The 8 bit/16 bit era of video games
 

So yeah. I'm a super old school gamer.

To me. The 3 best consoles of all time will always be the NES, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. TurboGrafx16 and Master System also had some very overlooked gems, and then there's the old Atari, game boy, arcade and pc games. For me this will always be the golden era of video games.

Being the obsessive list maker I am, I even made a few lists a long while back.

Top 100 Greatest NES Games.

1. Super Mario Bros 3
2. Super Mario Bros
3. The Legend of Zelda
4. Contra
5. Mega Man 2
6. Final Fantasy
7. Metroid
8. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
9. Ninja Gaiden
10. Castlevania
11. Tetris
12. Mega Man
13. Super Tecmo Bowl
14. Duck Hunt
15. Battletoads
16. Kirby's Adventure
17. Bionic Commando
18. Dragon Warrior
19. Kid Icarus
20. Bubble Bobble
21. Mega Man 3
22. Double Dragon
23. Castlevania III: Draculas Curse
24. Dr. Mario
25. River City Ransom
26. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dawk Sword of Chaos
27. Excitebike
28. Adventure Island
29. DuckTales
30. TMNT II: The Arcade Game
31. Startropics
32. RC Pro Am
33. Tecmo Bowl
34. Bomberman II
35. Crystalis
36. Batman
37. Faxanadu
38. Gradius
39. Balloon Fight
40. Super C
41. Baseball Stars
42. Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
43. Maniac Manson
44. Super Dodge Ball
45. Rygar
46. Track & Field
47. Shadowgate
48. Lode Runner
49. Dragon Warrior III
50. Marble Madness
51. Blaster Master
52. Adventures of Lolo
53. Metal Gear
54. The Guardian Legend
55. Solomon's Key
56. Super Mario Bros 2
57. Little Nemo: The Dream Master
58. Kung Fu
59. Metal Storm
60. Legacy of the Wizard
61. Blades of Steel
62. Journey to Silius
63. Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship
64. The Magic of Scheherazade
65. Deja Vu
66. Fire 'N' Ice
67. Kiwi Kraze
68. Zelda 2: Adventures of Link
69. TMNT III: The Manhattan Project
70. Rad Racer
71. Adventure Island II
72. Gun Nac
73. Jackal
74. Battle Chess
75. Shatterhand
76. Clash at Demonhead
77. Double Dribble
78. Bucky O'Hare
79. Ice Climber
80. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
81. Galaxy 5000
82. Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
83. Skate or Die
84. Ghosts N' Goblins
85. Abadox
86. Little Samson
87. North & South
88. Bad News Baseball
89. Xexyz
90. Jackie Chan Adventures
91. Rockin' Kats
92. Nightshade
93. A Boy and His Blob
94. Base Wars
95. Chip "n" Dale: Rescue Rangers
96. Astyanax
97. Snake Rattle & Roll
98. Mega Man 6
99. Street Fighter 2010
100. Mach Rider

Top 50 Greatest Sega Genesis Games.

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2. Gunstar Heroes
3. Phantasy Star IV: End of the Millennium
4. Streets of Rage 2
5. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
6. Joe Montana Football
7. Earthworm Jim
8. Phantasy Star II
9. Revenge of Shinobi
10. Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention
11. Sonic the Hedgehog
12. Mortal Kombat
13. Landstalker: Treasure of King Nole
14. Toe Jam & Earl
15. Ecco the Dolphin
16. Herzog Zwei
17. Castlevania Bloodlines
18. Ristar
19. Shining Force II
20. Rocket Knight Adventures
21. Strider
22. Vectorman
23. Golden Axe
24. Madden NFL 94
25. Mega Bomberman
26. NHL 94
27. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
28. Eternal Champions
29. Contra: Hard Corps
30. OutRun
31. Streets of Rage
32. M.U.S.H.A.
33. Comix Zone
34. Beyond Oasis
35. Vectorman 2
36. Kid Chameleon
37. World Series Baseball
38. Gain Ground
39. Alien Soldier
40. Ghouls N' Ghosts
41. Shadowrun
42. General Chaos
43. Dynamite Headdy
44. Alisa Dragoon
45. Mutant League Football
46. Ecco: The Tides of Time
47. Pulseman
48. Flashback: Quest for Identity
49. Wiz N' Liz
50. Castle of Illusion: Starring Micky Mouse

Top 50 Greatest Super Nintendo Games.

1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2. Super Mario World
3. Final Fantasy III (VI)
4. Super Metroid
5. Chrono Trigger
6. Street Fighter II (any version)
7. Super Mario Kart
8. Star Fox
9. Super Castlevania IV
10. Donkey Kong Country
11. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
12. Super Mario RPG
13. ActRaiser
14. Mega Man X
15. Secret of Mana
16. Contra III: The Alien Wars
17. Gradius III
18. Mortal Kombat II
19. TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
20. Kirby Superstar
21. Final Fantasy II (IV)
22. NBA Jam
23. Tetris Attack
24. Earthbound
25. F Zero
26. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
27. Harvest Moon
28. Breath of Fire II
29. Super Punch-Out!!
30. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
31. Killer Instinct
32. Prince of Persia
33. Breath of Fire
34. SimCity
35. Pilotwings
36. Illusion of Gaia
37. Mario Paint
38. Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
39. Uniracers
40. Super Ghouls N' Ghosts
41. Final Fight
42. Super Turrican
43. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
44. Soul Blazer
45. Rock N Roll Racing
46. Secret of Evermore
47. Batman Returns
48. Super Bomberman
49. Legend of the Mystical Ninja
50. Demon's Crest

Crystalis could have been a little higher, but yeah.
I still fux with NES and Sega.

jesus christ boobs have you actually played all these?

i can count on one hand how many i've beaten and very few more which i've actually played.

At least 98% of it yes. Some of the bottom stuff on the NES list is filler I haven't played and I haven't played all the SNES RPG's, but as for the Genesis, yeah I have them all on emulator as of now.

You know what was a surprisingly good game on Genesis? Aladdin. I know normally movie tie-ins suck, right? That game was the exception—super, super fun.

Yeah tie-in games tend to suck but Disney have been an exception, they handle their video game licenses very well and there's a lot of surprisingly good Disney games developed by Sega and Capcom. The Mickey Mouse games are actually really good, Quackshot with Donald Duck is another good one. And then of course Ducktales for NES is a Capcom classic.

That whole Kingdom Hearts thing didn't turn out bad for them either.

Wow bro, awesome list! Youre right on the money. The only complaint I have is that Blades of Steel, Tecmo Superbowl, and Excite Bike are too low.

Also if none of you have never played Ecco the Dolphin, it's an awesome game, so don't listen to what any dumbasses on gametrailers have to say about it.

Ha ha! thats funny i forgot about that one. I remember that game had some bomb ass graphics!

1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2. Super Mario World
3. Final Fantasy III (VI)
4. Super Metroid
5. Chrono Trigger
6. Street Fighter II (any version)
7. Super Mario Kart

Huh, it's funny that these are the only SNES games I've played and they all landed at the top.

Sonic and Knuckles 3 holds a lot of nostalgia for me.

Anyway, fun list. I'll probably download a few of these on emulators.