List the systems and game (games) for each that defined the way you game

[wartoy]

In order as I remember

Atari 2600, Adventure.
Nes, Zelda,Mega man,Metroid,Castlevania,Blaster Master.
Super Nes,Super Mairo World,Zelda Link to the past,Super Punch-Out,Final Fantasy lll.
Sega Genesis,Shining Force1,2 ,Joe Montana Sports Talk Football,Wonder Boy in Monster World,Ghouls 'n Ghosts,Streets of Rage 1,2,3.
Sega Cd,Vay.
Sega Saturn,Shining Force lll,Albert Odyssey.
Ps1,Medal of Honor,Syphon Filter,Resident evil,Tekken,Final Fantasy Vll,Silent Hill,Brigandine.
N64,Golden Eye,Super Mario 64,Zelda Ocarina of Time.
Sega Dreamcast,Dino Crisis,Evolution,Soul Reaver,Hidden & Dangerous,Resident Evil Code Veronica,Soulblade.
Ps2,Gran Turismo,Disgaea 1,2, SSX,Soul Reaver 2,Onimusha,Devil May Cry,Ace Combat 4,Final Fantasy X.
Xbox,SSX Tricky,Halo,Forza,Ghost Recon.
Gamecube,Resident evil,Fire Emblem,Metriod Prime,Zelda the Wind Waker.
Ps3,Disgaea 3,4.
Wii,Im Ashamed to admit it but I didn't play wii enough but hope to remedy that in the future.
Xbox 360,Gears of War,Call of Duty 2,Elder Scrolls IV,Forza 2,3,4,Most Wanted,Test Drive Unlimited,Fallout 3,Enchanted Arms,Battlefield Bad Co. 2.
Ps4,Disgaea 5,Fallout 4,Plants vs Zombies,Killzone,
Xbox One,Halo 5,Wolfenstine the New Order,forza 6.


These are the games that shaped me into the gamer I am today.I have other systems but like the Wii thay just didn't apply.What would your list look like?

[stealthrush]

I admit I was not a fan of Castlevania series since I was born in '88 and was more interested in Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog until much later in life (when Symphony of the Night was released for PS/SAT specifically) I also disliked many big-budget titles that were released, and First-Person shooters in general. I'm an arcade kid at heart. That being said, here are a few games that defined (most enjoyed/replayed) the way I play for each system;

NES: Adventures of Lolo, Little Nemo, Little Ninja Bros, Mega Man 2
SNES: Pocky & Rocky 2, Metal Warriors, Kirby Superstar, Super Mario World
TG16: Bomberman '93, Bravoman, Valis IV, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
GEN: Ristar, Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy, Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
SAT: Die Hard Arcade, Nights into Dreams, Fighters Megamix, Robo Pit
PSX: Trap Gunner, Mega Man X4, Galerians, Poy Poy
DC: Cannon Spike, Tech Romancer, Psychic Force 2012, The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999
PS2: The Adventures of Cookie & Cream, Silent Hill 2, Mega Man X8, Fur Fighters
X360: Super Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition, The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match, Wartech


I've listed more of my favorite games for each system @Favlist.

[gf78]

These are always fun!  Just listing my very favorites as there are so many that I love for each platform.

Atari 2600  Pinball, Pac-Man, Ghost Manor/Pike's Peak combo cartridge, Combat
NES Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, Star Tropics, Castlevania II-Simon's Quest
SNES  Super Mario World, Zelda-Link to the Past, Super Castlevania IV, ActRaiser, Mortal Kombat II
Genesis  Sonic the Hedgehog, X-Men, Aladdin
Saturn  Panzer Dragoon, Nights into Dreams, Daytona USA, Fighting Vipers
PlayStation  Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Tekken 3, Soul Blade, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro....so many
N64  Banjo-Kazooie, Rayman 2
PlayStation 2  Jak, Sly, Ratchet & Clank, Twisted Metal Black, Metal Gear Solid 2, Onimusha...so many more
Dreamcast  Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, House of the Dead, Skies of Arcadia
Gamecube  Luigi's Mansion, MGS Twin Snakes, Eternal Darkness, Resident Evil 1 & 0, Viewtiful Joe
Xbox  Halo, Oddworld, Dead or Alive 3, Fable, Panzer Dragoon Orta
PlayStation 3  Uncharted series, Heavy Rain, Batman, Bioshock and tons more
Wii  Donkey Kong Country Returns, New Super Mario Bros.
Xbox 360  Halo 3, Gears of War, Fable II
PlayStation 4  Everything coming out!
Wii U  New Super Mario Wii U, Bayonetta 2, Mario 3D World
Xbox One  Not a damn thing....screw Microsoft!

[fazerco]

Xbox One  Not a damn thing....screw Microsoft!

Lol 

[scarface88fg]

PC: Doom, The Need For Speed, Duke Nukem 3D, Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy.
Mac: Lemmings, Syndicate, Prince of Persia, Odell Down Under
N64: Goldeneye
PS1: Gran Turismo, Syphon Filter
PS2: War of the Monsters, Final Fantasy X, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, SSX Tricky
PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4.

[gf78]

Xbox One  Not a damn thing....screw Microsoft!

Lol 

Well to be honest, I do own a sealed copy of Titanfall for the 'bone.  But that is just because Gamestop had a copy of the Collector's edition with the hardcover book and huge-honkin' statue for a hair over $100.  I bought the game for PC to actually play.   

[turf]

I'll give this a shot.  Games that shaped the way I play

Atari 2600: Pac-Man

NES: Super Mario Bros, Metroid, Contra

Super NES: Super Mario World, Super Metroid, Super Mario Kart, Chrono Trigger

N64: Smash Bros, Star Fox 64, Mario Kart 64

Xbox: KotoR

Xbox 360: COD 4, Tiger Woods Golf

I think I'm done being shaped.  That's about all that's changed me.

[fazerco]

Xbox One  Not a damn thing....screw Microsoft!

Lol 

Well to be honest, I do own a sealed copy of Titanfall for the 'bone.  But that is just because Gamestop had a copy of the Collector's edition with the hardcover book and huge-honkin' statue for a hair over $100.  I bought the game for PC to actually play.   

I might buy the Xbox One in about 5 years from now. Im always a little slow in buying the new consoles. Games i might buy already  .

[gf78]

I might buy the Xbox One in about 5 years from now. Im always a little slow in buying the new consoles. Games i might buy already  .

Here is my reasoning for buying the Titanfall Collector's Edition, even though I don't have an Xbox One.  Bear in mind, I have major OCD about this stuff!

I like the premise of Titanfall.  I live the developers.  I've heard nothing but good things about it and already know that the sequel would be coming to the PS4 and that I will undoubtedly buy it.  So when I found out that Gamestop had a significantly marked-down, new in box CE, I had to have it.  I wanted in on that "ground floor" so to speak.  To get the hardcover art book that shows the passion the developers poured into making the game.  To have that giant, hulking Titan statue in all it's light-up LED glory.  And finding the PC version for $8.88 at Walmart.com meant that I could play the game.  Now, I don't feel like I missed out at all.

As for the Xbox One, it is well documented (or ranted about anyway!) on the forums why I loathe and despise Microsoft and won't support their nonsense.  I've learned to "never say never" and down the road like you, a sub-$200 'bone with bundled games and a ton of used games at Gamestop under $5 a pop may sway me.  As of right now though, the only game I would play is the Rare Replay.  I might just pick that up anyway on Black Friday for twenty bucks at Wallyworld, then download all the games that are on it and run them on an emulator.  Putting up with emulation glitches and such is a small price to pay for the smiting. 

[aliensstudios]

GameBoy: Mega Man
GameBoy Color: Donkey Kong Country
GameBoy Advance: Super Mario World - Super Mario Advance 2
Nintendo DS: Tetris DS
Nintendo 3DS: New Super Mario Bros. 2

NES: Super Mario Bros. 3
SNES: Donkey Kong Country
Nintendo 64: Donkey Kong 64
GameCube: Mario Kart: Double Dash
Wii: Excite Truck
Wii U: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

PlayStation: Crash Bandicoot
PlayStation 2: MLB 10 The Show
PlayStation 3: LittleBigPlanet 3

Sega Genesis: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sega Saturn: The House of the Dead
Sega Dreamcast: Sonic Adventure 2

XBox: Project Gotham Racing

Intellivision: World Championship Baseball

[indenton]

Alright then, let's see...

PlayStation               - Crash Bandicoot, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Tekken, Klonoa
PlayStation 2            - Ratchet & Clank 3, Crash Twinsanity, Sega Superstars (EyeToy... yep)
Game Boy                - Super Mario Land, Donkey Kong Land
Game Boy Advance  - Super Mario Advance (Super Mario World) Wario Land 4, Sonic Advance, Pokemon LeafGreen
PC                             - Rayman 2, Sims / 2, Age of Mythology
Nintendo DS             - Pokemon Pearl/SoulSilver, Mario Kart DS, Bomberman DS
Nintendo Wii              - Wii Sports Resort, Fragile Dreams, Super Mario Galaxy, Pikmin 2 (NPC), Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Nintendo GameCube - Luigi's Mansion
PlayStation 3             - Uncharted 2, ModNation Racers, SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (Does this one count?)
Xbox 360 -               - Halo Reach, Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing
Nintendo 3DS           - Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Super Smash Bros. 3DS
Nintendo Wii U          - Splatoon, Super Smash Bros. Wii U, EarthBound Beginnings

I recently picked up an NES, a console which was almost a part of my childhood alongside Super Mario Bros. 3, unfortunately I was way too young to have any say in on the fate of that console.  I only vaguely recall playing N64 & some Game Boy games with friends. I remember a bit of Mario Party, Banjo Kazooie (washing machine transformation) the start of Banjo Tooie and a friend fighting ganondorf in Ocarina of Time I distinctly remember running down the steps with Zelda after beating him. 

[fredlepirate]

Here my list:

NES: Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior
SNES: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy IV-VI
Game Boy: Tetris
Game Boy Advance: Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy V Advance
Nintendo DS: Dragon Quest V, Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
Nintendo 3DS: Fire Emblem Awakening, Mario Kart 7
Gamecube: Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
Wii: The Last Story
Wii U: Mario Kart 8, Mario 3D World

NeoGeo: Last Blade, KOF 98, Metal Slug
NeoGeo CD: Samurai Shodown 2, Windjammer
NeoGeo Pocket Color: SNK vs Capcom Card Fighter Clash, SNK vs Capcom MOTM

Playstation: Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Front Mission 3
Playstation 2: Final Fantasy X, Metal Gear Solid 3, Capcom vs SNK 2, KOF XI
PSP: Ys VII, Tactic Ogre, Star Ocean 1-2
PS Vita: Persona 4 Golden, Ys Memories of Celceta

Dreamcast: Shenmue, Grandia 2, Skies of Arcadia, Project Justice

Xbox: Shenmue 2, Star Wars KOTOR
Xbox 360: Dragon Age Origins, Mass Effect, Skyrim

[olly88]

NES - Super Mario Bros, Batman, Little Nemo, Castlevania
Game Boy/Game Boy Color - Super Mario Land, Tetris, Pokemon Yellow & Gold
SNES - Yoshi's Island, Super Mario World, Kirby's Fun Pak (Superstar), Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt, The Addams Family, Super Mario All Stars, Super Metroid, Super Ghouls n Ghosts
Mega Drive - Sonic 1 + 2, Ghouls n Ghosts
N64 - Super Mario 64, Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Worms Armageddon
PS1 - Driver, Tony Hawk's 1+2, Hogs of War, Resident Evil 3
GBA - Super Mario Advance series, Wario Land 4
Gamecube - Tony Hawk's 3 and up, Timesplitters 2, Dave Mirrs Freestyle BMX 2, MX Superfly, Resident Evil, Super Mario Sunshine
PS2 - GTA Vice City, GTA 3, Driver Parallel Lines, Manhunt
Xbox - Haven't played enough yet to pick any.
DS - New Super Mario Bros, Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow, Contra 4, Kirby Superstar Ultra, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Pokemon Pearl & HeartGold
PSP - Never really enjoyed enough to choose any.
Wii - Wii Sports, Super Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario Bros Wii,
PS3 - Bioshock, Skate, Mirror's Edge, Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
Xbox 360 - Alan Wake, Batman Akrham Asylum, Dishonored, Sleeping Dogs, Dark Souls,
3DS - New Super Mario Bros 2, Pilotwings Resort, Super Mario 3D Land, Luigi's Mansion 2
Wii U - Yoshi's Woolly World, Teslagrad, Super Mario Maker

[badATchaos]

PC - Lego Island, Sim Copter, Starcraft, Sim Theme Park, Half-Life 2
NES - SMB 3,2,1
SNES - Earthworm Jim, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island
N64 - Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros., Rogue Squadron, Shadows of the Empire
GB - Pokemon Red, Silver, Game & Watch Gallery 2
GC - F-Zero GX, Melee, Sunshine

[Ub3rgoob3r]

NES: Mario Bros/Duck Hunt (first video game ever), SMB 3, Kirby's Adventure, Mega Man 2
SEGA Genesis: Gunstar Heroes (nuff said)
Nintendo 64: Star Fox 64, Diddy Kong Racing
Xbox: HALO, HALO 2
PC: Counter-Strike 1.5, Counter-Strike: Source, World of Warcraft

That's pretty much every gaming-related evolution of my early life.
World of Warcraft drained me of all my real gaming skill. That's not to say high-level PvP doesn't require skill, but you try going back to Counter Strike after 10 or so years of WoW and see if you can still frag like the old days hahahah