List your favourite game for each console

[HoopyFrood]

Ooh, OK, I'll give this ago. Try and remember all the consoles I've had and the games on them...

Spectrum: O, Mummy!

Sega Mega Drive: Hmm, I'd day Golden Axe -- oh, heh, just saw that you've said the same, Remedy. I was torn between that and Streetfighter, but the ability to ride firebreathing dragons swung it.

Game Boy: Pokemon Red

Game Boy Advance: Pokemon Crystal

Nintendo DS: Argh, this is a hard choice. I liked Pokemon Platinum, but then White had some awesome changes in scenery...but just because it was very different to the usual Pokemon plot, I'll say Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Nintendo 64: ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME!!! Still my all time favourite game. I've completed it about 63 times and that's not even an exaggeration.

Xbox 360: Erk. Well I love my free-to-roam games, so I just love Skyrim and Minecraft. But then I do so love Halo: Reach...I think if I had to pick just one, it would be Skyrim.

Quick addition -- played on the Wii a few times (and have always coveted one) and my favourite game for that, without a doubt, is Super Smash Brothers.

Bit of an update to this.

Xbox One -- Dragon Age: Inquisition

Wii -- Zelda: Skyward Sword

PS4 -- Final Fantasy XIV

 

[Toby Frost]

Amiga: Dragon's Breath, Moonstone or Hunter
Playstation 2: Tenchu Stealth Assassins
Xbox 360: Alien Isolation
PS 4: Fallout 4

 

[Phyrebrat]

Xbox 360: Alien Isolation

I've been stuck on this quite early into the game. I have to find the doc's keycard which I can just about do 5 times out of 10, but then getting away to the lower level without being detected by the alien is just impossible (for me). I think the fact that the alien learns your playing style is awesome, but I've hid in the lockers so many times now, that it just comes stright into them, even if I'm leaning back and holding me breath!

I'm playing it on PS4 and would love if they did a VR version now I have a PSVR headset.

pH

 

[Lucien21]

Spectrum - Chuckie Egg or Back to Skool
Amiga 500 - Secret of Monkey Island 1/2
Gameboy - Tetris
Game Gear - Shining Force (I only had a few games for this one)
SNES - Legend of Zelda Link to the Past
Playstation - Metal Gear Solid or Silent HIll
Xbox - Knights of the Old Republic
Nintendo 64 - Zelda Ocarina of Time
Dreamcast - Skies of Arcadia
PlayStation 2 - Silent Hill 2
Gameboy Advance - Castlevania -Aria of Sorrow
GameCube - Resident Evil 4
Xbox 360 - Oblivion
PlayStation 3 - GTA IV
PSP -Everybody Golf
Nintendo DS - Ghost Trick
Wii - Super Mario Galaxy
PS Vita - Zero Escape
PlayStation 4 - Horizon Zero Dawn
Xbox One - Rise of the Tomb Raider
Nintendo 3DS - Zelda Link between Worlds (or any Prof Layton game)
PC - Best game of all time - Day of the Tentacle.

Overall conclusion is that I have spent way to much money on gaming systems and PC's over the years/.

 

[Toby Frost]

I've been stuck on this quite early into the game.

This is certainly one of the hardest bits of the game. I found that it helped to make a noise-maker and throw it the wrong way (further down the corridor) as soon as the Alien arrives when you leave the doctor's office. Then head up to the left and open the door there. The narrow passages that are inside are really tricky. Smoke is ok, but I found that having a couple of noise-makers helped (although they do tend to bounce back at you).

It's an extremely hard game, I think.

 

[Vaz]

Isolation is such a great game, especially for a fan boy like me. The devs did a great job with the details, the Nostromo expansion is fantastic.

I've only plated this on my goddaughter's Ps4. She made me leave as I took over her console for three hours

 

[Toby Frost]

I agree. The look of the space station is fantastic. I've found myself wishing that the Alien wasn't there so I could wander about and look at things. It reminds me quite a bit of the sets for Outland, a film which has a fair overlap with Alien.

The incredibly hard timed add-ons look terrific, too. There's one set in a corporate VIP suite, complete with its own cinema, which is amazing. Too bad you can't really see much in it.

 

[Phyrebrat]

This is certainly one of the hardest bits of the game. I found that it helped to make a noise-maker and throw it the wrong way (further down the corridor) as soon as the Alien arrives when you leave the doctor's office. Then head up to the left and open the door there. The narrow passages that are inside are really tricky. Smoke is ok, but I found that having a couple of noise-makers helped (although they do tend to bounce back at you).

It's an extremely hard game, I think.

Dear lord thank you! I've just got out of the elevator. Never made it this far and am desperately looking for a save terminal now!

pH

 

[Toby Frost]

I won't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Well, I got the keycard, found Dr Khulman, got in the lift, went down to the next level, and installed the cold storage cylinders, then saved it and quit. I was stuck on that bit since July 2016 so I am absolutely delighted.

I may need more handholding later, though!

pH

 

[Toby Frost]

You're in the pipeline, five by five! Stay frosty, people.

Now if someone could tell me how to play Shadow of Mordor, that would be great...

 

[Vladd67]

@Lucien21 did you ever try Chuckie Egg 2 set in a chocolate factory, Chockie Egg?

 

[Paul_C]

As you would expect, I could pick a few for each so I'll try to keep them down to one

If I went for "game I've played most" then it would be the following:

ZX Spectrum - Alien 8 / Knight Lore

Amstrad CPC464 - Ranarama / Elite / Laser Squad

Atari ST - Microsoft Golf / F1

PC - Little Big Adventure 2 / Command and Conquer

Xbox 360 - Mass Effect 2 & 3

Wii - Zelda - Skyward Sword

 

[AlexH]

ZX Spectrum - Knight Lore

We all loved that in our house (Amstrad CPC version). My mum drew out a map on grid paper showing all the rooms and the location of the objects, which I still have (and it looks great!). Rare were responsible for a lot of my favourite games right throughout my childhood and into my 20s, so it's a shame they haven't been as good or prolific since Microsoft acquired them.

 

[Paul_C]

Now look what you've done - after resisting manfully for a couple of years I've gone and bought an XBox One S, along with:

FIFA 17 / Doom / Dishonoured 2 (all part of a Tesco bundle)
Forza Horizon 2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Witcher 3

plus whichever 360 games will work with it . . . all of which should keep me busy

 

[Bugg]

Yep. I signed up for alerts direct from Nintendo, and got one about 2 hours after their alert was sent out. Have you signed up for stock alerts from the likes of Amazon?

Just got a SNES Mini off Ebay. Loads available on there - it would seem a lot of people snapped them up just to sell them at inflated prices. Very annoying.

 

[Cathbad]

My favorite game is Microsoft Ultimate Word Games (especially Crossword) for the PC!

~listens to the crickets~

Yeah, I know... sad. But today's video games initiate my motion sickness. Meh... been dealing with it since childhood... and think of all the money I've saved!

 

[AlexH]

Just got a SNES Mini off Ebay. Loads available on there - it would seem a lot of people snapped them up just to sell them at inflated prices. Very annoying.

My pre-order from Nintendo arrived this morning. I forgot how good Star Fox (or Starwing as it was called in the UK) was, and I only played it to unlock Star Fox 2. I'm not sure about the latter yet though.

Final Fantasy III seems a bit boring - I preferred the action RPGs, not where enemies randomly spring up on you and you're taken into a battle screen. Secret of Mana (also on the SNES Mini) is much more fun - one of my favourite games of all-time. I had it in my head that Chrono Trigger was on this, so that's slightly disappointing. Some cracking games though - Contra III is still superb, Donkey Kong Country (I wish they'd picked DKC2) and more... I'm going to try the Kirby games later with my brother, as we haven't played them before. I wish they'd included 30 games, but 21 for £70 is still a good deal.

 

[Wiglaf]

No one else had an Atari 2600? I liked Pitfall.
TI 99. Pirate Adventure
Commodore 64. Zork

 

[thatollie]

Sega Mega Drive: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
PS1: Metal Gear Solid
Sega Dreamcast: Shenmue (yeah, had a Dreamcast)
PS2: GTA 3 or Metal Gear Solid 2
PS3: Batman: Arkham City
PS4: Batman: Arkham Knight