Essential Games/Roms

[MakavelianKode]

After posting a request for essential games and not getting many responses I did my own research. http://www.videogamecritic.net was a great resource to that end. I thought I'd do a service to some of the rec-roomers and post the list I've compiled so far. I'll be uploading said roms and posting links as well. Emulators can be found here.

Atari 2600 (Download)
Adventure
Alien
Asteroids
Atlantis
Bank Heist
Battlezone
Berzerk
California Games
Centipede
Chopper Command
Defender II
Dig Dug
Dodge 'Em
Frogger
Frogger II
Galaxian
Golf
H.E.R.O.
Indy 500
Jawbreaker
Jungle Hunt
Kaboom!
Kangaroo
Keystone Kapers
Miner 2049er
Missile Command
Montezuma's Revenge
Mr. Do!
Ms. Pac Man
Pitfall!
Pitfall II
Pole Position
River Raid
River Raid II
Solaris
Space Invaders
Spy Hunter
Tapper
Turmoil
Wizard of Wor
Yars' Revenge

Sega Master System (Download)
Alex Kidd in High Tech World
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
Black Belt
Bomber Raid
Bubble Bobble
Captain Silver
Choplifter
Enduro Racer
Fantasy Zone
Gangster Town
Ghostbusters
Ghouls and Ghosts
Golden Axe
Hang On
Missile Defense 3D
Ninja, The
Paperboy
Phantasy Star
Prince of Persia
Pro Wrestling
Psycho Fox
R-Type
Rainbow Islands
Rambo: First Blood Part 2
Rastan
Shinobi
ThunderBlade
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy 2
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
World Grand Prix
Zillion


NES (Download)
720
1943
Adventures of Lolo
Archon
Astyanax
Baseball Stars II
Batman
Battletoads
Battletoads/Double Dragon
Bionic Commando
Blades of Steel
Blaster Master
Bomberman
Bomberman 2
Boulderdash
Bubble Bobble
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Burgertime
Captain Skyhawk
Castlevania
Castlevania II
Castlevania III
Contra
Crystalis
Defender II
Deja Vu
Dig Dug (J)
Dig Dig II
Donkey Kong Classics
Double Dragon II
Double Dribble
Dr. Mario
Dragon Spirit
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV
Duck Tales
Earthbound Zero (Mother)
Excitebike
Fester's Quest
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy II (J) [T-Eng]
Final Fantasy III (J) [T-Eng]
Friday the 13th
G.I. Joe
Galaga
Gauntlet
Ghosts 'N Goblins
Gradius
Hudson's Adventure Island
Hudson's Adventure Island II
Hudson's Adventure Island III
Ice Climber
Ikari Warriors
Joust
Karate Kid
Kid Icarus
Kings of the Beach
Kirby's Adventures
Kung Fu
Legend of Zelda
Lifeforce
Lode Runner
Marble Madness
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Metal Gear
Metroid
Micro Machines
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!
Millipede
Ms. Pac-Man
NARC
NES Open Tournament Golf
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden 2
Ninja Gaiden 3
Operation Wolf
Pac-Man
Paperboy
Popeye
Prince of Persia
Q-bert
R.C. Pro Am
River City Ransom
Rygar
Shadowgate
Skate or Die
Sky Shark
Solomon's Key
Spy Hunter
Startropics
Startropics II
Super C
Super Dodge Ball
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Sprint
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tecmo Super Bowl (2003-2004 ****)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3
Tetris
Tiger-Heli
Trojan
Ultimate Stuntman
Vice: Project Doom
Xevious
Zelda II


Game Boy / Color (Download)
Batman
Boxxle
Boxxle 2
Burai Fighter Deluxe
Buster Bros.
Castlevania 2 - Belmont's Revenge
Castlevania - Legends
Castlevania Adventure, The
Contra - The Alien Wars
Double Dragon II
Duck Tales
Final Fantasy Adventure
Final Fantasy Legend
Final Fantasy Legend II
Final Fantasy Legend III
Fist of the North Star
Gargoyle's Quest
Kid Icarus
Kung Fu Master
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Legend of Zelda DX: Link's Awakening
Metal Gear Solid
Metroid II
Pokemon Crystal
Pokemon Yellow
Solar Striker
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2
Super Mario Land 3 - Wario Land
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3
Tetris DX
Trax
Wario Land 2
Wario Land 3


Genesis (Download)
Aero The Acro-Bat
Aero The Acro-Bat 2
Aladdin
Altered Beast
Batman
Batman Returns
Beyond Oasis
Blaster Master 2
Bubsy
Bubsy 2
Castlevania Bloodlines
Chuck Rock
Chuck Rock 2
Coach K College Basketball
Columns
Comix Zone
Contra: Hard Corps
Cool Spot
Desert Strike
Dune
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim 2
Ecco The Dolphin
Eternal Champions
Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing
FIFA Soccer 95
Flashback
Gargoyles
Golden Axe
Golden Axe II
Granada
Greendog The Beached Surfer Dude
Gunstar Heroes
Hellfire
Herzog Zwei
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Kid Chameleon
Lemmings
Lemmings 2
Lost Vikings, The
M.U.S.H.A.
Madden '97
Mega Turrican
Mercs
Michael Jackson: Moonwalker
Mickey Mouse - Castle of Illusion
Midnight Resistance
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Ms. Pac-Man
Mutant League Football
NBA Jam
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NBA Live 97
NHL Hockey 94
Out of This World
OUtRun
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III
Phantasy Star IV
PGA Tour Golf 3
Pirates Gold
Prince of Persia
Quackshot Starring Donald Duck
Ranger X
Road Rash
Rock 'N Roll Racing
Sagaia
Samurai Showdown
Shadow Dancer
Shining Force
Shining Force 2
Shinobi 3
Soldiers of Fortune
Sonic and Kunckles
Sonic and Knuckles 1
Sonic and Knuckles 2
Sonic and Knuckles 3
Sonic Spinball
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Street Fighter II: CE
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
Strider
Sub-Terrania
Sunset Riders
Super Hang On
Super Off Road
Super Street Fighter II
Syndicate
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hyperstone Heist
Thunder Force 3
Time Killers
Toejam and Earl
Toejam and Earl Panic on Funkotron
Truxton
Urban Strike
Vapor Trail
Vectorman
Vectorman 2
Virtua Racing
Worms
X-Men
X-Men 2: Clone Wars

SNES (Download 1 | 2)
Actraiser
Aladdin
Axelay
Bahamut Lagoon
Batman Returns
Battletoads and Double Dragon
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Blackthorne
Boogerman
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Bust A Move
Caslevania: Dracula X
Choplifter 3
Chrono Trigger
Contra III The Alien Wars
Darius Twin
Desert Strike
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Dragon Quest V (J) [T-Eng]
Dragon Quest VI (J) [T-Eng]
Earthbound
Faceball 2000
Final Fantasy II (Japan's FF4)
Final Fantasy III (Japan's FF6)
Final Fantasy V (J) [T-Eng]
Final Fight
Final Fight 2
Final Fight 3
Front Mission (J) [T-Eng]
F-Zero
Gradius III
Harvest Moon
Illusion of Gaia
Joe and Mac
Joe and Mac 2
Ken Griffey's Winning Run
Killer Instinct
Kirby Super Star
Kirby's Avalanche
Kirby's Dream Course
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The
Lemmings
Lemmings 2
Lost Vikings
Lufia
Lufia 2
Mega Man 7
Mega Man X
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Mega Man's Soccer
Mortal Kombat III
NBA Give N Go
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
R-Type 3
Rockman and Forte (J) [T-Eng]
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana
Seiken Densetsu 3 (J) [T-Eng]
Soul Blazer
Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage
Star Ocean (J) [T-Eng]
Star Fox
Star Fox 2 (Beta)
Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II Turbo
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Super Adventure Island
Super Adventure Island II
Super Bomberman
Super Bomberman 5 (J)
Super Buster Bros.
Super Castlevania IV
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Super Punch Out!!
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Super Street Fighter II
Tales of Phantasia (J) [T-Eng]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters
Terranigma (E)
Tetris 2
Tetris Attack
True Lies
U.N. Squadron
Uniracer
Wild Guns
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Gameboy Advance (Download 1 | 2)
Advance Wars
Advance Wars 2
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Boulder Dash Ex
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Chu Chu Rocket
Crash Bandicoot Superpack (N-Tranced & Nitro Kart)
Donkey Kong: King of Swing
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy IV Advance
Final Fantasy Tactics
Fire Emblem
Golden Sun
Gunstar Super Heroes
Klonoa - Empire of Dreams
Legend of Zelda - Minish Cap
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario Golf - Advance Tour
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Mario Power Tennis
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
Ninja Five-0
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Racing Gears Advance
Stuntman
Super Dodgeball Advance
Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Wario Land 4
Wario Ware, Inc

[MakavelianKode]

If you think a game needs to be on there or one on there is too wack to be on there, let me know. I haven't actually played most of these games, I'm going based on some of the reviews at videogamecritic.net and plan on playing these games in the near future.

[MakavelianKode]

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I was gonna put up lists and DLs for GBA, NES, SNES and Gen but if noone's interested I might as well not do that. Let me know.

[RAEKWON201]

thanks yo, do u know where i can get a snes emulator for dreamcast i downloaded this dreamsnes but getting it to run has been a major pain in the ass.do u know where i can get the whole thing ready to run,the ish i got for it i had to load on my comp run all these programs and then put the roms on them, it was mad complicated and annoying

[M Teezzie]

List the SNES and Genesis/Mega Drive games

[MakavelianKode]

Originally Posted by RAEKWON201

thanks yo, do u know where i can get a snes emulator for dreamcast i downloaded this dreamsnes but getting it to run has been a major pain in the ass.do u know where i can get the whole thing ready to run,the ish i got for it i had to load on my comp run all these programs and then put the roms on them, it was mad complicated and annoying

Hmm, been a long time since I messed with DC emulators. DreamSNES was cool for me though. You can find other DC emulators here. As for DreamSNES, I remember there being this application that made it easier, I'll see if I can find it.

edit: This wasn't it, but it looks similar. Try that.

Originally Posted by M Teezzie

List the SNES and Genesis/Mega Drive games

Done, I'll put up links later.

[thik_3rd]

for gameboy/color you need final fantasy legend 1, 2 and 3, and final fantasy adventure.

[MakavelianKode]

Originally Posted by thik_3rd

for gameboy/color you need final fantasy legend 1, 2 and 3, and final fantasy adventure.

done.. changed the link too

Also added GBA list and links

If anybody has any discrepancies with NES, SNES and Genesis let me know now before I upload. Once I upload I'm not switchin the link.

[Deltron Zero 3030]

NES
Earthbound Zero
StarTropics II
Friday the 13th

Sega Genesis
Mortal Kombat II
Home Alone I, II
Super Hang On
Time Killers
Sonic & Knuckles
Mutant League Football

SNES
Mega Man & Bass
Lufia I & II

GBA
Lufia III
WarioWare Twisted! (Although how the hell it'll work on a ROM is beyond me)
Mother I & II (Earthbound)

[MakavelianKode]

Originally Posted by Deltron Zero 3030

NES
Earthbound Zero
StarTropics II
Friday the 13th

Sega Genesis
Mortal Kombat II
Home Alone I, II
Super Hang On
Time Killers
Sonic & Knuckles
Mutant League Football

SNES
Mega Man & Bass
Lufia I & II

GBA
Lufia III
WarioWare Twisted! (Although how the hell it'll work on a ROM is beyond me)
Mother I & II (Earthbound)

Word, thanks a lot.

The NES and SNES suggestions'll get done. I had excluded the MK's from gen because of how much better the MAME versions are. But I'll include that and SF's for Gen (maybe even SNES too). I don't know about getting the Warioware Twisted rom, but maybe I'll add to the list as not available. I'll look for Lufia and Mother 1 & 2. Not sure I'll be able to find the latter though.

[Deltron Zero 3030]

Originally Posted by MakavelianKode

and Mother 1 & 2. Not sure I'll be able to find the latter though.

I'll see if I can find it...I used to have it, but I deleted it. Even though it wasn't translated, I could still paly it, since I memorzied the English version of the game.

[MakavelianKode]

Originally Posted by Deltron Zero 3030

I'll see if I can find it...I used to have it, but I deleted it. Even though it wasn't translated, I could still paly it, since I memorzied the English version of the game.

lmao that's amazing.. if there are no translated versions then I can probably find it after all. I thought you were talking about a translated one (looking for translated SNES RPGs like Bahamut Lagoon now)

[M Teezzie]

Originally Posted by MakavelianKode

Done, I'll put up links later.

cool, Genesis and snes are the only emulators i can find that will run on OS X

[MakavelianKode]

Originally Posted by M Teezzie

cool, Genesis and snes are the only emulators i can find that will run on OS X

Ahh I see - that blows. Have you tried some of these. That's zophar's mac section, maybe you'll have better luck there.

[thik_3rd]

what's the best game boy emulator?