What is your favorite game from each generation?

For reference, here is a timeline of each generation:

I started primarily in the third generation, so I'm going rom there:

• Third Generation: Didn't do a ton of gaming back then, so I'll just stick with Super Mario Bros.
• Fourth Generation: Sonic 3
• Fifth Generation: Can list so many games here, but Metal Gear Solid is number 1.
• Sixth Generation: MGS 2 and it's prophetic message still shines with me.
• Seventh Generation: Though flawed, revisiting Shadow Moses in MGS 4 does it for me.
• Eighth Generation: Breath of the Wild. It doesn't have the best graphics, and the dungeons suck, but it has a ton of heart!
• Ninth generation (current): If Elden Ring didn't get so repetitive after 30-40 hours, it would easily be it. Going with Returnal! Love that they dared to be different and gave us an action/horror/sci fi experience that's challenging.

How about you, SW? What is your favorite game from each generation?

Why does Nintendo get 2 gen 8 consoles but no gen 9?

I started with second gen. Best game being either pitfall or pacman for me.

Gen 3 - the legend of zelda

Gen 4 - a toss up between a link to the past, Actraiser and final fantasy 2 (snes)

Gen 5 - probably metal gear solid or oot.

Gen 6 - Splinter Cell games and kotor... Also, eternal darkness

Gen 7 - Mass Effect, red dead or fallout 3 and dark souls

Gen 8 - bloodborne, God of War, Botw

Gen 9 - Elden Ring

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@SolidGame_basic:

1st -Pong. Yes, I did have an Atari Pong game

2nd - Asteroids, Berserk, Space Invaders, Pitfall, River Raid, Centipede, Yar's Revenge, Demon Attack

3rd - Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, Dragon Warrior, Contra, Ikari Warriors, Faxanadu, Kid Icarus, Commando, Metroid, Super Huey, Impossible Mission, Xevious, Metal Gear

4th - I was too busy for video games

5th - Soul Reaver, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Syphon Filter, Tomb Raider, Tekken

6th - Gran Turismo 3, Halo, MechAssault, Crimson Skies, Jade Empire, MGS2, GTA (multiple), Devil May Cry, GoW 1 & 2, ES 3: Morrowind, Project Gotham Racing, Fable, Chronicles of Riddick, KOTOR, Splinter Cell (this was the gen I left PS for XBox)

We're still talking about games from 7, 8, 9, so I don't want to spend an hour typing all the games out. Also, I think the gens are off - where is Colecovision or the Atari 5200?

Gaming before Playstation is too archaic for me, so:

• PS1 gen: Tekken 3, runners up = Diablo II, and either MGS1/FFVII in third
• PS2 Gen: Final Fantasy X, runner up = Metal Gear Solid 2, nominees: MGS3, Vice City
• PS3 gen: Metal Gear Solid 4, runner up = The Last of Us, nominees: Oblivion, Bioshock Infinite
• PS4 Gen: Metal Gear Solid 5, runner up = The Last of Us 2, nominees: Sekiro, DS3, GOW, RDR2.
• PS5 gen: Elden Ring, no runner ups worthy yet. Hoping for an MGS6 / TLOU3 announcement some time

• 2nd: Snafu
• 3rd: Mega Man 4
• 4th: Streets of Rage 2
• 5th: Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
• 6th: Halo CE
• 7th: Sonic Generations
• 8th: Sonic Mania Plus
• 9th: \_o_/ (Streets of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare DLC, I guess)

2nd Gen - River Raid

3rd Gen - The Legend of Zelda

4th Gen - Chrono Trigger

5th Gen - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

6th Gen - Dragon Quest VIII

7th Gen - Mass Effect

8th Gen - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

9th Gen - Elden Ring

NES - DUCKTALES

SEGA GENESIS - BEYOND OASIS

N64 - ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME

XBOX - STAR WARS: KOTOR

XBOX 360 - TALES OF VESPERIA

XBOX ONE - CYBERPUNK 2077

Since I only game on PC and PC don't have generation so I go with era instead

Early 90s - Doom 1993

Mid 90s - Quake 1

Late 90s - System Shock 2

Early 00s - Deus Ex

Mid 00s - Half-life 2

Late 00s - STALKER

Early 10s - Deus Ex Human revolution

Mid 10s - Metro Last light

Late 10s - Doom 2016

20s - onwards - Doom Eternal

• Third Generation: Double Dragon 2
• Fourth Generation: Yoshi's Island (Rocket Knight on Genesis is a very, very close 2)
• Fifth Generation: Tekken 3.
• Sixth Generation: Final Fantasy 12
• Seventh Generation: Ni No Kuni Wrath of White Witch
• Eighth Generation: Persona 5. Hollow knight if it counts
• Ninth generation : Dont own it.

Gen 1 - Pong (Arcade)

Gen 2 - Pac-Man (Arcade)

Gen 3 - Ninja Gaiden (Master System)

Gen 4 - Streets of Rage 2 (Mega Drive)

Gen 5 - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation)

Gen 6 - Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)

Gen 7 - Vanquish (PS3)

Gen 8 - Streets of Rage 4 (PC)

Gen 9 - Final Fantasy VII Remake (PC)

Galaga

Super Mario Bros 3

Link to the Past (Final Fantasy 2)

Resident Evil 2 (Final Fantasy 9)

Diablo 2 (Halo CE)

Demon's Souls (Fallout 3, CoD4)

RE2 Remake (P.T.)

Haven't played

@marleywhatkidg: loved duck tales. What a great game.

Gen 2 - Pac-Man

Gen 3 - SMB3

Gen 4 - Mortal Kombat 2 (Arcade)

Gen 5 - WWF No Mercy

Gen 6 - GTA Vice City

Gen 7 - F.E.A.R. (PC)

Gen 8 - Sleeping Dogs (PC)

Good to see that we are many old-timers in this forum.

Gen 2 : Pickaxe Pete (Odyssey 2)

Gen 3 : Bubble Bobble (C64)

Gen 4 : Street Fighter 2 (Arcade)

Gen 5 : Resident Evil 1 (PS1)

Gen 6 : Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)

Gen 7 : Dragon Age Origins (x360)

Gen 8 : Persona 5

@mesome713: I don't know why exactly, but I kinda get the impression that you like Zelda games...

• Pong
• Subhunt on Intellivision
• SMB3 or Legend of Zelda
• Super Mario World, A Link to the Past or Sonic the Hedgehog
• Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Symphony of the Night or Resident Evil
• Crazy Taxi, Persona III, Halo CE, or GTA III
• Demon's Souls or Mario Galaxy
• Bloodborne, Persona 5 or Streets of Rage 4
• Elden Ring, Breath of the Wild, or Mario Odyssey

starting with 4th gen,

• super mario world (SNES)
• zelda oot (N64)
• mgs twin snakes (GameCube)
• super smash bros brawl (Wii)
• mario kart 8 deluxe (Switch)
• forza horizon 5 (Xbox series)

Gens 1-2: Was not a hooman yet

Gen 3: Was very small hooman unable to comprehend video games

Gen 4: Yoshi's Island

Gen 5: Ocarina of Time

Gen 6: Resident Evil 4

Gen 7: Tie: Grand Theft Auto 4/Fallout 3/Halo 3 (this generation was 973 years long, I'm not picking one :p)

Gen 8: Breath of the Wild

Gen 9: Elden Ring

I started Twin Snakes! Enjoying it so far. Just beat up Ocelot first time. They did a great job with the recreating the levels with modern graphics for that time.

Cool. Yeah playing it you would think they could have ported MGS 2 or 3 to the GameCube from that time but whatever. Twin Snakes remains a classic despite being the same (or similar) game as MGS1 years later.

@SolidGame_basic: Nice! Yeah the progressive scan really doesn't look bad in most GameCube games of course I didn't even know about it until years later when HDTV's became a standard. It's surprising how many games support it.

I’m using the mclassic. Seems pretty cool, but not perfect.

I use an EON adapter. It uses HDMI. You can find it on Amazon here, but it isn't cheap. Pretty sure the price has gone up from years ago.

GCHD Mk-II | Gamecube HD Adapter : Video Games (amazon.com)

Just looking at your picture quality though, whatever you have seems pretty nice.

Wow, yea that’s pricey! I think you’re right, I feel like it used to be cheaper. I got the mclassic from GameStop a few months ago when it was on sale for $80. But I also had to buy an hdmi adapter. I bet yours is nicer!

https://www.marseilleinc.com/buy-mclassic/

I mean I would take a picture but we are talking about friggin GameCube games here... There's some kid lurking just laughing at us for not using $10 Wii component cables.

@Sam3231: lol. My 4K tv doesn’t have those inputs, but my 1080p one does 🙂