Favorite ol' skool games of all time

Jin · 03-29-2002, 11:11 PM

Sure we've had dozens of topics like this in the past, but I'm going to make one with a little twist. This time name your favorite game for each catagory...

RPG:
Fighter:
Shooter:
Sports:
Platformer:
Racing:
Adventure:
Action:
Extreme:
Strategy:
Party:
Flight:

Since this is the ol' skool forum try not to use any of the current consoles.(gc, ps2, xbox)

GameMaster · 03-29-2002, 11:21 PM

RPG: Pokémon
Fighter: Super Smash Bros.
Shooter: Contra
Sports: Tiny Toon Adventures: All Stars
Platformer:
Racing: Mario Kart 64 (you like that Justin

)
Adventure: Ristar
Action: Vector
Extreme: Uhh...WaveRace
Strategy: Monopoly 64
Party:
Flight: Star Fox

Jin · 03-29-2002, 11:46 PM

RPG: Chrono Trigger
Fighter: Street Fighter II
Shooter: Contra
Sports: Kobe Bryant's NBA Courtside
Platformer: Mario 64
Racing: Super Mario Kart
Adventure: Ecco the Dolphin
Action: LoZ: The Ocarina of Time
Extreme: Excitebike
Strategy: Shining Force
Party: Mario Party
Flight: Ace Combat 4(Okay, I know it's not a classic)

nWoCHRISnWo · 03-30-2002, 12:55 AM

RPG: I kinda really hate all RPG's
Fighter: If wrestling counts, No Mercy, if not then probably Killer Instinct
Shooter: Rainbow Six
Sports: NHL '94, Nintendo World Cup Soccer
Platformer: DKC 1, 2, and 3
Racing: Super Mario Kart
Adventure: DKC 1, 2, and 3
Action: Abadox
Extreme: Excitebike
Strategy: I kinda really hate all strategies, except for when I played Diablo 2 for like five minutes at Radio Shack, that was almost playable
Party: Depends on what you meany by party... No Mercy
Flight: Some NES game... Captain Sky or something...

sdtPikachu · 03-30-2002, 01:30 AM

RPG: Hmm... probably still FF7
Fighter: Never in a million years will I find a fighter I like. Or can even play.
Shooter: Still GoldenEye.
Sports: Mario tennis. I hate most sports games.
Platformer: Super Mario World
Racing: The first wipEout. Style and content in one methinks. Or maybe Mario Kart.
Adventure: Legend of Zelda
Action: Umm...
Extreme: Thrillkill...? That's all I can think of under "extreme"
Strategy: Space Hulk. Still love that game.
Party: Mario Kart...?
Flight: There was an old game on the BBC micro I loved, but I can'r remember what it's called...

Old Skool · 03-30-2002, 10:06 AM

RPG: Chrono Trigger
Fighter: KoF97
Shooter: Hunters moon
Sports: California games
Platformer: Ruff and tumble Or Thing on a spring 1 & 2
Racing: Pit stop
Adventure: Power droid 90
Action: Wizzball
Extreme: Kick start 1 & 2
Strategy: Laser squad
Party: -------
Flight: TFX

Ric · 03-30-2002, 12:29 PM

Ok here goes:

RPG: The Legend Of Zelda: ----------(please fill space)
Fighter: Street Fighter 2
Shooter: Perfect Dark
Sports: California Games
Platformer: Banjo Kazooie/Tooie (and Mario)
Racing: San Francisco rush 2049
Adventure: Mystical Ninja
Action: (Undecided, possibly Mercs)
Extreme: (Undecided)
Strategy: WARCRAFT 2
Party: (Undecided)
Flight: Pilotwings

There, thats that.

The Germanator · 03-30-2002, 07:06 PM

RPG: FF3
Fighter: Street Fighter 2
Shooter: Star Fox
Sports: NHL '95
Platformer: Super Mario World
Racing: Super Off-Road
Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Action: River City Ransom
Extreme: ExciteBike
Strategy: Ultimate Qix
Party:
Flight: Pilotwings

Mad Marine · 04-06-2002, 01:11 PM

RPG: EarthBound
Fighter: Streetfigher
Shooter: Perfect Dark
Sports: Tecno superbowl
Platformer: Mario Brothers
Racing: Mario Kart
Adventure: Zombies at my neighbors
Action: Gauntlet
Extreme: dont know

Strategy: StarCraft
Party: Mario Party
Flight: dont know only have one, Ace Combat and that aint old skool

newname · 04-08-2002, 07:28 PM

ffIII
mike tyson's punch out!!
doom
tony hawk's pro skater 2
super mario bros.
gran turismo
the legend of zelda
contra
ssx tricky
starcraft
ssb
star fox