Best games of the genre, need to have.

 

Beat ‚em up,  Hack and slash

  • Double Dragon (Arcade, NES)
  • Double Dragon 2 (Arcade, NES)
  • Final Fight (Arcade)
  • Golden Axe (Arcade, MegaDrive)

 

Fighting game

  • Street Fighter II (Arcade, SNES)
  • Street Fighter II ‚ Turbo: Hyper Fighting (Arcade, SNES)
  • Hyper Street Fighter II: Aniversary Edition (Arcade)
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Mortal Kombat II
  • Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
  • King Of Fighter 98

 

Maze

  • Pacman

 

Old Platform Game

  • Mario Bros.
  • Ice Climber
  • Joust

 

Plattform Game

  • Super Mario Bros.
  • Super Mario Bros, 2
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Super Mario World
  • Giana Sisters
  • Bucky O Hare (NES)
  • Megaman
  • Megaman 2
  • Megaman 3

Metroidvania, exploring Platttformer

  • Metroid
  • Metroid 2
  • Super Metroid
  • Symphony of Night (PS1)
  • Castlevania 2 – Simons Quest (NES)

 

First-Person Shooter

  • Doom (PC)
  • Doom II (PC)
  • Doom 3 (PC)
  • Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
  • Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii)
  • Quake (PC)
  • Quake 2 (PC)
  • Half-Life 2 (PC)

 

Light Gun Shooter

  • Duck Hunt (NES)
  • The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES)
  • Point Blank
  • T2: The Arcade Game

 

Shoot ‚em up (SHMUP)

  • MUSHA (MegaDrive)
  • Gaiares (MegaDrive)
  • Gleylancer (MegaDrive)
  • Gradius 5 (PS2)
  • Salamander (Arcade)
  • Salamander 2 (Arcade)

 

Shooting Game, Vertical:

  • Ikaruga (Arcade:Naomi, Dreamcast)
  • Recca (NES)
  • Star Soldier (NES)
  • Shikigami No Shiro (Arcade:GNet)
  • Shikigami No Shiro 2 (Arcade:GDRom)
  • Mushihimesama (Arcade)
  • Ibara (Arcade)
  • Dentata! Twinbee (Arcade)
  • Twinbee Yahoo! (Arcade)
  • Raiden 3 (Arcade, PS2)

 

Rail Shooter

  • Rez (Dreamcast)

 

 

Action Adventure

see Metroidvania – ;P