davyK wrote:

4. Salt & Vinegar Discos

Have you had these recently?  Unless I had a dodgy packet, it's a sad state of affairs.  That wonderful salty snack brain freeze type thing from too much favour at the bottom?  That's gone.

Tizer also tastes nothing like Tizer any more.

Sega Saturn

Baku Baku More people should have got to play this. Yes - it's "just"a match symbol pit puzzle game. But the animal/food matching mechanic is unusual and makes chaining more enjoyable that just colour matching. The presentation standard is high throughout and graphically this has aged rather well.

Athlete Kings aka Decathlete The 3D graphics still look solid today and the gameplay is sufficiently varied to raise it above the usual button mashing effort. It's highly competitive and has that magical Sega arcade feel.

Layer Section Magnificent port of the Taito arcade game with an enhanced soundtrack. Visually miraculous in TATE mode. Just a wonderful old-school shmup that you don't get any more.

Saturn Bomberman Best version of one of the best same room multi-player games. Up to 10 players, definitive option mode and for once an excellent one or two player main game with gorgeous hand-drawn sprites, and unique to Saturn - a highly addictive and replayable one player score attack Master mode. 

Oshaberi Parodius Best of the series. Choc full with content. Some Saturn exclusive content such as an arrange mode and a duet mode for setting which player gets the most attention in 2 player mode. The Saturn hurls dozens of sprites around without a hiccup while pushing out hilarious Japanese commentary and the nutty soundtrack. Hidden fairy side quests  ,a huge roster of characters (the biggest in the series) with more to unlock round this out.

Panzer Dragoon Zwei Graphically is ageing now but the control remains super slick. Excellent episodic on-rails shooter with lots of atmosphere.

Marvel Super Heroes vs Streetfighter Capcom gave sterling support to the Saturn and used the 4MB expansion cart to create a series of games that pissed all over the efforts on the PS1. This is the 2nd "versus" game. Gorgeous 2D fighter with 2 characters per side and the whole thing runs with zero load times.

Sega Rally Only 4 tracks - but what tracks they are. Sega at their best, and the control is silky smooth and so rich there is always room for improvement.

Nights Misunderstood. It's a score attack game based around collecting objects on set paths that contain some branches and alternate rotes. Sounds simple but this game just oozes charm. A bit dodgy looking in places now but still gorgeous in others; the control still stands up and the scoring system makes for infinite replay value. Balletic expert playthroughs look more impressive in this game than in any other. Throw in the Xmas Nights disc (has there ever been a better magazine giveaway?) for a seasonal twist that's an evergreen must play tradition to those who own it.

Twinkle Star Sprites Still the definitive version of this puzzle/STG fusion (The NeoGeo original's slowdown is an option that is unlocked on the first playthrough). Really needs a second player and then it's a highly competitive graphical firework display. Unique.

Saturn:

Shining Force 3
Nights: Into Dreams
Guardian Heroes
Dragon Force
Mystaria: Realms of Lore
Virtua Fighter 2
Fighters Megamix
Bomberman
Panzer Dragoon Saga (apparently, once it's not £200 on Ebay I'll let you know)
Baku Baku Animal

MegaDrive

Shining Force 2
Phantasy Star IV
Gunstar Heroes
Streets of Rage 2
General Chaos
Sonic 2
Comix Zone
Toejam and Earl
Shining Force
Streets of Rage

Gamecube:

Metroid Prime
F-Zero GX
Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door
Skies of Arcadia
Tales of Symphonia
Resident Evil 4
Zelda: The Windwaker
Super Monkeyball
Wario Ware Mega Party Games
Zelda: 4 Swords (with cables and GBA's)

Wii
Mario Galaxy 1
Mario Galaxy 2
No More Heroes
Little Kings Story
Boomblox 2
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Zelda: Skyward Sword
Excite-Truck
Metroid Prime Collection
Resident Evil 4

Alternative crisp list:

1. Salt 'n' Vinegar Chip Sticks
2. Ready Salted Hula Hoops
3. Pickled Onion Monster Munch
4. RED HOT flavour Monster Munch
5. Wotsits
6. Frazzles
7. Prawn Cocktail Walker's
8. Roast Chicken Walker's
9. Scampi Fries
10. Flame Grilled Steak McCoys

Honourable mentions: Skips (OG & Prawn Cocktail), BBQ Pringles, Quavers, Smokey Bacon Wheat Crunchies, Nice 'n' Spicey Niknaks.

EDIT: forgot Worcester Sauce French Fries. Salt 'n' Vinegar are nice too.
EDIT EDIT: I think original Skips may actually BE prawn cocktail flavoured. There's another, rarer flavour that's also nice if so.

Are they the ones that crumble into little bits at the bottom of the bag? If so, I don't care for them.

They're alright. I'd eat them, but I'm not raving about them.

It's late.

cockbeard wrote:

A little torn, and I know I'm gonna miss something fundamental and the Cinty will virtuaslap me in the morning.

I'd agree with that list. I thought it was remarkably solid, then looked down and saw you originally forgot my favourite game on the system, Ultimate G&G. How could you Cocko?

JonB wrote:

PS1: 
Final Fantasy VII 
Ridge Racer 
Castlevania: SotN 
Resident Evil 2 
Suikoden 
Front Mission 3 
Bust-a-Move 2
Tekken 3 
Tomb Raider 
Metal Gear Solid 
Vandal Hearts

I forgot Bust-a-Move 2. I used to play that so much.

No MK?

The OP now has little format symbols. Superb work.

Childintime wrote:

you originally forgot my favourite game on the system, Ultimate G&G. How could you Cocko?

I know, oops. Also can all references to EA Hockey be corrected to NHLPA 93 which was clearly the game of the series

SNES:
1) SMW & Mario Allstars (its on a single cart so surely counts?)
2) Saturday Nights Slam Masters
3) Super Street Fighter 2 (alpha has that annoying delay)
4) Super Mario Kart
5) Secret of Mana
6) Shadowrun
7) World Cup Striker
Top Gear
9) Super High Impact
10) Axelay

JonB wrote:

JonB wrote:

PS1:  Final Fantasy VII  Ridge Racer  Castlevania: SotN  Resident Evil 2  Suikoden  Front Mission 3  Bust-a-Move 2 Tekken 3  Tomb Raider  Metal Gear Solid  Vandal Hearts

I forgot Bust-a-Move 2. I used to play that so much.

Ah is that the dancing game? It was proper nuts! One character was called Hamm i think?

superflyninja wrote:

JonB wrote:

JonB wrote:

PS1:  Final Fantasy VII  Ridge Racer  Castlevania: SotN  Resident Evil 2  Suikoden  Front Mission 3  Bust-a-Move 2 Tekken 3  Tomb Raider  Metal Gear Solid  Vandal Hearts

I forgot Bust-a-Move 2. I used to play that so much.

Ah is that the dancing game? It was proper nuts! One character was called Hamm i think?

No, that was Bust a Groove. Bust-a-Move is aka Puzzle Bobble.

Well damnit get Bust a Groove on that top ten ps1 list damnit.Gawd damnit