- Chrono Trigger: This is simply one of the best RPGs ever made and blows most JRPGs out of the water.
- Mario 64: Excellent revolutionary 3D platformer.
- Zelda OOT and Wind Waker: Unparalleled adventure games whose scope and atmosphere is matched by few games.
- Half Life / 2 : The epitome of FPS shooters
- Max Payne / 2: Bullet time + John Woo style action! Need I say more?
- Far Cry: Fun shooter with breath taking graphics and immense sense of freedom
- GTA 3: The controversial 3D free roaming sandbox game that took things further in a genre pioneered by a few other great games namely Shenmue, Omikron and Daggerfall.
- Gran Turismo: This simulation racing game was simply revolutionary and mind blowing for it's time!
- Metal Gear Solid: The benchmark pioneer of cinematic stealth games
- Shenmue: Yu Suzuki's epic opus is a revolutionary free roaming adventure game (7 years in development and was the most expensive game ever made with a budget of $70 million until GTAIV was released recently) that brought many innovations that have influenced the best games since it's release. Shenmue needs much more appreciation and recognition as it just slipped under the radar of most gamers.
- Shadow of the colossus: One word - EPIC!
- God of War: DMC revolutionized the action genre but GOW improved upon it. I love the implementation of Shenmue's QTEs, the adrenaline rushing gameplay and the incredible soundtrack.
- Devil May Cry: A stylish game that brought Strider style fast paced action into the next gen.
- Strider: Awe inspiring, fun action classic that was a precusor to games like GOW and DMC.
- Soul Calibur: Above and beyond any other 3D fighting game at it's time of release.
- Virtua Fighter: The first 3D fighting game which boasts excellent gameplay to go with the innovation. Yu Suzuki is brilliant!
- Burnout 2 & 3: Leaves most other arcade racers including the Need for Speed series and PGR 2 standing!
- Red Faction: Awesome FPS with even more impressive destruction.
- Otigi: The level of environmental destruction in this game will blow you away. It's a quality action game as well.
- Syphon Filter: Great TPS that was better than anything in it's respective genre at the time of release.
- Goldeneye: The game mecanics and multiplayer component of the game were simply revolutionary for it's time
- Call of Duty 2: MOH may have started the WWII shooter craze but COD 2 stands as the best of the genre
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: My favourite 2D fighter that never really gets old. I feel very fortunate to have bought the game for the DC at $25 years ago considering how rare and expensive thegame is currently.
- Street Fighter 2: The epitome of 2D fighters
- Final Fight & Streets of Rage: The best beat em ups of their time
- Forza Motorsport: Improved on the GT formula with some novel introductions.
- Super Smash Bros.: Awesome multiplayer fighting fun
- Moto GP series: Consistently the best motorcycle sim racing games
- Virtua Figter 4: The best 3D fighter alongside Soul Calibur
- Ninja Gaiden: While I don't like NG as much as GOW or DMC but NG is still a great action game boasting almost next gen quality graphics and a satisfying amount of challenge that harken back to the glory days of quarter eating arcade classics.
- Time Crisis 3: Best and most enjoyable light gun game to release in years
- Resident Evil 4: Excellent reinvention of the series
- Mario Kart series: The best kart racers out there
- Viewtiful Joe: Stylish, challenging and incredibly fun. VJ is no doubt the best beat em up since FF and SOR!
- Freedom Fighters: FF is one of the best third person shooters ever made.
- Deus Ex: One of the best FPS games which was ahead of its time
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