Plz help me complete this 'main games of the eighties/nineties' list..

1987 I would say Legend of Zelda.

1987 I would say Legend of Zelda.

Tropictrain

I just noticed you seem to be using the original releases for games. 1987 was the NA release date for Zelda, it released in Japan in 86. Therefore I second Final Fantasy for your game for 1987.

I just noticed you seem to be using the original releases for games. 1987 was the NA release date for Zelda, it released in Japan in 86. Therefore I second Final Fantasy for your game for 1987.

Tropictrain

1983- Dragon's LairDeafNYCPlayer

[QUOTE="Tropictrain"]

I just noticed you seem to be using the original releases for games. 1987 was the NA release date for Zelda, it released in Japan in 86. Therefore I second Final Fantasy for your game for 1987.

mikka4

No need to apologize, I was the one who told you 87. I usually go by the North American release dates (since I'm in North America). But here's my suggestions for the years you have multiple games. This is just based on what I remember being the most popular or what seemed to make the biggest impact, and not on personal preference. (If it was personal preference, I would choose Mario Kart over Street Fighter...)

1980
1981: arcade donkey kong?
1982
1983
1984:
1985: nes super mario brothers
1986: nes zelda
1987: nes final fantasy .. dos game leisure suit larry ... arcade double dragon?
1988: nes super mario bros 3
1989: gameboy tetris
1990: snes super mario world
1991: sonic the hedgehog ... lemmings?
1992: either snes street fighter II or snes super mario kart (eek, or the birth of mortal kombat??)
1993: pc doom
1994: snes super metroid?
1995: command and conquer? chrono trigger? (not sure here)
1996: n64 super mario 64 or pc duke nukem 3D ?? or pokemon... or resident evil aargh or tomb raider ??
1997: n64 goldeneye or grand theft auto
1998: pc half-life
1999: tony hawk

Super Mario Bros. 3 didn't come out until 1989. I remember it distinctly because our first glimpse of it was in that Fred Savage movie, The Wizard.

One game per year is not feasible, by using that system you're not taking into account the important releases of each genre, another issue is that the three territories were completely separate until the late 80s/early 90s period when the markets started to converge, before then the "biggest game" would've been different for each territory.

For instance, Manic Miner, Jet Pac, and Chuckie Egg were most certainly the biggest games in Europe in 1983, but these games were unheard of in North America, in the US Miner 2049er and Jumpman were probably the biggest games of 83' (neither of which attained much popularity here at the time)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMP8OSWGcss

While not comprehensive it does cover a lot of greats from 1972 to 2007.

Yar's revenge

dragon warrior I and then II

jazz jack rabbit 1

HOVER! (1995)

A couple things spring to mind:

1997 - Grand Theft Auto wasn't really a phenomenon until GTA3 in 2001, I would hold off on that one and replace it with Gran Turismo.

1998 - Metal Gear Solid and Ocarina of Time deserve mentions

1980: Pac-Man (US/EU), Defender (US/EU), Berzerk (US), Missile Command (US/EU), Battlezone (US/EU), Ultima (US)

1981: Donkey Kong (US/EU), Scramble (US/EU), Frogger (US/EU)

1982: The Hobbit (EU), Hungry Horace (EU), Arcadia (EU), 3D Monster Maze (EU), Pitfall (US), River Raid (US), Dig Dug (US), Donkey Kong Junior (US), Pole Position (US/EU), Moon Patrol (US/EU)

1983: Manic Miner (EU), Jet Pac (EU), Atic Atac (EU), Star Wars Arcade (US/EU), Miner 2049er (US), Jump Man (US), Beach-Head (US), Elevator Action (JP), Lode Runner (US/EU), Spy Hunter (US)

1984: Jet Set Willy (EU), Elite (EU), Underwurlde (EU), Knight Lore (EU), Wanted: Monty Mole (EU, Sabrewulf (EU), Impossible Mission (US/EU), Boulderdash (US/EU), Pitfall II (US), Pac-Land (JP/EU), Gauntlet (US/EU), Ghostbusters (US/EU)

1985: Super Mario Brothers (JP:prior to 1986 the NES was only released in a small test market in the US, so it was the next year it took off there), Gradius (JP/EU), Commando (JP/US/EU), Ghosts N Goblins (JP/EU), Starquake (EU), Rush N' Attack/Green Beret (EU), Space Harrier (US/EU), The Way of the Exploding Fist (EU)

1986: The Legend of Zelda (JP/US), Wonder Boy (JP/EU), Metroid (US), Castlevania (JP: didn't arrive in US until 1987), Dragon Quest (JP), Outrun (US/EU), Winter Games (US/EU), Bubble Bobble (EU)

1987: Cybernoid (EU), Final Fantasy (JP), Double Dragon (EU/US), Barbarian (EU), Maniac Mansion (US), Operation Wolf (US/EU), Head Over Heels (EU), R-Type (EU), Shinobi (US/EU), Contra (US/EU), Rainbow Islands (EU)

1988: Robocop (EU), Last Ninja II (US/EU), Super Mario Bros 3 (JP: didn't arrive in the US until 1990), Chase HQ (EU), Bionic Commando (US), Mega Man II (JP: US release following year), Target Renegade (EU)

1989: Fantasy Land Dizzy (EU), MYTH (EU), Xenon 2 (EU), Ninja Gaiden (US), Rick Dangerous (EU), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (US/EU)

..........Actually I'm giving up now, the list is getting long and theres still no signs of stopping any time soon :(

i only started in 1989 , but with games made in 86 and up

so 86-super mario duck hunt

87 zelda 1

88 super mario bros 3

snes and up

91-super mario world

92 -super mario kart/sonic-genesis

93-sonic 2

94 top gear /stunt race fx

95-dkc2

96 -dkc 3 snes super mario 64 64

97 goldeneye 007 marioparty nfs 3 hot pursuit

98 zelda oot

99-zelda mm ssbb there were plenty of n64 games i could list i just dont know the exact dates of many