Favorite Games for System / Console in relation to their time periods

[DaveLembke]

The other forum post about Most Favorite Game of All Time has been going on now for years, and seeing another reponse to it today I realized that like myself, others have many favorites and the favorites should probably be categorized to systems / console systems in which what games were your favorites for the time period in which the systems were most utilized for those types of games.

So I took some time to piece together my favorites in relation to Consoles and Personal Computer games that matched up best to the systems I had in the past and my favorites of each systems abilities / time period.

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Console Computer Games by system
Intellivision = Frogger = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtfogXtK98k

Atari 2600 = Pitfall 2 = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall_II:_Lost_Caverns

NES = Mario 3 = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._3

SNES = Donkey Kong Country with Clayfighter 2 and all the Mortal Kombats coming in tied at 2nd. =
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Country

Sega Genesis = Sonic The Hedgehog with Golden Axe and Altered Beast coming in tied for 2nd.=
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)

N64 = GoldenEye ( Bought system just to play GoldenEye )= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenEye_007_(1997_video_game)

PS1 = Crash Bandicoot with Medievil coming in a close 2nd. = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot   and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediEvil

PS2 = Pirates of the Caribbean ( only have 6 PS2 games and this is the best of the 6 ) =
http://www.gamestop.com/ps2/games/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end-used/65302

Personal Computer Games by System/era

TRS-80 Model 1 16k RAM dual 5.25" floppys B&W Display = Flight Simulator, all other games were pretty horrible so I programmed my own similar to the Zork text based games and learned Basic Programming to make own games and share with friends. Even the games from TRS80 magazines were not so great after taking an hour or so to type it all in and correct the program of typos either when keying or published typos that I had to solve to make the program run correctly.Also had ability to save and load games/programs from cassettes when i ran out of 5.25" floppies or they came in cassette form snapped into a binder etc.

C64 = Bubble Ghost = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Ghost

8088XT 4.77Mhz 640k RAM no hard drive running DOS 2.11 = ZORK = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork

80286    12Mhz  4MB RAM with 40MB HDD running Windows 3.1 = Wolfenstein 3D = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D

80386 DX 33Mhz  8MB RAM with 120MB HDD running Windows 95(barely) = DOOM II = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_II:_Hell_on_Earth

80486 DX 66Mhz 24MB RAM with 320MB HDD running Windows 95 & 2x Sony Atapi CD-ROM = MYST with Shivers coming in 2nd.= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst  and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivers_(video_game)

Pentium 75Mhz 32MB RAM with 500MB HDD running windows 98 SE and 8x CD-ROM = Warcraft II (modem to modem or serial null cable between 2 computers when lugging my computer to friends house etc ) = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_II:_Tides_of_Darkness

Pentium 133Mhz 64MB RAM with 1.2GB HDD 8MB ATI 3D Rage PCI Video Card running Windows 98 SE and 8X CD-ROM = Quake II = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_II

AMD k6-2 350Mhz 128MB RAM with 8.4GB HDD integrated video Windows 98SE = Diablo II = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II

Pentium III 733Mhz 256MB RAM with 20GB HDD, GeForce 2 32MB Video Card PCI, Windows 2000 Pro OS = GTA Vice City = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City - Sold this system to buy a Pentium 4 2.0Ghz with Windows XP Home to play games better and got screwed by buying a system on clearance at staples (open box) for $519 normally a $799 computer, that didnt have an AGP port and couldnt return it. Sold this system and went back to using older computers for a short while.

Pretty much World of Warcraft below from release date to latest expansion with exception to me getting angry with Cataclysm changes and leaving the game for 9 months, until lured back in by friends to try out the revised Death Knight with drastically different changes, and a combination that made for insane damage with the right gear and right rotation of attack controls.* Although I am not playing it as often as I use to and am looking for a replacement game that is fun to play, so open to suggestions for good MMORPG games to try?

Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08Ghz 512MB RAM with 80GB HDD and CD-RW and DVD ROM running Windows XP Home ( Dec. 2003 ) that had an AGP port to install GeForce FX5200 128MB Video Card in 2004 = ( World of Warcraft - Classic .. aka Vanilla) replaced my favorite game for this system when WoW came out. Prior to WoW I was playing lots of Counter Strike on this system and Unreal Tournament 99 death matches. The PVP of WoW and the awesome graphics etc won me over as the #1 game to play on this system which continued through Burning Crusade Expansion in 2006.

Sempron X2 2200 (2.0 Ghz dual-core ) 1.5GB DDR2 667 RAM (2008) upgrade to replace the now dead Athlon XP 2800+ motherboard. = ( "Still" World of Warcraft and Still running Windows XP ) although better graphics with GeForce 8400 GS PCIe 256MB Video RAM and just in time for World of Warcraft - Lich King which needed more resources to play on high graphics settings.

Athlon II x4 620 2.6Ghz quadcore upgrade + 4GB DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 RAM purchased used from brother (2010)  as well as Video Card upgrade to ATI Radeon HD 5450 with 512MB RAM and upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium... Friend of mine cooked his integrated video on his new HP killing motherboard gaming with it when he was playing lots of World of Warcraft, but warranty expired so I helped him pick out a new socket AM3 motherboard and through the purchasing process of motherboard and video card he decided that he wanted the Phenom II x6 ( six-core CPU ) instead of using his already existing quadcore that had nothing wrong with it. Got his Phenom II x6 up and running and offered him $50 for his quadcore. He gave me quadcore for free for helping him get the new guts running in his HP case...... World of Warcraft is still my #1 favorite until Cataclysm Expansion made me mad and I left the game for 9 months and played other MMORPG games that were free to play etc and it was nice not having that $15 a month fee for 9 months.

Ended up going back to World of Warcraft - Cataclysm and making an insanely geared Frost Death Knight with Unholy Presence and cookie cut talent tree that a friend helped me perfect the controls etc and gameplay was addicting out dps-ing some tanks in my dps role and fast runic power regeneration through an advantage of Unholy Presence.

World of Warcraft - Pandaria released ... still on same hardware, then built new system and installed used $10 on ebay Socket AM2 Athlon 4450B 2.3Ghz into my old gaming system with Biostar MCP6PB M2+ motherboard and moved the quadcore Athlon II x4 620 2.6Ghz AM3 socket CPU to the new system until I can buy the AMD FX 8350 (8-core 4Ghz ) CPU that I want. New system has 8GB RAM through a deal with newegg for Biostar AM3+ motherboard and 8GB DDR3 RAM for $72 and free shipping and AMD ATI HD5450 with 1GB DDR3 video card.

[Gamerlover]

This a very interesting collection of games and "experiences". I too am a fan of video games since the days of the Sega Mega Drive. However, from several years I decided to play only to MMO and browser game.