Ten definitive titles for each platform

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A bit of a reflection following the discussion of the Playstations greatest hits. I'd like you to name ten titles for a particular platform, not necessarily your favourite games, but productions that you believe were instrumental in establishing the systems reputation and position in the market.

Including, but not limited to:

NES, Master System, Mega Drive, Neo Geo, SNES, Saturn, PlayStation, N64, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PC

Gameboy family, PSP, DS, Game Gear.

Give lists for as many or as little as you feel like. I have to admit that I haven't engaged in lengthy gaming sessions on all the formats mentioned. I'll add some of my own when I've had time to compile a shortlist.
 
Snes
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Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Yoshis Island
Secret of Mana
Killer Instinct
Street Fighter 2
Super Contra (Contra Alien Wars)


MegaDrive
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Streets of Rage 1,2,3
Toe Jam & Earl 1 & 2?
Sonic The Hedgehog 1 & 2 & 3 & whatever the other sonic games were


Playstation
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Resident Evil series
Final Fantasy series
Gran Turismo series
Metal Gear Solid series
Pro Evo



GameCube
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Resident Evil 0 + 4 + rest of series
Eternal Darkness
Super Smash Bros
Luigis Mansion


Xbox
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Ninja Gaiden
Forza Motorsport
PGR series
 
SNES

Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Allstars
Mario Kart
SF2
Secret of Mana
Final Fantasy 6
Chrono Trigger
Mystical Ninja/Goeman the Warrior
Donkey Kong Country

N64

Super Mario 64
Golden Eye
Perfect Dark
Zelda OoT
Zelda MM
WWE: No Mercy
Diddy Kong Racing
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Jet Force Gemini
Banjo Tooie
 
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Amiga
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Superfrog
Alien Breed : Tower Assault
Syndicate
SWOS
The Chaos Engine
Frontier : Elite 2
Dungeon Master
Shadow of the Beast
Populous
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Incredibly hard to pick just 10 games, i've missed out things like Monkey Island.
 
Nintendo DS:

Advance Wars
Castlevania
Super Mario Bros.
Mario 64
Partners in Time
Mario Kart
Brain Training
Touch Golf
Metroid Prime
Kirby Canvas Curse

Xbox:
Ninja Gaiden
Halo 1
Halo 2
KOTOR
KOTOR 2
Rallisport challenge
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Tiger woods
Brian Lara 2005?
 
Megadrive:
Sonic
Revenge of shinobi
Desert strike
Wonderboy in monsterworld
Landstalker
Shining in the darkness
gunstar heores
aladdin
toe jam and earl
streets of rage 2

Snes:
Zelda lttp
Supermario world
Super mario rpg
Chrono trigger
shadowrun
SF2
Mario kart
Pilot wings
secret of mana
Donkey kong country
 
Gamecube:

Metroid Prime
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Super Smash Bros.
Resident Evil 4
Pikmin
Eternal Darkness
Super Monkey Ball
Mario Sunshine
Viewtiful Joe
Star Wars Rogue Leader
 
N64:

Zelda OOT
Super Mario 64
Yoshi's story
Goldeneye
Mario Party
Super smash bros.
Perfect dark
Banjo kazooie
Diddy Kong racing
Mario Kart 64

Dreamcast:

Shenmue
Shenmue II
Powerstone
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
shadowman
chu chu rocket
Jet set radio
Samba Di Amigo
Crazy Taxi


I can see a lot of people having trouble compiling a list of definitive titles for the psp, I'd put tekken top though i guess. I would like to compile a list for x360 but I havent played many games on mine yet!:(
 
I know theres not 10 for each one but...

Snes:
Zelda Link To The Past
Super Metriod
Mario Kart

Ps1:
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 8
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil
Gran Turismo
Tomb Raider
Silent Hill

N64:
Zelda: OOT
Mario Kart 64

Xbox:
Halo
Halo 2

Gamecube:
Resident Evil (Remake)
Resident Evil 4
Zelda: Wind Waker
Super Smash Bros Melee
Super Monkey Ball
Mario Kart: Double Dash

Ps2:
Final Fantasy X
Kingdom Hearts
Timesplitters
 
Assuming by definitive you mean titles that show the quality and depth of a console.

Talking about franchises not individual titles

XBOX


Halo
Forza
PGR
Ninja Gaiden
Dead or Alive
Knights of the Old Republic
Jade Empire
Rallisport Challenge
Fable
Splinter Cell (lets face it the definitive version has always been on Xbox)
 
I've posted my favourite games rather than what I believe were the definitive ones, simply because I could mention games that meet the latter without having played them - e.g. I've never played Samba Di Amigo or Radiant Silvergun but I'm sure they would make any most definitive lists.

In order of the consoles I've owned:

Atari 2600:
Dig Dug
Combat
Spiderman
Pac-Man

Master System (Mk2):
Alex The Kidd in Miracle World
Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Castle Of Illusion (preferred the MS version to MD one)
Operation Wolf

Mega Drive:
Streets Of Rage 2
Strider
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Gunstar Heroes
Dynamite Heddy
Splatterhouse 2
Micro Machines 2
ThunderForce IV
Quackshot
Road Rash

Super Nintendo
There are far, far too many amazing games for the SNES that I'm just gonna stick to ones beginning with "S"! I could have a list of 50 games and still not be able to list all my faves! Needless to say,this was my favourite console of all time.

Super Metroid (best game ever!)
Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars
Starwing
Stunt Race FX
Super Mario Kart
Super Street Fighter 2
Super Castlevania IV
Super Bomberman
Super Punch Out!

PlayStation
Wip3out
Resident Evil
International Track and Field
Final Fantasy VII
Tomb Raider
Destruction Derby
Gran Turismo
Metal Gear Solid
Rage Racer
Tekken 2

Saturn
Nights
Burning Rangers
Guardian Heroes
Sega Rally
Fighters Megamix
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Cop 2
Virtual On
Xmen Vs Street Fighter

Nintendo64
Super Mario 64
GoldenEye
Mario Kart 64
Lylat Wars
Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Donkey Kong 64
Banjo-Kazooie
Blast Corps
Jet Force Gemini
Super Smash Bros.

DreamCast
Shenmue
Crazy Taxi
Soul Calibur
Dead Or Alive 2
House Of The Dead 2
Metropolis Street Racer
Power Stone
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Virtua Tennis

Xbox
Halo
Halo 2
Beyond Good & Evil
Burnout 3 Takedown
Street Fighter Anthology
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Splinter Cell
Knights Of The Old Republic
Ninja Gaiden
Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time

GameCube
Zelda: Wind Waker
Donkey Konga
Ikaruga
Metroid Prime
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Wario Ware Inc
Animal Crossing
Viewtiful Joe
Tales Of Symphonia

I have a PS2 as well but I've played so few games on it that I couldn't really make a top 10 (probably struggle with a top 5 in fact!)
EDIT: Forgot about PC and handhelds, but I think this list is long enough as it is. :D
 
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I don't think it's fair sticking Ikaruga under Gamecube, it was a dreamcast game first and foremost.

I know there's a lot of SNES games but Donkey Kong country should be there, best platformer ever for me and a miracle how they suddenly got such better graphics out of the console.
 
360
Oblivion
PGR3
Saints Row
GoW
PES6
CoD2/3
Dead Rising
Rainbow Six:Vegas
Condemned
GR:AW

May not all be unique to the 360 but the ones that aren't definately look and play their best on the 360.
 
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