These games deserves a golden star, according to me:
Sonic The Hedgehog 1-3, Virtua Fighter 1-4 and Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution, Columns.
Ice Climber, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario World, Super Mariokart.
Penguin Land.
Lemmings 1 and 2, Oh No! More Lemmings, Venus The Flytrap, Shadow Of The Beast 1-3, Barbarian 2, Space Ace, Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies, Ork, Qix, The New Zealand Story, Klax, Hybris, The Great Giana Sisters, Boulder Dash, Bubble Bobble, Bionic Commando, Beyond The Ice Palace, Bermuda Project, Agony, Superfrog, Outrun, Block Out, Tetris, Puzznic, Sim City, Sim City 2000, Outfall, Rainbow Islands.
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 and 3, The Sims 1 and 2, Heroes Of Might And Magic 2 and 3, Dark Age Of Camelot, Sim Tower, Jazz Jackrabbit 2.
Tekken Tag Tournament.
I can't think of many more games now.
I put these names just to demonstrate that these games are the best for me.
Oh boy...i've got to take a long while and think about this one dude. I mean i've got my faves but all in all which ones actually deserve a golden star...it's gonna take me awhile to figure out the calculations. =P
This will be a long, long list of truly great or innovative games, unless I get bored. To simplify, I'll keep it to games I actually own:
Sonic 1, 2, CD, 3 and Knuckles, Advance 3
Yoshi's Island
Final Fantasy 4, 6, 8, 10
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Shadow Hearts
Baldur's Gate 1 and 2: Shadows of Amn (+ Throne of Bhaal)
Planescape: Torment
Half-Life 1 and 2
ICO and Shadow of the Colossus
Resident Evil 4
Devil May Cry
Psychonauts
Worms Armageddon
Doom
American McGee's Alice
Ristar
Silent Hill 1-4 (Yes, I even like 4)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Rez
Clive Barker's Undying
MDK
Pathologic
Fallout 2
Ground Control
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
System Shock 1-2
Deus Ex
Discworld Noir
Darwinia
Diablo 2
Warcraft 3
The Incredible Machine
Max Payne
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Freedom Force and vs. the 3rd Reich
We Love Katamari
Killer 7
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
Viewtiful Joe
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Beyond Good and Evil
Freak Out (/Stretch Panic)
Dragon Quest VIII
Disgaea 1 and 2
My opinions likely differ from most, but these games come to mind for me:
Armored Core
Armored Core 3
Armored Core 3: Silent Line
Armored Core Nexus
Forza Motorsport
Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo 2
Gran Turismo 4
Halo (shut up)
Halo 2 (I said shut it!)
Legend of Zelda II: Adventure of Link
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC version)
Mega Man X4
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2 version)
RayStorm
Star Wars Battlefront II
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario 64
Some of those probably wouldn't be considered innovative or great by most people, but they're still some of my favorites.
Hmm...well...for games that I'd say are definate gold star titles...
Super Mario 64
LoZ: Ocarina of Time
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Golden Eye
Sonic 1, 2, 3& Knuckles
Paper Mario 1 & 2
Mario & Luigi
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
Star Wars KotoR
Tales of Symphonia
Marvel VS Capcom 2
Shenmue 1 and 2
Phantasy Star Online
the Soul Calibur series
Metal Gear Solid 1 and 3
Final Fantasy VI
Vagrant Story
...I love a load of games, and a lot more than what I've listed, but these are what I'd consider the best.
clearly the best is KOTOR
sonic 1,2,3,&knuckles,cd,Adventure,Adventure 2,2k6(yes i love that game)
jedi academy
all of the ghost recons
donkey kong country 1,2,3
Toxic Avenger
diddy kong racing
I kept this list solely to my favorites, i'm most likely forgetting some but i'll look through my collection and update later
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sim City 2000
The Sims
Guild Wars
Halo & Halo 2
Call of Duty 2
Super Smash Brothers Melee
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
NiGHTS
Clockwork Knight 2
DOTT hahhaa never heard of it , SH. Thanks for that insightful video. =P
MUST GO, MUST BUY!
Heck Yeah.
Any of the Lucasarts advernture games. Maniac Mansion (first one and Day of The Tentacle), Monkey Island 1-3, Full Throttle, Loom, Sam & Max Hit the Road.
really everything Lucasarts spat out around the mid 90's was pure awesome
Woh, I haven't thought about Lemmings in a long long time. Also a fan of Iceclimber.
I had to think about it for a minute and this is what I came up with (they're in no particular order, just typed what came to mind)
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1) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2) Final Fantasy VII
3) Final Fantasy XII
4)Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
5) Battlefield 2142
6)Battlefield 1942
7)Gears of War
8: Wii Sports
9)Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
10) Madden '07
11)Guitar Hero I and II
12)Sonic CD
13)Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
14) Metal gear Solid 1-3
15)Halo and Halo 2
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