Gamecube:

Luigi Mansion
Super Mario Sunshine
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic Adventure DX
TLOZ:WW
Super Smash Bros Melee
Paper Mario
Sonic Mega Collection

Wii:

Super Smash Bros Brawl
Super Paper Mario
Super Mario Galaxy
TLOZ: OoT(VC)
TLOZ:MM(VC)
TLOZ:TP

When it comes to games that I just loved, I think it's really only worth mentioning if it's a game that... wasn't necessarily great. Like, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, etc.

That said, a game I just love is Toejam and Earl. It wasn't the best game. The enemies were either a joke or just way over powered, the majority of the items in the game weren't worth using, whatever. But it was just so damn fun. I guess 'cuz it was one of the earliest co-op games I'd ever played really seriously. Those kinds of games were important to me as a kid, mostly because I had two brothers.

Arcade:

Area 51
Area 51: Site 4
House of the Dead (the original)


PC:

Every DOOM game ever made
Quake (the original)
Command and Conquer: Red Alert (the first one)
Call of Duty
Half-Life 1 & 2
Counter-Strike
Sim-City 2000
Sim-City 4


NES:

Metal Gear
Double Dragon
Battletoads
The Legend of Zelda


SNES:

Earthbound
Contra 3
Street Fighter 2
Chrono Trigger
Metal Warriors
Yoshi's Island


N64:

Super Mario 64
Cruisin' USA
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask
Doom 64


Gamecube:

Luigi's Mansion
Pikmin
Metroid Prime 1 & 2
Resident Evil 4
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker & Twilight Princess


Xbox:

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Psychonauts


Xbox 360:

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Gears of War 1 & 2
Bioshock
Fallout 3
Brutal Legend

Dave7
:

Luigi's Mansion
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker & Twilight Princess

YESH! YESH!

Inkmonkey
When it comes to games that I just loved, I think it's really only worth mentioning if it's a game that... wasn't necessarily great. Like, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, etc.

I agree with that. It's more fun to name games that weren't universally acclaimed but you loved them anyway. So I'll make my list:

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! 1 and 2
Elite Beat Agents
Rhythm Heaven
Crackdown (at a $12 used price, anyway)
Drill Dozer
Hotel Dusk
House of the Dead 2
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Castlevania 3 and 4
Jet Grind Radio
Punch-Out!! Wii
Dead Rising

An old one that seems to be much derided these days but which I enjoyed at the time, was Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

I loved that it used 3D properly; I loved that you could change your POV from over the shoulder, to first person, to third person, to overhead; I loved that the gameplay in each level was different to the one before (ranging from platforming, to shooting, to aerial combat, to puzzle solving); and I loved that it had a proper storyline.

All very innovative for its day!

Since I've been thinking of these games recently, I'll tell you a few "modern" games which I loved!

Deadspace
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Bioshock

<3

DAJB
An old one that seems to be much derided these days but which I enjoyed at the time, was Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

I'll second that. It certainly hasn't held up well (will I say the same about The Force Unleashed in a few years? Probably, but that doesn't mean I've enjoyed playing through it), but it's got a nifty, goofy story, which is often good enough for me. And don't get me started on the Outrider; I wanted one the moment I saw it pop onscreen.

Other imperfect games I've greatly enjoyed include: Earth Defense Force 2017 (co-op, that is. Single player is a headache on a disc), Captain America & the Avengers (the impossible-to-beat version on the SNES; there's something oddly reassuring about cruising through the first three or four levels and then just getting stuck. I suppose it reminds me that some aspects of the universe still work they way they're supposed to), NBA Hangtime (I loved rocking the rim as a Shaq-sized alien the announcer referred to as Top Gun), Dead to Rights (because of that shotgun, and the dog), and The Movies.

I don't know if it has been popular or not since in the time I played it most I was a lil kid and didn't know anyone who played it, but Might and Magic 6.

Somewhat repetitive, but so much freedom!!!

Off the top of my head...

PS2
Guitar Hero 2
Devil May Cry 3
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (just about every NIS game is extremely fun the first time around, but I've played Disgaea 1 several times)
Okami
FF XII (say what you want about the combat system, this game was amazing)
God of War 1 & 2
Kingdom Hearts 2
Ratchet & Clank Going Commando

PS3
Rock Band 1 & 2
Team Fortress 2 (my gateway FPS)
Tekken 6 (ROCKET ARMSSS!!!)
Super Stardust

PSP
Patapon 1 & 2
Lumines 2
Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection
Rock Band: Unplugged

GBA
Harvest Moon (the most addictive farming game in existence)

Also any SIMS game

One odd one that is pretty obscure was Road Trip (aka Choro Q HG2). I don't know why, I just love this game. RPG elements are thrown in quite cleverly, there is plenty of land to explore, a number of minigames...

I really wish I hadn't lost it ;_______;

Okami, Metroid Prime and Animal Crossing come to mind.

Also, no mention of Psychonauts yet? For shame!

Hm. I guess I'll consider 'just loved' as 'games you have played the hell out of time and again even though you could do it in your sleep'

Zelda: the SNES one with the alternate world. Link to the Past? (the others were great too, but this one has gotten the most play)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Grim Fandango
Psychonauts
Okami

and the newer ones would be
Batman AA
Fallout 3


Seems like a small list, but if someone said "pick up and play one of these games right now" I would be more than happy to. They're impossible for me to play to death.

PS2
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 (This may be an older one but its probably the best in the franchise)
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (Probably the easiest and most addictive shooter I own for the PS3)
PS3:
Infamous (Great graphics, gameplay, plot and no loading time)
Grand Theft Auto 4 (If you don't have this yet get it)
Prototype (Decent graphics, great gameplay.)
Fallout 3 (Even a few dozen minutes into it and I already loved it)
Assassin's Creed II Best damn game ever.

I just want to say, when you just type down a long list of games with no commentary whatsoever, I personally do not read a single word you typed. I don't know how true that holds for other ppl.

That goes for ever single "list" thread, not just this one.

A sucky game that I just kept playing and playing... hmm...

NES Deadly Towers


In the words of Youtube posters:
Imnotan00b (1 year ago) Show Hide
It's the worst licensed game on the NES, but for some reason, something makes you play it.

(The Devil of Darkness, no doubt.)

eddygoombah (2 years ago) Show Hide
Even having seen the game beaten, I STILL have no idea what the hell was going on.... This was the worst $30 I spent as a 10 year old.


xldjvista (1 year ago) Show Hide
It was wasn't it? This game caused me to throw the controller on the ground more than any. I put it down for months then only out of utter hatred willed my way through it. I wish to never see that side of myself again it was pure evil!!!


TJSurgery (11 months ago) Show Hide
bosses looked like donkey kong mated w/ dracula

Final Fantasy 7 no contest

Kingdom Hearts til I beat it and it decided to freeze in the ending credits.
Guitar Hero 3
Super SMash Bros Brawl and Melee
Any pokemon game but the really new ones. Like from fire red/leaf green on I hate but everything else is awesome. :)

Cruis'n Usa(for N64), one of the first race game I've played, which I still sometimes play nowadays, always makes me laugh a lot.

Golden Eye and Perfect Dark for the same console. Turok, even if I sucked at it. I'll stop now before I name all the games I played when a kid.

NES: Super Mario Bros. 3, Megaman 3, Punch Out!, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy.

SNES: Super Street Fighter II, Megaman X Trilogy, Final Fantasy III, Chrono Trigger.

Genesis: Altered Beast.

PS One: Tekken 3, Street Fighter EX, Street Fighter vs X-Men.

PS2: Smackdown vs Raw 2008, Need for Speed Underground.

X-Box: Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, Capcom Fighting Evolution.

360: Street Fighter 4, Halo 3.

PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4.

PC:
Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
C&C Renegade
Champions Online
World of Warcraft
The Elder Scrolls 4 GOTY Edition

System Shock 2
Diablo 2
Super Metroid

Sesame Street: Count's countdown.

I've had one stab at this already but here's another that just sprang to mind:
Unreal! (Not the various UT spin-offs but the original story-driven game.)

I was gripped from the opening scene, waking up in a crashed prison ship, glimpsing or catching the sound of scuttling creatures without being able to see them ... atmospheric stuff! The graphics were gorgeous (for the time!) but what really kept me playing was the way a real story unfolded by means of diary entries, logs and journals that you found along the way. Revolutionary for the days when a shooter was defined but nothing more than how big a gun you had and how many you could carry at once!

I think Technomage is perfect for this list! It was never popular, and honestly, I can see why, it's pretty boring and uninteresting.
And yet....I love it!
(Never finished it, though)

I think Gunstar Heroes too. Me and my brothers play this a lot. We can do it soooo easily, and most of it is just holding down the shoot button and running right. But still, it's a great game that I still enjoy.

And because of the magic rule of three, I will say....
Pokemon Snap.
Fucking amazing game.

I can't believe this post it's still here...and it says "NEW" I posted it on freaking December 19! Oh well...

Pokemon snap had me comming back time after time. It took me ages to figure out you had to whack that mankey with a squirtle.

I've loved all the Mario RPG's. They're just fun and the dialog is really well written. Like Bowser chatting up a poster of Peach that was in the window of the peach fan club. Or when baby Luigi made fun of Luigi for crying :)

oh, and all the Zelda's i've played have been pretty good, although they get a bit same ol' same ol' after a while.

I think the two games I return to over and over (and the two I always load up on any computer I own) are Guilty Gear X2 #Reload and Puyo Pop Fever... along with a couple of doujin games... Full Metal Sister Marilu and Blood-Over.

Mario Paint!!! ftw!!!!!!

Street fighter 2

Resident Evil 2

Loved Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. Bought all of its expansions. Was really involved in its modding community for like 2 years. The new DOW2... not so much. DOW2 is an inferior game compared to DOW1.

Loving Dragon Age Origins. Wow, what a time sink. Using tons of mods for it, but not really modding it myself.

Amiga-
Dragon's Breath
Dungeon Master 3

PS1 &2-
Okami
Katamari Damacy
FF7
FFX
Prince of Persia: sands of time
Shadow of the Colossus
Disgaea
Jak II and III

PC-
Portal

I wish I could find Dragons Breath on Underdog or somewhere. *sigh* Unfortunately, whoever posted it there botched up and the game won't boot. It was really cool, though, you could hatch your own dragons and send them out on missions to burn down villages until they paid you to stop.