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  1. 06-07-2006, 10:39 PM #1
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    Default Your Favourite Games From Each Genre?

    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.

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    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
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    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
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    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)
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    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)

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    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
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    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

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    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
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    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
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    MMORPG: Diablo II/FFXI
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    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
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    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
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