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Games You Have to Play in Your Gaming Lifetime

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This section is dedicated to all the games that I believe that ALL gamers should have the pleasure of playing in their gaming lifetime. If not, then you're missing out. For now this is just going to be a list. Later it's going to evolve into why should you play these games. Before people start complaining, I'm not listing the Grand Theft Auto series for a reason, as 90% of the world has already played that so there's no need to mention it to know it's a good game, just not one that'll be on my list.

NES
  • Super Mario Bros. series (classic platforming that is still awesome)
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (simple and fun, I don't need Fight Night lol) 
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
  • Megaman 1-6
  • Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
  • Metroid
  • Double Dragon II
  • Contra series

SNES

  • Megaman X-X3
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4
  • Super Metroid  (This game and the one below have influenced so many 2D adventure games even up to this day)
  • Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
  • Super Punch-Out!!
  • Super Mario World
  • Final Fantasy III (VI in Japan)
  • Chrono Trigger
  • Contra 3: Alien Wars

Sega Genesis

  • Sonic the Hedgehog series
  • Vectorman
  • Streets of Rage series
  • NBA Live '95
  • X-men
  • Phantasy Star series

Gameboy/GB Advance

  • Metroid II: Return of Samus
  • Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening
  • Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Seasons & Ages
  • Bionic Commando
  • Metal Gear Solid - Ghost Babel
  • Metroid Fusion
  • Metroid Zero Mission

Nintendo 64

  • Legend of Zelda - The Ocarina of Time
  • Legend of Zelda - Majora's Mask
  • Super Smash Bros.
  • Goldeneye
  • Perfect Dark
  • Any of the Turok series
  • Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire
  • WCW vs nWo Revenge
  • WWF No Mercy (in my opinion, still one of the best wrestling games ever)

Sega Dreamcast

  • Sword of the Berserk
  • Soul Calibur
  • Shenmue series
  • Marvel vs Capcom
  • Marvel vs Capcom 2 (multiplatform)

Sega Saturn

  • Panzer Dragoon series
  • DarkStalkers 3 (Vampire Savior in Japanese)

Sony Playstation

  • Megaman X series continued
  • Final Fantasy VII
  • Final Fantasy VIII
  • Final Fantasy IX (I personally didn't like but still each FF has a place in gamers' hearts)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics
  • Vagrant Story
  • Xenogears
  • Chrono Cross
  • Front Mission 3
  • Silent Bomber
  • Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
  • G Dairus
  • Metal Gear Solid
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Resident Evil 3
  • Legacy of Kain series (mainly Blood Omen & Soul Reaver)
  • Tenchu  series
  • Ehrgeiz

Playstation 2

  • Devil May Cry
  • Devil May Cry 3
  • Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition (Final boss is finally a playable character!)
  • God of War
  • Metal Gear Solid 2 : Sons of Liberty
  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
  • Zone of Enders
  • Zone of Enders 2: Second Runner (best mech game ever)
  • Final Fantasy X
  • RAD - Robot Alchemic Drive
  • Legacy of Kain : Defiance
  • Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
  • Ico
  • Resident Evil 4 (worth playing again on PS2 just for Separate Ways)
  • Killzone (its no Halo but still worth the time)
  • Shinobi
  • Nightshade
  • Guilty Gear X2
  • Soul Calibur 2
  • Soul Calibur 3 
  • X-men Legends (multiplatform)
  • Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
  • WWE Smackdown series

 

Xbox

  • Halo
  • Halo 2
  • Ninja Gaiden
  • Panzer Dragoon Orta
  • Soul Calibur 2
  • Star Wars - Knights of the Republic series
  • Dead or Alive series

Nintendo Gamecube

  • Metroid Prime
  • WWE Day of Reckoning series
  • The Legend of Zelda - Wind Waker
  • Resident Evil 4

--More to come!!