I've been playing video games since I was 5 years old, and I've went through many systems in my time. All of the new systems that are out right now are very nice, but some the best games that I've ever played were on systems that are currently dead. That's what this thread is about. :D Tell us about your favorite older games, what system they were on, and why you liked them so much (if you feel like it). And I don't want to see any Gamecube, $-box, or PS2 games in ur list, dammit! :p

Here are my personal favorite.

Atari:

Ms. Pacman
Defender II
Hero
Gyruss
Beamrider
Frogger

NES:

Super Mario Bros. 3
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
Megaman 2
Ninja Gaiden
Faxanadu
Metal Gear
Castlevania 3
Castlevania 2
Golgo 13
Contra
Life Force
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bionic Commando
Double Dragon II
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Dr. Mario
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
Adventures of Lolo
Blastermaster
Deadly Towers
Shadow Gate
Excitebike
Gunsmoke
Silent Service
Iron Tank
Jackal
Milon's Secret Castle
RC Pro-Am
Strider
Snake Rattle 'N Roll

SNES:

Castlevania 4
Zelda 3
Super Metroid
F-Zero
Pilot Wings
Final Fantasy II (one of the best RPG's of all time, I think)
Final Fantasy 3
Street Fighter 2 (played it for hours at a time :D )
Actraiser
Battletoads Battlemaniacs
Super Offroad
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Castlevania X
Contra 3
Donkey Kong Country
Gradius III
Lost Vikings
Killer Instinct (cheesy compared to the arcade, but still cool)
Megaman X
NBA Jam
Prince of Persia
Populous
Super R-Type
Soulblazer
Rock & Roll Racing
Star Fox
Super Star Wars
Super Punch Out
Super Tennis
Ys 3
Mortal Kombat 3
U.N. Squadron

Genesis:

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Streets of Rage 2
Castlevania Bloodlines
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Golden Axe 2

I never was much of a Sega fan, so that's why this list is short.

Turbo Graphics 16

Most of you probably never even heard of this system. It came out in the mid-80s when NES was going strong. It was a cool little system; the games were actually little cards the size of a football card, and the contollers had turbo controls built right into them. Ultimately, it died because it couldn't compete with Nintendo. But there were a few games that were decent for it.

Salamander
Dungeon Explorers (a lot like "Gauntlet," multi-player rocked)
Keith Courage
Bloody Wolf
Castlevania X: The Rondo of Blood (we got a watered-down version of this for SNES, not nearly as good as the original)
Gradius
Bonk's Adventure
Legendary Axe
Ninja Spirit
R-Type

Playstation:

Battle Arena Toshinden
Parasite Eve
ESPN Extreme Games
King's Field
King's Field 2
Final Fantasy VII
Blood Omen: The Legacy of Kain
Total Eclipse Turbo (almost impossible to beat)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (the best Castlevania game ever made, I think)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (awesome sound track, awesome play controls, excellent replay value, and the 2-player games were kick-ass)
Twisted Metal
Resident Evil 3 (my favorite out of the series)

N64:

Goldeneye
Super Mario 64
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (I was sure that 3-D would kill this series, but I was dead wrong on that one; I was quite impressed with this game)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Killer Instinct Gold (not as good as the first one, but still worth playing)
F-Zero X
Mario Kart 64

N64 was cool because it re-introduced analog controls to the gaming scene. Kind of ironic when you think about it, considering that Nintendo killed the joystick with their "D-Pad." I really like the N64 controller, in fact, it's probably my favorite next to the PS2 (although I don't like the PS2 D-Pad for some reason; it seems less responsive, and that little gap in the middle messes me up when I'm playing fighting games).
N64 had some decent games, but by the time it came out, I was already sold on Playstation. The N64 is probably the last Nintendo game system I'll ever own.

Well...that's about it for me. You can feel free to list your favorite arcade games along with your favorite console games (so long as it's an older game; in other words I don't want to see Tekken 4 in your list :p )

NES:

Super Mario Bros(first game I played, first game I beat)
Super Mario Bros 3
Legend of Zelda
Dr. Mario
World Class Track Meet
Duck Hunt
Double Dragon
Tecmo Bowl
Mega Man

Genesis(never owned one):

Sonic the Hedgehog


SNES:

Super Mario World(My most favorite game ever)
Street Fighter 2 games
Super Mario Kart
Legend of Zelda: link to the past
ABC Monday Night football
Gradius 3
Killer INstinct
NBA Jam
Zombies ate my neighbors(got to last level but never beat it)
NBA Live 98
CastleVania for SNES
Mega Man X

Game Boy:

Super Mario Land
Wario Land
Donkey Kong
R-type


N64:

Mario Kart 64
GOlden eye
Road Rash 64


Play Station:

Tony Hawks pro skater
Street fighter alpha 3
Marvel vs. Capcom
Rival schools
Fifa 97
Fifa 2002
High heat baseball 2000
NBA Live 2000

Dreamcast:

Street Fighter 3: 3rd strike
Marvel vs. Capcom 2(never played it on DC though)
Soul Calibur

Damn...how could I forget Tecmo Bowl? :D You can add that to my list.

You know, to this day, I've never played Street Fighter 3: Third Strike. Maybe now that Dreamcasts are dirt-cheap I'll have to go out and get it...

Woah I forgot Mega man, and castlevania

zombies ate my neighbors is my favorite game of all freakin time.....its just such a challenge and so awesome....i've never passed it either and its still eating me up inside because its the only game i haven't beaten...i haven't played it five years tho...... :(

I loved lethal enforcer. the gun controllers added more to the fun.
For genesis i like comix zone, vectorman, sonic the hedgehog, nba jam(its easier to handle on genesis), street fighter 2, wwf wrestle mania: the arcade game(the best and funniest wrestling game ever! )

other snes: chrono trigger, zelda, super mario world, contra 3,
AND SUPER METROID(THE BEST SNES GAME)...in my opinion anyway

NES: mario bros., super mario bros1 and 3(2 sucked butt), zelda, megaman, exite bike, punchout, Donkey kong, contra, 1942

playstation: tekken, syphon filter, street fighter alpha, nfl blitz, gran turismo 2, wwf smackdown

N64:Golden eye, perfect dark, mortal kombat 4, zelda, super mario 64, wwf no mercy, turok 2,

I have a whole bunch more favs. but i cant remember them all.

SNES
chrono trigger
seiken Densetsu 2 (secret of mana)
illusion of gaia
x-men - mutant apocalypse
SF2 all the way to SF2 alpha
ignition factor
Final Fight serie

NES
air fortress
dodgeball
best of the best
Smb 1,2,3
double dragon 1,2 (the 3 really sucked)
mighty Final fight

PSX
SFA3
SF EX 2+ (never played the 1 or the 3)
chrono trigger (just saw the image but i know i would have loved it)
Castlevania - symphonie of the night
G-Darius
Herc's adventure
Tales of destiny 2 (never played the first)

GBC
Zelda series

N64
Goldeneyes
Perfect Dark

DREAMCAST
dynamite cop (just too easy)
resident evil - code veronica
DOA2
Soul Calibur

BEST GAME I PLAYED
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NES
River city ransom

SNES
seiken densetsu 3 (secret of mana 2)

PSX
Metal gear Solid

N64
Zelda - ocarina of time

DREAMCAST
MvsC2
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there is more games but i cant just tell all i loved there is too many !

Genesis - Gunstar Heroes (this is my favorite os all time on any system!!)
N64 - Star Fox 64

I only own those 2 systems so....that's it!!!

Sega Genesis: Streets Of Rage 1-2-3
Snes: All FF's, Zombies ate my neighbors, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Sakura Wars
N64: Pokemon Stadium, Wave Race, Goemon's Great Adventure, Bust A Move '99
Ps1: all ff's, Brave Fencer Musashiden, all Sfa's, all vs. games, Bust a move 4
Dreamcast: Sonic Adventure 1+2, MvC2
That's all I can think of.

there's only like 5 ppl that have ever played zombies ate my neighbors at my school....... and why did you put playstation as "old school" ?
you do know that they still make games for it right? those other ones should be kept in the "old school" category.....