Game recommendations for various platforms here please!

[Zotmeister]

Finally examined my NES collection for proper thoroughness:

Baseball Simulator 1.000 (sport)
Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars (sport)
[The former has two great varieties: "original" and "extra crispy". The latter has but one: "over the top".]
Captain Skyhawk (shooter)
Crash 'N The Boys: Street Challenge (event)
[I can't vouch for Ice Challenge - I've never played it - but I bet that'd be great as well.]
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (beatbuster)
8 Eyes (platformer)
Eliminator Boat Duel (racing)
Firehawk (shooter)
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode (platformer, mostly)
[Stay away from its sequel, The Mafat Conspiracy.]
The Guardian Legend (shooter)
[So what if I've said it already. It's worth saying again.]
Low-G-Man (platformer)
[I can't believe this gem wound up in SomethingAwful.com's Rom Pit. This is an incredibly good game.]
Nightshade (adventure)
Ninja Kid (platformer)
[Great arcadey fun, that one is.]
Orb 3D (paddler/puzzle)
River City Ransom (beatbuster)
Snake Rattle N Roll (platformer?)
Solar Jetman (thruster)
[Only for the patient.]
Solstice (platformer/puzzle)
Wrecking Crew (platformer)
[This game has a few secret tricks to it few have bothered to uncover.]

- ZM

[Saldek]

Some more classics for the Amgia :

Turrican 2 - whatever you do, just don't watch the attract screen for more than a few moments. I saw the background story for the first time ever last month and it 's downright horrible.

Pinball Fantasies - Especially fun with multiple players.

The Chaos Engine

[everklear]

Finally examined my NES collection for proper thoroughness:

There's a Japanese one I'd like to recommend (only played via emulation) for NES...only I can't remember the name.

It's like a cross between tetris and that atari arcade game where you defend you castles from ships...trackball...shit, my brain isn't working. Actually, it's a lot like that atari arcade game.

Hang on...off to look at screenshots at mame.net...be right back.

Got it, "Rampart"

So what's the NES game? I'll try to find it at home. Thanks for listening to the rambling fool.

[Zotmeister]

Pinball Fantasies - Especially fun with multiple players.

I love the Digital Illusions trilogy! Dreams, Fantasies, and Illusions is the greatest series of pinball programs ever created. Consistently good throughout, realistic feel, well-designed tables and rules, the whole shebang. I'd pay a small fortune for a modern version of those same titles.

Team 17's Addiction Pinball is definitely top quality if you're looking for a title a modern machine can play and that you can get cheap. - ZM

[romanista]

i'm missing sensible (world of) soccer on the amiga list, and gravity power,

and for the c64: eindeloos (endless), classic dutch shooter

[Lloyd Mangram]

Willow Pattern Adventure and Zolyx - C64
Dynamite Dan and Amaurote - Spectrum
Head Over Heels - Amstrad CPC
Dropzone and Action Biker - Atari XL

[skweek]

Speedball 2! Speedball 2! (Amiga)

[noodles]

Amiga :

Bomberman
Datastorm
Bubble Bobble
Rainbow Islands
IK+
It Came From The Desert
King of Chicago
Deja Vu
Typhoon Thompson
Defender II (the controls could do with an update for emus/gamepads)
Nuclear War
Stunt Car Racer
Pirates! (best version ever of any platform)
Wings Of Fury
Wings (cinemaware)
Hybris
Phantasie III
Time Bandit
Their Finest Hour

[blueberry]

for the Amstard CPC i would go for

Radzone
Guzzler
Cybernoid 2
Finders Keepers

oh and any of the later Ocean arcade conversions ,Chase HQ,Rainbow Islands,are good if you want to see what a CPC can do when its really pushed.

[Dio]

Can't believe these Megadrive games had been missed

Columns
Herzog Zwei
Star Control
Target Earth
Thunderforce III
Wiz & Liz

Maybe Master of Monsters and Gain Ground as well.


Trashman, Psytron and Lords of Midnight should be on the Speccy list as well.

[Peltazoid]

I just can not belive it.... no one has mentioned antiriad on the C64 and slamtilt on the AGA Amigas quite simply the best pinball sim on that platform next to pinball dreams.

Otherstuff,

Amiga

Zak McCracken (First lucasarts adventure I played, then got addicted to Monkey Island)
Qwak (Bizzare Platformer, PC remake perhaps?)
Lotus 2 and Supercars 2
Carnage (Supersprint style racer for 4 player, manic fun esp after beers and 30 levels, just one of you trying to catch the lone cpu car)
Oh yeh and Master Blaster (5 Player bomberman style mayhem)

C64

The Sentinel (bizzare game from geoff crammond)
Uridium+ (One of braybrooks finest)
Kickstart 1 & 2 (Just great, by Shaun "Lotus Trilogy" Southern )

PS2

REZ (Cool shooter)


Applogies if any of the above have also been mentioned before.

Cheersy Ho

[Muttley]

Looks like I need to pull my finger out and update this list then, doesn't it!

Muttley

[btyler78]

My recommendations would be:

R-Type - Master System
Sensible World of Soccer - Amiga
Barbarian - Spectrum
Chuckie Egg - Spectrum
Harrier Attack - Amstrad
Yie Ar Kung Fu - Amstrad
Commando - Commodore
Green Beret - Amstrad
Outrun - Sega Saturn - arcade perfect!
Cabal - Amiga
Wonderboy - Commodore
Pitstop - Commodore
Ikari Warriors - Commodore
Defender 2 - Atari 2600
Smurf - Atari 2600
Super Probotector - Super Nintendo
Streets of Rage 2 - Megadrive
Metal Slug 2nd mission - Neo Geo Pocket Colour

Thats my favorites and some classics in my opinion!

[WalterMß]

I don't know if it's been posted already or not... (and if this topic also includes current games): Rockstar Games is about to launch the PS2 version of GTA: San Andreas.

For more info consult this site (which I am moderator of as well), where fresh news will be posted as soon as the game is released: petrolheadz.net.

[Triggsy]

A few of my faves:

Mame:
Amidar
Pengo

BBC Micro:
Hopper
Mr Ee!!
Revs

C64
Burnin' Rubber
Robotron

VIC20:
Arcadia
Matrix

Spectrum:
Rebelstar Raiders
Scrabble
Stonkers

Amiga:
Alien Breed
Geoff Crammonds Grand Prix 2
Jimmy Whites Snooker
New Zealand Story