What are your favorite video games for each genre?

[thePhoenix]

Me and a couple of guys here at work were emailing our favorite games for each genre. Here's mine, what are yours? You can add genres I forgot to mention if you'd like.

Old School:

Fighter: Mortal Kombat (Genesis)
Adventure: Legend of Zelda (NES)
Co-op Action Adventure: Conflict Desert Storm (Playstation)
RPG: Final Fantasy Tactics (Playstation)
Beat-Em-Up: TMNT 2 The Arcade Game (NES)
First Person Shooter: Time Splitters Future Perfect (PS2)
Sports: Double Dribble (NES)
Racing: San Francisco Rush 2049 (Dreamcast)
Multiplayer: GoldenEye (N64)

Current Generation:

Fighter: Street Fighter IV (PS3)
Co-op Action Adventure: Resident Evil 5 (PS3)
RPG: Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (PS3)
First Person Shooter: Call of Duty Modern Warfare (PS3)
Sports: Madden 09 (PS3)
Racing: Burnout Paradise (PS3)
Multiplayer: Battlefield 1943 (PS3)

[ochild3180]

Old School:

Fighter: Mortal Kombat II (Arcade)
Adventure: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Platformer: Super Mario Bros
Beat-Em-Up: Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis)
First Person Shooter: Goldeneye (N64)
Sports: Tecmo Bowl (NES)
Racing: F-Zero (SNES)
Multiplayer: GoldenEye (N64)

Current Gen:

Fighter: Street Fighter IV (PS3)
Co-op: Left 4 Dead 2 (x360)
Adventure: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Platformer: New Super Mario Bros (Wii)
First Person Shooter: Killzone 2 (PS3)
Sports: MLB 10: The Show (PS3)
Racing: Need for Speed: Most Wanted (x360)
Multiplayer: Modern Warfare 2 (x360)

[iambof]

Old School (kinda):

Fighter: Street Fighter (Arcade)
Adventure: Monkey Island (PC)
Platformer: Manic Miner (Sinclair Spectrum) - really old school
First Person Shooter: Goldeneye (N64)
Sports: Sega Tennis (Saturn)
Racing: F-Zero (SNES)

Current Gen:

Fighter: Soul Calibur 4 (PS3)
Co-op: Resident Evil 5 (PS3)
Adventure: FFXIII (PS3)
Platformer: Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
First Person Shooter: COD: MW2 (PS3)
Sports: FIFA 10 (PS3)
Racing: Burnout Paradise (PS3)

[owa]

Action: inFAMOUS
Action Adventure: Uncharted 1 & 2
Fighter: Virtua Fighter 5
First Person Shooter: Resistance 1 & 2
Flight (sim or sim-like): IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Flight (arcade): H.A.W.X.
Interactive Drama: Heavy Rain
Platformer: Little Big Planet
PSN: Super Stardust HD
Racing (arcade): Motorstorm 1 & 2
Racing (sim): GT5 Prologue
RPG: Final Fantasy XIII (so far anyway)
Sports: MLB The Show
Third Person Shooter / Horror: Dead Space

Honorable mentions: Darksiders, Heavenly Sword, Madden, UT3

Some older favorites but I'm not going to classify them:

Starfox (SNES)
Centipede (Atari 5200)
Defender (Atari 5200)
Unreal (PC)
Doom 3 (PC)
Test Drive Unlimited (PC)
Outlaw Volleyball (Xbox)
Hardball 5 (PC)
4th and Inches (PC)
Kings Quest (PC)
Wing Commander 4 (PC)
MS Flight Simulator (PC)
F-19 Stealth Fighter (PC)

[Sagacious Koreo]

Originally Posted by owa

Action: inFAMOUS
Action Adventure: Uncharted 1 & 2
Fighter: Virtua Fighter 5
First Person Shooter: Resistance 1 & 2
Flight (sim or sim-like): IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Flight (arcade): H.A.W.X.
Interactive Drama: Heavy Rain
Platformer: Little Big Planet
PSN: Super Stardust HD
Racing (arcade): Motorstorm 1 & 2
Racing (sim): GT5 Prologue
RPG: Final Fantasy XIII (so far anyway)
Sports: MLB The Show
Third Person Shooter / Horror: Dead Space

It's kind of neat how we have a genre now that can be classified as an Interactive Drama. I like this genre.

[owa]

Originally Posted by Sagacious Koreo

It's kind of neat how we have a genre now that can be classified as an Interactive Drama. I like this genre.

Same here so hopefully we'll get more in the future.

[lDlisturb3d]

I love 1st and 3rd person shooters allot!!!!!!

[Rob71]

Old School:

Fighter: Street Fighter II (Arcade)
Adventure: Dragon's Lair (Arcade)
Co-op Action Adventure: Ikari Warriors (Arcade)
Beat-Em-Up: Double Dragon (Arcade)
First Person Shooter: Operation: Wolf (Arcade)
Sports: Atari Football or Track & Field (Arcade)
Racing: Pole Position (Arcade)
Multiplayer: Gauntlet (Arcade)

[aheineken]

Old School:

Fighter: Street Figher II / Killer Instinct / Mortal Kombat II (3-way tie)
Adventure: Legend of Zelda (NES)
Platformer: Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
Beat-Em-Up: Bad Dudes (NES/Arcade)
First Person Shooter: Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
Sports: RBI Baseball (NES)
Racing: Gran Turismo (PS1)
Multiplayer: Diablo II (PC)
RPG: Final Fantasy VII (PS1)

Current Gen:

Fighter: Street Fighter IV
Co-op: Borderlands
Adventure: Resident Evil 5 (it's more adventure than survival horror)
Platformer: Shadow Complex
First Person Shooter: Bioshock
Sports: NCAA Football 09
Racing: Forza 3
Multiplayer: Borderlands
RPG: Fallout 3 / Mass Effect (tie)

[quetzalcoatl]

Final Fantasy Tactics a RPG. Sorry but donot see it. Turn based strategy.
Or just go as strategy but that would have to include both real time and turn based.

[Propellarhead9]

Old School: (Pre Current Gen)

Fighter: Super Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES)
Adventure: Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time (N64)
Co-op Action Adventure: Lengend of Zelda: Four Swords (GBA)
RPG: Final Fantasy VII (Playstation)
Beat-Em-Up: TMNT: Turtles In Time (SNES)
First Person Shooter: Halo (XBOX)
Sports: NBA Jam (SNES)
Racing: Project Gotham Racing (XBOX)
Multiplayer: GoldenEye (N64)

Current Generation:

Fighter: Street Fighter IV (PS3)
Adventure: Grand Theft Auto IV (XBOX 360)
Co-op Action Adventure: Marvel Ultimate Alliance (XBOX 360)
RPG: Blue Dragon (XBOX 360)
First Person Shooter: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
Sports: NHL 09 (XBOX 360)
Racing: Burnout Paradise (PS3)
Multiplayer: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)