What was your go-to game on every console you had over the years

[Mr Bakaboy]

2600 - tie Empire Strikes Back/Spider-Man
Intellivision - Las Vegas Poker and Blackjack
NES - Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Gameboy - Zelda Link's Awakening
SNES - Zelda LTTP
PSX - Castlevania SOTN
Saturn - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
Dreamcast - Capcom vs SNK 2
PS2 - Tekken Tag
Neo-Geo - Garou MOTW
Neo Geo Pocket - MOTM SNK vs Capcom
TurboGrafx - Alien Crush
OG Xbox - SVC Chaos SNK vs Capcom
360 - KOF 98 UM
PS3 - 3rd Strike OE
PS4 - Garou MOTW
Xbone - Street Fighter 30th Anniversary

Harder then it sounds since go-to and favorite sometimes don't match up.

 

[famicommander]

2600 - Yars' Revenge
5200 - Kaboom!
7800 - Joust
XEGS - Donkey Kong (one of the few ports will all four screens)
Jaguar - Tempest 2000
Jaguar CD - none, all my games for it suck
Lynx - Ninja Gaiden
SMS - Shinobi
Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
SEGA CD - Sonic CD
32X - Mortal Kombat II
Saturn - Virtua Fighter 2
Dreamcast - Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Game Gear - Shinobi II: The Silent Fury
NES - Super Mario Bros 3
SNES - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
N64 - Goldeneye 007
Gamecube - Super Smash Bros Melee
Wii - Fishing Resort
Wii U - Mario Kart 8
Switch - Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Virtual Boy - Virtual Boy Wario Land
Pokemon Mini - Pokemon Party mini
Game Boy - Pokemon Red Version
Game Boy Color - The Legend Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Game Boy Advance - Metroid Fusion
DS - Animal Crossing Wild World
3DS - Super Mario 3D Land
PS1 - Final Fantasy VII
PS2 - Shinobi
PS3 - Binary Domain
PS4 - Doom VFR
PSP - Crush
Vita - Wipeout 2048
Xbox - Star Wars Battlefront
Xbox 360 - Vanquish
Xbox One - Doom (2016)
Neo Geo - Waku Waku 7
Neo Geo Pocket Color - Sonic Pocket Adventure
Turbografx-16 - Bonk's Adventure
Magnavox Odyssey 2 - KC Munchkin
CD-i - Hotel Mario
3DO - Gex
Colecovision - GORF
Intellivision - Astrosmash
Vectrex - Mine Storm
N-Gage - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Wonderswan - Klonoa Moonlight Museum
Wonderswan Color - Judgement Silversword
PC - The Ultimate Doom

 

[ForeverSublime]

Neo CD - SamSho 3

This sticks out in my mind, largely because of the fast loading times.

There are other games on NES I recall - circumstantial depending on who I was playing with: LJN's Major League Baseball, Tecmo Super Bowl, Super Dodgeball. I guess sports games translated well and made good competition.

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

Go-to games per console...

Odyssey: Soccer
NES: Ninja Gaiden II
GB: Ninja Gaiden Shadow
SNES: X-Men Mutant Apocalypse
VB: Teleroboxer
N64: Killer Instinct Gold
GBC: Metal Gear Solid
GBA: Double Dragon Advance
GC: Sonic R
DS: Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
3DS: 3D Streets of Rage 2
WII: Metroid Other M
WII U: Devil’s Third
SWITCH: Shinobi III
LYNX: Ninja Gaiden
SMS: Ninja Gaiden
GEN: M.U.S.H.A
GG: Fatal Fury Special
SCD: Snatcher
32X: Zaxxon’s Motherbase 2000
SS: Sengoku Blade
DC: Capcom vs SNK
RZ: Virtua Cop
GCOM: Resident Evil 2
XB: Ninja Gaiden Black
XB360: Ninja Gaiden II
XB1: Killer Instinct 2
NG: Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
NGCD: World Heroes
NGCDZ: King of Fighters 95
NGP: KOF R-1
NGPC: SNK vs Capcom MotM
MVS: Breaker’s Revenge
HNG64: Fatal Fury Wild Ambition
JAMMA: Ninja Gaiden
CPS2: Marvel Super Heroes
PS1: Strider 2
PST: Street Fighter Alpha 3
PS2: Shinobi
PSP: Ikkitousen Xross Impact
PS3: Final Fantasy XIII trilogy
PSVita: Darkstalkers Chaos Tower
PSTV: Muramasa Rebirth
PS4: The Ninja Warriors Once Again
PSVR: Super Hot
PC: Duke Nukem 3D

 

[neo_mao]

I’m just going to do Nintendo consoles for now because it’s late and i’m sleepy.

NES - Contra
SNES - Mario Kart
N64 - Star Fox 64
GameCube - Waverace Blue Storm
Wii - Excite Truck
Wii U - Mario Kart 8
Switch - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
GB - Metroid 2
VB - Red Alarm
GBA - Mario Kart Super Circuit
DS - Ketsui Death Label
3DS - Final Fantasy Theatrhythm

 

[Tron]

Neo-Geo
Metal Slug
NES/Famicom
Contra
Turbografx 16
Ys 1&2
Genesis
Castlevania Bloodlines
SNES
Super Castlevania IV
2600
Missile Command
Wii-U
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
PS3
Demon's Souls
PS4
Bloodborne
GC
Phantasy Star Online
SEGA-CD
Lunar The Silver Star Story
Saturn
Darius Gaiden

 

[Digmac]

In no particular order:

Neo Geo - Magical Drop III
Dreamcast - Crazy Taxi
Saturn - Soukyugurentai
Mega CD - Snatcher
Mega Drive - Sonic 2
Mark III - Fantasy Zone
PS1 - Gran Turismo
PS2 - Initial D Special Stage
PS3 - Samurai Warriors 4 Empires
PS4 - Hatsune Miku Project Diva Future Tone
Xbox - Project Gotham Racing 2
X360 - Samurai Warriors 2 Empires
Xbone- Forza Horizon 3
Wii - Mario Kart Wii
Wii U - Mario Kart 8
GC - F-Zero GX
Nintendo Color TV Game - Block Kuzushi
Fami - Takeshi no Chōsenjō
Super Fami - F-Zero
N64 - F-Zero X
64DD - F-Zero X expansion/Doshin the Giant
FM Towns Marty - Genocide
PC Engine Hu - 1943 Kai
PC Engine CD - Spriggan
PC-FX - Chip Chan Kick
3DO - Road Rash
PSP - Hatsune Miku Project Diva Extend
PS Vita - Gravity Daze
GB - Money Idol Exchanger
GBC - Pokémon Crystal
GBA - F-Zero Climax
DS - Ace Attorney series
3DS - Taiko no Tatsujin series
Switch - ACA Neo Geo series (cheating a bit, but that’s my go to)
Game Gear - Sonic 2
NGPC - Biomotor Unitron
WonderSwan - Judgement Silversword

 

[Mr Bakaboy]

BlackaneseNiNjA: Interesting list. Since you play all the Ninja Gaidens which is your favorite. I played the SNES collection quite a bit, but always sucked at the 3d ones. Also just started playing The Ninja Warriors cause that music is amazing. Didn't know PS4 had a game

Famicommander: Was the 5200 version of Kaboom better then the 2600? I played the heck out of it on the 2600, but never knew there was a better version.

 

[titchgamer]

Hmm bound to forget something but here we go....

C64 - Wizzard of Wor
NES - Mario Bros 3
Master System - Sonic series (no particular fave)
Mega Drive - SOR2
SNES - Super Mario World
Saturn - HOTD
Dreamcast - RE 3
N64 - Perfect Dark
PS1 - Time Crisis
XBOX - Halo
PS2 - GTA Vice City
PS3 - Deus Ex human revolution
PS4 - Warframe
Neo Geo - Metal Slug
NDS - Phoenix Wright
NGPC - Bubble Bobble
Switch - New Super Mario Bros
Wii - Mario Kart
Gamecube - Mario Kart DD
Many more... Cant think....

Actually a really tough list to think of as especially around the PS1/2 era I played sooo many awesome games.
I based this purely on what game spent most time loaded into the system.

 

[yagamikun]

These are in rough order of when I first acquired each console (if memory serves correctly)

Atari 2600: Pitfall
Atari 800XL (computer): Frogger
NES: Mega Man 3
Gameboy: Belmont's Revenge
Game Gear: SOR2
SNES: Mega Man X
Genesis: Sonic 3
3DO: SSF2T and Gex
Playstation: Symphony of the Night
Saturn: Rockman 8
PC Engine: Rondo of Blood
Master System: Sonic 1
Neo AES: Fatal Fury Special
NGPC: Match of the Millennium
N64: Killer Instinct Gold
Virtual Boy: Mario Clash
Dreamcast: Sonic Adventure
CPS2: Vampire Hunter 2
CPS1: Ghouls & Ghosts
Hyper 64: Wild Ambition and Buriki One
Playstation 2: Sly Cooper
Gamecube: F-Zero GX
X-Box: DOA3
Wii: Mario Galaxy
Playstation 3: Ridge Racer 7
XBox 360: Tomb Raider Legends
GBA: Metroid Zero Mission
DS: Dawn of Sorrow
3DS: Link Between Worlds
PSP: Ridge Racer
Vita: Ys Celceta
WiiU: Bayonetta 2
Playstation 4: I never really play it... FF7 remake, maybe? That was the last thing I played.
XBox One: I use it as a 4k Blu-Ray player...
Switch: The Ninja Saviors
PC: The PC has been my main gaming platform for over 8 years now, so my "go-to" changes. I guess my go-to on PC right now would be Monster Hunter World and Step Mania.

 

[neo_mao]

I’m just going to do Nintendo consoles for now because it’s late and i’m sleepy.

NES - Contra
SNES - Mario Kart
N64 - Star Fox 64
GameCube - Waverace Blue Storm
Wii - Excite Truck
Wii U - Mario Kart 8
Switch - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
GB - Metroid 2
VB - Red Alarm
GBA - Mario Kart Super Circuit
DS - Ketsui Death Label
3DS - Final Fantasy Theatrhythm

Good morning! Here’s the rest of my list...

Sega Genesis - Streets of Rage 2
Sega CD - Final Fight
Sega Saturn - Dodonpachi
Sega Dreamcast - Zero Gunner 2
TG16 - Blazing Lasers
Lynx - Chips Challenge
Neo Geo - Last Blade
3DO - Road Rash
PS1 - Twisted Metal 2
PS2 - Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus whatever
PS3 - Wipeout HD
PS4 - Resogun
PSP - Ridge Racer
Vita - TxK
Xbox - DOA Ultimate
360 - Deathsmiles
Xbone - Killer Instinct

 

[RAZO]

Nes - Mike Tysons Punch Out
Snes - Ninja Warriors
Genny - Shinobi III
Sega Cd - Lords of Thunder
Pc Engine - Rondo
Neo-Geo - SamSho III
Saturn - Hyper Duel
Dreamcast - Capcom Vs Snk Pro
Og Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta
Xbox 360 - Omega V
Xbox One - Killer Instinct
Ps1 - Castlevania Chronicles
Ps2 - Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Ps3 - SF III Third Strike
Ps4 - Dragon's Crown

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

This was a great thread idea. It’s really interesting to see which games tend to repeatedly appear on the lists more often than not. SNK vs Capcom MotM, Shinobi III, Ninja Warriors, Street Fighter III, Killer Instinct, Streets of Rage 2.

BlackaneseNiNjA: Interesting list. Since you play all the Ninja Gaidens which is your favorite. I played the SNES collection quite a bit, but always sucked at the 3d ones. Also just started playing The Ninja Warriors cause that music is amazing. Didn't know PS4 had a game

Hell yeah! You can’t go wrong with the OG series Though I first fell in love with the Ninja Gaiden series back in the 80’s with the arcade version, ultimately I have to go with:

Ryukenden era: Ninja Gaiden II (NES)
Team Ninja series: Ninja Gaiden II (XB360)

The latter entry I enjoyed so much that I flew to japan, met the team, and had Mr. Itagaki sign my copy lol:


Ninja Warriors Again and X-Men Mutant Apocalypse are my favorite games on the snes, and I was really impressed with their updated version/sequel. The music produced by Zuntata for the series is always top notch With more characters to master and a release that included the original soundtracks along with remixed updates, Ninja Warriors Once Again/The Ninja Saviors was a dream come true.

 

[famicommander]

Thinking Ninja Gaiden II is better than Ninja Gaiden Black is the worst opinion of all time.

 

[Neorebel]

I'm just gonna do pre-2000s

Atari 2600: Missile Command
NES: Castlevania II
SNES: Super Street Fighter II
N64: Killer Instinct
DC: MvC 2
Gameboy: Nemesis
Game Gear: Fantasy Zone Gear
PC: Diablo

 

[famicommander]

I'm just gonna do pre-2000s

Atari 2600: Missile Command
NES: Castlevania II
SNES: Super Street Fighter II
N64: Killer Instinct
DC: MvC 2
Gameboy: Nemesis
Game Gear: Fantasy Zone Gear
PC: Diablo

Simon's Quest?

You poor bastard

 

[Neorebel]

Simon's Quest?

You poor bastard

I know lol. When I was a kid I loved that game though. I also played Zelda II and Deadly Towers a fair bit!

 

[RAZO]

What's wrong with Ninja Gaiden Sigma?

 

[neo_mao]

What's wrong with Ninja Gaiden Sigma?

Wasn’t the Sigma series just on PS3 and Vita? Never played the PS3 versions but I think they were censored and maybe had frame rate issues?

 

[RAZO]

Wasn’t the Sigma series just on PS3 and Vita? Never played the PS3 versions but I think they were censored and maybe had frame rate issues?

Ok, I wasn't sure. I played Ninja Gaiden Black on the OG Xbox and played sigma and thought Sigma ran much smoother and looked better.

 

[Evan]

The main ones that stick out for me:
Xbox 360: Castle Crashers
Wii: Super Paper Mario
N64: Wave Race 64
Neo Geo: KOF 2002
Gamecube: Super Mario Sunshine

 

[famicommander]

What's wrong with Ninja Gaiden Sigma?

Sigma was watered down in some places because people found Black too difficult.

Sigma is still better than II or III but Black is by far the best 3D game in the series, and in my opinion the only one worth playing.

 

[fake]

In the order I got them...and at the time when I first got them...

Intellivision: Space Invaders
NES: Super Mario Bros. 3
Gen: Sonic 2
GB: Pokemon Red
PlayStation: Metal Gear Solid
Dreamcast: THPS2
Xbox: Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
PS2: Shinobi
GC: Metroid Prime
360: Third Strike OE
Wii: Super Mario Galaxy

 

[famicommander]

In the order I got them...and at the time when I first got them...

Intellivision: Space Invaders
NES: Super Mario Bros. 3
Gen: Sonic 2
GB: Pokemon Red
PlayStation: Metal Gear Solid
Dreamcast: THPS2
Xbox: Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
PS2: Shinobi
GC: Metroid Prime
360: Third Strike OE
Wii: Super Mario Galaxy

This is a man of culture.

Three people here picked Shinobi PS2. Such an underrated classic.

One of those games that says "git gud or fuck off"

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

Thinking Ninja Gaiden II is better than Ninja Gaiden Black is the worst opinion of all time.

It’s a good thing it’s my opinion and not yours then lol The combat engine in Ninja Gaiden Black is fantastic, but the game as a whole (even on Master Ninja and with the intercepting mechanic nerfed) has a lot of mechanics slanted in favor of the player and is a breeze for me to run through and exploit the enemies. When I play Ninja Gaiden Black on Master Ninja each encounter began to feel routine. UT’s, OTG tech, it’s all fantastic, but the challenge leaves when the enemies have no tools to counter these strings and player tools, etc imho.

Ninja Gaiden II is linear, but I don’t need Ninja Gaiden to be more like Metroid or Devil May Cry 1. I love the series for combat and the exploration in NG/NG Black didn’t elevate the game for me. The addition of more weapons (lunar staff and scythe are still too OP, but weapons like the Tonfas and Kusarigama completely changed the game for me and felt far more developed than the Vigoorian Flails and Dabilahro in NG/NGB), de-limb options that made enemies more dangerous as you fought them rather than less dangerous, UT options for projectiles, grab properties for ground-based combos, and a new Master Ninja rebalancing that absolutely broke the game’s projectile firing enemies has all just kept me coming back since the challenge is always intact if you don’t resort to farming. Ninja Gaiden II’s Master Ninja mode is the reason I keep finding new ways to beat the game and enjoy what it offers. To each their own.

What's wrong with Ninja Gaiden Sigma?

Both Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Sigma 2 add new characters, new weapons and rebalance encounters even further...but removed extras that the Xbox originals had. Though Sigma 2 added new mechanics to the series like arial UT’s (Momiji), it nerfed the violence and many many enemy encounters (the Aqua Capital stage saw the worst of it) were significantly altered or outright removed. The enemy AI routines were also nerfed in an effort to rebalance the game and mitigate the slowdown and performance issues that plagued NG2. Master Ninja was also greatly nerfed and enemy grab damage was increased in that mode in an effort to restore the challenge.

Sigma Plus and Sigma 2 Plus are fun on the road...but the drop to 30 fps and performance issues ensure that they stay relegated to fun deviations during travel but pretty much unplayable otherwise (though Sigma 2 Plus did bring back the gore that was removed in the original Sigma 2 release). Resolution drops and a failure to alter the challenge mode (required co-op on the PS3 version) didn’t help it either, unfortunately.