What are your favorite old video games?

A discussion I\'ve gotten into elsewhere has gotten me thinking about older video games.  Today\'s games are awesome, but some from the past are unforgettable, too.  On this thread I want you to list, explain, rant, or whatever about what you think are the best games of times before PS2 and Dreamcast.  I\'m speaking of any system from Atari 2600 to Jaguar, from the Commodore 64 to current PCs.  Here are some of mine, in no particular order:

1.  Metroid (NES)
2.  Final Fantasy (NES)
3.  Super Mario 3 (NES)
4.  Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
5.  Archon (Commodore 64/Atari 800)
6.  Resident Evil (PSX)
7.  Tecmo Super Bowl (NES and Genesis)
8.  The Legend of Zelda (NES)
9.  Mike Tyson\'s Punch Out (NES)
10. Mortal Kombat 3 (Genesis for me, 6-button controller)

All of these games were just great fun and/or blew my mind at the time.  Archon was included just b/c I played the hell out of it as a kid, and the idea of a modified fantasy-world game of chess settled on a battlefield still appeals to me.  Anyway, how about yours?

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Super Metriod, Mario 3, Shinobi, Sonic 1-3, Pong, Pac-Man, Mike Tyson\'s PunchOut, Ninja Gaiden.
Those are some classics that come to mind really fast.

Mario 3(Nes)
Teenage mutant Ninja TurtlesIII(Nes)
Sonic3(SMD)
Sonic and Knuckles(SMD)
Splatter3(SMD)
FightersMegamix(Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon Saga(Saturn)
Silent Hill(PS)
MGS(PS)
Tekken3(PS)
Vagrant Story(PS)
FF8 and 7(PS)

there are more SMD NES and Atari games I like.
Especially Atari games but I cant remember their names.

I still love Final Fantasy 7.  Even though I\'ve played it overrrr and overrrrrr!

Great thread!

NES
- Bionic Commando
- Jackal
- Track & Field II
- Super Mario 2
- Battletoads
- TMNT 2: Arcade
- Double Dragon II, III
- Ninja Gaiden (series)
- Contra (series)
- Double Dribble!
- Zelda

These games were simply too much fun.  I know there are tons more but I can\'t think of em right now...

Super Mario 3, Mario World, Super Metroid, Ecco the Dolphin,Sonic, Earthworm Jim, Final Fantasy 3, Uniracers, NiGHTS, Panzer Dragoon 2, Kirby\'s Adventure, Donkey Kong (the one for gameboy), Zelda:Link to the Past.  

There was this rambo like game on the comodore 64: midnight something, there were a couple of levels and after each level you needed to fight a boss and U could buy better weapons and stuff after each level, also after the last level you could buy some of your family back(?!), which was really strange because u could never buy all of them. anyone remember the full name of this game?

others are:
tmnt
double dragon
final fight
legends
ff3
wimbledon (master system)
kirby\'s dreamland )gameboy)
killer instinct
etc etc, I could go on for a very long time

There\'s just too many to mention, I\'m not even going to try. But if you want to know what my favorite game/series of all time is, then just read up on Faithdies "A RPG sequel question" thread.

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Space harrier!
Tetris.
Golden Axe.
Mystic Defender.
Yoshi\'s island.
CastleVania 4.
Gradius (series).
Super Street Fighter 2.
Nights.
Sonic CD.
Pitfall!
Zelda: A link to the past.
StarFox
Mario Kart
Mario 2.
Super Mario World.

politiepet,

Was that game Midnight Resistance? Are u sure it was on the Commodore 64, because I know a version of Midnight Resistance came on the Commodore Amiga and was basically a wonderful ripoff (or perhaps a port, I can\'t remember) of Contra.

Damn, I can\'t believe that I forgot the Pitfall games.  Those were the absolute best.  There was one, I believe it was Super Pitfall.  It actually had an ending.  It was an Atari 2600 game, and it actually had an ending. This was unheard of.  I also can\'t believe that Bionic Commando had escaped my memory.  Great games....
Others I have thought of:

The last Joe Montana Game for Genesis (It still has the best team-specific playbooks ever for a football game).
Earthworm Jim
Street Fighter 2 Turbo (Genesis,6-button)
Goldeneye (N64)--a little new, but still one of the best games ever.

How about some old arcade games?

Space Ace:  this game absoulutely ruled.
Elevator Action
Discs of Tron
Baby Pac-Man (I think this is the one--it was a Pac-man game with a screen, but it also had a pinball machine attached to it; if you died or something, you\'d start playing pinball instead--awesome)
TMNT
Dig-Dug

Any I\'m missing?

Originally posted by Lavan
politiepet,

Was that game Midnight Resistance? Are u sure it was on the Commodore 64, because I know a version of Midnight Resistance came on the Commodore Amiga and was basically a wonderful ripoff (or perhaps a port, I can\'t remember) of Contra.

yeah that\'s the one!!! is it a ripoff of contra? could be, back in those days I knew nothing about games, I was 10 years old or something.

Zero Wing!!

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nah, not really. theres too many to name them all.

Old game eh? Dragon force: Saturn RPG
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well for me here is ten of the endless list:

1.Secret of Mana[snes]
2.Chrono Trigger[snes]
3.Sonic and Knuckles[genesis]
4.Street Fighter 2 turbo[snes]
5.Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles :Arcade
6.Zelda:Link to the Past[snes]
7.Mario Bros. 3[nes]
8.Contra[nes]
9.Final Fantasy III[snes]
10.All of the great SNES RPGs