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what are some of your fav vid games of all time?

Mine:
Burnout 3: Takedown
Mafia
THPS1- THUG2
Mx Vs. ATV Unleashed
Midnight Club, 2, 3, remix
Psycho naughts
Sly Cooper 2
Hydrothunder
NFS Hot Pursuit 2-Carbon
GTA 4
Lego Star Wars, 2, Indiana Jones, Batman

GTA San Andreas - PS 2
GTA Vice City - PS 2
GTA 3 - PS 2
Combat - Atart 2600
Punch Out - pretty much all versions
Mario Parties - pretty much all versions
Combat - NES
Animal Crossing
Rock Band/Guitar Hero
Metal Gear Solid
Unreal Tournament
Duke Nuke 3d
Doom Series
Hexen
Shadow Warrior
State Of Emergency

Lode Runner
Mappy
Monkey Island series
Maniac Mansion
Les Manley: Search for the King
The Legend of Zelda series
Tomb Raider series
Doom series
Duke Nukem series

NES - Smash TV.  I think I beat that game 4 or 5 times.  The first time I got to the final level, I was so excited I had to stop and crack open a beer to calm my nerves.

PS1 - Fear Effect 2:  Retro Helix.  Huge game with tons of different environments and really great characters.

PS2 - Drakan the Ancient Gates.  Must have played through that at least a half-dozen times.  Also Gran Turismo 4, I spent about 6 months with that game and I was still finding exciting new things to do.  Also Project Snowblind, my favorite shooter of all time.

PS3 - Dead Space.  Two of my favorite movies are Alien and Aliens, and Dead Space is very much in the same vein.  Absolutely loved it.  And the sequel is coming out in January I believe.  Need For Speed Shift is another fav'e, spent months with it.  Tons of technical bugs, but the core gameplay is an absolute blast.

Half Life - By far one of the greatest games of all time.  Interesting story, decent character work, and a revolutionary design.  No levels, no cutscenes, just a straightforward adventure that was more genius than anything that came before.  I love the games so much that my next tattoo is actually dedicated to it.

Duke Nukem - Badassery all around.  Duke was an awesome overly macho character.  The humor in this game was fantastic and fresh.  2K Games actually announced that Duke Nukem Forever will be out next year, with a playable demo at PAX.  I = excited.

Unreal Tournament - Many many hours have been spent by me playing this at LAN parties.  The series kind of lost focus over the years and got back to what was fun with UT3.  Good times.

Grand Theft Auto - I've been a fan since SCI released the original GTA.  I loved the humor, the frantic pace and story.  GTA3 took things to a whole new level and introduced the world to sandbox gaming.  GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas are my two personal favorites.

Deus Ex/System Shock/Bioshock - All of these are along the same lines for me.  Fantastic FPS games, each with a layered story and RPG elements.  Each are ones that everyone should play.

Carmageddon - Another gem of SCI's mid 90s PC gaming days.  Plot?  Race, kill your opponents, and run over citizens for extra points.  Throw in a soundtrack completely by Fear Factory and insane powerups.  Damn I miss it.

Suikoden 2
Breath of Fire III
Samurai Warriors 2
Resident Evil 5
Clock Tower
Sunset Riders
Soul Calibur
WCW Revenge
Left 4 Dead 2
Final Fantasy 6

Pac-Man
Pong
Tetris
Dig Dug
Plaque Attack
Barnstorming
Qbert
Donkey Kong
Popeye
Defender
Duke Nukem
Tekken
Mortal Kombat
MediEvil
Spyro the Dragon
WWF/WWE Smackdown vs. Raw
WCW/NWO Thunder
WCW Nitro
WWF WrestleFest
Batman (Sega Game Gear)
NHL Breakaway '98
Resident Evil
Tomb Raider
Godzilla: Save The Earth
War of the Monsters
Rocky: Legends

Golden Axe
Jurassic Park for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear
Super Mario 3
Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past
Legend of Zelda: Occorina of Time
GoldenEye
Primal Rage
Eternal Darkness
God of War 1 and 2 (The thrid one was a bit of a let down)
Infamous
Batman Arkham Asylum
Mortal Kombats-Trillogy, MK4, Armagedden (The new one comming out looks pretty cool as well)

Figure I'd do a few arcade ones...
Terminator 2
Revoution X
Punch Out
Karate Champ
Street Fighter 2
MK series
Alpine Racer 2
Virtua Fighter 2
Killer Instinct
Ms. Pacman
Donkey Kong
Galaga
Datona USA
Cruisin World/USA
Silent Scope
Police Trainer

That's a tough question, I have many favorites.

I'll start in order with some Atari 2600.

Montezuma's Revenge
Mario Bros.
Pitfall
Activision's Boxing
Yars' Revenge

Next, Nintendo 8bit.

Castlevania 1,2
Super Mario 1,2,3
Mike Tyson's Punchout
Blaster Master
TMNT Arcade

Just 1 for the TurboGrafx 16

Splatterhouse

I need to to think about SNES, SEGA, PSX and Arcade.

Arcade:
Dig Dug
Astro Blaster
Crazy Climber
Ms. Pac-Man

Atari:
Pitfall II
Cosmic Ark
Mario Bros.
Asteroids
Space Invaders
Berzerk

Intellivision:
Astrosmash
Shark!  Shark!
Lock 'N Chase
Advanced D&D: Cloudy Mountain
Burgertime

NES:
Bases Loaded
Mendel Palace
Contra
Gradius
Lifeforce
Castlevania series
Megaman 1-3
Super Mario Bros. 1-3

PS1:
Final Fantasy VII
Soul Edge
Castlevania: SOTN
Resident Evil 2

GBA:
Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow
Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon

PS2:
Soul Calibur III
Resident Evil 4

Alundra (PlayStation)
Arc the Lad 2 (PlayStation)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (Turbo Grafx 16)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation)
Crystalis (NES)
Dark Cloud 2 (PlayStation 2)
Devil May Cry (PlayStation 2)
Diablo 2 (PC)
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PlayStation 2)
Dragon Quest 8 (PlayStation 2)
Fatal Frame (Multi)
Final Fantasy 6 (Super Nintendo)
Final Fantasy 7 (PlayStation)
Final Fantasy Adventure (Gameboy)
Final Fantasy Tactics (PlayStation)
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PlayStation 2)
Grandia (PlayStation)
Grandia 2 (Dreamcast)
Grand Theft Auto 4 (Multi)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Multi)
Half-Life (PC)
Ico (PlayStation 2)
Illusion of Gaia (Super Nintendo)
Incredible Crisis (PlayStation)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PlayStation)
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Super Nintendo)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Gameboy Color)
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PlayStation)
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PlayStation)
Magic of Scheherazade (NES)
Max Payne (Multi)
Mega Man 3 (NES)
Metal Gear Solid (PlayStation)
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PlayStation)
Phantom Brave (PlayStation 2)
Pitfall 2: Lost Caverns (Atari 2600)
Robot Alchemic Drive (PlayStation 2)
SaGa 3 (aka Final Fantasy Legend 3; Gameboy)
Saints Row 2 (Multi)
Shadow of the Colossus (PlayStation 2)
Silent Hill (PlayStation)
Silent Hill 2 (PlayStation 2)
Skyblazer (Super Nintendo)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
Soul Blade (PlayStation)
StarTropics (NES)
Suikoden (PlayStation)
Suikoden 2 (PlayStation)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Super Mario World (Super Nintendo)
Super Metroid (Super Nintendo)
Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube)
Tyrian 2000 (PC)
Wild Arms 2 (PlayStation)
Wild Arms Alter Code: F (PlayStation 2)
The World Ends with You (DS)

Super Nintendo...

Super Castlevania
Mario Paint
Zelda Link To The Past
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Metroid​
Super Punchout

I'm going to toss in an honerable mention.  Shadow of the Colosses

Really interesting game. Beautifully designed. 

Great game, but I felt it had little replay value.  Yes, there were additional items to collect, and a hidden area that could only be found after playing the game a few times.  But this SOTC was really more of a puzzle game then an adventure game.  And once you know the answer to the puzzles, the game loses some of what made it fun.

So many other great games... it's hard to pick favorites.

Genesis

Sonic 1,2

PSX, PSX2

Final Fantasy 7
Metal Gear 1,2
Castlevania: SOTN
Ace Combat 2,3
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Tekken Tag

Nintendo Gamecube

Super Mario Sunshine
Luigi's Mansion
Resident Evil Remake
Resident Evil Zero
Animal Crossing
Pikmin 1,2
Mario Party

Arcade

Sniper FX
Fist of the North Star (punching machine)
Street Fighter 2
Pacman
WWF WrestleFest
Killer Instinct

PC

All of the Command & Conquer games
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Frontlines

Addiing on Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style.

Doom
Devil's Crush
Splatterhouse 3

NES:
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
Blades of Steel

SNES:
Street Fighter 2
AAAH! Real Monsters
and some others that escape me right now.

Sega
Earthworm Jim
Beavis and Butt-head
NBA Jam
Mortal Kombat 1-3
Madden
Sonic the Hedgehog Series
a bunch more whose names escape me now

Nintendo 64
WWF No Mercy
Goldeneye
South Park
Chef's Luv Shack
WCW Mayhem

PlayStation 1
Captain Blasto
Crash Bandicoot Series
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
WWF Attitude
WWF Smackdown
WWF SmackDown 2: Know Your Role
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Marvel Super Heroes
WCW/NWO Thunder

PlayStation 2
WWF SmackDown: Here Comes the Pain
MLB '08: The Show
NHL 2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare
Ultimate Spider-Man
Def Jam: Fight For New York
Celebrity Death Match

NES:

Golgo 13 and it's sequel The Mafat Conspiracy
Dragon Warrior 1 and 2
Metal Gear 1 and 2
The Castlevania series
Guardian Legend
Jackal
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!

Original XBox:

The Fatal Frame series
Black
Doom 3 and the expansion, Resurrection Of Evil
Painkiller
Mercenaries
Onimusha
Sniper Elite
The Hitman series

Sega Genesis

Streets Of Rage and it's sequels
Insector X
Splatterhouse 2 and 3
Altered Beast
The Shining Force series

More oldies as I think of them.

Sega NHL 93 and 94 Button mashing madness.

Sadly, I probably never play these games again

DOOM
Goldeneye
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario World
Madden(Franchise)
GTA:Vice City
GTA:San Andreas
Red Dead Revolver
Max Payne
Max Payne 2

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A word on Splatterhouse-one of my favorite series, and one thing I always liked a LOT was the music from Splatterhouse 2, especially Level 3: The River Of Death. It's absolutely chilling

Give this a listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICcE4cdyy0

Age of the Empires 2
Banjo-Kazooie
BioShock
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Half-Life 2
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Resident Evil 4
Spider-Man 2
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
The Godfather
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Getting back to the question: Some PC hames I forgot to mention:

If I hadn't mentioned before, I also liked the Blood Omen series a lot. Kain was like an undead Vegeta-he was evil, but had a necessary place in the outcome of things when it came to the overall picture.  An undead protagonist of sorts. The voice work by the now-deceased Simon Templeman ( or so I heard ) was great too.

The Hitman series was another big fave, as was EA's flight sim of the Apache, entitled The Longbow Anthology.  There was a hack\slash\dismember game called Blade Of Darkness that was fun too.