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It's always hard to narrow these down, but the following have consistently been mentioned at one time or another on most of my various "favorites" lists.  [Additional note: WOW isn't so much a favorite anymore, but since I did it for 2 years, it is a game I will remember forever]

Wow.

• Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past - SNES -
  

The day I played this game was the day I realized that gaming would be my number one hobby. I was completely amazed at the amount of freedom I had to explore the world without being led by hand and how I was still able to find my way through to its finale. I remember accidentally coming across the invisibility cloak or the first time I picked up one of the medallion and watching every enemy around me decimated by thunderbolts from the sky. I had to force myself to finish it not because I was getting tired of the main story but because I didn't want the game to end.

• Donkey Kong Country 2 - SNES

This Is Why

• Viewtiful Joe - Gamecube
  

This is when substance took over graphics for me. Graphics have never been important to me since. A blurry, thumbsized screenshot in Game Informer turned me off to the game, but I ended up picking it up anyway without realizing it was the very same game I had seen in GI months ago. I loved the asthetic, the style, the music, and the outlandish main character. It was all so viewtiful.

• Super Mario Bros. - SNES
  

First video game I ever played. I first played it at a cousin's house and my dad could see how much fun I was having and the very next day came home with an SNES with the game packaged inside if I'm remembering correctly. My parents probably regret getting me into games so much nowadays but the feeling of playing a completely new medium for the first time is something that I get a taste of everytime a new, fully fleshed out Mario game comes out. It takes me back, which is what Nintendo's secret weapon has been all along.

• Age of Mythology/Age of Empires II - PC
  

First time I ever played a PC game, let alone master one. In Age of Empires II I was able to win 3 vs 1 matches against an aggressive comp and come out on top with relative ease. Hadn't gotten into playing online back then though, so who knows how good I really was. Age of Mythology was the first game I ever played online and I enjoyed every minute of it. The custom maps of the world and the several game mods to the multiplayer hooked me in for so long. I've sometimes spent up to ten hours taking turns with my younger brother playing matches online. That one summer was a memory I'll never forget.

• Comix Zone
• Dynamite Headdy
• Super Mario Bros 3
• Red Faction
• Any Valve game ever

Conkers Bad Fur Day - The multiplayer on this was just simply delightful running around as the Tediz with katanas and guns just put my 5 year old mind in heaven back then.

The Legend of Zelda Oracle Of Seasons - The best zelda there is imo, I loved the fuck out of this game, id do anything to find a copy of this game, i had ages but i lost it.

Resident Evil 4 - I just couldnt get enough of this game, blasting ganados heads off with a shotgun was as good as it got for me.

Jet Set Radio Future - Just an awesome game.

TESIV Oblivion - I spent hours playing this game, it fucking amazed me.

No particular order

Day of the Tentacle
Planescape: Torment
Ultima Underworld
X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter
Wolfenstein 3D

Pokemon Yellow
Legend of Zelda Wind Waker
Resident Evil 4
Halo
GTA: Vice City

1.  Final fantasy 6

2.  Super mario 3 (all star version)

3.  R.C Pro am (first game i actually remember playing)

4.  X-wing vs. Tie fighter

5.  Quake 2

Paper Mario - Best RPG ever, the fact that Nintendo turned it into a platformer is disgraceful.
MGS4 - Simply one of the most brilliantly crafted games of all time, virtually no mistakes.
Bioshock - May only be second to MGS4 in its greatness.
Resident Evil 4 - I'll never forget sitting in my room alone at night taking on the two chainsaw sisters with no ammo, I thought i was going to wet myself.
Dark Cloud series - While technically not as good of a game as MGS4 or Bioshock it to this day is my favorite game series. In fact I'm playing through Dark Cloud 1 right now and I'm gonna play through Dark Cloud 2 when I'm done.

• Mega Man 2 (NES) - Classic sprite animation, tunes that stick in your head, and awesome names to beat.  When I was pretty young, so it leaves a bigger impression.
• Homeworld (PC )- I got this game after the family recently purchased a new computer, and was completely blown away by the graphics and the true realization that 3-D strategy had come to fruition.
• Final Fantasy 7 (PS1) - My first real rpg.  So it will always be in my mind as the standard.
• Crash Team Racing  (PS1) - Coupled with Alicia Keys' album Keys in A Minor, this will be lodged in the brain forever as my brother and I shilled countless hours away during simpler times.
• TIE-Fighter (PC) - I'm a huge Starwars guy, and this was totally awesome at the time.  Not only did you get to play as the bad guys, but just the idea of flying a TIE fighter was totally awesome when I was that age.  It still is.
  

Super Mario Bros. 3 - played it for so many hours when I was 7, sucked when summer ended and I couldn't play it on weekdays (oh how times change)

Super Mario Bros (NES) Best platformer
Final Fantasy VII (PS1) Best Japaneese RPG
Conkers Bad Fur Day (N64) Funniest game
Pokemon blue (Gameboy) Was just awesome
Morrowind IV: Oblivion (Xbox360/PC) Spent 200+ hours playing it

Wow, this is a tough one!

Final Fantsy VI - Greatest RPG ever.
Mortal Kombat 2 - I could be driving a Lambo with all the quarters I dumped into the arcade version.
Mario 3 - Nostalgia galore.
Super Mario 64 - Just a legendary game.
Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Best Zelda ever.

Golden axe