1. FFVI (SNES)

2. Shining Force (Sega, Steam, GBA, and Iphone)

3. Sonic (Sega)

4. WoW(PC)

5. Mass Effect 2 (360)

6. Madden (Xbox, 360)

7. Tecmo Bowl (NES)

8.  Team Fortress 2 (PC)

9. Advance Wars (Gba)

10. Link to the Past (SNES)

11. Mario 64

12.Duck Tales (NES)

13. Little Nemo (NES)

14. Varios MMOs that i have played for a month or two.

15.Chrono Trigger (SNES)

16. NCAA Footbal (xbox, 360)

17. Star Wars Battle Front (xbox and PS2)

18. Katamari (PS2)

19. MVP Baseball (xbox)

20. Just Cause 2 (Onlive)

21. Lego Star Wars (360)

22. Marvel vs. Capcom 2(xbla)

23. Captain America and the Avengers (SNES)

24. TMNT Arcade (Arcade, xbla)

25. Killer Instinct (SNES)

26. Rock and Roll Racing (Sega)

27. Mario 3 (NES)

28. Super Mario RPG (SNES)

29. Super Mario World (SNES)

30. DDR (xbox)

1. Clash at Demon Head

2. Street Fighter Series (no not gonna cheat to list them all lol)

3. King of Fighters Series (same as SF)

4. Tekken series (same)

5. Trojan

6. Captain Commando

7. OutRun

8.AfterBurner

9. Cobra Triangle

10. Robo Demon

11. PackRat

12. MegaMan Series ( Wily Battles, Powered up, Maverick Hunters,X,Z, and Zx)

13. Ninja Gaiden (Genesis, Arcade, Nes and Xbox series)

14. Gradius (including Parodius, Nemesis/Salamander series)

15. Cybernator

16. Double Dragon (all of  it including arcade/gameboy versions)

17. Mario Bros. Series

18. Zelda Series

19. Bomberman Series (sans Turbo Graphix 16 versions)

20. NASA Space Simulator (Atari 2600 version)

21. Star Voyager

- okay enough console and arcade stuff, just to appease to "Master Gaming Race" crowd, ill add PC games -

22. Star Wars Jedi Knight Series (darkforces , 2 and 3)

23. HomeWorld Series (1, Cataclysm and 2 )

24. Tribes 2

25. Sins of the Solar Empire

26. StarCraft ( 1 and 2)

27. Warcraft 3

28. Prototype (PC version)

29. Fear

30. Mount and Blade War Band

31. Star Trek Armada

32. Star Trek Bridge Commander (thus the reason why i love the @T^@#$ out of Star Quest Online over Star trek online)

33. ....Star Trek Online

34. Star Quest Online <3

35. HelBreath

36. FallOut 3

37. Might and Magic V

38. Ultima 3

39. Age of Conan

40. Star Wars Old Republic Beta

Honorable Mentions:

Blaster Master, Renegade, Hemegonen, XERXEX, Dawn of War Relic RTS Series (sans everything DOW II),

Double Dribble, River City Ransom, Super Dodge Ball, 3D World Runner, Rad Racer, Shinobi II, Streets of Rage II and III, 

Strider, Scorch Earth ,Burger Time.

And Maniac Manson

Originally posted by VirusDancer

Okay, I'll give this a shot...though maybe I should take some gingko first, lol.

1. Asteroids (Atari 2600)
2. Combat (Atari 2600)
3. Missile Command (Atari 2600)
4. Pac-Man (Atari 2600)
5. B-17 Bomber (Intellivision II)
6. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Intellivision II)
7. Pitfall! (Coleco Adam)
8. Pitfall II (Coleco Adam)
9. Q*Bert (Coleco Adam)
10. Radar Rat Race (Vic 20)
11. Lode Runner (Apple IIe)
12. Karateka (Apple IIe)
13. Ultima IV (Apple IIe)
14. The Oregon Trail (Apple IIe)
15. Zork (Apple IIe)
16. Spy vs. Spy (Apple IIe)
17. Wizardry (C64)
18. Autoduel (C64)
19. Elite (C64)
20. Dragon's Lair (C64)
21. Archon (C64)
22. Neuromancer (C64)
23. Pool of Radiance (C64)
24. Bard's Tale (C64)
25. Roadwar 2000 (C64)
26. Apache (C64)
27. Legend of Zelda (NES)
28. Super Mario Bros. (NES)
29. Beavis & Butthead (Genesis)
30. Gauntlet IV (Genesis)
31. Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)
32. Rival Schools (PlayStation)
33. Dead or Alive (X-Box)
34. Wasteland (PC)
35. Baldur's Gate (PC)
36. Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (PC)
37. Wing Commander (PC)
38. Half-Life (PC)
39. Ultima Online (PC)
40. Shadowbane (PC)

Curious... I want to add two games to that list.

 

Earth and Beyond - EA's cancellation created a deep hatred within me of them...lol.

 

Auto Assault - I pre-ordered the CE of this game.  I was so looking forward to it.  Had a good beta.  Launches... "Hey, is anybody else here?"

 

Damn it, a 43rd?  Heh, not 40 or less - but I saw your thing about Street Fighter.  I almost flunked out of college when I found the recroom and started playing Street Fighter 2 instead of going to classes...

 

Great List.  I would add Dig Dug, and Bards Tale

Games I liked (in approximate chronological order):

Impossible Mission (Commodore 64)

Zork series (Commodore 64)

Empire (early PC)

Might and Magic series (PC)

Everquest

Civilization (still playing)

Horizons (aka Istaria)

Dark Age of Camelot

City of Heroes

World of Warcraft

Eve

Flyff

Sword of the New World

Oblivion

Lord of the Rings Online

Rift

1. Space invaders
2. Pac-man
3. Scramble
4. Defender
5. Gauntlet
6. Mig Alley Ace
7. F-15 Strike Eagle
8. Astron Belt
9. Mortal Kombat:1-3
10. Street Fighter
11. Golden Axe
12. Sonic
13. Shining Force 1 & 2
14. Eternal Champions
15. Tekken
16. Killer Instinct
17. Warcraft
18. Dungeon Keeper
19. Worms 1 & 2
20. Resident Evil 1, 2 & 3
21. Silent Hill
22. Gran Turismo 2
23. Final fantasy 7, 8, 9 & Tactics
24. Soul Blade
25. Siphon Filter
26. Colony Wars 2
27. Vandal hearts 1&2
28. Vagrant Story
29. Baldurs Gate 1 & 2
30. Icewind Dale 1 & 2
31. Diablo 2: Exp
32. Temple of Elemental Evil
33. Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
34. Age of Empires series: Inc Mythology
35. Dungeon Siege
36. Neverwinter Nights
37. World of Warcraft
38. Warhammer online
39. Dragon Age
40. Rift

1. Final Fantasy 1 (NES)

2. Wolfenstein 3D

3. Mortal Kombat II (SNES)

4. DOOM (PC)

5. Civilization (PC)

6. Tie Fighter (PC)

7. Betrayal at Krondor (PC)

8. Final Fantasy III (SNES) I Argue... best game of all time.

9. Super Mario Brothers (NES)

10. Arkanoid (PC)

11. Quake (PC)

12. Doom 64 (N64)

13. Mechwarrior (PC)

14. Breath of Fire (SNES)

15. Killer Instinct (SNES)

16. Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES)

17. Age of Empires (PC)

18. Quake II (PC)

19. Quake 64 (N64)

20. Quake 3 (PC)

21. Doom 3 (PC)

22. Civilization 3 (PC)

23. Final Fantasy 9 (PS)

24. Final Fantasy XII (PS3 60gb)

25. Gran Turismo 2

26. Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)

27. Warcraft 2 (PC) 

28. Golden Eye (N64)

29. Knight Online (PC)

30. Diablo 2 (PC) Played for 5 years even still.  GF introduced me to it lol.

31. System Shock (PC) This game... wow...

32. Pristontale (PC)

33. Silkroad Online (PC)

34. Dungeon Siege (PC)

35. Ultima Underworld I & II (PC) .... Absolutely Awesome

36. Civilization V (PC)

37. Left 4 Dead

38. Dune 2 (PC)

39. Sim City (PC) Reticualting Splines....

40. Arena: The Elder Scrolls (PC)

RED - Epic games for me

There are so many other games that were played, however these are the ones that I remember playing and still remember the levels, gameplay, and have the best experiences with.

Originally posted by Foomerang

@just1opinion: Centipede! Ive seen that one pop up a few times now.

 

 

I think I only worked to pay for playing that game and to buy clothes to look cool WHILE playing that game.

In no specific order:

1. Ufo: Enemy Unknown

2. Ufo: Terror from the Deep

3. The Humans

4. Death Track

5. Microsoft Flight Simulator 3

6. Monkey Island 1

7. The Settlers 1

8. The Settlers 2

9. Stars!

10. Lightspeed

11. Command & Conquer 1

12. Dune 2

13. Total Annihilation

14. Lands of Lore

15. Might and Magic 6

16.  Heroes of Might and Magic 1

17. Dungeon Keeper

18. Heroes of Might and Magic 3

19. Sim City

20. Sim City 2000

21. Civilzation

22. Diablo

This will be interesting.

1. TMNT 4  snes

2. Zelda N64

3. Monkey Island 1,2,3,4

4. Might&Magic 5,6,7,8 (this one is with the 5man party crawling dungeons)

5. Heroes of Might&Magic 3 (this one is where you build armies and explore the worldmap)

6. Secret of Evermore

7.  Terranigma

8. Chrono Trigger

9. Megaman 3-12

10. Jazz Jack Rabbit

11. GTA2

12. Diablo

13. Starcraft

14. Street Fighter 2

(currently playing 4 AE, really fun, incase you want to play internet set everything to low to avoid lag, doesnt botter though as it just gets less flashy with the effects)

15. Secret of Mana

16. Age of Empires 2

17. Command&Conquer  all up to Generals

18.  Super Metroid

19. Super Mario Bros

20. Zelda - The isle of Cocolint

21. Max Payne 1&2

22. Settlers 3

23. Gothic 1&2 & Risen

24. Mario 64

25. Lylat Wars

26. Baldurs Gate 2

27.Smash Bros.

28.Unreal Tournament 2004

29.Ragnarok Online

30.Neocron 2

31.Matrix Online ( this one will be eternally remembered for the best launcher -> game transition)

32.EVE Online

33. Earth &Beyond

34. Freelancer

36 .Aquanox 1&2

36. WoW

37.Guild Wars

38. Witcher 1&2

39. Darksiders

40. Okami

1.  Pong

2.  "nu pogodi" - russian handheld video game.

3.  Super Mario Bros

4.  Tetris

5.  Street Fighter 2

6.  Mortal Kombat

7.  Flashback

8.  Syndicate

9.  Ascendancy

10.  Under a Killing Moon

11.  Legend of the Red Dragon

12.  Wolfenstein 3D

13. Doom

14.  SimFarm

15.  Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity

16.  Fallout

17.  Fallout 2

18.  Baldur's Gate

19.  Baldur's Gate 2.

20.  Mad Dog McGee

21.  NHL93

22.  Star Wars Rebellion

23.  NBA Jam

24.  NFL Blitz

25. Starcraft

26.  Anarchy Online

27.  Shadowbane

28.  City of Heroes

29.  Star Wars Galaxies

30.  Everquest 2

31.  Tabula Rasa 

32.  EVE Online

33.  LoTRO

34.  Age of Conan

35.  KOTOR

36.  KOTOR2

37.  Mass Effect

38.  Mass Effect 2

39.  NHL 2009

40.  Fallout 3.

Oh, but 40 is much too few! :) Anyway, good thread... Here goes, more or less chronologically, along with what I played them on:

1. Pong (Atari)
2. Pac Man (arcade)
3. Space Invaders (arcade)
4. Yie Ar Kung-Fu (arcade)
5. Tron (arcade)
6. Aztec Challenge (C64)
7. One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird (arcade)
8. Zork I (PC)
9. Tetris (PC) 
10. Prince of Persia (PC)
11. SimCity (PC)
12. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC)
13. Another World (PC)
14. Wing Commander II (PC)
15. Myst (PC)
16. Alone in the Dark (PC)
17. Dreamweb (PC)
18. Dune (PC) [yes, the first one!]
19. Beneath a Steel Sky (PC)
20. Usurper (BBS door game)
21. Doom (PC)
22. Full Throttle (PC)
23. TIE Fighter (PC)
24. Quake (PC)
25. Descent (PC)
26. Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within (PC)
27. Quarantine (PC)
28. Fallout (PC)
29. Age of Empires (PC)
30. Blade Runner (PC)
31. Diablo I (PC)
32. The Longest Journey (PC)
33. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC)
34. Planescape Torment (PC)
35. Ultima Online (PC)
36. Deus Ex (PC)
37. Anarchy Online (PC)
38. World of Warcraft (PC)
39. X3: Reunion (PC)
40. Portal (PC)

1. Morrowind (PC, RPG)

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2. Oblivion (PC, RPG)

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3. Fallout 3 (PC, RPG)

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4. Skyrim (Xbox360, RPG, I've played it thanks to a good friend, but I'm getting it for the PC)

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5. Asheron's Call (first MMO, PC)

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6. Star Wars Galaxies (third MMO, PC)

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7. Auto Assault (favorite MMO ever, PC)

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8. Mario (SNES)

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9. Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)

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7. Spore (PC, strategy)

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8. World of Warcraft (PC, MMO)

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9. Black & White (PC, God game, one of my favorites)

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10. Black & White 2 (PC, God game, one of my favorites)

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11. Anno Dawn of Discovery (PC, city-builder)

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12. Pharaoh (PC, city-builder, one of my favorite classics)

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13. Assassin's Creed 2 (PC, action)

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14. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (PC, action)

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15. 16. 17 Prince of Persia (all three, PC, action)

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18. Sins of a Solar Empire (my all time favorite strategy game, PC)

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19. Medieval 2 Total War (PC, strategy, my favorite Total War game)

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20. Rome Total War (PC, strategy, my second favorite Total War game)

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21. Sim Ant (SNES and PC versions, strategy)

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22. Baldur's Gate (PC, rpg)

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23. Mass Effect 1 (PC, rpg)

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24. Mass Effect 2 (PC, rpg)

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25. Age of Empires 2 (PC, strategy)

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26. Age of Mythology (PC, strategy)

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27. Starsiege (first PC game ever, action)

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28. Tribes (second PC game ever, action)

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29. Viper Racing (third PC game ever, racing)

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30. Warlords Battlecry 2 (PC, strategy)

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31. Warlords Battlecry 3 (PC, strategy)

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32. Anarchy Online (PC, MMO)

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33. Minecraft (PC, RPG)

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34. Terraria (PC, RPG)

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35. Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64, RPG)

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36. Planetside (PC, MMO)

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37. Haven & Hearth (PC, MMO)

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38. X3 Terran Conflict (best space game ever, PC RPG)

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39. Mount and Blade, Vanilla+Warband (PC, RPG)

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40. Dwarf Fortress (PC, strategy and RPG)

Statistics:

2 SNES games

2 N64 games

38 PC games

7 MMOs

2 God games

2 city-builders

1 racing game

5 action games

10 strategy games

13 RPGs

Originally posted by Unlight

Seeing some of these old classic games mentioned again really brings back fond memories of those old arcades from the 70s and 80s that just don't exist anymore.  Galaga, Joust, Centipede, Afterburner (with full cockpit), Battle Zone, Defender, Zaxxon, Tron, Donkey Kong, Q-Bert, Gauntlet, Qix, Robotron, Hyper Olympics (the pencil trick was my saviour), Pole Position, Spy Hunter, Ms. Pac-Man, Ghosts'n'Goblins, Xevious, Karate Champ (FUUUULL POINT! - half point), Sinistar ... the list is endless.  Seeing your initials displayed in the #1 spot for all to see.  Knowing that next week you'll have to return and wrest it back from some faceless usurper who'd driven you from your throne.  Stealing money from mom's purse once the allowance had run dry -- then getting caught.  Good times.

If there was one thing I could pull back from my childhood, it would probably be those old arcades. 

mame arcade emulator is your friend :)

Hmmm.... 

1) BattleTech (BattleTech Center in Chicago the fully enclosed pods on hydrolics) Playing this at the BattleTech center is an experience every gamer needs to have once in their life. It is unequalled. I remember my times playing BattleTech vividly even though it was back in the day. I STILL have my old BattleTech card lol. 

2) Ultima Online (PC)

3)  Ultima Acension (PC)

4) Baldur's Gate 1 (PC)

5)  Baldur's Gate 2 (PC)

6) The Legends of Zelda (Nes)

7) Zelda II (NES)

8) Legend of Zelda Orcarina of Time ( N64)

9) Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (Game Cube) 

10) Galaga (Arcade)

11) Counter Strike (PC)

12) Final Fantasy 7 (PS)

13) Final Fantasy 10 (PS2)

14) Halo (Xbox) 

16) Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate (SNES) + (Arcade)

17) Fallout 1 (PC)

18) Fallout 2 (PC)

19) Fallout 3 (PS3) 

20) Dragon Age (PC)

21) Resident Evil (PS)

22) Resident Evil 2 (PS)

23) Resident Evil 4 (PS2)

24) Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)

25) Morrowind (PC)

26) Oblivion (PC)

27) Metal Gear (NES)

28) Metal Gear Solid (PS)

29) Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines (PC)

30) Tekken Tag

31) Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast) 

32) FFXI 

33) Red Dead Redemption + Undead pack 

I tried only listing games that had a serious impact on my gaming personality. These are pretty much the games that made me the gamer I am today. If I can think of any more I will add them later. 

Ok I will try but 40 is kind of hard

1. Super Mario Bros
2. Zelda
3. Metroid
4. Castlevania
5. Final Fight
6. Golden Axe
7. Sonic the Hedgehog
8. Donkey Kong Country
9. Toejam and Earl
10. TMNT Turtles in Time
11. The Avengers
12. Super Kirby Allstars
13. Super Ninja Boys
14. Rayman
15. Super Mario 64
16. Time Crisis
17. Zelda Ocarina of Time
18. Goldeneye 64
19. Mystical Ninja Goemon
20. Metal Gear Solid
21. Deus Ex
22. Shenmue
23. Marvel vs Capcom 2
24. Powerstone
25. Dark Cloud 2
26. Beyond Good and Evil
27. Jak and Daxtar
28. Half-Life 2
29. Ratchet and Clank
30. Sly Cooper
31. Oddworld Munch's Oddessy
32. Psychonauts
33. Ico
34. Shadow of the Colossus
35. Portal
36. TF2
37. City of Heroes
38. World of Warcraft
39. Arkham Asylum
40. Minecraft

Not quite sure how accurate a list of favorite games would be as a character profile. . . .

But here are the games I keep coming back to, in no particular order:

• Don Pachi
• Advanced Wars (at least the ones that were released in the U.S.)
• Pac Man
• Galaga
• Xevious
• Tempest
• Gravatar
• Contra
• Contra 3
• Shock Troopers 1&2
• Samurai Showdown
• Total Carnage
• Smash TV
• Starsiege: Tribes
• Counter-Strike
• Zombies Ate My Neighbors
• Battletoads
• Super Dodgeball
• Super Mario Bros. 1-3
• Super Mario 64
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Mega Man (all of them)
• Legend of Zelda (excluding the second game and the 3DO games, of course)
• Team Fortress 2
• Monday Night Combat
• Quake 3
• Starcraft
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert (Although I wasn't too hot on the third game in the series)
• Dawn of War 
• Dawn of War 2
• Streets of Rage
• Final Fight
• Gradius
• R-Type
• Etrian Odyssey
• Gran Turismo
• Virtua On
• Virtua Tennis
• Soul Calibur
• Phantasy Star Online

1.  Star Wars Rebellion - I've single-handedly clocked in more time on this than even MMO's.  (PC)

2.  Zelda  (NES)

3.  Metroid  (NES)

4.  Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)

5.  X-Men: Children of the Atom  (Arcade)

6.  Warcraft II  (PC)

7.  Diablo  (PC)

8.  Morrowind  (PC)

9.  Oblivion (PC)

10.  Heroes of Might and Magic III  (PC)

11.  Outpost  (PC)

12.  Ultima Online  (PC)

13.  Heroes of Might and Magic II  (PC)

14.  X-Wing  (PC)

15.  World of Warcraft (PC)

16.  Privateer  (PC)

17.  Infinity Blade  (iPad)

18.  Angry Birds  (iPad)

19.  Dawn of War  (PC)

20.  Warcraft III  (PC)

21.  Black and White  (PC)

22. Tie Fighter  (PC)

23.  Z (... landing ... 40% successful ... far out dude ...)  (PC/iPad)

24.  FFXI  (PC/360)

25.  Baldur's Gate  (PC)

26.  Everquest  (PC)

27.  Icewind Dale  (PC)

28.  Neverwinter Nights  (PC)

29.  Command and Conquer II  (PC)

30.  Mass Effect  (X-Box 360)

31.  Arkham Asylum  (PC)

32.  Street Fighter II  (Arcade)

33.  Halo (X-box)

34.  Eco the Dolphin  (Genesis)

35.  Castlevania  (NES)

36.  FF VII  (PS)

37.  FF III  (DS)

38.  Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

39.  Pokemon Red  (Gameboy)

40.  Tetris  (Gameboy)

@Jimmy_Scythe: Its not so much a character profile, more like a gaming profile. Sort of like a discography but for video games heh. And /salute to a fellor PSO and Virtua On player :)

@Ikeda: Xmen: CotA drove me nuts. I loved the characters and the super jumps but the feel of that game just missed the mark for me. I did enjoy Storm's hidden super though.

1. Asheron's Call
2. Diablo II
3. World of Warcraft
4. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
5. Age of Empires
6. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
7. Mass Effect II
8. Knights of the Old Republic
9. 007: Goldeneye
10. Unreal Tournament
11. Counter Strike: Source
12. Portal
13. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
14. Diablo
15. Empire Earth
16. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
17. Star Wars Galaxies
18. Star Wars Podracing
19. StarCraft II
20. Jade Empire
21. Titan Quest
22. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
23. Call of Duty
24. Doom
25. Portal 2
26. Dragon Age: Origins
27. The Sims
28. Mod Nation Racers
29. Jet Force Gemini
30. Killer Instinct
31. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
32. EVE Online
33. The Oregon Trail
34. Star Wars Rogue Squadron
35. Age of Empires II
36. Red Dead Revolver
37. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
38. The Legend of Zelda
39. Need For Speed: Underground 2
40. Little Big Planet