help me brainstorm some classic games

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Beat-em-up: Guardian Heroes

Fighting: Street Fighter Alpha 2

Platformer: Ristar

Shooter: Darius Gaiden

Action: Robotron 2084

Adventure: Myst

Driving: Outrun

Puzzle: Columns

Rhythm: Space Channel 5

Simulation: Microsoft Flight Simulator 98

RPG: Phantasy Star 2

Sports: NBA Jam

Strategy: Command and Conquer

[Xeogred]

This'll definitely be kind of random and on the fly!

Beat-em-up
- Streets of Rage series
- Battletoads arcade
- TMNT 3 (always liked this one a lot more than 2/arcade honestly)

Fighting
- Killer Instinct
- Soul Calibur 2
- Tekken 3

Platformer
- Blaster Master
- Gex 2/3
- Banjo Tooie

Shooter
- Thunder Force IV
- Elemental Master
- Hyper Duel
- (should I just say everything Technosoft made?)

Action
- Super Ghouls and Ghosts
- Super Turrican 1-2
- Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master

FPS
- Deus Ex
- System Shock 2
- Unreal Gold

Adventure
- Jurassic Park (Sega CD ... lol, not a genre I've played much of, but I plan too someday)

Driving
- Kinetica
- San Fransisco Rush series
- F-Zero X

Puzzle
- Adventures of Lolo 1-2
- Bomberman 64

Simulation
- some mech games?...

RPG
- Breath of Fire 4
- Suikoden 2
- Vagrant Story

Strategy
- Total Annihilation

[BoringSupreez]

Beat-em-up:
Don't really play these.

Fighting:
Same here.

Platformer:
Rayman 2, Banjo Tooie, Psychonauts

Shooter:
Call of Duty 4, Duke Nukem 3D, Half Life

Action:
Metal Gear Solid, Batman: Arkham Asylum, inFamous

Adventure:
You mean like point-and-click, right? Sam & Max Hit the Road, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Season 1

Driving:
Burnout Revenge, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2, Burnout 3

Puzzle:
Doctor Robotnick's Mean Bean Machine

Rhythm:
I don't play these at all.

Simulation:
SimCity 2000, Flight Simulator 98, SimCity 3000

RPG:
KOTOR, KOTOR 2, Chrono Trigger

Sports:
THPS 2, THPS 3, THPS 4

Strategy:
C&C Generals, C&C Red Alert 2, C&C Gold.

[Ack]

I'm doing my best not to list the arcade versions of things, though there are several cases where I would say that is preferable. It's your call though.

Beat-Em-Up:
Final Fight (Sega CD)
Streets of Rage (GEN)

Fighting:
Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES)
Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn)
Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)

Platformer:
Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
Sonic the Hedgehog (GEN)
Super Mario 64 (N64)

Shooter: (I'll give a mix)
Doom (PC)
007 GoldenEye (N64)
Half-Life (PC)

Ikaruga (DC)
Gradius (not sure what would be the best)
Raiden (not sure what would be the best)

Action: (you didn't include survival horror, so a couple go here)
Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
Silent Hill (PS1)
Super Metroid (SNES)

Adventure:
Myst (PC)
Adventure (2600)
Zork (PC)

Driving:
Out Run (take your pick)
Gran Turismo (PS1)
Ridge Racer (PS1)

Puzzle:
Tetris (Game Boy)
Puzzle Bobble (Take your pick)
Pipe Dream (PC)

Rhythm:
PaRappa the Rapper (PS1)
Beatmania (PS1)
Dance Dance Revolution (PS1)

Simulation:
SimCity (PC)
Descent: FreeSpace (PC)
MechWarrior 2 (PC)

RPG:
Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
Diablo (PC)
Star Ocean: The Second Story (PS1)

Sports:
Shaq Fu (Game Boy)
Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (SNES)
Tales of Game's Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa (PC)
(What?)

Strategy:
Total Annihilation (PC)
Warcraft II (PC)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (NES)

How's that?

[noiseredux]

thanks guys, anyone else? If you don't play a particular genre, just name the first 3 games that come to mind. Even that is an indication that the games are well associated with the genre (at least to you).

[Anapan]

These are the first games that come to mind that I remember having a lot of fun playing for the first time. Not necessarily the best (tho many of them were for their time), but the ones that made a big impact - usually because it was what got me into the genre.

- Beat-em-up

Kung-Fu - NES
Battletoads - NES
Mighty Final Fight - NES

- Fighting

Mortal Kombat II - SNES
Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Playstation/Saturn/DC
Rockman: The Power Battle - Arcade/Anniversary Compilation

- Platformer

Super Mario Bros. 3 - NES/SNES
Castlevania 3 - NES
Megaman 2 - NES

- Shooter

Space Invaders: Fukkatsu no Hi - PC Engine
Mercinary Force - Gameboy
Forgotten Worlds - Genesis/TG16/Arcade

- Action

Battle City - NES
Alien Syndrome - NES/Dos
Guerrilla War - NES/Arcade

- Adventure

Legend of Zelda - NES
Willow - NES
Neutopia - TG16

- Driving

Stunts - DOS
Spy Hunter - NES
Super Off-Road - SNES

- Puzzle

Hexxagon - DOS
Quarth - NES
Puzznic - Arcade/NES

- Rhythm

Bust a groove - Playstation
Patapon - PSP

- Simulation

TIE Fighter Collectors Edition - DOS
Terminal Velocity - DOS
Game of Life - Interactive Win3.1 (lost original exe)

- RPG

Moraff's Dungeons of the Unforgiven - DOS
Dragon Warrior - NES
Swords & Serpents - NES

- Sports

NES Golf (Mario Golf?) - NES
Base Wars - NES
Blades of Steel - NES

- Strategy

Pool of Radiance - DOS/NES
Dune II - DOS/Genesis
Overlord - NES

[Hobie-wan]

*Replying before reading responses, first coming to mind*

Beat-em-up
Final Fight, Brawl Brothers, Ninja Gaiden Arcade

Fighting
Ugh, SF II, MK, and Sam Sho. This wasn't helpful

Platformer
Donkey Kong, Bruce Lee, Jumpman Jr

Shooter
Zanac, Space Megaforce, Gradius

Puzzle
Lumines, Archon, Shanghai II

RPG
Dragon Wars

Strategy
Herzog Zwei

Man, too tired to think.

[Hobie-wan]

Shooter
- (should I just say everything Technosoft made?)

Likewise, you could say any of Compile's shmups and most of Toaplan's as well.

[brunoafh]

Shooter
- (should I just say everything Technosoft made?)

Likewise, you could say any of Compile's shmups and most of Toaplan's as well.

Definitely, Compile and Toaplan are the best of the best as far as old-school shumps go.

[Xeogred]

Shooter
- (should I just say everything Technosoft made?)

Likewise, you could say any of Compile's shmups and most of Toaplan's as well.

Definitely, Compile and Toaplan are the best of the best as far as old-school shumps go.

Looks like I have a lot of homework to do, because I'm not that familiar with Compile! Haha... the shmup world is a beast. They apparently did Guardian Legend though? Holy crap yeah, gotta love that cover art, love that game. Think I've maybe played a few of their Genesis titles though, like Musha Aleste.

Speaking of this stuff I swear there was a huge Genesis shmup guide on racketboy that I was planning on diving into someday, that I can't find anymore... maybe I'm making this up? (maybe it was a Sega-16 article?)