Top Tier List

On 11/30/2019 at 02:30 PM by KnightDriver

I was thinking, probably too much, about the games that got me to buy a particular system and that one game I would have if I could only have one. Here's what I came up with across all the systems I've played

Atari 2600:
Bought System For: NA (my dad bought the system)
If Only One: Stampede

Intellivision:
Bought System For: NA (a friend bought it)
If Only One: Sea Battle

Arcade:
Bought System For: NA (never owned an arcade machine)
If Only One: Xevious

80s PC:
Bought System For: NA (parents bought it)
If Only One: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

NES:
Bought System For: NA (got it on the cheap at a flea market)
If Only One:Dragon Quest (truth be told, I played more of the Wizardry port)

SMS:
Bought System For: NA (never owned one)
If Only One: Phantasy Star (really PS IV but I'll go with the first one)

Genesis:
Bought System For: NA (another flea market buy)
If Only One: Golden Axe (all three actually)

SNES:
Bought System For: NA (another flea market buy, ie. curiosity)
If Only One: Donkey Kong Country

90s PC:
Bought System For: Doom
If Only One: Warcraft II

N64:
Bought System For: Star Wars Rogue Squadron
If Only One: Hexen

PS:
Bought System For: Doom port
If Only One: Road Rash

Dreamcast:
Bought System For: NA (bought cheap at Gamestop)
If Only One: Skies of Arcadia

PS2:
Bought System For: Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance
If Only One: Dark Cloud 2

Xbox:
Bought System For: Halo: Combat Evolved
If Only One: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

GameCube:
Bought System For: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II
If Only One: Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

GBA:
Bought System For: NA (curiosity purchase on the cheap)
If Only One: Advance Wars (and Advance Wars II)

PS3:
Bought System For: Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
If Only One: Valkyria Chronicles

PSP:
Bought System For: Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
If Only One: Patapon (also Patapon 2 and 3)

X360:
Bought System For: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
If Only One: Culdcept Saga

Wii:
Bought System For: Virtual Console (not a game, but whatever)
If Only One: Muramasa: Demon Blade

DS:
Bought System For: Advance Wars: Dual Strike
If Only One: Mario & Luigi Partners in Time

PS Vita:
Bought System For: Dragon's Crown
If Only One: Persona 4 Golden

Wii-U:
Bought System for: Pikmin 3
If Only One: Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD

3DS:
Bought System For: Fire Emblem Awakening
If Only One: Etrian Odyssey V

PS4:
Bought System For: Killzone Shadowfall
If Only One: Earth Defense Force 5

XBO:
Bought System For: Wolfenstein: New Order
If Only One: Diablo III

Switch:
Bought System For: NA (but it's going to be for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle)
If Only One: NA (maybe Breath of the Wild. I'm going to rent it for Wii-U soon)

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/30/2019 at 07:04 PM

Good list. I've been thinking about Skies of Arcadia lately. I might blog about it.

KnightDriver

12/01/2019 at 08:33 PM

I'd like to read about that. I never beaten the game. I got stuck somewhere in it, probably with one of those ship to ship battles.

12/01/2019 at 10:04 PM

Yeah, I had the same problem. Really liked the game though.

Cary Woodham

12/01/2019 at 01:25 PM

Most of the consoles I've bought weren't for one game, but for the promise of more chances to review games for it in the future. Either that or I got the system as a present. So I'll just list my favorite game for each console I've owned.

Atari 5200: Pengo

Apple ][+: Spare Change

Arcade: Pac-Man (duh) I own one.

80s PC: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

NES: The Legend of Zelda

SNES: Final Fantasy 6

90s PC: Lemmings and Jazz Jackrabbit

N64: Banjo-Kazooie & Tooie

Game Boy: Link's Awakening

Game Boy Color: Link's Awakening DX and Wario Land 2

NEO GEO Pocket Color: SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash

PSOne: Namco Museum vol. 1 to 5

PS2: Ratchet and Clank series

GameCube: Animal Crossing (but Smash Melee, Metroid Prime, and Kirby Air Ride are so good)

Dreamcast: Marvel vs. Capcom 2

GBA: Astro Boy: Omega Factor

DS: Phoenix Wright series

3DS: Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Wii: Wii Sports

PS3: DuckTales Remastered

Xbox 360: Soul Calibur 4 and 5 and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts N Bolts

PSP: Loco Roco

Vita: Gravity Rush

Wii U: Splatoon

PS4: Ys 8

Switch: Nintendo Labo

iPad: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

12/02/2019 at 06:44 PM

I remember getting my nes and the first moment the Zelda title screen came on. I knew I was in store for something special. Have some great memories of that game.

12/02/2019 at 09:39 PM

My best friend got a NES and Super Mario Bros. about a year before I did. Mario was neat, but it wasn't enough to get me to buy a NES, and I was perfectly happy playing Pengo on my Atari 5200. But the next year he got Zelda and that's when I wanted a NES. You know what impressed me the most about Zelda back then? That you could actually save your game!

goaztecs

12/05/2019 at 04:58 PM

This is such a cool list, also reading Patapon got their little chant in my head Pata-Pata-Patapon. I think Patapon 3 might have been my first digital game I bought on the PSP.

12/05/2019 at 11:36 PM

I still need to play 2 and 3 but I remember getting them on a sale at Walmart. I knew I had to have them because I love everything about the series. I'm not particularly good at it yet though.

PixlBit