Your Favourite Games From Each Genre?

[a nirvana fan]

Mine are...

Action Adventure: Onimusha I(PS2)
RPG: Final Fantasy VII(PS)
Racing: Mario Kart(GC)
Fighting: Mortal Kombat(SNES)
Sport: WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2006(PS2)
FPS: Duke 3D(PC)
Platformer: Crash Bandicoot(PS)
Puzzle: Tetris(NES)
Puzzle Adventure: Broken Sword I(PS)

And if you can think of any more genre's, please add to the list.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Action Adventure: MGS3- Snake Eater (kinda sorta partly an FPS, but meh). If you want a different one, Devil May Cry 3.
RPG: Star Ocean 2/ Chrono Cross
Racing: Mario Kart DS/ GT4
Fighting: King of Fighters '99 (PS1 Import)
Sport: NBA 2K6
FPS: Hmm... Doom 3
Platformer: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus (even though it was so short)
Puzzle: Mr. Driller
Puzzle Adventure: Can't think of any

[Polnareff]

Action Adventure: Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden
Beat-Em-Up: Final Fight 3, Streets of Rage 2, Double Dragon Advance
RPG: Breath of Fire 3, 4, DQ, Final Fantasy IV, V, VI, Star Ocean 2/3
Racing: Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart DS, NASCAR Thunder, Crash Team Racing
Fighting: Street Fighter Alpha 2, 3, King of Fighters NeoWave, Project Justice
Sport: U.S. Gold Soccer, Super Sidekicks 4, Mario Tennis Power Tour, Capcom Sports Club
FPS: Doom/Doom II
Platformer: Super Mario All Stars, Kirby Super Star, Strider, and any Mega Man game excluding MMX7, MM4, and MM5.
Puzzle: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Kirby no KiraKira Kids, Puyo Puyo, Panel de Pon, Dr. Mario

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But as for my current favorites from each genre:

Action Adventure: Ninja Gaiden
Beat-em-up: Final Fight 3
RPG: Final Fantasy V
Racing: Mario Kart DS
Fighting: Project Justice
Sport: Mario Tennis Power Tour
FPS: Doom
Platformer: Kirby Super Star
Puzzle: Kirby no KiraKira Kids

[~SapphireStar~]

Action Adventure: Tomb Raider 1 (PS1)
RPG: Final Fantasy VIII/Legend of Legaia/Persona 2(PS1)
Racing: ---------
Fighting: Dead or Alive 2 (PS2)
Sport: -----------------------
FPS: Doom (PC)
Platformer: Crash Bandicoot(PS1)
Puzzle: Tetris (GB)
Puzzle Adventure: Broken Sword I(PS1)/Monkey Island series (PC)

[Ramza Beoulve]

Action Adventure: Megaman Zero (GBA)
Beat-em-up: Battletoads (SNES)
RPG: Final Fantasy VIII (PS)
Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics (PS)
Racing: Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
Fighting: Virtua Fighter 4 (PS2)
Sport: -----------------------
FPS: Doom (PC)
Platformer: Jak II (PS2)
Puzzle: Tetris (GB)
Puzzle Adventure: Broken Sword I(PS1)/Monkey Island series (PC)

[Yuffie514]

and the winners of my Video-Game Awards ceremony are...

Role-Playing: Final Fantasy
Action Adventure: The Legend of Zelda
Sport: Umm...
Puzzle: Tetris
First-Person Shooter: Doom
Racing: Mario Kart
Fighting: Tekken
Survival Horror: Silent Hill

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Action Adventure: Zone of the Enders 2: the Second Runner
RPG: Xenogears
Racing: Mario Cart 64
Fighting: Super Smash. Bros.
Sport: Mario Tennis
FPS: Red Faction II
Puzzle: Tetris
RTS: Starcraft
SRPG: Final Fantasy: Tactics or Makai Senki: Disgaea

Note: I really don't play a lot of games on many of these genres. Thus the game choice is kind of suspect.

[Roto13]

I'm going to break Action and Adventure into two different categories, like I think they should be. I'm also going to add a few.


Action: Devil May Cry
Adventure: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Minish Cap or Wind Waker
Beat-em-up: Viewtiful Joe
RPG: Final Fantasy VI
Racing: Mario Kart DS
Fighting: Soul Calibur 2 or Super Smash Bros. Melee
Shoot-em-up: Ikaruga
Sport: Mario Golf, I guess
Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
FPS: Perfect Dark, the original one
Platformer: Sonic Rush
Puzzle: Meteos

[Dreddz]

Action/Adventure - Strider
Racing - GT4/World Rally Championship
RPG - FFVII
Fighting - Street Fighter 2 ( just because its a classic )
Strategy - FFT
Platformer - Jak and Daxter
Sport - Pro Evo 3
First Person Shooter - Deus Ex
Puzzle - Kurushi
Survival Horror - RE2

[jorge]

Action/Adventure: Legend of Zelda
RPG: FF series
Racing: Top Gear 2
Fighting: The Punisher
Sport: International Superstar soccer
FPS: Counter-Strike
Platformer: Megaman X series
Puzzle: Dr. Mario
Survival Horror: Resident Evil series
Strategy: Age of Empires series

Gaming really pwns

[Spatvark]

Beat 'Em Up: Streets of Rage 2
Fighting: Street Fighter 2: Special Championship Edition
FPS: Doom
Platformer: Gunstar Heroes (Debatable as a platform game, though I guess it's a platform Run n' Gun)
Point-and Click Adventure: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Puzzle: Bubble Ghost
Racing: Diddy Kong Racing
RPG: Chrono Trigger
Shoot-em-up: Tyrian
Sport: Sensible Soccer, Championship Manager 2: 96/97
Strategy: Warcraft 2
Survival Horror: Alone in the Dark (Though I'm loathe to call it a Survival Horror game)

Note that the average age of these games is about ten years XD

[VorpalCyberWolf]

Action/Adventure: Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Legend of Zelda (I)
Beat 'Em Up: Double Dragon/TMNT IV
Fighting: Bushido Blade II/Soul Calibur/Super Smash Bros. Melee
FPS: Doom/Perfect Dark
Platformer: Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Mario World/Spyro the Dragon
Point-and Click Adventure: Discworld
Puzzle: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine/IntelligentQube
Racing: Chocobo Racing/Mario Kart 64
RPG: Grandia/Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lightgun Shooter: Time Crisis 3/Duck Hunt
Sport: uh... RBI Baseball '96
Strategy: C&C Red Alert/Starcraft/Final Fantasy Tactics/Tactics Ogre
Survival Horror: Silent Hill/Resident Evil
Rhythm/Pitch/Music: Karaoke Revolution/Guitar Hero/DDR
Automotive Destruction: Vigilante 8
MMORPG: Diablo II/FFXI

[Vincent, Thunder God]

Action: Prince of Persia trilogy (Sands of Time, Warrior Within, Two Thrones)

Adventure (lots to list here): Monkey Island series, Grim Fandango, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max Hit the Road, Full Throttle, The Dig

Platfomer: Super Mario Bros 1-3, Super Mario World 1-2, Psychonauts

Sports: Tony Hawk's Underground

RPG: Final Fantasy series, Fable, Morrowind

Shooter: Max Payne, Halo 1-2

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Platformer: Super Mario 64 DS
RPG: Final Fantasy IV Advance
FPS: Halo 2
Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fighting: Soul Calibur II
Beat 'Em Up: Super Smash Bros. Melee
Sports: Mario Power Tennis
Action/Adventure: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
MMORPG: RuneScape (mainly because this is the only MMO I have played)
Puzzle: Pokémon Puzzle League
Racing: Mario Kart DS