book 1,2 and Y's 3- TG16
Final Fantasy X-PS2
Dragon Warrior- NES
Wonder Boy III- Master System
Shadow of the Beast- PC/Genesis
Final Fantasy- NES
God of War III- PS3
Bioshock- Xbox 360
Elder Scrolls- PC
Legend of Zelda- NES
Legend of Zelda- Link to the Past- SNES
Actraiser- SNES

[Kebo]

Bioshock
Diablo
Dragon Age: Origins
Dynasty Warriors 2
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mass Effect 2
Mega Man 2
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI
Starcraft
Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic
Super Mario World

[Koopin_Krackerz]

One game that hasn't been put out there I think that should be on the list:

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (or really the entire series)

This game brought my entire senior class in high school together. We all went to the midnight launch, skipped class, stayed the night at our school playing all night. It was great. Anyone can pick up and play, but if you really want to be good it takes practice and great timing.