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Post by toei on Sept 25, 2016 19:30:46 GMT -5
Action: I'm gonna update that one shortly, once I decide on my favorite Shinobi game
Adventure: I'm gonna cheat and say Alundra, even though I totally think of it as an action RPG
Fighter: Samurai Gun, the Virtua Fighter series
Beat 'em Up: Die Hard Arcade
RPG: Phantasy Star IV, Dragon Quest 6, Chrono Trigger-too close to tell
Horror: Silent Hill 2
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Post by jcrankin on Sept 26, 2016 2:15:42 GMT -5
If we can list several, this got a lot easier, though I feel should redefine some genres:
Action/2D:
Contra, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug, Turrican 2, Metroid Fusion
Action/TPP:
Sands of Time, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Resident Evil 4
Action/FPP:
Unreal, Doom 1, Quake, Crysis, Metroid Prime
Adventure:
Another World, Shivers, The Dig, A Mind Forever Voyaging
Fighter:
Guilty Gear X2#R, Mortal Kombat 9, Shadow Fighter, One Must Fall 2097
Puzzle:
Lemmings, Ghost Trick, Coloris,
Shoot 'em Up:
RefleX, R-Type Delta, Tyrian, Ikaruga, Solaris 104
Beat 'em Up:
Shodai Nekketsu Kouha, Violent Storm, Die Hard Arcade
Racing:
Crazy Cars III, Need for Speed Underground, Carmageddon 1, Test Drive Unlimited
wRPG:
Wizardry 8, Might and Magic 4+5, Skyrim, EYE Divine Cybermancy, Diablo 3
jRPG:
Xanadu Next, LoH: Trails in the Sky, Romancing SaGa 3, Ys Origin, The Last Remnant
Horror:
Blair Witch Project vol. 1, Dead Space
Simulation:
F22: Total Air War, War Thunder, Frontier First Encounters (soon to be replaced by Elite 4?), Hardwar
Strategy - real time:
Total Annihilation, Ground Control 2, Battlezone 2, Age of Empires 2
Strategy - turn based:
XCOM 2, Age of Wonders 3, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Front Mission 1
Sport:
Sensible World of Soccer
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Post by Bobinator on Sept 26, 2016 7:59:14 GMT -5
Action: Bayonetta, Sleeping Dogs, Noitu Love 2, Quake
Adventure: Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist, Blazing Dragons
Platform: Freedom Planet, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Rayman Legends, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (Man, I'm really starting to miss that last one. I should grab that HD collection.)
Fighter: Killer Instinct (2013), Vampire Savior, Bloody Roar 2
Shoot 'Em Up: Jamestown
Puzzle: The Incredible Machine series
Beat 'Em Up: The Punisher, Ninja Baseball Bat Man, Violent Storm, Double Dragon Neon
Racing: Crash Team Racing, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Transformed
RPG: Earthbound, Paper Mario, the Mario & Luigi series, Barkley: Shut Up & Jam Gaiden
Horror: This is less of a genre and more of a theme, so, uh... Resident Evil 5, I guess?
Simulation: Uh... Colony Wars? Never did get super into this kind of genre, to be honest. Need to work on that.
Strategy: Civilization V, Worms Armageddon, Armello
Sports: NFL Blitz, Sega Soccer Slam
I admit my experience in some genres is more evident than others. I'm also probably going to forget a whole bunch of games off of this and feel really stupid in not too long.
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Post by DreamCuPs on Apr 4, 2017 22:09:35 GMT -5
Action: Fear Effect 2
Adventure: Adventure (Atari)
Platform: Super Mario bros 3
Fighter: Street Fighter Alpha 3
Puzzle: Monument Valley
Shoot 'em Up: Radiant Silvergun
Beat 'em Up: Final Fight
Racing: F Zero
RPG: Final Fantasy Tactics
Simulation: Pocket Trains
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I don't really know about Strategy, Sport or Horror right now.
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Post by elektrolurch on Apr 5, 2017 6:47:45 GMT -5
Action: Doom 2, Castlevania:Symphony of the Night, Hotline Miami , Turrican 2
Adventure: Sam&Max hit the Road, Quest for Glory 1, Dropsy, Monkey Island I, Fran Bow
Platform: Shovel Knight Adventures, Sonic CD
Fighter: Street Fighter II,
Puzzle: FEZ, Limbo, KLAX
Shoot 'em Up: Parodius, R-Type
Beat 'em Up: Final Fight
Racing: OutRun 2006:Coast2Coast
RPG: Fallout I, Morrowind, Earthbound, Undertale, Chrono Trigger
Horror: Resident Evil 2, Slender, Lone Survivor
Simulation: Sims I, Floor 13, Papers, Please!, Sim City 2000, Theme Hospital
Strategy: Battle for Westnoth, Age of Empires 2, Warcraft 2
Sport:Sensible Soccer,Speedball 2
I have to admit, I found it hard to distinguish, for instance, puzzle from Adventure or Action from Plattformer...
And as many stated, it's evident that I like some genres more than others.
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Post by taffer on Apr 5, 2017 8:32:20 GMT -5
Action: Metal Slug 3, Shock Troopers, Hotline Miami
Adventure: The Secret of Monkey Island, LeChuck's Revenge, Space Quest 5: The Next Mutation, Quest for Glory IV
Platform: Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros. 3, Shovel Knight
Puzzle: Deadly Rooms of Death, Antichamber, Dr. Mario, The Talos Principle
FPS: Doom 1 & 2, Blood, Deus Ex, Far Cry 1, STALKER, Team Fortress 2
Horror: System Shock 1 & 2, Parasite Eve
RPG: Fallout 1, Morrowind, World of Xeen, Nox, Ultima VII, Divinity: Original Sin, Dragon's Dogma, Dark Souls 1
Roguelike: NetHack, DCSS, Infra Arcana, Sil, Tales of Maj'Eyal, Ragnarok, DoomRL
Stealth: Thief 1 & 2, Hitman: Blood Money, Mark of the Ninja, Metal Gear Solid 3 & 5, Escape from Butcher Bay
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Post by Snake on Apr 5, 2017 14:49:34 GMT -5
Thanks! I basically copied and cut down an earlier, larger genre list I'm making. I do need to brush up on graphic adventures and maybe text adventures and vehicle sims though.  Your list is super hardcore man. *Thumbs up~ -- For me - Action:
Metal Gear Solid 1 (Playstation 1) Adventure:
Castlevania Dracula X: Symphony of the Night/Nocturne in the Moonlight (Sega Saturn), Demon's Crest/Demon's Blazeon (SNES) Platform:
Megaman 2 (NES) 2-D Fighter:
Street Fighter Alpha/Zero 3 (Playstation) 3-D Fighter: Tobal 2 (Playstation 1) Puzzle:
Catherine (PS3), Candy Crush Saga (Android) FPS Shooter: Doom (PC) Scrolling Rail Shooter:
Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius ~forever with me~ (Playstation 1), Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie (Super Famicom) 3-D Shooter: Rez (PS)
Lightgun Shooter: Time Crisis (Arcade), Police 911/The Keisatsukan (Arcade) Beat 'em Up:
The Simpsons (Arcade) Racing:
Gran Turismo VI (Playstation 3), Initial D: Stage 8 Infinity (Arcade) Turn-based RPG:
Final Fantasy VI (Gameboy Advance), Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS), Xenogears (Playstation) Adventure RPG: Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) PC Adventure: Day of the Tentacle Horror:
Bio Hazard/Resident Evil:Director's Cut (Playstation 1), Silent Hill (Playstation 1) Simulation:
Simcity (SNES), Zero-4 R Champ (Super Famicom) Flight Simulation: Ace Combat 4 Robot Simulation: Dennou Senki Virtual-On (Arcade) Strategy: Front Mission 1st (Super Famicom/Nintendo DS) RTS/Real-Time Strategy: Command and Conquer 1 Sport: Prince of Tennis 2: Smash Hit (PS2), Captain Tsubasa 2: Super Striker (Famicom) Dance/Rhythm: Bust-A-Move/Bust-A-Groove (Playstation 1) |
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Post by 320x240 on Apr 6, 2017 15:53:14 GMT -5
Action: Ninja Spirit, Rygar (AC), Psycho-Nics Oscar
Action-Adventure: Metroid, Cave Story, Alcahest, Wonderboy In Monsterland (AC)
Action-RPG: YS3 (Pc Engine), Secret Of Mana, Exile (Pc Engine)
Action-Puzzle: Boulderdash (C64), Solomons Key
Platformer: Jump Coaster, Donkey Kong, Mr. Do's Castle, Wizard (C64)
Beat'em-up: Kung Fu 2, Trojan (AC), Ninja Warriors Again, Gaiapolis
Shmup: Imago, Spiders, Guwange, Hinotori, Daisenpuu
RPG: ?
Adventure: ?
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Post by FreightMan07 on Apr 8, 2017 19:48:47 GMT -5
Action: Doom 1 and 2, Duke Nukem 3D, Shinobi Series (Arcade, Master System, Genesis), Ninja Gaiden Series (Arcade, NES, Xbox), Magic Sword (Arcade), Ghosts n Goblins/Ghouls n Ghosts series AND its spinoffs Maximo 1 & 2 for PS2, Contra Series, Solomon's Key (its an action, puzzle solving hybrid for the Arcade and NES), Castlevania Series
Adventure: Zelda Series, Gargoyles Quest/Demons Crest Games (NES, GB, and Snes), Tomb Raider Anniversary (360), TR Legend (360), Ecco the Dolphin Series (Genesis, Sega CD, PS2), Metroid Series, Kid Icarus (NES)
Platform: Mario Series of games, Sonic 1-4 and CD, Aero the Acrobat (Genesis, Snes), Donkey Kong Country Games (Snes, 3ds, Wii, Wii U)
Fighter: Street Fighter 2 variations, Street Fighter 4 Variations, Virtua Fighter Series, Tekken 2,3, Tag Tournament....they get ridiculous after that with infinite juggle crap, and the first one WAS fun, but now ancient and obsolete), Samurai Shodown Series, World Heroes Series, King of Fighters Series, Soul Calibur Series
Puzzle: Puyo Puyo Series, Tetris (Gameboy and Tengen NES Versions), Pac Attack (Snes, Genesis), Warios Woods (Snes), Puzzle Quest (Xbox Live Arcade), Block Out (Arcade, Genesis...basically a 3D, top down Tetris clone)
Shoot 'em Up: Parodius, Gradius and Salamander series (Arcade, Nes, Snes), Axelay (Snes), Thunderforce 3 (Genesis), Viewpoint (Arcade, PS1), Time Pilot, Centipede/Millipede, and Asteroids/Deluxe (yep, those 80's classics!), Star Fox (Snes), Gaiares (Genesis)
Beat 'em Up: Streets of Rage Series (and this includes the monstrously awesome unofficial Streets of Rage Remix, which for all intents and purposes SHOULD have been Streets of Rage 4), Capcom AD & D Tower of Doom, Golden Axe 1, 2 (Arcade and Genesis), Final Fight 1 & 3 (Arcade, Snes, GBA), Double Dragon Advance (GBA...best Double Dragon game of them ALL!), Mutant Ninja Turtles IV (Arcade, Snes, Genesis), King of Dragons (Arcade, Snes), Knights of the Round (Arcade, Snes)
Racing: Forza Motorsport 1,2,4 (Original Xbox for 1, 360 for 2 and 4... 3 sucked, and I didn't care for the Horizon games), Project Gotham Series (Xbox and X360), Top Gear 1 and 2 (Snes), Rock N Roll Racing (Snes), RC Pro-Am and Championship Pro Am (NES and Genesis respectively), Destruction Derby 2 (PS1), Rumble Racing (PS2), Mario Kart Series (duh, of course!)
RPG: Dragon Warrior/Quest series, Phantasy Star 1-4, 7th Saga (yep, unbalanced difficulty and all, still love it), Final Fantasy II US version (only one I ever really spent quality time with and beat) for JRPG's.
King's Field Series and Eternal Ring (a Kings Field somewhat spinoff) for PS1, King's Field 4 for the PS2, and Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind for the Xbox for Western RPGs
Horror: Splatterhouse 3 (Genesis), Condemned 1-2 (X360), Resident Evil 1 & 2, 4 and Zero, Nightmare Creatures (PS1...a flawed, but fun horror/monster hack n slasher), Walking Dead by Telltale Games (PS3).
Simulation: Populous (Snes), Sim Ant (PC and Snes),
Strategy: Gemfire, Shining Force 1,2, and CD for the Genesis and Sega CD respectively, Warsong (US Genesis version of the original Langrisser if I am not mistaken), Master of Monsters (Genesis), Dark Wizard (Sega Cd), Desert Commander (a goofy, yet fun military strat game for the NES)
Sport: NHL 94 (Genesis, Snes), Madden Football '93 (Genesis, and unsurpassed for 16 bit football as far as I am concerned...even better than its later 16 bit descendants), Tecmo Bowl/Super Bowl (NES and Gameboy), Super Tennis (Snes...yep, that's what it was called...a no frills, but fun game of, well, tennis!), Mutant League Football (Genesis..basically, Madden Football with Trolls, Skeletons, Aliens and field hazards...hah..fun, fun), Bases Loaded and RBI Baseball for the NES, Super Mario Soccer and Baseball for the Wii and Wii U.
Vehicle Combat: Twisted Metal 1, 2 (PS1), TM Black (PS2), TM Reboot (PS3), Critical Depth (PS1), Vigilante 8 series (PS1, N64, Xbox Live Arcade)
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