If you could only play 3 games from each console generation what would they be?

Going all the way back as far as you like.

I'll start with the SNES/SEGA era:

Super Double Dragon, TMNT4: Turtles In Time, Super Mario World ( SNES )

Mariokart 64, Ocarina of Time, Duke Nuken 64 ( N64 )

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, 007 Everything Or Nothing, GTA San Andreas ( XBOX )

Oblivion, Deus Ex HR, & Hitman Blood Money ( 360 )

Whats your games?

I only started gaming on PS1 so here I go:

Spyro: The Dragon; Final Fantasy IX; Bubble Bobble (PS1)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Final Fantasy XII; God of War II (PS2)

God of War III; Assassin's Creed II; Just Cause 2 (PS3)

PS1:

1. Crash Team Racing
2. Crash Bandicoot 2
3. Spyro: Year of the Dragon

PS2:

1. GTA: San Andreas
2. Star Wars Battlefront 2
3. Burnout Revenge

PS3:

1. Dead Space
2. Bioshock
3. Red Dead Redemption

This gen: The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword, Batman Arkham City, Pokemon Black

Last gen: Pikmin, Pikmin 2, The Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker

N64/PS1: Rayman 2 (any version but the PS1 one), The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask,Goldeneye

SNES: Super Punch-Out!!, The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past, Earthbound

PS1: FF7, FF9, Vagrant Story

PS2: FFXII, Silent Hill 2, Ico

PS3/X360: Uncharted 2, Dark Souls, Bioshock

That was tough, especially current gen as there's loads of great games I'm still playing and it's hard to judge what will stand the test of time.

PS1: Tomba, CoolBoarders 3, Spyro

Last Gen: Zelda Wind Waker, GTA San Andreas, James Bond Nightfire

360/PS3: Dragon Age Origins, Deus Ex HR, Oblivion

*Honorable mention to Mass Effect and Red Dead Redemption

7th gen: Max Payne 3,Skyrim,Mass Effect

6th gen: RE4,The Getaway,Morrowind

5th gen: Chrono Cross,FF9,MGS1

Super Smash Bros, Banjo Kazooie, and Final Fantasy VII

Kingdom Hearts, God of War, GTA: San Andreas

Halo 3, Mass Effect, Borderlands

NES era: Castlevania 3, Cyrastalis and Mario 3

SNES and Genesis era: Sonic and Knuckles, Earthworm Jim 2 and Castlevania Dracula X

N64 and Playstation era: Goemon's Great Adventure, Mystical Ninja and Zelda MM

PS2, Gamecube and Xbox era: Tales of the Abyss, Persona 4 and Super Smash Bros. Melee

PS3, 360 and Wii era: Tales of Graces f, World of Warcraft and MLB the Show

Ahh, this is tough, but here we go! :P

PS1 - Tomb Raider II, Metal Gear Solid, WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role
PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Resident Evil 4
Xbox 360 - WWE '12, GTA IV, Gears of War 3

I regret not having Resident Evil 2 on here, but I feel that Tomb Raider II would last longer, as I could do speedruns and stuff if I ended up playing it a bit too much with the other 8 games :P. I was also going to put one of the Driver games over MGS, but MGS is a great game and I just couldn't miss that one off and besides, I already have two GTA games in there. GTA IV is mainly in there because the online free roam can keep you playing for AGES, as the online of WWE '12 and Gears 3 can. All three games are great really though, but GTA IV isn't the best GTA, in my opinion. My favourite is San Andreas, which made its way in to my list :D. RE4 just had to be there because it is a long game (especially with all of the extras) and it's fun. I would have put Call of Duty 2 or 3 on Xbox 360, but I already have a shooter on there and GTA IV and WWE '12 already have a lot of replay value, so instead I changed WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain to Call of Duty: Finest Hour on the PS2, since I only have one other pure shooter in there.

7th gen: Max Payne 3,Skyrim,Mass Effect

6th gen: RE4,The Getaway,Morrowind

5th gen: Chrono Cross,FF9,MGS1

Ballroompirate

Everybody always forgets about The Getaway. That game was amazing & ahead of its time. I like the realistic & gritty style. The 1st open world game i know of to feature a cover system, it also had the abilitiy to take hostages, the combat was so amazing for an open wolrd game of its time.

GTA didnt half a cover system & still to this day cant take hostages. I remember after you were done the game you would unlock the ability to use your blinkers on your car. I dont know why but i loved that.

I would have put Call of Duty 2 or 3 on Xbox 360, but I already have a shooter on there and GTA IV and WWE '12 already have a lot of replay value, so instead I changed WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain to Call of Duty: Finest Hour on the PS2, since I only have one other pure shooter in there.

Ashley_wwe

Yea i was going to say why put Smackdown 2 when Here comes the Pain was the greatest one. How's WWE 13? I havent purchased a Smackdown game since SVR 2009. Too much copy & paste over the years to warrant another purchase from me.