by Harvey on Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:43 pm
Truly worthwhile exceptional videogames - this is by no means complete... etc --- I'll update this later on...
Atari 400/800/etc
Alley Cat, Archon, Archon 2, Ball Blazer, BC's Quest For Tires
Blue Max, Boulderdash, Boulderdash II, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, Bristles
Drelbs, Elekta Glide, Encounter,
Fort Apocalypse, Krazy Shootout, International Karate, Leaderboard, Lords of Karma
Miner 2049'er, Montezuma's Revenge, Necromancer, Pathfinder, Rescue from Fractalus
Sea Dragon, Shamus, star Raiders, Stratos, Summer Games, Tree Surgeon
VG Coin-op conversions:
Donkey Kong, Frogger, Gorf, Gyruss, Joust, Missile Command, Pacman, Pole Position
Qix
C-64
Armalyte, Delta, International Karate+, Io, Nebulus, Sanxion, Summer Games II,
The Last Ninja, Way of the Exploding Fist
VG Coin-op conversions:
Commando, Ghosts n Goblins, Track n Field, Zaxxon (Synapse)
Atari ST
Flight Simulator II, Metrocross, Psygnosis games
Star Glider 2, Stunt Car Racer, The Sentinel, Wizball, Xenon
VG Coin-op conversions:
Arkanoid 2, Rainbow Islands, Star Wars
Amiga
Barbarian - Psygnosis, Battle Squadron, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2,
Pinball Dreams, SWIV, Turrican, SWIV, Z-out
Super Nintendo
Actraiser, *Axelay, Battletoads-Double Dragon, Bart's Nightmare, Bonkers, Bomberman,
Bust-A-Move (Puzzle Bobble), Castlevania IV, *Contra 3, Cybernator,
Demon's Crest, Diddy's Quest, Donkey Kong Country, Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2, Evo, Flashback, F-Zero,
*Legend of Mystical Ninja, *Legend of Zelda, *Kirby's Dreamcourse, Kirby Superstar, KikiKaiKai
Megaman 7, Megaman X, Mickey's Magical Quest, Pac Man 2 - The New Adventures,
Pilot Wings, Pop n Twinbee, Prince of Persia
Return of Double Dragon, *R-Type 3, Simcity, *Soul Blazer, *Snoopy's Concert, Sparkster,
Stunt Race FX, *Super Aleste, Super Marioworld, Super Metroid, Super Star Wars, *Super SWIV (Firepower 2000),
*Tetris Battle Gaiden, Tazmania, Theme Park, Tinytoons Adventures, *Yoshi's Island
VG Coin-op conversions:
*Final Fight, Gradius 3, Samurai Spirits, *Streetfighter II, *Super Ghouls n Ghosts
Super Parodius, *Super R-Type, Teenage Mutant Turtles, Ultimate Parodius, UN Squadron
Sega Megadrive
Alex Kidd, Batman, *Castle of Illusion, *Contra Hard Corps, Disney's Aladdin, Dynamite Headdy,
Gunstar Heroes, Mega Turrican, Mystical Defender, Pocahontas, Revenge of Shinobi,
Shadow Dancer, Streets of Rage, Sub Terrania, Thunderforce II, World of Illusion
VG Coin-op conversions:
Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Ghouls n Ghosts, Mercs, Strider, Super Hang On, Truxton
Atari Jaguar
Alien vs Predator
Tempest 2000
Neo Geo
Fatal Fury
Magician Lord
Nintendo 64
Mario 64
Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
Kirby
Sony Playstation
Driver
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Ridge Racer
Streetfighter Alpha 3
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo - this is a puzzle game
Tekken
Tekken 2
Tekken
Sega Saturn
Battle of Garregga, Batsugun, Bomberman World, Cotton Boomerang,
DonPachi, Dodonpachi
Gekirindan
Guardian Force
Marvel Super Heroes
Radiant Silvergun
Sega Rally, Shienryu
Soukyugurentai Otokuyo, *Super Tempo
Streetfighter Alpha 3
Virtua Fighter 2
X-Men vs Streetfighter
Note - the Saturn was an exceptional machine for sprite based games - able to have so many sprites on the screen - for those
wanting spacey shooters - this machine had some truly exceptional games of this genre.